Installation Using a USB Connection

Installation methods

First install the printer driver, and then associate it with this machine through plug and play.

preconditionThe installation disk cannot be specified after the connection to the USB port has been completed. Install the printer driver in advance.

preconditionAdministrator privileges are required to perform this task.

  1. Install the printer driver for this machine.

    supplementary explanationFor details, refer to [Installing the printer driver] .

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

  3. Turn on the main power of this machine.

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

    supplementary explanationIf the printer driver is not detected, restart this machine.

  4. After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in [Devices and Printers].

Reference

  • If the printer driver is not correctly installed, the driver must be updated using [Update Driver...]. For details, refer to [Updating the printer driver] .

Updating the printer driver

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

  1. Open [Devices and Printers].

    supplementary explanationFor information on how to display [Devices and Printers], refer to [Open 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 the machine, right-click to remove the device, and install the printer driver.

  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].

  7. Click [Browse...].

  8. Specify the folder that contains the target printer driver on the DVD, then click [OK].

    supplementary explanationSelect the folder according to the printer driver, operating system, and language to be used.
    Selectable printer drivers: PCL driver and PS driver

  9. Click [Next].

  10. Follow the instructions on the pages that follow.

  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. Eject the DVD from the disk drive.
    This completes the update of the printer driver.