Setting up a shared printer – Canon imagePROGRAF GP-4000 User Manual
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Setting Up a Shared Printer
On the print server, set up sharing of the printer driver. Then from the client, set up the connection to the
print server.
1.
on the print server system
1.
2.
Display the
Devices and Printers
window
2.
Select the
Control Panel
->
Hardware and Sound
(
Hardware
) ->
Devices and Printers
.
The
Devices and Printers
window is displayed.
3.
Click the icon for the model name of printer to be shared
3.
Press the Alt key, and from the displayed
File
menu, select
Printer properties
->
Sharing
tab.
Important
• When starting up the software and performing install or uninstall, a confirmation or warning dialog
box may appear.
This dialog box appears when administrative rights are required to perform a task.
When you are logged on to an administrator account, click
Yes
(or
Continue
,
Allow
) to continue.
Some applications require an administrator account to continue. In such cases, switch to an
administrator account, and restart the operation from the beginning.
4.
Set sharing
4.
On the
Sharing
tab, check (or select)
Share this printer
, set the shared name as necessary, and then
click
OK
.
5.
If the print server and the client have different architectures (32 bit or 64 bit), install an
5.
additional driver
1.
Display the
Devices and Printers
,
Printers
, or
Printers and Faxes
window.
1.
2.
Select the printer icon, click
Print server properties
, and select the
Drivers
tab.
2.
3.
Click
Add...
.
3.
4.
When the
Add Printer Driver Wizard
window is displayed, click
Next
.
4.
5.
If the print server has a 32-bit architecture, select
x64
. If the print server has a 64-bit
5.
architecture, select
x86
. Then click
Next
.
6.
Click
Have Disk...
.
6.
7.
In the
Install From Disk
window, open the "Driver" folder of the downloaded printer driver,
7.
specify the "inf" file, and click
OK
.
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