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Installing the PostScript 3 Printer Driver (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008)

This section explains how to install the PostScript 3 printer driver under Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 for use on the WSD port.

Important

  • 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 you are using the 64-bit version of an operating system, download the printer driver from the manufacturer's Web site. Select this machine and the operating system you are using, and then download it.

1Quit all applications currently running.

2Click [Start], and then click [Network].

The [Network] window appears, and the device search begins automatically.

3Right-click the machine's icon, and then click [Install].

If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Yes] or [Continue].

The [Found New Hardware] dialog box appears.

4Click [Locate and install driver software (recommended)].

If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Yes] or [Continue].

5Click [Browse my computer for driver software (advanced)].

6Insert the provided CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM drive.

If the [AutoPlay] dialog box appears, click the [Close] button.

7Click [Browse...], and then specify a location for the printer driver.

If the CD-ROM drive letter is D, the printer driver's source files are stored in "D:\DRIVERS\PS\(Language)\XP_VISTA\DISK1".

8Click [Next].

If the [Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software] message appears, click [Install this driver software anyway].

9Click [Close].

If installation is successful, the icon of the machine connected to the WSD port is added to the [Printers] window.

Note

  • The port name that follows "WSD" uses random character strings. It cannot be changed freely.

  • To stop the installation, click [Cancel] before the installation is complete. When re-installing the WSD Port, right-click the machine's icon in the [Network] window, and then click [Uninstall].