Axis Print Monitor Overview - Axis 5400 User Manual

Section 5: Setting Up - Windows
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AXIS Print Monitor Overview

Printing Environments
Peer-to-Peer Printing
Client-Server Printing
AXIS Print Monitor is the recommended tool to use for network
printing in Windows NT 3.5x environments. It allows AXIS Network
Print Servers to be connected in the same simple fashion as a local
printer port and once installed, is automatically initialized upon
system startup. AXIS Print Monitor has been developed for peer-to-
peer printing, allowing your print jobs to be sent directly to the print
server.
AXIS Print Monitor supports printing over NetBIOS/NetBEUI and
TCP/IP (LPR). To enable printing in these environments, please
ensure that the desired printing protocols are running on your client.
The AXIS Print Monitor needs to be installed on each workstation to
perform peer-to-peer printing. Once installed, the AXIS Print
Monitor allows you to access all network printers, just as if they were
connected directly to your workstation. Peer-to-peer printing offers
the following benefits:
• You can easily monitor the status of your printers, by enabling
error condition pop-up messages.
• You do not have to rely on a server.
AXIS Print Monitor needs only to be installed on one server to
perform client-server printing. The installed printers must be
configured to be shared to allow clients to use them. Pop-up messages
should not be enabled on the server as they will not be displayed on
the client platforms.
AXIS Print Monitor can be used for DOS printing. Please refer to
Note:
the AXIS Print Monitor's Readme file for instructions. The
readme file is located in the same folder where AXIS Print
Monitor is installed on your PC.
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