How to Download Printer Basic Driver (.inf driver file)

Hi, today on this page we’ll talk about how to download printer basic driver for Windows 11, 10, 7, 8, Vista, XP. Basic driver is the core drivers, so it requires installing manually.

In this page below, we’ll show you how to download the basic printer driver to install it manually. Please follow the below-given step by step guide. You may download the basic driver of all the branded printers like Canon, Brother, Epson, Lexmark, Samsung, Ricoh, Kodak, Konica Minolta, etc.

The basic driver file includes “.inf, .sys, .cat, .dll” files in a zip file format. The “.inf” file is the main file which you will have to select while installing the printer manually.

[Steps] How to download printer basic driver (Inf driver file)

We are taking a printer model number “Laserjet 1018” for an example. You may change the model number as you have a printer.

1. Open www.freeprinterdriverdownload.org.
   (You may also go to the direct official websites like Canon, Epson, Brother, etc. to download basic driver if they have).
2. Go to the right-top corner of the website and click on the search bar field and type your printer’s model number and click on the search button.
   
3. Click on the appropriate found search result from the left side.
4. Go to the download section and look for the basic drivers and click on its download link according to your operating system version.
   If you don’t see the basic driver on the page, then you can send a driver request to freeprinterdriverdownload.org, you’ll get basic drivers within 24 hours on your email.
   

If you can’t find the basic driver on our website, so make a new driver request. You’ll get drivers within a few hours.

After downloading the basic drivers, install it manually like this: How to install the printer’s basic driver on Windows.

Watch a video tutorial where we have explained how to download a printer’s basic driver.