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Windows 95/98
With Windows 95/98, you are prompted when deleting a print driver by the
following screen. If at this point you do not click the "Yes" button, many files
that were previously installed are left on the computers hard drive and
information will also remain within the computer's registry. Even if the "Yes"
button is clicked, certain files will still remain on the computer's hard disk and
within its registry.
following screen. If at this point you do not click the "Yes" button, many files
that were previously installed are left on the computers hard drive and
information will also remain within the computer's registry. Even if the "Yes"
button is clicked, certain files will still remain on the computer's hard disk and
within its registry.
Manual Deletion of the Printer Driver Files
To manually delete the printer drivers on a Windows 95/98 the following
should be performed:
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.
select Delete.
(4) When you are prompted with screen shot above, click the "Yes"
button.
(5) When the printer/s have been removed, reboot the computer
(6) Using "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer", go to the directories
shown on the following page and remove the files applicable to the
type and version of the printer driver/s you wish to fully remove.
type and version of the printer driver/s you wish to fully remove.
If you answered "Yes" when prompted with the screen shot above, a
number of the files should have already been deleted and will no
longer be present.
number of the files should have already been deleted and will no
longer be present.
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-Folder Options-View (Windows 98),
Windows Explorer-View-Options-View (Windows 95).
or My Computer, ensure that "Show All Files" has been selected from
Windows Explorer-View-Folder Options-View (Windows 98),
Windows Explorer-View-Options-View (Windows 95).
Automatic Deletion of the Printer Driver Files
To automatically delete the printer driver files on a Windows 95/98 system,
the Sharp AR-PB2 printer driver deletion utility (Clean95.bat) can be used.
This can be obtained from the AR Product-ARPB2-Drivers/Updates section of
the Sharp Technical Web.
the Sharp AR-PB2 printer driver deletion utility (Clean95.bat) can be used.
This can be obtained from the AR Product-ARPB2-Drivers/Updates section of
the Sharp Technical Web.
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