USB Connection

Installing the printer driver

Install the printer driver using the installer or Add Printer Wizard. To use the Add Printer Wizard, select the USB port to be connected in the Choose a printer port page. For details, refer to Installing the printer driver or Network Connection (LPR/Port 9100/SMB).

Making the printer driver known to the computer

To connect this machine using the USB port, install the printer driver before making it known to the computer with plug and play.

  1. Connect this machine to the computer using a USB cable.

  2. Turn on the power of this machine.

    The printer driver for this machine is detected and this machine is ready to print.

    • supplementary explanationIf no printer driver is detected, turn this machine off, then on again. In this case, turn off this machine, and then wait approximately 10 seconds before turning it on again. If you turn this machine on immediately after turning it off, it may not function correctly.

  3. After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the Devices and Printers window.

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Updating the printer driver after connecting this machine

If this machine is connected without first installing the printer driver, the printer driver will not be correctly identified. In this case, the driver must be updated using Update Driver.

  1. Click Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Devices and Printers.

    • supplementary explanationIn Windows 10/Server 2012/Server 2016/Server 2019, click Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Devices and Printers.

  2. Right-click the device name of the machine that is under Unspecified and then click Properties.

    • supplementary explanationIf Unknown Device appears instead of the device name of this machine, right-click to remove the device, and install the printer driver. To connect this machine as described in "Making the printer driver known to the compute". For details, refer to Making the printer driver known to the computer.

  3. In the Hardware tab, click Properties.

  4. In the General tab, click Change Settings.

  5. In the Driver tab, click Update Driver.

  6. In the page in which to select how to search the driver software, click Browse my computer for driver software anyway.

  7. Click Browse.

  8. Select a desired printer driver folder in the CD-ROM, and then click OK.

    • supplementary explanationAvailable printer drivers: PS Plug-in Driver, PPD Driver

  9. Click Next.

  10. Follow the instructions on the windows that follow.

    • supplementary explanationIf the Windows Security window for verifying the publisher appears, click Install this driver software anyway.

  11. Click Close.

  12. After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the Devices and Printers window.

  13. Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.

    This completes the printer driver updating.