User's Manual

Adding Printers in Windows
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Section 4 Adding Printers in Windows
Overview of
Installation Methods
This section describes how to add network printers to a computer in
Windows. Refer to the table below to determine the most appropriate
installation method according to your computer environment:
If you intend to use the print server in a multi-protocol environment,
refer to the chapters pertaining to the respective operating systems in this
manual.
Client/Server Network For client/server printing, each computer sends print jobs through a
network server computer.
The printer must first be installed on the server computer (from the Add
Printer Wizard, AXIS Print Monitor) and then shared on the network,
which makes it a network printer. It will then appear as a Network Printer
(in Windows Add Printer Wizard and in AXIS Print Monitor) on the client
computers. Each client computer must install the appropriate printer
drivers in order to print properly.
Peer-to-Peer Network In Peer-to-Peer networks, each computer prints directly to the network
printer. The network printer appears as a Local Printer (in Windows Add
Printer Wizard and in AXIS Print Monitor), and needs to be added to each
Windows
Platform
Protocol Method See...
Windows
2000, XP, 2003
TCP/IP (LPR)
AXIS AddPrinter
Wizard
“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
2003 using AXIS AddPrinter Wizard” on
page 24
Windows
Add Printer Wizard
“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
2003 using Windows Add Printer Wiz-
ard” on page 26
Microsoft
LPR Monitor
“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
2003 using the Microsoft LPR Monitor”
on page 31
Windows
2000
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
AXIS Print Monitor
software
Adding NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printers in
Windows 2000 using AXIS Print Moni-
tor, on page 34
Windows
NT
TCP/IP
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
“Adding Printers in Windows NT using
the Microsoft LPR Monitor” on page 29
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
“Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI
in Windows NT using AXIS Print Moni-
tor” on page 35
Windows
98/Me
TCP/IP (LPR)
AXIS Print Monitor
software
“Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me
over TCP/IP using AXIS Print Monitor” on
page 36
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
“Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me
over NetBIOS/NetBEUI using AXIS Print
Monitor” on page 37
For Windows 98 and Me, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitor on a server for
client/server printing.