Dell Colour Laser Printer 3110cn, Owner'S Manual

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Setting Up for Local Printing
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Setting Up for Local Printing
A local printer is a printer attached to your computer or a print server using a USB or parallel cable.
If your printer is attached to a network and not your computer, see "Setting up Network Printing"
on page 29.
Installing Printer Drivers
NOTE:
For Vista compatible drivers, consult http://www.support.dell.com.
After the printer driver has been installed, you need to specify the Installable Options settings in
the printer properties dialog box according to the options you have installed.
Windows XP, XP x64, Server 2003, Server 2003 x64 and 2000
1.
Connect the printer to your computer with a USB cable or a parallel cable. Then, turn on the
printer.
2.
When the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, click Cancel .
3.
Insert the drivers and utilities CD into your computer to launch the installation software.
NOTE:
If the CD does not automatically launch, click Start
→
Run, and then type D:\setup.exe (where D is
the drive letter of your CD), and then click OK.
4.
Select Personal Installation , and then click Next .
5.
Click Install .
6.
When the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, follow the on-screen
instructions to install the printer driver on your computer.
7.
When the
Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard
dialog box appears, click
Finish
.
8.
Select either Typical Installation or Custom Installation from the installation wizard, and
then click Install . If you select Custom Installation , you can select the specific software you
want to install.
9.
Click Finish to exit the wizard when the Congratulations! screen appears. If necessary, click
Print Test Page to print a test page.
Windows NT 4.0
1.
Connect the printer to your computer with a parallel cable. Then, turn on the printer.