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Installation Using a USB Connection

In Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2

To connect this machine using the USB port in Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, first install the printer driver and then associate it with this machine through plug and play.

  • In Windows 7/8/8.1/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, the installation disk cannot be specified after the connection has been established. Install the printer driver in advance.

  • In Windows Vista/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.

  1. Install the printer driver for this machine.

    • For details, refer to Here.

  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.

    • If 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 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.

In Windows XP/Server 2003

  • Administrator privileges are required to perform this task.

  1. Connect this machine to the computer using a USB cable, and then start the computer.

  2. Insert the printer driver CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the computer.

  3. Turn on the main power of this machine.

    The [Found New Hardware Wizard] dialog box appears.

    • If the [Found New Hardware Wizard] dialog box does not appear, restart this machine.

    • If a page with a message saying "Windows connect to Windows Update" appears, select ["No, not this time"].

  4. Select [Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)], and then click [Next >].

  5. Under [Search for the best driver in these locations.], select [Include this location in the search:], then click [Browse].

  6. Select the folder on the CD-ROM containing the desired printer driver, 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

  7. Click [Next >], then follow the instructions on the pages that follow.

  8. Click [Finish].

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

  10. Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.
    This completes the installation process of the printer driver.

Updating the printer driver

In Windows 7/8/8.1/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, 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...].

  1. Display the printer window.

    • In Windows 8.1, click [] in the Start window, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].
      When [Control Panel] is displayed in an icon view, double-click [Devices and Printers].

    • In Windows 8, right-click the Start window, then click [All apps] - [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers].
      When [Control Panel] is displayed in an icon view, double-click [Devices and Printers].

    • In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, open the Start window, then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers].
      When [Control Panel] is displayed in an icon view, double-click [Devices and Printers].

    • In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, click [Devices and Printers] from the Start menu.
      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].

  2. 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.

  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. Select the folder on the CD-ROM containing the desired printer driver, then click [OK].

    • Select the folder according to the printer driver, operating system, and language to be used.
      Selectable printer drivers: PCL driver, PS driver, and XPS 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. Remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive.
    This completes the update of the printer driver.

  • In Windows Vista/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.)