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Setting up Windows Print Server 33
Setting up Windows Print Server
If a Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server
2008 computer is connected to this equipment using TCP/IP, it can print directly to this equip-
ment. If the computer shares the printer over the network, it is acting as a print server for Win-
dows client computers. The client computers print to this equipment by printing to the Windows
print server. Printing can then be monitored and controlled at the Windows print server machine.
The Windows print server can also use AppleTalk protocols for printing to this equipment as an
alternative to TCP/IP.
When creating a printer to share with AppleTalk users, do not “capture” the printer. Capturing the
printer forces all users to print to the server rather than directly to the printer. If you capture the
printer, this equipment print connections will not appear in the Mac OS Chooser.
Configuring the Windows print server
To configure a Windows print server to communicate with this equipment, follow these general
steps. More detail is provided in subsequent sections.
y Load the TCP/IP network protocol on the server and configure it with an IP address, subnet
mask, and gateway.
y Make sure the Microsoft TCP/IP printing service is installed, and that the computer is using
Raw TCP or LPR printing.
y On the Windows print server, install the appropriate printer drivers (if necessary) and share
the printer on the network.
P.33 “Installing the printer drivers as shared printers”
y Configure client computers for printing to the printer shared by the Windows print server.
P.34 “Setting up the client computers”
Installing the printer drivers as shared printers
First, install the Windows printer drivers. The installation instructions in the Printing Guide can
be used for every computer that will print directly and independently to this equipment. However,
if you are an administrator running Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Win-
dows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008, you can also create a printer and
share it with client computers on the network. When a printer is shared, client computers who
are not able or are not given permission to establish an independent network connection to this
equipment can print through the server.
If you have not installed the printer files on the Windows print server computer, do so now follow-
ing the instructions for Raw TCP or LPR printing in the Printing Guide. Then, or if you have
already installed the printer files on the computer you are using as a Windows print server, see
your Windows documentation for information about sharing the printer.
In addition, the printer files for every Windows version can be installed to the shared printer so
that Windows client computers can use the shared printer as a Point and Print printer, which
enables client computers to download the appropriate printer driver from the shared printer.
When installing the Windows 2000 PCL printer driver to the Windows 2000 server, you must
clear the “Enable advanced printing features” check box on the Advanced tab of the printer prop-
erties dialog box.