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Setting up a client computer

Follow the procedure below to configure a computer as a client computer and connect it to the shared printer. Make this setting when installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided.

Important

  • For Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows NT 4.0, log on as an administrator (a user with an administrator right).

Configure a computer connected to the network where the print server is connected.

1Start Windows, and then insert the provided “Drivers, Manual & Utilities” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

2Quit all other applications currently running.

When you start Windows, the Add New Hardware Wizard may appear. If this happens, click [Cancel]. Check again that the power is off.

3Select a language for the interface, and then click [OK].

The following languages are available:

Dansk (Danish), Deutsch (German), English (English), Espanol (Spanish), Francais (French), Italiano (Italian), Nederlands (Dutch), Norsk (Norwegian), Portugues (Portuguese), Svenska (Swedish) The default interface language is English.

4Click [RPCS Raster Printer Driver].

If your model is the GX 3050SFN, click [PCL/RPCS Raster Printer Drivers].

5The software license agreement appears in the [<License Agreement>]dialog box. After reading the agreement, click [I accept the agreement.], and then click [Next >].

If your model is the GX 3050SFN, a dialog box for installing the printer driver appears. Select the check box of the printer driver you want to install, click [Next >], and then proceed to Step 6.

6Click the plus mark next to a printer name.

7Click [Port:< LPT1: >] under [Printer name:].

8Click [Add].

9Click [Network Printer].

10Click [OK].

11Select a shared printer.

12Click [OK].

13Check that [<\\servername\sharedprintername>] appears after [Port:].

14Click [Continue].

Installation starts.

15Check the installation result, and then click [Finish].

Note

  • After inserting the CD-ROM, the “Drivers, Manual & Utilities” dialog box appears. If it does not, double-click the CD-ROM drive icon under [My Computer] or [Explorer], and then double-click [Setup.exe].

  • If the message prompting you to restart the computer appears, restart the computer.