Adding Printers in Windows
AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
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Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over TCP/IP using AXIS Print Monitor
1. Install AXIS Print Monitor on all workstations that will print via the Axis
print server.
2. Next, start the Windows Add Printer Wizard: select
Settings | Printers
from
the
Start
menu and double-click the
Add Printer
icon.
3. After clicking
Next
in the first dialog, the Wizard asks you to select between
Local Printer
and
Network Printer
. You must select
Local Printer
as the print
server emulates a local printer port. Click
Next
.
4. Choose the appropriate print driver for your printer. If the desired print
driver already appears within the displayed
Manufacturers and printers
lists, highlight your selection, click
Next
and proceed directly to step 7. It
is only necessary to perform steps 5- 6 if your printer does not feature in
the model list.
5. Click the
Have Disk...
button. Insert the printer driver diskette/CD into the
appropriate disk drive of your computer.
6. Select the type of printer you want to install from the diskette/CD and click
Next
. If you already have the printer’s driver installed, you will be asked
whether to keep it or to replace it.
7. Select the Printers@TCP/IP Port and click
Next
.
8. Enter an appropriate name for your printer and choose whether you want
it to be the default printer. Click
Next
.
9. In the next window, do not order a Test Page to be written, just click
Finish
.
10. The printer you have defined will now be displayed in the Printers Folder.
Right-click the printer object and select
Properties
.
11. Click the
Details
tab within the
Properties
page and then click
Add Port
to
display the available monitors.
12. Click the radio button “other”. Select
AXIS Port
and then click
OK
.
13. Select
LPR (TCP/IP)
as your choice of protocol and click
OK
.
14. Enter the IP address or the host name of your print server (Example: Enter
an IP address: 192.168.3.191 or a host name: AXIS181636).
In the
Logical Printer Name
field, enter the port you wish to use:
USB1
or
LPT1
.
15. The TCP/IP port will then be added automatically to the list of available ports.
Click
Apply
and
OK
.
16. You may now configure the port, as described below. The Axis Printer Port
is now installed.
Configure the Port
1. Select
Settings | Printers
from the
Start
menu and highlight the printer
you wish to configure. Select
File | Properties | Details
and click
Port
Settings
.
