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Print Driver Installation for Networked Printers

3 Print Driver Installation

for Networked Printers

This chapter explains how to install the print drivers for

networked printers.

Workstation Setup

This section includes the setup procedures for the various

Windows workstation environments.

Windows XP (TCP/IP)

Note

: Windows XP supports printing via TCP/IP as standard

when TCP/IP is installed on a Windows XP Workstation.

Use the

Add Printer Wizard

to add the printer to the network.

Select

[Start]

, select

[Printers and Faxes]

Double-click on the

[Add a printer]

icon to display the

Add Printer Wizard.

Select [Local Printer attached to this computer], uncheck the

box labelled [Automatically detect and install my Plug and

Play printer.]and then select [Next] to display the dialog box

listing available ports.

Select

[Create a new port]

to display the

Printer Ports

dialog box.

Select

[Standard TCP/IP Port]

and select

[Next]

display the Add Standard TCP/IP Port dialog box.

Enter the IP Address of the printer in the

[Printer Name

or IP Address]

field (you can optionally enter a friendly

name for the printer port you are creating or use the

default name created). Then select

[Next]

to continue.

If the network printer settings are not automatically

detected, click on the

[Custom]

button to setup the

network printer port settings.

It is recommended that you select

[Raw]

as the Print

Protocol.

If you prefer to use LPR:

Select

[LPR]

as the Print Protocol.

Enter

[lp]

(in lower case) in the

[Queue Name]

field.

Uncheck the box labelled

[LPR Byte Counting Enabled]

Check the box labelled

[SNMP Status Enabled]

The

[Community Name]

should normally be set to

“public” (unless you have configured the device to have a

custom SNMP community name) and the

[SNMP Device

Index] should be set to 1.

Select

[OK

The Add Printer Wizard will then request that you select

the driver to be used for this printer.

Insert the CD ROM with the printer drivers into the

workstation and select

[Have Disk

Browse to the required Windows XP driver on the CDROM

and select

[OK

Note

: The driver will be found in the

Printer

folder on the CD

in the appropriate PCL folder. The driver is identified by the file

extension

.inf

Select

[Next

], and select

[Next]

again and the printer

driver will be loaded onto the workstation.

Enter the Printer Name and select

[Next

If you wish to share the printer over the network Select

[Share name

]. You may also wish to install printer drivers

for other operating systems that will access the printer.

A dialog box will be displayed with a message regarding

the printing of a test page.

Select

[Finish]

to accept the

Yes

choice.

Continue with

Test Print

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