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If the CD menu does not start automatically, click Start, and then click Run. Browse to the CDROM drive for the computer, click Setup.exe, and then click Open. In the Run dialog box, click OK. 4. Click Install and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. 5. If you are going to share this printer with other computers on the network, follow these steps: a. From the Windows desktop, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Or, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Printers and Faxes or Printers (depending on the operating system). b. Right-click the printer icon, click Properties , and then click the Sharing tab. c. Click the option to share the printer, and then enter a share name for the printer. d. If you are sharing the printer with client computers that use other versions of Windows, click Additional Drivers. e. In the Additional Drivers window, click the applicable operating systems, and then follow the onscreen instructions. 6. To share the printer with other computers on the network, see Installing the printer software on client computers. Installing the printer software on client computers After the printer drivers have been installed on the computer that is acting as the print server, the printing functionality can be shared. Individual Windows users who want to use the network printer must install the software on their computers (clients). A client computer can connect to the printer in the following ways: ● In the Printers folder, double-click the Add Printer icon and follow the instructions for a network installation. (See Installing the printer driver using Add Printer.) ● On the network, browse to the printer and drag it to your Printers folder. ● Add the printer and install the software from the INF file on your network. On the Starter CD, the INF files are stored in folders that use the following format: : \Drivers\\. For example, if your CD drive letter is D, then D:\Drivers\Win2k_XP\English would contain the English INF file for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. Installing the printer driver using Add Printer NOTE If the printer server computer is running Windows NT 4.0 and the client computer is running Windows 2000 or XP, you must create a locally shared port on the client computer. See "To create a locally shared port" below. ENWW Configuring the printer (Windows) 51

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If the CD menu does not start automatically, click
Start
, and then click
Run
. Browse to the CD-
ROM drive for the computer, click
Setup.exe
, and then click
Open
. In the
Run
dialog box, click
OK
.
4.
Click
Install
and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
5.
If you are going to share this printer with other computers on the network, follow these steps:
a.
From the Windows desktop, click
Start
, point to
Settings
, and then click
Printers
. Or, click
Start
, click
Control Panel
, and then click
Printers and Faxes
or
Printers
(depending on the
operating system).
b.
Right-click the printer icon, click
Properties
, and then click the
Sharing
tab.
c.
Click the option to share the printer, and then enter a share name for the printer.
d.
If you are sharing the printer with client computers that use other versions of Windows, click
Additional Drivers
.
e.
In the
Additional Drivers
window, click the applicable operating systems, and then follow
the onscreen instructions.
6.
To share the printer with other computers on the network, see
Installing
the
printer
software
on
client
computers
.
Installing the printer software on client computers
After the printer drivers have been installed on the computer that is acting as the print server, the
printing functionality can be shared. Individual Windows users who want to use the network printer
must install the software on their computers (clients).
A client computer can connect to the printer in the following ways:
●
In the
Printers
folder, double-click the
Add Printer
icon and follow the instructions for a network
installation. (See
Installing
the
printer
driver
using
Add
Printer
.)
●
On the network, browse to the printer and drag it to your
Printers
folder.
●
Add the printer and install the software from the INF file on your network.
On the Starter CD, the INF files are stored in folders that use the following format: <CD drive>:
\Drivers\<operating system>\<language>.
For example, if your CD drive letter is D, then D:\Drivers\Win2k_XP\English would contain the
English INF file for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.
Installing the printer driver using Add Printer
NOTE
If the printer server computer is running Windows NT 4.0 and the client computer is
running Windows 2000 or XP, you must create a locally shared port on the client computer.
See “To create a locally shared port” below.
ENWW
Configuring the printer (Windows)
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