Installing to Use WSD

If you are using Windows Vista/7/8.1/10/Server 2008/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016, you can print by using the WSD (Web Services on Devices) protocol. If you want to use WSD, first install the printer driver and then add a network printer.

Installing a Printer Driver

1
Log on to the computer with an administrator account.
2
Open the printer folder. Displaying the Printer Folder
3
Click [Add a printer] or [Add Printer].
4
Click [Add a local printer].
5
Check that [LPT1] is selected under [Use an existing port], and click [Next].
6
Click [Have Disk].
7
Click [Browse].
8
Specify the folder where the printer driver is stored, select the Inf file, and click [Open].
Specify the folder where the printer driver is stored as follows.
32-bit operating system
Specify [UFRII]  [us_eng]  [32BIT]  [Driver] folders of the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or downloaded file.
64-bit operating system
Specify [UFRII]  [us_eng]  [x64]  [Driver] folders of the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or downloaded file.
If you do not know whether to specify the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version Checking the Bit Architecture
9
Click [OK].
10
Select your printer, and click [Next].
11
Change the printer name as necessary, and click [Next].
The installation starts.
12
Select [Do not share this printer], and click [Next].
If you want to share the printer, make sharing settings for the printer added with Adding a Network Printer. (Configuring Settings on the Print Server Computer)
13
Click [Finish].
An icon for the installed printer is displayed in the printer folder.

 

Adding a Network Printer

1
Open the network folder.
Windows Vista/Server 2008
[Start]  select [Network].
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2
[Start]  [Computer]  select [Network].
Windows 8.1/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2
Right-click the lower-left corner of the screen  [File Explorer]  select [Network].
Windows 10/Server 2016
Click [] [File Explorer]  select [Network].
2
Right-click the newly added printer icon, and click [Install].
Installation for using WSD is complete when an icon for the printer is added to the printer folder.
 
Deleting Unneeded Printer Icons
When you have finished installing the network printer, the icon added in step 13 of Installing a Printer Driver is no longer needed. To delete the icon, right-click it and select [Remove device] or [Delete]  click [Yes].
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