Setting Up for Local Printing 273Setting Up for Local PrintingA local printer is a printer attached to one computer using a USB or parallel cable. If your printeris attached to a network instead of your computer, go to "Setting Up for Network Printing" onpage 37.A printer driver is software that lets your computer communicate with your printer.If you purchased your Dell printer and computer together, the printer drivers and utilitiesdescribed in the "Software Overview" on page 41 are automatically installed—you are ready toprint!If you purchased your Dell printer separately, use the Drivers and Utilities CD to install all thefeatures described in the "Software Overview" on page 41. Use the following table to find theinstructions you need for your operating system.You need to complete Microsoft’s Plug and Play before installing the custom driver from yourprinter drivers CD.For Linux users, refer to the documentation included on the Drivers and Utilities CD forinstallation instructions. To access the documentation, browse to the unix\docs folder on theCD.Computer operating system Go to...Windows XP Professional x64 page 28Windows XP page 29Windows 2003 Server page 30Windows 2000 page 31Windows NT page 32Windows Me page 32Windows 98 SE page 33Macintosh OS 9.2 and OS 10.2 page 34
