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Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux
74 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
1. Select the Network printer radio button and click Next.
2. Enter the IP address or host name of the print server as well as the port you
want to use. Port numbers available for TCP/IP are:
Also see “TCP Ports Opened for Raw Printing” on page 158.
3. Click Next. Fill in data to help users identify the printer, i.e. name, description
and location. Click Next.
4. Select printer model and click Next.
5. Configure the printer and click Next.
6. The printer is set up. Click Finish and the printer is accessible.
Typical Invocation from a Terminal Window
Still using Mandrake as an example, open a Terminal Window and type
the command
printtool. If you are in a terminal window, the graphic
version will start (as described above). If you do not have the X Window
System installed, the command will start a text based version. The same
information as was described above will be needed.
Note: In Mandrake, even if you type
printtool at a shell prompt, printerdrake will
automatically start.
Port number USB port Parallel port
AXIS 5500 9902 —
AXIS 5550 9902 9900