User manual AXIS 5550

[. . . ] AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 Network Print Servers User's Manual AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User's Manual 1 Regulatory Information Safety Notices Important: 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. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) USA 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. [. . . ] 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. 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. 80 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User's Manual Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux PROS PROS A Advantages A protocol developed at Axis. A `C' compiler is required to build the PROS A drivers. PROS A Limitations Note: You can download a `C' compiler from http://www. gnu. org/. PROS B Advantages PROS B Limitations It provides accounting and status logging. 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. Only recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed. 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 bsd directory of the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550) can be used as a starting point. It is a good idea to use bsd/ftp_bsd or sysv/ftp_sysv as a starting point. Reverse Telnet Advantages: Limitations: Other UNIX/Linux Systems IBM MVS Systems 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 81 Adding Printers in OS/2 Section 8 Adding Printers in OS/2 This section describes how to set up your print server for printing in the OS/2 environment. Continue with the instructions presented in the table below: Protocol TCP/IP NetBIOS/NetBEUI See . . . "TCP/IP Printing" on page 82 "NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2" on page 82 TCP/IP Printing Having assigned an IP address to the print server, you are now ready to install it for TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The print server supports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method. Installing the Axis Network Print Server Follow the instructions below to install the print server using the lprportd service method: 1. The Remote print server and Remote print server's printer fields should remain empty. Select Autostart, select lprportd, click the Autostart check box and select Detached. Creating a print queue Continue with the instructions below to create a print queue: 1. Create an new printer from Templates by dragging the Printer icon to the desktop with the right mouse button. Select a printer driver and double-click a free Output port, for instance \PIPE\LPD0. Enter the host name or the IP address of the print server in the LPD server field. Enter one of the print server's logical printer names, for example pr1, in the LPD printer field. NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2 AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 is the tool to use for NetBIOS/NetBEUI printing in OS/2 environments. [. . . ] When selecting Peer-to-peer printing, all print jobs are sent directly to the print server, rather than through a file server (client/server). 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 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User's Manual LPD Logical Printer NCP NDPS NDS NetBIOS/NetBEUI NetWare PCL Peer-to-Peer Printing PEM RARP 162 Glossary the Ethernet Address Table for an entry matching the print server's Ethernet address. [. . . ]