Technical Note 9 - Installing the Windows Printer Driver
First things first
For any of the operations described in this section you need the P640i Driver Software. This is on the Driver CD. It may also be downloaded from the Zebra Support Web page.
Driver CD
If you have the CD, place it in the computer’s CD- ROM drive. This will display the Zebra Printer Setup screen. Follow the screen instructions to Uninstall or Install, referring where necessary to the additional information in this section.
Download
Downloaded software comes to you as a self- executing application, available from zebracard.com/ atlantek. Before you download, make a note of the file name, and where it will be saved on the computer’s hard drive:
1.Click Download, then choose somewhere to store the file temporarily (the Desktop is a convenient location).
2.Navigate to that location, then launch the Printer Installer by double clicking the downloaded file.
3.Click OK. This brings up the WinZip Self- Extractor, which will put the unzipped (decompressed) files in their default location (c:\zebra\driver), unless you choose a different location. Click Unzip. The
4.Navigate to c:\zebra\driver, or to the alternate location you specified, then double click setup.exe. This displays the Zebra Printer Setup screen. You are now at the same stage as if you had inserted the Driver CD.
Important • If the computer you are working on has ever run a Zebra Atlantek printer, uninstall all previous versions of the driver before installing the new one. You can
NOT uninstall a printer driver using the
Uninstalling the printer driver
Go to the Zebra Printer Setup screen from the Driver CD or from the downloaded software, see above.
1.Click Uninstall Printers and Drivers.
2.In the next window to appear, click Uninstall Printer Drivers. Complete the process by re- starting the computer.
Important • Windows 2000 and Windows XP install printer drivers in different ways. Although the overall process is similar, the dialog boxes are not identical. The screen shots in this section are for Windows XP.
Windows file missing
Caution • If the computer you are configuring for a USB connection to the P640i has at some time run an Eltron
Recover the missing Windows file as follows:
1.Navigate to c:\windows\inf (Windows XP) or c:\winnt\inf (Windows 2000).
2.Find the file named usbprint.in, then rename it to usbprint.inf.
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