Using the LPR Port

This section explains how to install the PostScript 3 printer driver for use on the LPR port.

Procedures will vary slightly between operating systems. In this manual, Windows XP is used as a representative example of its operating system family.
In an IPv6 environment, you cannot use the LPR Port. Use the SmartDeviceMonitor for Client port.
Manage Printers permission is required to install the driver. Log on as an Administrators group member.
You can install the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided with this machine or download it from the manufacturer's Web site.

Quit all applications currently running.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
The installer starts.
Select an interface language, and then click [OK].
The printer driver with the selected language will be installed. The English printer driver is installed when the following language is selected: Suomi, Magyar, Cestina, Polski, Portugues, Russian, Catala, Turkce.
Click [PostScript 3 Printer Driver].
Add Printer Wizard starts.
Click [Next >] under Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
Click [Local printer attached to this computer], and then click [Next >] under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
Under Windows 2000, click [Local printer], and then click [Next >].
Under Windows Vista/7, Windows Server 2008, click [Add a local printer].
Click [Create a new port:].
Click [LPR Port] in [Type of port:], and then click [Next >].
Under Windows 2000, click [LPR Port] in [Type], and then click [Next >].
Enter the machine's IP address in the [Name or address of server providing lpd] box.
Enter "Ip" in the [Name of printer or print queue on that server] box, and then click [OK].
Check that the name of the machine whose driver you want to install is selected, and then click [Next >].
Change the machine name if you want, and then click [Next >].
If a check box for setting the machine as a default printer appears, configure as necessary.
Under Windows Vista, the printer driver installation starts.
Specify whether or not to share the machine, and then click [Next >].
Specify whether or not to print a test page, and then click [Next >].
Click [Finish].
If a check box for setting the machine as a default printer appears, configure as necessary.
If you want to print a test page, click [Print a Test Page] under Windows Vista/7.
If the [Hardware Installation] message appears, click [Continue Anyway].
The printer driver installation starts.

To stop installation of the selected driver, click [Cancel] before installation is complete.
Depending on your computer's operating system, the [AutoPlay] dialog box may appear. If this happens, click [Run SETUP.EXE]. If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Yes] or [Continue] to allow the auto play program to run.
A user code can be set after the printer driver installation. For information about user code, see the printer driver Help.
Auto Run may not work with certain operating system settings. In that case, launch "Setup.exe" on the CD-ROM root directory.