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AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual

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See to it that the NetBEUI protocol is installed on your client. Follow the 

procedure below to install Axis Printer Ports from a Windows NT 

workstation:

1. Install AXIS Print Monitor on all workstations that will print via the print 

server. 

2. To start the Add Printer Wizard, select 

Settings | Printers from the Start 

menu and double-click the 

Add Printer icon.

3. The Wizard asks you to select 

My Computer or Network printer server. 

Select 

My Computer. Click Next.

4. Click 

Add Port... In the Available Ports dialog, select AXIS Port and click New 

Port...

5. Select 

NetBIOS/NetBEUI as your choice of network protocol and click OK.

6. Select the AXIS Port you want to add from the list of available ports. The 

port appears as <name>.<port> (Example: AX100086.LP1). The <port> is 
taken from the table below. Click 

OK. Close the Printer Ports window.

7. Click the 

Configure Port... button. Choose whether error condition pop-up 

messages are to be displayed by checking the box in the Configure Axis Ports 
dialog. Define the frequency at which the error messages should be 
displayed after retry. Click 

OK. Continue the installation by clicking Next.

8. Choose the appropriate printer driver for your printer. Click 

Next and 

proceed directly to step 12. It is only necessary to perform steps 10-11 if 
your printer does not appear in the list.

 

9. Click the 

Have Disk... button. Insert the printer driver diskette/CD that was 

provided with your printer, select the appropriate diskette/CD drive and click 
OK.

10. Select the printer driver you want to install and click 

Next.

11. Enter an appropriate name for your printer and click 

Next.

12. Choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users and 

click 

Next.

13. Choose whether you want to print a test page and then click 

Finish.

Ports available

USB port

Parallel port

AXIS 5500

US1

—

AXIS 5550

US1

LP1

Even if the desired printer is available in the 

Manufacturers and Printers lists, you are 

advised to use the printer driver provided with the printer. This assures you of the latest 
driver software.