1. On the client workstation, click
Start-->Settings-->Printers
.
2. Double-click the
Add Printer
icon.
3. Select the
Network print server
radio button.
4. Select the PSA and printer from the list box. Or, type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path (for
example: "\\spooler1\printer1"). See Microsoft documentation for more information about UNC. Click
OK
.
5. Answer subsequent questions to complete the driver installation.
For Windows XP:
1. On the client workstation, click
Start
and then choose
My Computer
. Under
Other Places
, click
My
Network Places
. Now click
Search
on the toolbar and type the name or IP address of the PSA.
2. Double-click the PSA that was found. This will expand into a list of printers available on the PSA.
3. Right-click on the printer and click
Connect
to install. The printer should now be in the printers and faxes
folder.
Or:
1. On the client workstation, click
Start
and then choose
Printers and Faxes
.
2. Under
Printer Tasks
select
Add a printer
.Double-click the
Add Printer
icon.
3. Select the
Network print server
radio button.
4. Select the
Connect to this printer
radio button and type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path (for
example: "\\spooler1\printer1"). See Microsoft documentation for more information about UNC. Click
Next
.
5. Answer subsequent questions to complete the driver installation.
Bypassing Point and Print
Installing printers on each client computer is required in order for clients to be able to print using the PSA. With the
Microsoft Point and Print technology, when a printer is added to a client, an associated driver is automatically
installed on the client also. This helps make printer installation easy. However, the driver associated with a given
printer can only be managed at an administrator level, so changes to that driver such as enabling duplex or
changing the driver itself will be reflected on all Windows NT, 2K, and XP clients using that printer; only one driver
can be associated with a given printer.
In order to bypass this functionality, clients can install a local printer that uses a local port to print through the PSA.
Note:
This requires the client to install a driver locally. Because the installed printer is viewed by the computer as a
local printer, it will not receive job status feedback from the PSA. For example, if the printer on the PSA has been
paused, the client printer will not reflect this and it may look like a job was printed when it was not.
To install a local printer with local driver that prints through the PSA, follow the following steps.
For Windows 2000 and XP Clients:
1. Start the
Add Printer
wizard (in Windows 2000 or XP).
2. Click
Next
.
3. On the
Local or Network Printer
screen, select
Local printer
and then click
Next
.
Note:
On this screen, make sure
Automatically detect and install any Plug and Play printer
is
not
selected.
4. On the
Select the Printer Port
screen, select
Create a new port
and then select
Local Port
as the
Type
. Click
Next
.
5. On the
Port Name
screen, type the UNC name for the printer in the following format and click
OK
: