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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.

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:\X86 or X64\DRIVERS\PS\XP_VISTA or X64\MUI\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].