Axis Communications Network Print Servers 用户手册

AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual

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This section describes how to add network printers to a computer in 

Windows. Refer to the table below to determine the most appropriate 

installation method according to your computer environment:

If you intend to use the print server in a multi-protocol environment, 

refer to the chapters pertaining to the respective operating systems in this 

manual.

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 and in AXIS Print Monitor) on the client 

computers. Each client computer must install the appropriate printer 

drivers in order to print properly. 

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 and in AXIS Print Monitor), and needs to be added to each 

Windows 
2000, XP, 2003

TCP/IP (LPR)

AXIS AddPrinter 
Wizard

Windows 
Add Printer Wizard

Microsoft 
LPR Monitor

Windows 
2000

NetBIOS/NetBEUI

AXIS Print Monitor 
software

Windows 
NT

TCP/IP

Windows Add Printer 
Wizard

NetBIOS/NetBEUI

Windows 
98/Me

TCP/IP (LPR)

AXIS Print Monitor 
software 

NetBIOS/NetBEUI

For Windows 98 and Me, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitor on a 

server for 

client/server printing.