Laptop/printer Link-Up Problem

[brainiac]

I have a new laptop which I am trying to link with my newish (non wi-fi) printer. The problem is that the new laptop does not have a drawer in the side to insert the CD that comes with the printer, and even though I plug the printer into the USB port and press 'add device or printer' in Network on the laptop, it just keeps coming back as 'no devices found'. I have tried transferring the info on the printer's CD onto a memory stick, then onto the new laptop, but to no avail. It's driving me mad, as the printer works perfectly with my other laptop, which DOES have the drawer in the side and was simplicity itself to set up! Am I missing an easy fix??

[Togo]

Go online and upload the printer installation from there. You don't need the cd.

[Buenchico]

As Togo states, you simply need to download (and run) the set-up software.

Provide us the make & model of the printer if you need help finding the link; please also tell us which operating system, e.g. Windows 8.1, your new laptop uses. Alternatively, seek it out yourself from the link I gave you before:
http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/drivers.html

[brainiac]

Many thanks for your answers. It's an HP Deskjet 1510; laptop is an ASUS using Windows 8.....

[Buenchico]

Using your new laptop, go here to download the software:
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL48430/al-117537-4/DJ1510_188.exe

Save it to somewhere on your hard drive. (The actual location is irrelevant. Your 'Downloads' folder is the obvious one!).

Navigate to the location of your downloaded file, double-click on it to run it and follow any on-screen instructions.

[brainiac]

Great, thanks for that!