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Chapter 5 Setting Up – Windows
AXIS Print Monitor should be used for network printing in Win-
dows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT environments. It allows
AXIS Network Print Servers to be connected in the same simple
fashion as a local printer port and once installed, is automatically
initialized upon system startup.
Install the AXIS Print Monitor software now if you have not al-
ready done so. It is available on the CD.
If you want to change the default name or amend any of the
EasyLAN 100i default parameters, you can do so using the AXIS
NetPilot, or any standard Web browser. Refer to
Chapter 8 ”Con-
figuration & Management”
.
About AXIS Print Monitor
AXIS Print Monitor is a Windows component that has been devel-
oped for peer-to-peer printing under Windows 95, Windows 98 and
Windows NT that allows your print jobs to be sent directly to the
print server.
Printing Environments
The AXIS Print Monitor supports printing over NetBIOS/NetBEUI
and TCP/IP (LPR). To enable printing in these environments, please
ensure that the desired printing protocol is running on your client.
Peer-to-Peer Printing
The AXIS Print Monitor needs to be installed on each workstation
to perform peer-to-peer printing. Once installed, the AXIS Print
Monitor allows you to access all network printers, just as if they
were connected directly to your workstation. Peer-to-peer printing
offers the following benefits:
• You can easily monitor the status of your printers by enabling
error condition pop-up messages.
• You do not have to rely on a server.
Client-Server Printing
AXIS Print Monitor needs only to be installed on one server to
perform client-server printing. The installed printers must be con-
figured to be shared to allow clients to use them. Pop-up messages
should not be enabled on the server as the status of shared printers
will not be reported to the client platforms. Pop-up messages are
only displayed on the server.
User Dialog
Although the AXIS Print Monitor user dialog varies depending on
which platform you are using, i.e. Windows 95, Windows 98, Win-
dows NT 4.0 or Windows NT 3.5x, the functionality is exactly the
same.
Using the AXIS
Print Monitor for
Windows 95/98 and
NT
Note:
The AXIS Print Monitor may be
used for DOS printing when in-
stalled on Windows NT plat-
forms. However, in Windows 95/
98 this is only possible from a
client workstation, in a client-
server configuration. The AXIS
Print Utility for Windows should
be used if DOS peer-to-peer
printing is performed on a Win-
dows 95/98 platform. Please re-
fer to
“Using the AXIS Print
Utility for Windows”
later in this
chapter.
