How To / Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

For Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4.0 Users

Setting up your printer as a shared printer
Accessing the printer through a network

This section tells you how to set up your printer so that other computers on the network can use it.

Note:

This section is written for small network users only. If you are on a large network and would like to share your printer, consult your network administrator.

To install software programs in Windows 2000/NT 4.0, it is necessary to log on as a user with administrative privileges (a user who belongs to the Administrators group).

To install software programs in Windows XP, it is necessary to log on with a Computer Administrator account. You cannot install software programs if you log on as a Limited account user. After you install Windows XP, the user account is set as a Computer Administrator account.

First, you need to set up the printer as a shared printer on the computer to which the printer is connected. Then, you must add the printer to each computer that will access it through the network.

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

To share a printer with other computers on a network, follow the steps below to configure the computer to which the printer is connected.

Note:

The images that are provided in the following section pertain to Windows 2000.

For Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 users, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

For Windows XP users, click Start, then click Control Panel, then click Printers and Other Hardware, then click Printers and Faxes.

Right-click the icon for your printer, then click Sharing.

Select Shared as (for Windows NT 4.0 users, select shared) then type a name for the shared printer.

Note:

Do not use spaces or hyphens in the printer name.

If you want Windows XP, 2000 or NT 4.0 to automatically download printer drivers to computers that are running different versions of Windows, click Additional Drivers and select the environment and the operating systems for the other computers. Click OK, then insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive. Select WINNT40 for Windows NT 4.0 or WIN9X for Windows Me, 98 or 95. Click OK to install the additional drivers.

Click OK, or click Close if you installed additional drivers.

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Accessing the printer through a network

To use your printer from other computers on a network, you must first add the printer to each computer that will access it. Follow the steps below.

Note:

Your printer must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer. For instructions, see Setting up your printer as a shared printer.

For Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 users, click Start, point to Settings, and click Printers.

For Windows XP users, click Start, then click Control Panel, then click Printers and Other Hardware, then click Printers and Faxes.

Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard opens.

Click Next.

Select Network printer, then click Next.

On the next screen, click Next.

Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to the printer. Then, click the icon for the appropriate printer.

Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note:

Depending on the operating system and the configuration of the computer to which the printer is connected, the Add Printer Wizard may prompt you to install the printer driver from the printer software CD-ROM. In this case, click the Have Disk button and follow the on-screen instructions.

To monitor the status of a shared printer, you must install EPSON Status Monitor 3 on each computer that will access the printer. See Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 for instructions.

Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3

To monitor the status of a printer accessed through a network, you must install EPSON Status Monitor 3 on each computer that will access the printer. Follow the steps below.

Insert the printer software CD in the CD-ROM drive. If the installer dialog box does not appear, double-click SETUP.EXE in the CD-ROM.

Select Install Software, and click .

Click Advanced and select only EPSON Status Monitor 3, then click Install.

Follow the on-screen instructions.

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