Installing the Printer Driver for a Local
Connection
This section describes the installation procedure of the printer drivers for USB, parallel, or Bluetooth
connection.
• Manage Printers permission is required to install the driver. Log on as an Administrators group
member.
• If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears in driver installation procedure, click [Yes] or
[Continue].
• If the [Windows Security] dialog box appears in driver installation procedure, click [Install this
driver software anyway].
• A message appears if there is a newer version of the printer driver already installed. If there is, you
cannot install the printer driver using Auto Run. If you still want to install the printer driver, use [Add
Printer]. See page 45 "Messages Displayed When Installing the Printer Driver".
• The [AutoPlay] dialog box is displayed only for a few seconds under Windows 8/8.1 and
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2. If the [AutoPlay] dialog box disappears, use the following
procedure to replay the CD-ROM:
• Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
1. On the Charm Bar, click [Search], and then click [Computer].
2. Double-click the CD-ROM drive in which the provided CD-ROM is set, and then click
"Setup.exe".
• Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2
1. On the desktop, right-click the [Start] button, and then click [File Explorer].
2. Double-click the CD-ROM drive in which the provided CD-ROM is set, and then click
"Setup.exe".
USB Connection
This section explains how to install the printer drivers using USB.
Before installing, check that only the operating system is running on the computer and no print jobs are
in progress.
If the printer driver has already been installed, and plug and play is enabled, the icon of the printer
connected to the "USB" port is added to the [Printers], [Printers and Faxes], or [Devices and Printers]
window.
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