Axis Communications Network Print Servers Manual De Usuario

AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual

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The AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 has a powerful facility for altering the print 

data. This means that your desired print format can be realized on any 

type of printer. The following actions can be invoked from the print 

server:

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The character set can be changed to suit the printer

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Strings can be added before and after the print data

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Strings within the print data can be substituted

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ASCII to PostScript conversion

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Redirection of print data to another printer if the printer is busy

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Hex Dump mode to assist with printing problems

If any of these actions are required, a Logical Printer is used to change the 

print data before being sent to the printer port. There are eight logical 

printers (PR1—PR8) that can be set up to filter the print data.

The default logical printers settings are such that PR1—PR4 cause no 

change to the flow of print data, while PR5—PR8 add CR to LF control 

characters:

Each logical printer can be set via the print server’s internal Web pages: 

Open a Web browser, enter the IP address of the print server in the 

Location/Address field and select Admin | Logical Printers. 

The logical printers can also be set up by editing the config file. See 

A common problem in a multiple host environment is that different hosts 

use different ASCII character sets. As a result of this, language specific 

characters (such as å ü ô ñ) are sometimes printed incorrectly.

PR1

no change

PR2

no change

PR3

no change

PR4

no change

PR5

add CR to LF

PR6

add CR to LF

PR7

add CR to LF

PR8

add CR to LF

•  The examples in this section describe how you can configure the available logical printers 

using a standard Web browser. If you want to set them directly by editing the config file, 
just enter the values for the corresponding parameters.

•  The examples should only be viewed as suggestions how to configure the logical printers. 

You should, of course, configure them according to the needs of your network.

•  In the Parameter List chapter of this manual, you can find a complete list of the AXIS 

5500/AXIS 5550 parameters.