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Section 5: Setting Up Windows Workstations
42 AXIS 1440 User’s Manual
Peer-to-Peer vs.
Client-Server Printing
Windows for Workgroups and Windows 3.1 users printing to a
network printer in peer-to-peer mode need to install the AXIS Print
Utility for Windows software on their workstations. Users can then
add the network printer to their systems and use the printer as if it
were connected directly to their workstations.
Peer-to-peer printing has the following advantages:
• You can monitor the printer status at all times and be notified
when a print job is complete.
• You don’t have to rely on a server.
Client-server printing requires that only one user install the AXIS
Print Utility for Windows software on his workstation. This user then
adds the printer to his or her workstation (the server) and shares the
printer with other users on the network. Client workstations use
Windows Print Manager to connect to the printer.
Client-server mode provides a way of maintaining queue ordering and
job priority. It has the following disadvantages:
• 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: ❏ Client workstations in a client-server environment can still choose
to install AXIS Print Utility for Windows and print directly to the
network printer in peer-to-peer mode.
❏ The server workstation should be running Windows for
Workgroups.
Windows 3.1 You must have network software, such as IBM LAN Server or LAN
Manager Workstation, installed before you can print to a network
printer from a Windows 3.1 workstation. If this software is already
installed, proceed as described in Windows for Workgroups below.