Chapter3 Handling Follow the steps below to enable sharing of the printer driver. For details of each step, see the linked page. Procedure on a Server Computer 1. Install the printer driver ( Page 46 ) The installation procedure is the same as the normal installation procedure. 2. Set up sharing settings on Windows [Devices and Printers] ( Page 136 ) 3. Enable Shared Print mode on the printer driver ( Page 138 ) 4. Add new settings such as user-defined paper (Media Definition) on the printer driver See "User-Defined Paper" on page 87 , "Printing Barcodes" on page 94 , or other pages as necessary. 5.
Change the default settings of the printer driver ( Page 141 ) Change the default printer driver settings to frequently used settings. Procedure on a Client Computer 2. Check the settings of the shared printer driver ( Page 150 ) Check that the settings made at step 3 to 5 of “Procedure on a Server Computer” are correctly applied. 1. Connect to the server computer ( Page 143 ) c IMPORTANT • When you add new settings to the printer driver such as user-defined paper (Media Definition) or barcode font, make sure to add them after enabling [Shared Print mode].
The settings you added before enabling [Shared Print mode] become disabled because save location of the settings files is changed when the mode is enabled. • The settings for shared information can only be added or changed using administrator privileges. As an account with user privileges cannot write from either a server PC or client PC, adding, editing, and deleting operations for the following functions are disabled. • Media Definition settings • Barcode and 2D Symbol Settings • Font Replacement • Favorite Settings • If the server PC and client PC are not connected, the shared information settings cannot be changed.
However, media settings for the shared information will not be synchronized even once the server PC is reconnected. Cancel the connection and restore the media settings on the client PC as necessary. 135