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Printing with a Windows Print Server

This section describes how to configure a client computer on a network using Windows as a print server.

When using a Windows print server, select a shared printer on Windows.

This section describes running [Add Printer Wizard] on each client computer, and adding the Windows print servers as the network printer.

These instructions are for Windows XP.

Illustration of printing with a print server

When using a print server connected to the printer with SmartDeviceMonitor for Client, you cannot use Recovery Printing and Parallel Printing.

When using Windows XP/ Vista or Windows Server 2008 as a print server, the client computer cannot receive notification of print job completion.

This section assumes the client is already configured to communicate with a Windows print server. Do not begin the following procedure until the client computer is set up and configured correctly.

  1. On the [Start] menu, and then click [Printers and Faxes].

  2. Click [Add a printer].

  3. Click [Next].

  4. Click [A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer] and then click [Next].

  5. Click [Browse for a printer] and then click [Next].

  6. Click the name of the printer you want to use, and then click [Next].

  7. Click [Next].

  8. Click [Finish].