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Printing 16 Windows for C9 Server When you install the printer driver with Point and Print, you cannot configure installable options manually. Installable options are configured automatically. The installed options are displayed in the printer driver when you select the Two-Way Communication option. Set up a virtual printer on Windows computer with Point and Print Complete the installation and setup of the virtual printer on a Windows computer with Point and Print. 1 To navigate to computers and devices on your network, do one of the following: • Windows 10: Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard to open the Start screen. From the desktop, right- click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click Control Panel. Click Hardware and Sound and then click Devices and Printers. • Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard to open the Start screen. From the desktop, click the Start button in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click Control Panel and then click Devices and Printers. • Windows 8/Server 2012: Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard to open the Start screen. Open the Search charm by moving the mouse pointer to the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen, move it up or down, and click Search. Type Control Panel in the search box, click Apps, and then click Control Panel in the results. Click Devices and Printers. • Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: In Control Panel, click Network and Sharing Center, and then click the View network computers and devices link from the Network and Sharing Center list. • Windows Vista/Server 2008: In Control Panel, double-click Network and Sharing Center, and then click the View computers and devices link. 2 Search for the C9 Server on the network using either its name or IP address. If you cannot locate the C9 Server, contact your administrator. 3 Double-click the C9 Server icon to display active print connections. Virtual printers are listed along with the Print queue, Hold queue, and Direct connection (if those connections are active). Virtual printers are usually assigned names that indicate the type of job for which they are set up. If the Sequential Print queue is enabled on the C9 Server, then the sequential print connection is available. 4 Right-click the virtual printer that you want and select Connect. The files are installed on your computer. 5 Navigate to the devices and printers on your network. The virtual printer is displayed in the Devices and Printers (or Printers and Faxes or Printers) folder. You can print to a virtual printer as you would print to any other printer. Depending on how the virtual printer is configured, you may not be able to set some print options. If you use Command WorkStation to import a PostScript file to a virtual printer and the file already specifies the number of copies, the setting for the number of copies in the PostScript file takes precedence over the number of copies set in the virtual printer. Note: When you print to a virtual printer installed with Point and Print, you must open the Printing Preferences window and click OK before the job is printed. This applies the virtual printer settings to the job.

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When you install the printer driver with Point and Print, you cannot configure installable options manually.
Installable options are configured automatically. The installed options are displayed in the printer driver when you
select the Two-Way Communication option.
Set up a virtual printer on Windows computer with Point and Print
Complete the installation and setup of the virtual printer on a Windows computer with Point and Print.
1
To navigate to computers and devices on your network, do one of the following:
Windows 10: Press the
Windows
logo key on the keyboard to open the
Start
screen. From the desktop, right-
click the
Start
button in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click
Control Panel
. Click
Hardware and Sound
and
then click
Devices and Printers
.
Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2: Press the
Windows
logo key on the keyboard to open the
Start
screen. From the
desktop, click the
Start
button in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click
Control Panel
and then click
Devices
and Printers
.
Windows 8/Server 2012: Press the
Windows
logo key on the keyboard to open the
Start
screen. Open the
Search
charm by moving the mouse pointer to the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen, move it up
or down, and click
Search
. Type
Control Panel
in the search box, click
Apps
, and then click
Control Panel
in
the results. Click
Devices and Printers
.
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: In
Control Panel
, click
Network and Sharing Center
, and then click the
View
network computers and devices
link from the Network and Sharing Center list.
Windows Vista/Server 2008: In
Control Panel
, double-click
Network and Sharing Center
, and then click the
View computers and devices
link.
2
Search for the C9 Server on the network using either its name or IP address.
If you cannot locate the C9 Server, contact your administrator.
3
Double-click the C9 Server icon to display active print connections.
Virtual printers are listed along with the Print queue, Hold queue, and Direct connection (if those connections
are active). Virtual printers are usually assigned names that indicate the type of job for which they are set up.
If the Sequential Print queue is enabled on the C9 Server, then the sequential print connection is available.
4
Right-click the virtual printer that you want and select
Connect
.
The files are installed on your computer.
5
Navigate to the devices and printers on your network.
The virtual printer is displayed in the
Devices and Printers
(or
Printers and Faxes
or
Printers
) folder.
You can print to a virtual printer as you would print to any other printer. Depending on how the virtual printer is
configured, you may not be able to set some print options.
If you use Command WorkStation to import a PostScript file to a virtual printer and the file already specifies the
number of copies, the setting for the number of copies in the PostScript file takes precedence over the number of
copies set in the virtual printer.
Note:
When you print to a virtual printer installed with Point and Print, you must open the
Printing Preferences
window and click
OK
before the job is printed. This applies the virtual printer settings to the job.
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