Axis 27978R1 User Manual

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Adding Printers in WindowsAXIS OfficeBasic User’s Manual 29Configure the Port 1. Select Settings | Printers from the Start menu and highlight the printeryou wish to configure. Select File | Properties | Details and click PortSettings. Click the Configure Port button.2. Choose whether error condition pop-up messages are to be displayed bychecking the box in the Configure AXIS Ports dialog. Define the frequencyat which the error messages should be displayed after retry. Click OK.Note:Adding Printers in Windows NT over TCP/IP using AXIS Print Monitor1. Install AXIS Print Monitor on all workstations that will print via the Axisprint server.AXIS Print Monitor is available free of charge on www.axis.com2. To start the Add Printer Wizard, select Settings | Printers from the Startmenu and double-click the Add Printer icon.3. The Wizard asks you to select My Computer or Network printer server.Select My Computer, click Next.4. Click Add Port... In the Available Ports dialog, select AXIS Port and click NewPort...5. Select LPR (TCP/IP) as your choice of network protocol and click OK.6. Enter the IP address or the host name of your print server (Example IPaddress: 192.168.3.191, host name: AXIS181636). In the Logical PrinterName field, enter the port you wish to use:• USB1• LPT17. Close the Printer Ports window.8. Your print server will be marked automatically in the list. Click the ConfigurePort... button. Choose whether error condition pop-up messages are to bedisplayed by checking the box in the Configure Axis Ports dialog. Define thefrequency at which the error messages should be displayed after retry. ClickOK. Continue the installation by clicking Next.9. Choose the appropriate printer driver for your printer. Click Next andproceed directly to step 11. It is only necessary to perform steps 9 - 10 ifyour printer does not appear in the list10. Click the Have Disk... button. Insert the printer driver diskette/CD that wasprovided with your printer, select the appropriate diskette/CD drive and clickOK.11. Select the printer driver you want to install and click Next.Even if the desired printer is available in the Manufacturers and Printers lists, you areadvised to use the print driver provided with the printer. This assures you of the latestdriver software.