How to install the printer driver in WinXP system?

In the WinXP system, many users need to use the printer. To use the printer, you must first install the printer driver. If the driver installation disk is an executable file, the user can directly install SETUP.exe and follow the instructions of the installation wizard to complete the installation. However, in the case of only the driver file, how to install the printer driver in WinXP system?

Method /Steps

1. First open the Control Panel and double-click the Printers and Faxes icon in the Control Panel. Below

2, then following window:

3, the window displays all of the printer has been installed (including network printer). Install a new printer directly point to add a printer to the left, then pop up the Add Printer Wizard,

4, click Next, a screen appears asking to install a local or network printer, the default is to install a local printer: < Br>

5. If you install the local printer and click Next, the system will automatically detect the printer type. If there is a driver for the printer in the system, the system will automatically install. If you do not report a fault will automatically install, click Next the following window appears:

6, where should generally use the default values, click Next, type the window pop up asking printer:
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7, if you can find the corresponding manufacturer and model in the left and right list, then directly select and then click Next; if not, we need to provide the driver location, point to install from disk, and then select in the pop-up dialog box The location of your driver, such as floppy disk, CD, etc., find the correct location and then open it (if the location is not correct, there will be no corresponding point after opening, suggesting that you re-select), the system will start installation, and then the system prompts you to install a name of the printer, and asked whether the printer as the default (i.e., after the print command is issued, that the corresponding stage), as shown below:

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8, the next selected point. Then the following window appears, asking whether to print a test page, the printer must test newly installed general:

9, select the next point, the last point to determine, through the installation process.

The above is the installation method of the printer driver in the WinXP system. It is relatively troublesome to install only when the driver file is provided. Therefore, the user can refer to the method described above to perform the specific operation.