[I-06] Installing the Printer Driver (Local Installation)

You can use a printer connected directly to a print server as a client on the network.
There are two methods of installing the printer driver to a client computer.

Local installation
Installing the printer driver from the supplied CD-ROM

Download installation
Installing the printer driver using the Add Printer Wizard
"Installing the Printer Driver (Download Installation)"


This section describes the procedure for the local installation of the printer driver.

Step 1: Installing the Printer Driver
Step 2: After Installation
IMPORTANT
Network-ready printer model

Only LBP5050n is designed for use on a network.
LBP5050 only has a USB interface.
If your hard disk does not have sufficient space to install the software

A message indicating this appears during installation.
Cancel the installation, free up space on your hard disk, and then reinstall the software.

Step 1: Installing the Printer Driver

Turn on the computer and start Windows.
Be sure to log on as a user with administrative rights.
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.
Please wait until CD-ROM Setup appears.
NOTE
If CD-ROM Setup does not appear
  • Windows Vista
    1. Click [Start] → [Start Search].
    2. Enter [D:\English\MInst.exe] → press [ENTER] on the keyboard.
  • The CD-ROM drive name ("D:") may differ depending on your computer.
  • Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003
    1. Click [Start] → [Run].
    2. Enter [D:\English\MInst.exe] → click [OK].
  • The CD-ROM drive name ("D:") may differ depending on your computer.

If the [AutoPlay] dialog box appears (Windows Vista)

Click [Run AUTORUN.EXE].


If the [User Account Control] dialog box appears (Windows Vista)

Click [Continue].

Click [Easy Installation].

The following software programs are installed.
  • Printer Driver
  • User's Guide
NOTE
If you do not want to install the User's Guide

Click [Custom Installation].

Click [Install].
If you clicked [Custom Installation] in Step 3, clear the [Online Manuals] check box.

Read the license agreement, and then click [Yes].

Click [Next].

Select the method of installation.
  1. Select [Manually Set Port to Install].
  2. Click [Next].
NOTE
If the printer driver has already been installed in the computer

If the printer driver has already been installed, the following dialog box appears.
Select either option and click [Next]. The dialog box that appears next differs depending on the option selected.
  • [Add Printers and Update Existing Drivers]
    Adds a printer to the computer and updates existing drivers.
    Click [Next] and go to Step 8.
  • [Update Existing Drivers]
    Only updates existing drivers.
    Click [Next] and go to Step 12.

Click [Add Port].

Select a port to add.
  1. Select [Network].
  2. Click [OK].

Select a printer.
  1. Select the printer shared by the print server.
  2. Click [OK].

Select whether or not to use this printer as the default printer.
  1. Select the [Set as Default] check box.
  2. Click [Next].

Click [Start].
NOTE
If Windows Firewall is enabled (Windows Vista)
When the following message appears, select [Yes] or [No].
  • [Yes]: To add the printer driver to the Windows Firewall exceptions list
  • [No]: When not using an Ethernet cable to connect the printer and the computer on which the printer driver is being installed

Click [Yes].
The installation starts.
NOTE
If you are using Windows Vista

When the [Printers] dialog box appears, click [Install driver].
If the following dialog box appears
  • Windows Vista: If the [Windows Security] dialog box appears, click [Install this driver software anyway].
  • Windows XP and Server 2003: If the [Hardware Installation] dialog box appears, click [Continue Anyway].
  • Windows 2000: If the [Digital Signature Not Found] dialog box appears, click [Yes].

Go to the step indicated below depending on the installation method selected in Step 3.
  • If you selected [Easy Installation], go to Step 15.
  • If you selected [Custom Installation], go to Step 16.

The installation of the User's Guide starts.
Wait until the dialog box disappears.
The installation takes several minutes.

Click [Next].
Check the installation results.
NOTE
If the software does not install properly

"Installation Problems"

Restart your computer.
  1. Select the [Restart Computer Now (Recommended)] check box.
  2. Click [Restart].
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.

Step 2: After Installation

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

Items added after installation of the User's Guide
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