❏Be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor so that the shared printer can be monitored on the print server. See "Notice Settings" on page 99.

❏Set the security for the shared printer (access right for clients). Clients cannot use the shared printer without right. For details, see Windows help.

You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network. See the following pages for details:

❏"With Windows Me or 98" on page 119

❏"With Windows XP or 2000" on page 120

Setting up clients

This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer on a network.

Note:

❏To share the printer on a Windows network, you need to set the print server. For details, see "Setting up your printer as a shared printer" on page 111 (Windows Me or 98) or "Using an additional driver" on page 112 (Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003).

❏This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server (Microsoft workgroup). If you cannot access the shared printer due to the network system, ask the administrator of the network for assistance.

❏This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer from the Printers folder. You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop.

❏You cannot use the additional driver on the server system OS.

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