Using the machine as a shared printer, Using the machine as a shared printer -10 – Konica Minolta bizhub 25e User Manual

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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.

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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].

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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.

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