User manual AXIS 27980R1

[. . . ] AXIS 5570e Host-to-LAN Print Servers User's Manual AXIS 5570e User's Manual 1 Regulatory Information Safety Notices Important: Take some time to read through the safety notices before installing the print server. Please observe all safety markings and instructions when using this product. Observe "Important:" in the text to avoid operational impairment. Do not proceed until you have fully understood the implications. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] It supports the LPD and interactive FTP print methods. Installing the Axis Network Print Server 1. When AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 is running, click Install to install your Axis Network Print Server. The ports appears in the list as <name>. LP1, <name>. LP2 and <name>. CM1, where <name> is AX followed by the last six digits of your print server serial number. Repeat this procedure for each server using the Axis Network Print Server. The AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 must be running in order to print through your Axis Network Print Server. It is strongly recommended that you modify the startup. cmd file, enabling AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 to automatically start when your client is re-booted. Instructions are available in the AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 Readme file. AXIS 5570e User's Manual 125 Adding Printers in OS/2 Creating a Print Queue (OS/2 version 2. x and OS/2 Warp) 1. Double-click the Templates folder, then drag the Printer icon out to the Workplace Shell (or into a folder) while holding the right mouse button down. Select \PIPE\<name>. LP1, \PIPE\<name>. LP2 or \PIPE\<name>. CM1 from the Port list, and select a printer driver suitable for your printer from the Standard Printer list. Click OK to confirm the printer definition. Sharing the Print Queue A print queue must be made a shared resource before it can be accessed from other clients or servers. The following three examples show how you can share your printer resources: Open an OS/2 window and issue the following command: NET SHARE <queue_name> /PRINT Where <queue_name> is the name of the queue created on the previous side. To share a printer resource when using OS/2 Warp with IBM Peer service, follow the steps below: 1. To share a printer resource when using LAN server 4. 0, follow the steps below: 1. Enter the Alias name, select a Server name and the previously created Spooler Queue Name. The setup is completed and you can now print through your Axis Network Print Server. 126 AXIS 5570e User's Manual Management and Configuration Section 11 Management and Configuration The management and configuration tools that are supported by the Axis Network Print Server allow you to: · · · · · Change the print server parameters, i. e. editing the config file Receive extended information about the print jobs Receive printer port status Monitor your printers Reset the Axis Network Print Server Configuration Overview The method you should use to manage and configure your Axis Network Print Server depends on the operating system protocols of your network. The table below displays which method to use for each supported environment. Environments IBM Host (AS/400, IBM Mainframe) TCP/IP (AS/400, IBM Mainframe, UNIX, Windows, Mac OS IPX/SPX (NetWare) Windows AppleTalk Configuration/Management methods From an IBM Host - See page 141 Web Browser - See page 127 AXIS ThinWizard - See page 132 FTP - See page 134 Telnet - See page 136 SNMP - See page 139 Novell Utilities - See page 140 Web Browser - See page 127 Web Browser - See page 127 AppleTalk _cfg method - See page 84 Mac-FTP - See page 134 Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management Once you have established the Axis Network Print Server in the TCP/IP environment, as described in "Setting the IP Address" on page 15, you are free to access the Axis Network Print Server Web pages from any standard Web browser. The Web interface of the Axis Network Print Server is divided into two modes of operation, User mode and Admin mode. User In User mode you can change language, but you have no rights to change any other parameters. However, if you have access rights to the Admin mode, you can change some of the basic parameters from User mode via the Configuration Wizard. This mode is intended for regular users who are only interested in using the print server's interface for checking print jobs or viewing printer properties. If you want to change any other of the print server's settings, you must enter the Admin mode. When in Admin mode, you have access to all the print server's parameters 127 Admin AXIS 5570e User's Manual Management and Configuration and you can change them to your liking. [. . . ] Field defined by the IEEE 802. 2 specification that is part of an address specification. A sequence of control commands that allows sophisticated control of printers and other devices. IBM's data communications architecture defining levels of protocols for communications between terminals and applications as well as between programs. Originally SNA was strictly host-based with VTAM controlling the network except for path control which was provided by NCP in the FEP. [. . . ]