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®
Print and Fax
Drivers Guide
For Windows
Release 5.57
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8 March 2004 © Copyright 2004 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. ® ® ® ® XEROX , The Document Company , the digital X , CentreWare , and the identifying product names and numbers herein are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION. Other product names and images used in this guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. ii
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers for Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 What’s Included in this Release? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Print and Fax Driver Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 CentreWare Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Types of Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 2 Installing Windows Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Xerox Windows Driver Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Network Print Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Installing Pr
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1 CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers for Microsoft Windows CentreWare is software that brings the power of your Xerox systems to your desktop. CentreWare provides you with total access, viewing, and control of any Xerox system from any connected desktop. CentreWare’s interactive drivers make printing and faxing from the desktop simple to perform and easy to understand. With this guide, administrators can install and configure CentreWare printer drivers and general users can increase their pro
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What’s Included in this Release? The CentreWare release of the DocuTech printer drivers supports the following features and hardware: Xerox DocuTech 100/120 C/P Xerox DocuTech 100/120 Production Systems (Pro) Graphically enhanced PostScript and PCL printer drivers. You can select paper/output options, image options, layout and watermark options, cover options, inserts, and exception pages all within the printer driver. Xerox Printer Driver Installer. You can configure and install multipl
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Print and Fax Driver Overview A print and fax driver makes documents created with specialized software applications (word processing, spreadsheets, graphics) compatible with a specific printer. Each type of printer requires unique commands to print correctly and to enable special features. For these reasons, different types of printers require their own printer drivers to operate correctly. With CentreWare printer drivers, you can print from your workstation to a Xerox system in a network
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CentreWare Printer Drivers CentreWare printer drivers display the feature options on tabs within the driver. These printer drivers are designed specifically for Xerox products. CentreWare drivers are available for Windows NT/2000/XP workstations. NOTE: The driver graphic is representative. Driver options and mimics will vary slightly depending on the operating system and model. . Xerox Printer Driver 1-4 CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers for Microsoft Windows
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Types of Printer Drivers The CentreWare printer drivers are available in PostScript 3, PCL 5e, and PCL 6 (XL) printing formats. NOTE: A PCL 6 driver for Windows NT is not available with this CentreWare release. PostScript PostScript gives you greater ability to scale and manipulate images; it offers more precision with high-end graphics. PostScript also provides you with different types of error-handling and font substitution options. PCL PCL (Printer Command Language) generally has fewer
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Obtaining CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers The following table shows the Xerox system models supported in this release of CentreWare and the printer drivers that are available for Windows NT/2000/XP environments. CentreWare Printer Xerox System Location Drivers (Windows NT*/2000/XP) PostScript DocuTech 120 C/P CD/Web PCL 5e DocuTech 100 C/P PCL 6 (XL)* DocuTech 120 Pro *Not available for DocuTech 100 Pro Windows NT CentreWare Printer Drivers for DocuTech 120/100 C/P and 120/100 Pro CentreWare
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Downloading from the Web Xerox system printer drivers can be downloaded from the Xerox Web site at www.xerox.com. The installation files for all Xerox system models are available from the Web site. To download printer drivers: 1 Access the Xerox Web site and click Support & Drivers at the top of the page. 2 Enter your Xerox product family in the Search text box and click Search. 3 From the list of Drivers and Downloads, find your Xerox system and click Drivers & Downloads. 4 Select the desi
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CentreWare Printer Driver Applications The following applications are included on the CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD: Xerox Printer Configuration Utility Xerox Printer Installation Utility Xerox Printer Configuration Utility The Xerox Printer Configuration Utility is for System Administrators who would like to set up standardized configuration files to enable users to install their printer drivers quickly and easily. Xerox Printer Installation Utility The Xerox Printer Installation Ut
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Print and Fax Driver Documentation CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers Guide for Windows This guide is intended for administrators who install and configure CentreWare printer drivers and for users who want to know more information about printer drivers and their installation. The CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers Guide is available on the CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD in electronic (PDF) format. If selected at the time of installation, the Drivers Guide is placed on the user’s workstation
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Telephone Support For additional assistance, you may contact the Xerox Welcome Center by telephone to speak with a Product Support Analyst. Locate your Xerox system serial number on the metal frame behind the front door, and record it in the space below before you make your call. Xerox System Serial Number: The Xerox Welcome Center telephone numbers are listed in the following table. If the Welcome Center telephone number for your country is not listed, it will be provided to you when your
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2 Installing Windows Printer Drivers The CentreWare printer drivers support the special features and functions of Xerox systems, enabling fast, efficient printing from your desktop. Installation instructions for all current Windows environments are provided in this chapter. What’s in this chapter: Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Direct Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Requirements Printer Drivers The minimum hardware requirements for the CentreWare printer drivers vary based on the specific printer driver you are installing. At the most, you will need 14 MB of available hard disk space for any of the CentreWare Windows printer drivers. Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher installed on the workstation for NT, 2000, and XP drivers using Enhanced view. Xerox Windows Driver Installer The Xerox Windows Driver Installer consists of two utilities: the Xerox Print
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Network Print Configurations Peer To Peer In a Peer To Peer environment, a printer driver is installed on a workstation that is connected to a printer. The printer driver resides only on the workstation. In this setup, workstation users maintain their own printer defaults and configurations, allowing different printer settings for each user. Through a Network Print Server In a network print server environment, a printer driver is installed on a server and shared with other servers and works
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Installing Printer Drivers on Windows Networks You have three ways to install a Xerox printer driver and other components in Windows environments. Direct Installation Use the Xerox Printer Installation Utility to install Xerox printer drivers quickly and easily for your network printers. If you are a system administrator or user who has the CentreWare Print and Fax Drivers CD or knows the network location where the contents of the CD has been saved, you can configure settings for several pr
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Direct Installation With the Xerox Printer Installation Utility, you can configure and install printer drivers with a Peer To Peer connection or through a network print server connection. You need administrator rights to run the Xerox Printer Installation Utility. To install drivers onto a network server you must run the Xerox Printer Installation Utility at the network server. You cannot install the drivers remotely. Direct Installation with a Peer To Peer Connection To configure and install
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5 On the Configuration tab, select a language for your printer driver. Figure 2-1: Xerox Printer Installation Utility, Configuration Tab 6 Select a printer model. 7 Choose one or more drivers. The printer and driver selections appear in the Configuration Information box. 2-6 Installing Windows Printer Drivers
