Configuring the Print Server

Before configuring the print server, check the settings of your network environment.
"Checking the Settings of Your Network"
1
Open the printer folder.
"Basic Operations/Various Information for Windows"
2
Display the [Sharing] sheet.
   
Right-click the icon for this printer, and then select [Sharing] from the pop-up menu.
 
1.
Right-click the icon for this printer, and then select [Printer properties] from the pop-up menu.
2.
Display the [Sharing] sheet.
3
Perform the following procedure.
 
Select [Share this printer]. Change [Share name] as needed.
  
Select the [Share this printer] check box. Change [Share name] as needed.
Do not use spaces or special characters for the share name.
 If [Change sharing options] appears
Click [Change sharing options].
If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Continue].
Next, install the additional driver using the following procedure.
4
Insert the supplied CD-ROM "User Software" into the CD-ROM drive of your computer, and then click [Additional Drivers].
If CD-ROM Setup appears, click [Exit].
NOTE
When updating an additional driver (replacement driver)
Perform the following procedure.
1.
Uninstall the printer driver on the print server.
"Uninstalling the Printer Driver"
2.
Install the new printer driver on the print server.
"Installing the Printer Driver"
3.
Reinstall the additional driver.
5
Select the additional driver.
(1)
Select the additional driver.*
(2)
Click [OK].
*
Select the additional driver as follows according to the operating system on the print server.
Print Server
Additional Driver to Be Selected
32-bit operating system
Select the [x64] check box.
64-bit operating system
(Windows XP and Server 2003)
Select the check box for [Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003] in the [Version] column.
64-bit operating system
(Windows Vista, 7, and Server 2008)
Select the check box for [x86] in the [Processor] column.
 If you are not sure whether you are using a 32-bit operating system or 64-bit operating system (Windows Vista, 7, and Server 2008)
"Basic Operations/Various Information for Windows"
6
Click [Browse].
7
Open the folder in which the printer driver is included.
If a 32-bit operating system is running on the print server
Open the folders in the supplied CD-ROM: [English] - [x64] - [Driver].
If a 64-bit operating system is running on the print server
Open the folders in the supplied CD-ROM: [English] - [32bit] - [Driver].
8
Open the INF file.
(1)
Select the INF file.
(2)
Click [Open].
9
Click [OK] to start the installation of the additional driver.
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Wait a moment until the [Sharing] sheet automatically reappears. (It may take a long time to install the additional driver.)
 If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears
Click [Yes].
10
Click [Close] or [OK].
When the following screen appears, you can remove the CD-ROM.
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[State] or the printer icon change to those for the sharing settings.
IMPORTANT
To clear the printer sharing settings
Clear it using the following procedure.
 
Select [Do not share this printer] in the [Sharing] sheet.
  
Clear the [Share this printer] check box in the [Sharing] sheet.
If [Change sharing options] appears, click [Change sharing options].
If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears, click [Continue].
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