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Using as a Windows Network Printer

This describes how to install the PCL, or RPCS printer driver when using the printer as a Windows network printer.

To use the print server, install the printer driver by selecting "Network printer server", and then select the Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 shared printer.

This section assumes that the client has already been configured to communicate with a Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 print server. Do not begin the following procedure before the client is set up and configured correctly.

Important

  • To install the printer driver under Windows 2000/XP/Vista, and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008, you must have an account that has Manage Printers permission. Log on as a member of the Administrators group.

  • If you print with a print server connected to the printer using the SmartDeviceMonitor port, Recovery Printing and Parallel Printing cannot be used from the client.

  • If you print under Windows XP/Vista or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 print server, notification functions of SmartDeviceMonitor may not be used with the client.

  • You can install the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided with this printer or download it from the supplier's Web site.

  • If your operating system is Windows XP Pro x64, Windows Vista x64, or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 x64, you must download the printer driver from the manufacturer's Web site. Select this printer and the operating system you are using, and then download it.

  • To use the PCL printer driver, the optional PCL unit must be installed on the machine.

Installing the PCL or RPCS Printer Driver

1Quit all applications currently running.

2Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

The installer starts.

3Select an interface language, and then click [OK].

4Click [RPCS Printer Driver] or [PCL Printer Driver].

5The software license agreement appears in the [License Agreement] dialog box.

After reading the agreement, click [I accept the agreement.], and then click [Next >].

6Select the printer driver you want to use in the [Select Program] dialog box.

You can select several printer drivers.

7Click [Next >].

8Select the [Printer Name] check box to select the printer models you want to use.

The printer name can be changed in the [Change settings for 'Printer Name'] box.

9Double-click the printer name to display the printer settings.

The details shown in [Comment], [Driver], and [Port] vary depending on the operating system, printer model, and port.

10Click [Port], and then click [Add].

11Click [Network Printer], and then click [OK].

12Double-click the computer name you want to use as a print server in the [Browse for Printer] window.

13Select the printer you want to use, and then click [OK].

14Check that the port of the selected printer is displayed in [Port].

15Configure the user code as necessary.

For an RPCS printer driver, a user code can be set after the printer driver installation.

For details about user code, see the printer driver Help.

16Select the [Default Printer] check box to configure the printer as default.

17Click [Continue].

The printer driver installation starts.

18After the installation is completed, select one of the options to restart the computer either now or later, and then click [Finish].

Restart the computer to complete installation.

Note

  • A user code can be set after the printer driver installation. For information about user code, see the printer driver Help.

  • To stop installation of the selected software, click [Cancel] before installation is complete.

  • Auto Run may not work with certain operating system settings. In that case, launch "Setup.exe" on the CD-ROM root directory.

  • A message appears if there is a newer version of the printer driver already installed. If there is, you cannot install the printer driver using Auto Run.

  • If you still want to install the printer driver, use [Add Printer]. See “Messages Displayed When Installing the Printer Drive” Troubleshooting.