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AXIS 5600+
User’s Manual
Section 9: Management & Configuration
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Adding a printer
to a printer group
Follow the instructions below to add a printer to a printer group:
1. Select the printer group folder, located in the ‘Monitoring
Printers’ folder.
2. Click on the
Add Printer button
on the toolbar or select
Add
Printer
from the
File
menu.
3. The Add Printer window appears. Double-click the print server,
to which the desired printer is connected and select the printer
port. Click
OK
.
Examining printers
Follow the instructions below to monitor the printers:
1. Select the printer group folder, located in the ‘Monitoring
Printers’ folder. The printer status appear in the right-hand frame
of AXIS NetPilot.
2. If you want the status to appear in a new window, click the
Monitoring
button on the AXIS NetPilot toolbar.
Grouping logically
connected
Print Servers together
AXIS NetPilot allows you to create logical groups of print servers in
order to simplify administration. Installed print servers are displayed
in the ‘Network Print Servers’ folder and shortcuts to these print
servers can be added to the print server groups. Management
operations performed on the shortcuts affects the functionality of the
print servers.
Creating a
Print Server Group
Follow the instructions below to create a print server group:
1. Select the ‘AXIS Units’ folder.
2. Click on the
New Group button
on the toolbar or select
New
Print Server Group
from the
File
menu.
3. Type a print server group name in the text field and click
OK
.
You can create as many print server groups as you want, but you
cannot include a print server in more than one group.
