Installing a new printer

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Windows applications, including Allplan, can use all network printers that have been shared. To access print management, select Devices and Printers (for Windows Vista) or Printers and Faxes (for Windows XP).

To install a new printer on your computer

1. Click Start at the lower border of the viewport, click Control Panel and then select Devices and Printers or Printers and Faxes.
2. Click Add a printer on the menu bar or in the Printer Tasks area.

   A wizard opens. It assists you in the process of installing a new printer.

3. To install the printer locally, click the Add a local printer option or confirm the Local printer option.
4. Select the port to which the printer is connected.
   If you want to use the printer to create print files, select the FILE option.
5. Select the manufacturer and printer model.
6. Accept the printer name proposed by the system or enter a name of your own.
   Observe the following conventions when entering the name:
   • You can enter long printer names including blanks and special characters. But some clients do not support long names.
     If the network includes different clients, the printer names should consist of a maximum of 31 characters and should not include special characters and blanks.
   • When you share printers for MS DOS computers, the share name should not be more than eight characters long. You can add a dot and up to three characters. The name must not contain blanks and special characters such as ( / & % $ ! + - \ etc.
     The system usually proposes a name that already conforms to DOS conventions.