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Setting up a client computer – Ricoh Aficio GX7000 User Manual

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Setting Up a Client Computer

Follow the procedure below to configure a computer as a client computer and connect it to the shared
printer. Make this setting when installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided.

• For Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows NT 4.0, log on as an

administrator (a user with an administrator right).

Configure a computer connected to the network where the print server is connected.

1.

Start Windows, and then insert the “Driver, Manual & Utility” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM
drive.

Quit all other applications currently running.
When starting Windows, a wizard for adding new hardware may open. If this happens, click [Cancel].
Check again that the power is off.

2.

Select a language for the interface, and then click [OK].

3.

Click [Printer Driver].

4.

Read the entire license agreement carefully. If you accept its terms, click [I accept the
agreement], and then click [Next >].

5.

Click [Connected via LAN].

6.

Click [Next >].

7.

Click the plus mark next to a printer name.

8.

Click [Port:< LPT1: >] under [Printer name:].

9.

Click [Add].

10.

Click [Network Printer].

11.

Click [OK].

12.

Select a shared printer.

13.

Click [OK].

14.

Check that [<\\servername\sharedprintername>] appears after [Port:].

15.

Click [Continue].

Installation starts.

16.

Select whether or not to open the Status monitor automatically.

17.

Click [Next >].

18.

Check the installation result, and then click [Finish].

2. Preparing for Printing

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