Basic Installation22 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s ManualAdding a Network Printer to your ComputerConfigurationMethodsOnce you have set the IP address of your print server, your network printer canbe added to any computer on your network. The method that you chooseshould be dictated by your printing requirements and your supported networkenvironments. Select the appropriate method from the table below:See also “IPP (Internet Printing Protocol)” on page 76. for information onInternet printing over Large and Wide Area Networks.Network StructuresClient/Server NetworkFor client/server printing, each computer sends print jobs through a networkserver computer.The printer must first be installed on the server computer (from the Add PrinterWizard, AXIS Print Monitor) and then shared on the network, which makes it anetwork printer. It will then appear as a Network Printer (in Windows’ AddPrinter Wizard and in AXIS Print Monitor) on sthe client computers. Each clientcomputer must install the appropriate printer drivers in order to print properly.Note: For Windows 98, Me and NT, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitoron a server for client/server printing.Operatingsystem Printing Protocol See...WindowsTCP/IP“Adding Printers in Windows” on page 24NetBIOS/NetBEUINetWareIP/IPXin PSERVER mode“Setup using NDPS” on page 52 and then “Setup usingQueue-based Printing over IP/IPX in PSERVER Mode” on page53IP/IPXin Remote Printer mode“Setup using NDPS” on page 52 and then “Setup for Queue-based Printing over IPX/SPX (Remote Printer Mode)” on page55Macintosh Mac OS XAppleTalk “Adding Printers in Macintosh” on page 46UNIX/Linux TCP/IP “Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux” on page 35Print server(Windows NT Server, NetWare Server, UNIX Server)Network printerClient computers
