PrefaceAxis NPS 550 User’s Manual 1PrefaceThank you for purchasing the Axis NPS 550 Network Print Server. Ourgoal in developing this product is to enable you to connect your printersanywhere in your network, allowing all network users access to sharedprinter resources.About AxisAxis Communications, founded in 1984, is one of the world’s fastestgrowing companies in the printer interface and network print servermarket. The head quarters are located in Lund, Sweden, with subsidiariesin Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.Axis Communications has a distributor network operating in more than60 countries world-wide, marketing three product lines:Network CD-ROM ServersCD-ROM servers provide a flexible and cost-efficient solution for sharingCD-ROMs across the network. They are available in Ethernet and TokenRing versions, with or without built in drive option.Network PrintServersThese intelligent Ethernet and Token Ring print servers support a widerange of LAN protocols. The Axis NPS 530, 532, 550, AXIS 150 and152 are Ethernet print servers, and the Axis NPS 630, 632 and 650 areToken Ring print servers.IBM Mainframeand S/3x – AS/400 PrinterInterfacesThese products include a wide range of plug-in interfaces and freestanding products such as the Cobra+ and the AFP IPDS-to-PostScriptconverter.Axis NPS 550 RISC User’s Manual Version 2.0Part No.:13656 October 1995Copyright © Axis Communications AB