4 Driver Installation

Note: Ensure you are logged into Windows with proper administrative privileges to install a driver.

1.Remove any previous versions of this print driver as described in the Driver Removal section below.

2.Start Windows 2000/XP/2003.

3.Either Download from the web (http://www.xerox.com) or Insert the CD ROM containing this driver into your workstation’s drive. Select your language and unzip your driver file (typically accomplished by double-clicking on the self-extracting file). Write down the directory into which you extracted the files for later use.

4.On your workstation’s desktop, click “Start”,”Settings”, and “Printers” to open the “Printers” window.

5.From the “Printers” window, double-click on the Add Printer icon.

6.If the “Add Printer Wizard” introduction screen displays, click Next.

7.Click on the Local printer radio button, unless you will be printing through a network server, in which case you should select “Network Printer”. Deselect (uncheck) the “Automatically detect …” check box in Windows 2000/XP Pro. Click Next.

Note: If you selected Network Printer (or Network Printer Server), you will have to click Browse to open up the applicable network directories and sub-directories to locate your printer’s server. Then skip to step 11.

8.When the “Select the Printer Port” window displays, do one of the following:

oSelect an XES TCP/IP port form the displayed list and click Next. If you do not have an available XES TCP/IP port, cancel this installation and refer to “Creating a Printer Port” in these Release Notes.

9.When the “Manufacturers and Printers” window displays, click Have Disk… and enter the path to the driver files you extracted in step 3. Click OK.

10.From the displayed list of printers, select your printer (Wide Format Print System 721p, for example) and click Next.

11.Select either Yes or No to make this printer your default windows printers. Choose Yes if you will be printing primarily to this printer from your windows applications. Click Next.

12.When the Printer Sharing window displays, select Do not share this printer, unless the printer is directly connected to your workstation and you wish to share it with other network users. Click Next.

13.If the printer is power on and capable of communicating with your workstation, when prompted to print a test page select Yes.

14.Click Finish.

15.Verify that an icon representing your printer is now displayed in your desktop “Printers” window.

FreeFlow AccXES 2000/XP/2003 HP-GL/2 Printer Driver Customer Release Notes

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