Updating The Printer Driver - Konica Minolta bizhub 306/266 User Manual

10.3 Manually Installing the Printer Driver (for Windows)

Updating the printer driver

In Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, if this machine is connected without the
printer driver having first been installed, the printer driver will not be correctly identified. If the printer driver is
not correctly identified, the driver must be updated using [Update Driver].
1
Display the printer window.
% In Windows 8.1/10, press the [X] key while pressing the [Windows] key, and click [Control Panel] -
[Hardware and Sound] - [View devices and printers] when a menu is displayed.
% In Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2, press the [X] key while pressing the [Windows] key, and
click [Control Panel] - [Hardware] - [View devices and printers] when a menu is displayed.
% In Windows 7/Server 2008 R2, open the Start menu, then click [Devices and Printers]. If
[Devices and Printers] is not displayed, select [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound], and click
[View devices and printers].
2
Right-click the device name of the machine that is under [Unspecified] and then click [Properties].
% If [Unknown Device] appears instead of the device name of the machine, right-click to remove the
device, and install the printer driver.
3
In the [Hardware] tab, click [Properties].
4
In the [General] tab, click [Change settings].
5
In the [Driver] tab, click [Update Driver].
6
In the page in which to select how to search the driver software, click [Browse my computer for driver
software].
7
Click [Browse].
8
Select the folder on the CD/DVD-ROM containing the desired printer driver, then click [OK].
% Select the folder according to the printer driver, operating system, and language to be used.
% The driver information file is "DBWTP.inf" for the PCL driver and "DBX.inf" for the XPS driver.
9
Click [Next].
10
Follow the on-screen instructions to carry out operations.
11
Click [Close].
12
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devic-
es and Printers] window.
13
Remove the CD/DVD-ROM from the CD/DVD-ROM drive.
This completes the update of the printer driver.
Tips
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, [Update Driver] is also available. In Windows Vista/Server 2008, use [Device
Manager] to open [Properties] of this machine that is displayed in [Other devices]; you can specify [Update
Driver software].
To use [Device Manager], right-click [Computer], click [Properties], and select [Device Manager] on the
[Tasks].
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