Managing Printer Drivers
Virtually all hardware devices, including printers, come with a special program called a device driver, or just driver for short. The driver provides the interface between the device and a specific operating system, such as Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP. You need to have the correct and current printer driver installed on your computer to get your printer to work correctly.
Many printers come with the drivers on a CD. How you install a driver from the disk depends on the printer you’re using, but an older printer may not even have a Windows 8 driver to offer. In that case, you’ll need to look for a current driver online. Try Windows Update first by following these steps:
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