Konica Minolta bizhub 25e - Manual (Page 17)

1-10 Installing to Windows
Using the machine as a shared printer
If you are going to use the machine as a shared printer on a Windows network with the
printer driver installed on a print server, follow the steps below to install the printer
driver on the print server and the client computers.
NOTE
• For details on the configuring settings on the print server, see the operation
manual or the help file of the operating system. The “print server” explained here
is a computer that is connected directly to the machine, and “clients” are other
computers connected to the print server on the same network.
• Install the same printer driver on client computers as the printer driver that is
installed on the print server.
„ Sharing the printer on the print server
The “print server” explained here is using Windows Server 2008.
1
Install the printer driver.
2
Right-click the printer icon to share, then click “Sharing…”.
3
Click the [Change sharing options].
4
Enter the share name.
If the client computer is using a different version of Windows from the printer server, install
the additional driver following the steps below.
1. Click [Additional Drivers…] on the “Sharing” tab.
2. Click the check box of the system you want to install, then click [OK].
3. Insert the driver CD and select the driver from the following folders on the CD.
• GDI driver location:
D:\Drivers\ENU\COMMON\GDI\INSTDATA\Printer\WindowsDriver
• PCL 5e driver location:
D:\Drivers\ENU\COMMON\PCL\INSTDATA\Printer\5e\WindowsDriver
• PCL 6 driver location:
D:\Drivers\ENU\COMMON\PCL\INSTDATA\Printer\6\WindowsDriver
• PostScript 3 driver location:
D:\Drivers\ENU\COMMON\PS3\INSTDATA\Printer\WindowsDriver
In this description, the letter of CD drive is “D”. Substitute the letter of your CD-ROM drive
for “D”.
4. Follow the instructions that appears on the screen.
5
Click [Close].
„ Installing the printer on the client computers
NOTE
Ask your network administrator for the server name and printer name of the machine
on the network.
1
Open the network computer window, and double-click the print server.
2
Double-click the shared printer name.
The printer driver will be installed automatically.