Axis PrintPoint 140 BJC User Manual page 43

Section 4: Setting Up - Windows
About
AXIS Print Monitor
Peer-to-Peer Printing
Client-Server Printing
User Dialog
Notes:
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AXIS Print Monitor is a Windows component that has been
developed for peer-to-peer printing under Windows 95 and Windows
NT that allows your print jobs to be sent directly to the print server.
The AXIS Print Monitor needs to be installed on each workstation
performing peer-to-peer printing. Once installed, the AXIS Print
Monitor then allows users to access to all network printers, just as if
they were connected directly to their workstation. Peer-to-peer
printing affords the following benefits:
• You can monitor the printer status and enable Pop-up messages
that notify you when the printer is off-line, out of paper, or not
responding.
• You do not have to rely on a server.
Pop-up messages should not be enabled on the server as the status of
shared printers will not be reported to the client platforms. Pop-up
messages are only issued on the server and must be acknowledged
before a print job can be released.
Although the AXIS Print Monitor user dialog will vary depending on
which platform you are using, i.e. Windows 95 or Windows NT, the
functionality of these variants is exactly the same. Follow the
appropriate procedures below to install Axis printer ports.
Microsoft Network (NetBIOS/NetBEUI) must be running when
using AXIS Print monitor.
The AXIS Print Monitor may be used for DOS printing when
installed on Windows NT platforms. However, in Windows 95
this is only possible from a client workstation, in a client-server
configuration. The AXIS Print Utility for Windows should be
used if DOS peer-to-peer printing is necessary from a Windows
95 platform.
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