4. Installing the Facsimile Driver
This chapter explains how to install and configure the LAN-Fax Driver on a client computer. Installing
procedures on Windows 7 is shown as an example except where indicated.
Installing the LAN-Fax Driver
Address Book and LAN-Fax Cover Sheet Editor are installed with the LAN-Fax Driver. Address Book
helps you edit LAN-Fax transmission destinations. LAN-Fax Cover Sheet Editor helps you edit LAN-Fax
cover sheets.
• Manage Printers permission is required to install the drivers. Log on as an Administrators group
member.
• In an IPv6 environment, you cannot use the Standard TCP/IP port. Use the SmartDeviceMonitor for
Client port.
Specifying the Same Port as the Printer Driver
If a port name that is the same as one that is already in use by the existing driver is specified, the LAN-
Fax Driver installation may fail. If the printer driver is already installed, make sure that the port numbers
of the LAN-Fax Driver and the printer driver match.
1. Click [LAN-Fax Driver] on the installer screen.
2. The software license agreement appears in the [License Agreement] dialog box. After
reading the agreement, click [I accept the agreement.], and then click [Next >].
3. Click [Next >].
4. Select the same port as the one selected in the printer driver from the [Select from the port
list], and then click [Next >].
5. Configure the user code, default printer, and shared printer as necessary.
6. Click [Continue].
The installation starts.
7. Click [Finish].
• The [AutoPlay] dialog box is displayed only for a few seconds under Windows 8/8.1 and
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2. If the [AutoPlay] dialog box disappears, use the following
procedure to replay the CD-ROM:
• Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
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