[E-11] Installing the Printer Driver with Plug and Play (Windows XP and Server 2003)

This procedure describes how to install the printer driver in Windows XP and Server 2003 with Plug and Play.

Step 1: Connecting a USB Cable
Step 2: Installing the Printer Driver with Plug and Play
Step 3: After Installation

These procedures are described using screenshots from Windows XP Professional.

Step 1: Connecting a USB Cable

Make sure that the printer and computer are turned off.


Connect the USB cable to the printer.
Connect the end of the USB cable that matches the shape of the USB port.

Connect the USB cable to the computer.
Connect the end of the USB cable that matches the shape of the USB port.

Turn on the printer.

Step 2: Installing the Printer Driver with Plug and Play

Turn on the computer and start Windows.
Be sure to log on as a user with administrative rights.
After a short while, the [Add New Hardware Wizard] dialog box appears.
IMPORTANT
If you are not sure about your administrative rights

Contact your system administrator.

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.
If the CD-ROM is already in the drive, eject the disk and reinsert it into the drive.
If CD-ROM Setup appears, click [Exit].

Select the method of installation.
  1. Select [Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)].
  2. Click [Next].
NOTE
If the following dialog box appears
A. Select the option for connecting to Windows Update.
  1. Select [No, not this time].
  2. Click [Next].
B. Select the method of installation.
  1. Select [Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)].
  2. Click [Next].

Select [Search for the best driver in these locations].

Perform the following procedure.
  1. Clear the [Search removable media (floppy, CD-ROM)] check box.
  2. Select the [Include this location in the search] check box.
  3. Click [Browse].

Select the folder containing the driver.
  1. Select [E:\English\32bit\Win2K_Vista].
  2. Click [OK].
The CD-ROM drive name ("E:") may differ depending on your computer.

Click [Next].
The installation starts.
NOTE
If the [Hardware Installation] dialog box appears

Click [Continue Anyway].

Click [Finish].
The installation of the printer driver is finished.
NOTE
Removing the CD-ROM

After the installation of the printer driver is finished, you can remove the CD-ROM from the CD-ROM drive of your computer.
INFORMATION
If you are using a computer with Windows Firewall enabled as the print server

You must perform the following procedure to configure Windows Firewall to unblock communication with the client computer.
  1. Open the [Windows Firewall] dialog box.
    • Windows XP: [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Network and Internet Connections] → [Windows Firewall].
    • Windows Server 2003: [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Windows Firewall]
  2. Click the [Exceptions] tab.
  3. Select the [File and Printer Sharing] check box.
  4. Click [OK].

Step 3: After Installation

The following icons and menu are added to the following locations.
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