Configuring the standard TCP/IP port; Printer driver not yet installed; For Windows Vista®- Page 21

Brother PT-9800PCN Network User's Guide

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NETWORK USER’S GUIDE
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Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

16

3

Configuring the standard TCP/IP port

3

Printer driver not yet installed

3

For Windows Vista

®

 and Windows Server

®

 2008

3

a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

Hardware and Sound

, and then 

Printers

.

b

Click 

Add a printer

.

c

Choose 

Add a local printer

.

d

You must now choose the correct Network printing port. Choose 

Create a new port

 and choose 

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

®

 and Windows Server

®

 2008 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. Choose 
the appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer 
on CD-ROM then choose the 

Have Disk

 option to browse to the CD-ROM. 

h

For example, choose the “X:\your language\Drivers\PT-9800PCN\x86\Driver\i386” or “X:\your 
language\Drivers\PT-9800PCN\x64\Driver\x64” folder (where X is your drive letter.). Click 

Open

, and 

then 

OK

. Choose 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.

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  • 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.

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