Setting up a shared printer – Canon imagePROGRAF TM-300 36" Large-Format Inkjet Printer with L36ei Scanner Kit User Manual

Page 357

Advertising
background image

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.

Install the printer driver

on the print server system

2.

Select as described below:

• If you are using Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016, select the

Start

menu ->

Windows System

->

Control Panel

->

Hardware and Sound

(

Hardware

) ->

Devices and Printers

.

The

Devices and Printers

window is displayed.

• If you are using Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, or Windows Server 2012, from the

Desktop charms, select

Settings

->

Control Panel

->

Hardware and Sound

(

Hardware

) ->

Devices and Printers

.

The

Devices and Printers

window is displayed.

• If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, select the

Start

menu ->

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

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

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
additional driver

1. Display the Devices and Printers, Printers, or Printers and Faxes window.
2. Select the printer icon, click Print server properties, and select the Drivers tab.
3. Click Add....
4. When the Add Printer Driver Wizard window is displayed, click Next.
5. If the print server has a 32-bit architecture, select x64. If the print server has a 64-bit

architecture, select x86. Then click Next.

6. Click Have Disk....

357

Advertising