Adding a Printer that Uses an IBM i NetServer Print Share

Step 1: Click on the Windows Start button, then open the Windows Control Panel and select View devices and printers, or select Devices and Printers directly.



Step 2: Click on Add a printer, then click on Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.



Step 3: The printer will not be found automatically, so at any time just click on The printer that I want isn't listed.



Step 4: Select Browse for a printer and then click Next.



Step 5: The IBM i NetServer will not be found automatically by Windows, so type two backslashes ("\\") followed by the system name in the Printer field and click Select.


Step 6: Select the print share from the list and click Select.



Step 7: If you receive the Windows "No driver found" message, click OK.



Either select an appropriate printer driver from the list and click OK, or use your web browser to download a driver from the printer manufacturer's web site and click Have Disk.



Step 8: Once the print share has been successfully added, click Next.



Step 9: Select whether to set the print share as your Windows default printer, then click Print a test page to test the print share, if desired, and then click Finish.



Step 9: Clicking on Print a test page will result in the following message. Click on Close to close this dialog box.



Note: If the test page does not print right away, check the corresponding output queue and writer on your IBM i system.

Step 10: Once the Add Printer wizard has completed, you can right click on the new printer and select Printer properties to change the printer driver settings, if desired.

Step 1: It is recommended that you right-click on the My Network Places icon on your desktop and select Search for Computer to find the name or TCP/IP address of the iSeries NetServer.

Step 2: Double-click on the iSeries NetServer name to find the shared object (printer) that you want to use:



If you receive a message stating that the computer was not found, refer to Rochester Support Center knowledgebase document 11600129, Getting Started with iSeries NetServer. To link to 11600129 immediately, click here .

Step 3: After you get the list of shared objects from the iSeries NetServer, double-click on the printer that you want to use:



Step 4: The printer driver will not be found on the IBM System i products, so just click OK:



Step 5: Select the correct printer, then click OK:



Step 6: If you already have the driver installed, select Keep existing driver and then click Next:



Step 7: If requested, type in a user-specified name:



Step 8: It is not necessary to share this printer, so just click Next:



Step 9: You might want to print a test page at this point:



Your iSeries NetServer printer is now installed.