Axis 5550 User Manual

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Adding Printers in Windows36 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s ManualAdding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over TCP/IP using AXIS Print Monitor1. Install AXIS Print Monitor on all workstations that will print via the Axisprint server.2. Next, start the Windows Add Printer Wizard: select Settings | Printers fromthe Start menu and double-click the Add Printer icon.3. After clicking Next in the first dialog, the Wizard asks you to select betweenLocal Printer and Network Printer. You must select Local Printer as the printserver emulates a local printer port. Click Next.4. Choose the appropriate print driver for your printer. If the desired printdriver already appears within the displayed Manufacturers and printerslists, highlight your selection, click Next and proceed directly to step 7. Itis only necessary to perform steps 5- 6 if your printer does not feature inthe model list.5. Click the Have Disk... button. Insert the printer driver diskette/CD into theappropriate disk drive of your computer.6. Select the type of printer you want to install from the diskette/CD and clickNext. If you already have the printer’s driver installed, you will be askedwhether to keep it or to replace it.7. Select the Printers@TCP/IP Port and click Next.8. Enter an appropriate name for your printer and choose whether you wantit to be the default printer. Click Next.9. In the next window, do not order a Test Page to be written, just click Finish.10. The printer you have defined will now be displayed in the Printers Folder.Right-click the printer object and select Properties.11. Click the Details tab within the Properties page and then click Add Port todisplay the available monitors.12. Click the radio button “other”. Select AXIS Port and then click OK.13. Select LPR (TCP/IP) as your choice of protocol and click OK.14. Enter the IP address or the host name of your print server (Example: Enteran IP address: 192.168.3.191 or a host name: AXIS181636).In the Logical Printer Name field, enter the port you wish to use:USB1 or LPT1.15. The TCP/IP port will then be added automatically to the list of available ports.Click Apply and OK.16. You may now configure the port, as described below. The Axis Printer Portis now installed.Configure the Port 1. Select Settings | Printers from the Start menu and highlight the printeryou wish to configure. Select File | Properties | Details and click PortSettings.