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Adding Printers in Windows

AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

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Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI in Windows NT 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

workstation:

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

server.

2. To start the Add Printer Wizard, select

Settings | Printers from the Start

menu and double-click the

Add Printer icon.

3. The Wizard asks you to select

My Computer or Network printer server.

Select

My Computer. Click Next.

4. Click

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

Port...

5. Select

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

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

port appears as . (Example: AX100086.LP1). The is
LP1 for LPT1 or LP2 for LPT2.

7. Close the Printer Ports window.

8. Click the

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

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

OK. Continue the installation by clicking Next.

9. 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:

10. 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.

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

Next.

12. Enter an appropriate name for your printer and click

Next.

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

click

Next.

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

Finish.

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.