How to install the Windows driver (manual installation)

How to install the Windows driver (manual installation)

Follow the steps below to manually install the driver

  1. Open the Devices and Printers window
  2. Locate the printer you want to manually install
  3. Right Click on the printer and click on "Properties"
  4. Select "Update Driver"
  5. Choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
  6. A list of "compatible drivers will be listed, and a "have disk" Button.
  7. Click the Have Disk Button and browse to the folder where you saved your driver
    • If you are attempting to manually install after using the install wizard the driver can be found in: C:\CETmpDrv\%Printer Name%\Driver\%Printer driver%\
    • The folders ending in "sm" will contain the status monitor driver
  8. When you open the driver folder, the list will be populated with a list of the drivers it has found
  9. Pick a device
  10. Pick the proper device and click Next
  11. The driver will load
  12. Restart the PC