User`s guide

Using [Add a printer] and Installing
- Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2
This section describes the installation procedure for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In this
manual, Windows 7 is used as an example.
Note:
To cancel the installation of the print driver during installation, click [Cancel] in the dialog box. You can
also click [Back] to delete the settings in that dialog box and return to the previous dialog box.
1. Start Windows 7.
Note:
Make sure that you are logged on as an Administrator.
2. On the [Start] menu, select [Devices and Printers].
3. In the [Devices and Printers] window, select [Add a printer].
4. Select how the printer is connected to the computer, and click [Next].
If the printer is connected directly to your computer or to the network in a TCP/IP (LPD)
environment, select [Add a local printer].
5. Select the port you are using, and click [Next].
When the printer is connected in a TCP/IP (LPD) environment:
1) Select [Create a new port].
2) Select [Standard TCP/IP Port] in the [Type of port] list, and click [Next].
3) Enter the IP address of the printer in [Hostname or IP address], and click [Next].
4) When [Additional port information required] is displayed, select the series name of the
model being used with [Standard] of [Device Type].
5) Click [Finish] in the dialog box that will be displayed.
6. Insert the Software Disc in the CD/DVD drive.
7. Click [Have Disk].
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