my printer scares me

Is it normal to be totally intimidated by a piece of electronic equipement? Probably not, but i am. When i picked up the laptop last week, opened the box it was all idiot proof. step 1) open box. step 2) take PC out of the box. step 3) plug it in. step 4) turn it on. The printer's a whole different story. I opened the box to find instructions, instructions and more instructions. And wires. Lot's of them. But no paper odly enough. So at this point it's still tucked away in it's box. It may stay that way for quite some time, or perhaps i'll wrap it to make the bottom of my Christmas tree look less bare.