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You can connect your USB printer by following a few easy steps: 1  Plug in the printer, and ensure that itâs turned off. Also, set up the printer with ink and paper and all that other good stuff, according to the directions that came with the printer. 2  Connect a USB cable to the printer and to your laptop. 3  Turn on the printer.
1 If the Print directly to the printer option is selected, print spooling is turned off, and you are printing directly to the printer. 2  Change the setting to see if this speeds up printing. 3  To change the setting, click one of the options that are listed in step 5. On the Ports tab, look in the Print to the following port area, and then make a note of the port that your printer is connected to. 2  Click Start, click All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. 3  If your printer is connected to the LPT1 port, type copy con lpt1 at the command prompt.