打印机在世界各地的家庭和办公室中都很常见。为了能够在您的打印机上打印任何内容，您必须将它连接到您的计算机并安装它。最常见的方法是使用USB电缆。如果您不知道如何操作，本指南适合您：我们展示了如何使用USB连接在任何Windows计算机上设置本地打印机。(Windows)让我们开始吧：
注：(NOTE:)本指南介绍如何使用Windows 10安装本地打印机以及操作系统内置的用于添加打印机的功能。我们还介绍了如何使用手动设置添加本地打印机，以及如何使用制造商提供的软件和驱动程序安装本地打印机（请阅读教程的最后一节）。本地打印机是指您通过USB电缆直接连接到计算机的打印机。如果您有无线打印机，您应该阅读本指南：如何在您的 Wi-Fi 网络中安装无线打印机(How to install a wireless printer in your Wi-Fi network)。
步骤 1. 使用USB(USB)电缆和空闲USB端口将本地打印机连接到 Windows 10 PC ，然后将其打开
在Windows 10中，添加本地打印机通常就像将其连接到 PC 上的USB端口然后打开打印机一样简单。如果Windows 10正确识别并找到合适的驱动程序，您应该会在屏幕的右下角看到一条弹出消息，确认这一点。
(Add)在Windows 10中(Windows 10)添加本地打印机：设置设备
Windows 10完成打印机安装后，它会告诉您“设备已准备就绪”("Device is ready")，并且您的打印机“[...] 已设置好并准备就绪”("[…] is set up and ready to go")。您现在可以开始使用本地打印机了。
(Add)在Windows 10中(Windows 10)添加本地打印机：设备已准备就绪
如果您的本地打印机未安装，请执行以下步骤：
步骤 2. 如何使用操作系统的内置功能在Windows 10中添加本地打印机(Windows 10)
要仔细检查您的打印机是否安装正确或手动添加本地打印机，请打开设置应用程序(open the Settings app)。一种快速的方法是单击或点击“开始”菜单的“设置”(Start Menu's Settings )按钮或按键盘上的Windows + I
在“设置”(Settings)应用中，打开“设备(Devices)”部分。您会注意到描述中写着“蓝牙、打印机、鼠标”。("Bluetooth, printers, mouse.")打印机是我们感兴趣的部分。
设置(Settings)应用程序中的设备(Devices)条目
接下来，选择窗口左侧的打印机和扫描仪以访问右侧具有相同名称的部分。(Printers & scanners)在那里，您会看到Windows 10(Windows 10)已安装的打印机。有些是虚拟打印机，如PDF(PDF)格式的软件转换器，或Snagit等截屏应用程序。
(Printers)Windows 10设置中的打印机和扫描仪
现在有两种可能：
- 您连接到计算机的打印机已经安装了Windows 10，或者
- 您连接的打印机尚未安装
如果您发现自己处于第一种情况，那么您就完成了：继续使用您的打印机。如果您发现自己处于第二种情况，则看不到您的打印机显示。打开打印机，然后单击或点击“添加打印机或扫描仪”("Add a printer or scanner")按钮。
添加打印机或扫描仪
Windows 10 开始“搜索打印机和扫描仪”("searching for printers and scanners")，并在下面的列表中显示它找到的所有打印机和扫描仪。如果检测到您的本地打印机，Windows 10 应自动尝试安装其驱动程序。您可以在其名称下方显示的进度栏中按照打印机设置过程进行操作。
打印机正在Windows 10中安装(Windows 10)
完成后，进度条消失。然后，您可以在打印机和扫描仪列表中看到本地打印机已添加到您的 Windows 10 PC。
已添加到Windows 10的打印机(Windows 10)
如果一切正常，您现在可以使用本地打印机从任何应用程序或程序（甚至从网站(websites)）进行打印。(print)？？？
步骤 3. 如何在Windows 10中添加手动设置的本地打印机(Windows 10)
如果您有一台较旧的打印机或更奇特的打印机，Windows 10 可能无法识别它并自行执行打印机安装。在这种情况下，在“设置”应用程序的(Settings)“打印机和扫描仪”("Printers & scanners" )部分，单击或点击名为“我想要的打印机未列出”的链接。("The printer that I want isn't listed.")
我想要的打印机没有列出
然后，Windows 10 会打开一个名为“添加打印机”的向导。("Add Printer.")在这里，您有几个不同的选项来添加网络打印机以及本地打印机。当您要安装本地打印机时，请选择以下选项：
- “我的打印机有点旧，帮我找找。” ("My printer is a little older. Help me find it.")， 或者
- “使用手动设置添加本地打印机或网络打印机。”("Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings.")
我们建议您选择第一个，然后离开向导搜索您的打印机。然后，按照向导的说明进行配置。
我的打印机有点旧。帮我找找。
如果您的计算机仍然没有检测到打印机，您还应该尝试手动设置选项。在此之前，请确保您阅读了打印机的文档，因为您必须提供有关它的一些详细信息。
通过手动设置添加本地打印机或网络打印机
按照向导并输入要求您将打印机添加到Windows 10的详细信息。第一步是选择您 PC 上可用的打印机端口之一或创建一个新端口。完成后，按Next。
使用(Use)现有端口或创建新端口
然后，Windows 10会向您显示打印机制造商和型号的列表。这些都是Windows 10已经有驱动程序的打印机。如果您可以找到本地打印机，请选择其型号并按下一步(Next)进行安装。
从列表中安装打印机驱动程序
如果您在列表中找不到您的打印机，但您的 Windows 10 计算机上的某处确实有它的驱动程序，请单击或点击“从磁盘安装”("Have Disk")按钮。
通过手动选择驱动程序的位置来安装打印机驱动程序
在“从磁盘安装”("Install From Disk")对话框中，键入打印机驱动程序的位置，或按浏览(Browse)并导航到保存它们的位置。完成后，单击或点击OK。
选择打印机驱动程序的位置
然后，向导会向您显示它在您指定的位置找到的打印机驱动程序列表。选择您的打印机型号，然后单击或点击下一步(Next)。
选择要安装的打印机驱动程序
接下来，“添加打印机”("Add Printer")向导可能会询问您“您要使用哪个版本的驱动程序？” ("Which version of the driver do you want to use?")如果Windows 10或您已经为您的打印机安装了驱动程序，则会出现此对话框。否则，它不应该出现。如果您收到此问题，您可以选择“使用当前安装的驱动程序”("Use the driver that is currently installed")或“替换当前驱动程序”。("Replace the current driver.")如果要继续使用手动设置安装本地打印机，请选择第二个选项。
使用当前安装的驱动程序或更换当前驱动程序
然后，Windows 10 会要求您“键入打印机名称”。("Type a printer name.")输入您想要的，然后单击或点击Next。
输入手动添加的打印机的名称
如果您想与本地网络共享打印机，请(share your printer with your local network)在下一步中输入有关本地打印机的一些详细信息（名称、位置、评论）。否则，请选择“不共享这台打印机”。("Do not share this printer.")
选择是否与本地网络共享本地打印机
就是这样：您现在已成功将本地打印机添加到 Windows 10 计算机。向导会告诉您这一点，并让您根据需要“打印测试页”("Print a test page")。否则，您只需单击或点击Finish即可结束本地打印机安装向导。
打印机已在Windows 10中手动安装(Windows 10)
如果我们向您展示的打印机安装方法都不起作用怎么办？在这种情况下，或者如果您还想访问打印机制造商提供的所有软件和功能，您应该尝试下一个：
在Windows 10(Windows 10)中添加本地打印机的推荐方法：使用打印机的设置软件和驱动程序
如果您的打印机附带安装软件，您可能更喜欢使用它来安装打印机。此类软件通常具有附加工具，具体取决于您的打印机型号。获取媒体（CD 或DVD）并将其插入您的DVD阅读器，或上网并从打印机制造商的网站下载驱动程序。如果您选择后一种方法，请确保为您的确切打印机型号下载正确的驱动程序和软件。
HP 打印机的驱动程序包下载链接
以下是一些最受欢迎的打印机的驱动程序网页列表：Brother、Canon、Epson、HP、Samsung。
通常，无论是在光学介质上还是在下载打印机软件时，您都会获得一个必须运行的可执行文件，名为 setup.exe 或类似文件。这将启动一个安装向导，并且根据您的打印机型号，您可以获得更多或更少的设置和选项。例如，HP F4280打印机的设置向导让我们检查自述(Readme)文件并安装(Install)打印机，但仅此而已。
HP 打印机的安装向导
其他打印机附带的软件可以让您选择语言、选择居住地，最重要的是，选择要安装的软件。除了驱动程序之外，如果您有多功能打印机，打印机设置向导通常还会捆绑其他应用程序，用于配置打印机、个性化打印以及扫描或拨号。如果您选择了该选项，请始终阅读每个应用程序的功能，并仅选择您认为有用的应用程序。然后，完成打印机安装向导并将其添加到您的 Windows 10 PC。
一台 HP 打印机正在添加到Windows 10
将本地打印机添加到您的 Windows 10 PC 后，您就可以开始使用它了。
您对如何在Windows 10(Windows 10)中添加本地打印机还有其他问题吗？
正如您在本教程中所见，如果您通过USB电缆将本地打印机连接到Windows 10计算机，则安装本地打印机很容易。但是，如果它是较旧的打印机，您可能必须手动安装它。无论哪种方式，现在您都知道如何在Windows 10中添加本地打印机了。如果您有任何疑问，请在下面的评论部分中提问。我们承诺尽最大努力帮助您。
How to add a local printer on your Windows 10 computer, using a USB cable
Printers are a familiar presence in homes and officeѕ all over the world. To be able to print anything on your printer, уou must connect it to your computer and install it. Thе most common way to do that is by using a USB cablе. If you do not know how to do it, this guide is fоr you: we show how to set up a local рrinter on any Wіndows computer using a USB connectіon. Let's gеt started:
NOTE: This guide covers how to install a local printer using Windows 10 and the features that are built into the operating system for adding printers. We also cover how to add a local printer using manual settings and how to install a local printer using the software and drivers provided by its manufacturer (read the last section of the tutorial for that). By local printer, we mean the kind of printer you connect directly to your computer through a USB cable. If you have a wireless printer, you should read this guide: How to install a wireless printer in your Wi-Fi network.
Step 1. Connect the local printer to your Windows 10 PC using a USB cable and a free USB port, and then turn it on
In Windows 10, adding a local printer is often as easy as connecting it to a USB port on your PC and then turning the printer on. If Windows 10 identifies it correctly and finds the appropriate drivers for it, you should see a popup message in the lower-right corner of your screen, acknowledging that.
Add local printer in Windows 10: Setting up a device
As soon as Windows 10 finishes the printer installation, it tells you that the "Device is ready" and that your printer "[…] is set up and ready to go". You can now start using your local printer.
Add local printer in Windows 10: Device is ready
If your local printer did not install, follow the next steps:
Step 2. How to add a local printer in Windows 10 using the operating system's built-in features
To double-check and see whether your printer was installed correctly or to add a local printer manually, open the Settings app. A quick way to do that is to click or tap on the Start Menu's Settings button or to press Windows + I on your keyboard.
In the Settings app, open the Devices section. You can notice that the description says "Bluetooth, printers, mouse." The printers are the part that interests us.
The Devices entry from the Settings app
Next, select Printers & scanners on the left side of the window to access the section with the same name on the right. There, you see the printers that are already installed by Windows 10. Some are virtual printers, like software converters to the PDF format, or screenshot capturing apps like Snagit.
Printers & scanners in Windows 10 Settings
Now there are two possibilities:
- The printer that you connected to the computer has already been installed by Windows 10, or
- The printer that you connected has not been installed
If you find yourself in the first situation, you are done: go ahead and use your printer. If you find yourself in the second situation, you do not see your printer displayed. Turn on the printer, and then click or tap the "Add a printer or scanner" button.
Add a printer or scanner
Windows 10 begins "searching for printers and scanners" and displays all the printers and scanner it finds in a list below. If your local printer is detected, Windows 10 should automatically try to install its drivers. You can follow the printer setup process in the progress bar shown under its name.
A printer is installing in Windows 10
When done, the progress bar disappears. You can then see, in the list of printers and scanners, that the local printer has been added to your Windows 10 PC.
A printer that has been added to Windows 10
If everything works out as it should, you can now use your local printer to, well, print from any app or program (and even from websites). ????
Step 3. How to add a local printer with manual settings in Windows 10
If you have an older printer or a more exotic one, Windows 10 might be unable to identify it and perform the printer installation on its own. In that case, in the "Printers & scanners" section of the Settings app, click or tap on the link called "The printer that I want isn't listed."
The printer that I want isn't listed
Then, Windows 10 opens a wizard called "Add Printer." Here, you have a few different options for adding network printers, as well as local printers. As you want to install a local printer, choose the option that says:
- "My printer is a little older. Help me find it.", or
- "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings."
We recommend you choose the first one and leave the wizard to search for your printer. Then, follow the wizard's instructions to configure it.
My printer is a little older. Help me find it.
If your computer still does not detect the printer, you should also try the manual settings option. Before doing that, make sure that you read the documentation for your printer because you must supply some details about it.
Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings
Follow the wizard and enter the details requested of you to add the printer to Windows 10. The first step is to choose one of the printer ports available on your PC or create a new one. Once you do that, press Next.
Use an existing port or Create a new port
Then, Windows 10 shows you a list of printer manufacturers and models. These are all printers for which Windows 10 already has drivers. If you can find your local printer, select its model and press Next to install it.
Install the printer driver from a list
If you can't find your printer on the list, but you do have the drivers for it somewhere on your Windows 10 computer, click or tap on the "Have Disk" button instead.
Install the printer driver by manually selecting the driver's location
In the "Install From Disk" dialog, type the printer drivers' location, or press Browse and navigate to where you saved them. After you do that, click or tap on OK.
Choosing the location of the printer driver
Then, the wizard shows you the list of printer drivers it found in the location you specified. Select your printer model and click or tap on Next.
Selecting the printer driver to install
Next, the "Add Printer" wizard might ask you "Which version of the driver do you want to use?" This dialog appears if Windows 10 or you already installed a driver for your printer. Otherwise, it should not show up. If you get this question, you can either choose to "Use the driver that is currently installed" or "Replace the current driver." If you want to continue installing the local printer with manual settings, select the second option.
Use the driver that is currently installed or Replace the current driver
Then, Windows 10 asks you to "Type a printer name." Enter the one you want and click or tap on Next.
Entering a name for the manually added printer
On the next step, enter a few details (name, location, comments) about your local printer if you want to share your printer with your local network. Otherwise, choose "Do not share this printer."
Choosing whether to share the local printer with the local network
That's it: you've now managed to add your local printer to your Windows 10 computer. The wizard tells you that and lets you "Print a test page" if you want. Otherwise, you can simply end the local printer installation wizard by clicking or tapping on Finish.
The printer has been manually installed in Windows 10
What to do if none of the printer installation methods we have shown you work? In that case, or if you also want to get access to all the software and features offered by your printer's manufacturer, you should try the next one:
The recommended method for adding a local printer in Windows 10: Use the printer's setup software and drivers
If your printer came with its setup software, you might prefer using it to install your printer. This kind of software usually has additional tools, depending on your printer model. Get the media (CD or DVD) and insert it into your DVD reader or go online and download the drivers from your printer manufacturer's website. If you go for the latter method, make sure you download the right drivers and software for your exact printer model.
The driver package download link for an HP printer
Here is a list of drivers web pages for some of the most popular printers: Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Samsung.
Usually, both on optical media or when you download printer software, you get an executable file that you must run, named setup.exe or something similar. This starts an installation wizard and, depending on your printer model, you get more or fewer settings and options. For instance, the setup wizard for an HP F4280 printer lets us check the Readme file and Install the printer, but that's it.
The installation wizard for an HP printer
Other printers come with software that lets you choose the language, select the place of residence and, most importantly, choose the software that is going to be installed. Besides the drivers, printer setup wizards also usually bundle other applications for configuring the printer, personalizing prints, and scanning or dialing if you have a multifunction printer. If you get that option, always read what each application does and select only the ones you believe to be useful. Then, go through the printer installation wizard and add it to your Windows 10 PC.
An HP printer is being added to Windows 10
When the local printer is added to your Windows 10 PC, you can start using it as you like.
Do you have any other questions on how to add a local printer in Windows 10?
As you have seen in this tutorial, installing a local printer is easy if you connect it through a USB cable to your Windows 10 computer. However, if it is an older printer, you might have to install it manually. Either way, now you know how to add a local printer in Windows 10. If you have questions, ask below in the comments section. We promise to do our best to help you.
