How to connect portable printer to your laptop

You use a Windows XP Professional laptop computer to complete tasks and maintain troubleshooting records. You need to create a paper version of troubleshooting records, so you carry a portable printer with you on the job. The printer is designed to connect to the USB port on your Windows XP Pro laptop. You have never connected the portable printer with your laptop. What steps should you take to enable you to use the portable printer?

Plug the printer into a USB port

Install a device driver the first time the device is connected

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