Installing printer drivers

 

If you do not modify your Driver Signing setting before installing or upgrading iSeries™ Access for Windows^®, you need to do a manual install. This topic contains instructions for both of those tasks.

When Driver Signing is set to Warn or Block and Windows encounters a file that has not been digitally signed, the Windows operating system enforces an interrupt of installation programs and issues a Windows Logo Testing warning message. In some previous versions of Windows operating systems, you were not required to take any action because Windows allowed installation programs to bypass the setting for Driver Signing Options. Now, when performing a Custom installation, a Full installation, or an Upgrade of iSeries Access for Windows ( with the selection of the AFP™ or SCS Printer Driver components), take action because the AFP and SCS printer drivers components are not digitally signed by Microsoft^®.

If the AFP or SCS Printer Driver components are not needed, choose a Custom Install instead of a Full Install, or a Selective Upgrade instead of a Basic Upgrade, and de-select the AFP and SCS Printer Driver components. Typical and PC5250 User installation types do not include Printer Drivers.

Prior to an installation or upgrade on a 32-bit Windows Operating system, if you want to add or update the Printer Drivers automatically you can do the following:

• Set Driver Signing Options to Ignore (instead of Warn or Block) before the installation or upgrade, and then reset the option after the installation using this path: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Driver Signing Options

After an installation or upgrade on a 32-bit Windows operating system, if Driver Signing is set to Warn or Block, Printer Driver files will have been copied to a subdirectory under the Client Access installation directory.

On 64-bit operating systems, only the AFP printer driver is available for installation. Regardless of the Driver Signing setting, files will be copied to a subdirectory under the Client Access installation directory. The printer driver is not automatically added or updated.

On both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, if the files are copied to a subdirectory under the Client Access installation subdirectory, as described above, you will need to add or update your Printer Driver using Microsoft's directions in their help text. As prompted, if you used the default installation path, specify one of the following directory locations for your printer driver:

• For AFP: c:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\CWBAFP

• For SCS: c:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\CWBSCS

 

Parent topic:

Installing iSeries Access for Windows on the PC