Preparing for Printing

Installing the PCL or RPCS Printer Driver (IPP)

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Important

❒ To install printer driver under Windows 2000/XP Professional, and Win-

 

dows Server 2003, you must have an account that has Manage Printers per-

mission. Log on as an Administrators or Power Users group member.

A Quit all applications currently running.

B Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

The installer starts.

C Select an interface language, and then click [OK].

The default interface language is English.

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Click [PCL/RPCS Printer Drivers].

The software license agreement appears in the [License Agreement] dialog box.

After reading the agreement, click [I accept the agreement.], and then click [Next >].

Select a printer driver you want to use in the [Select Program] dialog box.

You can select several printer drivers.

G Select the printer model you want to use.

The printer name can be changed in the [Change settings for 'Printer Name'] box.

H Double-click the printer name to display the printer settings.

The details shown in [Comment:], [Driver:], and [Port:] vary depending on the operating system, printer model, and port.

I Click [Port:], and then click [Add].J Click [SmartDeviceMonitor], and then click [OK].K Click [IPP].

L In the [Printer URL] box, enter “http://printer's address/printer” as the print- er's address.

If the server authentification is issued, to enable SSL( a protocol for encrypted communication), enter “https://printer's address/printer” (Internet Explorer 5.01, or a higher version must be installed).

(example IPv4 address: 192.168.15.16)

http://192.168.15.16/printerhttps://192.168.15.16/printer

You can enter “http://printer's address/ipp” as the printer's address.

If you are using Firefox or Netscape under Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003, you can enter IPv6 address as “http:// IPv6 printer's address/printer”.

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