When you connect a printer or scanner to your PC or add a new printer or all-in-one device to your home network, you can usually start printing right away. Windows 11 supports most printers, so you probably won't have to install special printer software.

To connect a wireless printer, follow these steps: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Devices > Printers & scanners > Add a printer or scanner. Open Printers & scanners settings. Wait for it to find nearby printers, then choose the one you want to use, and select Add device.

In the Bluetooth & devices > Printers & Scanners window, next to Add a printer & scanner, select the Add device button. A list of printers is displayed. It might take a few minutes for the list of printers to finish populating.

You can add or connect to a printer in Excel using the File and Print options. Once the device has been added, you can print either within the Print option or by using the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl + P.

Select Add a printer or scanner. Wait for your device to find nearby printers, choose the one you want, and then select Add device. If your printer is turned on and connected to the network, Windows should find it easily.

If you don’t see your printer listed, select Add, and in the Welcome to the Add Printer Driver Wizard, select Next. Select your device’s architecture, and then select Next. On the left, select your printer manufacturer, and on the right, select your printer driver.

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Double-click Add Printer, and then click Next. Click Local Printer, and then click Next. Click Create a new port. In the Type box, click Local Port, and then click Next. Type the SMB share name. For example: \\PrintServer\Sharename

When working in a PC and MAC mixed invironment, there is an increasing need to print from a Windows connected Printer from a MAC. This article gives the basic steps of setting up the PC, sharing the printer on the network and then connecting to the printer from the MAC.

Connecting your printer by opening Settings , then selecting Bluetooth & devices > Printers & scanners > Add device. Connecting your printer via USB. For more, see Install a printer in Windows.

Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 provide the ability to install a printer using a command line. This is particularly useful when you add or remove a printer from a group of users using a login script or a scheduled event.