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Windows for Fiery ES
The Fiery ES can be set up as a printer on a Windows computer by installing the printer driver that corresponds to
your printer and setting up the Fiery ES for printing.
Printer drivers provide a way to communicate information about print jobs between your applications, the Fiery ES,
and the printer.
Installing Windows printer drivers
Installing the printer driver is the first step to set up the Fiery ES as a printer.
The User Account Control (UAC) feature is available on computers with the Windows operating systems supported
by the Fiery ES. You must be the administrator or a user with Administrator privileges to install printer drivers. For
information about supported operating systems, see Configuration and Setup .
Note: If the Fiery ES printer driver is already installed, you must uninstall it before you install a new driver. (See
Uninstall printer drivers from Windows client computers on page 16.)
Installing printer drivers with Point and Print
SMB printing (also known as Windows or WINS printing) allows you to install PostScript printer drivers on your
computer from the Fiery ES with Point and Print.
You can then print to a particular connection (Print queue, Hold queue, Direct connection or the name of the virtual
printer).
Each connection requires a separate installation. Repeat the procedure for each connection.
When you install the printer driver using Point and Print, you cannot configure installable options manually. The
installed options are displayed as the Fiery ES configuration in the printer driver. (See Configure installable options
on Windows client computers on page 23.)
Before you begin, ask your administrator to do the following in Setup on the Fiery ES:
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Assign the Fiery ES a valid IP address.
The IP address or DNS name is required in the following procedure.
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Configure the Fiery ES for SMB printing.
Note:
SMB printing is referred to as Windows Printing in Setup and on the Configuration page.
For more information, see Configure Help or Command WorkStation Help .
Printing
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