Installing The Printer Drivers; Introduction; General Description; Installing The Printer Driver - Toshiba B-450-R SERIES Owner's Manual

10. INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVERS

10 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVERS
10.1 INTRODUCTIONS
This manual describes how to install the TOSHIBA printer driver for the TOSHIBA bar code printer on your
Windows host computer; install and delete the printer driver, the procedure for adding the LAN port,
cautions and limitations.
The examples provided here illustrate the procedure for installing the printer driver version V7.0 for the B-
SA4T series.
10.2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

1. Features
Once you install the TOSHIBA printer driver on your Windows host computer, you can use the
TOSHIBA bar code printer, as well as the easy-to-use general printers.
You can use this printer by connecting a parallel interface cable (printer cable), a USB cable, or a LAN
cable to your host computer.
2. System Requirements
To install the TOSHIBA printer driver on your host computer, the following system and environment are
required:
• Operating system: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Hardware:
system.
• Interface:
10.3

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER

The installation procedure differs depending on the interface connected to the printer and the operation
system you are using. Please install the printer driver by performing the appropriate procedure.
If the previous version of the printer driver has been installed on your host computer , be sure to uninstall it
before you install this printer driver. (Refer to Section 10.4 Uninstalling the Printer Driver.)
To print via your network, please install the printer driver by performing the installation procedure for the
parallel interface, and also perform the following:
1. In the procedure, select "LPT1" for the port.
2. After installation of the printer driver is completed, add the LAN port by referring to Section 10.5
Adding/Deleting a LAN Port, and specify the LAN port.
1. Parallel Interface
To use the parallel interface, the following settings are required, after installing the printer driver:
For Windows 98/Me:
For Windows 2000/XP:
A DOS-/V (IBM PC/AT compatible) machine running an above operating
• Parallel interface conforming to the IEEE1284 standard
• USB interface
• LAN interface
Open the printer properties.
[Spool Settings...] button.
displayed. Select "Disable bi-directional support for this printer".
Open the printer properties and select the "Ports" tab. Mark off the
"Enable bidirectional support" checkbox.
Select the "Details" tab and click on the
The "Spool Settings" dialog box is
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10.1 INTRODUCTION