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Step-By-Step: Find Your Printer Driver

By Peter Piazza, About.com

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Bring up your Control Panel.

Clicking on the control panel icon.

You start by clicking on the control panel icon.

The Control Panel is an area in Windows where you can find important information about all the hardware and software that your computer is running. It's also where you start your search for your printer driver. Click on your Start button and look for the name "Control Panel" on your Start Menu -- it's usually half-way down on the right side of the menu. Click on that.

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