Transcript Use Add Printer Wizard in Windows Printer folder

Installing Ricoh Printers
There are two basic steps:
1. Acquire the drivers.
2. Use the Windows Add Printer Wizard
to install the drivers within the operating system
There are three places to acquire drivers:
The CDROM or floppy shipped with the device
The vendor’s website (Ricoh’s site http://www.ricoh-usa.com/downloads)
The operating system of the PC requiring the drivers.
You can try using the Add Printer Wizard to
acquire and install your drivers.
If not available there, cancel the wizard and go
to the vendor’s website.
Downloading & Installing
Ricoh Printer Drivers
Go to: http://www.ricoh-usa.com/downloads
Choose your Ricoh model
Choose your OS
Choose one
Choose your driver version
Click HTTP
Save to Disk
Choose a location for file
Driver files will download
Click Close
when done
Now that the files are downloaded, you must extract
them. Find & Click on the file icon and follow the
Ricoh wizard.
Default location is
Local Settings\Temp
“Temp file” folders
There are at least three “Temp” folder areas
on Windows PCs. One directly under C:\.
One under the Local Settings folder under
each user profile name. One under
C:\Winnt. (On 2000 Server, a Temp folder
is under c:\Windows).
 Zipped File Icons 
Larger, ZIPPED files will appear like this
Small files will give this icon style
Click Unzip to extract
to your C:\temp folder
Double-clicking a zipped file
gives this confirmation box
Now that you have acquired your
print driver files and stored them
on your hard drive, you must
manually open the Windows
Add Printer Wizard
to actually install the drivers into
your operating system.
Use Add Printer Wizard in
Windows Printer folder
Follow the wizard
Choose Local Printer
(even though Ricohs are networked!)
Could use
this setting
Or a
If network
workgroup
is
with a
Windows
member
“Domain” with server as
NT Server or NT Server
or 2000
2000 Server Server
Do not use LPT1 !
Instead, choose
“Create New Port”
then choose “Standard TCP/IP Port”
Exception:
If Reinstalling a deleted
Printer, Use LPT1
When re-installing a previously
deleted printer, you may get an error as
below. If so, the port exists in the Add
Printer Wizard.
Cancel the TCP/IP Wizard, then
choose “Use the following port” and scroll
down the list of ports and find the existing
IP for the printer. Selecting your IP port in
this manner skips the TCP/IP Wizard and
takes you to slide #20 (completing the Add
Printer Wizard).
Normally, though choose
“Create New Port”
then choose “Standard TCP/IP Port”
The TCP/IP Wizard Opens
The wizard does two tasks:1-Identifies NIC on printer, 2-Confirms printer IP address
Read & follow directions!
Type in the printer’s IP address
Print a ‘configuration’ page at
printer to get IP address.
Don’t worry about Port Name
– the OS will assign this value.
After entering IP, Review Settings
The Wizard has identified
the printer’s network
card and confirmed
that the IP address you
entered is associated
with that card.
Note: If for any reason the
printer device is not connected
to the network, turned off, or not operational,
you will get the dialog box below:
Your first option should be to
resolve the connectivity
problem. If not possible, use
Ricoh Generic Network printer...
You have now completed the
TCP/IP Wizard; the next
screen automatically will
revert back to the
Add Printer Wizard
to finish installing your print
drivers!
Next, click Have Disk
(to browse to folder with downloaded drivers)
Click drive letter or Browse
Browse till Driver folder is
found containing the Install file, normally: Oemsetup
(Could also be a
setup.inf file)
Choose correct printer
Create a printer name
Decide to make this printer
your default printer or not
Choose to Share or not
If you choose to SHARE, you
can create any name here up to
15 characters
Print a test page
Ensure all info is correct
Files are installed in OS
Now open the Printers folder
Start | Settings | Printers
Ensure that your new
printer is displayed
& ready to print !
Printer Troubleshooting
Sometimes a printer
driver will become
corrupted and need to be
deleted and reinstalled.
Choose the printer & hit
delete key.
Reinstall the printer as if
installing from scratch.
ADVANCED USERS ONLY
To delete printer settings in the registry, run
regedit and press F3. Search for the printer
model, e.g. 2232C and then the IP address and
delete all value entries for these.
Printer Facts
In a Microsoft Windows network, a printer can be installed
using the previous method by Administrators only (or users in
the Administrator’s Group.)
However, any network user can “connect” to an existing printer.
Printers in the Registry
Hkey CurrentMachine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers
& several other locations!
While you may delete a printer from the Printer
folder, the drivers will remain in the register.