Installing The Capt Software - Canon Laser Shot LBP2900 User Manual

Installing the CAPT Software

This section describes the procedure for installing the CAPT software on a
computer that is connected directly to the printer using a USB cable.
There are the following methods for installing the printer driver:
Installation method
Easy Installation
Custom Installation
Installing with Plug and
Play
* If you want to install the manuals only, see "Installing the Manuals," on p. 4-53.
IMPORTANT
The CAPT software is required for printing using this printer. Make sure that you install it.
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If there is not enough free space remaining on the hard disk, the message appears
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during the installation. Abort the installation and create more space on the disk before
beginning the installation again.
NOTE
For details on the procedure for installing this software when the printer is shared on the
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network from one computer and you are printing from another computer over the
network, see "Printing from a Network Computer using a Shared Printer," on p. 3-40.
If the print server is running 64-bit Windows Vista, and if you want to update the
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additional driver (alternate driver), perform the following procedure.
1. Uninstall the printer driver used in the print server. (See p. 3-67)
2. Install the new printer driver on the print server. (See p. 3-5)
3. See "Configuring the Print Server" (p. 3-41) and install the additional driver again.
Contents
Installs the manuals when
installing the printer driver from
the CD-ROM supplied with the
printer (CD-ROM Setup).
You can choose to install only
the printer driver or only the
manuals from the CD-ROM
supplied with the printer
(CD-ROM Setup).*
Searches for the printer
automatically, selects the file
required for the installation
from the CD-ROM supplied
with the printer, and then
installs the printer driver.
Reference page
p. 3-6
p. 3-6
Windows 2000: p. 3-14
Windows XP/Server 2003:
p. 3-20
Windows Vista: p. 3-26
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