Preparing the Machine

Using as a Windows Network Printer

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This describes how to install the PCL or RPCS printer driver when using the

printer as a Windows network printer.

 

To use the print server, install the printer driver by selecting “Network printer server”, and then select the Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows NT 4.0 shared printer.

This section assumes that the client has already been configured to communicate with a Windows 2000 / XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows NT 4.0 print server. Do not begin the following procedure before the client is set up and configured correctly.

Important

❒The printer driver for Windows NT 4.0 is not included on the supplied CD- ROM. If your operating system is Windows NT4.0, download printer driver for Windows NT4.0 from the supplier's Web site. For details, ask your sales/service representatives.

❒To install the printer driver under Windows 2000 / XP Professional, Win- dows Server 2003, and Windows NT 4.0, you must have an account that has Manage Printers permission. Log on as an Administrators or Power Users group member.

❒If you print with a print server connected to the printer using the SmartDe- viceMonitor port, Recovery Printing and Parallel Printing cannot be used from the client.

❒If you print with a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 print server, notifi- cation functions of SmartDeviceMonitor may not be used with the client.

❒The machine’s print server supports computers running Windows Vista, SmartDeviceMonitor for Client cannot be installed on computers running Windows Vista.

❒If you print with a Windows NT 4.0 print server, install the printer driver be- fore you connect the print server to the printer.

❒If your operating system is Windows NT4.0, download printer driver for Windows NT4.0 from the supplier's Web site.

Installing the PCL or RPCS Printer Driver

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.

D Click [PCL/RPCS Printer Drivers].

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