Microsoft Windows

Overview

This chapter provides guidelines on how to print over the network from various Microsoft Windows platforms. There are numerous ways of printing from Windows and the exact set-up will vary depending upon your environment. There are also numerous versions of Windows, which can be configured as either a client, server or both.

Although there are many variants of Windows, the principles of network printing are the same. Microsoft provides on-line help with all of their operating systems and this is a good reference point for the exact details of each configuration option within Windows.

The network printer supports the following protocols that can be used in conjunction with the Windows operating system:

>TCP/IP

>IPX (Novell NetWare)

>NetBEUI

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