Technical Brief

Windows XP x64 Driver

Installation - Horizon ®

Overview 4. Select Local Printer and be sure the Automatically

The Codonics PostScript Driver for Windows XP x64 allows detect ... box is unchecked as shown. Click Next to
users to print directly from Windows applications to the continue to the screen shown below.
Codonics Horizon printer. These instructions describe
installation of drivers to the Windows XP x64 host system.

Preparation
The following items will be necessary to complete this
installation procedure:
1. Be sure that the IP address of the printer has been
properly assigned and set.
2. It is a good idea to have the Windows XP x64 distribution
CD available at the time of driver installation.
3. Installation of printers on Windows XP x64 requires
Administrator privileges. Contact your system
administrator if help is needed.

Printer Installation 5. As shown above, click on Create a new port and select
1. Start the Windows XP x64 host system. Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click Next to continue to the
2. Click Start->Printers and Faxes, then click on the Add a Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard. Click Next to
Printer link. continue to the screen shown below.

3. This will start the Add Printer Wizard. Click Next to

continue to the screen shown below.

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6. In the screen shown above, type the IP address of the
printer in the top box (not the same as shown above). A
unique port name will be automatically created in the
lower box. This name can be kept (recommended) or it
can be changed to any other name. Click Next to
continue.
7. Windows will now try to locate and identify the printer
on the network. This may take 20-30 seconds. If there is
an error check network connections and IP addresses. If
all network connections are correct and Windows locates
the printer, the screen below will be displayed.
8. This screen indicates that Windows located the printer
but does not recognize it. This is not a problem. Select
Custom and then click on Settings. The screen below
will be displayed.
9. As shown above, click the LPR button in the Protocol
box. Then, in the LPR Settings box type in “7” (no
quotes) for the Queue Name, and check the LPR Byte
Counting Enabled box. Click OK. This will return to the
previous screen. Click Next and on the following screen
click Finish to complete setting up the LPR port.
10. The screen shown below should now be displayed.
11. In the above screen click Have Disk and then on the
following screen click Browse. Browse over the network
to the Horizon printer. The path to the printer will
include:
My Network Places
Entire Network
Microsoft Windows Network
Workgroup
Horizon_X_Y (where X_Y represents the last half of
the Horizon’s IP address)
12. Doubleclick the computer icon, Horizon_X_Y. It will
open and display a printer icon and several folders as
shown below:
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13. Open the drivers folder.
NOTE: It is possible that the network will not allow
browsing to the Drivers folder of the Horizon. In that
case, a Codonics driver CD will be needed. Or, drivers
can be downloaded from the Codonics website. Contact
Codonics Technical Support for help.
14. Open the WinXP64 folder. The file Cxhrzn11.inf should
be found as shown below.
17. On the last screen of the Add Printer Wizard click Finish.
16. Click Next. On the next three screens you will be given
the option to enter a name for the printer, to share it over
a network and to print a test page. Make the appropriate
entries and click Next each time.
NOTE: Printing a test page is recommended as it will test
the LPR connection. However since printing parameters
have not yet been set, the print may be less than ideal.
Depending on system settings a warning screen may be
displayed about the “digital signature” of the drivers.
This can be ignored by clicking Continue Anyway.

NOTE: It is possible that the system could be set to block

unsigned drivers. In that case, change the setting at Start-
Settings-Control Panel. Or contact your system
administrator.

18. At this point the system may need to copy additional

system files for the LPR service. The exact prompts will
depend on settings at the host system. The prompt will
generally ask for the Windows XP x64 CD-ROM.
19. When the entire printer installation process has
15. Click Open and then click OK. The screen below should completed successfully, a new printer icon will be added
be displayed indicating that the Codonics Horizon to the Printers folder.
drivers were found.

Setting Default Properties

The default properties for the printer just installed can be set
as follows:
1. Click the Start button, then select Printers and Faxes to
open the Printers folder.
2. Right click on the icon for the Horizon printer. In the
drop-down box select Printing Preferences.

Note: Another choice in the drop-down box is Rename.

This could be used to change the name of the printer.
Also, Set as Default can be used to designate this as the
Windows default printer.

3. Click on the Layout tab and then click on the Advanced

button to access and select default Pagesize, as well as
many other settings. These are the properties that will be
the starting point whenever this printer is selected.

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Installing Multiple Instances (LPR con- 4. Be sure the port with the Horizon printer is selected then
nection only) click Configure Port. The Configure Port Screen will look
as shown below.
The same Horizon printer can be re-installed multiple times
on the host system. This is a big advantage with a multiple
media printer like the Horizon, because each instance can be
given a different name and can have unique defaults set. For
example, the same Horizon printer can be installed as
“Horizon-color” with the default media set to A-size
ChromaVista® paper, and as “Horizon-14x17” with default
media set to 14x17 DirectVista® blue film.
This can also be used in other ways, for example, a printer
can be named “Horizon-CT” with media, gamma and
contrast settings set appropriately and another named
“Horizon-Ultrasound” with its own settings.
To install multiple instances of the same Horizon printer,
repeat the steps under LPR Driver Installation for each
printer to be installed. Note that the driver files only need to
be installed once. On subsequent installations select Keep
Existing Driver when prompted.
After installation of a new printer instance, follow the steps
under Setting Default Properties to customize the properties
and/or name of each installed printer instance. 5. On the Configure Port screen change the IP address to the
new setting. Be sure that the LPR button is set, the queue
Changing the Printer IP address name is “7” (no quotes) and the LPR Byte Counting
After a printer has been installed on a Windows XP x64 host Enabled box is checked. Click OK.
system as an LPR printer, its IP address can be changed if
that becomes necessary.
Click Start-Printers and Faxes, then right click on the icon
Note: The Port Name cannot be changed by this
for the printer to be changed, select Properties and then
procedure. If the Port Name is unacceptable, e.g. if it
click on the Ports tab. The screen should look as shown
includes the old IP address, then the only way to change
below:
it is to use Delete Port. Then the printer and port will
have to be fully installed as described on Page 2.

6. Click on the General tab and make a Windows test print,

or close the Properties box altogether and send a test
print from a Windows application.

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Making a Printer a Shared Device
If a printer was installed as an unshared device and it is later
desired to share it, its status can be changed as follows (only
applies to LPR connected printers):
1. Click Start-Printers and Faxes, then right click on the
icon for the printer to be changed, select Properties and
then click on the Sharing tab. The screen should look as
shown below.
Deleting the Printer
If the Horizon printer is removed or is no longer needed on
the host Windows system, it can be deleted from the Printers
Folder as follows. This procedure works regardless of how
the printer was installed.
1. Click Start-Printers and Faxes to open the printers
folder.
2. Click on the Horizon printer icon and then press the
Delete key.
3. If more than one instance of the Horizon was installed,
delete each in the same manner.

Driver Upgrade
Generally, once printer drivers are installed they do not need
to be upgraded, even if the Horizon software is upgraded.
However, there could be a situation where a driver upgrade
was desirable, In this case, the drivers can be upgraded as
follows:
1. Remove all instances of the Horizon as described in
Deleting the Printer above.
2. Reboot the Windows host system.
3. Install new drivers according to these instructions.

2. Click the Shared as button which will enable the text

box. Type the Share name in the box. Do not click on
Additional Drivers. Drivers will have to be installed on
the client systems that want to share this printer. Click
OK. The printer will appear as a shared resource in My
Network Places.

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