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Configuring Printer Drivers

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To modify the driver default settings:

1

At a workstation, insert the 

CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers

 CD into the CD-ROM drive. The 

AutoRun program displays the available selections. 
–or–
If the AutoRun is disabled on your workstation, open My Computer and double-click the CD-ROM 
drive. Double-click the 

Setup.exe

 

file. The AutoRun program displays the available selections.

2

Chose a language and click 

OK

.

3

Select 

Browse CD

 and browse to the printer driver files for your Xerox system. For information 

about the driver files, see 

Locating Installation Files on the CD

 on page 2-25.

4

Copy the printer driver files for your Xerox system to the driver installation directory on the server.

5

Install the printer driver files for your Xerox system to your workstation.

6

On the desktop, select 

Start > Settings > Printers

 (Windows 98 / Me / NT / 2000) or 

Start > 

Printers and Faxes

 (Windows XP / Server 2003) and right-click the printer.

7

Choose 

Properties

.

8

Select the Configuration tab and choose the settings you want as your default settings.

9

Select the Device Settings tab and choose the settings you want as your default settings.

10

Expand the Override/Restore Defaults option on the Device Settings tab.

11

Select 

Save Current Settings as Default

. A Save button appears.

12

Click 

Save

. The configuration and device settings are saved as the default settings.

13

If you want to modify the default document settings, continue with the following steps. Otherwise, 
close the Properties dialog and continue with step 21.

„

For 2000 / XP / Server 2003 drivers, select the General tab and click 

Printing Preferences

. The 

Printing Preferences dialog opens. 

„

For NT drivers, close the Properties dialog. Right-click the printer and select 

Document 

Defaults

14

Select the settings you want as the defaults for the document options from the Printing Preferences 
dialog (2000 / XP / Server 2003) or Document Defaults dialog (NT).

15

Make your selections from the available tabs.

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For more information about installing the printer driver with the Xerox Windows Print 

Installer, see 

Direct Installation

 on page 2-4 or use the Microsoft Add Printer Wizard.

Summary of Contents for WorkCentre Pro 232

Page 1: ...Printer Drivers Guide For Windows Release 6 00...

Page 2: ...of America XEROX The Document Company the digital X CentreWare and the identifying product names and numbers herein are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION Other product names and images used in this gui...

Page 3: ...5 Print and Fax Driver Documentation 1 6 CentreWare Printer Drivers Guide for Windows 1 6 Help 1 6 Quick Reference Cards for Printer Drivers 1 6 Support 1 7 Internet Support 1 7 Telephone Support 1 7...

Page 4: ...23 Bi Directional Driver Support 2 24 Locating Installation Files on the CD 2 25 Uninstalling Windows Printer Drivers 2 26 For Windows 9x and NT 2 26 For Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 26 Chapter 3 Ge...

Page 5: ...6 3 Adobe Acrobat Printing 6 3 Booklet and Multiple Up N Up Printing 6 3 Euro Symbol 6 4 PDF Printing 6 4 Microsoft Applications 6 4 PCL Printer Driver 6 6 Sample Set Not Supported in FrameMaker 6 6...

Page 6: ...vi...

Page 7: ...rm and easy to understand With this guide administrators can install and configure CentreWare printer drivers and general users can increase their productivity using the Xerox system s printing option...

Page 8: ...em in the printer drivers Bi Directional printer drivers that automatically configure the driver with the installable options report the current status of the device provide information on active jobs...

Page 9: ...ls supported in this release of CentreWare and the printer drivers that are available for Windows 98 Me NT 2000 XP Server 2003 environments CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD The installation files f...

Page 10: ...rs Downloads 4 Select the desired Operating System version of Windows and Language for the printer driver 5 From the list of drivers click the driver that you want to download 6 Read the End User Lice...

Page 11: ...ation files enabling users to install printer drivers quickly and easily TIFF Submission Tool With the TIFF Submission Tool you can submit TIFF Tagged Image File Format files directly to a Xerox syste...

Page 12: ...ided on the CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD This works on most workstations running a non English version of Windows except Windows 2000 You can download a reader for other languages from Adobe at...

Page 13: ...telephone numbers are listed in the following table If the Welcome Center telephone number for your country is not listed it will be provided to you when your Xerox system is installed For future ref...

Page 14: ...1 8 CentreWare Printer Drivers for Microsoft Windows...

Page 15: ...t s in this chapter Requirements 2 2 Direct Installation 2 4 Customizing the Installation 2 8 Considerations for Enterprise Technologies 2 13 Point and Print Installations 2 15 Configuring Printer Dri...

Page 16: ...ivers Xerox Print Driver Installation Utility The Xerox Print Driver Installation utility and Admin Config Wizard require Administrator privileges in Windows NT 2000 XP Server 2003 Internet Explorer 5...

Page 17: ...treWare 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 Ins...

Page 18: ...language and click OK 3 Click Print and Fax Drivers 4 Click Install Your Windows Print Driver 5 Continue with Completing the Installation on page 2 6 Installing from the Internet 1 Open a browser wind...

Page 19: ...rs record and follow any posted instructions Then click Next 7 Continue with Completing the Installation on page 2 6 Installing from the Network 1 Use Windows Explorer to find the CentreWare Print and...

Page 20: ...elections click Search Choose Enter Printer s IP address DNS name or UNC path Enter the information or browse for one of those identifiers Automatic The installer detects and searches for all printers...

Page 21: ...the registry and adds the printer to the workstation or server 4 The Installation Complete screen appears to report a successful installation Do any or all of the following Click Set Contact Location...

Page 22: ...However the resulting script files and configuration folders must reside on or be saved to the network Installing from CD 1 Insert the CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD into the CD ROM drive The Au...

Page 23: ...s the default choice It does not dictate the printer to install To set that use the Port Value field described below Let installer decide based on the number of printers discovered Default to Printer...

Page 24: ...gle Instance Only Select to prevent multiple copies of the printer definition from installing on a client This option allows you to automate printer deployment by incorporating the installation in a l...

Page 25: ...o install GatewayDefault Default gateway address for Manual Search SubnetMaskDefault Default subnet mask for Manual Search USBSearch LPTSearch NetSearch Numeric values that represent the availability...

Page 26: ...DL 1 and PDL 2 7 PDL 1 2 and 3 LaunchScannerInstall Numeric value for installing scanner software after printer Requires Windows 2000 or above and Xerox Multifunction Device 0 Do not launch scanner in...

Page 27: ...ate drivers consequences range from a lack of access to advanced driver features to a complete inability to print To ensure consistent printer availability in a cluster use the Add Printer Driver Wiza...

Page 28: ...ject To run the Add Printer Driver Wizard 1 At the desktop click Start Settings Printers Windows 2000 or Start Printers and Faxes Windows XP Server 2003 The Printers window appears 2 Click File Server...

Page 29: ...pt select to install the printer driver The Add Printer Wizard opens or Right click the Xerox system icon At the prompt select to install the printer driver The Add Printer Wizard opens or Click the X...

Page 30: ...preconfigure Device Settings refers to installable options such as a High Capacity Feeder or a Finisher accounting options etc Document Settings refers to document options such as a banner sheet port...

Page 31: ...elect the Configuration tab and choose the settings you want as your default settings 9 Select the Device Settings tab and choose the settings you want as your default settings 10 Expand the Override...

Page 32: ...ick OK to close the Document Defaults dialog in NT 21 Copy the driver filename dyc file created on your workstation in the Windows System32 Spool Drivers W32x86 3 directory for 2000 XP Server 2003 or...

Page 33: ...ws printer drivers can as an option provide Bi Directional capabilities The printer driver communicates with the printer through your network and acquires information from the printer See About Bi Dir...

Page 34: ...munication is enabled A Status button appears on the Paper Output tab of the printer driver By clicking Status you can access current information about the printer See About Bi Directional Printer Dri...

Page 35: ...options manually See Bi Directional Driver Support on page 2 24 to see if your network environment is supported To configure the Installable Options manually 1 At the desktop click Start Settings Pri...

Page 36: ...rivers 4 Click Installable Options and select the options that are available on your Xerox system 5 Click OK to save the settings and OK to close the dialog 6 Click OK to close the printer driver Figu...

Page 37: ...em Status Dialog The Status dialog shows the status of your Xerox system as well as specific information about your print jobs You can check the status of up to 25 jobs currently in the print queue or...

Page 38: ...ver TCP IP or SNMP over IPX SPX The data available in server based drivers will not update on a regular basis When configuration changes are made the driver must be reopened to detect the changes Wind...

Page 39: ...files locate the Drivers folder and open the Windows folder as well as the folder for your particular Xerox system model for example WorkCentre Pro 255 The Xerox system model folder contains individua...

Page 40: ...object 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all printer objects that use the driver being uninstalled For example suppose you are uninstalling the PCL 6 drivers for the Xerox WorkCentre Pro 265 275 series If y...

Page 41: ...choose how your document will look and print The Help system is the primary source for information about using the printer drivers At any time you can access the Help system through the Help buttons o...

Page 42: ...ures you want By clicking on the icon you can go through the list of options for that feature Or use the drop down list to see the options When chosen certain features constrain other features For exa...

Page 43: ...nication for your printer driver a Status button is added to your Paper Output tab When you click Status the Status dialog opens and reports specific information about the printer s operational status...

Page 44: ...tem model Bi Directional Setup Installable Options Accounting and About Each button opens a dialog to configure your driver Through Bi Directional Setup you can enable Bi Directional Communication You...

Page 45: ...information about problem solving and various constraint information such as media size media type and finishing constraints Quick Reference cards about printer driver features are also among the supp...

Page 46: ...3 6 Getting the Most from Your Printer Driver...

Page 47: ...e on your printer s you can use the Font Management Utility to download the required fonts to the printers Using the utility fonts may be viewed printed downloaded to printers or your downloaded non r...

Page 48: ...or Custom Click Next 9 Click Install to install the utility on the workstation 10 Click Finish to exit the install wizard The installation is complete Accessing the Font Management Utility To access t...

Page 49: ...t Control Panel Add or Remove Programs in Windows XP Server 2003 The dialog for installing changing or uninstalling programs opens 2 Select Xerox Font Management Utility 3 Follow the procedures in the...

Page 50: ...4 4 Installing the Font Management Utility...

Page 51: ...itional PostScript information to the submitted file often referred to as a PostScript wrapper Instead the TIFF or PDF files are submitted as print ready files This enables the Xerox system RIP Raster...

Page 52: ...used on workstations that meet the following basic requirements Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP 4 MB of hard drive space Supported Xerox Systems The following Xerox system models support...

Page 53: ...nformation Click Next 7 Click Next on the Choose Destination Location dialog 8 Click Next on the Select Program Folder dialog 9 Click Finish The CentreWare TIFF Submission Tool is ready for use Access...

Page 54: ...e on a Windows workstation To uninstall the TIFF Submission Tool 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs Windows 9x Me NT 2000 or Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs Windows X...

Page 55: ...e application the workstation or the printer will resolve the problem This chapter includes some of the common problems and Frequently Asked Questions that pertain to CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers...

Page 56: ...problem and keep a log to track problem occurrences Examine the data for trends and the common attributes that may be related to the problem For example does the problem occur only with a specific pr...

Page 57: ...ooklets or N up With Windows 98 Me PCL drivers you may need to reset the Booklet or N Up settings before you save your documents Some applications such as Microsoft Word 97 will save the scaling setti...

Page 58: ...printing the Euro symbol If problems persist when printing the Euro symbol select the Send as Graphics option PDF Printing When printing a PDF sending a large file may result in the printing of print...

Page 59: ...e to the printer driver settings will be saved as the new default settings This will impact all applications that use the same printer driver Custom paper sizes will not work with Microsoft Word Versi...

Page 60: ...ertain applications such as WordPerfect and MS Publisher always print text as graphics or may default to the graphics mode when memory is low or when the text is very complex When these circumstances...

Page 61: ...end data to the printer WordPerfect If you encounter problems stapling multiple jobs as separate documents with WordPerfect 8 x install the service pack available for WordPerfect at www corel com to c...

Page 62: ...ur Xerox system for example WorkCentre Pro 255 operating system environment for example Windows NT type of printer driver for example PostScript or PCL How do I obtain a custom driver for an environme...

Page 63: ...iver Help System About 3 5 Driver Structure 3 2 E Enterprise Technologies and Add Printer Driver Wizard 2 14 Enterprise technologies Citrix MetaFrame 2 13 Clustering 2 13 Considerations for 2 13 F Fon...

Page 64: ...1 2 Requirements Installation 2 2 Printer Drivers 2 2 S Support Information 1 7 T Tabs Printer Drivers 3 3 TIFF Submission Tool 1 5 5 1 Installation 5 3 Supported Xerox systems 5 2 Uninstalling 5 4 W...

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