Using As A Windows Network Printer - Ricoh Aficio MP C2050 Operating Instructions Manual

1. Preparing the Machine

Using as a Windows Network Printer

This describes how to install the PCL, or RPCS printer driver when using the printer as a Windows network
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printer.
To use the print server, install the printer driver by selecting "Network printer server", and then select the
Windows 2000/XP/Vista, or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 shared printer.
This section assumes that the client has already been configured to communicate with a Windows 2000/
XP/Vista, or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 print server. Do not begin the following procedure
before the client is set up and configured correctly.
• To install the printer driver under Windows 2000/XP/Vista, and Windows Server 2003/2003
R2/2008, you must have an account that has Manage Printers permission. Log on as a member of
the Administrators group.
• If you print with a print server connected to the printer using the SmartDeviceMonitor port, Recovery
Printing and Parallel Printing cannot be used from the client.
• If you print under Windows XP/Vista or Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008 print server,
notification functions of SmartDeviceMonitor may not be used with the client.
• You can install the printer driver from the CD-ROM provided with this printer or download it from the
supplier's Web site.
• If your operating system is Windows XP Pro x64, Windows Vista x64, or Windows Server
2003/2003 R2/2008 x64, you must download the printer driver from the manufacturer's Web site.
Select this printer and the operating system you are using, and then download it.
Installing the PCL or RPCS Printer Driver
1. Quit all applications currently running.
2. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
The installer starts.
3. Select an interface language, and then click [OK].
4. Click [PCL/RPCS Printer Drivers].
5. The software license agreement appears in the [License Agreement] dialog box.
After reading the agreement, click [I accept the agreement.], and then click [Next >].
6. Select the printer driver you want to use in the [Select Program] dialog box.
You can select several printer drivers.
7. Click [Next >].
8. Select the [Printer Name] check box to select the printer models you want to use.
The printer name can be changed in the [Change settings for 'Printer Name'] box.
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