Installation Method 2; Network Environment - Sharp AR-C260M Installation Manual

INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER AND UTILITIES (SOFTWARE INSTALLATION)

Installation method 2

Use this procedure to install the software in the following environments:
1. Printer connected by LAN cable
2. Windows version: Windows NT 4.0/2000/Windows XP
3. Using the Windows LPR printing function
NOTES
G To install the software using the installer, you must have administrator's rights.
G In order to print using LPR, LPR port must be added. Go to [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] - [Add /Remove
Programs] - [Add/Remove Windows Components] and open [Windows Components Wizard]. In [Components]
select [Other Network File and Print Services], click [Detail], select [Print Services for Unix] and click [OK].
[Windows Component Wizard] will be displayed. After the component is added, click on [Finish]. LPR port is
added.
G When using Windows NT 4.0, "Microsoft TCP/IP printing" is required to use the machine as a network printer.
Install the software as follows.
The following steps use Windows 2000/XP as an example. Install the software in Windows NT 4.0 in the same
way.
Set the IP address of the machine
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To set the IP address of the machine, see step 1 of "Installation method 1" on page 6.
Installing the software in Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP
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To install the software, see step 3 of "Installation method 1" on page 6.
Change the printer port from "LPT1" to the network port of the machine
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3-1 Click the [Start] button, select [Settings],
and then click [Printers].
3-2 Right-click the SHARP AR-C260 series
printer driver icon and then select
[Properties] from the shortcut menu.
3-3 Click the [Add Port] button in the [Ports]
tab, select "LPR Port", and then click the
[New Port] button.
3-4 Enter the IP address in "Name or address
of server providing lpd:" in the "Add LPR
compatible printer" screen, enter "lp" in
"Name of printer or print queue on that
server:", and then click the [OK] button.
Follow steps 5 to 7 on page 7 to automatically configure the peripheral devices
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installed on the machine. (This can only be used when using the machine in a

network environment.)

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3-5 Make sure that a checkmark appears by
the printer port for which you entered the
IP address (example: 10.36.128.226) in
Step 3-4, and then click the [Apply]
button.
The machine is now connected to your computer
on the network.