Before proceeding with the software installation, the printer must first be properly set up, and your computer must be ready to print.

• Turn on the printer first, then turn on the computer.
• Close any screen savers, virus protection programs, or other software programs running on your computer.
• Click on Download Now and a File Download box will appear.
• Select Save This Program to Disk and a Save As box will appear.
• Select a directory to save the file in and click Save.
• Locate the file using Windows Explorer when the download has completed.
• Double click on the file. This will extract all the driver files into a directory on your hard drive. The directory these files are extracted to will have a similar name to the printer model that was downloaded (i.e., c:\lj9050). However, you can change the path and directory name at the time of extracting the file.
• Open the Printers Window (Click Start-Settings-Printers).

• Update the printer if it was previously installed
  • Right click on the printer and select Properties from the pop menu.
  • On the General tab, select New Driver.
  • Click on the Warning Box that pops up.
  • A printer listing box will appear. Select Have Disk.
  • Another box Install from Disk appears.
  • Click the Browse to locate the expanded files directory (i.e., c:\lj9050).
  • Click on the file ending with .inf .
  • Click Open and then Okay and let files install.

• Add the printer if it hasn't been installed yet.
  • Click Add New Printer
  • Follow the instructions of the Add Printer Wizard.