Xerox DOCUCOLOR 2006 Installing user software in a Windows NT 4.0 environment

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Use the following instructions to install software and set up printing from Windows NT 4.0. Ensure that your printer is properly connect and configured for your network. For details, refer to the chapters

Connecting to the network and Performing the setup from the Printer

Control Panel

Use the contents of this chapter as follows:

•Depending on your configuration, use one of the following sections to install printer drivers and set up appropriate connections:

•Parallel port printing

•TCP/IP and LPR printing

•IPX printing

•SMB printing

•Specify printer options with the section Setting the printer options.

•If necessary, refer to the section Installing additional software for Windows NT 4.0.

All necessary files are included on the User Software CD.

In addition to using the User Software CD, you can download printer drivers from the printer to your workstation with the Installer WebTool

(if the system administrator has enabled Internet access to the printer).

You can then install the drivers from your workstation. For instructions, refer to the section Using the Installer WebTool in the chapter Using the Fiery WebTools. After you download the printer files, the installation process is identical to installing from the User Software CD.

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Overview of installation

Installing the DocuColor 2006 user software includes the following:

•Installing the PostScript or PCL printer driver and corresponding printer description files and setting up the printer driver to communicate with the printer through the Add Printer Wizard

•Setting the printer options

•Copying additional files from the User Software CD as needed

To print from over the network from a Windows NT 4.0 workstation, ensure the following tasks have been completed:

•Set up network servers, if any.

•Set up the printer to accept print jobs from the workstation.

•Configure a port on each Windows NT 4.0 workstation for the network type.

Before you begin

1.If your system administrator has not already done so, connect the printer to the desired port on the workstation. For details, refer to the chapters Connecting to the network and Performing the setup from the Printer Control Panel.

If you are uncertain what type of network you have, contact your system administrator.

2.Print a configuration sheet at the printer to obtain the name of the printer and settings that will be used in the following procedures.

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Installing the user software for parallel port printing (Windows NT 4.0)

Use this procedure to install the printer. It prepares your system for local printing through the parallel port.

Before you begin, print a Configuration Page for the printer. For specific procedures, refer to the chapter Performing the setup from the Printer Control Panel.

If you have previously installed a print driver for the DocuColor 2006, perform the uninstall procedure before installing the new driver. For more information, refer to your Windows documentation.

1.Insert the User Software CD in your CD-ROM drive.

2.Select Start, Settings, and Printers.

3.Double-click Add Printer to display the Add Printer wizard.

Select Next.

4.To install a printer locally, select My Computer and select Next.

My Computer is available if you logged in to a workstation on which you have Administrator privileges. If it is not available, add a network printer and follow the procedure for adding a port.

Refer to the section Installing the user software for TCP/IP and

LPR printing for Windows NT 4.0 in this chapter.

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5.Select LPT1 and Next.

This is a general installation that works for the parallel port connection. You can add a network port later, according to your network type.

6.In the dialog box displaying lists of manufacturers and printers, select Have Disk.

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The Install from Disk dialog box prompts you for the disk.

7.Perform one of the following:

•If you are installing from the CD, select the CD-ROM drive

(for example, D:\) from the drop-down box and select the

Browse button.

•If you are installing from files you downloaded using the Installer WebTool, type the name of your hard disk drive (for example, C:\) and select Browse.

8.Perform one of the following:

•If you are installing from the CD, browse to one of the following folders:

•For PostScript printing:

English\Prntdrvr\PS_drvr\Win_NT4.x folder

•For PCL printing:

English\Prntdrvr\PCL_drvr\Win_NT4.x folder

•If you are installing from files you downloaded using the Installer WebTool, browse to the Prntdrvr folder.

Select OK and ensure that oemsetup.inf or oemsetup is selected.

The path is copied to the Install from Disk dialog box.

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9.Verify the path is correct and select OK.

10.In the Printers box, select the Xerox DocuColor 2006 printer. Select Next.

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11.Using a maximum of 31 characters, enter a name for the printer or leave the default name in the Printer Name box.

This name will be used in the Printers and queue windows.

Entering more than 31 characters may cause printing problems with some network applications.

12.If you want the DocuColor 2006 to be the default printer, select Yes; if not, select No. Select Next.

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13.Indicate whether you want the printer installed as a shared printer. If you select Shared, enter a Share Name for the printer (or leave the printer default name) and make selections from the list of operating systems used by client workstations. Select Next.

14.Select Yes in the next dialog box to postpone printing a test page and select Finish.

When installation is complete, the Printers window is displayed with an icon for the newly installed printer. When you select print, your files are transmitted over the parallel port connection to the printer.

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Installing the user software for IPX printing (Windows NT 4.0)

1.Open the Windows NT Network Neighborhood.

2.Browse for your NetWare compatible network. A list of NetWare servers is displayed.

3.Double-click the File Server or NetWare Tree that provides a print connection for the DocuColor 2006.

Check with your system administrator to ensure the printer is set up to accept this type of printing.

You may have to log in to the file server to view the print connections.

4.Double-click the print connection defined for the DocuColor 2006.

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