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<h1>Installing Windows Printer Drivers</h1>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Installation">Installing Printer Drivers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#TLS">Installing the Seagull Scientific Port Monitor</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Upgrade">Upgrading Printer Drivers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Remove">Removing Printer Drivers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting Printing Problems</a></li>
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<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
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<p>
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This document will help you install and update your Windows printer drivers.
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After they are installed or updated, you can refer to the help file that is included with the drivers for answers
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to the most commonly asked questions. The help file also includes a thorough troubleshooting section.
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</p><p>To access the help file, in Windows 10, right-click the printer on the <b>Devices and Printers</b> page, and then click
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<b>Printer properties</b> or <b>Printing preferences</b>. Click <b>Help</b> in the bottom-right corner of the dialog. </p>
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The drivers include the Seagull Driver wizard, which you can use to install, remove, and upgrade
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drivers. We strongly recommend that you use the Seagull Driver wizard, because
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the standard Windows Add a Device wizard does not always upgrade existing drivers correctly.
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<h2><a name="Installation">Installing Printer Drivers</a></h2>
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<li>Turn off the printer, connect the appropriate cable, and then turn on the printer.</li>
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<li>If the printer supports the Plug and Play functionality and if you have connected it by using a USB or parallel
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cable, then the Windows Add a Device wizard automatically detects the printer and displays
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a dialog that prompts you to install a driver. Click <b>Cancel</b> and do not install the driver by using this wizard.</li>
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<li>In Windows Explorer, browse to the installation directory where the driver files are located, and then double-click the DriverWizard.exe utility.</li>
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<li>Click to select <b>Install printer drivers</b>, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Click to select the connection type, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Configure the printer settings according to the steps in the wizard.</li>
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</ol><p><b>Note:</b> During installation, you might receive a message that the
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driver is not digitally signed and may not be compatible with your operating
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system. You can safely ignore this message. This driver has been tested thoroughly with all current versions
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of Windows.</p>
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<h2><a name="TLS">Installing the Seagull Scientific Port Monitor</a> </h2>
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<p>Some printer models support Transport Layer Security (TLS) encrypted communication. The drivers for these models include the Seagull
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Scientific Port Monitor, which you can use to access and configure the TLS settings. You can install the Seagull Scientific Port Monitor by using
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the Seagull Driver wizard or by using Windows Control Panel.</p>
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<p>To install the monitor by using the Seagull Driver wizard, follow these steps:</p>
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<li>On the <b>Install Components</b> page of the wizard, select the <b>Seagull Scientific Port</b> checkbox, and then click <b>Next</b>.
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<p><b>Note</b>: This component is available only for printers that support TLS or that use non-standard port numbers.</p></li>
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<li>On the <b>Specify Port</b> page, click <b>Create Port</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Create Port</b> dialog, select <b>Seagull Scientific Port</b>, and then click <b>New Port</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Add Port</b> dialog, enter a name for the port, and then click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Configure Port</b> dialog, enter a name or IP address for the printer, enter a port number, select
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<b>Enable Transport Layer Security Protocol (TLS)</b>, and then click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<li>Configure the other printer settings according to the steps in the wizard.</li>
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<p>To install the monitor by using Control Panel, follow these steps:</p>
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<li>Download and unpack the Seagull driver for the printer that you want. </li>
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<li>On the <b>Devices and Printers</b> page of Control Panel, select any printer, and then click <b>Print server properties</b>.</li>
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<li>On the <b>Ports</b> tab of the <b>Print Server Properties</b> dialog, click <b>Change Port Settings</b>.</li>
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<li>Click <b>Add Port</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Printer Ports</b> dialog, click <b>New Port Type</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Installing Port Monitor</b> dialog, click <b>Browse</b>. </li>
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<li>In the <b>Locate File</b> dialog, locate and then open the printer's .inf configuration file, which includes the Seagull Scientific
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Port Monitor information. </li>
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<li>In the <b>Installing Port Monitor</b> dialog, click <b>OK</b>. </li>
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<li>In the <b>Printer Ports</b> dialog, select <b>Seagull Scientific Port</b>, and then click <b>New Port</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Add Port</b> dialog, enter a name for the port, and then click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<li>In the <b>Configure Port</b> dialog, enter a name or IP address for the printer, enter a port number, and then click <b>OK</b>.</li>
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<li>Close the <b>Printer Ports</b> dialog and the <b>Print Server Properties</b> page. </li>
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<p>After you install the Seagull Scientific Port Monitor, you can access your TLS port on the <b>Ports</b> tab of the printer properties page. Use this tab to
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add, delete, or configure a port.</p>
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<h2><a name="Upgrade">Upgrading Printer Drivers</a></h2>
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<p>We recommend that you use the Seagull Driver wizard to upgrade existing drivers when they become outdated. Upgrading instead of removing helps to ensure that your driver settings remain intact.
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Using the Windows Add a Device wizard to upgrade existing drivers is not recommended because this wizard might not upgrade all
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driver files correctly, which could leave the driver in a corrupted state. </p>
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<li>In Windows Explorer, browse to the installation directory where the driver files are located, and then double-click the DriverWizard.exe utility.</li>
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<li>Click to select <b>Upgrade printer drivers</b>, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Click to select the printers whose drivers you want to upgrade, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Click <b>Finish</b>.</li>
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<h2><a name="Remove">Removing Printer Drivers</a></h2>
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<p>You can use the Seagull Driver wizard to remove printer drivers from the system. To do this, follow these steps:
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<li>In the installation directory where the driver files are located, double-click the DriverWizard.exe utility.</li>
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<li>Click to select <b>Remove printer drivers</b>, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Click to select the removal method that you want, and then click <b>Next</b>.</li>
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<li>Verify the items to be removed, click <b>Next</b>, and then click <b>Finish</b>. </li>
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<h2><a name="Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting Printing Problems</a></h2>
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<p>The help file that is included with the printer driver includes a <i>Technical Support</i>
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section, which contains a sub-section called <i>Troubleshooting Printing
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Problems</i>. This section lists critical settings to check and several printing tests that will usually resolve any problems that may occur. </p>
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<p>To access the help file, in Windows 10, right-click the printer on the <b>Devices and Printers</b> page, and then click <b>Printer properties</b> or <b>Printing preferences</b>. Click <b>Help</b> in the bottom-right corner of the dialog. </p>
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