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Section 4: Setting Up - Windows
AXIS 540/640 User’s Manual 47
Peer-to-Peer vs.
Client-Server Printing
All users requiring access to a network printer in peer-to-peer mode
will need to install the AXIS Print Utility for Windows software onto
their workstation. Users may then add the required network printer to
their systems and use the printer as if it was connected directly to their
workstation. Peer-to-peer printing affords the following benefits:
• You can monitor the printer status at all times and be notified
when a print job is complete.
• You do not have to rely on a server.
Client-server operation requires only one user to install the AXIS Print
Utility for Windows software onto their workstation. This user then
adds the printer to his or her workstation (the server) and shares the
printer with other users on the network. The other users (the clients)
may connect to the printer through the server via the Windows Print
Manager in Windows 3.1 and NT platforms, and the System Printers
folder in Windows 95 platforms.
The client-server mode provides a way of maintaining queue ordering
and job priority, but at a price. This is because:
• You cannot receive printer status or print job notification.
• The workstation set up as the server must be available at all times.
It must also have the capacity to handle the print jobs that pass
through it.
Notes: ❏ When using the client-server mode, other users may still install
the AXIS Print Utility for Windows software, for printing directly
to the network printer in Peer-to-Peer mode.
❏ When using the client-server mode, it is recommended that the
server is setup only on a Windows for Workgroups workstation.
Windows 3.1
In order to print to a network printer, Windows 3.1 requires the
installation of network support, such as the LAN Server or LAN
Manager Workstation software. When installed, proceed as described
under Windows for Workgroups below.