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Installing plug and play drivers for Windows 7

The Microsoft new Operating System, Windows 7, has changed the process on driver
installation compared to previous Operating Systems. Windows 7 searches Windows
Update for the relevant device:

If Windows can not find a suitable driver on Windows Update it will search its own
drivers on the system. If none are available for the device, Windows 7 does not
prompt the user for input:

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

You will need to install the driver manually as an Administrator.


To do this, follow these steps:
1) Open Devices and Printers

2) Right click USB device and select Properties

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

3) Select the Hardware Tab and choose the printer name and select Properties
Note: The printer name may be different than shown below.

4) Now choose Change Settings .

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

5) The dialog will close and reopen. Select the Driver tab, and choose Update
Driver.

6) A new wizard will start, choose Browse my computer for driver software .

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

7) Browse to the location of the driver. This could be the original CD or the
expanded contents of a web download. Then Click Next

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

Note: This process is similar to scanner driver also. But in some cases you may have
to unplug the USB cable and re-connect for the device to be installed properly.
It is recommended to install the driver using the Oki original CD or by using the Add
printer wizard before connecting the device, to avoid the above procedure.

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

How to update a printer driver.


Some printer drivers will be automatically installed when you plug in your device. This
is due to the driver being available on the Windows installation, or on Windows Update.
When Oki release a new driver, it may take sometime to become available on
Windows Update. You can obtain the new driver from www.okiprintingsolutions.com .
Below are the steps to take when updating a printer driver that is already installed.
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Download the driver and extract the contents to a folder.


Open the Devices and Printers folder
Right click the printer thats to be updated and choose Printer Properties
Select the Advanced tab and click new Driver
Follow the wizards instructions and when prompted to select a driver choose
Have Disk and browse to the folder created in step 1. Then continue following
the wizards instructions
6) To finish click Apply on the Printer Properties dialog.

Installing printer drivers on Windows 7 via Plug and Play

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