Installing the Printer Drivers, System | Toshiba B-852-TS12-QQ

3. PRINTER OPERATION

EO1-33029

3.3 Installing the Printer Drivers

3.3Installing the Printer Drivers

The TEC MONO Printer Driver is a file of driver information files to be used to install TEC monochrome thermal printers to operate under Windows 95®, Windows 98®, and Windows NT® .

Installation is accomplished by first downloading the set of printer driver files from the TOSHIBA TEC Web Site and transferring the printer drivers to the hard drive of your host computer. Then using the standard Windows Add Printer function, the driver for the B-852 will be installed. Once the driver has been installed, then it becomes quite easy to select the printer properties dialog and set the parameters for printing.

3.3.1 System Requirements

NOTE:

Windows 3.1® is not supported. Windows 3.1®, Windows 95®, Windows 98®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium® is a registered trade- mark of Intel Corporation

3.3.2 Driver Download

1.System

a.IBM Compatible PC running Windows 95® or Windows 98® or Windows NT® Version 4.0 Workstation or Windows NT® Version 4.0 Server.

b.Pentium® processor, 133MHz or greater recommended.

c.Installed memory of 16MB minimum (32MB recommended).

d.Available Hard Disk space of 10MB or more.

2.Interface

a.The RS-232C interface

b.Centronics interface

The following procedures will show you how to obtain the set of TEC MONO Printer Drivers from the TOSHIBA TEC Barcode Web Site.

1.Access the TOSHIBA TEC Barcode World Wide Web Site at the following URL:

http://barcode.toshibatec.co.jp

After accessing the above web site, the screen will appear as shown below.

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Toshiba B-852-TS12-QQ owner manual Installing the Printer Drivers, System Requirements, Driver Download, Interface

Contents

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