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Chapter 5 Setting Up – Windows
Peer-to-Peer vs. Client-Server Printing
Windows for Workgroups and Windows 3.1 users, requiring access
to a network printer in peer-to-peer mode, will need to install the
AXIS Print Utility for Windows software onto their workstation.
Users may then add the required network printer to their systems
and use the printer as if it was connected directly to their worksta-
tion.
Peer-to-peer printing offers the following benefits:
• You can monitor the printer status at all times and be notified
when print job are completed.
• You do not have to rely on a server.
Client-server operation requires only one user to install the AXIS
Print Utility for Windows software onto their workstation. This user
then adds the printer to his or her workstation (the server) and shares
the printer with other users on the network. The other users (the
clients) can connect to the printer through the server via the Win-
dows Print Manager.
The client-server mode provides a way of maintaining queue order-
ing and job priority, but at a price. This is because:
• You cannot receive printer status or print job notification.
• The workstation, set up as the server, must be available at all
times.
It must also have the capacity to handle the print jobs that pass
through it.
Notes:
- When using the client-server mode, other users can still install
the AXIS Print Utility for Windows software, for printing di-
rectly to the network printer in peer-to-peer mode.
- When using the client-server mode, it is recommended that the
server is setup only on a Windows for Workgroups worksta-
tion.
Using the AXIS
Print Utility for
Windows, cont'd.
