The following tables show the availability of Enterprise Autoconfiguration for various operating systems and network environments that support bidirectional communication.

Table 4: Enterprise Autoconfiguration availability in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Share

Method

Connection type

Microsoft Windows

 

 

Microsoft Share

 

 

 

 

 

98

Me

NT 4.0

2000

XP

3

2000/XP

NT 4.0

Other

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

host

host with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with

NT 4.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000/XP

client

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

client

 

 

 

Installer

Direct

USB

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

connect

(DOT4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network

Jetdirect

TCP/IP

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

IPX/SPX

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

Standard

TCP/IP

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(HP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP/IP

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(MS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPX/SPX

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(HP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add

Direct

USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer

connect

Parallel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network

Jetdirect

TCP/IP

x

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPX/SPX

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

Standard

TCP/IP

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(HP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TCP/IP

 

 

 

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(MS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPX/SPX

x

x

x

x

x

 

x2

x2

 

 

 

 

 

(HP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1- This column represents the following Microsoft Share configurations:

2000, XP, or 2003 host with NT 4.0, 98, or Me client

NT 4.0 host with 2000, XP, 2003, 98, or Me client

98 or Me host with any client

2- In this environment, client machines use Point and Print to download the configured driver from the host. 3- This information also applies to Windows Server 2003.

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