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How to / Using the Printer Driver with Windows

Setting up Your Printer on a Network

Setting up your printer as a shared printer
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM
Accessing the shared printer

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

This section tells you how to set up your printer so that other computers on a network can use it.

First, you need to set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer to which the printer is connected. Then, you must specify the network path to the printer from each computer that will use it and install the printer software on those computers.

Note:

This section describes how to use your printer as a shared printer on a network. To connect your printer directly to a network without setting it up as a shared printer, consult your network administrator.

This section is written for small network users only. If you are on a large network and would like to share your printer, consult your network administrator.

You can use only the TCP/IP protocol when setting up your printer on a network.

For Windows Me/98/95 users

To share the printer with other computers on a network, follow the steps below to configure the computer to which the printer is connected.

Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

Double-click the Network icon.

Click File and Print Sharing.

Select the I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) check box and click OK.

On the Network dialog box, click OK.

Note:

If a dialog box requesting the insertion of the Windows Me, 98 or 95 CD-ROM appears, insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen instructions.

If a dialog box requesting that you restart your computer appears, do so. Then, open the Printers folder, and continue from step 7.

In the Control Panel, double-click the Printers icon.

Select the AL-C1000 Advanced icon in the Printers folder, then click Sharing from the File menu.

Select Shared As, then type the printer information as required and click OK.

Note:

When sharing the printer, be sure to set the EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server. See Setting Monitoring Preferences.

When the IPX/SPX compatible protocol setting is turned on in Windows 95/98/Me, you may have a communication error. To avoid this error, disable IPX/SPX compatible protocol.

For Windows 2000/NT 4.0 users

To share a printer with other computers on a network, follow the steps below to configure the computer to which the printer is connected.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Select the icon for your printer, then click Sharing from the File menu.

Select Shared (for Windows 2000 users, select Shared as), then type the Share Name.

Click OK.

Note:

When sharing the printer, be sure to set the EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server. See Setting Monitoring Preferences.

When the IPX/SPX compatible protocol setting is turned on in Windows 95/98/Me, you may have a communication error. To avoid this error, disable IPX/SPX compatible protocol.

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Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM

This section describes how to install the printer driver in the clients.

The on-screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS.

Note:

When installing in Windows 2000/NT 4.0 clients, you must access Windows 2000/NT 4.0 with the Administrator.

When the computers of the server and clients use the same OS, you do not have to install the printer drivers from the CD-ROM.

Access the shared printer and the prompt may appear. Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

Type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located, then click OK.

When installing drivers in Windows 2000, "Digital Signature is not found." may appear. Click Yes and continue installing.

The folder name differs depending on the OS being used.

Select the name of the printer, then click OK. Then follow the on-screen instructions.

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Accessing the shared printer

This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer on a network.

Note:

To share the printer on a Windows network, you need to set the printer server. For details, see Setting up your printer as a shared printer.

This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server (Microsoft workgroup). When you cannot access the shared printer due to the network system, ask the administrator of the network.

This section describes how to access the shared printer from the Printers folder. You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop.

With Windows Me/98/95

Follow these steps to set Windows Me/98/95 clients:

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next.

Select Network printer, then click Next.

Click Browse, and the Browse for Printer dialog box appears.

Click the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer, and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

Note:

The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer. To make sure of the name of the shared printer, ask the administrator of the network.

Click Next.

Note:

When the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand, you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver. When the prompt to select the printer driver appears, select the printer driver according to the message.

Make sure of the name of the shared printer, and select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not. Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

Note:

You can change the shared printer's name so that it appears only on the client computer.

With Windows 2000

Follow these steps to set Windows 2000 clients:

You can install the printer driver of the shared printer, when you have the Power Users or more powerful access right even if you do not have the Administrator.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next.

Select Network printer, then click Next.

Type the name of the shared printer or click Next.

Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer, and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

Note:

The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer. To make sure of the name of the shared printer, ask the administrator of the network.

When the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand, you need to select using the new printer driver or the current printer driver. When the prompt to select the printer driver appears, select the printer driver according to the message.

To use the printer driver for Windows 2000 on the client, install the local printer driver for Windows 2000 in the client from the CD-ROM beforehand. When performing the procedures in this section, select the installed local printer driver as the printer driver.

Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click OK.

Make sure of the settings, then click Finish.

With Windows NT 4.0

Follow these steps to set Windows NT 4.0 clients:

You can install the printer driver of the shared printer, when you have the Power Users or more powerful access right even if you do not have the Administrator.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon.

Select Network printer server, then click Next.

Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

Note:

The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer. To make sure of the name of the shared printer, ask the administrator of the network.

When the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand, you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver. When the prompt to select the printer driver appears, select the printer driver according to the message.

Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click OK.

Click Finish.

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