Axis Communications Network Print Servers Server User Manual


 
Table of Contents
AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual 3
Table of Contents
Section 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 2 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
AXIS Network Product CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mounting the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 3 Basic Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Quick Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server . . . . . . . . . . 15
Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC
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Section 4 Adding Printers in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 using AXIS
AddPrinter Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 using
Windows Add Printer Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding Printers in Windows NT using the Microsoft LPR
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 using the
Microsoft LPR Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AXIS Print Monitor Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printers in Windows 2000 using
AXIS Print Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI in Windows NT using
AXIS Print Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over TCP/IP using
AXIS Print Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over
NetBIOS/NetBEUI using AXIS Print Monitor . . . . . . . 37
Section 5 Adding Printers in Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bonjour Printing in Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installation in Mac OS X using AppleTalk . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation of LPR printing in MAC OS X . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation on Mac OS 9.1 or older, using AppleTalk . . . 42
Choosing a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6 Adding Printers in NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setup using NDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47