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Customizing Your Computer
About installing a printer, scanner, or
other peripheral device
Your computer has one or more Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, serial
ports, and parallel ports for connecting peripheral devices such as printers,
scanners, and digital cameras to your computer.
USB ports are plug-and-play, which means that you usually can use a USB
device by just plugging it into the USB connector. Windows establishes
communication between your computer and the device automatically.
Parallel and serial port peripheral devices are not plug-and-play, so they
usually require a setup program and device drivers (small programs that let the
device communicate with your computer and other software).
Refer to the device documentation for detailed information and installation
instructions.
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