Dell 2135cn User Guide - Page 159

Disable Microsoft, Windows, XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server, Firewall, Before Printer Software

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1. Click start® All Programs® Dell Printers® Additional Color Laser Software® Quick Launch Utility. The Quick Launch Utility dialog box opens. 2. Click the Tool Box button. The Tool Box dialog box opens. 3. Select the printer from Printer Name. The Tool Box opens. 4. Click the Printer Settings Report tab. 5. Select Reports from the list at the left side of the page. The Reports page is displayed. 6. Click the System Settings button. The System Settings page is printed. 7. Look under the TCP/IP heading on the System Settings page. If the IP address is 0.0.0.0, wait for a few minutes to resolve the IP address automatically, and then print the System Settings page again. Disable Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows Server® 2008 Firewall Before Printer Software Installation NOTE: This step may not be necessary if you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed. If your printer is connected directly to a network and the Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 firewall is enabled, you cannot view your networked printer(s) when you run the Dell™ printer installation software. To prevent this situation, disable the firewall before you install the Dell printer software. To disable or enable the firewall, perform the following steps. NOTICE: It is recommended that you enable your Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 firewall after you install the printer software. Enabling the firewall after you install the printer software does not limit the use of your printer. 1. Click the start button and click Help and Support. 2. In the Search box, type firewall and then press Enter. In the list, click Turn Windows Firewall on or off and then follow the instructions on the screen. Local Printer Setup 1. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into your computer to start Easy Setup Navigator. NOTE: If the CD does not automatically launch, click start® Run, and then type D:\setup_assist.exe (where D is the drive letter of your CD), and then click OK. 2. Press Software Installation to launch the installation software. 3. Select Network Installation, and then click Next. 4. Select Local Installation, and then click Next. 5. Select the printer you want to install from the printer list, and then click Next. If the target printer is not displayed on the list, click Refresh to refresh the list or click Add Printer to add a printer to the list manually. You may specify the IP address and port name at this point. If you have installed this printer on the server computer, select the I am setting up this printer on a server check box. NOTE: When using AutoIP, 0.0.0.0 is displayed in the installer. Before you can continue, you must enter a valid IP address. 6. Specify the printer settings, and then click Next.

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1.
Click
start
®
All Programs
®
Dell Printers
®
Additional Color Laser Software
®
Quick Launch Utility.
The
Quick Launch Utility
dialog box opens.
2.
Click the
Tool Box
button.
The
Tool Box
dialog box opens.
3.
Select the printer from
Printer Name
.
The
Tool Box
opens.
4.
Click the
Printer Settings Report
tab.
5.
Select
Reports
from the list at the left side of the page.
The
Reports
page is displayed.
6.
Click the
System Settings
button.
The System Settings page is printed.
7.
Look under the
TCP/IP
heading on the System Settings page.
If the IP address is
0.0.0.0
, wait for a few minutes to resolve the IP address automatically, and then print the System Settings page again.
Disable Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Windows Vista
®
, or Windows Server
®
2008 Firewall
Before Printer Software Installation
If your printer is connected directly to a network and the Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 firewall is enabled, you cannot view your
networked printer(s) when you run the Dell™ printer installation software. To prevent this situation, disable the firewall before you install the Dell printer
software. To disable or enable the firewall, perform the following steps.
1.
Click the
start
button and click
Help and Support
.
2.
In the
Search
box, type
firewall
and then press
Enter
.
In the list, click
Turn Windows Firewall on or off
and then follow the instructions on the screen.
Local Printer Setup
1.
Insert the
Drivers and Utilities
CD into your computer to start
Easy Setup Navigator
.
2.
Press
Software Installation
to launch the installation software.
3.
Select
Network Installation
, and then click
Next
.
4.
Select
Local Installation
, and then click
Next
.
5.
Select the printer you want to install from the printer list, and then click
Next
. If the target printer is not displayed on the list, click
Refresh
to refresh the
list or click
Add Printer
to add a printer to the list manually. You may specify the IP address and port name at this point.
If you have installed this printer on the server computer, select the
I am setting up this printer on a server
check box.
6.
Specify the printer settings, and then click
Next
.
NOTE:
This step may not be necessary if you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed.
NOTICE:
It is recommended that you enable your Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008 firewall after you install the printer software.
Enabling the firewall after you install the printer software does not limit the use of your printer.
NOTE:
If the CD does not automatically launch, click
start
®
Run
, and then type
D:\setup_assist.exe
(where D is the drive letter of your CD), and
then click
OK
.
NOTE:
When using
AutoIP
,
0.0.0.0
is displayed in the installer. Before you can continue, you must enter a valid IP address.