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Installing the Printer Driver
Setting Up the Printing Environment
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Installing the Printer Driver
Install the printer driver on a computer. The printer driver is software required for
printing from an application. This section describes the procedure for installing the
printer driver on a computer connected to the printer by a USB cable.
There are the following methods for installing the printer driver.
* If you want to install the manuals only, see "Installing the Manuals," on p. 5-29.
IMPORTANT
When there is insufficient free hard disk space, a message will appear during the
installation. Stop the installation and increase the free space of the disk, and then install
the printer driver again.
NOTE
•
If the print server is running 64-bit Windows Vista, and if you want to update the
additional driver (alternate driver), perform the following procedure.
1.
Uninstall the printer driver used in the print server. (See p. 4-67)
2.
Install the new printer driver on the print server. (See p. 4-4)
3.
See "Print Server Settings" (p. 4-36) and install the additional driver again.
•
This printer does not come with a USB cable. Have an appropriate one available for the
computer you are using. Use a USB cable with the following symbol.
Installation method
Contents Reference page
Installing from
CD-ROM
Installs the printer driver from the
CD-ROM supplied with the printer
(CD-ROM Setup). Also, you can
install the printer driver and the
instruction manuals at a time.*
p. 4-5
Installing with Plug and
Play
Searches for the printer
automatically, selects the file
required for the installation from the
CD-ROM supplied with the printer,
and then installs the printer driver.
Windows Vista: p. 4-12
Windows XP/Server 2003: p.
4-19
Windows 2000: p. 4-24