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91 Connecting the Printer to a Network
Setting up Windows 95 clients for SMB printing
The following instructions describe printing to a network port using the 
Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog. You must specify the option 
settings including Server Name in the Service Setup screen, before SMB 
printing is enabled. See “n Service Setup tab” on page 166.
NOTE:
•The Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog is not available when the 
dialog is accessed using File > Print from within...

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92 Connecting the Printer to a Network
5Expand the levels to locate your printer and the queue 
you want to print to.
If your printer has a hard disk drive and 32 MB of memory, three 
connections will automatically be created when the KX-PS8100 
printer driver is installed. These connections are represented on the 
network by the Direct, Print and Hold printer icons. If your printer 
does not have a hard disk drive and 32 MB of memory, only the 
Direct printer icon will be available.
If the Hold queue is...

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93 Connecting the Printer to a Network
8To confirm the connection, click the General tab in the 
Properties window.
9Click [Print\Test\Page] and click [OK].
If the test page prints successfully, you are ready to print from the 
computer.
Setting up Windows NT 4.0 clients for SMB printing
The following instructions describe printing to a network port using the 
Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog. 
The Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog is not available when the 
dialog is accessed using...

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Chapter 4
94Installing Software for Windows
This chapter describes installing software and setting up printing from a 
Windows-based computer running Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or 
Windows NT 4.0.
See the Chapter 3 or instructions on how to connect the printer to a 
computer or to a network.
General steps
The general steps for installing the KX-PS8100 user software from the KX-
PS8100 CD-ROMs are:
•Install the PostScript printer driver.
•Set up the printer driver to communicate with the printer over the...

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95 Installing Software for Windows
Installing the software for Windows 95
To set up the printer as a PostScript printer you must install the PostScript 
printer driver for Windows 95. This file is included on the KX-PS8100 CD-
ROM Disc1.
If autorun is enabled on your computer, when the KX-PS8100 CD-ROM 
Disc1 is inserted in the CD-ROM drive the installer runs automatically, 
allowing you to specify which files to install on your computer.
NOTE:
•If autorun is not enabled, you can run the installer by...

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96 Installing Software for Windows
When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on 
your printer to enable use of options relating to those devices.
To specify devices installed on the printer:
1Click [Start], select Settings, and click Printers.
2Click the Panasonic KX-PS8100 printer icon and select 
Properties from the File menu.
3Click the Device Options tab, click the Options tab, 
and then specify the devices installed on the printer.
2nd Feeder—Select if an optional...

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97 Installing Software for Windows
To print from Windows 95 you need to:
•Set up the printer to accept print jobs from your computer.
•Configure a port on each Windows 95 computer for the network or 
connection type.
n Setting up parallel printing with Windows 95
The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer for parallel 
printing.
To install the printer for parallel printing:
1Click [Start], select Settings, and click Printers.
2Click the Panasonic KX-PS8100 printer icon and select...

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98 Installing Software for Windows
n Setting up IPX (Novell) printing with Windows 95
The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer for printing 
using IPX protocols.
Before you begin:
Verify the printer has been configured for Novell printing in 
Network Protocol Setup.
For more information about setting up the printer for IPX (Novell) printing, 
see “Setting up IPX (Novell) printing” on page 82.
To set up IPX (Novell) printing:
1Click [Start], select Settings, and click Control Panel....

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99 Installing Software for Windows
10In the Add Port window, verify that the network path is 
updated, and click [OK].
To confirm the connection, you can print a Windows 95 test page.
11Click the General tab in the Properties window, and 
click [Print\Test\Page].
You are ready to print to the printer from Windows applications. 
When you select Print, jobs are routed to the print queue on the 
NetWare file server, and then sent to the printer. 
NOTE:
•If the test page is not printed, perform the following...

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100 Installing Software for Windows 
To install the scanner driver and utilities: 
1 
Start Windows and quit all applications. 
2 
Click   
[Start]  
, select   
Settings  
, and click   
Control Panel  
. 
The Control Panel window is displayed. 
3 
Double-click the   
Add/Remove Programs  
 icon. 
The Add/Remove Program Properties window is displayed. 
4 
Click   
[Install...]  
. 
The Install Program From Floppy Disk or CD-ROM window is 
displayed. 
5 
Insert the   
KX-PS8100 CD-ROM Disc2   
in your...
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