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Installing Printer Drivers on Windows
®
 Computers 
Identifying Printer Driver Pre-install Status 
Before installing the printer driver on your computer, check the IP address of your printer by performing one of the 
Changing the firewall settings before installing your printer 
If you are running one of the following operating systems, you must change the firewall settings before installing the 
Dell printer software: 
•    
Microsoft
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 Windows XP 
•    Windows  Vista
® 
•    Windows  7  
•    Windows  8  
•    Windows  Server
®
 2008 
•   Windows Server 2008 R2 
•   Windows Server 2012 
NOTE: 
For Windows XP, Service Pack 2 or 3 must be installed. 
The following procedure uses Windows 7 as an example. 
1  Insert the 
Software and Documentation disc into your computer. 
2   Click Start → Control Panel
3  Select System and Security
4  Click Allow a program through Windows Firewall
5  Click Change settings → Allow another program
6   Check Browse
7  D:\setup_assist.exe (where D is the drive letter of the optical drive) in the File name text box, and then 
click Open.  
8  Click Add, and then click OK.  
Inserting the Software and Documentation Disc 
1   Insert the 
Software and Documentation disc into your computer and click setup_assist.exe to start Easy Setup 
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NOTE: 
If the Software and Documentation disc does not launch automatically, follow the procedure below. 
For Windows XP, Windows Server
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 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 
Click 
start Run, enter 
D:\setup_assist.exe 
(where D is the drive letter of the optical drive) in the Run dialog 
box, and then click OK
For Windows Vista
®
 and Windows 7 
Click 
Start → All Programs → Accessories → Run, enter 
D:\setup_assist.exe 
(where D is the drive letter of 
the optical drive) in the Run dialog box, and then click OK
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 Computers 
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