Installing Printer Drivers on Windows Networks
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Installing Printer Drivers on Windows Networks
In Windows environments, you can install a Xerox printer driver by using a direct installation, a custom
installation, or a Point and Print installation.
Direct Installation
Use the Xerox Printer Driver Installation utility to install Xerox printer drivers for your network printers
quickly and easily. If you have the
CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers
CD or know the network location
where the contents of the CD have been saved, you need only run the installer once per Xerox product to
install the appropriate drivers for multiple page description languages (PDLs) directly onto a PC or print
server.
Customized Installation
System administrators can use the Admin Config Wizard to pre-configure the driver installation. Use this
wizard to control settings such as printer detection method, default printer assignment, and network
printer sharing. Set multiple installation configurations to distribute and apply to users or groups as
appropriate.
Copy the contents of the
CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers
CD to your network. (See
Locating
Installation Files on the CD
on page 2-25.) Then start the Admin Configuration Wizard to set up a
configuration file. (See
Customizing the Installation
on page 2-8 to perform a customized installation.)
Point and Print Installation
Copy the contents of the
CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers
CD to your network. Install the drivers
locally and modify the device settings and document settings (see
Preconfiguring Default Driver
Settings (Windows NT / 2000 / XP / Server 2003)
on page 2-16). Then copy the new configurations to the
server for enterprise use (see
Point and Print Installations
on page 2-15).
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You can use the Add Printer Wizard to install Xerox printer drivers, but you must install each
driver separately.
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It is possible to upgrade a Windows driver without uninstalling the previous version. However,
the impact of such an upgrade on system performance can be unpredictable. The most reliable way
to upgrade is to uninstall the old drivers and perform a clean installation of the new ones. For
information on uninstalling drivers, see
Uninstalling Windows Printer Drivers
on page 2-26. Additional
information on uninstalling and upgrading drivers is available in the Customer Tips portion of
www.xerox.com
.
