Add A New Printer To Your System

Printers are peripheral devices that help in printing documents and images from your system. A system can have multiple printers attached to it. It can also connect to a wireless printer as well. If you are trying to set up a printer in Windows, you most likely will have to add that printer manually.

How to add a printer manually?

In order to start the procedure you must first select Add a Printer toolbar button which is in the Printers window. Generally, if you had a printer initially the computer probably had it configured. To start using it you have to answer some questions and follow a few prompts, and the printer is set up. However, the process gets slightly more complicated if you wish to add more printers to the computer. If the printer is a non-USB printer the work involved increases.
The Add Printer Wizard is activated when you select the Add a Printer toolbar button. This wizard will ask for the specifications of your new printer. To install the new printer follow the wizard’s directions to identify, establish and set up the printer onto your system. The Add Printer Wizard may quiz you a bit and the procedure might turn slightly confusing. Here are some great pointers to remember when you run into any issues:

• If you wish to establish connection with other printer in a network, then let this responsibility go to the network administrator.
• The Plug and play option is designed for device detection of peripherals. You should not worry about it, as Windows has probably recognized any Plug and Play printers in the connection.
• The new printer should be connected to the port of the first printer. Remember the code name is LPT1.
• If your printer package contained an installation CD, then you can use the printer only after installing programs from the CD to complete the printer installation. If you are stuck during installation refer to the documentation included with the CD.
• Inspect the working of the printer by printing a test page. If the test print did not turn out like the document file, then go to Change The Printer Settings to see if any changes need to be made.

Now that your printer is completely set up, you can print your entire document without a hassle, with a click on the icon in the Printers and Faxes window, or directly from the document. Windows Vista help is tool where you can check up some queries regarding the printer installation. Windows Vista help provides FAQs to help you identify the source of the issue, and ways to remove it.