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Installing the PostScript 3 Printer Driver (Windows 7)

This section explains how to install the PostScript 3 printer driver under Windows 7 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.

2On the [Start] menu, click [Computer].

3Click [Network].

4Right-click the machine's icon, and then click [Install].

Driver installation starts automatically.

If the "Device driver software was not successfully installed" message appears, close the message, and then proceed to step 5.

5On the [Start] menu, click [Devices and Printers].

6Click [Add a printer].

7Click [Add a local printer].

8Check the [Use an existing port:] check box, and select WSD port.

9Click [Next].

10Click [Have Disk...].

11Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

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

12Click [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".

13Click [OK] to close the [Install From Disk] window.

14Select the manufacturer and model name of the machine you want to use, and then click [Next].

15Follow the instructions on the screens.

According to your needs, you may change the machine name, configure the machine as a default printer and/or a shared printer, and print a test page.

16Click [Finish].

If installation is successful, the icon of the printer connected to the WSD port is added to the [Devices and 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].