Right click the printer and open up ‘Properties’ Find your connected printer in the list of devices – it’ll usually be under ‘Ports (COM and LPT)’ or ‘Universal Serial Bus’

Search for ‘Device Manager’ and click it in the results to show all of the connected hardware on your machine Run the installer to complete the set-up. If Windows doesn’t find a new driver, you can look for one yourself on the manufacturer’s website and download before installing manually

Choose whether to search for drivers automatically or manually – choose automatically unless you have already downloaded the latest drivers or have them on external storage Right click the printer you want to update the drivers on and click ‘Update driver’ Click on ‘Device Manager’ to show all of the connected hardware on your machine – look for the ‘Printers’ drop-down which will contain any relevant printers The method for updating your printer drivers will depend on the operating system you have, so the best thing to do is check your manual or the printer manufacturer’s website. If printer drivers are outdated, your printer might not work as intended until you download and install the most recent update. Every brand of printer has specific software that it uses, based on its operating system, that converts data to be printed to a form specific to the printer. A printer driver is a computer program than enables software to communicate with a printer.

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