I lost the installer cd. i have a dell laptop and

You can download the Dell printer driver from their WEB support site
and then install the driver. Please click on this link and select your
model printer :-
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=3A943AE039242E89E040A68F5B2854C9&journalid=803559AE24446852E040AC0A66E95D38&Query=&SystemID=&ServiceTag=&contenttype=&os=&component=&lang=&doclang=&toggle=&dl=#Issue0_3

Did you install the DELL printer-driver software onto the new laptop?

If you've lost that CD-ROM, access the manufacturer's web-site:

http://support.dell.com

and enter '946' and do a search for the device-driver software.

Hy, It's important to know what operating system are you using. Eg. Windows XP, Vista, Seven, Mac OS.
You go here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=PRN_ALL_A948&os=WNT5&osl=en&catid=&impid=

and select the operating system then download the driver. And install. Good luck.

go to Dell websitr and downlowd the updared programs and driver for the All In one printer, the problem might not be your laptop, but your printer and the software having a connection issue. check with Dell.

I lost my installation cd as well and I just figured out the solution to this problem. If you're trying to install the printer when it's attached to the network, this is how I did it. When you download the printer drivers from the Dell website, there isn't a setup.exe or similar file that will guide you through the installation setup. You still need this download, but what I did was go to the printer/faxes folder and clicked on "Add a printer". Select "Local printer attached to this computer and de-select "automatically detect and install...". On the next screen, select "create a new port" and select "standard TCP/IP port" from the drop down menu. At that point, another window will open for a wizard to add a tcp/ip port. Make sure you know the network address your printer is at and type it in. The next screen will probably say that it cannot find the device. Just select "custom" and finish configuring the port. Depending on your OS, there might not be any Dell printers. Click on Windows Update and it should update the manufacturer list. It will appear to freeze, but it's just updating the list. Click on Dell Inc. Select 3010cn. (I tried the 3100cn PCL6 and PS, but neither worked.) Make sure not to print a test page since this is not the driver for the printer and will print a million pages of junk. Click finish. Next, right click the printer you just added and select properties. Click on Advanced and click new driver. Click on "have disk", then browse. Look for the downloaded driver folder and open the PCL folder in the win_x32 folder. Select the dlxbrzi.inf file, then click on finish. Now you should be able to use the printer on your network. I don't know if there is a better way, but this is how I did it. I hope this helps.

It is not the manual you need, but the installation disk. It will provide instruction you how to setup the printer and install required drivers. The manual is available from Dell for free (5310 manual)

Here is the driver. Click here to download

If you have lost the disk you need to download the software from factory website.

Submit a new request from fixya, asking 'I need the link to driver download for printer xxx xxx' where instead of xxx xxx you write make and model for your printer.

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lost my cd for the printer, install the hp deskjet printer directly.