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Integrating the Printer into your Business Applications
Step by Step – Creating a Link from Host to Printer
A.
Windows Desktop Computers
Print Drivers
You may download the appropriate Windows driver from our website. Install the printer driver by the
standard method for your version of Windows.
I. USB
a) Install the printer driver onto your hostbefore connecting the printer. Follow prompts
displayed during installation.
b) Plug the printer into a USB port on your host system using a mini-USB cable.
c) The printer will appear in the “Unspecified” devices section. Right click on the icon.
d) In the popup window, select the Hardware tab. Note the USB port number displayed.
e) Using the “Add Printer” wizard, install the printer using the driver file obtained from Printek
and the USB port number noted above.
f) After the printer driver installs, the printer will appear as “Printek 4-inch printer” under the
“Printers and Faxes” heading of your Windows “Devices and Printers” screen.
II. Wi-Fi
Note:
The following instructions are fundamentally the same for an Infrastructure or Wi-Fi Direct (peer
to peer) setup. They also assume that you have already configured your Wi-Fi interface via the DP-
581 printer web page (see the section on Configuration).
a) Perform a configuration printout to verify the printer Wi-Fi setup and to record the IP
address assigned and the Port number.
b) Install the printer as a local printer using the USB instructions above.
c) In the “Devices and Printers” screen, right click the printer icon representing your mobile
printer.
d) Under Printer Properties, select the Ports tab, then select “Add a Port”
e) In the new dialog box which appears, select “Standard TCP/IP ports”; this will open the
Standard TCP/IP Printer Port wizard.
f) Follow the on-screen prompts in this wizard. You’ll use the IP address recorded above to
set up the port. In the same screen you can also name the port something familiar and
relevant, and this will appear as the name of the printer to the user.
g) After the port is detected, it will be displayed as a “generic network card” – accept this by
clicking Next / Finish.
h) After you are finished adding the port, Windows will report it as a “Standard TCP/IP port”;
click OK to accept this.
i) Close the Printer Port window.
j) Now in the Printer Properties dialog box your IP address (or the familiar name you
assigned above) will appear in the list of ports available. Select it to configure the port.
