Windows 10: Dell Printer Supplementary Driver Question

I have a Dell Color Laser Printer (C2660DN) The support pages list several supplementary drivers. I am wondering if these additional supplemental drivers are necessary as I am trying to avoid extra software bloat.

Dell Color Printer PCL, PS and Open Drivers -- Do I really need these additional drivers?

Thanks in advance!

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Step 2: The link to the Dell forum thread in the post in Step 1 is no longer valid.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

 

printer driver is unavailable

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I regret the inconvenience caused to you. We will be glad to assist you with this issue.

It would be grateful if you can reply to this question in order to assist you further:

• How exactly did you try to download the drivers?
• Did you try to check if the printer driver's are shown in the device manager?

Let's try the following steps and check if it helps:

Step 1: Run Hardware and device Troubleshooter.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar and select it.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click Hardware and device
  troubleshooter.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Step 2: I suggest you to visit the manufacturer website of the printer and download and install the latest drivers and check if it helps.

Let us know the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

windows 10 printer error 1797 Dell 1320 printer

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

We understand how you feel about the situation. We're sorry for the trouble.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check, if it helps:

Method 1: Try running the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter.

Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key +X, select Control panel
• Change he view by option on the top right to Large icons
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the
  view all option on the left panel
• Run the Printer troubleshooter.

I suggest you to update all the drivers and check if that helps. If that issue persist please uninstall and reinstall latest drivers available in manufacturer website.

• Press “Windows + X” and select Device manger.
• Select Hardware and Device and expand the driver icon.
• Right click on the driver icon and click on Update.
• Follow the onscreen instructions to update the driver.

Additional information to fix printer:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/...2&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

Support | Dell Deutschland

Hope it helps.

Do reply with the results.

We are glad to help.