2. Setting up Network Server
Network Administration Guide — Setting up Windows Print Server 59
Setting up Windows Print Server
If a Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 com-
puter is connected to this equipment using TCP/IP, it can print directly to this equip-
ment. If the computer shares the printer over the network, it is acting as a print server
for Windows clients. The client machines print to this equipment by printing to the Win-
dows print server. Printing can then be monitored and controlled at the Windows print
server machine.
The Windows print server can also use AppleTalk protocols for printing to this equip-
ment as an alternative to TCP/IP. When creating a printer to share with AppleTalk users,
do not “capture” the printer. Capturing the printer forces all users to print to the server
rather than directly to the printer. If you capture the printer, this equipment print connec-
tions will not appear in the Mac OS Chooser.
Configuring the Windows Print Server
To configure a Windows print server to communicate with this equipment, follow these
general steps. More detail is provided in subsequent sections.
• Load the TCP/IP network protocol on the server and configure it with an IP address,
subnet mask, and gateway.
• Make sure the Microsoft TCP/IP printing service is installed, and that the computer
is using Raw TCP or LPR printing.
• On the Windows print server, install the appropriate printer drivers (if necessary)
and share the printer on the network.
P.59 "Installing the Printer Drivers as Shared Printers"
• Configure clients for printing to the printer shared by the Windows print server.
P.60 "Setting up the Clients"
Installing the Printer Drivers as Shared Printers
First, install the Windows printer drivers. The installation instructions in the Printing
Guide can be used for every computer that will print directly and independently to this
equipment. However, if you are an administrator running Windows NT 4.0 Server, Win-
dows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, or
Windows Server 2003, you can also create a printer and share it with clients on the net-
work. When a printer is shared, clients who are not able or are not given permission to
establish an independent network connection to this equipment can print through the
server.
If you have not installed the printer files on the Windows print server computer, do so
now following the instructions for Raw TCP or LPR printing in the Printing Guide.
Then, or if you have already installed the printer files on the computer you are using as
a Windows print server, see your Windows documentation for information about sharing
the printer.
In addition, the printer files for every Windows version can be installed to the shared
printer so that Windows clients can use the shared printer as a Point and Print printer,
which enables clients to download the appropriate printer driver from the shared printer.
NOTES: • When installing the printer driver to Windows NT 4.0 clients from the Windows NT
4.0 print server, please check the “Always spool RAW datatype” box on the Print
Processor dialog box (displayed by clicking the [Print Processor...] button on the
General tab of printer properties dialog box of the shared printer on the Windows NT
4.0 print server).
• When installing the Windows 2000 PCL printer driver to the Windows 2000 server,
you must clear the “Enable advanced printing features” check box on the Advanced
tab of the printer properties dialog box.
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