Configuring the standard TCP/IP port; Printer driver not yet installed; For Windows Vista™- Page 102

Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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Configuring the standard TCP/IP port

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Printer driver not yet installed

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For Windows Vista™

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a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Hardware and Sound

, and then 

Printers

.

b

Click 

Add a printer

.

c

Select 

Add a local printer

.

d

You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select 

Create a new port

 and select 

Standard TCP/IP Port

 from the pull-down window, then click 

Next

.

e

Enter the IP address, or the print server name you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter 
the Port name information for you, then click 

Next

.

f

Windows Vista™ will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did not specify the correct IP 
address or name then an error dialog will appear.

g

Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Select the 
appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on 
CD-ROM then select the 

Have Disk

 option to browse to the CD-ROM. 

h

For example, select the “X:\Driver\PCL\WIN2K_XP\your language” folder (where X is your drive letter). 
Click 

Open

, and then 

OK

. Select your printer model, then click 

Next

.

i

Specify a name and click 

Next

.

Note

• When the 

User Account Control

 screen appears, click 

Continue

.

• If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning 

message. Click 

Install this driver software anyway

 to continue with the installation.

j

Continue through the Wizard clicking 

Finish

 when complete.