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# Restrictions on Network Printing

These are restrictions that apply if you are using a printer in a network environment. Check the restrictions for the environment you are using.

## If you are sharing a printer in a network

- A print completion message may be displayed. To disable the message display, follow the procedure below.

  - In Windows Vista:

    Press the Alt key from the Printers window on the client system. Open Run as administrator -> Server Properties... from the displayed File menu.

    Uncheck Show informational notifications for network printers on the Advanced tab, and then restart the computer.

  - In Windows XP or Windows 2000:

    Open Server Properties from the File menu of the Printer and Faxes window (Windows XP) or the Printers window (Windows 2000) on the print server system.

    Uncheck Notify when remote documents are printed on the Advanced tab, and then restart the computer.

- The bi-directional communication function is disabled so that the correct printer status may not be recognized.

  If a client user opens the printer driver properties and then clicks OK with the Enable bidirectional support check box on the Ports tab unchecked, the bi-directional function of the printer server system may also be disabled.
  In this case, check Enable bidirectional support check box on both the print server system and the client system.

- When you print from a client system, you cannot use Canon IJ Preview.

- If the functions on the Maintenance tab cannot be set properly from a client system, they may be grayed out. In this case, change the settings from the print server.

  When you change the settings of the print server, you should delete the icon of the shared printer from the client system, and then specify the shared settings again in the client system.

## If the same printer driver is installed in the print server system and the client system as the local printer

- The net crawl function may automatically create a network printer icon on the client system.

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