Installing The Printer Drivers; Introduction; General Description; Installing The Printer Driver - Toshiba B-EX4T2 SERIES Owner's Manual

2. PRINTER SETUP
2.7

Installing the Printer Drivers

2.7.1

Introduction

This chapter describes the use of the TOSHIBA printer driver for the TOSHIBA bar code printer on
your Windows host computer; how to install and delete the printer driver. The procedure for adding a
LAN port. Cautions and limitations.
2.7.2

General Description

(1) Features
Once you install the TOSHIBA printer driver on your Windows host computer, you can use the
TOSHIBA bar code printer in the same way you would a laser or ink jet printer.
You can use the printer by connecting a USB or LAN cable to your host computer.
(2) System Requirements
To install the TOSHIBA printer driver on your host computer the following system requirements
are needed.
• Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista,
• Hardware:
system.
• Interface:
2.7.3

Installing the Printer Driver

The installation procedure of the printer driver differs depending on the printer model and the
connection method.
If an older version of the printer driver has been already installed, you must uninstall it and restart the
computer before installing a newer version. See Section 2.7.10 Uninstalling the Printer Driver.
Installation method for each operating system
OS
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server
2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
A DOS-/V (IBM PC/AT compatible) machine running an above operating
• USB interface
• LAN interface
Plug and Play is not used.
LAN
2.7.5 Installation under Windows
2000/XP/Server2003
2.7.6 Installation under Windows
Vista/Server2008/7/Server2008R
2
Connection method
Plug and Play is used.
Section 2.7.7 Installation under Windows
2000 (USB interface with plug and play
enabled)
2.7.8 Installation under Windows
XP/Server2003 (USB with Plug & Play enabled)
2.7.9 Installation under Windows Vista/Server
2008/7/Server2008R2 (USB with Plug & Play
Enabled)
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