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    2500C HP Professional Series Color Printer NETW ORK GUIDE[...]

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    Acknowledgments HP ColorSmart II, HP PhotoREt II and HP ZoomSmart Scaling T echnology are tr ademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Microsoft is a U.S. register ed trademark of Microsoft Corpor ation. Windows is a trademark of Micr osoft Corporation. Adobe is a U.S. registered tr ademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. PostScript is a trademark of Ado[...]

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    C ONTENTS 1. Network Printing Overview 1 2. Supported Network Printer Connections 2 2.1 Printing through an HP JetDirect Print Server 2 2.1.1 Overview 2 2.1.2 Supported Network Configurations for Client-Server Printing 2 2.1.3 Supported Network Configurations for Peer-to-Peer Printing 3 2.2 Printing through a PC 3 2.2.1 Supported Network Configurat[...]

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    1. A network is a system of computers and other equipment set up for sharing files, data and other resources such as Printer s and Scanners. A LAN, or a local area network, in its smallest form may consist of two computers that can communicate with each other. A larger LAN may connect members of a workgroup, such as an accounting department where u[...]

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    Server Client Configurations Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95/98 Windows for W orkgroups 3.11 Windows NT 4.0 Y es Y es No Windows 95/98 Not recommended Y es No Novell NetWar e 3.12/4.11 (Bindery) Y es Y es Y es Novell NetWar e 3.12/4.11 (NDS) Y es Y es Y es 2. The HP 2500C/CM Professional Series Color Printer supports the following network printer connect[...]

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    2.1.3 Supported Network Configurations for Peer-to-Peer Printing • Windows 95 • Windows 98 • Windows NT 4.0 Note: T o take full advantage of network printer management features, please use JetAdmin version 3.4 or later and the latest printer firmware. If you do not have this version of JetAdmin, you may download it fr om www.hp.com/go/JetAdmi[...]

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    Server Windows for Windows 95/98 and NetWar e 3.12/4.11 (NDS and W orkgroups 3.11 NT 4.0 Bindery Mode) See Section 5.1.1 See Section 5.1.2 Please refer to Novell Documentation Client Windows for W orkgroups 3.11 Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 See Section 5.2.1 See Section 5.2.2 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95/98 Windows F or W orkgroups 3.11 Novell NetWar e 3.[...]

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    JETDIRECT JETDIRECT 10/100 Base-Tx (RJ-45) 10/100 Base-Tx (RJ-45) JETDIRECT JETDIRECT 10/100 Base-Tx (RJ-45) 10/100 Base-Tx (RJ-45) 3 . The HP 2500CM Professional Series Color Printer comes with an internal JetDirect Print Server preinstalled. However, if you have purchased the HP 2500C Professional Series Printer, you may purchase the internal Jet[...]

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    4.1 Introduction This section describes how to setup network printing using the HP JetDirect print server and software. 4.2 Server Configur ations 4.2.1 Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0, (T CP/IP or IPX/SPX) Note: Y ou may encounter problems printing with IPX/SPX in Windows NT 4.0. Larger print jobs may stop mid-page and continuously re-spool. W e recommen[...]

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    Option 2 Alternatively, you may also configure the printer on the network by using the HP JetDirect CD-ROM’s installation utility: 1. Insert the HP JetDirect CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the installation progr am does not run automatically, access File Manager. 2. Select Set up Network Printer and follow the instructions on the screen. 4.2.2[...]

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    9. Click Queues and then click Change . 10. Select your NetW are server from the list and click Create. 11. T ype a name for this printer queue in the Create Queue screen and click OK . 12. Click Ye s to add the queue to the list of serviced queues. 13. Y our configured queues are displayed under Serviced Queues, Click OK . 14. Follow the instructi[...]

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    8. Click Operating Mode and select Queue Server Mode . 9. Click Network Directory Services . Use the arrow k ey to select the name of the NDS tree (where objects ar e located) in the T ree Name Box. 10. Click Browse and expand the NDS tree. Then identify and select an appropriate context and click OK . 11. Click Queues and then click Change . 12. T[...]

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    4.3.2 Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 (Client-Server) There are 3 ways in which you may install the printer softwar e onto a client computer running Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0. Option 1 Step 1 – Install Printer Software and Associate Softwar e to Printer 1. Insert the Starter CD or PostScript CD into your CD-ROM drive. If the installation progr am does no[...]

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    4.3.3 Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 (Peer-to-Peer) There are 2 methods to configur e the printer onto the network. Option 1 Step 1 – Install HP JetAdmin 1. Insert the HP JetDirect CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the installation progr am does not run automatically, access File Manager or Explorer and run SET UP .EXE on the CD-ROM. 2. Select the opti[...]

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    2500C HP Sharing The Printer Through A PC 5. Before you proceed to install the printer softwar e, ensure that the following is true: • The server computer (which the printer will be connected to) has been set up correctly in the networking environment. Refer to the documentation that comes with your network operating system for more information. [...]

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    5. Select Share Printer As... from the Printer menu. If the Share As... option is disabled, you have not enabled printer sharing. T o enable this, double-click the Windows Setup icon in the Main progr am group, choose Change Network Settings in the Options menu and enable printer sharing. Click OK and restart Windows. 6. Specify a shared name for t[...]

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    Option 2 (for PCL3 driver only): For the PCL3 driver, you may use the Micr osoft Windows Add Printer Wizard to install the printer software. Step 1 - Install HP 2500C Series Printer Software 1. Click on Start and select Settings followed by Printers . 2. Double-click Add Printer. 3. For Windows 95/98, when prompted to select Local Printer or Networ[...]

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    Step 2 - Map to the Shared Printer 1. In the Connect Network Printer dialog box, type in the path where the printer has been mapped to and select the shar ed printer. 2. Select the LPT port that you have just mapped and click OK . 5.2.2 Installing Printer Software in a Client Computer Running Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 There are 3 ways in which you m[...]

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    5.2.3 Installing Alternate Drivers If your server is running Windows NT 4.0 and you wish to install Windows 95 or 98 drivers to client computers over the network, you may do so if you have installed an alternate driver in your server. T o install an alternate driver in your server: 1. Insert the Starter CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Click the Start [...]

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    ©Copyright 1998 Hewlett-Packar d Company 450 Alexandr a Road Singapore 119960 Singapore. http://www.hp.com/go/hp2500[...]