Installation Using a USB Connection
In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016
To connect this machine using the USB port in Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, first install the printer driver and then associate it with this machine through plug and play.
In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, the installation disk cannot be specified after the connection has been established. Install the printer driver in advance.
In Windows Server 2008, you can continue the task and specify the printer driver installation disk to install the printer driver if it is not installed in advance.
Administrator privileges are required to perform this task.
Install the printer driver for this machine.
For details, refer to Here.
Connect this machine to the computer using a USB cable.
Turn on the main power of this machine.
The printer driver for this machine is detected and the machine is ready to print.
If the printer driver is not detected, restart this machine.
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Printers] or [Devices and Printers] window.
If the printer driver is not correctly installed, the driver must be updated using [Update Driver...]. For details, refer to Here.
Updating the printer driver
In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, if this machine is connected without the printer driver having first been installed, the printer driver will not be correctly identified. If the printer driver is not correctly identified, the driver must be updated using [Update Driver...].
Display the printer window.
In Windows 8.1/10, while pressing the [Windows] (
) key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.
In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, while pressing the [Windows] (
) key, press the [X] key, and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] in the displayed menu.
In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers].
If [Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], and click [View devices and printers].
When [Control Panel] is displayed in an icon view, double-click [Devices and Printers].
Right-click the device name of the machine that is under [Unspecified] and then click [Properties].
If [Unknown Device] appears instead of the device name of the machine, right-click to remove the device, and install the printer driver.
In the [Hardware] tab, click [Properties].
In the [General] tab, click [Change Settings].
In the [Driver] tab, click [Update Driver...].
In the page in which to select how to search the driver software, click [Browse my computer for driver software].
Click [Browse...].
Specify the folder that contains the target printer driver on the DVD, then click [OK].
Select the folder according to the printer driver, operating system, and language to be used.
Selectable printer drivers: PCL driver and PS driver
Click [Next].
Follow the instructions on the pages that follow.
Click [Close].
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devices and Printers] window.
Eject the DVD from the DVD drive.
This completes the update of the printer driver.
In Windows Server 2008, [Update Driver...] is also available. Under [Device Manager], open [Properties] for this machine that is listed in [Other Devices], and specify [Update Driver...].
(To select [Device Manager], right-click [Computer], and then click [Properties]. Select it in the [Tasks] pane that appears.)