Basic Installation
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AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
Notes:
Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC
Configuration
Methods
Once you have set the IP address of your print server, your network
printer can be added to any PC on your network. The method that you
choose should be dictated by your printing requirements and your
supported network environments. Select the appropriate method from the
table below:Installation Methods
• If the host name has not been mapped to an IP address, simply replace the host name entry
with the IP address.
• The ARP command varies between different UNIX/Linux systems. Some BSD type systems
expect the host name and node address in reverse order. Furthermore IBM AIX systems will
require the additional argument
ether
.
• When you execute the
ping
command for the first time, you may experience a
significantly longer response time than is usual
.
• The ability to set the IP address with ARP and PING will only be enabled the first 10
minutes after restarting the print server
Operating
system
Printing Protocol
See...
Windows
TCP/IP
“Adding Printers in Windows”
on page 22
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
NetWare
IP/IPX in PSERVER mode
“Setup using NDPS”
on page 46
IP/IPX in Remote Printer
mode
“Setup using NDPS”
on page 46
Macintosh
Mac OS X AppleTalk
“Adding Printers in Macintosh”
on page 38
UNIX/Linux
TCP/IP
“Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux”
on page 70
