What can I do if I have lost my printer installation CD?

Question

I have a new laptop and need to install my printer onto it, but I have lost the CD - Is there something I can download so that I can still use the printer? It is a cannon, fairly new, bought about 1.5 years ago.

Answer 1

Go to the manufacture web site and download the drivers there.

Answer 2

Yes, go to the Canon website, look for Support or Downloads and look for the drivers for your specific model.

Answer 3

well we have a hp printer

and when we plugged it into r friends laptop and tried to print something off it just did

just plug the printer into the pc threw usb and try open a word document and select the right printer

:)

Answer 4

You can go onto their website and go to the drivers page and they have the drivers for download there. Just find your model, download, and install and it should work.

Answer 5

Go to the Cannon web site you can down load printer drivers from there.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro...

Download center

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro...

Answer 6

In all cases you can download the drivers from the printer manufacturer.

In your case http://www.canon.com

It's also possible that if your laptop is new enough, there may be printer drivers already built in to the operating system... Just attach the printer, and when it detects new hardware, let it try to find the best driver for it.  If it fails to find a suitable driver, then go looking at the printer manufacturer's web site.