Operation Manual

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Install drivers for network printing
Using the peer-to-peer method
With this method, the printer driver is fully installed on each client
computer. Network clients retain control of driver modifications. The
client computer handles the print job processing.
1 Click Start Settings Printers.
2 Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard.
3 Click Network Print Server.
4 Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the
printer is not listed, enter the path of the printer in the text box.
The path will look similar to the following:
\\<server host name>\<shared printer name>
Note: If this is a new printer,
you may be prompted to
install a printer driver. If no
system driver is available,
then you will need to provide
a path to available drivers.
The server host name is the name of the server computer that
identifies it to the network. The shared printer name is the name
assigned during the server installation process.
5 Click OK.
6 Select whether you want this printer to be the default printer for
the client, and then click Finish.
7 Print a test page to verify printer installation.
Macintosh
Note: A PostScript Printer
Description (PPD) file
provides detailed
information about the
capabilities of a printer to
your UNIX or Macintosh
computers.
To print to a network printer, each Macintosh user must install a
custom PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file and either create a
desktop printer on the computer (Mac OS 8.6–9.x) or create a print
queue in Print Center (Mac OS X). Follow the instructions for your
operating system:
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Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x 54
Mac OS X version 10.1.2 and later 55