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— If the printer is an SP55 Card Printer with the Built-in Ethernet feature, continue with
If you will use the Smart Driver™ to send print jobs to the printer, return to this procedure and continue with
step 4.
4
On each PC that will send jobs to the printer, beginning with the Admin PC, install the Smart Driver™. See
and follow these guidelines:
— Choose to install a directly networked printer.
— Make sure that each printer has a unique name on the PC. One PC can connect to multiple Datacard®
printers on the network.
5
Configure the port to define the connection between the printer and PC.
a
After installing the driver, open the printer Properties dialog box.
b
In the Properties dialog:
— On Windows XP, 2000, or NT, make sure you are logged in as the Administrator. (Users and Power
Users cannot complete this task successfully.) Select the Ports tab. Click the Configure Port button.
— On Windows Me and 98, select the Details tab. Click the Port Settings button.
c
Enter the server name or IP address of the print server (from step
3
). If your network uses DHCP, use the
print server name (not the IP address, which the network changes).
d
Click OK to save the setting. Open the Enter Network Address dialog box again.
e
Click the Test button to verify that the PC can communicate with the print server. If the PC does not
communicate with the printer, see
"Troubleshooting a network installation with a print server"
.
6
With the Properties dialog box open, select the General tab. Click the Print Test Page button to send a
Windows test page to the printer. If the test page prints, the printer has been successfully installed. Continue
with
.
Use the USB port and a wireless print server
1
Install the wireless network adapter, including the driver files, to a nearby PC. Follow the instructions provided
with the adapter to install it.
2
Change settings in the utility for the wireless network adapter (if needed) to match the default settings for the
wireless print server. Find the settings in the print server information.
3
Power on the wireless print server. Do not connect the print server to the printer at this time (this sequence
might be different from the one the print server recommends). The power light on the print server will be on.
4
Insert the wireless print server CD-ROM in the PC with the wireless network adapter. The HP Jetdirect 380x
has been tested in this usage. Follow the instructions provided with the print server to set it up on the network.
— Network support personnel can provide the network settings to use.
— Record the values you use so you can repeat the setup for other devices and to finish configuring the
connection to the printer.
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