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User's Guide High Performance Multi-Protocol Print Servers for Virtually All Networks Axis Print Ser v ers AXIS 560/660 v3.2 AXIS ONLINE CD.
AXIS 560/660 Use r’s Guide Read me First 1 NetWa re UNIX Win dows OS/ 2 Macintosh Read me Fi rst To get y our pr int se rv er qu ic kly u p and ru nnin g, follo w the in struc tions belo w: 1. Connect the AXIS 560/660 to your ne twork and to yo ur printer as described i n Connecting the printer to the N etwork, on pa ge 7.
Safety notices AXIS 560/660 User’s Guide 2 Safety notices Take s ome ti me to r ead t hrough the s afety notice s be fore i nstal ling the AX IS 560 /660. Plea se obser ve al l saf ety markings and instructions when us ing this pro duct. Caution! - must be observed t o avoid los s of data o r damage to your equipment.
AXIS 560/660 User’s Guide Table of Contents 3 Table of Cont ents Read m e Fi rst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Management and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction AXIS 560/660 User’s Guide 4 Introduction This do cument desc ribes ho w to set up and manage the AXIS 560/660 in v arious network environmen ts. Should you requ ire mor e informati on, please refer to the AXIS 560/660 Use r’s Manuals, w hich is avai lable on the AXIS Onl ine CD.
AXIS 560/660 Use r’s Guide Product Overvi ew 5 Product Ov erview The AX IS 560 Print S erver The AX IS 660 Print S erver Note: The AXIS 660 does not support Apple TokenTalk.
Basic Installation AXIS 560/660 User’s Guide 6 Basic Installation Hardware Inve ntory Unpa ck and c hec k all the i tems u sing the fo llowi ng che ck l ist. Contac t your deal er i f anything is missing or damaged. All packi ng materials are recy clable.
AXIS 560/660 Use r’s Guide Basic Installation 7 Connecting the printer to the Network F ollow the instruc tions below to connect a printer to the netwo rk via the AXIS 560/660 pr int server: Caution ! 1. Make sure that the p rinter is switc hed off and that the AXIS 560/660 external power supp ly is di sconnecte d.
Assigning an IP Address AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 8 NetWa re UNIX Wind ows OS/ 2 Macintosh Assigning an IP Addre ss To establish communication w ith the TCP/IP ne two rk, an IP address must be assigne d to your AX IS 560/660 . Choose an approp riate me thod from the table be low: Note: All methods are enabled by d efault.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Assigning an IP Addr ess 9 NetWa re UNIX Win dows OS/ 2 Macintosh DDNS sup ports 53 charact er long ho st names, but they can only cons ist of the characters ‘ A-Z ’ , ’ a-z ’ and ‘ - ’ .
Setup for NetWare AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 10 NetWa re Setu p fo r N etW ar e NetWare Using N DPS over IP Import ant: Note: Having ass igned an IP address to the AXIS 560/660 as described in, Assigning an IP Address , on page 8, you are now ready to instal l the AXIS 560/660 f or NDPS printing over IP.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for NetWare 11 NetWare Using NDPS ov e r IPX Instal ling th e AXIS 56 0/660 as a Public Acc ess pri nter: 1. Make sure that the NDPS Gatewa y is configured to automatically create a Public Access printer . 2. Connect the AXIS 560/660 to the NetWar e netw ork, if it is not already connected.
Setup for NetWare AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 12 Queue-b ased N etWare Pr inting (Pur e IP) Follow the instructio ns below to install the AXIS 560/660 in the N etW are P ure IP environment: 1. Start the Conf iguration Wi zard f rom the U ser mode in the AXIS 560/ 660 W eb interface.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for NetWare 13 Queue-b ased NetWare Pri nt ing (IPX ) AXIS NetPilot is the recommend ed tool you sho uld use wh en yo u are installing the AXIS 560/660 in the NetWare (IPX) environment. Instal l the AXIS NetPilot software if you have not already do n e so.
Setup for Windows 95/98 & NT AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 14 Setup for Windows 95/98 & NT TCP/IP Printing using AXIS Print System AXIS Pri nt Syst em is th e pref erred util ity for inst alling TCP/IP printer ports in Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for Windows 95/98 & NT 15 NetBIOS/Ne tBEUI Printing using AXIS Pri nt Monitor For peer-to-peer printing, AXIS Print Monitor must be installed on all printing clients, w hile i t is only necessary to instal l it on the server for client- server pri nting.
Setup for Windows 3.1 & WfW AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 16 Setup for Windows 3.1 & WfW TCP/IP Printing To enable TCP/IP printing in Windows 3 .1 and Windows for Workgroups environments, it is rec omme nded that you use a sharew are LPR spooler th at can be downl oa d ed fr om ftp://ftp.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for Windows 3.1 & WfW 17 Notes: Client-server printing - T his print method is suitable for large r network s and requir es only o ne user to install the AXIS Print Utilit y for Wind ows sof tware onto thei r worksta tion .
Setup for OS/2 AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 18 Setu p fo r O S /2 TCP/IP Printing The AXIS 560/660 supports LPR Printing in the OS/2 envi ronment. Install in g the AX IS 560/6 6 0 Follow the instru ctions below to i nstall the AXIS 560/660 usi ng the lprportd se rvice method: 1.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for Macintosh 19 Setup for Macintosh Note: Follow the i n st ructio ns below to ch oo se a printer : 1. Open the Chooser fr om th e Apple menu. 2. Click the LaserW riter , alternatively the LaserW riter 8.0 Ico n .
Setup for Macintosh AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 20 Sett ing the IP ad d ress Follow the st ep-by-ste p proced ure below to s et the IP address, en abling acce ss to th e AXIS 560 vi a any standard Web browser: 1. O pen the C hoose r and select a netw ork prin ter driv er, any L aserW ri ter will do .
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Setup for UNIX 21 Setup for UNIX Before you start : Having performe d the basic TCP/IP s etup procedures, you are no w able to pr int i n interactive mode using FTP or Reverse Telnet protocols.
Using IPP AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 22 Using IPP (only for AXIS 660) You can use IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) fo r p rinting over any LAN or WAN that supports TC P/IP. Th e Axis Prin t Server IPP functionality is platform-independent and is automatically activated upon install ation.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Management and Configuration 23 Management and Configuration Using any sta nda rd Web browser Having assigned an IP add ress to your AXIS 560/66 0, you can confi gure and manage your pri nt serve r from any st andard We b browser .
Management and Configur ation AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 24 Using AXIS NetPilot The AXIS Net Pilot c onfiguration softw are provides an alt ernative tool for conveniently configuring and monitoring of the AXIS 5 60/660. It can be ins talled on Windows platforms running NetBIOS/NetBEUI or NetWare clients running IPX.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Management and Configuration 25 Using FTP Having assigned an IP add ress to yo ur AXIS 56 0/660, as described in Assigning an IP Address , on page 8, you can use FTP for configurin g your print server. Follow the i n st ructions bel ow to edi t the config file using FT P: 1.
Management and Configur ation AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 26 Using the Test But ton The follow ing op erations c an be performed by press in g the test butto n in diff ere nt sequences . Please re fer to Product Overview , on page 5, to identify the loca tio n of the test button.
AXIS 560/660 Use r ’ s Guide Management and Configuration 27 Using SNMP You can use SNMP (Simple Netwo rk Management Protocol) for remote monitoring and configuratio n of the AXIS 560 /660. All major f unctions applicable to p rint server s are su ppor ted .
Management and Configur ation AXIS 560/660 User ’ s Guide 28 Using Nove ll Util ities After installing the AXIS 560/660 into the Ne tWare environm ent, with AXIS NetPilot, you c an manage your AXIS 56 0/660 using No vell ’ s NetWare Admini strator or PCONS OLE .
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