Windows 10: Dell printer driver installs fine on one computer but will not on another.

Hi. I'm trying to install a Windows 7 64 bit driver for a Dell 3100cn on a Windows 10 PC. It worked fine and pints fine after installing on two computers but on a third computer with the same version of Windows 10, the driver will prompt me with an Install button but when I click the button it does noting. Anyone know what the issue might be? Thanks! Kevin

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win10 sez no drivers for brither hl5040 printer  

To be sure that you followed my suggestion correctly, I will specify some steps: CP>devices and printers>add a printer>the printer that I want isn't listed>add a local printer with manual settings>define port>Windows update and install

 

Need Printer Driver for Dell Photo 966

You have some options.

1. Download Vista drivers from Dell:

Step 1: See the post from "Pudgy One" here:
https://www.dell.com/community/Printers/Need-Dell-AIO-966-printer-driver/td-p/4779441

Step 2: The link to the Dell forum thread in the post in Step 1 is no longer valid. Instead, go to

https://www.dell.com/community/Printers/Dell-966-Photo-All-In-One-Printer-owners-thread-W7/m-p/3395452

2. Use the driver from the Microsoft Update Catalog

Step 1: Go here:
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=dell%20966

Step 2: You should be at a page with 11 possible downloads. Five of the hits are described as good for Windows 7.

Three of the hits indicate that they are for both Windows 7 and Windows XP 64-bit edition (among other versions of Windows). These downloads are for a 64-bit version of Windows. The other two hits are for a 32-bit version of Windows.
I don't know the differences between the different downloads.

If I were in your position, I would use the download that includes Windows 8.1 in the list as well as Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (if you have 64-bit Windows 7) or the download that includes Windows 8.1 in the list as well as Windows
XP (if you have 32-bit Windows 7).

Step 3: Whichever file you download will be a *.cab file. Extract the contents. The easiest way to deal with this is to install free 7-zip (7-Zip).
If you would rather use native Windows command line commands, see
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/extract-cab-file-using-command-line (use "expand" rather than "extrac32").

Step 4: Open Devices and Printers.

• Select any icon in the "Printers and Faxes" section.
• Click "Print Server Properties" in the tool bar at the top of the Devices and Printers window.
• Select the "Drivers" tab and then the "Add" button. This will open the "Add Printer Driver Wizard." Click "Next"
  
• Select your system architecture and click Next
• Click the "Have Disk" button
• Use the "Browse" button to open the folder into which you had extracted the contents of the *.cab file you downloaded. This will be easy to find if you had saved the downloaded file on your Desktop and extracted the contents into a folder on your Desktop.
  Click "Open"
  
• Select the *.inf file, click "Open" and then click "OK"
• Complete the Wizard.

Step 5: Connect the printer and turn it on. It should now install automatically.

 

Dell printer driver

Thanks for your reply, but we have already been here and there are no windows 11 drivers and no othe suggestions