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Adding Printers in Macintosh
44 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
Note:
BCP and TBCP You should specify if you want to enable or disable binary transfer of
print data in the print server’s Web interface (Admin | Network Settings
| Detailed View | Macintosh | Binary Protocol for Printer n. By enabling
binary transfer you reduce printing time, provided that the print job is
sent as binary data to the print server. This is particular true when you are
printing large bitmaps.
• TBCP enables the print server to use the TBCP (Tagged Binary
Communication Protocol) to transfer print data to the printer. Select
this alternative when using Postscript printers.
• BCP enables the print server to use the BCP (Binary Communications
Protocol) to transfer print data to the printer. Select this alternative
when using Postscript printers.
• None disables all binary transfers, select this alternative for all non-
PostScript printers and for ASCII PostScript printing.
Notes:
Setting Parameters In AppleTalk, you can change a limited number of the parameters of the
AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550. You can:
• enable and disable binary data transfers for your printing
• select the type of binary transfer protocol to use
• specify the AppleTalk printer type
• set the IP address
However, by assigning an IP address to your print server, you have access
to all of the print server parameters via any standard Web browser or via
FTP. Refer to Section 10 Management and Configuration, on page 88 for
more information.
For information on advanced AppleTalk functions such as non-PostScript
printer support, please refer to the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 Technical
Reference on the Axis Web site.
• If you have have set the Autodetect Printer Type parameter to YES, the text output format
will be chosen automatically (Admin | Network Settings | Detailed View | Macintosh |
Auto Detect Printer n Type | Yes).
• Some printers, e.g. Epson InkJet printers, can not be used when TBCP is enabled.