How to install a printer on a computer

Connect the computer to the printer is very simple, according to the instructions of the correct link cable after the installation of driving theory can be normal use, the rest is the software problem. There is how many computers share the printer, print pictures no problem, but the laser printer if you want to play color pictures must use color toner.

The first step: Connect the printer to the host, turn on the printer power, go to the Printers and Faxes folder through the console's control Panel, right-click in the blank, select the Add Printer command, and open the Add Printer wizard window. Select "Connect to a local printer on this computer" and tick the "Automatically detect and install a Plug and Play printer" check box.

The second step: the host will be the new printer detection, will soon find the connected printer, according to the prompt to the printer driver CD included in the CD-ROM drive, after installing the printer driver, in the "Printers and Faxes" folder will appear the printer icon.

Step Three: Right-click on the newly installed printer icon, select the "Share" command, open the printer's properties dialog, switch to the "Share" tab, select "Share this printer" and fill in the "Share name" input box with the name you need to share, such as Compaqij, click "OK" button to complete the shared settings.

Tip: If you want other versions of the operating system on the LAN to share the host printer no longer need to find the driver, we can pre-select these different versions of the operating system driver installed on the host, just click the "Other Drivers" button, select the appropriate operating system version, click "OK" Can be installed after the installation.

The HP Deskjet 3748 printer, for example, details how to configure network printing using the HP Deskjet 3000 series printer.

Note: Applicable models HP Deskjet 3320, 3323, 3325, 3420, 3425, 3538, 3558, 3658, 3668, 3743, 3748, 3848, 3918, 3938 printers.

Move the printer to the client computer and use the driver CD to fully install the printer driver on this computer. The drivers for HP Deskjet 3320, 3323, 3325, 3420, 3425, 3538, 3558, 3658, 3668, 3743, 3748, 3848, 3918, 3938 printers are installed differently under different operating systems. Click on the link below to view the details. Once the driver is fully installed, reconnect the printer to the server side. Configure the printer port on the client computer. After the client installs the printer, the local port that is created is "USB001". The printer port needs to be changed to a network port.

　If the client computer's operating system is Windows 98/me:

1. Click "Start" → "settings" → "printer" to find the "HP Deskjet 3740 Series" printer icon;

2. Right-click on the printer icon and click on the "Properties" option. In the Properties window that pops up, tap the Details tab.

3. After entering the "Details" screen, click the "Add Port" button.

4. Enter the printer port in the "Specify network path for this printer:". If the computer name of the computer that is connected to the printer is "PC-1" and the shared printer name is "HP printe r", enter "PC-1HP Printer" at this blank text box.

5. After the input is complete, click the "OK" button. This allows the printer port to be added. Go back to the "Properties" page and click the "OK" button again to exit the printer properties.

If the client computer's operating system is Windows 2000/XP:

1. Click "Start" → "printers and Faxes" to find the "HP Deskjet 3740 Series" printer icon;

2. Right-click on the printer icon and select the "Properties" option. In the "Properties" Pop-up, click on the "Ports" tab.

3. Go to the "Ports" page and click on the "Add Port" button.

4. Select "Local Port" in the pop-up window and click on the "New port" button.

5. Enter the printer port in the "Input port name". If the computer name of the computer that is connected to the printer is "PC-1" and the shared printer name is "HP printe r", enter "PC-1HP Printer" at this blank text box.

Disable the "bidirectional support" option for printers on client computers

If the client computer's operating system is Windows 98/me:

1. Click "Start" → "settings" → "printer" to find the "HP Deskjet 3740 Series" printer icon;

2. Right-click on the printer icon and click on the "Properties" option. Click on the "Details" tab in the Pop-up "Properties" window;

3, after entering the "Details" interface, select "Background Printing settings";

4. In the Background Print Settings window, select Disable bidirectional support for this printer, and then click OK to exit.

If the client computer's operating system is Windows 2000/XP:

1. Click "Start" → "printers and Faxes" to find the "HP Deskjet 3740 Series" printer icon;

2. Right-click on the printer icon and click on the "Properties" tab. In the Properties window that pops up, tap the Ports tab.

3. On the Ports page, the default state is enable bidirectional support. Remove the "√" in front of this option. Configure the ink cartridge information in the printer properties on the client computer.

1. Enter printer properties.

If it is a Windows 98/me operating system, click on the "Services" tab directly;

If it is a Windows 2000/xp operating system, click Print Preferences on the General tab, and you can find the Services option when you enter.

2. Click the "Repair this device" button on the "Services" page;

3. Enter "HP Deskjet 3740 Series Toolbox" and select "One black print cartridge" from the drop-down list "Configure print cartridges (P)".

4. Click the "Apply" button to exit. Even if only one black cartridge is installed on the printer, sending commands on the client computer can also be printed. If you later need to send a color document to the client, simply change the cartridge configuration to "one tri-color print cartridge" in the toolbox.