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Installing Ricoh Printers

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

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Installing Ricoh Printers

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  1. 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.

  2. Downloading & Installing Ricoh Printer DriversGo to: http://www.ricoh-usa.com/downloads Choose your Ricoh model

  3. Choose your OS Choose one

  4. Choose your driver version Click HTTP

  5. Save to Disk

  6. Choose a location for file

  7. Driver files will download Click Close when done

  8. 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” foldersThere 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).

  9.  Zipped File Icons  Larger, ZIPPED files will appear like this Small files will give this icon style Click Unzip to extractto your C:\temp folder Double-clicking a zipped filegives this confirmation box

  10. Now that you have acquired your print driver files and stored them on your hard drive, you must manually open the WindowsAdd Printer Wizardto actually install the drivers into your operating system.

  11. Use Add Printer Wizard in Windows Printer folder

  12. Follow the wizard

  13. Choose Local Printer(even though Ricohs are networked!) Could use this setting If network is Windows “Domain” with NT Server or 2000 Server Or a workgroup with a member server as NT Server or 2000 Server

  14. Do not use LPT1 !

  15. Instead, choose“Create New Port”then choose “Standard TCP/IP Port”

  16. 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).

  17. Normally, though choose“Create New Port”then choose “Standard TCP/IP Port”

  18. The TCP/IP Wizard OpensThe wizard does two tasks:1-Identifies NIC on printer, 2-Confirms printer IP address Read & follow directions!

  19. 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.

  20. After entering IP, Review Settings The Wizard has identified the printer’s networkcard and confirmed that the IP address youentered is associatedwith that card.

  21. 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...

  22. 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!

  23. Next, click Have Disk(to browse to folder with downloaded drivers)

  24. Click drive letter or Browse

  25. Browse till Driver folder isfound containing the Install file, normally: Oemsetup (Could also be a setup.inf file)

  26. Choose correct printer

  27. Create a printer name Decide to make this printer your default printer or not

  28. Choose to Share or not If you choose to SHARE, youcan create any name here up to15 characters

  29. Print a test page

  30. Ensure all info is correct

  31. Files are installed in OS

  32. Now open the Printers folderStart | Settings | Printers Ensure that your newprinter is displayed & ready to print !

  33. 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 ONLYTo delete printer settings in the registry, runregedit and press F3. Search for the printermodel, e.g. 2232C and then the IP address anddelete all value entries for these.

  34. 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.

  35. Printers in the RegistryHkey 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.

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