The two Canon multifunction copier/printers will be installed in Windows 2003 64bit server. All XP Professional 32bit workstations will automatically install the printer drivers when connecting the printers.
Steps:
1. download the packages
PS3_v420_Setup_x64 for CanonImageRunner 2200;
Extract it to folder
D:\drivers\canon imagerunner 2200\PS3v4.20\us_eng
32bit Folder and 64bit Folder
Run the setup.exe from 64bit folder. It will automatically detect the Canon ImageRunner printers.
2. install 32bit drivers for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003
Open the Printers and Faxes container
Files Menu--Server Properties--Drivers tab
Click Add button
Deselect 64 bit driver because it is already installed;
Select 32 bit drivers. The 32 bit driver for 2000/XP/2003 will be installed. When XP workstation is networkly connected to the Canon printer, the driver will be downloaded and installed automatically.
For Canon Imagerunner C3100, I at first thought the PS3_v420_Setup_x64 was for Canon imagerunner C3100. Because when I went to Canon.com for downloading the driver for Imagerunner C3100, it is in the list. The driver actually detects the C3100 printer and installs it without error. But no paper comes out when you print a document.
Later, I found out that the color multifunction copier/printer was using the UFR driver. What does the UFR stand for? I downloaded the instruction manual. It taught me a lesson about the PCL, PS, and UFR. Even though I install both PCL and PS driver many times, from the concerpt below, I have learned a little bit more about print driver.
PS (PostScript)It is the Adobe Systems PS 3 emulation driver. This PS (PostScript) driver is well suited for printing from Adobe Systemssoftware, and offers superior performance for printing high-quality text and graphics.
Hewlett-Packard's PCL driver, which includes the PCL5c, PCL5e, and PCL6 drivers.These PCL (Printer Control Language) drivers can be used with most kinds of businessapplication software. The PCL5c printer driver is for color printers, while the PCL5e and PCL6printer drivers are for black-and-white printers. PCL 6 is an advanced version of PCL5e andoffers superior printing quality and speed. The PCL5e and 6 drivers come with black-and-whiteprinters, as standard drivers.
Canon UFR printer driverUFR (Ultra Fast Rendering) is a new algorithm for realizing high speed color rendering. Using the UFR printer driver enables high speed color printing.
Solution:
I installed the UFR driver for C3100 on every XP Professional (32bit), which directly prints to the printing device.
