Network Structures Overview - Axis 5500 User Manual

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3.1 Network Structures Overview

Client/Server network
Print server
Server computer
Client computers
Printer
(Windows NT Server, NetWare Server, UNIX Server)
Network printer
For client/server printing, each computer sends print jobs through a network server computer.
The printer must first be installed on the server computer (from the Add Printer Wizard, AXIS Print
Monitor) and then shared on the network, which makes it a network printer. It will then appear as
a Network Printer (in Windows Add Printer Wizard) on the client computers.
Each client computer must install the appropriate printer drivers in order to print properly.
Note for Windows 98/Me/NT:
It is only necessary to install AXIS PrintMonitor on a server for client/server printing.
Peer-to-Peer network
Print server
Printer
Client computers
Network printer
In Peer-to-Peer networks, each computer prints directly to the network printer. The network
printer appears as a Local Printer (in Windows Add Printer Wizard, AXIS PrintMonitor), and needs
to be added to each client computer that wants to print.
Each client computer must install the appropriate printer drivers in order to print properly.
Note for Windows 98/Me/NT:
AXIS Print Monitor must be installed on all (printing) client computers for Peer-to-Peer printing.