For Network Connection (LPR/Port 9100/SMB)
You can install the printer driver either by searching for the printer on the network, or by creating a new printer port.
Settings of this machine
To use Port 9100, LPR, or SMB printing, you must configure the network settings for the machine in advance.
Items to be configured | Description |
|---|---|
IP Address | In [TCP/IP Settings], specify the IP address. |
RAW port number | To use Port 9100 printing: |
LPD Setting | To use LPR printing: |
SMB Setting | To use SMB printing: |
For details on the network settings for this machine, refer to NIC Setting: Setting the Machine Network Information.
To use SMB printing in the IPv6 environment, [Direct Hosting Setting] for the machine should be enabled. For details, refer to Direct Hosting Setting.
Installing the printer driver by searching for the printer using the Add Printer Wizard.
Installing the driver requires the administrator privilege.
Since the printer is searched for during the installation, be sure to connect this machine to the network before turning it on.
The PPD driver has not obtained WHC. When installing the driver a warning informing you that WHC has not been obtained may be displayed. However, the performance of the driver has been verified and can be used with no problem.
Click [Start] and then [Devices and Printers].
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Printers] under [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
On the toolbar, select [Add a printer].
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Add a printer] on the toolbar.
The [Add Printer] wizard appears.
Click [Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer].
Connected printers are detected.
If no printer is detected, turn this machine off, then on again.
In this case, turn off the printer, and then wait approximately 10 seconds before turning it on again. If you turn this machine on immediately after turning it off, it may not function correctly.
Select this machine from the list, and then click [Next].
To use the LPR/Port9100 protocol, select the printer with its IP address.
To use the SMB connection, select the printer with its "\\NetBIOS name\print service name". To check the NetBIOS name and the print service name, select [Administrator Setting] - [Network Setting] - [NIC Setting] - [SMB Setting] - [Print Setting] of this machine. In the default setting, the last six characters of the NetBIOS name correspond to the low-order three bytes of the MAC address.
To check the MAC address, select [Configuration Page]. For details about how to output [Configuration Page Print], refer to Report Type: Outputting a Report.
For the SMB connection, click [Next], and then click [OK] in the [Connect to Printer] page that appears.
It may take some time to finish searching the entire list of printers.
Click [Have Disk].
Click [Browse].
Select the printer driver folder, and then click [Open].
Click [OK].
The [Printers] list appears.
Click [Next].
To use the SMB connection, click [OK].
Follow the instructions on the windows that follow.
If the [User Account Control] window appears, click [Continue] or [Yes].
If the [Windows Security] window for verifying the publisher appears, click [Install].
Click [Finish].
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devices and Printers] or [Printers] window.
This completes the printer driver installation.
Installing the printer driver by creating a printer port
Installing the driver requires the administrator privilege.
Since the printer is searched for during the installation, be sure to connect this machine to the network before turning it on.
Click [Start] and then [Devices and Printers].
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Printers] under [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].
On the toolbar, select [Add a printer].
In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Add a printer] on the toolbar.
The [Add Printer] wizard appears.
Click [Add a local printer].
Click [Create a new port:], and then select the port type.
To use the LPR/Port9100 protocol, select [Standard TCP/IP Port].
To use the SMB connection, select [Local Port].
Click [Next].
Specify the IP address and port.
To use the LPR/Port9100 protocol, select [TCP/IP Device], and then enter the IP address.
To use the SMB connection, enter "\\NetBIOS name\print service name" in the [Port Name] box.
Enter the same NetBIOS name and print service name specified in [SMB Setting] - [Print Setting].
Click [Next].
If [Additional Port Information Required] or [More Port Information Required] dialog box is displayed, go to Step 10.
If the [Install the printer driver] dialog box appears, go to Step 14.
Select [Custom], and then click [Settings].
Change the settings according to the port, and then click [OK].
For LPR connection, select [LPR], and then enter "Print" in the [Queue Name:] box.
You must discriminate between upper and lower case letters when entering it.
For Port 9100, select [Raw], and then enter a RAW port number (default setting: [9100]) in the [Port Number] box.
If both LPR and Port 9100 are enabled on this machine, the printer driver is connected to this machine using LPR.
Click [Next].
The [Install the printer driver] page appears.
Click [Have Disk].
Click [Browse].
Select the printer driver folder, and then click [Open].
Click [OK].
Click [Next].
Follow the instructions on the windows that follow.
If the [User Account Control] window appears, click [Continue] or [Yes].
If the [Windows Security] window for verifying the publisher appears, click [Install].
Click [Finish].
After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devices and Printers] or [Printers] window.
This completes the printer driver installation.