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Do you want to connect your Canon printer to yourlaptop?
yes
Which model of laptop do you have?
ACER
Got this information!
Follow this instruction, please: Go to the Start menu and click Settings, Devices, then Printers & scanners. Select Add a printer or scanner and wait for your printer to appear in the list, then select it and hit Add device.
Did that but did not work shall I try again
Did not show printer
Try to reboot your laptop and do it again
Nope didnt work Did not show printer
Got it
Do you have USB cable for your printer?
yep plugged in
You connected one end to the laptop and the other to the printer, correct?
hopefully
Okay, now do the following
Did you hear any sound when you connected it to the laptop?
yes
Okay, now you can try to print something
Select your printer from the list of devices before printing
Yep I printed out ok so I should be able to set as default now?
Thank you for your help, I will carry on with settings now and see how I get on
Your welcome
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