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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] MacOS has an easy automatic process for setting up a printer, which will work in most cases. We will see that process and also see what you can do if the automatic process does not work for your printer. But first, if the instructions that come with your printer tell you to do something different, you should 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 just going to connect the USB cable from my printer to my computer and I'll do that now. And in some cases a window may pop up on the screen offering to install and set up your printer. Or if you do not see the setup message on your screen, don't worry. The next step would be to go to system settings. So I'll go into the system menu in the top left, then to System Settings, then to the category for Printers and Scanners. And…

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