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Working with printers in Windows

Working with printers in Windows

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Working with printers in Windows

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- [Narrator] A printer works like a specialized computer, one that serves a single purpose, getting digital information printed on paper. Printers offer other features as well, such as scanning, copying, and faxing. Specifically, the subject here is printing, because most productivity software features a print command on the file menu. Printers can be connected directly to the computer by using a USB cable. More often, however, printers are available directly on the network, wired or wirelessly. This choice allows all network printers to be available to all computers on the network as a resource. Even when a printer is directly connected to a computer, it can be shared as a network resource. The downside is that when the connected computer is turned off, the printer is unavailable. So it makes sense to connect all printers directly to the network. The good news is that connecting a printer to a network is a painless operation. For a wired network, plug the network cable into the…

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