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Printing / Setting up your Stylus CX on a Network

For Users of Windows XP and 2000

Setting up this product as a shared printer
Accessing this product through a network

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 2000, it is necessary to log on as a user with administrative privileges (a user who belongs to the Administrators group).

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.

The images that are provided in the following section pertain to Windows 2000.

First, you need to set up this product as a shared printer on the computer to which this product is connected. Then, you must 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 to which this product is connected.

For users of Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

For Windows XP users, click Start, point to Control Panel. Switch to Classic View if necessary, double-click Printers and Other Hardware and then double-click Printers and Faxes.

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

Select Shared as, and then type a name for the shared printer.

Note:

Do not use spaces or hyphens in the shared printer name.

If you want Windows XP or 2000 to automatically download printer drivers to 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 printer software CD into the CD-ROM drive. Select WIN9X for Windows Me or 98. Click OK to install the additional drivers.

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

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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. For instructions, see Setting up this product as a shared printer.

For users of Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

For Windows XP users, click Start, point to Control Panel. Switch to Classic View if necessary, double-click Printers and Other Hardware and then double-click Printers and Faxes.

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

Click Next.

Select Network printer, 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. In this case, click the Have Disk button and follow the on-screen instructions.

To monitor the status of a shared printer, you must install EPSON Status Monitor 3 on each computer that will access this product. See Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 for instructions.

Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3

To monitor the status of this product accessed through a network, you must install EPSON Status Monitor 3 on each computer that will access this product. Follow the steps below.

Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the Installer dialog box does not appear, double-click SETUP.EXE on the CD-ROM.

Select Install Software, and click .

Click Advanced, select only EPSON Status Monitor 3, and then click Install.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

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