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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/Vista, 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.

  1. Start Windows, and then insert the “Driver, Manual & Utility” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

    Quit all other applications currently running.

    When starting Windows, a wizard for adding new hardware may open. If this happens, click [Cancel]. Check again that the power is off.

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

  3. Click [Printer Driver].

  4. Read the entire license agreement carefully. If you accept its terms, click [I accept the agreement], and then click [Next >].

  5. Click [Connected via LAN].

  6. Click [Next >].

  7. Click the plus mark next to a printer name.

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

  9. Click [Add].

  10. Click [Network Printer].

  11. Click [OK].

  12. Select a shared printer.

  13. Click [OK].

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

  15. Click [Continue].

    Installation starts.

  16. Select whether or not to open the Status monitor automatically.

  17. Click [Next >].

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

Note

  • When the CD-ROM is inserted, the [Driver, Manual & Utility] 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.