How to Set up a Brand New Printer

Trying to get your new printer up and running? Here are the basic steps you will follow to set up almost any printer…

1-Unpack The Printer From Box

Remove Packaging: carefully take the printer out of the box and remove all packaging materials.

2-Connect The Printer

Plug in the printer’s power cable into the printer and an electrical outlet. and make sure it’s turned on

3-Connect the included cable (usually a USB cable) from the printer to the computer. Note: The process will be different if you’re using a wireless printer; we’ll talk more about that later on.4-Install ink or Toner

Open the printer’s ink or toner compartment. Insert ink cartridges.

5-Load paper

Paer Tray-open the paper tray and load it with the appropriate type and size of paper.

6-On your computer, locate the Printer
settings. If you’re using a Windows computer, you’ll find these in the Control Panel. If you’re using a Mac, you’ll find them in System Preferences.

7-Install Printer Software

Drivers- Visit the printer manufactures website to download and install the latest drivers and software for your operating system.

Installation Process–  Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the software installation.

8-Configure Printer Setting

Print a Test Page-Use the printer’s control panel or software to print a test page and ensure everything is setup correctly.

Your printer is ready to print.