There are two methods to Add Printer manually in your Windows 7 Operating System computer.
Method 1: How to install local printer in Windows 7 Operating System?
For installing local printer, you may follow the steps given below:
1. First, Click on the
Start button in your screen, further click on
Control Panel button and then
double click on
Devices and Printers button.
2. Then click on
Add a Printer button in the menu.
3. Further select the
Add a local printer button from the available menu.
4. Then choose an existing
LPT port and click
Next button .
5. Further select the correct
driver from the
driver list menu for your printer. Suppose if the requisite driver is not available then click on the
Windows Update button. After the
Windows 7 Update installation finishes in your computer, once again search for the appropriate driver for your printer.
Method 2: How to install network printer in Windows 7 Operating System?
The following are the steps for adding a
shared printer in your Windows 7 Operating
System computer:
1. First, click on the
Start button in your screen, further, click on
Control Panel button and then
double click on
Devices and Printers button.
2. Then click on
Add a Printer button in the menu.
3. Further select the
Add a local printer button from the next available menu.
4. Then select the
Create a new port button in the menu. Further choose the
Local Port button as the
type of the port in the existing menu.
5. Then go to the box with title
Enter a port name and then type the address in the following format:
\\[I.P.
address of your host computer]\[Share Name of the printer in the
computer][Please remove the - [] - and substitute it with - "<>"
while actually doing it].
and then click
Next button in the menu.
6.
Go and select the appropriate driver for your printer from the driver
list available there. In case of the required driver is not available,
you may click on the Windows Update button for updating your Windows 7
Operating System. Soon after the update for Windows 7 Operating System
finishes, you can once again search for the appropriate driver for your
printer.
Reference
www.microsoft.com