Installing the Printer Driver Using USB

This section explains how to install the PostScript 3 printer driver for use over a USB interface.

Procedures will vary slightly between operating systems. In this manual, Windows XP is used as a representative example of its operating system family.
Make sure that machine is connected to the computer's USB ports using the USB interface cable.
Before installing, check that only the operating system is running on the computer and no print jobs are in progress.
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.

If the printer driver has already been installed, plug and play is enabled, and the icon of the machine connected to the "USB" port is added to the [Printers and Faxes] window.

The printer drivers can be installed from the CD-ROM provided with this machine.

If the printer driver is not installed, follow the plug-and-play instructions of the machine to install it from the CD-ROM provided with this machine.

Check that the power of the machine is off.
Connect the machine to the computer using the USB cable.
Connect the USB cable firmly.
Turn on the power of the machine.
Select [No, not this time], and then click [Next >] under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
Under Windows 2000, click [Next >].
In the Found New Hardware Wizard window, click [Install from a list or specific location [Advanced]], and then click [Next >] under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
Under Windows 2000, click [Search for a suitable driver for my device [recommended]], and then click [Next >] in the Found New Hardware Wizard window.
Under Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, select [Locate and install driver software (recommended)] in the Found New Hardware window.
Click [Yes] or [Continue] if the [User Account Control] window appears.
Select the [Specify a location] check box, and then click [Next >] under Windows 2000.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
If Auto Run starts, click [Cancel], and then [Exit].
To disable Auto Run, press the left [Shift] key when inserting the CD-ROM into the drive and keep it pressed until the computer finishes reading from the CD-ROM.
Select the [Include this location in the search] check box under [Search for the best driver in these location], and then click [Browse] to specify the printer driver location under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
Under Windows 2000, specify the location where the source files of the printer driver is stored.
If the CD-ROM drive is D, the source files of the printer driver are stored in the following location: D:\DRIVERS\PS\XP_VISTA\(Language)\DISK1
Check the printer driver location, click [OK], and then click [Next >] in the Found New Hardware Wizard window under Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
If the [Hardware Installation] message appears, click [Continue Anyway].
If [Digital Signature Not Found] dialog box appears, click [Yes].
Select the name of the machine whose driver you want to install, and then click [Next >] under Windows XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008.
If [Windows can't verify the publisher of this software] message appears in the installation, select the [Install this driver software anyway].
Click [Finish] or [Close] under Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008.
If installation is successful, the icon of the machine connected to the "USB001" port is added to the [Printers and Faxes] window.

The number after "USB" varies depending on the number of machines connected.

Windows 7:

Check that the power of the machine is off.
Connect the machine to the computer using the USB cable.
Connect the USB cable firmly.
Turn on the power of the machine.
Found New Hardware Wizard starts, and USB Printing Support is installed automatically.
Click [Devices and Printers] from the [Start] menu.
[Devices and Printers] window appears.
In [Unspecified], double-click the name of the machine whose driver you want to install.
Click the [Hardware] tab in the printer properties dialog box.
Check that the name of the printer driver you want to install is selected, and then click [Properties].
Click [General] tab.
Click [Change settings].
Click the [Driver] tab.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
If the [AutoPlay] dialog box appears, click the [Close] button.
To disable Auto Run, press the left [Shift] key when inserting the CD-ROM into the drive and keep it pressed until the computer finishes reading from the CD-ROM.
Click [Update Driver...].
Click [Browse my computer for driver software].
Click [Browse] to select the printer driver location.
If the CD-ROM drive is D, the source files of the printer driver are stored in the following location: D:\DRIVERS\PS\XP_VISTA\(Language)\DISK1
Click [Next].
If [Windows can't verify the publisher of this software] message appears in the installation, click the [Install this driver software anyway].
Click [Close].
If installation is successful, the icon of the machine connected to the "USB001" port is added to the [Devices and Printers] window.

The number after "USB" varies depending on the number of machines connected.