About the Installation 23
This equipment cannot connect to the same computer with both Parallel and USB at a same
time.
— Local Area Network over TCP/IP
When this equipment is connected to your computer in the local area network over TCP/IP, vari-
ous printing methods are available such as:
y Raw TCP/LPR Printing (only available for Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista)
y SMB Printing
Some of them are applicable to your environments, the printing methods generally recom-
mended are decided by the Windows version.
y Windows 98, Windows Me — SMB Printing
y Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista —
Raw TCP/LPR Printing
If you have no advance instruction for an installation from your administrator, check these print-
ing methods whether they are suited to your network environments.
It assumes using SMB printing in a small network. If you can use the Windows NT 4.0, Windows
2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista as a print server, it is recom-
mended to set up for printing via Windows print server. For further information about setting up
printing via a Windows print server, see the Network Administration Guide.
You can also perform FTP printing over the TCP/IP network. For more information about FTP
printing, please refer to the following section.
P.360 “FTP Printing”
Raw TCP/LPR Printing
Available for: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,
Windows Vista
This equipment allows you to connect using Raw TCP or LPR which is available for Windows
NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. If you use
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, Raw TCP/LPR print-
ing may be most suitable.
P.66 “Installing Client Software for Raw TCP/LPR Printing”
WindowsNT4.0
Windows2000
WindowsXP
WindowsServer2003
WindowsVista
ConnectingoverTCP/IPNetwork
SettinguptheRawTCP
orLPRprinterconnection
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