NEC 1700 Series, 1765 manual Establish the Printer on the Network

Establish the Printer on the Network

To establish the printer on the network, follow these steps, as illustrated below.

1.From Windows 95 open the control panels. (Select the Start menu, then the Settings submenu, then the Control Panel menu option.)

2.Open the Printers control panel.

3.Open the icon representing the driver you wish to use. If you want to use the PCL 5e driver open the NEC Silentwriter 1700 Series icon. If you want to use the PostScript driver open the NEC 1700 Series PostScript L2 icon (A).

4.In the driver window select the Properties menu option from the Printer menu.

5.Click on the Details tab in the Properties window (B).

A

6.Open the pull-down menu under Print to the following port. Select the TCP/IP port you defined in step 6 on page 4-20.

7.Click the Capture Printer Port button in the driver window.

8.In the Capture Printer Port dialog box open the pull-down menu next to Device. Select a printer port and click the Reconnect at logon checkbox to turn it on. The port will be between LPT1 and LPT9.

9.Click the OK button to close the Capture Printer Port dialog box and return to the Details tab of the Properties window.

10.Click the Apply button in the Details tab of the Properties window to save the changes.

11.Click the OK button to close the Properties window.

12.To close the driver window, select the Close option from the Printer menu.

B

4 Configuring Your Network Printer

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