About installing a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device

Your computer has one or more Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, serial ports, and parallel ports for connecting peripheral devices such as printers, scanners, and digital cameras to your computer.

USB ports are plug-and-play, which means that you usually can use a USB device by just plugging it into the USB connector. Windows establishes communication between your computer and the device automatically.

Parallel and serial port peripheral devices are not plug-and-play, so they usually require a setup program and device drivers (small programs that let the device communicate with your computer and other software).

Refer to the device documentation for detailed information and installation instructions.

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