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Setup & Maintenance / Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

Using an additional driver
Setting for the clients

If the printer server's operating system is Windows Me, 98, or 95, follow these steps to set up the printer server:

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

Double-click the Network icon.

Click File and Print Sharing on the Configuration menu.

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

Click OK to accept the settings.

Note:
  • When "Insert the Disk" appears, insert the Windows Me, 98, or 95 CD-ROM into the computer. Click OK and then follow the on-screen instructions.

For users restarting the computer

Follow these steps if you had to restart the computer after performing the procedure above:

Double-click the Printers icon in the control panel.

Right-click then EPSON EPL-N7000 Advanced icon, and then click Sharing in the menu that appears.

Select the Shared As button, type the name in the Share Name box, and then click OK. Type a Comment and Password, if needed.

Note:
  • Do not use spaces or hyphens for the share name, or an error may occur.
  • When sharing the printer, be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server. See Setting Monitoring Preferences.

You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network. See the following pages for details.

Using an additional driver

If the printer server's operating system is Windows 2000, XP, or Windows NT 4.0, you can install additional printer drivers in the server. The additional drivers are for client computers that have different operating systems from that of the server.

Follow these steps to set a Windows XP, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 as a printer server, and install the additional drivers:

Note:
  • You must access Windows XP, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 as the Administrator of the client machine.
  • If the printer server's operating system is Windows NT 4.0, the additional driver can be used only if Service Pack 4 or later is installed.

For a Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 printer server, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
For a Windows XP printer server, click Start, point to Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP Home edition users, point to Control panel first, and then click Printers and Faxes.

Right-click the EPSON EPL-N7000 Advanced icon, and then click Sharing in the menu that appears.

For Windows XP, if the following menu appears, click either Network Setup Wizard or If you understand the security risks but want to share printers without running the wizard, click here.
In either case, follow the on-screen instructions.

For a Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 printer server, select the Shared as button, and then type the name in the Share Name box.

For a Windows XP printer server, select the Share this printer button, and then type the name in the Share name box.

Note:
Do not use spaces or hyphens for the Share name, or an error may occur.

Select the additional drivers that you want to install.

Note:
If the printer server and the clients use the same operating system, you do not have to install additional drivers. Just click OK after step3.

On a Windows NT 4.0 printer server

Select the Windows operating system that the clients are running on. For example, select Windows 95 to install the additional driver for the Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients. Then click OK.

Note:
  • You do not have to select Windows NT 4.0x86, because that driver is preinstalled.
  • Do not select additional drivers other than Windows 95. The other additional drivers are not available.

On a Windows XP or 2000 printer server

Click Additional Drivers.

Select the Windows operating system that the clients are running on, and then click OK.

For Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients

Select Intel Windows 95 or 98 (and Me)

For Windows NT 4.0 clients

Select Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000

For Windows XP or 2000 clients

Intel Windows XP (or 2000) may already be selected.

Note:
  • You do not have to install the additional driver for Intel Windows 2000 (or XP) only, because that driver is preinstalled.
  • Do not select additional drivers other than Intel Windows 95 or 98 (and Me) and Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000. The other additional drivers are not available.

When a prompt appears, insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and then click OK.

According to the message, type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for the clients is located, and then click OK.
Depending on the client's operating system, the displayed message may vary.

The folder name varies depending on the operating system being used.

Client's OS

Folder Name

Windows Me, 98, or 95

\<Language>\WIN9X

Windows NT 4.0

\<Language>\WINNT40

If you are installing drivers in Windows XP or 2000, "Digital Signature is not found." may appear. Click Yes (Windows 2000) or Continue Anyway (Windows XP), and then continue with the installation.

If you are installing in Windows XP or 2000, click Close. If you are installing in Windows NT 4.0, the property window closes automatically.

Note:
Confirm the following items when sharing the printer:
  • Set the security for the shared printer (access rights for clients). Clients cannot use the shared printer without access rights. For details, see Windows' help.

You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network. See the following pages for details:


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Setting for the clients

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

Note:
  • This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server (Microsoft workgroup). If you cannot access the shared printer due to the network system, ask the network administrator for assistance.
  • This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer from the Printers folder. You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop.
  • You cannot use the additional driver on the server's operating system.
  • If you want to use EPSON Status Monitor 3 on the clients, you have to install both the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 in each client from the CD-ROM.

With Windows Me, 98, or 95

Follow these steps to set Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

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

Select Network printer, and then click Next.

Click Browse to display the Browse for Printer dialog box.

Note:
You can also type "\\(the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer)\(the shared printer's name)" in the network path or queue name box.

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 confirm the name of the shared printer, ask the network administrator.

Click Next.

Note:
  • If 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.
  • If the printer server's operating system is Windows Me, 98, or 95, or the additional driver for Windows Me, 98, or 95 is installed in a Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 printer server, go to the next step.

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

Note:
You can change the shared printer's name. However, this name change appears only on the client computer.

With Windows XP or 2000

You can install the printer driver for the shared printer if your access rights to the computer is Power Users or higher, even if you are not the Administrator.

If the printer server's operating system is Windows NT 4.0, confirm the following items:

For Windows 2000 clients, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
For Windows XP clients, click Start, point to Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP Home edition users, point to Control panel first, and then click Printers and Faxes.

For Windows 2000, double-click the Add Printer icon, and then click Next.

For Windows XP, click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu.

Select Network printer (Windows 2000) or A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer (Windows XP), and then click Next.

For Windows 2000, type the name of the shared printer, and then click Next.

Note:
  • You can also type "\\(the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer)\(the shared printer's name)" in network path or queue name box.
  • You do not necessarily need to type the name of the shared printer.

For Windows XP, select the Browse for a printer radio button.

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

Note:
  • The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer. To confirm the name of the shared printer, ask the network administrator.
  • If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand, you need to select either 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. If the local printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 is preinstalled, you can select the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 as the current printer driver instead of the alternative driver in a Windows NT 4.0 server.
  • If the additional driver for Windows XP or 2000 (NT 4.0) is preinstalled in a Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 printer server, go to the next step.

For Windows 2000, select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, and then click Next.

Make sure that the settings are correct, and then click Finish.

With Windows NT 4.0

You can install the printer driver for the shared printer if your access rights to the computer is Power Users or higher, even if you are not the Administrator.

Follow these steps to set Windows NT 4.0 clients:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon.

Select Network printer server, and 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:
  • You can also type "\\(the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer)\(the shared printer's name)" in network path or queue name box.
  • The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer. To make sure that the name of the shared printer is correct, ask the network administrator.
  • If the printer driver is preinstalled in the client, 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.
  • If the additional driver for Windows NT 4.0 is preinstalled in a Windows XP or 2000 printer server, go to the next step.

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

Click Finish.


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