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Additional information of driver for XPS for Windows Vista(R),


Windows Server(R) 2008, Windows(R) 7
This driver for XPS is a printer driver for application software developed for
"Windows Vista" or later version of Microsoft(R) Windows.
It may not operate properly with application software for any Windows previous
to Windows Vista (including Office 2007) due to some issues arising out of
Windows Vista compatibility problem of Microsoft.
Before using this driver for XPS, be sure to confirm that the printers or
multifunction devices in use have XPS Print features. If driver for XPS is
used with printers or multifunction devices without XPS Print features,
unexpected output may come about.
February 2008
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This document provides information about this driver on the following 3 items:
1. Requirements
2. Installation
3. Cautions and Limitations
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1. Requirements
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(1)This driver operates on a computer running Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R) ,
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 or Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 English
version.
(2)This driver operates with printers and multifunction devices, which have
XPS Print features.
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2. Installation
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This section describes how to install the driver.
(1) Click [Start] button, go to [Control Panel], [Hardware and Sound] and
select [Printers] to open printer folder. Then Click [Add a printer] comma
nd
button on the menu bar.
(2) Specify the printer connection. When printer is directly connected or it
is connected through networks by using LPR protocol, select [Add a local
printer]. After selecting, proceed to Step (4).
When printer is connect through networks, select [Add a network, wireless
or Bluetooth printer] and click [Next].
(3) Specify the printer name. Select printer or click [The printer that I wan
t
isn't listed] and enter the name of the printer to be connected. After
selecting, proceed to Step (6).
(Contact your network administrator for any questions.)
<Caution> Printing by entering URL is available only on IPP-supported mod
els.
(4) When the printer is connected directly, select the port connected to this
product and click [Next]. Proceed to Step (6).
When connecting directly to the printer through networks using LPR protoco
l,
select [Standard TCP/IP Port] from [Create a new port] and click [Next].
(5) Enter the IP address for the printer into [Hostname or IP address] and
click [Next].
(Contact your network administrator, if you do not know the IP address.)
(6) Specify the printer model. Click [Have Disk...] to display the
[Install From Disk] dialog box.
(7) Select [XEROX] folder in the folder containing this file (readme.txt) and
click [OK].
(8) Select [Xerox mini Driver for XPS] and click [Next].
(9) A dialog box to specify printer name is displayed. To change the printer
name, enter the printer name in the [Printer name] box. To use this
printer as the default printer, check on the check box displayed under
the [Printer name] box.
(10) Installation will start. The [User Account Control Continue] dialog box
may open asking whether to continue the installation in the middle of
installation. In that case, click [Continue].
At that time, depending on User's right, which you logged in with,
Administrator name and password may be required. In that case, enter the
Administrator name and password.
(11) A message, [Windows cannot verify the publisher of this driver software]
will be displayed, however, you can continue the installation without any
functional problem. Select [Install this driver software anyway] and
continue the installation.
(12) The driver installation is completed. Confirm that the printer is added
in the [Printers] folder. To output a test page, click [Print a test page
]
button.
To share the printer, open Property of the installed printer and change
the settings on [Sharing] Tab.
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3. Cautions and Limitations
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Cautions and Limitations for the use of driver for XPS on Windows Vista(R),
Windows Server(R) 2008, Windows(R) 7
(1) Overall printing from application software
This driver for XPS is a printer driver for application software developed
for
"Windows Vista" or later version of Microsoft(R) Windows.
It may not operate properly with application software for any Windows
previous to Windows Vista (including Office 2007) due to some issues
arising out of Windows Vista compatibility problem of Microsoft.
Before using this driver for XPS, be sure to confirm that the printers or
multifunction devices in use have XPS Print features. If driver for XPS is
used
with printers or multifunction devices without XPS Print features,
unexpected output may come about.
(2) Installation through networks
In the case of installation through networks, if you right-click on
[Printers], go to [Run as administrator] and select [Add printer...]
to perform installation, printer icon may not be generated. To prevent
that, right-click on [Add a printer...] or select [Add a printer]
command button.
(3) Installation of shared printer
If the driver is shared through networks and another driver of different
architecture is specified to install, a dialog requiring media for the
specified architecture will appear. After the setting, however, the dialo
g
reappears and installation cannot be performed.
For example, additional installation of x64 driver on x86 OS corresponds t
o
this case.
(4) Printing through shared printer from Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer
When printing XPS documents displayed on Internet Explorer, if a print job
is sent from the PC using the shared driver for XPS through networks, an e
rror
may occur.
(5) Print job record
When the output port for this driver is set to other than Standard TCP/IP
Port for LPR protocol, document names may be registered as "-" on the job
record of printers and multifunction devices.
(6) 2 Sided printing
When performing 2 Sided Print, application software may insert blank separ
ators
automatically to adjust pages. In that case, the blank separators output a
re
counted up for billing.
(7) Multi-up printing
You cannot get the output of bottom to top layout for Multi-up printing.
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[XPS] stands for [XML Paper Specification].
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