Installing printer drivers

If you install a printer driver, you must take action before using the printer driver, because the printer drivers are not digitally signed by Microsoft and cannot be automatically added or updated during installation.

The printer driver files are copied to a subdirectory under the destination path that is chosen during the installation wizard and you are required to add or update your Printer Driver using Microsoft's directions in their help text. As prompted, specify one of the following directory locations (assuming that you installed to the default destination path) for your printer driver:
  • For AFP: c:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\CWBAFP directory
  • For SCS: c:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\CWBSCS directory

On 64-bit Windows operating systems, only the AFP printer driver is available for installation.

If you are installing on a PC that has upgraded the IBM® i Access for Windows product over multiple release, some old information is possibly displayed when you configure a printer driver. To remove the obsolete information from .inf files, do the following after you have completed the installation:
  1. Open a command prompt window.
  2. Change the directory to your installation directory. The default installation directory is c:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access.
  3. Type cwbrminf and press Enter.