Axis 5500 User Manual

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Configuration PossibilitiesAXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual 77IPP clients An IPP client needs to be installed on your computer together with anappropriate printer driver for proper IPP functionality. The IPP client is a toolthat adds destination printers to your printer list.The AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 with integrated IPP is compatible with any 1.0 and1.1 compliant IPP client.The AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 presents IPP printer objects to the client, one foreach printer port. Some of the most common IPP client printing methods aredescribed later on in this chapter. Please refer to your IPP client documentationfor more specific information.Currently Available IPPClients on the Market:• For Windows NT/2000: the Internet Printer Connection software fromHewlett Packard (can be downloaded from the Hewlett Packard Web site).• For Windows 2000/XP: the Microsoft IPP Client (automatically installedwith the Operating System).• For Windows 98, NT 4.0: IPP clients can be downloaded from theMicrosoft Web site.• For UNIX/Linux: CUPS (can be downloaded from the Common UnixPrinting System Web site at www.cups.org).If you wish to print using iPrint over IPP, the following Axis snap-in tool isavailable from www.axis.com (Support | Select Software):• AXIS IPP Gateway Comfiguration Snap-in for i-Print in NetWare 5.x.See the read-me file for installation instructions.IPP User Requirements The IPP protocol does not require any special configuration of the AXIS5500/AXIS 5550, the IPP function is automatically activated when you installyour print server.IPP is platform independent and functional in Windows (NT, 98, Me and2000/XP), Macintosh, NetWare and UNIX/Linux.FirewallConsiderations withIPPIf there are one or more firewalls between the IPP client and the server, youmay have to make some changes to the firewall configuration. IPP uses TCPPort 631 for printing, so any firewalls between client and server must beconfigured to allow bi-directional traffic on that port. Please consult yournetwork administrator if you think any configuration changes are necessary.How to Print fromWindows 98:Before you print to an IPP printer you will need to know:• the http:// address of the print server. The http:// address contains the IPaddress or host name of the print server and the printer port name.• the brand and type of the printer in order to install the appropriateprinter driver.If your destination printer does not exist in your Printer name list, you need toadd it. Adding an IPP printer to your printer list is described below.