Administrator’s Guide (Windows only)
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administrator’s guide (windows only)
This chapter gives helpful information and troubleshooting tips for system administrators using Samsung Installer.
Overview
Samsung provides convenient installation methods useful for
administrators. Administrators can remotely install the machine driver to
multiple client computers or use command window to install the driver at
once. Administrators can also make their own installation package for
distribution.
Check the system requirements before installing the machine’s driver (See
"System requirements" on page 2).
Remote installation
Remote Installation is provided under
Administrator Installation
menu. It
is provided for administrators to remotely install device drivers and
application software to multiple client computers. To use remote installation,
you must configure at least one group. Multiple client computers can be
added to a group that has the same installation configuration. Installation
configuration includes device drivers or application software to be installed,
port used for printing, default printer, printer name, sharing information and
etc.
For remote installation, all client computers must be joined to a
domain or a workgroup and file sharing must be enabled to be
accessed by remote installer software on both server and client sides.
If you cannot access the client computers, you might need to disable
the
Firewall
option on the client computers.
Domain remote installation
You need to be a member of domain administrator to use
Domain
Remote Installation
.
1.
Make sure that the machine is connected to the network or USB and
powered on.
2.
Insert the supplied software CD into your CD-ROM drive.
•
The software CD should automatically run and an installation window
appears.
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If the installation window does not appear, click
Start
and then
Run
.
Type X:\
Setup.exe
, replacing “X” with the letter which represents
your CD-ROM drive. Click
OK
.
•
If you use Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2
click
Start
>
All programs
>
Accessories
>
Run
.
Type X:\
Setup.exe
replacing “X” with the letter which represents
your CD-ROM drive and click
OK
.
•
If the
AutoPlay
window appears in Windows Vista, click
Run
Setup.exe
in
Install or run program
field, and click
Continue
in the
User Account Control
windows.
•
If the
AutoPlay
window appears in Windows 7 and Windows 2008
Server R2, click
Run
Setup.exe
in
Install or run program
field, and
click
Yes
in the
User Account Control
windows.
3.
Select
Administrator Installation
>
Remote Installation
.
If necessary, select a language from the drop-down list.
4.
Read
License Agreement
, and select
I accept the terms of the
License Agreement
. Then, click
Next
.
5. Select Client Group
window appears.
6.
Click
New Group
.
To use remote installation, you need at least a group. If you have
already created a group, load the group you want and go to step 16.
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Edit Group:
You can edit groups.
•
Load Group:
You can load groups.
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Delete Group:
You can delete groups.
7. Log on
window appears. Select
Domain Remote Installation
and type
in the administrator’s
Domain
,
ID
and
Password
.
If your company has no domain network environment, you can use
Workgroup Remote Installation
(See "Workgroup Remote
Installation" on page 2).
8.
Click
Next
.
9. Select Clients
window appears.
10.
Type in the group name in the
Group Name
field.
11.
Add the client computers to be in the group to the right side panel.
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You can click … button to search the client computers and add
button to add a client computer by typing the IP address or the
computer name of client.
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You can add up to 50 client computers in a group. If you want to
add more than 50 client computers, you need to create more
groups.
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If the firewall is enabled on the client computer, access may be
denied.
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The client computer’s operating system should be Windows 2000
or higher.
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C drive must be shared as C$.
12. Select Software and Utilities to Install
window appears.
Select the driver(s) and application software(s) you want to install and
click
Next
.
13. Select Printer connection
window appears.
Select the printer connection type and click
Next
.
•
If you selected
Network Connection
,
Search Network Printers
window appears
, type in the IP address or host name in the
information field than click
Search
. when you are finished, click
Next
.
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The discovered printer list will show network printers on the same
subnet. If you want to specify a network printer that is located over
subnet then specify IP address of network printer directly.
14. Confirm Group details
window appears.
Check the group information and click
Next
.
Location to save the group
shows the path of default folder
which stores the created group information. The group information
file will be created as “<group_name>.RGI. You can change the
path by clicking the
Change
button.
15. Select Client Group
window appears again.