How to Update a Canon Printer Driver with Simple Steps?

What is a printer driver?

A Canon printer driver is a computer program that allows software to connect with a printer. Every brand of printer has precise software that it uses, on the basis of its operating system that converts data to be printed, to a type specific to a printer.

Why learn how to update a printer driver?

If you want to run a new edition of an operating system or are experiencing glitches with your Canon printer, you’ll require knowing how to update your printer driver.

This is something that printer makers do from time to time, as just like computer programs, drivers have to be modernized to fix bugs and to add additional features.

Drivers help your PC and the operating system connect, so it is indispensable that their software is kept updated. If the driver has become corrupted, the PC may crash. When you reach Canon Printer Setup Support UK, the professionals over there may ask you to follow below steps for updating Canon Drivers.

How to update Canon printer drivers

The method to do this is different based on the operating system you have, so the best thing you can to do is to check your Canon printer manual or the Canon website.

For instance, to update a printer driver through Windows:

·        Open your control panel and write ‘devices and printers’ in the given search box

·        Find your Canon printer on the screen and choose it

·        If there is a yellow exclamation mark, you will require visiting the Canon website for more information about the driver you require

·        Choose ‘printer properties’

·        Click ‘new driver’

·        Follow the wizard to add the Canon printer device by searching the below list for the one you want to pick

·        Now download the new driver

·       Run the installer to finish the set-up. Few models will require a reboot.

How to manually update Canon drivers?

You can make use of Windows Update – a service provided by Microsoft which offers updates for Windows constituents – to update the drivers mechanically. If you have a disk that you received with the device which comprises the driver, you can use that to set up the driver manually.

·        Navigate to control panel

·        Choose hardware and sound

·        Then choose device manager to display you all the linked hardware on your machine – see for ‘imaging devices’, which comprises things such as webcams

·        Update driver software and it will inquire you how you look to search for software

·        It then displays you the best software to download

·        Search for your Canon printer website

·        See for ‘download drivers’ and type the product name of the suggested driver

·        Run the installer to finish the set-up.

If even after following the above-mentioned steps, then you just need dialing Canon Printer Phone Number UK to get instant solution for the problems you are experiencing while downloading your Canon printer driver.