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How to Install a Printer Driver on windows 7 – Setup Guide

How to install a Printer on windows 7

Do you have a printer which you want to install it on windows 7? Here we’ll show you with the step by step guide (with the screenshots) how you can install printer on windows 7 machine using USB port. Setting up a printer is very easy task in windows 7. Let’s see what you need to do. Click here to go to the steps.

Every printer needs its specific driver to communicate with the computer. Driver should be compatible with your operating system as well. So please make sure you are using correct printer model number & correct operating system driver to avoid driver conflicting.

Now the next question should be, where to find printer driver? You have four options to find a printer driver. Please look into that below.

  1. Most of the printer drivers are built-in in the operating system. Computer will pickup the drivers automatically when you connect it if operating system have this printer driver in-build.
  2. Find printer driver in a CD or DVD which came with the printer.
  3. Download driver from printer’s official website. Example:- Download Hp printer drivers: HP website
  4. Find & install printer driver using Windows Update.

Now you have the drivers so we are going to teach you how you can install the printer.

Step by Step Guide

  1. Click on Start and then click on “Device & Printers” – you’ll get the printers page.
  2. Then go on the left-top corner and find “add a printer” option, click on “add a printer”.
  3. Now you got a printer setup wizard front of you and asking to “how do you want to install your printer” with USB cable or Wireless / Network. Select USB cable option.
  4. Select the option “use an existing port” USB port and select “USB001 / USB002 (Virtual port for USB printer)” and then click on next button.
  5. Now in the next window you’ll get windows built-in drivers list. Pick your printer make and model number drivers and then click on next to install it.
  6. If above built-in driver method doesn’t work then you’ll need to go to two buttons there “Windows Update” & “Have Disk“. If you have downloaded the drivers from its official website (Know how to download driver) then use “Have Disk” option and give the downloaded driver path there. If you couldn’t find the driver then you’ll have to press “Windows update” button to install the driver.
  7. After that you get your printer driver successfully installed.

See all the steps in screenshot below.

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That’s it !!! Enjoy the post…

In recent times, laser printers have got less expensive and much better in high quality, but they are awful when it comes to simplicity of use. How to install a printer on windows 7, vista. HP regularly consists of driver cd disk using their printers which are hundreds of MB’s in space. Actually? Does my printer actually need software which is similar in size to ‘Microsoft office’? I do not think like that.

There is also complex setup workouts and wish many steps to set up which are simply hard for many customers. I expended a great hours Installing my wireless printer and I am a tech guy. My mommy could in no way to get a wireless printer and that’s simply unhappy. Printers should not be so difficult to make use of! In this post, I am about to try to make suggestions throughout the common methods to solve lots of printer difficulties.

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I am quite surprised myself personally just how many  issues We have with computer printers, specifically wireless.

 

69 thoughts on “How to Install a Printer Driver on windows 7 – Setup Guide”

  1. Hi, can you help me i cannot find my model printer in the list my printer model (canon L11121E) for Windows 7 64 bit Sony Vaio, please help me to guide me how can install it without CD, I will appreciate it.

  2. i cant find my printer model here in the list even though im updating windows, still ive couldn’t find my printer model. What would i do?

    1. Please let us know your printer’s model number we’ll help you find the link and give it you. Please mention your operating system detail as well. Example: Windows 7 64bit

  3. I have an hp laptop and a wireless printer when i put thenpassword in the wireless printer it says incorrect. Tried it about 5 times. I know thats the password because we use on our phones laptops.and tablets andbgame systems

  4. I can’t find driver for my hp officejet k80 on windows 7 and everytime i try to use windows updates it won’t connect

    1. You have to delete your printer driver files and registry traces completely from your computer and then re-install drivers using windows inbuilt drivers, it will work.

  5. Judy Frieder

    I previously had a Brother MFC-J870DW installed as a wireless printer for my Lenovo laptop running Windows 7 Home 64 bit. I uninstalled it and ran a special Brother uninstall program as well. I then got the newest drivers from the Brother website for my new Brother MFC-J5910DW and it was working well for some time. It then had a problem and stopped working. I uninstalled it, ran the Brother uninstall program, cleared all my cache memory, used Iobit uninstaller to remove any fragments and tried reinstalling the 5910. The computer tries to reinstall the old 870 printer and will not complete the installation process. I tried using the 870 drivers to install it so I could completely uninstall whatever fragment was left in the registry and that would not install either, even though it shows up on the list of printers. I have tried installing using a USB cable, using the Wi-Fi, using direct installation of the router code, everything I can think of. I suspect there is a fragment of the old printer in the registry and so it is corrupt and this is causing the problem. I just do not know what to do next. I have run CCleaner, IObit uninstaller, Anti Malware software to make sure there is not a virus. Help!!!!

    1. I read your message and found driver conflicting issue which each other. So, the solution is uninstall the both printer driver (MFC-J870DW, MFC-J5910DW) from your computer system files and from windows registry. I am giving you an article which help you to do manually unstall printer driver compeltely. Then try to reinstall again.
      Remove printer driver manually.

  6. i cant find driver for hp deskjet ink advantage k010a, what do i do? because i lost my cd can you help me ?

  7. Carol coddington

    How do I download and set up Windows 7 for Acer aspire laptop or restore ,ADD missing software to laptops won’t Boot win 7 past configure system without CD restoration program win7 . how do I do clean install . print wifeless from my Android off line access

  8. hi…nice article…i have lost the CD..for driver software..and my printer name is ‘HP deskjet ink advantage 2135 ‘ but i coudnt get the driver software in HP website that you have mentioned. can you refer any websites from where i can download this driver software for the printer that i have mentioned. Thank you 🙂

  9. Good to read I’m not the only one struggling verawith my new printer. I got the HP Office jet Pro 8620 to work, but not to print envelopes. Do I need special software to do this?

  10. hi,
    please help me, I can’t install the printer,it always say windows can’t open the add printer the local spooler is not running.help me please.

  11. How to install Kyocera FS-1750 on win7 x64. Connected with parallel to usb adapter. Thank You!

  12. My printer is Zebra Z4M Plus Zebra Z4M Plus Thermal Transfer Bar Code Label Printer – With 300 DPI Printhead.

    Which drive need to install for the mentioned printer??

      1. Hi,

        hope the mentioned driver link will work for windows server 2008 R2 data center.

        Please confirm

      1. Where do I need to download the drivers too. I have a different printer (then listed above) but the driver is still not found in the list.

        1. Could you please share your printer model number and make? so that we can give you the link to download the drivers.

  13. When I click on “Add printer” prompt out an error message. How I solved it?

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