AR-PB2 (serv.man36). ARPB2-007 How to fully remove Sharp ARPB2 Printer Drivers - Sharp Copying Equipment Technical Bulletin (repair manual). Page 2

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To manually delete the printer drivers on a Windows NT Workstation / Server
the following should be performed:

(1) Ensure that the customer has fully backed up their computer data.

(2) Make a note of the type of printer driver/s (PCL, Postscript or PPD

and the version number) that you intend to delete.

(3) Delete any printer icons referring to the AR-PB2 from the printers

folder by clicking on Start-Settings-Printers, right click the printer and
select Delete.

(4) Reboot the computer

(5) Using "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer", go to the directories

shown on the following pages and remove the files applicable to the
type and version of the print driver/s you wish to fully remove.

If any of the files on the following page cannot be seen from Explorer
or My Computer, ensure that "Show All Files" has been selected from
Windows Explorer-View-Options.

To automatically delete the printer driver files on a Windows NT Workstation /
Server, the Sharp AR-PB2 printer driver deletion utility (CleanNT.bat) can be
used. This can be obtained from the AR Product-ARPB2-Drivers/Updates
section of the Sharp Technical Web.  

To use the CleanNT.bat printer driver deletion utility, follow the points below:

(1) Follow and perform points 1-4 as detailed in the manual deletion

process above.

(2) Download the utility and copy it onto a floppy disk or computer hard

drive.

(3) Click on the Start -Run on your Windows desktop.  Type in the

directory where you have placed the CleanNT.bat file and then the
directory and path to where your Windows NT System files are
stored.

Examples

C:\CleanNT.bat C:\Winnt     

(If CleanNT.bat has been stored in C:\)

A:\CleanNT.bat C:\Windows

(If CleanNT.bat has been stored on a floppy)

Note: The "C:\Winnt" and "C:\Windows" above should be substituted with the
hard driver letter and directory that are being used on the customers
computer to hold the Windows NT operating system.

(4) Click on the "Open" button and follow the prompts on the screen.

The utility will remove Version 1, 2 and 3 AR-PB2 Printer Drivers
from the Windows NT system.

(5) When the program has completed, reboot the computer. You can

now install the latest AR-PB2 Printer Drivers