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www.dell.com | support.dell.com HINT: You can connect USB devices while the computer is turned on. HINT: Your computer has two USB connectors on the back panel (see the START HERE sheet for their locations). USB Printer 1 Install the printer driver if necessary (see the following section). 2 Attach the USB printer cable to the USB connector on the computer and the printer. The USB connectors only fit one way. USB connector on back of computer USB printer cable USB connector on printer 16 Setting Up Installing the Printer Driver If you need to install a printer driver, insert the printer installation CD into the CD drive. Then follow the prompts on the screen using the instructions that came with the printer. If your printer installation CD does not automatically run, click the Start button on the Microsoft® Windows® desktop, click Run, and type x:\setup.exe (where x is the letter of your CD drive [usually drive D]). Then click OK and follow the prompts on your screen. If your printer installation CD still does not run, check the documentation that came with your printer for instructions on how to start the printer installation CD. If you connect an older printer and it doesn't work after you install the driver, access the system setup program (see page 86) and ensure that the parallel port is set to operate in bidirectional mode.

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Setting Up
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USB Printer
HINT:
You can connect
USB devices while the
computer is turned on.
1
Install the printer driver if necessary (see the following section).
2
Attach the USB printer cable to the USB connector on the computer
and the printer. The USB connectors only fit one way.
HINT:
Your computer has
two USB connectors on
the back panel (see the
START HERE
sheet for
their locations).
Installing the Printer Driver
If you need to install a printer driver, insert the printer installation CD into
the CD drive. Then follow the prompts on the screen using the instructions
that came with the printer.
If your printer installation CD does not automatically run, click the
Start
button on the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop, click
Run
, and type
x
:\setup.exe
(where
x
is the letter of your CD drive [usually drive D]).
Then click
OK
and follow the prompts on your screen. If your printer
installation CD still does not run, check the documentation that came with
your printer for instructions on how to start the printer installation CD.
If you connect an older printer and it doesn’t work after you install the
driver, access the system setup program (see page 86) and ensure that the
parallel port is set to operate in bidirectional mode.
USB printer
cable
USB connector on
back of computer
USB connector
on printer