Inkjet Printer Drivers

Printer drivers are software programs that translate print instructions into a language that printers can understand. You can't print without a print driver and many printer problems can be fixed by upgrading your printer driver.

Printer drivers allow you to change the way the printer behaves from paper tray and font selection to economy print modes. If you are thinking of upgrading or altering your inkjet printer's drivers then make sure you know the following :

Inkjet Printer Driver Checklist

• Your Operating System and service pack level e.g. XP, Windows 200 Server Service Pack 4, etc.
• Your currently installed printer driver - the model, version number and driver provider.
• The EXACT make and model of your printer.

Printer drivers are specific to operating system and printer make & model. Using an incorrect driver can cause problems but sometimes 'downgrading' or intentionally installing an older inkjet printer driver may fix problems but sacrifice printer features.

Here's a list of the best printer driver websites and driver alert email services on the net :

Driver Updates and Notification Services

Many of the larger printer manufacturers offer notification services. The review team at Inkjet Printer Reviews think driver update notification services are Great - why go hunting thru pages and pages of technical printer jargon when you can sign up to your inkjet printer manufacturers driver update service and have them tell you when your drivers change.

HP Deskjet Printer Drivers

Download HP Deskjet Printer Drivers. HP have recently rebranded their printer driver notification service and added some more advertising but the content remains the same. If you buy an HP inkjet printer this Xmas then sign up to HP's Printer Driver Alert and Tech Support Notifications service.

Epson Inkjet Printer Drivers

Epson also have good inkjet printer driver support for most operating systems - Apple Macintosh inkjet owners are well catered too with lots of tech support information thats well organised : Epson Inkjet Printer Driver download and support area

Lexmark Printer Drivers

Lexmarks current driver download area and customer support area can be found here : Lexmark's Printer Driver Download Area

Brother Printer Drivers

Brother printers are well support and owners of Brother printers should sign up for driver updates and announcements here : Brother Printer Driver Email Alerts or you might just want to head straight to Brother Printer Driver Downloads.

Canon Inkjet Printer Drivers

Canon's printer drivers are hard to find but you can get straight to them via this Canon Printer Drivers Downloads link.