Adding Printers in Windows
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AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI in Windows NT using AXIS Print Monitor
See to it that the NetBEUI protocol is installed on your client. Follow the
procedure below to install Axis Printer Ports from a Windows NT
workstation:
1. Install AXIS Print Monitor on all workstations that will print via the print
server.
2. To start the Add Printer Wizard, select
Settings | Printers
from the
Start
menu and double-click the
Add Printer
icon.
3. The Wizard asks you to select
My Computer
or
Network printer server
.
Select
My Computer
. Click
Next
.
4. Click
Add Port...
In the Available Ports dialog, select
AXIS Port
and click
New
Port..
.
5. Select
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
as your choice of network protocol and click
OK
.
6. Select the AXIS Port you want to add from the list of available ports. The
port appears as <name>.<port> (Example: AX100086.LP1). The <port> is
taken from the table below. Click
OK
. Close the Printer Ports window.
7. Click the
Configure Port...
button. Choose whether error condition pop-up
messages are to be displayed by checking the box in the Configure Axis Ports
dialog. Define the frequency at which the error messages should be
displayed after retry. Click
OK
. Continue the installation by clicking
Next
.
8. Choose the appropriate printer driver for your printer. Click
Next
and
proceed directly to step 12. It is only necessary to perform steps 10-11 if
your printer does not appear in the list.
Note:
9. Click the
Have Disk...
button. Insert the printer driver diskette/CD that was
provided with your printer, select the appropriate diskette/CD drive and click
OK
.
10. Select the printer driver you want to install and click
Next
.
11. Enter an appropriate name for your printer and click
Next
.
12. Choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users and
click
Next
.
13. Choose whether you want to print a test page and then click
Finish
.
Ports available
USB port
Parallel port
AXIS 5550
US1
LP1
Even if the desired printer is available in the
Manufacturers
and
Printers
lists, you are
advised to use the printer driver provided with the printer. This assures you of the latest
driver software.