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AXIS 5500/5550 - User`s manual

1. AXIS 5550 uses high speed Centronics Communication for the parallel port For use with older printers not supporting high speed this function can be disabled by using a standard Web browser Log in to the print server s web pages and choose Admin gt General Settings gt Change gt LPT1 gt Printer Port Speed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Basic Installation Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server Receiving an IP address with DHCP Notes If you have a DHCP server on your network your print server will receive an IP address automatically The IP address will then appear on the test page you print by pressing the test button once If you are not working in a DHCP network you need to set the IP address of the print server manually You need root privileges on your UNIX Linux and Mac OS X system or administrator priv ileges on a Windows NT server to set the IP address using RARP BOOTP DHCP and to add an entry to the ARP table with the command arp s You need to know the Ethernet address of your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 in order to assign an IP address to it The Ethernet address is based upon the serial number of your print server This means for example that an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with the serial number of 00408C100086 will have the corresponding Ethernet address of 00 40 8C 10 00 86 The serial number is located on the bottom label of the print server Unless you are assigning an IP ad
2. Product Overview AXIS Network Product CD Start up Procedures for Windows Start up Procedures for UNIX Linux and Mac OS The AXIS Network Product CD provides an easy to use electronic catalog that includes Axis software firmware and user documentation It also contains free Adobe Acrobat Reader software If your computer is configured to autostart CDs the AXIS Network Product CD will start automatically when inserted into a local CD drive on Windows 98 Me NT 2000 XP 2003 platforms You can also navigate to the CD root directory and start the index htm file from within the Windows file manager Using your preferred file manager application navigate to the CD root directory and click index htm AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Product Overview Physical Description Test button Network Se indicator 4 Ethernet USB printer port USB1 Power Adapter connector connector Power indicator AXIS 5500 Network Print Server Parallel printer port LPT1 Test button Network Indicator USB printer port USB1 Ethernet Power Adapter Power connector connector indicator AXIS 5550 Network Print Server Network Connector Axis Network Print Servers are designed for 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet networks and connect to the network via a twisted pair RJ45 category 5 cable 10baseT and 100baseTX or better AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 9 Product Overview Printer P
3. DNS DHCP F nw5_subnet d gt nw5_pool DHCP_NW50FS 73_168_192_IN ADDR_ARPA nw5_private RootServerinfo f DNS_NW50FS To install the printer on the workstation See Installing an NDPS Printer on the Workstation on page 65 Installing an NDPS To install the printer on a workstation use either Novell Printer Manager Printer on the NetWare 5 1 only or the Add Printer Wizard on the local workstation Workstation Using Novell Printer 1 Log in as Admin Manager a 2 On the any workstation browse to lt NW 5 1 File Server gt SYS PUBLIC Win32 and start Nwpmw32 exe Novell Printer Manager The Novell Printers dialog appears displaying a list of installed Public or Controlled printers if any printers have previously been installed on the workstation amp Novell Printer Manager 5 xl Printer View Help lt 88 K CS CS Public 5600PD_IP1_PA CS Public AXISSFF66A_IP1 Press F1 for Help 3 From the Printer Manager s Printer pull down menu select New AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 65 Adding Printers in NetWare 4 Click Add A list of available printers appears r Default Printer Cancel No Default Printer i Configuration r Installed Printers Public 5600PD_IP1_PA on WNDPSO2 Public 4xIS5FF6G4_IP1 on NDPSO3 WNWSTREE S600PD_IPX1 PRINTERS tech kk com _ lt lt Add gt Help Remove As Default Pr
4. Advantages Easy to set up install the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 as a remote queue in System V or add a remote printer to etc printcap using the rm and rp fields BSD Limitations Spooler features and printcap or lpr options BSD such as multiple copies are not available FTP The File Transfer Protocol is used for transferring files between hosts Advantages Uses industry standard network software on the host Limitations No printer status logging In the case of BSD it may conflict with other input or output filters and does not allow both input and output filters In System V no filters or interface programs can be used AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux PROS PROS A Advantages PROS A Limitations Note PROS B Advantages PROS B Limitations Reverse Telnet Advantages Limitations Other UNIX Linux Systems IBM MVS Systems A protocol developed at Axis Comes in two versions named pipe PROS A and filter PROS B The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 appears as a device to the system This makes all filter and model options available It provides accounting and status logging Supports bi directional printing The printer information read back can be viewed in a log file A C compiler is required to build the PROS A drivers You can download a C compiler from http www gnu org It provides accounting and status logging Supports bi directional
5. HTML HTTP HTTPS IPP IPX LAN LED Linux LPD Logical Printer AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Glossary Domain Name System Resolves host names into IP addresses Dynamic Domain Name System Allows hosts to dynamically change the Ip address in DNS e g when the host is given a new IP address by DHCP Firmware is the printserver s internal software The print server firmware is stored in Flash memory File Transfer Protocol A TCP IP protocol used for logging in to network servers and for transferring files Hypertext Markup Language A standard hypertext language used for creating World Wide Web pages and other hypertext documents Hypertext Transfer Protocol The TCP IP protocol for Web based communication HyperText Transmission Protocol Secure i e HTTP for secure transactions Internet Protocol The TCP IP network layer protocol that regulates packet forwarding by tracking IP addresses routing outgoing messages and recognizing incoming messages Internet Printing Protocol A developing industry standard that allows users to print to remote printers across the Internet With IPP a user with an Internet connection can send a document to any printer connected to the Internet IPP is platform independent and can be used to print over any LAN or WAN that supports TCP IP Internetwork Packet Exchange a networking protocol used by NetWare Local Area Network Light Emitting Diode An open sou
6. Remote Printer Mode Advantages Limitations Using Novell Utilities NetWare Administration Printer Status 80 The following overview explains the advantages and limitations of the two supported queue based printing methods The Axis Network Print Server logs in to a file server s and repeatedly polls the print queues for print jobs In this fashion the Axis Network Print Server emulates a NetWare print server which is a workstation running PSERVER It provides high printing speed with low network load and is the recommended mode for medium to large sized networks Each print server in PSERVER mode takes one NetWare user license e High performance up to 1 Mbyte s e In bindery mode this printing method requires a NetWare user licence for each Axis Network Print Server to file server link The Axis Network Print Server acts as Remote Printer for PSERVER NLM running on the NetWare file server or to a dedicated workstation running PSERVER EXE In this fashion the Axis Network Print Server emulates a workstation running the NetWare remote printer software RPRINTER or NPRINTER This mode is only recommended for small networks where the number of NetWare user licences is a major issue e NetWare user licences are not required e Lower performance typically 20 70 kbytes s for NLM e Higher network load After installing the Axis Network Print Server into the NetWare environment you can manage your Axis Network Print Serv
7. m Postal Address Mailbox Foreign EMail Address Print Job Configuration Printer Forms Print Devices Pimia Print Layout Rights to Files and NetWare Print Layout with corresponding information summary AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities Section 9 Configuration Possibilities This section describes some special features offered by the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Autodetect Printer Type on page 99 AutolP on page 99 E mail Notification on page 100 Flashloading new firmware into the print server on page 116 IPP Internet Printing Protocol on page 100 Logical Printers for Customized Printing on page 109 Network Speed on page 115 NetWare Packet Signature Level 1 2 3 on page 115 Enabling Secure Web Services SSL TLS on page 116 Autodetect Printer Type The print server can automatically detect the type of printer you are using if you enable Autodetect Printer Type The print server can then recognize Epson and Hewlett Packard InkJet printers Most Epson and Hewlett Packard InkJet printers that have Mac OS printer drivers for network printing are supported If Autodetect Printer Type is disabled the AppleTalk printer type has to be specified manually in the print server For Epson InkJets it would be EPSONLO2 and for HP InkJets it would be DeskWriter If the print server does not recognize the connected printer the default setting LaserWriter will be used a
8. 4 From the Object menu select Create The New Object dialog appears x Parent OK ar ok Cancel Class of new object Context Help a NDPS Manager NDPS Printer Netware Server 5 Select NDPS Printer The Create NDPS Printer dialog appears E Create NDPS Printer NDPS Printer Name Create AXISSFFEAG_IP 1 Cancel Printer Agent Source T Help Create a New Printer Agent r Existing NDPS Printer Object in NDS Public Access Printer After Creating the NDPS Printer Object I Define Additional Properties I Create Another NDPS Printer 6 Type a name of your choice in the NDPS Printer Name field e g AXIS5FF66A_IPX1 In the Printer Agent Source field select the source of the Printer Agent The following options are available Create a New Printer Agent If you select this option you are asked to select either the Novell Gateway or a third party Gateway Printer Agent on Existing NDS Object Use a Printer already configured as a controlled access printer NDPS Printer Object If you select this option a list of current NDPS Printer Objects in this container will be displayed from which you can select the one you want to use Public Access Printer Agent Use an existing Printer Agent representing a Public Access Printer 7 Select Create a New Printer Agent and click Create to display the Create Printer Agent dialog 60 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User
9. Create Print Server By treating a number of print servers as one group with a group name you can Groups simplify configuration and management when you have several installed print servers on the network You can for instance group the print servers together by name by model by location etc When grouping print servers together in a print server folder you are actually creating shortcuts to the print servers located in the Network Print Servers folder Only one shortcut is allowed for each print server If you uninstall a print server from the Network Print Servers folder the shortcut will automatically be removed from the print server folder To Create a Print Click on the Axis Units folder Select New Print Server Group from the File Server Group menu or click the New Group Button on the toolbar Enter the name for the print server group in the dialog box and click OK To Add a Print Server Select the print server folder where you want to put the print server Select Add to a Print Server Print Server from the File menu or click the Add Print Server button on the Group Toolbar In the Add Network Print Servers dialog click the print server s you want to create a shortcut to You can sort the print servers first by selecting Name or Model Click OK AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 91 Print Server Management 92 Note To Remove a Print Server from a Print Server Group To Remove a Print Server Group Monitor Prin
10. PR3_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR3_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 139 The Parameter List PR3_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer4 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR4 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR4_OUT USB1 NONE LPT1 USB1 Physical Port PR4_NAME PR4_SCND PR4 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR4_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR4_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR4_BEF String Before Print Job PR4_STR String Substitutions PR4_CSET a E E Character Set Conversion PR4_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR4_AFT String After Print Job PR4_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR4_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR4_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR4_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR4_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer5 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR5 Parameter Default value Possible
11. You can also view a log of the 20 latest print jobs that includes user printing protocol and file size A log that displays accumulated usage of the connected printers allows you to control the usage of the connected printers The Help page presents you with basic information about the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and the Web user interface A short description of the Axis installation tools you should use when installing a printer on your computer is also included The Configuration Wizard will guide you through the procedure of verifying some default settings and configure a few parameters When you are finished the print server is correctly configured for all printers and network environments You can change the language of the print server s web interface from the User mode Click Language gt Change from the web interface AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management You may need to press F5 to refresh the view completely Character Setting You can change the character settings from the User mode Click Language gt Change from the web interface When choosing a character set it is important that your web browser uses the same character set as you print server You may need to press F5 to refresh the view completely Tip for Japanese use SHIFT_JIS or UTF 8 Other languages can use UTF 8 or ISO 8859 1 Services available The following services are available from the Admin mode from the Admin Mode Network Prin
12. bytes 32 time 2 ms or something similar The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is respond ing correctly There are probably no conflicts with the IP address discon nect the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and ping again to verify The IP address is already in use and cannot be used again You must obtain a new IP address for your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 destination host unreach able The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is not acces sible Check your network settings request timed out The IP address is not in use You are ei ther pinging the wrong IP address or your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 does not have the correct IP address This IP address is not used by anyone and is available for use for your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Set the IP address again power on the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and then try accessing the unit no response from ping command The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is not acces sible Check your network settings 120 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Troubleshootin Axis Support In order to obtain optimal support from Axis support technicians please follow Server Report these instructions when filling in and submitting a Support question 1 Go to the print server s Web pages by typing the print server s IP address in the Address Location field of your Web browser 2 Goto Admin Support Click the Server Report link A new window will open 3 Save the Server report as an HTML file with an html file extension an
13. www linuxprinting org database html Typical Invocation via a Windows Manager 38 Using the Mandrake 8 2 distribution with CUPS installed and the KDE windows manger as an example a typical set up begins with starting Mandrake Control Center Click Hardware Printer and the Printerdrake application will be invoked Click Expert Mode to be able to add a network printer Click the Add a new printer button AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Print Queues Five types of print queues can be configured in the Mandrake distribution e Local Printer e Printer on remote lpd server e Network printer TCP Socket e Printer on SMB Windows 95 98 NT server e A printer device URI 1 Select the Network printer radio button and click Next 2 Enter the IP address or host name of the print server as well as the port you want to use Port numbers available for TCP IP are Port number USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 9902 AXIS 5550 9902 9900 Also see TCP Ports Opened for Raw Printing on page 145 3 Click Next Fill in data to help users identify the printer i e name description and location Click Next 4 Select printer model and click Next 5 Configure the printer and click Next 6 The printer is set up Click Finish and the printer is accessible Typical Invocation from a Terminal Window Still using Mandrake as an example open a Terminal Window and type the com
14. 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR1 Web page 3 Enter the string 01 OA 02 OD OA in the String Substitutions text field Hex Code Explanation 01 length of the string you want to replace OA the string you want to replace 02 length of the substitute string OD 0A the substitute string 4 Click the OK button This conversion is the default setting for logical printers PR5 through PR8 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 111 Configuration Possibilities 112 Example Note ASCII to Postscript Conversion Example Assume that you want to replace the UNIX Linux New Line hex 0A with an Carriage Return Line Feed hex OD OA and the printer command E G1 hex 1B 47 31 with EGY hex 1B 59 for logical printer PR2 Follow the instructions below to substitute command strings 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR2 tab 3 Enter the string 01 OA 02 OD OA 03 1B 47 31 02 1B 59 in the String Substitutions text field Hex code Explanation 01 ength of the UNIX Linux New Line command OA he UNIX Linux New Line command 02 ength of the Carriage Return Line Feed command OD OA he Carriage Return Line Feed command 03 ength of the printer command to replace 1B 47 31 he printer command to replace 02 ength of the new printer command 1B 59 he new pri
15. Bi directional Support Verifying the Setup 4 Click the name of the printer you want the ports are shown as lt host name gt _ lt port gt Example AXIS100086_USB1 On an AXIS 5550 you will also have access to an LPT port which will appear as LPT1 in the list Example AXIS100086_LPT1 5 Click the Close box This completes the configuration and closes the Chooser Repeat this procedure for each Macintosh computer on the network using the print server Follow the instructions below to choose a printer Select Chooser from the Apple menu 2 Click the LaserWriter 8 0 icon 3 If your network has more than one zone click on the zone you want If your network does not have any zones this box will not appear 4 Click the name of the printer you want the ports are shown as lt host name gt _ lt port gt Example AXIS100086_USB1 On an AXIS 5550 you will also have access to an LPT port which will appear as LPT1 in the list Example AXIS1O0086_LPT1 5 Click Setup and then Auto Setup If the selected printer supports bi directional printing and the appropriate PPD file is available the installation is performed automatically and you can therefore proceed directly to step 7 if this is not the case the PPD file must be selected manually as described in step 6 6 Choose the PPD file matching your printer and click OK If your printer does not appear in the PPD file list please contact your printer vendor Use the
16. Change Parameter Default value Possible values Comments NODE_ADDR XX XX XX XX XX XX ode Address and serial number of the print server NETWORK_SPEED AUTO_SENSE AUTO_SENSE 10_HALF_DX 10_FULL_DX 100_HALF_DX 100_FULL_DX etwork speed Print server name where the x s match the last 6 hex PSENAME EEE digits of the serial number ROOT_PWD pass Root password USERS User and Printer Access List BASE_URL www axis com Base URL CHARSET ISO 8859 1 ISO 8859 1 UTF 8 Character set LANG English English French German Spanish Italian Language to use in the Web interface AXIS_PRINT_SYSTEM YES YES NO Axis print system support RCONFIG_ENB YES YES NO he the remote config protocol used by AXIS Net DEF_OUT ae ee Roy ae PRS emcee Default printout destination SYS_LOC Location of print server SYS_CONT Print server responsible person TCP IP Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP Parameter Default value Possible values Comments CP_ENB YES YES NO TCP IP Enabled INT_ADDR XXXX P address DEF_ROUT XX XX Default router enter 0 0 0 0 for no router ET_MASK ETA Loe 255 255 255 0 for class C 0 000 for HTTPS_ENB NO YES NO HTTPS Enabled PROS_PWD netprinter PROS password PROS_PRT 35 PROS TCP port number LPD_BA OFF OFF AUTO
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18. GA B DE GE FA AA AE A GE DE HE HEHHE AH HOE SE HEHEHEHEHE HEHEHEHEHE HEEE HE HE AE AE HE HEEE HE HE AE HE HEE HEE HE HE HE HE HE EE HE HE HE HE HE AEE E HE AE HE HE HEHE E E HE HE HE HE HEEE HE HE HE HE HE AEE E HE HE HE HEHEHEHEHE HEHEHE Wee esssse ce ssssisisisis ic css sisisisicicic ccc sisisisisie cc cisisisis s 4 221 Transfer complete flash programming finished OK Starting new software 221 Reset closing connection ftp 1414344 bytes sent in 12 52Seconds 113 61Kbytes sec if t p gt Obtaining the Software You can obtain all the print server firmware as well as the latest utility software from the following locations e http www axis com e your local dealer AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 125 The Test Button Section 12 Printing a Test Page Note Printing the Parameter List Performing a Factory Default for firmware versions 6 43 and higher Important 126 The Test Button The test button is located on the front right hand side of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and is used for e Printing a test page to check the connection to the printer e Printing a parameter list to see the print server s current settings e Performing a Factory Default of the print server If you want to change any of the parameters use one of the methods described in Section 8 Print Server Management on page 82 Press the test button once to print a test page The test page contains basic information about the A
19. Generic PPD if you do not need any printer specific features 7 Click OK and then click the Close box This completes the configuration and closes the Chooser Repeat this procedure for each Macintosh computer on the network using the print server The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 allows the printer driver to communicate directly with the printer and consequently facilitates complete functional control over print jobs e g automatic downloading of fonts not resident in the printer This functionality has backward compatibility with older printers and Macintosh computers which means that the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 can generate appropriate responses to Macintosh printer queries when the connected printer does not support bi directional communication You simply need to print a document from the Macintosh computer to verify communication to the chosen printer The basic installation can be considered complete if the print test is satisfactory The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is now ready for use AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Macintosh Note For information on advanced AppleTalk functions such as non PostScript printer support please refer to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Technical Reference on the Axis Web site BCP and TBCP You should specify if you want to enable or disable binary transfer of print data in the print server s web interface Admin Network Settings Detailed View Macintosh Binary Protocol for Pr
20. IP address of the print server using DHCP The host name of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is specified by the PS_NAME parameter Refer to the The Parameter List on page 132 WINS Host Name WINS only supports 15 character long host names If your host name is longer Rules than 15 characters the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 truncates the host name to 15 characters when registering with a WINS server You can view the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 host name that is registered at a WINS server in the print server s Web interface Refer to Print Server Management on page 82 DDNS Host Name DDNS supports 47 character long host names and can only consist of the Rules characters A Z a z 0 9 and If your host name consists of any other characters they are converted to when registering with a DDNS server You can view which host name that is registered at a DDNS server in the print server s Web interface Refer to Print Server Management on page 82 If the host name matches another entry in the DDNS data base the print server deletes that entry before registering Notes e The default host name of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is AXIS followed by the last 6 digits in the serial number e g AXIS181636 The host name Print server name can be changed in the PS_NAME field on the Admin General Settings page e The host name limitations conclude that if you want to register the same host name at a WINS server and a DDNS server the host
21. LAST LPD banner page mode DHCP_ENB YES YES NO DHCP Enabled AUTOIP_ENB YES YES NO AutolP Enabled BOOTP_ENB YES YES NO BOOTP Enabled RARP_ENB YES YES NO RARP Enabled WINS_ENB YES YES NO WINS Enabled WINS_ADDR1 XXXX Primary WINS server address 134 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual The Parameter List WINS_ADDR2 XXXX Secondary WINS server address BI_SCOPE_ID Defines the NetBIOS scope to be used with WINS name registration DNS_ENB YES YES NO DNS Enabled DNS_ADDR1 XXXX Primary DNS server address DNS_ADDR2 XXXX Secondary DNS server address Domain name defining the domain to which this AXIS DOMAINS NAME 5500 AXIS 5550 belongs SLP_SCOPE_LIST DEFAULT Defines the SLP scope to which this print server be ongs SMTP_SERVER ail server to use for e mail notification FTP_ENB YES YES NO FTP Enabled TELNET_ENB YES YES NO Telnet Enabled DEFAULT_RAW_TCP 9100 9101 9100 9101 CLOSED Default port for raw TCP See also TCP Ports Opened or Raw Printing on page 145 RTN_OPT NO YES NO Reverse Telnet options Enabled RTEL_PR1 0 PR1 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR2 0 PR2 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR3 0 PR3 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR4 0 PR4 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR5 0 PR5 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_P
22. Management Information LPT1 L1_COMMENT Optional user comment describing the printer at LPT1 L1_BIDIR AUTO DISABLE AUTO LPT1Read back information L1_READT 3 Read back time out 142 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual The Parameter List USB1 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin General Settings USB1 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments U1_MGM_INFO AUTO DISABLE AUTO Printer Management Information USB1 U1_COMMENT Optional user comment describing the printer at USB1 U1_BIDIR AUTO DISABLE AUTO USB1 Read back information U1_READT 3 Read back time out e mail Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed View e mail Notification Parameter Default value Possible values Comments EMAIL_NOTIFICATION YES YES NO e mail Notification Enabled REPLY_ADDRESS Network Administrator e mail address PAPER_JAM_ADDRESS e mail address of Paper jam Administrator OUT_OF_PAPER_ADDRESS e mail address of Out Of Paper Administrator TONER_LOW_ADDRESS e mail address of Toner Low Administrator NO_TONER_ADDRESS e mail address of No Toner Administrator PRINTER_OFFLINE_ADDRESS e mail address of Printer Offline Administrator NetWare Parameter Combinations When NetWare is enabled i e when the NETW_ENB parameter is set to yes in the NetWare Menu the dif
23. Methods on TCP IP Networks cccccsseseseseseseteeeeees 46 Section 6 Adding Printers in Macintosh cccecsesscsscseeeeseeseeseeteeees 48 Installation in Mac OS X oo eeceseseesceesceeceeeceeeeeeeeeseeaeenee 48 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 3 Table of Contents Section 7 Section 8 Section 9 Section Section Section Section Section Section Installation on MacOS 9 1 or older using AppleTalk 49 Choosing a Printer ccecceeseeseessesseceteceeceeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeees 49 Adding Printers in NetWare ccccecsessceseesseeseeteceseeeneeeees 53 Setup using NDPS creron iersinii in aai 54 SETUP USING IPRING a a a a a 70 Basic Setup with AXIS NetPilot 0 0 eeecseesseeteceseeereeeees 74 Advanced Installation using AXIS NetPilot cee 76 Basic Queue based printing over IP oo eceeeseeseeteeereeeees 78 Print Server Management cccccccssessecsseceecseeceeeeesseesseeeeees 82 Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management 83 Using AXIS ThinWizard software for Print Server Management 88 Using AXIS NetPilot for Print Server Management 90 Using FTP for Print Server Management cccesceeseeeee 93 Using Telnet for Print Server Management cccseeeee 95 Using Novell Utilities for Print Server Management 97 Configuration Possibilities 0 0 ceeeeeesseeseeteceteceeeeeneeseeensees 99 Autodetect Printer Type siissicgeietetieinvivlia di
24. NetBIOS NetBEUI Windows 98 Me NT 2000 AXIS NetPilot See page 90 AppleTalk over TCP IP Web browser See page 83 Older versions of AppleTalk Chooser page 49 BOOTP and TFTP are powerful tools for configuring the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Refer to the documentation for the BOOTP TFIP server on your system for specific information AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management Once you have assigned an IP address to the print server you are free to access the print server s Web pages from any Web browser with Javascript enabled The Web interface of the print server is divided into two modes of operation User mode and Admin mode User In User mode you have no rights to change any parameters This mode is intended for regular users who are only interested in using the print server s interface for checking print jobs or viewing printer properties If you want to change any of the print server s settings you must enter the Admin mode However if you have access rights to the Admin mode you can change some of the basic parameters from User mode via the Configuration Wizard Admin When in Admin mode you have access to all the print server s parameters and you can change them to your liking This mode is intended for network administrators and is password protected to prevent unauthorized changing of the print server parameters If the ROOT_PWD paramet
25. PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 6 USB1 LPRINT_7 ame Printer 7 p LLOGIC_7 R7 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 7 USB1 LPRINT_8 ame Printer 8 LLOGIC 8 PR8 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PRG PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 8 USB1 AppleTalk Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed View Macintosh Parameter Default value Possible values Comments ATLK_ENB YES YES NO AppleTalk Enabled AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 137 The Parameter List ATK_ZONE AppleTalk Zone ZONER_EN YES YES NO HP Zoner Enabled ATK_FONT DEFAULT DEFAULT 35N ALL Font PostScript Font Set AUTO_DT_PRIN NO YES NO Autodetect Printer Enabled Name of Printer 1 where xxxxxx are the last six digits APRINT_1 AXISxxxxxx_LPT1 of the serial number In AXIS 5500 APRINT_1 has AXISxxxxxx_USB1 as default ATYPE_1 LaserWriter Type Printer 1 ALOGIC 1 PR1 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 1 USB1 BINARY_TYPE_1 TBCP TBCP BCP NONE Binary Protocol for APRINT_1 APRINT_2 AXISK00XX_USB1 Name Printer 2 where xxxxxx are the last six digits of the serial number ATYPE_2 LaserWriter Type Printer 2 ALOGIC2 PR2 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 2
26. PS etc Axis Gateway Configuration Select Printer Type a dP rot xj Select the printer s type Generic PCL PJL Generic PS Generic PS PJL None Acer LP 76 AEG Olympia Laserstar 6 AEG Olympia Laserstar 6e AGFA Compugraphic 9400PS Apple Laserwriter x Select the network protocol to be used with the NDPS gateway TCPAP C IPX x Back Cancel 8 Select TCP IP default or IPX as network protocol See Notes below 9 Click Next 10 You will find the print server in the next window with the printer attached on the connected port Depending on the transport protocol you used when you start the installation the print server should appear as following e TCP IP Network protocol IP Address and Port e g 192 168 70 243 and LPT1 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 55 Adding Printers in NetWare 56 amp Axis Gateway Configuration Select TCP IP printer x Select the printer Printer Model HP Lasenet 5100 Series 192 168 70 90 parallel printer 192 168 70 29 LASER SHOT LBP 850 132 168 70 243 Manually specify the print server YT ne IP address Print server port aaa Only the ports with a connected printer show up in this window If the printer is not in the displayed print list click Manually specify the print server and do the following Enter the Print Servers IP address in the IP Address Field Choose a port in the Print Server Po
27. This manual is applicable for an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with firmware version 6 43 or higher providing introductory information as well as detailed instructions on how to set up and manage the print server in various network environments It is intended for everyone involved in installing and managing the print server To fully benefit from this manual you should be familiar with basic networking principles These instructions are based on the settings in a new and unconfigured print server To reload the default parameters you can perform a Factory Default which will restore most of the settings See Performing a Factory Default for firmware versions 6 43 and higher on page 126 Axis develops solutions for user friendly and secure communication over wired and wireless networks The company is a worldwide market leader in network connectivity with products for the office facility and industrial environments More information about Axis can be found at www axis com Should you require any technical assistance please contact your Axis reseller If your questions cannot be answered immediately your Axis reseller will forward your queries through the appropriate channels to ensure a rapid response If you are connected to the Internet you can e Download user documentation and firmware updates e Find answers to previously resolved problems in the FAQ database Search by product category or phrase e Report problems to Axis support st
28. USB1 BINARY_TYPE_2 TBCP TBCP BCP NONE Binary Protocol for APRINT_2 Printer Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR1 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PRIZOUT PPLE NONE CEI USB1 aan PR1_OUT points to USB1 as default PR1_NAME PR1_SCND PR1 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR1_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR1_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR1_BEF String Before Print Job PR1_STR String Substitutions PR1_CSET LSA E ye MONT Character Set Conversion PR1_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR1_AFT String After Print Job PR1_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR1_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR1_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR1_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR1_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified 138 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Printer2 Menu The Parameter List In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR2 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR2_OUT USB1 NONE LPT1 USB1 Physical Port PR2_NAME PR2_SCND PR2 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 P
29. address of the print server Continue to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 If the host name has not been mapped to an IP address simply replace the host name entry with the IP address The ARP command varies between different UNIX Linux systems Some BSD type systems expect the host name and node address in reverse order Furthermore IBM AIX systems will require the additional argument ether When you execute the ping command for the first time you may experience a significantly longer response time than is usual The ability to set the IP address with ARP and PING will only be enabled the first 4 minutes after restarting the print server AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Basic Installation Set the IP Address AXIS IP JumpStarter is an application that assists in assigning an IP address to using AXIS IP your print server and finding IP addresses already assigned to Axis servers JumpStarter P Download and install AXIS IP JumpStarter AXIS IP JumpStarter is available on www axis com 2 For optimal use open AXIS IPJumpstarter before you attach the print server to the network 3 The software will scan your network for attached print servers Select a print server from the serial number list AXIS IP JumpStarter peter er Hep SS Sc iPad Lam Server menu DOCPR AXIS 5800 10 13 4120 static AXIS180745 AXIS 5600 10 13 4 74 static 36 00408018
30. be added to any PC on your network The method that you choose should be dictated by your printing requirements and your supported network environments Select the appropriate method from the table below Operating system Printing Protocol See Windows TCP IP etBlOS NetBEUI Adding Printers in Windows on page 24 NetWare P IPX in PSERVER mode Setup using NDPS on page 54 P IPX in Remote Printer mode Setup using NDPS on page 54 Macintosh ac OS X AppleTalk Adding Printers in Macintosh on page 48 UNIX Linux TCP IP Adding Printers in UNIX Linux on page 37 See also IPP Internet Printing Protocol on page 100 for information on Internet printing over Large and Wide Area Networks 22 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Installation Methods Basic Installation Installation and Refer to the table below to select the appropriate installation method All Axis Integration client software is available on www axis com Environment Method Client Software Description Windows 2000 XP 2003 NT Standard Windows Add Printer Wizard Used for adding network printers to your computer in Windows 2000 XP 2003 NT Windows 98 Me AXIS Print Monitor soft ware Used for adding network printers to your computer in Windows 98 Me NT UNIX Linux KDE Printtool sed for installing network printers in Debian and others C
31. can collect the print job at the destination printer Adding an IPP Printer 1 Choose File Print from the document you wish to print to your Printer List in Windows 2000 XP In the Select Printer field click the Add Printer icon The Add Printer Wizard will start Click Next 3 The Wizard will ask you if you want to install a local printer or a network printer Choose Network Printer and click Next 4 Enter the printer http address in the URL field Add Printer Wizard a Locate Your Printer How do you want to locate your printer If you don t know the name of the printer you can browse for one on the network What do you want to do Type the printer name or click Next to browse for a printer Name Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet URL bttp 17T 16 5 218 631 LPT1 lt Back Cancel Example http 171 16 5 218 631 LPT1 if you have an AXIS 5500 and want to address the parallel port or http 171 16 5 218 631 USB1 to address the USB port Click Next 5 Ifyou do not have a driver corresponding to the destination printer installed on your computer the Wizard will prompt you to install one Click OK AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 107 Configuration Possibilities 6 The Installation Wizard will ask you to select a printer driver corresponding to the destination printer Select the printer driver from the list and click OK Add Printer Wizard Ea A Select the
32. click the Add Printer icon 2 After clicking Next in the first dialog the Wizard asks you to select Local printer or Network printer Select Local printer Click Next 3 Choose the appropriate printer driver for your printer If the desired printer driver appears in the displayed Manufacturers and Printers lists highlight your selection click Next and proceed directly to step 6 It is only necessary to perform steps 4 5 if your printer does not appear in the model list Note 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 4 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 5 Select the printer driver you want to install and click Next 6 Select the AXIS Printer Port from the Available Ports list The port names appears as lt name gt lt port gt Here lt name gt is AX followed by the last six digits of the print server s serial number e g AX100086 and lt port gt is taken from the table below Click the Configure Port button Port number USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 US1 AXIS 5550 US1 LP1 Example AX100086 US1 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 35 Adding Printers in Windows 36 Choose whether error condition pop up mess
33. factory default in print servers with firmware versions lower than 6 43 is Default for pre 6 43 performed like this firmware Remove the Power Adapter to switch off the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 2 Remove the network cable 3 Press and hold down the test button while you plug the Power Adapter back in Continue to hold down the test button until the network indicator begins to flash at one second intervals This should take about 5 seconds 4 Release the test button and wait until the network indicator flashes at least five times 5 Press and hold down the test button again until the network indicator remains constantly lit 6 Disconnect the Power Adapter 7 Insert the network cable 8 Restart the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by reconnecting the Power Adapter Note All values will be reset to default except e Node Address NODE_ADDR e P Address INT_ADDR e DHCP enabled or disabled DHCP_ENB Installed certificate e Private key AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 127 Technical Specification Section 13 Technical Specification Supported Printers Supported Systems Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare Microsoft LAN Manager IBM LAN Server LANtastic Additional Systems System V systems Other systems Apple EtherTalk WWW 128 All networkable printers except host based printers such as GDI CAPT PPA Windows NT ver 4 0 Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP Wind
34. fine tune some settings Ghostscript preloads paper size paper orientation resolution printer escape sequences etc With YaST2 it s also possible to setup network printers TCP IP Samba or Novell NetWare Printer e SuSE includes the regular SETUP program from the original apsfilter package with some enhancements run lprsetup to invoke this configuration script Once you get accustomed to its GUI you ll be able to configure local and network printers Invocation of YaST2 On the Gnome desktop select YaST2 Menu Button on the panel gt Yast Control Center gt Hardware gt Edit Printers to start the Printer Configuration tool On the KDE desktop select YaST Menu Button on the panel gt Yast2 modules gt Hardware gt Edit printers to start the graphic version Print Queues SuSE and YaST2 differ between these printer connections e Local printers Parallel USB Serial and Disk File e LPD protocol network printing Forward queue to a remote LPD and Prefiltered queue for an LPD forwarding queue e Other network printing Samba Windows Novell The SuSE installation manual explains the setup procedures in detail AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 43 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux AXIS axinstall Script Integration with the Host Printer Spooler 44 Having performed the basic TCP IP setup procedures as defined earlier in this manual you are now able to print in interactive mode using PROS LPR FTP or Rever
35. i g5 HP LaserJet 551 Ha ee 6 IBM Personal Printer II 2380 NAR HICE g Lexmark 4039 LaserPrinter Plus Print to file Comment g Lexmark Optra R Series Sg Lexmark Optra R Series Copy 2 36 Xerox DocuPrint N24iN32 N40 PS2 pa All Current page Selection Pages E m V Collate p Enter page numbers and or page ranges separated by commas For example 1 3 5 12 1 Zoom Print what Document Pages per sheet fi page Print fai pages in range Scale to paper size no Scaling Options Close How to Print from Before you print to an IPP printer you will need to know Windows 2000 XP e the http address of the print server The http address contains the IP address or host name of the print server and the printer port name e the brand and type of the printer in order to install the appropriate printer driver 106 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities 1 Select the IPP printer to which you want to send your document Choose the destination printer from the Select Printer field in File Print If your destination printer does not exist in your Select Printer list you need to add it Adding an IPP printer to your printer list is described below 2 When you press Print the print job is sent over the Internet to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 which then forwards the print job to the destination printer 3 The recipient of the print job
36. manual you can change its parameter settings using the File Transport Protocol FTP Editing the config File Follow the instructions below to edit the config file using FTP 1 Log in to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by typing ftp lt host name gt or ee ftp lt IP address gt in a Command window Windows or at a UNIX Linux shell prompt or terminal window 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 Download the config file to your host by typing get config 4 Edit the file using your preferred text editor 5 Save the config file to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by typing put config CONFIG Notes It is important that the destination file is specified in capital letters Otherwise the edits are temporary and will be lost once the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 has been powered down e To edit the config file on older MacOS versions you will need FTP support such as MacICP Fetch or Anarchie The procedure for editing the file is the same as described above The example on the next page shows how to edit the config file using FTP from a Command window AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 93 Print Server Management Example gt ftp npserver connected to npserver 220 Axis 5550 FTP Network Print Server v6 44 March 19 2003 ready Name npserver thomas root 331 User name ok need password Password pass not visible 230 User logged in ftp gt get config 200 PORT comman
37. manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with j an installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers Fujitsu HP DesignJet 755CM PS a GCC HP DesignJet 31804 Generic u HP DeskJet 1000C Gestetner HP DeskJet 1100C HP HP DeskJet 1120C IBM HP DeskJet 1200C Iwatsu xl HP DeskJet 1200C PS xl 7 The Wizard will ask you if you want the printer to be your default destination printer Make your choice and click Next to complete the Add Printer Wizard installation 8 The new printer is added to your Select Printer window Print 71x General Layout Paper Quality p Select Printer n RTE AS KQGHP DeskJet 1120C on http 171 16 5 218 631 se reread Status Ready I Print to file ER Find Printer j ooo 1 S All Selection Current Page page range For example 5 9 You are now ready to print using IPP specify your new destination printer from the printer list and click Print AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities Logical Printers for Customized Printing 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
38. name should be no longer than 15 characters and it should only contain the characters A Z a z 0 9 and e Refer to your system manuals or to your network administrator for instructions on how host name resolutions are performed on your system Setting the IP Address Follow the instructions below to download the IP address using DHCP using DHE 1 Edit or create a scope in the DHCP manager of the DHCP daemon The entries included in this scope should contain the following parameters e range of IP addresses e subnet mask e default router IP address e WINS server IP address es or DDNS server IP address es e lease duration AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 17 Basic Installation Note Set the IP Address using RARP in UNIX Linux Notes 2 Activate the scope The print server automatically downloads the DHCP parameters If you are using WINS or DNS you should include at least one WINS or DNS server IP address in the DHCP scope Immediately after the IP address has been received the print server registers its host name and IP address on the WINS alternatively DNS server Refer to Registering and Resolving Host Names on page 17 for more information The print server can automatically download a customized config file from a TFTP server Just add thename of the config file and the TFTP server s IP address to your DHCP scope The config file is downloaded immediately after the print server receives its I
39. print server e The character set can be changed to suit the printer e Strings can be added before and after the print data e Strings within the print data can be substituted e ASCII to PostScript conversion e Redirection of print data to another printer if the printer is busy e 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 Logical Printer Changes to data 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 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 Editing the config File on page 93 Notes e 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 correspondin
40. printing The printer information read back can be viewed in a log file A C compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the case of BSD it may conflict with other input or output filters It does not allow both input and output filters Interface programs can not be used in System V Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port Only recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers No status logging Drivers are not supplied with the print server Existing drivers may be slow Most UNIX Linux systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with some ingenuity a solution can also be devised for other variants If the system has BSD socket type networking support then prosbsd in the bsq directory of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 can be used as a starting point It receives print data from stdin and writes a log file to stderr Nothing is written to stdout Alternatively FTP may be used It is a good idea to use bsd ftp_bsd or sysv ftp_sysv as a Starting point A sample JCL script jclex is available in the mvs directory of the print server It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS mainframe to an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 using FTP AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 47 Adding Printers in Macintosh Section 6 Installation in Mac OS X 48 Adding Printers in Macintosh Having connected the AXIS 5500 AXI
41. s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports _ Description LPT 2 Local Port fe LPT3 Local Port COM1 Local Fort L COM2 Local Port COM3 Local Port COMA Local Port E Add Pott Configure Port I Enable printer pooling pear 104 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities 6 The Printer Ports dialog will appear showing a list of Available Printer Ports Printer Ports BE Available Printer Ports AIPP Port AXIS Port Digital Network Port HCL LPR Monitor HF Internet Printer Connection Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port zi New Monitor 7 Choose The HP Internet Printer Connection Port and click New Port 8 The HP Internet Printer Connection will start Click Next 9 In the IP Address Host Name or URL field type the http address of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 to which the destination printer is connected The URL will automatically appear in the Port Name field as well HP Internet Printer Connection x Enter this printer s assigned IP address Hostname or URL Enter a port name for this port any character on your keyboard except the backslash comma or exclamation mark IP Address Hostname or URL hetp 171 16 5 218 631 LET1 Port Name http 171 16 5 218 631 LPT1 Proxy Settings ce a Example http 171 16
42. should also proceed to the other relevant sections in this manual AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 53 Adding Printers in NetWare Setup using NDPS Note Installing the Axis Network Print Server in an NDPS environments Important Public Access Printers 54 The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 supports Novell Distributed Print Services NDPS You can run NDPS over Pure IP TCP IP or IPX SPX Before the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 can be installed make sure that NDPS is installed and a Broker is loaded on your NetWare file server Axis Network Print Server uses the AXIS NDPS Gateway for printing in networks using either IP or IPX as transport protocols The printer gateways are included with the NDPS software from version 5 1 and up and are automatically installed together with NDPS NDPS requires that you run NetWare 4 11 or higher Pure IP is only supported by NetWare 5 or higher Having assigned an IP address to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 as described in Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server on page 15 you are now ready to install the Axis Network Print Server for NDPS printing You can select to install the connected printers as public or controlled access printers Follow the instructions below to install the Axis Network Print Server using NDPS e The NDPS Enabled parameter of the Axis Network Print Server must be set to Yes in order for the communication between the print server and the NDPS gateway to be
43. the NetWare server by opening the following URL https lt IP address of NW server gt 2200 eMFrame iManager html You have to authenticate Click on iPrint Management on the left pane and select Create Printer On the right pane verify that the newly installed AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration is under the Gateway type drop down menu If not it may be necessary to restart the NetWare server Now you are ready to use the AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration for installing iPrint printers You have to have Administrator rights to install the printers through iPrint Use an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and connect a printer to whatever port you want Connect the print server to the network Connect the power supply Start both the printers and the print server Log in as Admin Use a web browser and the local host URL to login into iManager on your NetWare server Open your browser to the following URL https lt IP address of NW server gt 2200 eMFrame iManager htm You have to authenticate Click on iPrint Management on the left pane Click on Create Printer Choose a name of your choice for the printer Choose the context where the printer will be installed Browse for the NDPS Manager and select it In the Gateway Type drop down list choose the Axis IPP Gateway Configuration Press Next In the Printer URL you may choose either the IPP version 1 0 format http lt IP address of your print server gt 63 1 lptx o
44. the printer IPX Address MLOAG465 be2fat e 00805 AXISSFFBAB_P3 Old etc2 004C AXISSFFBAB_P2 Old etc2 004C AXISSFFBAE_P1 Old etc2 004C AXIS5E 414_P3 be2faffe 00408 AXIS5E7414_P2 be2faffe 00408 AXIS5SE7414_P1 bc2f3f7e 0040E v Manually specify the print server BC2F3F7E oososcerresr aa gt Network Lan HW address Print server port cmos 15 When done select your printer and click Finish 16 Next select the printer drivers for each client operating system Windows 2000 Windows NT4 and Windows 95 98 These drivers will be automatically downloaded to users workstations when they install this printer in the future Select Printer Drivers E7 i Windows 95 98 Driver Windows NT4 Driver Windows 2000 Driver v _ lt gt The printer reports its type to be Generic PCL Recommended driver Unknown Printer Drivers Canon LASER SHOT LBP 730 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 740 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 750 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 830 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 840 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 850 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 870 re 64 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 17 Click Continue and OK in the next NDPS window Your printer will appear as an NDS object in the Directory Tree and will offer a full range of network security options PE NW50FS_BROKER BSNW5NDPSMgr E4 AXISSFF6A6_IPX1 2 LDAP Server NW50FS PI LDAP Group NW50FS
45. to change the conversion filter 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR1 tab 3 Set the parameter Physical Port to USB1 4 Set the parameter Character Set Conversion to ISO gt IBM 5 Click the OK button 6 Select the PR2 tab 7 Set the parameter Physical Port to USB1 8 Set the parameter Character Set Conversion to DEC gt IBM 9 Click the OK button The ISO 8859 2 printer data that is sent to logical printer PR1 converts to IBM PC Set 2 and is printed on USB1 Similarly the DEC printer data that is sent to logical printer PR2 converts to IBM PC Set 2 and is printed on USB1 These string functions provide a way to send printer control commands before and after each print job They may be specified individually for each logical printer All strings are entered as hexadecimal byte values Assume that the logical printer PR5 is configured as a PostScript printer and that you want to append the PostScript End of File character hex 04 after each print job Follow the instructions below to add a string after the print job 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR5 tab 3 Enter the string 04 in the String After Print Job text field 4 Click the OK button AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities Example You have an HP LaserJet printer with dual trays and want to print
46. transport protocol you used when you start the installation the print server will appear as e TCP IP Network protocol IP Address and Port e g 192 168 70 243 and LPT1 EP Axis Gateway Configuration Select TCP IP printer x Select the printer Printer Model HP LaserJet 5100 Series 192 168 70 90 parallel printer 192 168 70 29 LASER SHOT LBP 850 192 168 70 243 Manually specify the print server zi IP address Print server port caa Only the ports with a connected printer show up in this window If the printer is not in the displayed print list click Manually specify the print server enter the Print Servers IP address in the IP Address Field Choose a port in the Print Server Port field e g 192 168 70 243 and LPT1 The port numbers are LPT1 or USB1 Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 other unknown AXIS 5550 other unknown parallel Example other unknown denotes the USB1 port 62 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare HP Lasewet 5100 Series 192 168 70 90 parallel printer 192 168 70 29 LASER SHOT LBP 850 192 168 70 243 Manually specify the print server 192 168 70 243 aE IP address Print server port pee e PX Network protocol All the available ports will be presented regardless if the printers are or not connected to those ports e g AXISSFF66A_P1 and AXISSFF66A_P2 corre
47. values Comments RON LPT1 NONE LETS ee PR5_OUT points to USB1 as default PR5_NAME PR5_SCND PR5 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR5_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR5_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR5_BEF String Before Print Job PR5_STR 01 OA 02 OD 0A String Substitutions PR5_CSET ra Te Character Set Conversion PR5_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR5_AFT String After Print Job PR5_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR5_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size 140 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual The Parameter List PR5_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR5_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR5_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer6 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR6 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR6_OUT USB1 NONE LPT1 USB1 Physical Port PR6_NAME PR6_SCND PR6 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR6_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR6_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR6_BEF String Before Print Job PR6_STR 010A 02 OD 0A String Substitutions PR6_CSET Deg Nae el Ler ean GH Character Set Conv
48. 1189 4X1S181189 AXIS 5400 10 13 3 54 static 6004080181174 AXIS18117A AXIS 5400 10 13 3 119 static 6 00408C3D4C0D AXIS3D4C0D AXIS 5600 192 168 1 87 dynamic 00408C18122F PS18122F PS 5400 10 13 6 229 dynamic lt 6 00408C190784 AxIS1807B4 AXIS 5600 10 13 3 111 dynamic Press F1 for help Workstation IP Address 39630030036 4 From the Server menu select Set IP Address The Set IP Address dialog appears 5 Click the radio button that corresponds to your choice of IP setting method static or dynamic using DHCP When assigning a static IP address you also have to define Subnet Mask and Default Gateway 6 Click OK to save your settings 7 Enter the server root password by default set to pass click OK and the print server will appear in the list with the assigned IP address 8 To verify that you have access to the print server s Web pages highlight the print server in the list and select Server Home Page from the Server menu 9 You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP address Continue to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 Note If your print server does not appear in the serial number list refer to the AXIS IP JumpStarter online help files AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 21 Basic Installation Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC Configuration Once you have set the IP address of your print server your network printer can Methods
49. 4 Select the tree or server location of the print queue from the Resources box 5 Select an existing print queue to connect to the server port or create a new print queue by clicking on Create Queue If you have selected an existing queue advance to step 8 Continue with step 6 only if you want to create a new queue 6 Type the queue name in the Create Queue dialog window If you want to create a queue in the NDS tree you must also enter the name of the volume where the queue will be located Click OK 7 Select the newly created queue from the queue list 8 Select Print Server Mode or Remote Printer Mode If you selected Print Server Mode advance directly to step 11 otherwise continue with step 9 9 Selectan appropriate NetWare Print Server name that will be associated with the Axis Network Print Server print server by using the Browse button AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 77 Adding Printers in NetWare Notes e You cannot type or edit the name manually e Make sure that you have PSERVER NLM running if you selected Remote Printer Mode in step 8 10 If you want to define a remote printer number slot manually check the Manual box and type the desired number in the box 11 Click the OK button to return to the Network Environments window Basic Queue based printing over IP Axis print servers with software version 6 0 or later allow users to print in a Pure IP environment using traditional queue bas
50. 5 218 631 LPT1 if you have an AXIS 5500 and want to address the parallel port or http 171 16 5 218 631 USB1 to address the USB port Click Next 10 The Wizard will confirm the information you have entered Click Finish to complete the installation and go back to the Available Ports list 11 The IPP printer port list is now available in the Available Ports list Click Next AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 105 Configuration Possibilities 12 Next choose a suitable driver for the destination printer and install it Click Next Add Printer Wizard x Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk f your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers acc HP Lasewet 5 5M PostScript Generic HP LaserJet 5L Gestetner L HP LaserJet 5P HP Lasenet SMP IBM Kodak Kunrera p z Have Disk lt Back Cancel 13 You will be asked if you want the newly added printer to be your default printer and if you want to share the printer on your network with other users Choose the alternatives that suit your printing needs and click Finish to complete the installation 14 The new printer will appear in your Printer window You are now ready to start printing using IPP Print BEI Printer Name 36 HP LaserJet 55i Properties 96 AGFA AccuSet 52 3 Copy 2 ae
51. 5550 by typing ftp lt host name gt Or ftp lt IP address gt ina Command window Windows or at a UNIX Linux shell prompt 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 Download the account file to your host by typing get account 4 View the account file using your preferred text editor FTP Help By typing help instep 3 in the FIP instruction sets above a list of all general FTP commands will be displayed By typing remotehelp or rhelp depending on your FTP program in step 3 in the FTP instruction sets above a list of all print server specific commands will be displayed Using Telnet for Print Server Management Having assigned an IP address to your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 as described in earlier in this manual you can manage your print server using the telnet protocol Viewing The account file contains data concerning the last 20 print jobs It specifies an the Account File internal job number the user that initiated the job the protocol and logical printer that was used current status Completed or Printing number of bytes printed and elapsed time Follow the instructions below to view the account file using telnet 1 Log in to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by typing telnet lt host name gt Of telnet lt IP address gt ina Command window Windows or at UNIX Linux shell prompt or terminal window 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 View the account file by
52. 5FF6A6_IPX1 in the installed list Novell Printers r Default Printer Close No Default Printer Configuration m Installed Printers Public AxIS 5FF664_IP1 on WNDPSO3 WNWS5TREESS600PD_IP lt 1 PRINTERS tech kk com Remove WNWO5TREE AXIS SFFEAB IP tech kk com axis org lt lt Add Set As Default Printer Available Printers 5600PD_IP1_PA AXIS5FFGGA_IP1 AXISSFFGAG_IPX1 ML2030N_Pub_LPT2 Help Install Filter mei BRIDE Browse Context AXISSFFEA6_IPX1 tech kk com axis Protocol IP IPv4 Printer Information 8 Click Close In the Novell Printer Manager window the new installed NDPS printer appears with the name e g AXISSFF6A6_IPX1 and is available for print jobs ioixi Printer View Help CCE Ei EJ NWS5TREE 5600PD_IPX1 PRINTERS tech kk com axis CH ANY STREEVAXISSFF6A6_IPX1 tech kk com axi ty Publicl 5600PD_IP1_PA CJ Public AXISSFF66A_IP1 Press F1 for Help AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 67 Adding Printers in NetWare Using the Add Printer Wizard 68 9 Verify by clicking Start Settings Printers on the workstation 1 Eile Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back v gt Qsearch GyFolders Me GE xX A Address 2 Printers H3 i i 3 Add Printer i 5600PD_IP1_PA on Public Printers 5600PD_IPX1 PRINTERS tech kk com axis on NWSTREE SB AXISSFF66A_
53. 6 Print Server Folders Creating 91 Print Server Management 83 FTP 93 Printer Autodetect 49 Monitoring 92 Overview 84 Ports 10 151 Index 152 Printing Bi directional 114 Client Server 146 Parameter List 126 Peer to Peer 148 Test Page 126 Protocols Disable 118 Enable 118 Pure IP 78 R Raw Printing 145 Redirecting Print Jobs 113 Remotehelp 95 Reset 126 Restart 87 Rhelp 95 RISC 148 S SAP 148 Secure Web Services 116 Security Settings 86 Server Report 121 Services available from the Admin Mode 85 SHIFT_JIS 85 Snap in for iPrint 70 SNMP 148 SPX 149 SSL 116 148 SSL TLS Status 118 Starting AXIS ThinWizard 88 Statistics 86 Status File 94 96 String Functions 110 String Substitutions 111 Substitutions 111 Support 5 86 121 Supported Environments and Printers 6 Supported Printers 128 T TCP 149 TCP Ports Opened for Raw Printing 145 Tepmon ini 27 Technical Assistance 5 121 Telnet 149 Test Button 10 126 Test Page 126 TFTP 19 82 87 149 TLS 116 149 Troubleshooting 119 U UNIX 149 UNIX Linux Printing Methods FTP 46 LPD 46 PROS A 47 PROS B 47 Reverse Telnet 47 Upgrading 122 URL 149 USB 149 USB 1 1 compliance 10 130 USB cable compliance 10 130 USB v 2 0 compliance 10 130 UTF 8 85 V View Certificate 118 W WAN 149 Web Flash Loading 116 Windows adding printers 24 WINS 17 Wizard 149 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual
54. APER The person responsible for filling the printer with paper TONER LOW The person responsible for filling up the toner in the printer NO TONER The person responsible for changing the toner in the printer PRINTER OFFLINE The person responsible for the overall maintenance of printer 2 Enter the respective e mail addresses of the trouble report recipients in the blank fields as follows name company com 3 Click OK and exit when done Check that the SMTP Server and Domain Name parameters in the print server s internal web pages are correct This is done in Admin Network Settings Detailed view TCP IP IPP Internet Printing Protocol 100 The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 enables printing over the Internet with IPP Internet Printing Protocol an industry standard that allows users to print to remote printers across the Internet With IPP a user with an Internet connection can send a document to any printer which is connected to the Internet IPP is platform independent and can be used to print over any LAN or WAN that supports TCP IP In practical terms this means that you can send documents to a remote printer as an addition to or replacement of fax and e mail with the same quality and color options of traditional network printing AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities In order to print to a remote printer using IPP you need the following e An PP client installed on your computer to
55. AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Network Print Servers User s Manual AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Safety Notices Important Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC USA Europe Japan Australia Liability Axis Trademarks Other Trademark Acknowledgments Support Services Patent information Software Acknowledgments Regulatory Information Take some time to read through the safety notices before installing the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Please observe all safety markings and instructions when using this product Observe Important in the text to avoid operational impairment Do not proceed until you have fully understood the implications ce This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures r
56. AXIS 5550 which then forwards the print job to the destination printer AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities 3 The recipient of the print job can collect the print job at the destination printer Adding an IPP Printer 1 Install the IPP client for Windows 98 on your computer This IPP client can to your Printer List in be downloaded from the Microsoft Web site window 26 2 Open Start Settings Printers 3 Choose Add Printer then Network Printer 4 In the Printer field in the Connect to Printers window write the http address of the destination printer Example http 171 16 5 218 631 USB1 5 Select the appropriate printer driver corresponding to the destination printer 6 Specifyaname for the printer you wish to add to your printer list Click Finish The destination printer will be added to your printer list and you are ready to print using IPP How to Print from Before you print to an IPP printer you will need to know Wind NT arti e the http address of the print server The http address contains the IP address or host name of the print server and the printer port name e the brand and type of the printer in order to install the appropriate printer driver 1 First you need to select the IPP printer to which you want to send your document Select the destination printer from your Printer Name list in File Print Printer Setup The printer name will begin with a URL htt
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58. Configuration 70 AXIS NetPilot Installing 90 AXIS Print Monitor 31 AXIS ThinWizard Installing 88 B Basic setup AXIS NetPilot 74 TCP IP 15 BCP and TBCP 51 Bi directional Printing 114 Binary Protocol for Printer 51 BOOTP 82 87 BSD 146 C CA 146 Certificate Authority 146 Certificates 116 Delete 118 Import 117 View 118 Character Set Conversion 109 Character Setting 85 Checking SSL TLS Status 118 Client Server Printing 146 Config File 82 132 146 Configuration Overview 82 Configuration methods FTP 93 NetWare Administrator 80 97 PCONSOLE 80 97 Telnet 95 Web Browser 83 Configuration Wizard 84 Conversions 109 110 112 Creating a Network Group 89 D DDNS 17 Debugging 114 Hex Dump Mode 114 Print Problems 114 Default Password 83 Default printer port 126 Default printer port printing test page 126 Default User Login 83 Default Values 133 Delete Certificate 118 Description 9 Digital Certificate 146 Disabling Protocols 118 DNS 147 Dynamic DNS 147 E Enabling Protocols 118 Enabling SSL 116 F Factory Default 87 Firmware 147 Upgrade 87 Flash Loading over the Web 116 122 Flash Memory 147 FTP 93 147 FTP_ENB 88 Full Speed 10 130 G GDI 10 H Help 84 87 Hex Dump Mode 114 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Hi Speed compliance 10 130 Host Name 17 HTML 147 HTTP 147 HTTPS 118 147 IEEE 1284 parallel port 10 130 Importing a Certificate 117 Indicators 10 119 Installing AXIS
59. Default Queue on Server check box and enter a Queue Name Physical ports Enter USB1 for AXIS 5500 and AXIS 5550 if you wish to use the USB port Enter LPT1 for the AXIS 5550 if you wish to use the parallel port Logical printer ports AXIS 5550 pr1 pr3 pr5 pr7 LPT1 Pr2 pr4 pr6 pr8 USB1 AXIS 5500 pri pr8 USB1 4 Choose a printer driver from the Printer Model list and click Add to finish AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Macintosh Installation on MacOS 9 1 or older using AppleTalk Basic Configuration On MacOS 9 1 or older basic configuration in AppleTalk is performed simply by opening the Chooser window and selecting a printer You can change the default name of your print server or any of default parameters by editing the print server s config file To access the config file from a Macintosh you can use e any Web browser with Javascript enabled e FIP using MacICP Fetch or Anarchie In order to use any of these methods you must assign an IP address to the print server as described in Setting Parameters on page 51 Choosing a Printer Selecting a Printer The method for choosing a printer varies depending on which version of LaserWriter printer driver you are using e The LaserWriter 7 0 driver assumes that you use a standard PostScript driver and cannot take advantage of any printer specific features e The LaserWriter 8 0 driver uses PPD files that contain printer descript
60. Frame Type Enabled FR_ETH_2 YES YES NO Ethernet Il Frame Type Enabled FR_802_2 YES YES NO EEE 802 2 Frame Type Enabled FR_SNAP YES YES NO SNAP Frame Type Enabled CP_BURST_MODE YES YES NO CP Burst Mode Enabled Requires Restart PSERVER_NDS_TREE PSERVER_NDS_FILESERVER PSERVER_NDS_DISTINGUIS HED_NAME The PSERVER_NDS parameters specify which NDS tree or file server the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 will log in to It also specifies the path to the print server object in the tree PSERVER_BINDERY1 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY2 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY3 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY4 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERYS Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY6 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY7 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY8 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY9 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY10 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY11 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY12 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY13 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY 14 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY15 Bindery file server name PSERVER_BINDERY16 Bindery file server name PRINTER1 Print server name and slot number PRINTER2 Print server
61. IP1 on Public AXISSFF6A6_IPX1 tech kk com ax ohneeae ane Neen ceo meee beekieas on NWSTREE Canon Bubble Jet BIC 210 K Canon LBP 860 EPSON LP 3000P5 F5 v52 3 Status Ready EPSON LP 3000P5 F5 v52 3 on http 192 168 70 243 631 Model Canon LASER SHOT LBP 850 Grax HHP LaserJet 5100 PCL 6 Documents 0 Waiting Time 0 Canon Support Windows 2000 Support Status Ready Documents 0 Click Start on your workstation select Settings gt Printers There might be some differences regarding this menu depending of MS Operating System you are running Start the Add Printer Wizard on the workstation The Add Printer Wizard dialog will appear Click Next Select Network printer and click Next Add Printer Wizard E Local or Network Printer Is the printer attached to your computer If the printer is directly attached to your computer click Local printer If it is attached to another computer or directly to the network click Network printer C Local printer E matically detect and install my Plug and Play printer lt Back Cancel 4 Click Next again in the Locate Your Printer dialog Win2000 XP or press the Browse button Win9X AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 5 Browse to the NDPS Printers Expand either the NDPS Controlled Access Printers or the NDPS Public Access Printers folder select your newly installed NDPS printer and follow the instructions Ad
62. IS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows 4 Type the print server s name or IP address in the field Name or address of server providing lpr Example 10 13 6 198 Then enter which port to use in the field Name of printer or print queue on that server according to the table below Example USB1 Click OK and then Close Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 USB1 AXIS 5550 USB1 LPT1 Name or address of server providing Ipd fise 168 3 191 Name of printer or print queue on that server LPTI emea 5 The added print server will now appear in the Available Ports list Click Next choose a driver and finish the installation as usual Adding Printers in Windows 2000 Windows XP using the Microsoft LPR Monitor This section describes how to set up a Windows 2000 XP server for LPR printing over the TCP IP protocol using the built in Microsoft LPR Monitor i e Print Services for UNIX Note See Alternative Method for LPR Printing on page 30 for instructions on how to set up printing over LPR without installing Print Services for Unix Basic Setup If you have not already done so you should perform the TCP IP basic setup procedures prior to installing a printer for LPR printing Preparing for Follow the following steps to prepare for LPR printing LPRPnintng 1 Open the Control Panel Click Add Remove Programs Click Add Remove Windows Components Check Print Servi
63. IS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual TCP Ports Opened for Raw Printing The Parameter List AXIS 5500 Port Via Logical whoa Port Condition Number Printer 9100 USB1 DEFAULT_RAW_TCP set to 9100 9902 USB1 AXIS_PRINT_SYSTEM Enabled 9101 USB1 NDPS Enabled AXIS 5550 POTE Port via as Condition Number Printer we LEN m DEFAULT_RAW_TCP set to 9100 9101 USB1 le ce E AXIS_PRINT_SYSTEM Enabled 9902 USB1 9100 LPT1 9101 USBI NDPS Enabled Note The TCP port numbers entered in RTEL_PRx will override the settings in the two tables above AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 145 Glossary Section 15 Glossary AIX AppleTalk ARP Authentication AutolP BOOTP BSD Certificate Authority CA config File Client server Printing DHCP Digital Certificate 146 Advanced Interactive eXecutive A version of the UNIX operating system from IBM that runs on various IBM computers including Mainframe systems A local area network protocol for communication between Apple Computer products and other computers and peripherals Address Resolution Protocol A protocol within the TCP IP suite of network protocols that allows a host to find the physical address of a node on the same network ARP cannot be used across routers Verification of identity for instance by use of digital signatures A method to automatically set an IP address in the absence of a DHCP se
64. NetPilot e SNMPv1 Configuration To disable these protocols go to Admin Security Settings Protocol Settings Detailed View and mark the check boxes Click OK to finish Only enabled protocols will be visible from this view To enable these protocols select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP for FTP Telnet AutolP DHCP and BOOTP Remote Config is enabled via Admin General Settings RConfig Support To ensure maximum security it is highly recommended that you change your Administrator password after generating a certificate and disabling insecure protocols This is done from Admin General Settings Change gt General Root Password To check SSL TLS status open the print server s Web interface and select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP to see if the HTTPS Enabled parameter is set to Yes or No To view a Certificate open the print server s Web interface select Admin Security Settings and click View next to the Certificate To delete a Certificate open the print server s Web interface select Admin Security Settings and click Delete next to the Certificate AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Troubleshooting Section 10 Troubleshooting General LED Indicators This section provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties you might have with your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Fault symptoms possible causes and remedial actions are provided within a quick refe
65. ONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer8 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR8 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR8_OUT USB1 NONE LPT1 USB1 Physical Port PR8_NAME PR8_SCND PR8 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR8_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR8_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR8_BEF String Before Print Job PR8_STR 010A 02 OD 0A String Substitutions PR8_CSET ie ee Character Set Conversion PR8_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR8_AFT String After Print Job PR8_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR8_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR8_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR8_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR8_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified LPT1 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin General Settings LPT1 not in AXIS 5500 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments L1_CENTR HISPEED IBM_PC STNDRD FAST HISPEED HINOACK Centronics Interface Timing LPT1 Busy Status Time Out LPT1 L1_BSYTM 9 All status reporting disabled if set to 0 L1_MGM_INFO AUTO DISABLE AUTO Printer
66. P address 3 You have now successfully set the IP address of your print server Continue to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 You have to restart the print server to download the IP address Follow the instructions below to set the IP address using RARP Append the following line to your Ethernet Address table This is typically located in the etc ethers file lt Ethernet address gt lt host name gt Example 00 40 8c 10 00 86 npsname 1 Update if necessary your host table and alias name databases as required by your system 2 If itisnot already running start the RARP daemon This is typically performed using the rarpd a command 3 Restart the print server to download the IP address 4 You have now set the IP address of the print server Continue to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 e If the host name has not been mapped to an IP address simply replace the host name entry with the IP address in the example above e If you are using IBM AIX you will probably not have access to a RARP daemon If this is the case you can use either ARP see Set the IP Address using ARP in UNIX Linux and Mac OS X on page 20 or BOOTP see Set the IP Address using BOOTP in UNIX Linux on page 19 e You have to restart the print server to download the IP address AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manua
67. Printconf Used for installing network printers in Red Hat and others YaST2 Printer Configura tion Tool Used for installing network printers in SuSE Sam Used for installing network printers in HP UX axinstall Axis tool developed for installing network printers in UNIX Linux NetWare Pure IP NetWare Administrator Q Used for installing network printers in NetWare NetWare AXIS Gateway Configura tion Utility software Used for installing and configuring NDPS printers in etWare AXIS NetPilot software Tool that runs on Windows platforms that use Net Ware over IPX Macintosh Macintosh standard methods in native classic mode Used for installing network printers in Macintosh AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 23 Adding Printers in Windows Section 4 Installation Methods 24 Adding Printers in Windows Overview of This section describes how to add network printers to a computer in Windows according to your computer environment Refer to the table below to determine the most appropriate installation method Windows Platform Printing Protocol Method See Windows 2000 XP Serv er 2003 NT TCP IP LPR Standard Windows Add Printer Wizard Adding Printers in Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows NT over TCP IP on page 25 Microsoft LPR Monitor Adding Printers in Window
68. Q Lund Axis Notification Description HEYE1 PS Features Job Number 0165A001 Form 0 See Also Copies Requested 1 Copies Complete E Printer Status Size of 1 Copy 4006329 Bytes Printed 1601536 Percent Complete 39 Start Mount Form ect Page OK Cancel Help NetWare Administrator Printer Status Menu Notification You can use the NetWare Administrator to enable or disable status notification messages for printers connected to the print server e g Busy Off line Out of paper Paper jam etc You can also add or remove print job owners and administrators from the list of persons to be notified AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 97 Print Server Management 98 Print Layout You can view installed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550s and their relative print queues for any NetWare Organizational Unit You can also display summary information by right clicking on the printer object you want to examine E Organizational Unit Lund x Print Layout Identification amp AXIS1A39C4_LPT2_Q AXIS1A39C4_COM1 NE AXIS1A39C4_COM1_Q Q 2 RAVEN amp RAVEN_LPT2 SALES_PUBLIC_REL QB D Jet Direct3 8 D Fenix FUNKYFACE Update Status FUNKYFACE_LPT1 Status Waiting for job Type Manual Load Remote in polled mode on LPT1 Buffer Size 3 Cancel Help Current Form 0 Banner Type Text Service Mode Minimize form changes across print queues
69. R parameters in the Axis Network Print Server Web interface 4 Use the NetWare Administrator to create the printer print server and queue objects in the NDS tree and then link them together The Print Services Quick Setup Non NDPS utility can be used for this Go to Tools in the NetWare Administrator 5 Use the Add Printer Wizard on your work station to install the printer on your client Note that only NDS queue based PSERVER printing is supported When installing choose Network Printer and browse to the queue you have just created Alternatively choose Local Printer and select the queue you have just captured Any configuration and management of the Axis Network Print Server can be performed from any standard Web browser Please refer to Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management on page 83 If both the IPX and IP protocols are enabled in your network and the print server uses DUAL_STACK enabled by default as its network transport protocol then IPX will be chosen To force the print server to use the IP transport protocol go to your print server s web interface and choose Admin Detailed View NetWare and change the NetWare Transport Protocol from DUAL_STACK to IP_ONLY Save and exit when finished Note Pure IP requires that you run NetWare 5 or higher AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 79 Adding Printers in NetWare Queue based Printing Methods Print Server Mode Advantages Limitations
70. R6 0 PR6 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR7 0 PR7 Reverse Telnet Port Number RTEL_PR8 0 PR8 Reverse Telnet Port Number SNMP Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed View SNMP Parameter Default value Possible values Comments SNMP_ENB YES SNMP traffic enabled disabled SNMP_V1_CONFIG YES SNMP parameter configuration enabled disabled READ_COM public Read Community WRT_COM pass Read Write Community TRAPADDR 0000 Trap Address TRAP_COM public Trap Community SYS_NAME System Name SNMP_AUT DISABLE DISABLE ENABLE Authentication Failure Trap TRAP_PRT DISABLE DISABLE ENABLE Printer Failure Trap NetWare Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 135 The Parameter List View NetWare Parameter Default value Possible values Comments NETW_ENB YES YES NO NetWare Enabled NETW_TRANSPORT_PROTOC OL DUAL_STACK IPX_ONLY IP_ONLY DUAL_STACK NDPS TCP_AND_SPX TCP_AND_SPX TCP_ONLY SPX_ONLY DISABLED NetWare Transport protocol and NDPS types to use when NETW_ENB is enabled See NetWare Parame ter Combinations on page 143 for additional infor mation JOB_CHECK_DELAY 5 Print server queue polling interval CONF_CHECK_DELAY 300 nterval between automatic configuration checks FR_802_3 YES YES NO EEE 802 3
71. R6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR2_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR2_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR2_BEF String Before Print Job PR2_STR String Substitutions PR2_CSET CGS Character Set Conversion PR2_FIL1 ONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR2_AFT String After Print Job PR2_DUMP O YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR2_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR2_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR2_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR2_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer3 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR3 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR3 0UT EPT NONE LETI USB1 aoe aa PR3_OUT points to USB1 as default PR3_NAME PR3_SCND PR3 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR3_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR3_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR3_ BEF String Before Print Job PR3_STR String Substitutions PR3_CSET alge er EAEE A E i Character Set Conversion PR3_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR3_AFT String After Print Job PR3_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR3_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size
72. S 5550 to your network this section now describes how to set up your print server for printing in Mac OS X and earlier Macintosh environments using AppleTalk 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 This section describes setting up your print server for printing in the Mac OS X 1 2 3 4 Start Print Center from Go Applications Utilities Print Center Select Printers Add Printer From the Printer List dialog select AppleTalk Now the port of your AXIS 5500 will appear in the list of available printers The port is shown as lt host name gt _ lt port gt Example AXIS100086_USB1 On an AXIS 5550 you will also have access to an LPT port which will appear as LPT1 in the list Example AXIS100086_LPT1 Select the print server port you want to use Select an appropriate printer driver for your printer from the Printer Model drop down list If the printer is not available in the list select Generic You can also browse for a printer driver on your computer or network by selecting Other from the list Click Add to complete the installation Note If you want to print using LPR select 1 Printers Add Printer 2 From the Printer List dialog select LPR printers using IP 3 Enter the IP address or host name of the print server in the LPR printer s Address field You must uncheck the Use
73. S SSO0 AXIS S650 by typing telnet lt host name gt Of telnet lt IP address gt ina Command window Windows or at a UNIX Linux shell prompt or terminal window 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 Restart the print server by typing hardreset Telnet Help By typing help in step 3 in any of the Telnet instruction sets above a list of all available commands will be displayed 96 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management Using Novell Utilities for Print Server Management After installing the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 into the NetWare environment you can manage your print server using either Novell s NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE not available in NetWare version 5 x or higher NetWare Some useful features provided by the NetWare Administrator are described in Administration more detail below Printer Status The Printer Status menu detailed below shows the status of an active print job serviced by an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 It displays detailed information concerning the active job including Print Queue print job description size of print file percentage of job completed etc You can also abort or pause the print job from this menu E Printer FUNKYFACE_LPT1 Lx Printer Status nA E _ Identification Status Printing Mounted Form 0 Assignments Service Mode Change forms as needed A Configuration Current Job Information Print Queue funkyface_LPT1_
74. ThinWizard 88 Internet Address 75 IP 147 IP Address Automatic Assignment Methods 16 Checking using Ping 120 Manual Assignment Methods 16 Setting Macintosh 51 Setting using ARP 20 Setting using AutolP 19 Setting using AXIS IP JumpStarter 21 Setting using BOOTP 19 Setting using DHCP 17 Setting using RARP 18 IPP 147 Client 102 Printing Requirements 101 IPX 147 L Label backside 13 LAN 147 Language Settings 84 LED 119 147 Linux 147 Local Printer 30 Logical Printers 109 147 Low Speed 10 130 LPD 46 147 M Macintosh Choosing a Printer 49 Installing the Print Server 49 Mounting the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 10 N NCP 148 NDPS 54 148 NDS 77 148 NetBIOS NetBEUI 148 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Index NetWare 148 Advanced installation 76 Basic installation 74 NDPS 54 102 NetWare Administration 97 NetWare Packet Signature 115 NetWare Parameter Combinations 143 NetWare printing modes Print Server Mode 80 Remote Printer Mode 80 Network Connector 9 10 Indicator 10 119 Printer 30 Settings 86 Speed 115 Structures 23 Network Group Create 89 P Parameter Combinations 143 Parameter List 87 126 PCL 148 Peer to Peer Printing 148 PEM 148 Performing a Factory Default for pre 6 43 firmware 127 Ports 10 Opened for Raw Printing 145 Possible Values 133 Power Indicator 10 119 PPA 10 Print Jobs 84 Delete 86 Redirect 113 Print Problems Debugging 114 Print Server Resetting 12
75. USB printer port USB1 Etn rnet Power Adapter connector connector Power indicator AXIS 5550 Parallel printer port LPT1 n Network gt Indicator USB printer port USB1 Eth t Epe Power Adapter Power connector connector indicator Backside label on print server Serial number same as MAC Ethernet number e g 00408c181cf0 00 40 8c 18 1c f0 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 13 Basic Installation Note Make sure that your printer is switched off and that the print server s Power Adapter is disconnected Locate the serial number found on the underside label of the print server and write it down You will need this number to configure the print server Example S N 00408c18 1cfO Connect the printer to a print server port using an appropriate printer cable Connect the print server to the network using a twisted pair RJ45 category 5 cable 10baseT or 100baseTX Switch on the printer and make sure it is ready for use Connect the Power Adapter to the print server The power indicator will light up When the network indicator starts to flash the print server is correctly connected to the network Wait 1 minute Press the test button on the print server once to print a test page The test page includes a list of the most important parameters AXIS 5550 has two printer ports If each port is connected to a printer the test page will be sent to the parallel port by default
76. X chip has been specifically designed for LAN products The print server installs operates and is managed in a reliable and easy fashion You can assig a password to restrict login and printer access disable protocols and force a secure mode The internal print server Web pages AXIS NetPilot 2 70 and up and AXIS ThinWizard 3 0 and up allow you to continuously monitor printer status The Web pages are used to monitor single Axis units while AXIS NetPilot and AXIS ThinWizard can be used to monitor multiple Axis units Through e mail notification the printer administrator can be notified by e mail whenever an event that requires human intervention occurs in a printer The e mail contains a short and concise description of the event The firmware stored in the print server Flash memory can be upgraded over the network This allows you to quickly update and enhance its operational features when new print server software becomes available The print server supports NetWare Packet Signature Level 1 2 3 which protects servers and clients using the NetWare Core Protocol services NCP packet signature prevents packet forgery by requiring the server and the client to sign each NCP packet See your Novell NetWare documentation for detailed information AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Basic Installation Section 3 Basic Installation Connecting the Hardware AXIS 5500 Test button ee Network gt lt indicator
77. XIS 5500 AXIS 5550 It is recommended that you print a test page every time you connect the print server to a printer AXIS 5550 has two printer ports If just one of ports is connected to a printer the test page will be printed on that port If each port is connected to a printer the default setting will send the test page to the parallel printer The default behavior can be changed from the print server s internal Web pages under Admin General Settings gt Change Press the test button twice to print a parameter list showing the current AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 settings This list provides comprehensive details of all the parameters and their current status Refer to Section 14 The Parameter List on page 132 Follow the instructions below to restore the factory default values in print servers with firmware version 6 43 and up 1 Remove the external power supply to switch off the print server 2 Press and hold down the test button while you reconnect the external power supply 3 Continue to hold down the test button until the network indicator remains constantly lit This should take about 20 seconds 4 Restart the print server by disconnecting and reconnecting the external power supply A factory default will reset all print server parameters and settings to their default values except installed certificates and private keys AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual The Test Button Performing a Factory A
78. XIS Port and then click OK Select LPR TCP IP as your choice of protocol and click OK Enter the IP address or the host name of your print server Example IP address 192 168 3 191 or host name AXIS181636 In the Logical Printer Name field enter the port you wish to use USB1 or LPT1 The TCP IP port will then be added automatically to the list of available ports Click Apply and OK You may now configure the port as described below The Axis Printer Port is now installed Select Settings Printers from the Start menu and highlight the printer you wish to configure Select File Properties Details and click Port Settings AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows 2 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 Note Even if the desired printer is available in the Manufacturers and Printers lists you are advised to use the print driver provided with the printer This assures you of the latest driver software Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over NetBIOS NetBEUI using AXIS Print Monitor Follow the procedures below to install Axis NetBIOS NetBEUI printer ports on a Windows 98 workstation using AXIS Print Monitor 1 To start the Add Printer Wizard select Settings Printers from the Start menu and double
79. aff by logging in to your private support area e Visit the Axis support Web at www axis com techsup AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 5 Introduction Supported Environments Network Printing Windows NetWare UNIX Linux Macintosh AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Section 2 Package Contents Product Overview Product Overview Verify that nothing is missing from the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 package by using the check list below Please contact your dealer if anything is missing or damaged All packing materials are recyclable AXIS 5500 amp AXIS 5550 Hardware Model Part Number Network Print Server AXIS 3509 With firmware version 6 43 or higher AXIS 5550 Adhesive Holder amp Clip ACC AXIS 5500 CLIPS K 20119 USB Cable 70 cm 28 inches 20208 Model PS H Part No Australia 19111 Europe 19108 Power Adapter Korea 19112 UK 19109 USA Japan 19110 Media Title CD AXIS Network Product CD Printed Material AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Guide Optional accessories Cables Description Part Number Parallel Printer Cable 13360 Centronics to Mini Centronics Cable 16453 Ensure that the print server s Power Adapter is marked with the correct voltage Refer to the tables above for details The USB cable shipped with this product supports USB Low Speed and Full Speed Hi Speed is not supported AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual
80. ages 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 and Next Enter an appropriate name for your printer and click Next Choose whether you wish to print a test page and click Finish AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Section 5 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Print Tools For printer configuration printtool and printconfig are the most common How they are invoked depends on which distribution and window manager you use AIX SMITis the recommended printing tool It contains an integrated printer driver list but does not have printer detection functionality Instructions Type the command smit ina Terminal window then click Print Spooling Debian printtoolis the recommended printing tool The program contains an integrated printer driver list but does not have printer detection functionality Instructions Type the command printtool ina Terminal window to start the graphical version HP UX Sam is the recommended printing tool It doesn t provide an integrated printer driver list nor printer detection functionality Instructions Type the command sam in a Terminal window click Printers and Plotters and then click Actions and Add_Remote Printer Plotter Mandrake _ printerdrake is the recommended printing tool It contains an integrated printer driver list but do
81. an also be inserted directly into the parallel port of the printer Adhesive Fasten to print server by peeling off adhesive Clip tape Adhesive Fasten to mounting surface by peeling off Holder adhesive tape AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Product Overview Configuration and The print server can be configured and managed from its internal Web pages Management using HTTP as well as HTTPS in the secure mode These Web pages offer you a platform independent management tool that is suitable for all supported network environments See Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management on page 83 for details AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Product Overview Features and Benefits Reliability Flexibility Speed Easy to Install Security Monitoring Future Proof NetWare Packet Signature The print server provides high performance and reliability combined with low power consumption The electronic circuits are based on the AXIS ETRAX 100 LX chip which comprises an integrated 32 bit RISC processor and associated network controllers The print server supports printing in all major computer systems and environments including five different print methods in the TCP IP environment AXIS 5550 allows you to print on two printers simultaneously The integrated IPP Internet Printing Protocol function allows for printing from LAN to LAN via a WAN such as the Internet The AXIS ETRAX 100 L
82. ata asked for e Country Name Example US e State or Province Name Example California e Locality Name Example Los Angeles e Organization Name Example Printers Inc e Organizational Unit Name Example Sales Dept e Common Name Example printserver2 company com e Current Date yyyy mm dd Example 2003 03 27 e Validity Duration in days Example 365 Common Name denotes the name given to the print server in the network If you do not have a DNS server on your network you must include the domain name e g xxx company com Click Finish and the print server will generate a public private key pair as well as the self signed certificate itself this process will take a few minutes and store these data in the print server When the certificate is generated the print server automatically loads it into your present browser session The browser reports the new state by changing into https mode In the browser s Security Alert box select View Certificate and Install Certificate Follow the instructions of the Install Certificate wizard Generating a Select the Generate Certificate Request radio button and click Next Certificate Request Enter the data asked for e Country Name Example US e State or Province Name Example California e Locality Name Example Los Angeles e Organization Name Example Printers Inc e Organizational Unit Name Example Sales Dept e Common Name Example printserver2 company com e Current Date y
83. ate 99 AULOIP se etecccarvesct crocs theca tivated A E togy aeledes 99 E mail Notification 0 0 ceccecscecseessecsteeeeeeeeceeeeseeeeenseees 100 IPP Internet Printing Protocol cccseceseescetecseteeeeees 100 Logical Printers for Customized Printing eeseeeeees 109 Network Speed zinaa a a aia 115 NetWare Packet Signature Level TAI nnee a a a a a des 115 Flashloading new firmware into the print server 116 Enabling Secure Web Services SSL TLS cceeeeeee 116 Troubleshooting 0 cceeeesseesceeteceeceeceeeeessecsaecaeeeeeeteeeseesaes 119 Updating the Firmware ccccccsccescessseesecstecsteeeeeseeeeseeesaes 122 Upgrading the Firmware 0 ccccccsccesceseeeseesseeseesteeneees 122 Obtaining the Software oo ccceesceeseeteeeseeeseenteesteeeees 125 The Test Button lt isrdaceczstozvidiecderddvdsetoevastaesattssenteebonecctenndes 126 Technical Specification mosni eiie araia 128 Th iParameter Listrinenn a E 132 NetWare Parameter Combinations cccceesessesteeseeees 143 TCP Ports Opened for Raw Printing seess 145 GISSA a eas chai ste Rak ie aces A EG A aes A 146 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Section 1 About this Manual About Axis Support Services Introduction Introduction Thank you for purchasing the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 This product has been developed to connect your printers anywhere in your network allowing all network users access to shared printer resources
84. ation Printer Friendly Network Group 10 13 11 18 ps Dev Name IP Address Model HPLASERJET_4 O 13 11 216 AXIS 5400 S9I00PRTSERVER O 1 B AXIS 5500 AXIS181CEB 0 B AXIS 5550 AXIS3A5325 3 Ba 560 AXISSEFABO o S40 JSHS800 0 8 Bw 5800 AXIS181CEF o BZ ssso oe unknownl AXKKXAADT unknownl Internet Caution If you disable SNMP in the print server s web interface you will disable AXIS ThinWizard s ability to determine print server status Disabling Enabling SNMP is done from Admin NetworkSettings DetailedView SNMP AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management The first time you use AXIS ThinWizard set the Preferences to reflect your network environment select a network group from the list on the Manage Network page If the list is empty you must first create a group Click the Network Groups tab and follow the instructions Creating a The network group concept is the corner stone of AXIS ThinWizard By dividing Network Group in your network into network groups you can monitor your print servers more AXIS ThinWizard efficiently The scope of each network group is determined by the Axis server types and IP address ranges that are included You can create as many network groups as you want Follow the instructions below to create a network group 1 Click Network Groups in the AXIS ThinWizard main menu 2 Click Create 3 The Create Network Group page opens Type the name of the network grou
85. cal or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice Axis Communications AB makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the material contained within this document including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Axis Communications AB shall not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material AXIS IP JumpStarter AXIS ThinWizard axinstall AXIS Print Monitor Adobe Acrobat Reader Aix Apple ARP BOOTP Debian Ethernet EtherTalk IBM LAN Manager LAN Server Macintosh Microsoft Novell NetWare OS 2 OS 400 AS 400 Red Hat Solaris SuSe UNIX Linux Windows are registered trademarks of the respective holders Should you require technical assistance please contact your Axis dealer If your questions cannot be answered immediately your Axis dealer will forward your queries through the appropriate channels to ensure you a rapid response On the Internet you can find on line manuals technical support software updates application software corporate information etc Axis AB has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product that is described in this document In particular and without limitation these intellectual property rights may include one or more of the patents listed at http www axis com pa
86. can view installed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and their relative print queues for any NetWare Organizational Unit You can also display summary information by right clicking on the printer object you want to examine AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 81 Print Server Management Section 8 82 Configuration Overview Note Pr int Server Management The management and configuration tools that are supported by the AXIS 5 e 500 AXIS 5550 allow you to Change the print server parameters i e editing the config file Receive extended information about the print jobs Receive printer port status Monitor your printers Perform a Factory Default of the print server See Performing a Factory Default for firmware versions 6 43 and higher on page 126 Upgrade the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 firmware See Updating the Firmware on page 122 Enable disable security settings See Enabling Secure Web Services SSL TLS on page 116 The method you should use to manage and configure your print server depends o d n the operating systems and protocols of your network The table below isplays which method to use for each supported environment Protocol Configuration Management methods Web Browser See page 83 AXIS ThinWizard See page 93 FTP See page 93 telnet See page 95 TCP IP UNIX Linux Windows NetWare Pure IP IPX SPX AXIS NetPilot See page 90 NetWare Novell Utilities See page 97
87. ces Available from the User Mode Printer Overview Print Jobs Help Configuration Wizard Language Settings 84 The following services are available from the User mode An additional link to the Axis home page is available from this mode Z Network Print Server Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Address http 192 168 3 191 AXiSa Network Print Server User Admin Help a G j Print Server Dupri Printer Overview kod AXIS 5550 6 43 AXIS181cf0 Print Server Name System Location Serial Number 00 40 8c 18 1c f0 Change Configuration Wizard Language English v gt 3 Local intranet The Printer Overview page contains a section that allows you to view the general parameter setting of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 including the print server name and the location of the print server in your organization if defined If you have admin access rights you can use the Configuration Wizard to perform basic configuration of the print server By clicking a printer icon a printer page opens allowing you to view the status and the supported capabilities of the connected printer The extent of this information is depending on the printer model From the printer page you can also print a test page to the selected printer From the Print Jobs page you can view the status of the current print jobs including the number of printed bytes and the origin of the print job
88. ces for Unix and click OK 2 3 4 Check Other Network File and Print Services and click Details 5 6 Click Next and Finish 7 Close Add Remove Programs and the Control Panel AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 29 Adding Printers in Windows Installing an LPR printer Windows XP Server 2003 Windows 2000 Client Server Printing Important Alternative Method for LPR Printing 30 Follow the instructions below to use the standard Windows method for installing an LPR printer in Windows 2000 XP 1 Go to Start Printers and Faxes and click the Add a Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard Click Next 1 Go to Start Settings Printers and click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard Click Next 2 Select the appropriate radio button Local Printer Click Next 3 Click the Create a new port radio button and select LPR Port from the list Click Next 4 Enter the name of the server or its IP address in the field Name and address of server providing lpr Example AXIS100086 and enter the port you want to use in the field Name of printer or print queue on that server Example USB1 Click OK Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 USB1 AXIS 5550 USB1 LPT1 End the wizard in the usual manner select Manufacturer and Printer keep replace driver name the printer make it default or not share it or not and finally decide whether you want to print a test page S
89. d AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 SSL TLS is disabled To use SSL TLS you have to create or obtain a digital certificate There are two kinds of certificates self signed certificates and third party certificates e Self signed certificates are less secure but normally they are sufficiently secure for small networks with no public access You generate such a certificate yourself and there are no fees to pay e For large networks and for networks with public access third party certificates from a trusted source are normally used You obtain them for a yearly fee from a Certificate Authority CA Among other things a certificate gives information about which domain it is issued for its validity and the name of issuer With SSL TLS enabled the installed certificate authenticates the print server to the client and all information exchanged between them will be encrypted You enable the print server s secure Web services through its internal Web pages If you have a valid certificate loaded select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP and set the HTTPS Enabled parameter to Yes If you do not have a valid certificate loaded select Admin Security Settings and click Create Decide whether you want to generate a self signed certificate or if you want to generate a certificate request Select the Generate Self Signed Certificate radio button and click Next AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities Enter the d
90. d Printer Wizard E Browse For Printer Locate your network printer Printer Shared printers NDPS Printers 3 NDPS Controlled Access Printers 3 NDPS Public Access Printers 3 Netware Network g X Comment Printer information Status Documents Waiting lt Back Cancel When you have completed these steps you are ready to start printing Notes e The Public Access print servers are immediately available for everyone on the network e The Axis Gateway Configuration Utility is an installation and configuration tool for NDPS printers in the NetWare environment The Axis Gateway will appear in NetWare 5 1 and later releases You can download the Axis Gateway Configuration Utility for use with earlier versions of NetWare from www axis com e To print using TCP IP Axis print server firmware 6 1 or later is required In order to print using IPX SPX Axis print server firmware 5 51 or later is needed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 69 Adding Printers in NetWare Setup using iPrint 70 iPrint is Novell s next generation of printing software that lets users print to and from all destinations A standard Web page displays available printers to the user By clicking a printer the iPrint client is installed if not installed previously the printer s driver is downloaded and a printer is created in the user s Printer folder enabling the user to send documents to the printer f
91. d go to the Axis Web site 4 Choose Support and report your case attaching the Server Report Please visit the Axis Web site for more support and additional help through the FAQ database AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 121 Updating the Firmware Section 11 Updating the Firmware Upgrading the Firmware Note Upgrading from the Print Server s Internal 122 Web Pages Upgrading using AXIS ThinWizard You can upgrade the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 firmware using one of the following methods e AXIS ThinWizard TCP IP e From the print server s internal Web pages TCP IP e FIP TCP IP Updating instructions are supplied with the firmware release notes Follow these instructions to upgrade the firmware of your print server from its internal Web pages flash loading over the Web 1 Open your Web browser enter the IP address of your print server and press Enter See Print Server Management on page 82 for detailed instructions on accessing your Axis print server on the Web 2 From the Admin mode click the Firmware Upgrade button From here you can upgrade your print server with the latest available firmware AXIS ThinWizard 3 0 is a tool that enables batch upgrading of several print servers and can be used for upgrading the print server s firmware in TCP IP networks You must assign an IP address to the print server as described earlier in this manual before you can use this upgrading met
92. d successful 150 Opening data connection for config 192 36 253 4 13 223 mode ascii 226 Transfer complete 8588 bytes received in 0 24 seconds 35 63 kbytes s ftp gt put config CONFIG 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening data connection for CONFIG 192 36 253 4 13 223 mode ascii 226 Transfer complete 8588 bytes received in 0 45 seconds 19 04 kbytes s ftp gt bye 221 Goodbye gt Viewing The status command shows which printer port the logical printers are assigned the Status File to and their current status Follow the instructions below to view the status file using FTP 1 Log in to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by typing ftp lt host name gt Or ftp lt IP address gt in a Command window Windows or at UNIX Linux shell prompt 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 Download the status file to your host by typing get status 4 View the status file using your preferred text editor 94 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management Viewing The account file contains data concerning the 20 last print jobs It specifies an the Account File internal job number the user that initiated the job the protocol and logical printer that was used current status Completed Off line or Printing number of bytes printed elapsed time and off line time Follow the instructions below to view the account file using FTP 1 Log in to the AXIS 5500 AXIS
93. d to the remote system The remote machine must be configured to allow the local machine to print on the desired queue As root create the file etc hosts lpd on the remote machine to which the printer is attached On separate lines in the file add the IP address or hostname of each machine which should have printing privileges If you are configuring a local printer select the print driver from the list The printers are divided by manufacturers Click the arrow beside the manufacturer for your printer Find your printer from the expanded list and click the arrow beside the printer name A list of drivers for your printer will appear Select one Then finish the wizard in the usual manner The printing system on SuSE Linux is based on an apsfilter with some enhancements SuSE s apsfilter will recognize all common file formats including HTML if html2ps is installed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux There are two ways to setup printers on SuSE systems e YaST2 will let you configure PostScript DeskJet and Other printers supported by Ghostscript drivers it s also possible to setup HP s GDI printers DeskJet 710 720 820 1000 via the ppa package YaST2 will provide etc printcap entries for every printer raw ascii auto and color if the printer to configure is a color printer YaST2 will create spool directories and it will arrange apsfilterre files where you re able to
94. dows 2000 1 Go to Start Settings Printers and click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard Click Next 2 SelectLocal Printer attached to this computer Make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is not checked Click Next Local or Network Printer The wizard needs to know which type of printer to set up Select the option that describes the printer you want to use Local printer attached to this computer Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer O A networl er or a attached to another computer To setup a network printer that is not attached to a print server DD use the Local printer option lt Back _J __New gt J Canca 3 Click the Create a new port radio button and select Standard TCP IP Port from the list Click Next and the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard starts Click Next Add Printer Wizard Select a Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports Select the port you want your printer to use If the port is not listed you can create a ew port O Use the following port Greate a new port Type of port Standard TCP IP Port he lt Back J __Next gt J Cancel AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 25 A 26 dding Printers in Windows 4 Enter the IP address of the print server Example 192 168 3 191 The Port Name will be filled in automatically whe
95. dress using DHCP or AutolP you must obtain an unused IP address from your network administrator Important DO NOT use the IP addresses from the examples described here Consult your network administrator before assigning an IP address to your print server AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 15 Basic Installation Methods for Setting the IP Address Automatic IP Address Assignment Manual IP Address Assignment Notes 16 You can obtain an IP address for your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by using one of the following methods depending on your network operating environment Method Server required Comment Dynamic assignment of IP addresses See DHCP DHCP server Setting the IP Address using DHCP on page 17 Static assignment of P adresses Cannot be used over routers See Set the IP Ad HARE RARP server dress using RARP in UNIX Linux on page 18 Static assignment of IP addresses See Set BOOTP BOOTP server the IPAddress using BOOTP in UNIX Linux on page 19 Automatic assignment of IP addresses AutolP No server required See Set the IP Address using AutolP on page 19 Method Platform Comment See Requires the IP address for each Set the IP Address us Windows device to be downloaded ing ARP in Windows individually Cannot be used 98 NT Me 2000 XP on over routers page 20 You must define the Default ARP Ping Router and Subnet Mask Log in to the print se
96. e address scheme will be inthe 1 1 Standard ipp 171 16 5 218 UsB1 in the 1 1 standard AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 101 Configuration Possibilities IPP clients Currently Available IPP Clients on the Market IPP User Requirements Firewall Considerations with 102 IPP How to Print from Windows 98 An IPP client needs to be installed on your computer together with an appropriate printer driver for proper IPP functionality The IPP client is a tool that adds destination printers to your printer list The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with integrated IPP is compatible with any 1 0 and 1 1 compliant IPP client The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 presents IPP printer objects to the client one for each printer port Some of the most common IPP client printing methods are described later on in this chapter Please refer to your IPP client documentation for more specific information For Windows NT 2000 the Internet Printer Connection software from Hewlett Packard can be downloaded from the Hewlett Packard Web site e For Windows 2000 XP the Microsoft IPP Client automatically installed with the Operating System e For Windows 98 NT 4 0 IPP clients can be downloaded from the Microsoft Web site e For UNIX Linux CUPS can be downloaded from the Common Unix Printing System Web site at www cups org If you wish to print using iPrint over IPP the following Axis snap in tool is available from www axis com Support Select S
97. e downgrade Cancel Next gt Refer to Using AXIS ThinWizard software for Print Server Management on page 88 for more information about AXIS ThinWizard AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 123 Updating the Firmware Upgrading using FTP To upgrade over the network using FTP you will need a file with the new print 124 Caution server firmware The name of this file is in the form product_version bin You can use any of the previously mentioned methods to obtain the new file You must assign an IP address to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 before you can use this upgrading method Be careful not to interrupt the file transfer If the transfer is interrupted the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 may have to be re initialized by your dealer The objective of this example is to upgrade a print server with firmware version 6 41 to firmware version 6 43 This description from Windows XP uses the following examples e Print server model AXIS 5500 e P address of print server 10 13 4 105 e New firmware version name 5500_v2_6_43 bin e Location of firmware and upgrade procedure C Axis Create a new file named e g Axis on your hard drive and download the firmware to that location 1 From www axis com techsup firmware download the firmware and save it to a new directory on your computer e g C Axis 2 Open a command prompt from Start gt Run Type cmd in the Run Window and click OK 3 The DOS Command Prompt
98. e print server Theses activities include instructions on how to install the print server in various environments and how to upgrade it with new firmware A detailed index is also available Parameter List Shows all print server parameters and their current settings Restart Restarts the print server Software Default By pressing the Software Default button in the print server s web interface all print server parameters and settings will be reset to their factory default values except e Node Address NODE_ADDR e IP Address INT_ADDR e DHCP enabled or disabled DHCP_ENB Note A Software Default differs from a Factory Default A Factory Default is performed by pressing the Test button located on the print server in a specific sequence A Factory Default will clear reset all values to default Firmware Upgrade Upgrades the print server s internal software AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 87 Print Server Management Using AXIS ThinWizard software for Print Server Management 88 Installing AXIS ThinWizard Note Starting AXIS ThinWizard AXIS ThinWizard software allows you to manage and upgrade multiple Axis products Using a standard Web browser you can find install monitor configure and upgrade your Axis print servers remotely in any TCP IP network AXIS Thin Wizard 3 0 is Windows 2000 and Windows XP compatible AXIS ThinWizard software is available on www axis com You should only install AXIS Th
99. ed interface To run it log in as root or use the command su to temporarily change to the root user and type the command usr sbin printconf tui fromashell prompt Print Queues Five types of print queues can be configured with printcong in the Red Hat distribution e Local Printer e Unix Printer Ipd Spool e Windows Printer SMB e Novell Printer NCP Queue e JetDirect Printer Important e Do not edit the etc printcap file Each time the printer deamon Ipd is started restarted a new etce printcap file is dynamically created e If you want to add a printer without using printconf edit the etc printcap local file The entries in etc printcap local are not displayed in printconf but are read by the printer daemon e f you upgrade your system from a previous version of Red Hat Linux your existing configuration file is converted to the new format used by printconf Each time a new configuration file is generated by printconf the old file is saved as etc printcap old e If you add a new print queue or modify an existing one you need to restart the printer daemon Ipd for the changes to take effect e Clicking the Apply button saves any changes that you have made and restarts the printer daemon The changes are not written to the etc printcap configuration file until the printer daemon pd is restarted Alternatively you can choose File gt Save Changes and then choose File gt Restart Ipd to save your chang
100. ed printing which usually uses the IPX transport protocol Note that only NDS queue based printing is supported In the NetWare Pure IP environment you must use the NetWare Administrator to create the printer print server and queue objects Installing the Follow the instructions below to install the Axis Network Print Server in the Axis Network Print NetWare Pure IP environment SEINEN Start the Configuration Wizard from the User mode in the Axis Network Print Server Web interface 2 Click your way through the Wizard until reaching the NetWare page 3 Set the parameters on the NetWare page e PSERVER NDS Tree example NW5TREE or PSERVER NDS File Server example FILESERVERNAME e PSERVER NDS Distinguished Name example AXISXXXXXX lt context gt where lt context gt is the container where you want to create your print server 78 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare E Configuration Wizard Microsoft Internet Explorer Configuration Wizard NetWare The following parameters should be set in order for you to use the print server in a NetWare environment NDS Mode PSERVER NDS Tree PSERVER NDS File Server PSERVER NDS Distinguished Name Bindery Mode PSERVER Bindery 1 Note Matching print queues and NDS objects should be created on the NetWare server Please refer to your user manual for further information Cancel lt Back Next gt X Setting the PSERVE
101. elect Network printer instead of Local Printer in Step 2 above if your print server has already been installed by the administrator on another computer Follow the instructions in the Add Printer Wizard to complete the installation e Make sure that the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer checkbox is not checked e Press F1 to access the Windows online help system if you need additional help when installing a printer print server using this method If you wish to print over LPR but do not wish to install Print Services for Unix you can do this by changing the printing protocol after having installed the printer using the Standard TCP IP method see Adding Printers in Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows NT over TCP IP on page 25 for instructions Once the printer is installed follow these instructions to change the printing protocol 1 Go to Start Settings Printers 2 Double click the installed printer 3 Select Properties from the Printer menu AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows Click the Ports tab Click the Configure Port button Click the LPR radio button and enter the queue name PR1 PR2 Click OK to finish mh Qe Ou AXIS Print Monitor Software AXIS Print Monitor is the recommended tool to use for network printing in Windows 98 and Me environments AXIS Print Monitor is available free of charge on www axis com AXIS P
102. enabled To change this parameter log in to the print server s web pages and choose Admin gt Network Settings gt Detailed View gt NetWare gt NDPS Enabled gt Yes e If you do not have an NDPS Manager object available start out with creating one in the NetWare Administrator Follow these instructions to create a public access printer using the NDPS Manager object in your NetWare administrator utility 1 Double click on the NDPS Manager object you will be using to control the Printer Agents 2 Onthe Identification page for the NDPS Manager click the printer Agent List button The Printer Agent List dialog will appear 3 Click New The Create Printer Agent dialog will appear AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 4 Type a name of your choice in the NDPS Printer Agent field Create Printer Agent ee x Printer Agent PA Name OK AXISSFFEAB IPT Cancel NDPS Manager Name NWSNDPSMgr tech kk com anis z Help ade Gateway Types Axis Gateway Configuration EpsonNet NDPS Gateway English Gestetner NDPS Printer Gateway Hewlett Packard IP IPX Printer Gateway IPP Gateway KYOCERA MITA NDPS Gateway Configuration LANIER NDPS Printer Gateway ha 5 Select the Axis Gateway configuration in the Gateway Type window 6 Click OK 7 In the Select the printer s type window choose your printer If you cannot find the printer select an appropriate Generic one PCL
103. eorient or relocate the receiving antenna increase the separation between the equipment and receiver connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Shielded STP network cables must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the class B limits This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of EN55022 and the requirements for immunity according to EN55024 residential commercial and light industry Compliance is not valid for unshielded network cables This is a class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from Information Technology Equipment VCCI If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment it may cause radio interference Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual Compliance is not valid for unshielded network cables This electronic device meets the requirements of the Radio communications Electromagnetic Compatibility Standard 1998 AS NZS 3548 Compliance is not valid for unshielded network cables Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual if you detect any inaccuracies or omissions please inform your local Axis office which can be found on the cover of this document Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any techni
104. er using either Novell s NetWare Administrator or PCONSOLE Some useful features provided by the NetWare Administrator are described in more detail below The Printer Status menu detailed below shows the status of an active print job serviced by an Axis Network Print Server network print server It displays detailed information concerning the active job including Print Queue print job description size of print file percentage of job completed etc You can also abort or pause the print job from this menu Printer Status Identification Assignments Configuration Notification Features Status Printing Mounted Form 0 Service Mode Change forms as needed Current Job Information Print Queue funkyface_LPT1_Q Lund Axis Description HNEYE1 PS Job Humber 0165A001 Form 0 Bane Copies Requested 1 Copies Complete x Size of 1 Copy 4006329 Bytes Printed 1601536 Percent Complete 39 fo Pause Start Mount Form Bert Page OK Cancel Help AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare NetWare Administrator Printer Status Menu Notification You can use the NetWare Administrator to enable or disable status notification messages for printers connected to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 e g Busy Off line Out of paper Paper jam etc You can also add or remove print job owners and administrators from the list of persons to be notified Print Layout You
105. er Type menu and click OK Text fields for the following options appears e Printer name Enter a unique name for the printer The name cannot contain spaces and must begin with a letter Valid characters are a z A Z 0 9 and_ e Remote Host The hostname or IP address of the remote machine to which the printer is attached e Remote Queue and input filter The remote printer queue and input filter Click Next to continue Click Select to choose a printer driver and to set it up Click OK Finally click Test and print a test page AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Red Hat 7 3 Printtool has been replaced by Printconf The utility maintains the etc printcap configuration file print spool directories and print filters Note If you type printtool at a shell prompt printconf will automatically start Invocation 1 On the Gnome desktop select the Main Menu button on the Panel gt Programs gt System gt Printer Configuration to start the graphical version 2 On the KDE desktop select the Main Menu button on the Panel gt Red Hat gt System gt Printer Configuration to start the graphical version 3 Type the command printconf gui ata shell prompt for example in an XTerm or a Gnome terminal to start the graphical version 4 You can also run printconf as a text based application if you do not have the X Window System installed or you just prefer the text bas
106. er being installed the driver is automatically installed on the user s workstation If the driver already exists that driver is overwritten even if it is a newer driver 3 Afterinstalling a printer it isadded to the user s Printer folder Users can print to the printer by selecting it from any application Basic Setup with AXIS NetPilot 74 Starting the Installation Install the AXIS NetPilot software on your computer AXIS NetPilot runs on any of these Windows platforms Windows 98 and Windows NT Follow the instructions below to install the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with AXIS NetPilot 1 Start AXIS NetPilot by double clicking the NetPilot icon which is located in the folder where you installed AXIS NetPilot 2 Locate the Axis Network Print Server in the New Axis Units folder Select it and click the Install button on the AXIS NetPilot toolbar If your network is large it could take a few seconds before the print server appears in the folder 3 Choose the with Installation Wizard option The AXIS NetPilot Installation Wizard guides you through the installation process The following options are available AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare Note The number of options varies according to the number of environments you enable Print Server Name The default print server name consists of the characters AXIS followed by the last six digits of the serial number If you want t
107. er is set to pass which is the default value you have access to the User mode as well as the Admin mode Accessing the Follow the steps below to access the internal home page of the AXIS 5500 AXIS Web Pages 5550 1 Start your Web browser 2 In the Location Address field type the host name or the IP address of your print server Network Print Server Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help H Address http 192 168 3 191 MPE a inks 3 The User Mode Printer Overview page of the print server will appear in the browser window 4 Click Admin to enter the Admin mode If the management password is set to anything but pass you must enter root as the user The default password is pass e Itis highly recommended that you change the default password to prevent unauthorized access to the print server s configuration pages This is done from the Admin General Settings General tab in the Root Password field e You can address the print server s Web interface in the secure way i e via https To do this you must enable the SSL TLS protocols in the web interface Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP and set the HTTPS Enabled parameter to Yes you must have a valid certificate loaded If you do not have a valid certificate loaded select Admin Security Settings and click Create AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 83 Print Server Management Servi
108. ersion PR6_FILI ONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR6_AFT String After Print Job PR6_DUMP O YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR6_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR6_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR6_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR6_FONT PostScript Font Courier when not specified Printer7 Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin Logical Printers PR7 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments PR7ZOUT BOLE NONE CEI USB1 e PR7_OUT points to USB1 as default PR7_NAME PR7_SCND PR7 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 Secondary Printer PR7_WAIT YES YES NO Wait on Busy PR7_IN AUTO AUTO NONE Read Back Port Read Back of information PR7_BEF String Before Print Job PR7_STR 010A 02 OD 0A String Substitutions PR7_CSET LS sie VEN RAO Character Set Conversion PR7_FILT NONE NONE POSTSCR AUTO_PS Printer Language Translation PR7_AFT String After Print Job AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 141 The Parameter List PR7_DUMP NO YES NO Hex Dump Mode Enabled PR7_SIZE A4 A4 LETTER LEGAL EXECUT PostScript Page Size PR7_ORNT PORTR PORTR LANDS R_PORTR R_LANDS PostScript Page Orientation PR7_FORM 66 0 100 60 30 50 PostScript Page Format MPL MPP CPI LPI LM TM PR7_F
109. erver Port Names for each operating environment Test Page The final user prompt in the Installation Wizard allows you to print a test page through NetWare The test page displays the name of all the NetWare servers the Axis Network Print Server is connected to and shows the status of each AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 75 Adding Printers in NetWare connection Unless you want to connect or create additional printing queues the installation for the NetWare environment is now completed Notes e The parameters entered during installation are not permanent they can be altered at any time according to your network printing requirements e No serious or permanent damage will be caused if you make a mistake during installation If you find at any time that printing is not satisfactory the parameters can easily be changed to tune the system to your requirements e For information on advanced functions please refer to the AXIS Network Print Server Tech nical Reference You can download this or other technical information over the Internet by accessing www axis com Advanced Installation using AXIS NetPilot Having installed your Axis Network Print Server print server in accordance with the basic installation procedures described in Basic Setup with AXIS NetPilot on page 74 your Axis Network Print Server print server should now feature in the Network Print Servers folder located in the AXIS NetPilot main windo
110. es and then restart the printer daemon e Ifa printer appears in the main printer list with the Queue Type set to INVALID the printer configuration is missing options that are required for the printer to function properly To remove this printer from the list select it from the list and click the Delete button AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 41 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Adding a Remote Unix Printer Important Selecting the Print SuSE 8 0 42 Driver To add a remote UNIX printer such as one attached to a different UNIX Linux system on the same network click the New button in the main printconf window Select Unix Printer from the Queue Type menu and click Next Enter a unique name for the printer in the Queue Name text field The printer name cannot contain spaces and must begin with a letter a through z or A through Z The valid characters are a through z A through Z 0 through 9 and _ Click Next Text fields for the following options appear e Server The hostname or IP address of the remote machine to which the printer is attached e Queue The remote printer queue The default printer queue is usually Ip By default the Strict RFC1179 Compliance option is not chosen If you are having problems printing to a non Linux Ipd queue choose this option to disable enhanced LPRng printing features Click Next to continue The next step is to select the type of printer that is connecte
111. es not have printer detection ability Red Hat printconfis the recommended printing tool The program contains an integrated printer driver list but does not have printer detection functionality Instructions Type the command printconf gui ina Terminal window to start the graphical version You can also run printconf as a text based application if you do not have the X Window System installed or if you prefer the text based interface Log in as root or use the command su to temporarily change to the root user and type the command usr sbin printconf tui from a shell prompt AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 37 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Solaris 9 SuSE Notes The printing tool is called Printer Administrator This operating environment has an integrated printer driver list but does not have printer detection functionality Instructions Type the command usr sadm admin bin printmgr ina Terminal window YaS72 is the recommended printing tool It contains a printer driver list as well as printer detection capability Instructions To start the Printer Configuration tool select this from the Desktop YaST2 menu button on the panel In Yast Control Center Hardware Edit Printers e A versatile IPP client for UNIX Linux is CUPS It can be downloaded from the Common Unix Printing System s Web site at www cups org e If you don t find your specific printer in your distribution have a look at http
112. etBIOS NetBEUI Printers in Windows 2000 using AXIS Print Monitor See to it that the NetBEUI protocol is installed on your client Follow the procedure below to install Axis Printer Ports from a Windows 2000 workstation Ts Note To start the Add Printer Wizard select Settings Printers from the Start menu and double click the Add Printer icon Start the installation by clicking Next The Wizard asks you to select Local printer or Network printer Select Local printer Click Next Click Create a new port In the Available Ports dialog select AXIS Port and click Next Select NetBIOS NetBEUI as your choice of network protocol and click OK Select the AXIS Port you want to add from the list of available ports The port appears as lt name gt lt port gt Example AX100086 LP1 The lt port gt is taken from the table below Click OK Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 US1 AXIS 5550 US1 LP1 Choose the appropriate printer driver for your printer Click Next and proceed directly to step 9 It is only necessary to perform steps 7 8 if your printer does not appear in the list 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 32 Click the Have Disk button Insert the printer driver diskette CD that was provided with your printer select t
113. ferent settings of the NETW_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL and NDPS parameters will result in these functionalities NETW_ENB NETW_ TRANSPORT PROTOCOL NDPS Functionality YES DUAL_STACK TCP_AND_SPX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 YES DUAL_STACK TCP_ONLY 1 2 3 5 6 7 YES DUAL_STACK SPX_ONLY 2 3 4 5 6 7 YES DUAL_STACK DISABLED 3 5 6 7 YES P_ONLY TCP_AND_SPX 1 2 5 YES P_ONLY TCP_ONLY 1 2 5 YES P_ONLY SPX_ONLY 2 5 YES P_ONLY DISABLED 5 YES PX_ONLY TCP_AND_SPX 2 3 4 6 7 YES PX_ONLY TCP_ONLY 2 3 6 7 YES PX_ONLY SPX_ONLY 2 3 4 6 7 YES PX_ONLY DISABLED 3 6 7 Functionality 1 Raw TCP ports 9100 LPT1 and 9101 USB1 are opened for NDPS printing To create TCP NDPS printer objects AXIS_PRINT_SYSTEM must be enabled see Note a 2 The HP MIB is enabled AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 143 The Parameter List 3 Services are SAP ed and enabled on SPX sockets 8060 and 4114 see Notes b and c 4 Print services are SAP ed and enabled on SPX sockets 400C LPT1 and 401C USB1 see Notes b and c 5 Pure IP queue mode printing is enabled 6 IPX queue mode printing is enabled see Note c 7 Looking for SAP NetwWare fileservers on the net see Note c Notes a TCP printing must be enabled TCP_ENB YES b Some other SAP service must be present on the network c At least one frametype must be enabled for NetWare 144 AX
114. g parameters e 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 e n the Parameter List chapter of this manual you can find a complete list of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 parameters Character Set A common problem in a multiple host environment is that different hosts use Conversion different ASCII character sets As a result of this language specific characters such as fi are sometimes printed incorrectly The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 solution to this problem is to assign a character set conversion filter to a logical printer and then link that logical printer to the host causing the problem AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 109 Configuration Possibilities Example Adding Strings Before and After Print Jobs 110 Example You select your desired conversion filter by setting the Character Set Conversion PRx_CSET parameter The output from the conversion filter is always IBM PC Set 2 Code Page 437 and this is the character set the printer must be set up for Your network contains a host using the character set ISO 8859 2 and a host using the character set DEC In order to direct print jobs to the printer connected to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 you should assign the host to a separate logical printer and install a character set conversion filter Follow the instructions below
115. ge without prior notice AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 131 The Parameter List Section 14 The Parameter List This section provides an overview of the AXIS 5500 and AXIS 5550 print server parameters See the Axis Web site for latest technical information The config File See Using FIP for Print Server Management on page 93 for information on how to fetch the print server s config file The config file is built up like this General Menu ODE ADDR 00 40 8C 18 1C FO ETWORK_SPEED AUTO SENSE AUTO SENSE 10 HALF DX 10 FULL DX 100 HALF DX 100 FULL DX PS NAME AXIS181CF0 ROOT PWD pass USERS BASE URL www axis com CHARSET ITSO 8859 1 ISO 8859 1 UTF 8 LANG English English French German Spanish Italian Japanese AXIS PRINT SYSTEM YES RCONFIG ENB YES DEF_OUT PRL PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 USB1 SYS_LOC SYS_CONT To the left of the colon character you will find each parameter To the right of the colon you see the present value or state of the parameter followed by a list of possible values within brackets Example The language parameter LANG presently is set to English 132 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Parameters Default Values Possible Values and Comments The Parameter List After a change most parameters
116. gether with appropriate printer drivers The IPP client is a tool that adds destination printers to your printer list A list of available IPP clients can be viewed in PP clients on page 102 e The printer to which you want to send your print job needs to be connected to a print server with IPP functionality The print server makes it possible for your printer to receive print jobs from an IPP client The IPP functionality of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is automatically activated upon installation IPP Printing Before you print to an IPP printer you need to know Requirements the http address of the print server e the brand and model of the printer in order to install the appropriate printer driver Address Schemes for When using IPP printing you need to know the IP address or host name of your IPP Printers IPP enabled Axis print server IPP is a client server type protocol which comprises two industry standards e the 1 0 standard which uses an http address scheme e the 1 1 standard which uses an ipp address scheme Example usinga If axisps is the host name of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 631 is the port Host Name number and USB1 is the local printer port name then the syntax of the in the 1 0 Standard address scheme will be http axisps 631 USB1 in the 1 0 standard Example using an If 171 16 5 218 is the IP address of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and USB1 is IP Address the local printer port name then the syntax of th
117. he appropriate diskette CD drive and click OK Select the printer driver you want to install and click Next Enter an appropriate name for your printer and click Next Choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users and click Next Choose whether you want to print a test page click Next and then Finish AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows Adding Printers over NetBIOS NetBEUI in Windows NT 4 using AXIS Print Monitor 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 4 0 workstation 1 Install AXIS PrintMonitor on all workstations that will print via the print server 2 Tostart 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 lt name gt lt port gt Example AX100086 LP1 The lt port gt is taken from the table below Click OK Close the Printer Ports window Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 US1 AXIS 5550 US1 LP1 7 Click the Co
118. hod Follow the instructions below to upgrade your print servers using AXIS ThinWizard 1 Click the Firmware button The Firmware Wizard starts 2 Browse through the upgrading tips and click Next gt when you are done Select Latest Available Version Click Next gt 3 Select the servers you want to upgrade by checking the correct upgrade boxes Click Next gt 4 Enter the default User ID and Password of the servers you selected in the previous step Select whether you want AXIS ThinWizard to verify the password immediately or when the upgrading job has started by checking the appropriate box Click Next gt 5 Ifyou donot have a default password just click Next gt If some of your servers use a different User ID or Password than the default entries they will be displayed in the Remaining servers list Enter the User ID and Password for each individual server Click Next gt AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Updating the Firmware 6 Name the upgrade job This is optional so you can leave the field blank if you want Click the Start button to start the upgrading job AXIS ThinWizarg Axis Firmware Wizard Tips for efficient upgrades with the Firmware wizard 1 About firmware versions 2 Save the current settings prior to the upgrade downgrade 3 Access AXIS Thin Wizard remotely over the WAN using a web browser ooo o 4 Verify your DHCP and BOOTP settings on the Axis units prior to the upgrad
119. ill appear as lt IPX External Network Number gt lt Print Server s HW address gt lt Socket Number gt that is 01d7e1c2 00408c5ff6a6 400c where 400c and 401c are the socket numbers corresponding the LPT1 and USB1 physical ports If the printer is not in the displayed print list click Manually specify the print server and do the following 1 Enter the lt IPX External Network Numbers in the Network field 2 Enter the lt Print Server s HW address gt in the LAN HW address field 3 Choose a port in the Print Server Port field e g 01d7e1 2 00408c5ff6a6 and LPT1 The port numbers are LPT1 or USB1 Ports available _ USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 other unknown AXIS 5550 other unknown parallel Example other unknown denotes the USB1 port Axis Gateway Configuration Select IPX Printer be2f3t7e 0080 AXISSFFGA6_P3 Old elc2 004C AXISSFFEA6_P2 Old7e1c2 004C AXISSFFGA6_P1 Old7e1c2 004C be2f3ffe 0040 be2f3t7e 0040 be2t3tfe 0040 v Manually specify the print server BC2F3F7E 00408C5FF6AF PT Network Lan HW address Print server port me 4 When done select your printer and press Finish AXIS5E7414_P1 58 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 5 Next select the printer drivers for each client operating system Widows 2000 Windows NT4 and Windows 95 98 These drivers will be automatically downloaded to
120. inWizard on a designated computer on your network To install follow the instructions given by the Installation Wizard During the installation you will be asked to enter a user id and a password these will be used when logging in to AXIS ThinWizard so please take a note of them To be able to use all AXIS ThinWizard features the print server must have the FTP_ENB parameter set to Yes This is done in the print server s web interface Admin Network Settings Detailed view TCP IP Follow the instructions below to start AXIS ThinWizard Make sure that the computer where you installed the AXIS ThinWizard is up and running on your network 2 Start a Web browser on a client in your network 3 Enter the IP address or the host name of the computer where you installed AXIS ThinWizard If the server is installed on another port than 80 you must enter the port name after the host name or the IP address 4 The AXIS ThinWizard start page now appears in the Web browser Enter the user id and password you specified during installation and click Log in 5 The AXIS ThinWizard interface appears AXIS ThinWizard Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Os O x A GD serh Favorites meda 2 Address http 10 13 6 198 Eco AXIS ThinWizarg Management Preferences Help Logout Manage Network Network Groups IP Setting Event Log 2 Rescan Firmware Q configur
121. inter r Available Printers Install AXISSFF66A_IP1 ML2030N_Pub_LPT2 Filter ht Be Browse Context Public Access Protocol IPX IPv4 Printer Information 5 The list of available printers shows the NDPS Public Access Printers on the network and the NDPS Controlled Access Printers in you current NDS context To see the Controlled Access Printers in other context that you have rights to click the Browse button and select your choice Click OK x tech kk com axis NW5TREE Available objects Browse context a a Cancel ne Hel AXISSFFBA6_IPX1 E e 2E PRINTERS E Support Change Context 6 Once selected click Install The Novell Printers Install dialog appears Printer Name AXISSFFEA6_IPX lt 1 OK Installed As AXISSFFEAG_IPX1 tech kk com axis ddil Cancel Description Location Help Context AXISSFFEA6_IP1 tech kk com axis Configurations Default Printer Configuration View 66 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 7 Click OK The default driver for that printer is then automatically downloaded If the printer object does not havea printer driver associated with it ora driver was not found you will be prompted to either to choose from a list of printer drivers provided by NDPS or to provide a disk with the appropriate driver The Novell Printers dialog appears with the new printer e g AXIS
122. inter 1 2 By enabling binary transfer you reduce printing time provided that the print job is sent as binary data to the print server This is particular true when you are printing large bitmaps e TBCP enables the print server to use the TBCP Tagged Binary Communication Protocol to transfer print data to the printer Select this alternative when using Postscript printers e BCP enables the print server to use the BCP Binary Communications Protocol to transfer print data to the printer Select this alternative when using Postscript printers e None disables all binary transfers select this alternative for all non PostScript printers and for ASCII PostScript printing Notes e f you have have set the Auto Detect Printer Type parameter to YES the text output format will be chosen automatically Admin Network Settings Detailed View Macintosh Auto Detect Printer Type Yes e Some printers e g Epson InkJet printers can not be used when TBCP is enabled Setting Parameters In AppleTalk you can change a limited number of the parameters of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 You can e enable and disable binary data transfers for your printing e select the type of binary transfer protocol to use e specify the AppleTalk printer type e set the IP address However by assigning an IP address to your print server you have access to all of the print server parameters via any standard Web browser or via FTP Refer to Sectio
123. inter Wizard select Settings Printers from the Start menu and double click the Add Printer icon After clicking Next in the first dialog the Wizard asks you to select between Local Printer and Network Printer You must select Local Printer as the print server emulates a local printer port Click Next Choose the appropriate print driver for your printer If the desired print driver already appears within the displayed Manufacturers and printers lists highlight your selection click Next and proceed directly to step 7 It is only necessary to perform steps 5 6 if your printer does not feature in the model list Click the Have Disk button Insert the printer driver diskette CD into the appropriate disk drive of your computer Select the type of printer you want to install from the diskette CD and click Next If you already have the printer s driver installed you will be asked whether to keep it or to replace it Select the Printers TCP IP Port and click Next Enter an appropriate name for your printer and choose whether you want it to be the default printer Click Next In the next window do not order a Test Page to be written just click Finish The printer you have defined will now be displayed in the Printers Folder Right click the printer object and select Properties Click the Details tab within the Properties page and then click Add Port to display the available monitors Click the radio button other Select A
124. ions This gives you full control over any features your printer might have Autodetect Printer The print server can automatically detect the type of printer you are using if Type you enable Autodetect Printer Type The print server can then recognize Epson and Hewlett Packard InkJet printers Most Epson and Hewlett Packard InkJet printers that have Mac OS printer drivers for network printing are supported Without the Autodetect Printer Type function the AppleTalk printer type has to be specified manually in the print server For Epson InkJets it would be EPSONLO2 and for HP InkJets it would be DeskWriter If the print server does not recognize the connected printer the default setting LaserWriter will be used as printer type LaserWriter is the recommended setting to be used with all PostScript printers To enable Autodetect Printer Type log in to your print server s Web interface and select Admin Network Settings Detailed View Macintosh Auto Detect Printer Type Yes See the Help pages in the print server s Web interface for details LaserWriter 7 0 Follow the instructions below to choose a printer Pee 1 Select Chooser from the Apple menu 2 Click the LaserWriter icon 3 If your network has more than one zone click on the zone you want If your network does not have any zones this box will not appear AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 49 Adding Printers in Macintosh 50 LaserWriter 8 0 Printer Driver
125. is Portrait while the page format parameters are as follows Page Format Parameter Default Value Comment Lines per page MPL 66 Characters per line MPP 0 0 disable line wrap Characters per inch CPI 100 100 10 char per inch Lines per inch LPI 60 60 6 lines per inch Left margin LM 30 30 3 0 mm Top margin TM 50 50 5 0 mm The PostScript font can be any font that is installed in the printer If no font is specified Courier will be used Example Follow the instructions below to set the PostScript parameters for logical printer PR2 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers Select the PR2 tab Set the Printer Language Translation parameter to POSTSCR 2 3 4 Set the PostScript Page Size parameter to LETTER 5 Set the PostScript Page Orientation parameter to LANDS 6 Enter the string 48 O 120 60 30 50 in the PostScript Page Format text field Hex code Explanation 48 48 lines per page 0 disable line wrap 120 120 12 characters per inch 60 60 6 lines per inch 30 30 3 mm left margin 50 50 5 mm top margin 7 Enter the string Helvetica in the PostScript Font text field 8 Click the OK button Redirecting Print Jobs If print data is received for a printer that is already busy the host normally when a Printer is Busy must wait However if you have an AXIS 5500 it is possible to use a logical printer to
126. l Basic Installation Set the IP Address Below is an example of how to set the IP address of the print server using using BOOTP BOOTP in UNIX Linux Append the following entry to your boot table This is typically performed by editing the file etc bootptab lt host name gt ht lt hardware type gt vm lt vendor magic gt sha lt hardware address gt ip lt IP address gt sm lt subnet mask gt gw lt gateway field gt Example npsname ht ether vm rfcl1048 ha 00408c100086 ip 192 168 3 191 sm 255 255 255 0 gw 192 168 1 1 1 If necessary update your host table and alias name databases as required by your system 2 Ifitisnotalready running start the BOOTP daemon This is typically performed using the bootpd command 3 Restart the print server to download the IP address default router address and subnet mask The print server can automatically download a customized config file from a TFTP server Just add the name of the config file and the TFTP server s IP address to your boot table The config file is downloaded immediately after the print server receives its IP address 4 You have now successfully set the IP address of the print server Proceed to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 Set the IP Address AutolP sets the IP address automatically in the absence of a DHCP server in using AutolP Windows Me 2000 and XP If you have a DHCP server runni
127. lished Log in to the print server s Web pages see Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management on page 83 select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP and define Default Router and Subnet Mask Make sure you first set DHCP Auto IP BOOTP and RARP Enabled to No You have now set the IP address of the print server Continue to Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC on page 22 When you execute the ping command for the first time you will experience a significantly longer response time than is usual The ability to set the IP address with ARP and PING will only be enabled the first 4 minutes after restarting the print server By using the arp d command the static entry in the arp table is removed from the host s cache memory Open a Terminal and enter the following commands Syntax Example arp s lt IP address gt lt Ethernet address gt arp s 192 168 3 191 00 40 8 10 00 86 ping lt IP address gt ping 192 168 3 191 The host will return psname is alive ora similar message This indicates that the address has been set and that communication is established Log in to the print server s Web pages see Using a Web Browser for Print Server Management on page 83 select Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP and define Default Router and Subnet Mask Make sure you first set DHCP Auto IP BOOTP and RARP Enabled to No You have now successfully set the IP
128. ll 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening data connection for axinstall 192 36 253 4 13 223 mode ascii 226 Transfer complete local axinstall remote axinstall 61187 bytes received in 14 seconds 4 2 kbytes s ftp gt bye 221 Goodbye Typical FTP session for downloading the axinstall script AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in UNIX Linux The axinstall script has now been downloaded to your host Execute the script with this command sh axinstall Of sh axinstall depending on your system You will be guided through the installation by a step by step procedure During the installation you will be asked to select a print method we suggest you choose LPD or for more functionality use the PROS filter or named pipe methods Please refer to the following pages if you need guidance on the choice of print methods Note NLPRng is not supported by axinstall The axinstall script will suggest one of the systems listed below when started If you do not find the suggestion appropriate then manually select any of the systems listed 1 Sun0S 4 SUN BSD Solaris 1 x 2 Sun0S 5 SUN SYS V Solaris 2 x 3 AIX IBM RS 6000 BULL DPX 20 4 HP UX HP 9000 5 BOS BULL DPX 2 6 DEC OSF 1 Digital Equipment Alpha 7 ULTRIX Digital Equipment DEC 8 IRIX Silicon Graphics SGI 9 SCO UNIX Santa Cruz Operation 10 SCO UnixWa
129. mand printtool If you are in a terminal window the graphic version will start as described above If you do not have the X Window System installed the command will start a text based version The same information as was described above will be needed Note In Mandrake even if you type printtool ata shell prompt printerdrake will automatically start AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 39 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Debian 3 0 Invocation Print Queues Adding a Remote Unix Printer 40 Debian offers a choice between plain LPD LPRng and CUPS There are several printer configuration tools in this distribution e g the apsfilter version 5 or later which adds support for LPRng and Ghostscript s uniprint driver scheme Red Hat s printtool is also supported for those who prefer GUI administration tools For LPRng LPD and CUPS use the Printtool From the Gnome desktop select Main Menu on the panel gt Debian menus gt Apps gt System gt Printtool On the KDE desktop select the Main Menu on the Panel gt System gt Debian gt Printtool Open a terminal window and type the command printtool in XTERM or Gnome Five types of print queues can be configured with printconfin the Debian distribution e Local Printer e Unix Printer Ipd Spool e Windows Printer SMB e Novell Printer NCP Queue e JetDirect Printer Start printtool and click Add Select Remote Unix Ipd Queue from the Print
130. n Ethernet Fast Ethernet Wired Network Attachments Ethernet AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual NetBlOS NetBEUI or TCP IP WINS IPX IP iPrint SAP RIP SPX and NCP extended with NDS NDPS NLSP DIAG LIP NetBlOS NetBEUI NetBlOS NetBEUI LPD FIP Telnet Reverse Telnet PROS BOOTP ARP RARP DHCP ICMP IGMP IP TCP UDP HTTP TFTP SLP Raw TCP IPP AutolP DDNS AAPR ATP DDP NBP PAP RTMP ZIP SSL 2 0 3 0 TLS 1 0 HTTPS Encrypted passwords NetWare Packet Signature Level 1 2 3 Root password user access list and printer access Print server job printer status presentation and management via NWAdmin PCONSOLE AXIS ThinWizard for monitoring configuration and firmware upgrading English French German Spanish and Italian Use of IEEE 802 2 IEEE 802 3 SNAP and Ethernet II frame types simultaneously Supports NWay that provides auto detection of network speed Use of IEEE 802 2 IEEE 802 3 SNAP and Ethernet II frame types simultaneously full duplex RJ 45 connector Category 5 twisted pair cable for 10baseT Ethernet or 100base TX Fast Ethernet 129 Technical Specification Logical Printers Printer Ports Power Consumption 130 Dimensions Environmental Temperature Approvals EMC Logical printer ports can be programmed to perform auto ASCII to PostScript conversion string before and after job string substitution alternative output and character set c
131. n 8 Print Server Management on page 82 for more information Example The following example describes how you set the print server parameters in AppleTalk AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 51 Adding Printers in Macintosh 52 Important Note Note DO NOT use the parameter values from this example when configuring your print server You should select values that are appropriate for your printers and network settings Follow the instructions below 1 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu Select a network printer driver any LaserWriter will do Select the printer port ending with _CFG Close the Chooser Open a text editor e g SimpleText Oy VOM qA oe ahs Write a text file containing the parameters you want to set BINARY_TYPE_1 BCP INT_ADDR 192 168 3 191 ATYPE_1 EPSONLO2 Parameters that you do not want to set should be excluded from the text file Refer to the Parameter list in this manual for information about which values that are valid for each parameter 7 Print the text file The settings will be stored in the print server 8 Open the Chooser and select the printer port you wish to use for printing documents 9 Close the Chooser The _CFG port disappears 60 minutes after the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 has been powered on If you want it to reappear you must restart your print server AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers i
132. n NetWare Section 7 Adding Printers in NetWare This section describes how to continue the installation of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 in the NetWare environment Identify which transport protocol you are running on your network and which installation method you should use Continue the installation by selecting the appropriate installing instructions YES A from the table below APPROVED Novell Installation Transport Actio method protocol NDPS TCP IP See Setup using NDPS on page 54 IPX SPX Public Access Printers on page 54 Controlled Access Printers on page 59 iPrint iPrint over LPR See Setup using iPrint on page 70and See Install a printer using AXIS LPR Gateway Configuration Snapin on page 73 iPrint over IPP See Setup using iPrint on page 70and See Install a printer with AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration Snapin on page 72 Queue based IPX SPX To install using the AXIS NetPilot Installation Wizard printing See Basic Setup with AXIS NetPilot on page 74 Basic Configuration IPX SPX If you need a more advanced installation that is not covered by the AXIS NetPilot Installation Wizard Advanced See Advanced Installation using AXIS NetPilot on page 76 configuration See NetWare Administration on page 80 for information on Novell s administration tools If you intend to operate your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 in a multi protocol mixed environment you
133. n you enter the IP address Optionally you can add the port you want to use as a suffix AXIS 5500 type _LPT1 for the USB port AXIS 5550type _LPT2 for the USB port and _LPT1 for the parallel port Click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Add Port For which device do you want to add a port S w Enter the Printer Name or IP address and a port name for the desired device Printer Name or IP Address 192 168 3 191 Port Name IP_192 168 3 191_LPT1 lt Back Next gt Cancel 5 Inthe Additional Port Information Required window choose the Device Port you want to use you will see LPT1 LPT2 and COM1 in a drop down menu AXIS 5500 select LPT1 for the USB port AXIS 5550 select LPT2 for the USB port and LPT1 for the parallel port Click Next Additional Port Information Required Additional Port Information Required RS The device has multiple Ports The selected device has multiple ports Choose the port from the given list If the port you want to use is not in the list then go back to the previous page and make sure that the information that you entered is correct Device Port LPT1 Completing the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard You have selected a port with the following characteristics SNMP Yes Protocol LPR pri Device 192 168 3 191 Port Name IP_192 168 3 191_LPT1 Adapter Type Axis Print Server 3 ports To complete this wizard click Finish lt Back Fi
134. name and slot number PRINTER3 Print server name and slot number PRINTER4 Print server name and slot number 136 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual The Parameter List NPRINTERS Print server name and slot number NPRINTER6 Print server name and slot number NPRINTER7 Print server name and slot number NPRINTER8 Print server name and slot number NetBIOS NetBEUI In the print server s Web interface select Admin Network Settings Detailed Menu View Windows OS2 Parameter Default value Possible values Comments LSLM_ENB YES YES NO etBIOS NetBEUI Enabled B_FR_TYPE FR_AUTO FR_AUTO FR_802_2 FR_DIX etBlOS Frame Type Requires Restart ame Printer 1 PRINTS pen n AXIS 5500 LPRINT_1 has AXxxxxxx US1 as default p LLOGIC_1 R1 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 1 USB1 LPRINT_2 AXxxxxxx US1 ame Printer 2 p LLOGIC_2 R2 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 2 USB1 LPRINT_3 ame Printer 3 p LLOGIC_3 R3 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 3 USB1 LPRINT_4 ame Printer 4 Name p LLOGIC_4 R4 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 4 USB1 LPRINT_5 ame Printer 5 p LLOGIC 5 R5 PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 PR8 LPT1 Logical Printer for Printer 5 USB1 LPRINT_6 ame Printer 6 p LLOGIC 6 R6 PR1
135. nfigure 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 Note 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 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 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 33 Adding Printers in Windows Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over TCP IP using AXIS Print Monitor Configure the Port 34 12 13 14 Install AXIS PrintMonitor on all workstations that will print via the Axis print server Next start the Windows Add Pr
136. ng on your network the print server will receive an IP address immediately after you have connected it to the network In the absence of a DHCP server your print server will automatically be assigned an IP address through integrated AutolP The AutolP address structure is 169 254 xxx xxx The AutolP function will only work when DHCP is enabled in your print server This function is enabled automatically upon installation of a brand new print server The easiest way to make sure DHCP and AutolP are enabled is to reset your print server to Factory Default See The Test Button on page 126 for instruction on how to do this If you perform a Factory Default on the print server and you do not have a DHCP server on your network AutolP will automatically set the IP address of the print server It is highly recommended that you change the Auto IP address to a static IP address AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 19 Basic Installation Set the IP Address using ARP in Windows 98 NT Me 2000 XP Note Set the IP Address using ARP in UNIX Linux and Mac 20 OS X Notes Open a Command Prompt and enter the following commands Syntax Example arp s lt IP address gt lt Ethernet address gt arp s 192 168 3 191 00 40 8c 10 00 86 ping lt IP address gt ping 192 168 3 191 The host will return reply from192 168 3 191 ora similar message This indicates that the address has been set and that communication is estab
137. nish Cancel 6 Select Manufacturer and Printer from the driver list Click Next AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows 7 Choose whether you want to keep the existing driver or to replace it If you already have the printer s driver installed you will be asked whether to keep it or to replace it 8 Click Next Supply a name for the printer and choose whether you want to make it your default printer Click Next Install Printer Software gt The maridacarer and model determine which parter software to wie Q Select the manufacturer and model of your printer It your pinter came with an installation ga dk ckek Have Disk It your printer is not ited consul your printer documentation for Compote preter sollreare Add Printer Wizard Name Your Printer E You maait assign a name to this pinter Q Type a name for this printer Becaure tome pogam do not uppat printer and server ae eee ar ni 31 characters is best to keep the name ar short as Porter name Al Printers a IY Gonenc Tet Oriy BY Generic IBM Graphics Spin Do you want to ure this printer as the defaut pinter SY Generic IBM Graptacs Spun wade a ET HS Publther Color Printer a Ng dyti E Thet diver is igh sgread Windows Update Have Dak 2 oot arn S eaU lt Back New _Cancet Liste J New Cacai 9 Choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users print a test page etc Select the appropriate radi
138. nter command Click the OK button Extensive use of string substitutions will naturally decrease the throughput rate of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 logical printers can translate ASCII print data into PostScript format This makes it possible to print on a PostScript printer from a host that does not support PostScript The conversion is selected by activating a filter that converts ASCII data into Postscript This filter can be activated individually for each logical printer Activate your desired filter by setting the Printer Language Translation PRx_FILT parameter Follow the instructions below to convert ASCII print data to PostScript for logical printer PR2 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR2 tab 3 Set the Printer Language Translation parameter to POSTSCR 4 Click the OK button If you select the parameter value AUTO_PS the print data for every print job is searched and if any ASCII data is found it is translated into PostScript This setting is recommended if you are not sure if the print data is ASCII or PostScript AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities PostScript Settings When a logical printer is set for PostScript conversion you must specify the following e page size e page orientation e page format e which font to use The default page size is A4 and the default page orientation
139. o button and click Next and Finish Add Printer Wizard Add Printer Wizard Printers Sharing You can shave the partes wath othee network users Completing the Add Printer Wizard H you want to share thes porter you must provide a share name You can wie the sugpeited name OF type new ore The shave nama wil be vitible to other network users You have succesituly completed the Add Printer Wizard You peched the kelong pareet sett DDAN thine ii pares O Shwe nana To close this wizard chick Frish Cie Oe Cea Ca Ce C 10 Print a test page to verify You have now completed the installation Tepmon ini For the USB port to appear as an option in the Windows Device Port list see Step 5 above you must install Axis tepmon Upgrade Utility a script that aids Windows in recognizing the USB port This script upgrades the tepmon ini file in the system32 directory by adding new Axis print server ports in the Windows Available Ports list The old tcpmon ini file will be saved as tepmon ini_bak in the same directory no other information will be affected You have to be logged in as an Administrator to use this program The program is available here ftp axis com pub_soft prt_srv utility tepmon AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 27 Adding Printers in Windows Adding Printers in Windows NT4 using the Microsoft LPR Monitor Preparing for LPR Printing Installing a Network printer 28 If yo
140. o change the print server name just type the new name in the available text field Environments Choose which networking environments you want to configure the Axis Network Print Server for e g NetWare TCP IP Windows amp OS 2 or Macintosh If your network comprises various different platforms you can enable any combination of environments NetWare NDS Place NetWare Print Queues on a specific bindery server or alternatively into an NDS Tree The IP address Choose the method the Axis Network Print Server should employ for obtaining an IP address DHCP ARP RARP BOOTP and Auto IP are supported You can also select to set the IP address manually Refer to Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server on page 15 for further information about setting the IP address Print Queues The Axis Network Print Server uses the print server name followed by the printer port as the default Print Queue names and print server port names If you want to change the default printer queue names just type the new names in the available text fields Environment Default Names NetWare AXIS1A0003_LPT1_O Windows amp OS 2 AX1A0003 LP1 AppleTalk AXIS1A0003_LPT1 Default Print Queue Names and Print Server Port Names for each of the operating environments Environment Default Names NetWare AXIS1A0003_LPT1_Q AXIS1A0003_USB1_0 Windows amp OS 2 AX1A0003 LP1 AX1A0003 USB1 AppleTalk AXIS1A0003_LPT1 AXIS1A0003_USB1 Default Print Queue Names and Print S
141. of Network Print Servers simple and convenient It runs on Windows platforms that use NetWare or NetBIOS NetBEUI and lets you Install Network Print Servers Modify the network environment Change the print server configuration Create printer groups Monitor printers Installing AXIS AXIS NetPilot is available on www axis com Install it on any Windows client in NetPilot the network using NetWare or NetBIOS NetBEUI Installing a Network When started AXIS NetPilot scans the network for Network Print Servers All Print Server found will be placed in the folder New AXIS Units Highlight the one you want to install and click Install Print Server Select one of the two options Installation Options 90 with Installation Wizard Use this option to install a new print server When you click the OK button the Installation Wizard will start and you will be guided through the installation process step by step If you choose this option for a print server that has already been installed the new settings that you enter via the Wizard will replace the existing parameters with current configuration Use this option to make AXIS NetPilot accept a previously installed Network Print Server without changing its configuration parameters When you click the OK button you will return to the main window the selected print server will now appear in the Network Print Servers folder If you select this option for a new print server the factory default
142. oftware AXIS IPP Gateway Comfiguration Snap in for i Print in NetWare 5 x See the read me file for installation instructions The IPP protocol does not require any special configuration of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 the IPP function is automatically activated when you install your print server IPP is platform independent and functional in Windows NT 98 Me and 2000 XP Macintosh NetWare and UNIX Linux If there are one or more firewalls between the IPP client and the server you may have to make some changes to the firewall configuration IPP uses TCP Port 631 for printing so any firewalls between client and server must be configured to allow bi directional traffic on that port Please consult your network administrator if you think any configuration changes are necessary Before you print to an IPP printer you will need to know e the http address of the print server The http address contains the IP address or host name of the print server and the printer port name e the brand and type of the printer in order to install the appropriate printer driver If your destination printer does not exist in your Printer name list you need to add it Adding an IPP printer to your printer list is described below 1 Select the IPP printer to which you want to send your document Choose the destination printer from the Printer name field in File Print 2 When you press Print the print job is sent over the Internet to the AXIS 5500
143. on pre printed forms when using the logical printer PR4 The standard forms are taken from the lower tray and the pre printed forms are taken from the upper tray The string before print job should contain the command to select the upper tray amp 11H hex1B 26 6C 31 48 The string after print job should contain the command to select the lower tray amp 14H hex 1B 26 6C 34 48 Follow the instructions below to add strings before and after the print job 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR4 tab 3 Enter the string 1B 26 6C 31 48 in the String Before Print Job text field 4 Enter the string 1B 26 6C 34 48 in the String After Print Job text field 5 Click the OK button String Substitutions The string substitution function performs search and replace operations on the print data The primary application is to replace printer control commands Up to twenty string substitutions may be specified individually for each logical printer All strings must be entered as hexadecimal byte values and each match and substitute string must be preceded by a count byte You substitute command strings by editing the String Substitutions PRx_STR parameter Example Assume that you want to replace the UNIX Linux New Line hex OA with an Carriage Return Line Feed hex OD OA for logical printer PR1 Follow the instructions below to substitute command strings
144. onversion AXIS 5500 is equipped with e One Low and Full speed USB 1 1 port and works with USB v 2 0 Low Speed and Full Speed The USB cable shipped with the product supports Low Speed and Full Speed IMPORTANT Hi Speed is not supported AXIS 5550 is equipped with e One Low and Full speed USB 1 1 port and works with USB v 2 0 Low Speed and Full Speed The USB cable shipped with the product supports Low Speed and Full Speed IMPORTANT Hi Speed is not supported e One high speed IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port Maximum 5 6 W Power provided by Power Adapter type PS H 5 1V DC 2000 mA Height x Width x Depth 5500 1 1in 29 mm 2 4in 62 mm 5 1in 130 mm 5550 1 1in 29 mm 2 4in 62 mm 4 6in 117 mm Weight 5500 0 17lb 77g 5550 0 18lb 81g 40 105 F 5 40 C EN 55 024 1998 EN 55 022 1998 A1 CISPR 22 1997 A1 Class B EN 61000 3 2 2000 EN 61000 3 3 1995 A1 VCCI 2002 Class B ITE CISPR 22 1997 A1 2000 Class B C tick AS NZS 3548 FCC part 15 subpart B Class B demonstrated by compliance with EN 55022 1998 CISPR 22 1997 Class B AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Technical Specification Safety EN 60950 approved power supplies for all countries Hardware 32 bit 100 MHz AXIS ETRAX 100LX RISC Controller 2 MB Flash memory 8 MB RAM Front Panel 2 LED indicators for Power and Network Test button for information printouts All specifications are subject to chan
145. orts Test Button Network Indicator Power Indicator Compatible Printers AXIS 5500 is equipped with e One Low and Full speed USB 1 1 port and works with USB v 2 0 Low Speed and Full Speed The USB cable shipped with the product supports Low Speed and Full Speed IMPORTANT Hi Speed is not supported AXIS 5550 is equipped with e One Low and Full speed USB 1 1 port and works with USB v 2 0 Low Speed and Full Speed The USB cable shipped with the product supports Low Speed and Full Speed IMPORTANT Hi Speed is not supported e One high speed IEEE 1284 compatible parallel port The test button is used for e printing a test page to check the connection to the printer e printing the parameter list showing the print server settings e performing a Factory Default of the print server which will restore most of the parameters and settings to factory default values The network indicator flashes to indicate network activity The power indicator is lit while power is applied If it is not lit or if it flashes there is a problem with the print server or its Power Adapter Most networkable printers can be used with these Axis print servers except host based printers such as GDI PPA CAPT Mounting the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Using the supplied clips your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 can be mounted in many ways e g on the back of the printer on a wall It can be placed behind the printer or next to a hub AXIS 5550 c
146. ows Server 2003 Print Methods NetBEUI LPR Raw TCP NetWare 3 11 3 12 4 10 4 11 5 and above Supports bindery emulation and NDS Up to 16 bindery file servers and 96 print queues are served Supports user messages NDPS supported by versions 4 11 and above Print Methods NDPS RPRINTER NPRINTER PSERVER LAN Manager 2 0c and above running under OS 2 ver 1 3 and above Print Method NetBEUI LAN Server 1 3 and above running under OS 2 ver 1 3 and above including OS 2 Warp OS 2 Warp Connect Print Method NetBEUI LANtastic 7 0 from any of the supported Windows clients defined above Print Method NetBEUI All computers supporting the TCP IP suite of protocols including BSD systems BSD 4 2 4 3 4 4 SunOS4 SOLARIS 1 x DEC Ultrix ete R3 R4 ATET Interactive SCO SUNOS5 Solaris 2 x HP UX Silicon Graphics IRIX DEC Alpha OSF 1 IBM AIX BULL BOS AIX Linux IBM MVS VM VSE OS 400 DEC VMS guidelines for other systems Print Methods LPD FTP PROS named pipe amp filtered Reverse Telnet Print Method AppleTalk Phase 2 Netscape Communicator 4 7 and above Internet Explorer 4 0 and above Mozilla 1 0 and above AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Technical Specification Supported Protocols Windows and OS 2 NetWare LAN Manager LAN Server LANtastic TCP IP Apple EtherTalk Security NetWare UNIX Linux Network Management Supported Languages Logical Connectio
147. p If your destination printer does not exist in your Printer Name list you need to add it Adding an IPP printer to your printer list is described below 2 When you press Print the print job is sent over the Internet WAN to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 which then forwards the print job to the destination printer 3 The recipient of the print job can collect the print job at the destination printer AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 103 Configuration Possibilities Adding an IPP Printer 1 Install the Internet Printer Connection software from Hewlett Packard can to your Printer List in be downloaded from the Hewlett Packard Web site on your computer Wi NT aans Open Start Settings Printers 3 Choose Add Printer The Add Printer Wizard will start 4 Next the Wizard will ask you if you want to install on My Computer or on a Network print server Choose My Computer and click Next Add Printer Wizard x Click the check box next to the port s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports Part Description LPT2 Local Port EJ LPT3 Local Port COM1 Local Port COM2 Local Port COM3 Local Port coma Local Port E Add Fort Configure Port I Enable printer pooling Carei 5 In the Available Ports window click Add Port Add Printer Wizard x Click the check box next to the port
148. p enter the IP address ranges and Axis server types that should be included If you are only interested in managing print servers deselect all options but the print server option 4 Click OK to create the network group You can edit the properties of each network group from the Network Groups page Simply select the network group from the list and use one of the Edit Copy or Remove commands Managing Follow the instructions below to access the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 using AXIS Print Servers ThinWizard 1 Click Manage Network in the main menu 2 Select the network group including the from the drop down list All AXIS servers included in the network group appear in the window 3 Click the link of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 to access its internal Web page 4 The Srv and Dev columns show the status of your print servers and printers You are now free to manage and configure the print server as described in Services Available from the User Mode on page 84 Upgrading Refer to Upgrading using AXIS ThinWizard on page 122 for more information Axis Servers about upgrading Axis servers using AXIS ThinWizard Additional If you need more information please refer to the AXIS ThinWizard on line help Information AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 89 Print Server Management Using AXIS NetPilot for Print Server Management AXIS NetPilot 2 70 and up should be used for Axis USB print servers AXIS NetPilot makes management
149. peed in an Ethernet network log in to the print server s internal Web pages and click Admin General Settings gt Change You have the options listed here Network Speed Comment Auro senst oo o 10_HALF__DX 10 Half Duplex 10_FULL_DX 10 Full Duplex 100_HALF_DX 100 Half Duplex 100_FULL_DX 100 Full Duplex The default Network Speed value is AUTO_SENSE which is the correct option for the majority of users If you choose a faulty Network Speed option for your network you may loose contact with the print server In order to reset the Network Speed parameter to AUTO_SENSE you will have to reboot the print server disconnect and then re connect the external power supply NetWare Packet Signature Level 1 2 3 Protects servers and clients using the NetWare Core Protocol services NCP packet signature prevents packet forgery by requiring the server and the client to sign each NCP packet AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 115 Configuration Possibilities Flashloading new firmware into the print server The firmware can easily be upgraded since flash loading is possible from the print server s internal Web pages Client software is not needed to upgrade the firmware See Upgrading from the Print Server s Internal Web Pages on page 122 Enabling Secure Web Services SSL TLS Certificates Enabling SSL via the Web Interface Generating a Self Signed Certificate 116 In a new and unconfigure
150. peer printing all print jobs are sent directly to the print server rather than through a file server client server Privacy Enhanced Mail Reverse Address Resolution Protocol A TCP IP protocol used for downloading IP addresses in UNIX Linux networks It requires a RARP daemon on your system and only operates within a single network segment A request made to an active RARP daemon initiates a search of the Ethernet Address Table for an entry matching the print server s Ethernet address If a matching entry is found the daemon downloads the IP address to the print server Reduced Instruction Set Computing A processor designed to increase performance using a limited set of of assembly language instructions Service Advertising Protocol A NetWare network name advertising service that e g file servers can use for advertising their existence to network clients Simple Network Management Protocol Standard management protocol for network attached devices Secure Sockets Layer a protocol designed to provide secure communications on the Internet AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual SPX TCP Telnet TFTP TLS UNIX URL USB WAN WINS Wizard AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Glossary Sequenced Packet Exchange a NetWare communications protocol used to transmit messages reliably over a network Transmission Control Protocol The connection oriented transport level protocol used in the TCP IP suite of p
151. r the IPP version 1 1 ipp lt IP address of your print server gt Iptx where x is the port number Click Next Select default drivers for your printer Click Next and OK AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare Install a printer using 1 Use an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and connect a printer to whatever port you AXIS LPR Gateway want Configuration snapin Connect the print server to the network Connect the power supply Start both the printers and the print server Log in as Admin Da OT BE WYN Use a web browser and the local host URL to login into iManager on your NetWare server 7 Open your browser to the following URL https lt IP address of NW server gt 2200 eMFrame iManager html You have to authenticate 8 Click on iPrint Management on the left pane 9 Click on Create Printer 10 Choose a name for the printer 11 Choose the context where the printer will be installed 12 Browse for the NDPS Manager and select it 13 In the Gateway Type drop down list choose the Axis LPR Gateway Configuration Click Next 14 Choose either the IP address or the DNS Name for your print server 15 Under Printer name select the physical printer port e g LPT1 or USB1 or logical printer port pr1 pr8 using the drop down list Click Next 16 Select default drivers for your printer Click Next and OK Installing the iPrint An iPrint printer can by locally installed on the workstation in two
152. rce implementation of UNIX The Line Printer Daemon is a protocol for transferring print jobs between hosts This is the recommended method for UNIX Linux systems but some System V versions do not support LPD A logical printer acts as a filter between the network and the physical printer It appears to the user as a normal printer with additional characteristics For example a UNIX Linux workstation may only send a line feed LF to a shared 147 Glossary NCP NDPS NDS NetBIOS NetBEUI NetWare PCL Peer to Peer Printing PEM RARP RISC SAP SNMP SSL 148 printer that needs carriage return CR and LF The logical printer can solve this problem by adding a CR whenever a line feed is detected NetWare Core Protocol Network clients use the NCP to request services of servers and servers use NCP to provide services such as file and print services Novell s Distributed Printing Services NetWare Directory Services A hierarchical data base that manages NetWare network resources such as servers and volumes Network Basic Input Output System a network protocol with special functions for local area networks NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface is an enhanced version of NetBIOS An operating system for local area networks Printer Control Language a set of command codes used when printing A PCL driver is a small program that works between the operating system and the printer When selecting Peer to
153. re 2 x 11 SCO UnixWare 7 12 SCO OpenServer 13 FreeBSD Berkeley UNIX 14 Linux 15 Generic BSD Berkeley UNIX 16 Generic SYS V R3 UNIX System V Release 3 17 Generic SYS V R4 UNIX System V Release 4 Systems supported by axinstall AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 45 46 Adding Printers in UNIX Linux Print Methods on TCP IP Networks The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 supports several different print methods in the TCP IP environment axinstall will suggest a print method suitable for your particular UNIX Linux system but you might want to use another method depending on your printing requirements banner pages status logging etc The diagram below shows the alternative data paths taken by some of the UNIX Linux print methods This illustrates some of the advantages and limitations of the different methods Use the following information to determine which method to adopt Print Directly File to Spooler Devices Print Filter ee Parallel Port printer Interface E EA d Model A Pa Named Pipe DIRECT LPD FT FTP RTELNET PROS B PROS print RTELNET daemon Printer PROS A MOL FY B Axis Network Print Server Illustration of different UNIX Linux print methods LPD The Line Printer Daemon is a protocol for transferring print jobs between hosts This is the recommended method for UNIX Linux systems but some System V versions do not support LPD
154. redirect the print data to another logical printer when the target printer is busy If the second printer is also busy the host must wait until the target printer is ready AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 113 Configuration Possibilities Example Notes Read Back of information Example Debugging using the 114 Hex Dump Mode Example Follow the instructions below to redirect PR1 print jobs to PR3 when the printer assigned to PR1 is busy 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR1 tab 3 Set the Physical Port parameter to USB1 1 Set the Secondary Printer parameter to PR3 Set the Wait On Busy parameter to NO Click the OK button Select Admin Logical Printers and the PR3 tab Set the Physical Port parameter to LPT2 Click the OK button ODD COU ars Or TS e The two printers must use the same printer driver e Logical Printer redirection cannot be nested If PR3 is redirected to another logical printer the print job will not be redirected if PR3 is busy e If both printers are busy the print job will be printed on the printer that first finishes its active print job The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 supports bi directional printing The information from the printer is read back on the parallel port when the parameter Read Back Port PRx_IN has the default setting of AUTO However it is required that the printer also supports bi direc
155. rence table Please visit the Axis Web site for latest troubleshooting tips more support and additional help through the FAQ database or to fill in and submit a Support question The USB port in an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 supports USB printers only If any other USB device has been connected to this port the print server must be restarted before it can function properly again Web Interface Indicator Color Behavior Explanation Yellow OK Power Not lit No power Error Orange OK network connected Network Orange flashing Activity on network Not lit No physical connection to the network Symptoms Possible causes Remedial actions The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 Web interface cannot be accessed from a Web browser The AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is not connected properly 1 Check Power and Network indicator 2 Check that assignment of IP addresses for the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 is correct 3 To further check the IP addresses run the Ping command from another com puter as described in IP address check at the end of this chapter Follow the appropriate recommendations Problem with your proxy server Verify the proxy server settings in your Web browser Other networking problems 1 Verify that your network is accessible through your network socket 2 Verify that your network cable is func tional AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 119 Troubleshooting IP Address Check wi
156. rint Monitor AXIS Print Monitor allows an AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 to be connected in the Overview same simple fashion as connecting a local printer Once installed it is automatically initialized upon system startup AXIS Print Monitor has been developed for peer to peer printing allowing your print jobs to be sent directly to the print server Printing Environments AXIS Print Monitor supports printing over TCP IP LPR and Raw TCP and NetBIOS NetBEUI To enable printing in these environments please ensure that the desired printing protocols are running on your client Peer to Peer Printing The AXIS Print Monitor needs to be installed on each workstation to perform peer to peer printing Once installed the AXIS Print Monitor allows you to access all network printers just as if they were connected directly to your workstation Client Server Printing AXIS Print Monitor needs only to be installed on one server to perform client server printing The installed printers must be configured to be shared to allow clients to use them Pop up messages should not be enabled on the server as they will not be displayed on the client platforms Note AXIS Print Monitor can also be used for DOS printing Please refer to the AXIS Print Monitor s Readme file for instructions The Readme file is located in the same folder where AXIS Print Monitor is installed on your PC AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 31 Adding Printers in Windows Adding N
157. rom any application on the desktop Before setting up iPrint printers make sure that you meet all the iPrint Setup requirements See the Novell iPrint Administration Guide for instructions on installing configuring and customizing iPrint AXIS Print servers can be installed as iPrint printers either by using the Novell LPR gateway LPR on IP or the AXIS Gateway Configuration Snap in for iPrint Axis provides two Snap ins for iPrint e AXIS LPR Gateway Configuration e AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare When you install Service Pack 6 16 April 2003 for NetWare 5 1 or later and Service Pack 3 16 April 2003 for NetWare 6 0 or later the AXIS LPR Gateway Configuration will automatically be installed and configured on the NetWare Servers and ready for use The AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration Snap in for NetWare 6 0 can be downloaded for free from www axis com Follow the instructions below to install the AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration Snap in for NetWare 6 0 if you want to add it in your iPrint environment Installing AXIS IPP 1 Download the free axisIPP snap in zip file from www axis com and unzip Gateway it in a temporary directory Configuration Snap in for NetWare 6 0 2 Make sure the the NetWare Enterprise Web Server was previously installed on the server Otherwise install it 3 Novell iPrint uses the NDPS infrastructure so make sure that all the NDPS req
158. rotocols A terminal emulation program for networks often used to remotely control Web servers Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP is an Internet software utility for transferring files that is simpler to use than the File Transfer Protocol FTP but less capable It is used where user authentication and directory visibility are not required TFTP uses the User Datagram Protocol UDP rather than the Transmission Control Protocol TCP Transport Layer Security a protocol that guarantees privacy and data integrity between applications communicating over the Internet A 32 bit multi tasking multi user operating system originally developed by AT amp T Uniform Resource Locator A way of specifying the location of information on the Internet Universal Serial Bus Wide Area Network Windows Internet Name Service A NetBIOS Name Server that maps NetBIOS names to dynamically assigned IP addresses A special form of user assistance that automates a task through a dialog with the user Wizards help the user to accomplish tasks that are complex and require experience and even for the experienced user can help to speed up an operation 149 Index Index 150 A Account File 95 Admin Mode 83 Services 86 AIX 146 AppleTalk 49 146 ASCII to Postscript Conversion 112 Assistance 5 Authentication 146 Autodetect 49 Auto Detect Printer Type 51 AutolP 19 99 146 Axinstall 44 AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration 70 AXIS LPR Gateway
159. rt field e g 192 168 70 243 and LPT1 The port numbers are LPT1 or USB1 Ports available USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 other unknown AXIS 5550 other unknown parallel Example other unknown denotes the USB1 port AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare xis Gateway Configuration Select TCP IP printer x Select the printer Printer Model HP LaserJet 5100 Series 192 168 70 90 parallel printer 192 168 70 29 LASER SHOT LBP 850 192 168 70 243 2 Manually specify the print server 192 168 70 243 MANN IF address Print server port pee e PX Network protocol All the available ports will be presented regardless if the printers are or not connected to those ports e g AXISSFF66A_P1 and AXISSFFG6A_P2 corresponding to LPT1 and USB1 ports Axis Gateway Configuration Select IPX Printer xj Select the printer IPX Address MLOA6465 be2f3f e 0080920a6465 AXISSFFBAG_P3 Old e1c2 00408c5tf6a6 AXISSFFBAG_P2 Old elc2 00408c5tf6a6 AXISSFFEAB P1 Oldfelc2 00408c5ttbab AXISSE7414_P3 be2k3ffe 00408c5e741 4 AXIS5E7414_P2 be2k3tfe 00408c5e741 4 AXIS5E7414_P1 bc2f3f7e 00408c5e7414 v C Manually specify the print server tC Network Lan HW address Print server port coi AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 57 Adding Printers in NetWare The IPX Addresses for the above printers w
160. rts Select the printer you wish to monitor by clicking its name 7 Alter the name of the selected printer if required then click Add The printer will appear in the right hand section of the main window Repeat this procedure to setup the printers you wish to monitor creating more groups as required The printer status is shown in words and by change of icon color Additional printer status messages are available for some printers and print servers Please refer to their respective manuals These additional messages are mapped to an appropriate printer status color according to their nature e Green Ready or Busy Normal operation e Yellow Off Line e Red Out of Paper e Gray Printer disconnected AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management To Open an 1 Click on the folder of the group you wish to monitor Independent ee 2 Select Monitor fi he Fil _or click th Manitor Window Select Monitor from the File menu or pop up menu or click the Monitor button on the toolbar A new window will appear that can be positioned as you require When this window is minimized its color will represent the status of the worst case printer in the group according to the color table above Additional For additional information please refer to the AXIS NetPilot on line help Information Using FTP for Print Server Management Having assigned an IP address to your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 as described earlier in this
161. rver BOOT Protocol A TCP IP protocol used for downloading start up information such as the IP address to hosts on the network BOOTP requires a BOOTP daemon on your system A request made to an active BOOTP daemon initiates a search of the Boot Table for an entry matching the print server s Ethernet address If a matching entry is found the daemon downloads the IP address to the print server Berkeley Software Distribution The University of California Berkeley additions to the UNIX operating system An organization or company that issues digital certificates This is a file that resides in the print server s memory and contains all the parameters that determine the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 functionality By editing the config file changing the parameter settings you can configure the print server to meet the printing needs of your network Means that print jobs are sent to a file server with different clients attached to the print queue rather than directly to the print server Peer to Peer printing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Enables e g a print server to automatically obtain an unused IP address from the DHCP server To fully benefit from this method the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 also supports DDNS which is available in Windows 2000 networks Used to create digital signatures and public private key pairs for secure Web services AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual DNS Dynamic DNS Firmware Flash Memory FTP
162. rver Report is of great value for support assistance so please mail email or fax it to your support channel together with a detailed description of the problem The Statistics page displays information about the network packets to and from the print server as well as information about the connections to different network servers and services On the Security Settings page you can enable or disable SSL Secure Socket Layer a protocol designed to provide secure communications on the Internet and TLS Transport Layer Security a protocol that guarantees privacy and data integrity between applications communicating over the Internet You can also create secure certificates and disable enable insecure protocols Whenever SSL TLS is enabled you have to address the print server s Web interface in the secure way i e via https AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management Enabling SSL via the Web Interface If you have a valid certificate loaded you must enable the secure web interface by selecting Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP and set the HTTPS Enabled parameter to Yes If you do not have a valid certificate loaded select Admin Security Settings and click Create See Enabling Secure Web Services SSL TLS on page 116 for a detailed description Help Help displays a comprehensive description of the configuration and management activities that can be performed from the internal Web pages of th
163. rver s web Set the IP Address us pages and select Admin ing ARP in UNIX Linux UNIX Mac OS X Network Settings Detailed and Mac OS X on page View TCP IP Default Router 20 and Subnet Mask DHCP Auto P BOOTP and RARP must first be set to No Axis software that allows you to find print servers in your net work and assign an IP address to Set the IP Address us AXIS ren Windows hem ing AXIS IP JumpStart Starter ne 7 his software is recommended er on page 21 for small offices and local net works Axis software that assists in set ing the IP address of multiple Using AXIS ThinWizard AXIS ThinWizard Windows 2000 XP prin servers simultaneously software for Fete his software is recommended er Management on for large organizations and ener page 88 prise networks e The ability to set the IP address with ARP and PING will only be enabled the first 10 minutes after restarting the print server e Refer to Setting Parameters on page 51 for information about setting the IP address in the Macintosh environment AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Basic Installation Registering and In order to register the host name of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 in networks Resolving with dynamic IP address settings WINS Windows Internet Name Service and Host Names DDNS Dynamic Domain Name System are supported It is recommended that at least one of these methods should be used if you are setting the
164. s 2000 Windows XP using the Microsoft LPR Monitor on page 29 Windows 2000 NetBlOS NetBEUI AXIS Print Monitor software Adding Printers in Windows NT4 using the Microsoft LPR Monitor on page 28 Windows NT4 etBlOS NetBEUI AXIS Print Monitor software Adding NetBIOS NetBEUI Printers in Windows 2000 using AXIS Print Moni tor on page 32 Windows 98 Me TCP IP LPR etBlOS NetBEUI AXIS Print Monitor software Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over TCP IP using AXIS Print Monitor on page 34 Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me over NetBIOS NetBEUI using AXIS Print Monitor on page 35 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 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in Windows Adding Printers in Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows NT over TCP IP Follow the instructions below to use the standard Windows method for adding a network printer in Windows 2000 Windows XP Server 2003 Windows XP Professional is described in this example Windows XP Server 2003 1 Go to Start Printers and Faxes and click the Add a Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard Click Next Windows XP Home Edition Choose Start Control Panel Printers and Faxes Add a Printer to start the Windows Add Printer Wizard Win
165. s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare 8 Confirm the Printer Agent name default is the name of the new printer you are creating and browse to select the NDPS Manager to which you want to assign it Create Printer Agent 3 Printer Agent PA Name OK BXISSFFEAB IPX Cancel NDPS Manager Name NWSNDPSMgr tech kk com axis Ee Help Gateway Types kh Axis Gateway Configuration EpsonNet NDPS Gateway English Gestetner NDPS Printer Gateway Hewlett Packard IP IPX Printer Gateway IPP Gateway KYOCERA MITA NDPS Gateway Configuration LANIER NDPS Printer Gateway zi 9 Select AXIS Gateway Configuration in the Gateway Type field 10 Click OK 11 In the Select the printer s type window choose your printer If you cannot find the printer select an appropriate Generic one PCL PS etc EB Axis Gateway Configuration Select Printer Type and rot x Select the printer s type Generic PCL PJL Generic PS Generic PS PJL AEG Olympia Laserstar 6 AEG Olympia Laserstar 6e AGFA Compugraphic 9400PS Apple Laserwriter Select the network protocol to be used with the NDPS gateway TCP IP C IPX lt Back Cancel 12 Select TCP IP default or IPX as network protocol 13 Click Next AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 61 Adding Printers in NetWare 14 You will find the print server in the next window with the printer attached on the connected port Depending on the
166. s printer type LaserWriter is the recommended setting to be used with all PostScript printers To enable Autodetect Printer Type log in to your print server s Web interface and select Admin Network Settings Detailed View Macintosh Auto Detect Printer Type Yes See the Help pages in the print server s Web interface for details AutolP In the absence of an IP address management mechanism such as DHCP the print server will receive a temporary IP address automatically over AutolP a method which enables the host to automatically take a linklocal IPv4 address AutolP is supported by Windows 98 Me 2000 XP and Mac OS version 8 5 or higher AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 99 Configuration Possibilities E mail Notification Important Whenever an event that needs human intervention occurs in a network printer the concerned person can be notified by e mail This trouble report contains a short and concise description of the event Five events are covered Paper Jam Out of Paper Toner Low No Toner Printer Off line In order to determine who the e mail recipients will be of these different trouble reports follow these instructions 1 From your print server s internal web page go to admin Network Settings Detailed View e mail Notification The following options will appear Options E mail recipient PAPER JAM The person responsible for handling paper jams in the printer OUT OF P
167. se Telnet protocols However if you want to integrate the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with your host spooler you can use the Axis automatic installation script axinstall This utility software is resident in the print server and can be downloaded to your host using FTP so no disks are required The axinstall script is also available from the Axis Web site and on the AXIS Network Product CD Having completed this operation the printer connected to the print server will appear as though it is directly connected to the host printer spooler 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 To integrate the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with the host printer spooler you can use the auto installation script axinstall resident in the print server Follow the instructions below to install axinstall onto your host using FTP 1 Login to the print server using the command ftp lt host name gt Or ftp lt IP address gt 2 Enter root as user id and pass as password 3 Download the script using the command get axinstall Log out using the command quit bye or exit depending on your FTP version gt ftp npserver connected to npserver 220 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 FTP Print Server v6 44 March 23 2003 ready Name npsserver thomas root 331 User name ok need password Password pass not visible 230 User logged in ftp gt get axinsta
168. settings will be used and no print queues will be created This is unlikely to be a satisfactory installation AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Print Server Management Modify the Network Double click the Axis Units folder and then the Network Print Servers folder in Environment the main window to reveal the installed print servers Highlight the print server that you wish to modify Click the Network button in the toolbar or select Network in the Setup menu or the pop up menu The Network window has a number of pages with selection tabs depending upon which environments are available and enabled for the print server you have selected See AXIS NetPilot s help files for additional information on how to change the print server environments Change the Print Your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 has configuration parameters or properties which Server Configuration will govern its operation These properties are held in a non volatile memory within the print server and are accessible via the AXIS NetPilot configuration program You alter the properties via property pages there is one property page for each group of configuration parameters You can also edit the parameters by using the Parameter List Editor which is accessible via the Setup drop down menu It is recommended that this method is only used when you are familiar with the parameters and their values See AXIS NetPilot s help files for additional information on these property pages
169. sponding to LPT1 and USB1 ports E Axis Gateway Configuration Select IPX Printer xj Select the printer IPX Address MLOAB4B5 bc2f3f7e 0080920a6465 AXISSFF6A6_P3 01d7e1c2 00408c5ff6a6 AXISSFF6A6_P2 01d7e1c2 00408c5ff6a6 AXISSFF6A6 P1 Old elc2 00408c5fftbab AXISSE 7414 P3 be2f3f7e 00408c5e7414 AXIS5E7414_P2 be2f3f7e 00408c5e7414 AXIS5E7414_P1 bc2f3f7e 00408c5e7414 v C Manually specify the print server my Network Lan HW address Print server port meca The IPX Addresses for the above printers will appear as lt IPX External Network Number gt lt Print Server s HW address gt lt Socket Number gt that is 01d7e1c2 00408c5ff6a6 400c where 400c and 401c are the socket numbers corresponding the LPT1 and USB1 physical ports AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 63 Adding Printers in NetWare If the printer is not in the displayed print list click Manually specify the print server and enter the lt IPX External Network Number gt in the Network field Enter the lt Print Server s HW address gt in the LAN HW address field Choose a port in the Print Server Port field e g 01d7e1 c2 00408c5ff6a6 and LPT1 The port numbers are LPT1 or USB1 Ports available _ USB port Parallel port AXIS 5500 other unknown AXIS 5550 other unknown parallel Example other unknown denotes the USB1 port Axis Gateway Configuration Select IPX Printer x C Select
170. st of its parameters to their factory default values are also available By clicking on a printer icon a printer page opens allowing you to view the status and the supported capabilities of the connected printer The extent of this information depends on the printer model From the printer page you can also send a test page to the selected printer From the Print Jobs page you can view the status of the current print jobs including the number of printed bytes and the origin of the print job You can also view a log of the 20 latest print jobs that includes user printing protocol and file size A log that displays the accumulated usage of the connected printers allows you to control the usage of the connected printers To the right of every current print job there is a delete button Click it to delete the print job From the Network Settings page you can set all parameters that control the network traffic to and from the print server You can enable or disable network protocols and fine tune parameter settings Any network configuration should involve the Network Administrator Using the Support page you can receive assistance to resolve any installation or print problems that might occur If your problems persist the Support page also allows you to produce a Server Report The Server Report includes the settings of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 information about your connected printers as well as current network settings The Se
171. t Server Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Address http 192 168 3 191 AXiSa Network Print Server User Admin Help This Print Server ae 2 e Network Settings Print Server LPT1 Support Statistics This Print Server Security Settings lo od AXIS 5550 6 43 Print Server Name AXIS181cf 0 System Location Serial Number 00 40 8c 18 1c 0 General Settings Server and printer port settings change Logical Printers Virtual printar filter settings change Parameter List Detailed view Restart Factory Default Firmware upgrade v amp 9 Local intranet Admin General Settings General Admin Network Settings Detailed View TCP IP uses AXIS Print Server 2 If you want to set a static IP address make sure you first set DHCP RARP BOOTP and Auto IP Enabled to No AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 85 Print Server Management 86 This Print Server Print Jobs Network Settings Caution Support Statistics Security Settings The This Print Server page contains a section that allows you to view and modify the general parameter settings of the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 including print server name node address password and base URL You can also configure any of the eight available logical printers of the print server Management operations like restarting the print server and resetting mo
172. take effect for the next print job If Requires Restart appears in a parameter comment see below you must restart the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 before the new setting for that parameter takes effect Four parameters ROOT_PWD USERS PROS PWD and WRT_COM only appear when you are logged in to the print server as root They will not be printed when you are printing the parameter list using the test button In the Parameter Lists below Default values and Possible values are shown for an AXIS 5550 which has two printer ports one parallel port LPT1 and one USB port USB1 AXIS 5500 has one printer port a USB port which means that LPT1 is not among the Possible values In this print server USB1 is the default port Below all parameters are listed in the same order as they appear in the config file General Menu on page 134 e TCP IP Menu on page 134 e SNMP Menu on page 135 NetWare Menu on page 135 NetBIOS NetBEUI Menu on page 137 e AppleTalk Menu on page 137 Printer Menu on page 138 Printer Menu on page 139 Printer Menu on page 139 Printer4 Menu on page 140 Printer5 Menu on page 140 Printer6 Menu on page 141 Printer7 Menu on page 141 Printer8 Menu on page 142 LPT1 Menu not in AXIS 5500 on page 142 USB1 Menu on page 143 e mail Menu on page 143 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 133 The Parameter List General Menu In the print server s Web interface select Admin General Settings gt
173. tent htm and one or more additional patents or pending patent applications in the US and other countries This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit USERS MANUAL 5500 5550 EN Part No 20408 Revision 2 1 Date February 2004 Copyright Axis Communications AB 2004 This manual applies to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 with firmware version 6 43 or higher AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Section 1 INGFODUCTION rostis te Sete nee Ad raat abe a aa 5 About this Manual cceececeeseecceseceeceeeeeeeceeseceaeeaeeaeeeeees 5 AboUt AXIS oeae e a A E E RE 5 Support SEMICES Ak r ni e e a stoshes 5 Supported Environments cccccessecssecesceeeceeeeeseeeseeteeseeeeaes 6 Section 2 Product Overview encon iiaae aii 7 Package Contents ean ea aeee eE E T E E Ee 7 AXIS Network Product CD sssssessssesessesssesssessssssessssseesesee 8 Physical Description sssssssesssssesseseossesssseessesesseessssessessessesse 9 Mounting the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 ou ececeseeeeeeseeeeees 10 Features and Benefits ceeescesecsceseeesceeceeceeeseeeeeeseeaeenee 12 Section 3 Basic Installation ceceessseeesseecesecseceeeeceeceaecaeeaeeeneeseeaeenee 13 Connecting the Hardware cscccscesceseeseeeeteesteesteeseeees 13 Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server eee 15 Making Network Printers available for printing on your P
174. ters Setting up a Printer Group Printer Status All installed print servers will remain in the Network Print Servers folders Only shortcuts to these print servers are added to the print server groups If a print server is uninstalled from the Network Print Servers folder the shortcut will automatically be removed from the print server group and vice versa Click on the print server folder from where you want to remove the print server and highlight the print server you want to remove Select Remove from the File menu Empty print server folders can be deleted Simply click the print server folder you want to delete and select Delete from the File menu Treating a number of printers as one group with a group name makes monitoring easier when you have several printers on the network For instance you may group all critical printers in a High Priority group and have less important printers in a Low Priority group 1 Click on the Monitoring Printers folder 2 Select New Printer Group from the File menu or pop up menu or click the New Group button on the toolbar 3 Enter a name for the printer group in the dialog box and click OK 4 Click on the folder of the new group you have just created 5 Select Add Printer from the File menu or pop up menu or click the Add Printer button 6 An Add Printer dialog window will appear Double click the required print server name in this dialog box to reveal the print server po
175. th Ping Windows UNIX Linux and MacOSX Replies By sending a data packet to a specific IP address and waiting for a reply Ping can determine whether that IP address is accessible Ping can also help you to determine IP address conflicts with your AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 and troubleshoot TCP IP problems on the network Follow the instructions below to diagnose your problem 2 Open a Command Prompt and enter the following commands Syntax arp s lt IP address gt lt Ethernet address gt ping lt IP address gt Example arp s 192 168 3 191 00 40 8c 10 00 86 ping 192 168 3 191 The host will return reply from 192 168 3 191 or a similar message This indicates that the address has been set and that communication is established Open a Terminal and enter the following commands Syntax arp s lt IP address gt lt Ethernet address gt ping lt IP address gt Example arp s 192 168 3 191 00 40 8c 10 00 86 ping 192 168 3 191 The host will return psname is alive or a similar message This indicates that the address has been set and that communication is established Subsequent replies will provide an explanation of the cause of the problem Replies from DOS can be interpreted as defined in the table below for UNIX Linux replies please refer to the UNIX Linux chapter of this manual Interpretation and recommendation Ping Reply Axis Network Print Server connected Axis Network Print Server disconnected
176. tional printing Please refer to your printer documentation for further details regarding bi directional printing support Follow the instructions below to disable the bi directional communication for logical printer PR1 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers 2 Select the PR1 tab 3 Set the Read Back Port parameter to NONE 4 Click the OK button When hex dump mode is enabled the print data is printed as hexadecimal byte values rather than characters printer control commands are also printed as hex values This allows you to inspect what control and print characters are actually being sent to the printer which is a useful debugging facility for more difficult printing problems Follow the instructions below to enable the hex dump mode for PR3 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Configuration Possibilities 1 From the print server s internal Web page select Admin Logical Printers Select the PR3 tab Set the Hex Dump Mode Enabled radio button to YES Click OK Be OS Note The page length for hex dump printouts is determined by the lines per page value of the PostScript page format parameter Network Speed With the Network Speed parameter you can manually specify the speed at which you will send and receive network packages You can change the Network Speed setting to correspond to the type of network you are using 10 or 100 Mbit To change the Network S
177. typing account The following example shows how to view the account file using Telnet in a UNIX Linux terminal window AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 95 Print Server Management Example gt telnet npserver Trying 192 36 253 96 Connected to npserver Escape character is Axis Network Print Server TELNET Print Server v6 44 March 19 2003 Axis Network Print Server network login root Password pass not visible Axis Network Print Server TELNET Print Server v6 44 March 19 2003 Root gt account Current account file JOB USER PROT LPR S BYTES ETIME 1 Thomas FTP pr2 C 1885 2 2 Lisa LPT pr1 C 23074 4 3 RICHARD PSERVER pr2 C 43044 5 4 MacUser APPLE pr1 C 6717 2 5 LSLM_user NetBIOS pr2 C 36995 3 6 patrick PROS pr5 P 83208 9 Root gt Typical Telnet session to view the Account File Viewing The status command shows which printer port the logical printers are assigned the Status File to and their current status Follow the instructions below to view the status file using telnet 1 Log in to the AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 by typing telnet lt host name gt Of telnet lt IP address gt ina Command window Windows or at a UNIX Linux shell prompt or terminal window 2 Enter user id and password The default entries are root and pass 3 View the status file by typing status Restarting the Print Follow the instructions below to restart the print server using telnet SEIVEr a Login to the AXI
178. u have not already done so you should perform the TCP IP basic setup procedures prior to installing a printer for LPR printing In the Control Panel double click the Network icon Select the Services tab If the TCP IP Printing entry appears then TCP IP is already installed Close the Network folder and go on to Installing an LPR printer below First prepare for LPR printing 1 Open the Control Panel and double click the Network icon 2 Select Protocols 3 Add TCP IP Protocol 4 Select Services 5 Add Microsoft TCP IP Printing 1 Go to Start Settings Printers Add Printer Select My Computer and click Next 2 From the Available Ports list choose the appropriate printer port which will appear as the IP address or host name of the print server If it doesn t appear in the list click Add Port Add Printer Wizard x Click the check box next to the port s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports Port C 192 168 3 102 LPT1 C 192 168 35 202 LPT1 C 192 168 35 203 USB1 C 192 168 35 203 USB L 192 168 35 203 LPT1 4 Description X Configure Pott 3 Choose LPR Port from Available Printer Ports and click New Port Printer Ports BE Available Printer Ports Digital Network Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port New Monitor Cancel AX
179. uirements have been met e Make sure that the BROKER NLM is loaded If it isn t type LOAD BROKER in the server console prompt and select the name of the Broker e Make sure that the NDPS Manager object is created in the Novell Directory Services NDS tree Refer to your Novell documentation for creating this object e Make sure that the NDPSM NLM is loaded If it isn t type LOAD NDPSM in the server console prompt and select the appropriate NDPS Manager 4 Shutdown Tomcat and the NetWare Enterprise Web Server on the NetWare file server by executing the following commands Type NSWEBDN lt Enter gt Type TOMCAT33 STOP lt Enter gt Type NVXADMDN lt Enter gt 5 Map the next available drive e g G to the root of volume SYS on your NetWare server From the temporary directory where axisIPP snap in zip has been unzipped run the batch file AxisIPP bat default G If the drive G is not available you have to edit the batch file and change the drive to next available one Check that each line in the batch file is executed without failure 6 Restart Tomcat and the NetWare Enterprise Web Server on the file server by executing the following commands Type TOMCAT33 lt Enter gt Type NVXADMUP lt Enter gt Type NSWEB lt Enter AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 71 Adding Printers in NetWare Install a printer with AXIS IPP Gateway Configuration Snapin 72 Soe EOT IR Gey S Access the iManager web page on
180. users workstations when they install this printer in the future Select Printer Drivers 4 xi Windows 95 98 Driver Windows NT4 Driver Windows 2000 Driver vl 4 gt The printer reports its type to be Generic PCL Recommended driver Unknown Printer Drivers Canon LASER SHOT LBP 730 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 740 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 750 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 830 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 840 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 850 Canon LASER SHOT LBP 870 E 6 Click Continue and OK in the next NDPS window The new Printer Agent appears in the Printer Agent List window E NDPS Manager NWSNDPSMgr q xi Printer Agent List a 4 F Name Status Access Control 2030N_LPT2 5600PD_IP1_PA 5600PD_IP 1 Printer Agent List ML2030N_Pub_LPT2 oils ft New Delete Refresh Cancel Page Options Help Check the Status it should be Idle 7 Press Cancel to close the NDPS Manager To install the printer on the workstation See Installing an NDPS Printer on the Workstation on page 65 Controlled Access Follow these steps to create a controlled access printer as an object in the Printers Directory Tree using the NetWare administrator utility 1 Log in as Admin 2 Start the NW Admin utility on any Workstation SYS PUBLIC WIN32 nwadmin32 exe AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 59 Adding Printers in NetWare 3 Browse the context your NDPS Manager resides in
181. w NetWare Network The NetWare Network Environment window allows you to connect additional Environment Window print queues to your Axis Network Print Server as well as create new ones Follow the steps below to gain access to the NetWare Network Environment window 1 Select the required Network Print Server from the Network Print Server folder 2 Choose Network from the Setup menu or click on the Network icon on the AXIS NetPilot s toolbar 3 Ifyou are not logged on to your NetWare file server a dialog box will ask you to log on 76 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Adding Printers in NetWare The Axis Network Print Server periodically updates the configuration by scanning the NDS tree or in the case of NetWare versions 3 x the designated file servers Connecting Follow the steps below to connect a print queue to the print server port Print Queues i ee Open the NetWare Network Environments window 2 Select the print server port you want to connect 3 Click the Connect button The Connect NetWare Print Queues window appears Resources AXLUND Zz OK Current context Lund Axis Cancel NetWare Print Queues Help CI_LREM1_0 al amp Docs_dept_LPT1_Q Does_dept_LPT2_Q _M_LPTI_O x Connect Using Print Server Mode C Remote Printer Mode NetWare Print Server rPrinter slot number F Automatic F Manual The AXIS NetPilot Connect NetWare Print Queues window
182. ways Printer on the Workstation Using the iPrint Client e Using the MS Add Printer Wizard at the workstation See Using the Add Printer Wizard on page 68 AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 73 Adding Printers in NetWare Installing the iPrint Printer using the iPrint Client In order for users to use iPrint they need to install the Novell iPrint Client software and a printer When a user selects a printer to be installed by iPrint iPrint checks to see if the Novell iPrint Client software is installed and then installs it if necessary Then the printer driver is downloaded and the printer is installed in the user s Printer folder In order for iPrint to work properly the workstation should have the following e Windows 95 98 Me or Windows NT 2000 XP e Web browser with JavaScript enabled e Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 0 or later e Netscape 4 76 iPrint is not supported on Netscape 6 The user should use the following iPrint url http lt IP address of your NW server gt 631 IPP 1 From a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser enter the provided URL A Web page displays a listing of available printers to install and a link to install the client software 2 Select Install iPrint client software to locally install the iPrint printers If you try to install a printer before installing the iPrint client software you will be prompted to install the client software first If you associate a printer driver with a print
183. window will open Make sure you are working from the c directory type c and press Enter 4 Type cd Axis 5 Type dir and press Enter The Axis directory you have created will list all files 6 Connect to the print server using ftp Type ftp 10 13 4 105 Example using print server IP address 10 13 4 105 7 Enter the user and password Default user root Default password pass your entry will not be visible and press Enter 8 Change to binary transfer mode type bin and press Enter 9 Type hash and press Enter 10 Use the put command to upload the upgrade file to the flash location Type put 5550 bin FLASH A stream of hash marks will appear 11 You will receive a message stating Transfer complete Flash programming finished OK 12 The print server will restart in five seconds running the new software 13 When you see a new ftp prompt the procedure has successfully been completed AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual Updating the Firmware 555 bin 803 557 e 642b18 bin 946 ob_v2_6_43RC4 bin 2 po_f lag jpg 4 File s gt 665 bytes 4 2 Dir lt s gt 34 651 152 bytes free C2 Axis gt ftp 16 13 6 119 Connected to 16 13 6 119 226 AXIS 5556 FIP Network Print Server V6 42 1 Jul 14 2663 ready User 10 13 6 119 lt none gt gt root 331 User name ok need password Passwo 230 User logged in ftp gt bin 266 TYPE set to I ftp gt hash Hash mark printing On ftp 2048 bytes hash mark ftp gt put 555 bin
184. yyy mm dd Examp e 2003 03 27 e Validity Duration in days Example 365 Common Name denotes the name given to the print server in the network If you do not have a DNS server on your network you must include the domain name e g xxx company com Click Finish Now the print server will generate a public private key pair and a PEM encoded Certificate Request called cert pem Click Save Save this file to disk and Save Send this Certificate Request to your Certificate Authority for their signature Importing a When you receive the PEM encoded certificate from your Certificate Authority Certificate open the print server s Web interface and select Admin Security Settings Click Import and follow the instructions on the screen AXIS 5500 AXIS 5550 User s Manual 117 Configuration Possibilities https Disabling Protocols Important Checking SSL TLS Status To View a Certificate To Delete a Certificate 118 Whenever SSL TLS is enabled you can only reach the print server s Web interface through the secure services The unsecure way via http is closed and now you have to address the print server s Web interface in the secure way i e via https To further increase security you must disable protocols that are considered insecure e FP also used by AXIS ThinWizard if FTP is disabled AXIS ThinWizard can not function properly e Telnet e Auto IP e DHCP e BOOTP e Remote Config used by AXIS

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