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Uninstalling the fax driver
When you have to remove the printer driver, for example, when reinstallation of the fax driver is necessary,
remove the driver using the following procedure.
1
Open the [Printers] (in Windows XP/Server 2003, [Printers and Faxes]) window.
2
Select the icon for the printer to be uninstalled.
3
Press the [Delete] key on the computer to uninstall the fax driver.
4
From then on, follow the instructions on the pages that follow.
When the uninstallation process completes, the icon disappears from [Printers] (in Windows XP/Server
2003, [Printers and Faxes]) window.
In Windows NT 4.0, this completes the uninstallation process. Go to Step 10.
In Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008, go on to uninstall the fax driver from the server
properties.
5
Open [Server Properties].
% In Windows Vista/Server 2008, right-click on the area that has nothing displayed in the [Printers]
window, click [Run as administrator] - [Server Properties].
% In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, click the [File] menu, then [Server Properties].
% If the [User Account Control] window appears, click [Continue].
6
Click the [Driver] tab.
7
From the [Installed printer drivers:] list, select the driver to be removed, and then click [Remove...].
% In Windows Vista/Server 2008, go to Step 8.
% In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, go to Step 9.
8
In the dialog box for confirming the items to be removed, select [Remove driver and driver package.],
and then click [OK].
9
In the dialog box for confirming if you are sure to remove the printer, click [Yes].
% In Windows Vista/Server 2008, the dialog box appears to reconfirm if you are sure. Click [Uninstall].
10
Close the open windows, and then restart the computer.
% Be sure to restart the computer.
This completes removing the fax driver.
Reference
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Even if you remove the fax driver using the above procedures, the model information file remains in the
computer. For this reason, when reinstalling the same version of the fax driver, the driver may not be
rewritten. In this case, remove the following files as well.
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Check the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32e86" folder ("C:\WIN-
DOWS\system32\spool\drivers\e64" folder in the e64 system, and "C:\WINNT\system32\spool\driv-
ers\w32e86" folder in Windows 2000), and if there is a folder (file described in "oem*.inf" shown below
in Windows 2000) of the corresponding model, remove it. Note that if the PCL, PostScript, and XPS
drivers are installed in addition to the fax driver, all model information is removed. To leave drivers other
than the fax driver, do not remove the folder.
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From the "C:\WINDOWS\inf" folder ("C:\WINNT\inf" folder in Windows 2000), remove "oem*.inf" and
"oem*.PNF" ("*" included in the file name indicates a number, which differs depending on the computer
environment).
Before removing these files, open the inf file, and then check the model name described on the last few
lines to confirm it is the file for the corresponding model. The number of the PNF file is the same as that
of the inf file.
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In Windows Vista/Server 2008, this operation is not necessary if you have selected [Remove driver and
driver package.].
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