How to Add a Printer

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Adding a Printer
  1. Click on the Start Menu Windows start menu icon
  2. Type printer
  3. Click on “Printers & Scanners
    Screenshot of Windows Start Menu search for Printers & Scanners
  4. Click “Add a printer or scanner
  5. Screenshot of Windows Add a printer or scanner button
  6. Select the printer you wish to install and click “Add device

Screenshot of selecting and adding a device

    7. If you would like to make this printer your default, first uncheck
Let Windows manage my  default printer”.

Screenshot of Printers & Scanners Windows setting for "Let windows manage my default printer"

8. Then select your printer and click “Manage”. If “Manage” doesn’t show up close the
Printers & Scanners window and re-open it.

Screenshot of printer selection with Open queue, Manage, and Remove device buttons

9. Click “Set as default

Screenshot of Manage Printer & Scanners

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