Adding Printers in Macintosh
AXIS OfficeBasic USB User’s Manual
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Section 5
Adding Printers in Macintosh
Having connected the AXIS OfficeBasic USB to your network, this section now
describes how to set up your print server for printing in Mac OS X and earlier
Macintosh environments using AppleTalk.
If you intend to use the print server in a multi-protocol environment, refer to
the chapters pertaining to the respective operating systems in this manual.
Installation in Mac OS X
This section describes setting up your print server for printing in the Mac OS X.
1. Start
Print Center
(from
Go | Applications | Utilities | Print Center
).
2. Select
Printers | Add Printer...
3. From the
Printer List
dialog, select
AppleTalk
.
4. Now, the port of your print server will appear in the list of available printers.
The port is shown as <host name>_<port>.
Example
: AXIS100086_USB1.
Select the print server port you want to use.
5. Select an appropriate printer driver for your printer from the
Printer Model
drop-down list. If the printer is not available in the list, select
Generic
.
(You can also browse for a printer driver on your computer or network by
selecting
Other...
from the list.)
6. Click
Add
to complete the installation.
Installation on an Older Mac, using AppleTalk
Basic Configuration
On an older Mac, basic configuration in AppleTalk is performed simply by
opening the Chooser window and selecting a printer.
You can change the default name of your print server or any of default
parameters by editing the print server’s
config
file. To access the
config
file
from a Macintosh, you can use:
•
any Web browser with Javascript enabled
•
FTP using MacTCP, Fetch or Anarchie
In order to use any of these methods, you must assign an IP address to the print
server as described in
“Setting Parameters”
on page 32.
