After you upgrade the system to Windows 10 from Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, if your printer doesn’t work at all or doesn’t print properly, the printer driver is most probably damaged or incompatible with Windows 10. You can fix the issue by reinstalling and updating the printer driver.

Upgrade Windows 10

You can go to your printer manufacturer’s website to check if your printer model supports Windows 10. If yes, you can download and install the Windows 10 driver for your printer.  If not, you can download the latest version that the manufacturer has released like  Windows 8 version or Windows 7 version. They may be compatible with Windows 10. The driver download can be normally found in Support section. After you download the driver, you can always double-click on the installer file to install the driver.

Update your Dell Printer Driver Manually

1. Open Windows 10 Control Panel by pressing Win+X (Windows key and X key) at the same time and clicking Control Panel.

For some printers, you need to update the drivers manually step by step.

2. View by Small icons. Click Device Manager.

For problem device, you can see a yellow mark next to the device name.

Following screen shot is the problem device with a yellow mark for your reference.

3. In Device Manager window, locate the printer device that you wish to update the driver for. 

4. Right click on the device name and select Update Driver Software…

 you will see two options. It is recommended to select the first option Search automatically for updated driver software.  Then follow the instructions to install the drivers. If you have driver files available on your computer, you can select the second option Browse my computer for driver software.  

5. In the pop-up window

Please refer to steps below how to use Windows Update in Windows 10 to update drivers.

Use Windows Update for new drivers

Click Start menu and click Settings.

In Settings window, click Update & security.

Click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your computer.

3. In UPDATE & SECURITY, click Windows Update in left pane.

Click the link that tells you optional updates are available. (If you don’t see this link, it means Windows Update didn’t find any updates for your computer.)

Windows Update Available

Update your printer driver automatically Most often, it may take you much time to find the

right driver manually. And sometimes you still don’t find the driver you need. Windows Updates doesn’t find any updates for you.  Except these two ways, you can also use Driver Easy to update drivers automatically. Driver Easy will detect the outdated, corrupted, incompatible and missing drivers in your computer. And it is compatible with Windows 10. So you can use it to update the printer driver after upgrade to Windows 10.

Select the driver you want to install, click OK, and then click Install updates.

1. Launch Driver Easy on your computer. Click Scan Now button and it will auto scan your computer. This will identify if your printer driver is outdated, missing or broken. 

How to use Driver Easy to update your printer driver

2. If you have problem with printer driver, Driver Easy will detect it and provide the newe driver. You can click Update All button to update all drivers. Alternatively, you can click Update button to update the printer driver. 

Tips above will help to fix your printer driver issues in Windows 10.