How to Install Network Printer in Windows Xp

Printer Software

Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

Sharing the printer
Setting up your printer as a shared printer
Using an additional driver
Setting for the clients
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM

Sharing the printer

This section describes how to share the printer on a standard Windows network.

The computers on a network can share a printer that is directly connected to one of them. The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the printer server, and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the printer server. The clients share the printer via the printer server.

According to the versions of Windows OS and your access rights on the network, perform the appropriate settings of the printer server and clients.

Setting the printer server

For Windows Me, 98, or 95, see Setting up your printer as a shared printer.

For Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0, see Using an additional driver.

Setting the clients

For Windows Me, 98, or 95, see With Windows Me, 98, or 95.

For Windows XP or 2000, see With Windows XP or 2000.

For Windows Vista, see With Windows Vista.

For Windows NT 4.0, see With Windows NT 4.0.

Note:

When sharing the printer, be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the printer server. See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3.

When you are Windows shared printer user in a Windows Me, 98, or 95 environment, on the server, double-click the Network icon in Control panel and make sure that the "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks" component is installed. Then, on the server and clients, make sure that the "IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol" or the "\xd4 TCP/IP Protocol" is installed.

When connecting to a Windows XP shared printer, error and warning notifications do not appear during printing. Installing Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later will solve this problem.

When connecting to a shared printer beyond a router, error and warning notification for shared printers during printing is not available in some cases because of the router's settings.

The printer server and clients should be set on the same network system, and they should be under the same network management beforehand.

The on-screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS.

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Setting up your printer as a shared printer

When the printer server's OS is Windows Me, 98, or 95, follow these steps to set the printer server.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

Double-click the Network icon.

Click File and Print Sharing on the Configuration menu.

Select the I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s). check box, then click OK.

Click OK to accept the settings.

For users restarting the computer

Double-click the Printers icon on the control panel.

Right-click your printer icon, and click Sharing in the menu that appears.

Select Shared As, type the name in the Share Name box, and click OK. Type a Comment and Password if needed.

You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network. See the following pages for details.

With Windows Me, 98, or 95

With Windows XP or 2000

With Windows Vista

With Windows NT 4.0

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Using an additional driver

When the printer server's OS is Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0, you can install the additional drivers in the server. The additional drivers are for client computers that have different OS from the server.

Follow these steps to set a Windows XP, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 as a printer server, and install the additional drivers.

Note:

You must access Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 as the Administrators of the local machine.

If the Printer server's OS is Windows NT 4.0, the Additional driver can be used only on Service Pack 4 or later.

For a Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 printer server, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.
For a Windows XP printer server, click Start, point to Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP Home edition users, point to Control panel first, then click Printers and Faxes.
For a Windows Vista printer server, click Start, click Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click Printers.

Right-click your printer icon, and click Sharing in the menu that appears.

For Windows XP, if the following menu appears, click either Network Setup Wizard or If you understand the security risks but want to share printers without running the wizard, click here.
In either case, follow the on-screen instructions.

For a Windows 2000 or NT 4.0 printer server, select Shared (for Windows 2000), or Shared as (for Windows NT 4.0), then type the name in the Share Name box.

For a Windows Vista or XP printer server, select Share this printer, then type the name in the Share name box.

Select the additional drivers.

On a Windows NT 4.0 printer server

Select Windows being used for clients. For example, select Windows 95 to install the additional driver for the Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients. Then click OK.

On the Windows XP or 2000 printer server

Click Additional Drivers.

Select Windows being used for clients then click OK.

For Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients	Select Intel Windows 95 or 98 (and Me)
For Windows NT 4.0 clients	Select Intel Windows NT 4.0 or 2000
For Windows XP or 2000 clients	Intel Windows XP (or 2000) may been already selected.

When a prompt appears, insert the CD-ROM that comes with your printer in your CD-ROM drive, then click OK.

According to the message, type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located, then click OK.
Depending on the client's OS, the displayed message may differ.

The folder name differs depending on the OS being used.

Client's OS	Folder Name
Windows Me, 98, or 95	\<Language>\WIN9X
Windows 2000, XP	\<Language>\WIN2000
Windows Vista x86 Edition	\<Language>\WINVISTA
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Vista x64 Edition	\<Language>\WINVISTA_XP64
Windows NT 4.0	\<Language>\WINNT40

When installing drivers in Windows Vista, XP or 2000, "Digital Signature is not found." may appear. Click Yes (for Windows 2000) or , Continue Anyway (for Windows XP) or Install this driver software anyway (for Windows Vista) and continue installing.

When installing in Windows 2000 or XP, click Close. When installing in Windows NT 4.0, the property window closes automatically.

You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a Network. See the following pages for details:

With Windows Me, 98, or 95

With Windows XP or 2000

With Windows Vista

With Windows NT 4.0

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Setting for the clients

This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer on a network.

Note:

To share the printer on a Windows network, you need to set the printer server. For details, see Setting up your printer as a shared printer (Windows Me, 98, or 95) or Using an additional driver (Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0).

This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server (Microsoft workgroup). If you cannot access the shared printer due to the network system, ask the administrator of the network for assistance.

This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer from the Printers folder. You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop.

You cannot use the Additional driver on server system OS.

When you want to use the EPSON Status Monitor 3 at clients, you have to install both of the printer driver and the EPSON Status Monitor 3 in each client from the CD-ROM.

With Windows Me, 98, or 95

Follow these steps to set Windows Me, 98, or 95 clients.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next.

Select Network printer, then click Next.

Click Browse, and the Browse for Printer dialog box appears.

Click the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer, and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

Click Next.

Make sure of the name of the shared printer, and select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not. Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

With Windows XP or 2000

Follow these steps to set Windows XP or 2000 clients.

You can install the printer driver of the shared printer, if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator.

If the printer server's OS is Windows NT 4.0, confirm the following items.

In a Windows NT 4.0 printer server, the additional driver for Windows XP or 2000 clients is the "Windows NT 4.0 x86" driver which is installed beforehand as the printer driver for Windows NT 4.0. When installing the printer driver in the Windows XP or 2000 clients from Windows NT 4.0 printer server, the driver for Windows NT 4.0 is installed.

You can not install the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 as the additional driver in a Windows NT 4.0 printer server. To install the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 in Windows XP or 2000 clients, the administrator installs the local printer driver in the clients from the CD-ROM that comes with the printer, then performs the following procedure.

For Windows 2000 clients, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.
For Windows XP clients, click Start, point to Printers and Faxes. For Windows XP Home edition users, point to Control panel first, then click Printers and Faxes.

For Windows 2000, double-click the Add Printer icon, then click Next.

For Windows XP, click the Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu.

Select Network printer (for Windows 2000) or A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer (for Windows XP), then click Next.

For Windows 2000, type the name of the shared printer, then click Next.

For Windows XP, select Browse for a printer.

Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer, and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

For Windows 2000, select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click OK.
For Windows XP, if another driver is already installed, select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click OK.

Make sure of the settings, then click Finish.

With Windows Vista

Follow these steps to set Windows Vista clients.

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click Printers.

Click the Add a Printer icon.

Click Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.

A shared printer is automatically searched for.

If a shared printer is found, click its icon and click Next.
If no shared printer is found, click the The printer that I want isn't listed button.

Select Browse for a printer and click Next.

A PC icon on your network appears.

Click the PC icon. A shared printer icon appears.

Click Install driver.

Make sure that the appropriate printer driver name is shown, and click Next.

If any other printer driver has already been installed, the Set as the default printer checkbox will appear. If you want to set the shown printer as the default printer, select the checkbox and click Next.

Click Finish.

With Windows NT 4.0

Follow these steps to set Windows NT 4.0 clients.

You can install the printer driver of the shared printer, if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator.

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

Double-click the Add Printer icon.

Select Network printer server, then click Next.

Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer. Then click OK.

Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click OK.

Click Finish.

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Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM

This section describes how to install the printer driver in the clients when setting the network system as follows:

The additional drivers are not installed in the Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 printer server.

The printer server's OS is the Windows Me, 98, or 95 and the client's OS is the Windows Vista, XP, or 2000, or NT 4.0.

The on-screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS.

Note:

When installing in Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 clients, you must access Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or NT 4.0 with the Administrator.

If the additional drivers are installed or the computers of the server and clients use the same OS and the same architecture, you do not have to install the printer drivers from the CD-ROM.

Access the shared printer and a prompt may appear. Click OK, and then follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer driver from the CD-ROM.

Insert the CD-ROM, then the EPSON Installation Program dialog box appears. Cancel the dialog box by clicking Cancel, then type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located, then click OK.

When installing drivers in Windows Vista, XP or 2000, "Digital Signature is not found." may appear. Click Yes (for Windows 2000) or, Continue Anyway (for Windows XP) or Install this driver software anyway (for Windows Vista), and continue installing.

The folder name differs depending on the OS being used.

Client's OS	Folder Name
Windows Me, 98, or 95	\<Language>\WIN9X
Windows 2000, XP	\<Language>\WIN2000
Windows Vista x86 Edition	\<Language>\WINVISTA
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Vista x64 Edition	\<Language>\WINVISTA_XP64
Windows NT 4.0	\<Language>\WINNT40

Select the name of the printer, then click OK. Then follow the on-screen instructions.

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How to Install Network Printer in Windows Xp

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How to Install Network Printer in Windows Xp

Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

Sharing the printer

Setting the printer server

Setting the clients

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

For users restarting the computer

Using an additional driver

Setting for the clients

With Windows Me, 98, or 95

With Windows XP or 2000

With Windows Vista

With Windows NT 4.0

Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM

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