Printing from a Network Computer by Sharing the Printer on a Network

Last Updated : 26-May-2008
Issue Number : 8200137000

Solution

When you share this printer on a network, you can use it as a network printer, which enables printing from other computers that are not directly connected to this printer.

If this printer is going to be used by multiple computers on a network, perform the following configuration. In this manual, the computer directly connected to the printer is called "print server", and the other computers which use the printer via the network are called "clients".

*1 The term "Local Installation" indicates installing the printer driver using the CD-ROM supplied with the printer.

*2 The term "Download Installation" indicates downloading the printer driver from the print server to client computers and installing it without using the CD-ROM supplied with the printer.

*3 If a 64-bit operating system is running on your print server, the following kinds of client computer on which a 32-bit operating system is running supports the download installation.

Windows XP SP2 or later
Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later

If you download and install the printer driver on client computers on which a 32-bit operating system other than the above is running, you may fail to install the driver and may not be able to open the screen of the printer driver.

*4 If a 64-bit operating system is running on client computers, the following kinds of print server on which a 32-bit operating system is running supports the download installation.