Philips 5900 Manual De Usuario
Adding Printers in Windows
AXIS 5900 User’s Manual
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Section 4
Adding Printers in Windows
Overview of
Installation Methods
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.
Client/Server Network
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.
Peer-to-Peer Network
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
Platform
Platform
Protocol
Method
See...
Windows
2000, XP,
Server 2003
2000, XP,
Server 2003
TCP/IP (LPR)
AXIS AddPrinter
software
software
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
Wizard
Microsoft
LPR Monitor
LPR Monitor
Windows 2000
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
AXIS Print Monitor
software
software
Windows NT
TCP/IP (LPR)
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
Wizard
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
Wizard
Windows
98/Me
98/Me
TCP/IP (LPR)
AXIS Print Monitor
software
software
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
For Windows 98 and Me, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitor on a
server for
client/server printing.