Setup Flow For Smb Printing - imagistics cm4530 Network Administrator's Manual

Setup Flow for SMB Printing

This equipment can be used with SMB printer connection that allows you to connect to this
equipment using File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks service. SMB printing is the
common method to setting up the printer from the Windows 98/Me computers. However, SMB
printing is not suitable for printing a large amount of documents.
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NOTE:
Setup procedure
Step 1: Setting up the TCP/IP and the HTTP Network Service to enable Imagis-
Step 2: Setting up the SMB Session.
Step 3: Advise users to install the Client Software for SMB printing.
Network Administrator's Guide — Setup Flow for Printing Features
Network Environment over TCP/IP
Setting up SMB Printer
Connection
It assumes using SMB printing in a small network. If you can use the Windows NT
4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 as a print server, it is
recommended to set up for printing via Windows print server.
P.26 "Setup Flow for Printing via Windows Print Server"
tics Printer Utility.
You should set the TCP/IP and HTTP Network Service from the Touch Panel Display the
first time you use it, to make Imagistics Printer Utility available. Please see the User Func-
tions Guide to configure the TCP/IP and HTTP Network Service from the Touch Panel Dis-
play, or from Imagistics Printer Utility.
P.51 "Setting up the TCP/IP"
P.56 "Setting up the HTTP Network Service"
The NetBIOS name and workgroup should be configured to enable SMB printing. Also if
the network system uses the WINS server to provide name resolution for this equipment
with the Windows network, you can specify the WINS server to be used.
P.55 "Setting up the SMB Session"
Users can install the printer drivers for SMB printing using the following methods: 1) Point
and Print installation or 2) installation from the Client1 CD-ROM. It is recommended for an
administrator to determine which method should be used for an installation (or allows both
installations for users.) For more information about the SMB installation, please see the
Printing Guide.
In the SMB enabled network, users must install following client software for printing:
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Printer Drivers
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
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