This document discusses different types of printers and how to install local and network printers. It covers inkjet, laser, thermal, and impact printers. For local USB or wireless printers, Windows will usually detect them automatically, but older models may require manual installation. For network printers, you can either share a printer connected to one computer or connect the printer directly to the network as a standalone device. The installation process involves adding the printer in Devices and Printers and selecting whether it's a local, shared, or network printer.

1. Installing Printers

2. Kinds of Printer
1. Inkjet
Uses a heated element or piezoelectric crystal to force a micro
droplet of ink out of a nozzle onto the page creating an image.
2. Laser.
A laser electrostaticly charges a "roller" in the form of the image
you need.
The toner or "ink" for the laser printer is a fine dust which is also
electrostatically charged. Once the roller has been written to with
the laser the toner is attracted to the roller. This image from the
roller is then rolled onto your page. The page then goes through a
fuser which heads the toner setting it into the page (that is why
paper always comes out of a laser printer hot)

3. 3. Thermal (like most receipt and debit printers)
A paper is coated with a heat sensitive material that when activated
changes color.
There is a small element with heat and activate the paper int he form of
the image you want.
4. Impact (like dot matrix printers)
A hammer hits a ribbon forming a series of dots on a page that when
combined create the image.
There are many other was to print such as screen printing, press printing
and even lithograph. All have thier place in modern printing, however
due to the manual element of the afroemention I have omitted them
from this explaination.
Kinds of Printer

4. Local Printers
• The most common way to install a printer is to
connect it directly to your computer.
• This is known as a local printer.

5. Installing a Local Printer
• If your printer is a universal serial bus (USB)
model, Windows should automatically detect it
and begin installation when you plug it in.
• If you're installing a wireless printer that connects
to your computer over a wireless network (Wi-Fi),
you can use the Add a device wizard to install the
printer. For instructions, see Connect to
Bluetooth and other wireless or network devices.
• If it's an older model that connects using the
serial or parallel port, you might have to install it
manually.

6. To (Install) Add a Printer
• Go to Start Button
• Click Devices and Printers
• Click Add a printer.
• In the Add Printer wizard, click Add a local printer.
• On the Choose a printer port page, make sure that the Use an
existing port button and the recommended printer port are
selected, and then click Next.
• On the Install the printer driver page, select the printer
manufacturer and model, and then click Next.
– If your printer isn't listed, click Windows Update, and then wait while
Windows checks for additional drivers.
– If none are available and you have the installation CD, click Have Disk,
and then browse to the folder where the printer driver is located. (For
additional help, consult the printer manual.)
• Complete the additional steps in the wizard, and then click Finish.

7. Network Printers
• In the workplace, many printers are network
printers. These connect directly to a network
as stand-alone devices. Inexpensive network
printers are also made for the home.
• Network printers—devices designed to
connect directly to a computer network as a
stand-alone device—were once found mostly
in large offices.

8. Installing a Network Printer
There are two basic ways to make a printer
available to the computers on your home
network:
• Attach it directly to one computer and share it
with all the others on a network.
• Connect the printer as a stand-alone device on
the network itself.

9. • Traditionally, the most common way to make a
printer available to a home network has been
to connect it to one of the computers and
then tell Windows to share it. This is called a
shared printer.
Shared Printer

10. Installing a Network Printer
• Click Add a printer.
• In the Add Printer wizard, click Add a network, wireless
or Bluetooth printer.
• In the list of available printers, select the one you want
to use, and then click Next.
• If prompted, install the printer driver on your computer
by clicking Install driver. If you're prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the
password or provide confirmation.
• Complete the additional steps in the wizard, and then
click Finish.