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Set up a printer

Set up a printer - macOS Tutorial

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Set up a printer

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- [Instructor] In most cases, MAC OS uses an easy automatic process for setting up a printer. We'll see that process and also see what you can do if that automatic process does not work for your printer. But first, if the instructions that come with your printer tell you to do something different, I would go with those instructions. But for most printers, this is how it will work. My printer is already plugged into power. It's turned on and the ink cartridges have been installed. So I'm going to connect the USB cable from the printer to my computer. This is the first time I've ever connected this printer to my computer. And in some cases, a window will pop up on the screen and offer to install the drivers for you. If you do not see a setup message pop up automatically, don't worry. The next step would be to go to system preferences. In system preferences we'll go to printers and scanners. And this is where you should…

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