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Setting Up This Product on a Network

For Windows XP and 2000
For Windows Me and 98

For Windows XP and 2000

This section tells you how to set up this product so that other computers on the network can use it.

Note:

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

To install software programs in Windows XP, it is necessary to log on with a Computer Administrator account. You cannot install software programs if you log on as a Limited account user. After you install Windows XP, the user account is set as a Computer Administrator account.

To install software programs in Windows 2000, it is necessary to log on as a user with administrative privileges. (a user who belongs to the Administrators group.)

The figures that are provided in the following section pertain to Windows XP.

First, set up this product as a shared printer on the computer connected directly to this product. Then, add this product to each computer that will access it through the network.

Setting up this product as a shared printer

To share this product with other computers on a network, follow the steps below to configure the computer connected directly to this product.

For Windows XP, click Start, Control Panel, then double-click Printers and Faxes. (If the Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware, then click Printers and Faxes.) For Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.

Right-click the icon for this product, then click Sharing.

Select Share this printer, then type a name for the shared printer.

Note:

Do not use spaces or hyphens in the share name.

If you want Windows XP or 2000 to automatically download printer drivers for computers that are running different versions of Windows, click Additional Drivers and select the environment and the operating systems for the other computers. Click OK, then insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive.

Click OK, or click Close if you installed additional drivers.

Accessing this product through a network

To use this product from other computers on a network, you must first add this product to each computer that will access it. Follow the steps below.

Note:

This product must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer. See Setting up this product as a shared printer.

For Windows XP, click Start, Control Panel, then double-click Printers and Faxes. (If the Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware, then click Printers and Faxes.) For Windows 2000, Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard appears.

Click Next.

Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer, then click Next.

On the next screen, click Next.

Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to this product. Then, click the icon for this product.

Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note:

Depending on the operating system and the configuration of the computer to which this product is connected, the Add Printer Wizard may prompt you to install the printer driver from the printer software CD-ROM. In this case, click the Have Disk button and follow the on-screen instructions.

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For Windows Me and 98

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

First, set up this product as a shared printer on the computer connected directly to this product. Then, install the printer software on each computer that will access this product through the network.

Note:

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

Setting up this product as a shared printer

To share this product with other computers on a network, follow the steps below to configure the computer connected directly to this product.

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.

In the Network dialog box, click OK.

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

Note:

If a dialog box appears requesting that you insert the Windows Me or 98 CD-ROM, insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, then follow the on-screen instructions.

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

Select the icon for this product in the Printers folder, then click Sharing on the File menu.

Select Shared As, type the information of this product as required, then click OK.

Accessing this product through a network

To use this product from other computers on a network, first add this product to each computer that will access it. Follow the steps below.

Note:

This product must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer. See Setting up this product as a shared printer.

Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard appears.

Click Next.

Select Network printer, then click Next.

On the next screen, click Browse.

Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to this product. Then, click the icon for this product.

Click OK and follow the on-screen instructions.

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