User Guide

Adding Printers in Windows
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Section 2 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 client computer that
wants to print. Each client computer must install the appropriate printer drivers
in order to print properly.
Windows
Platform
Protocol Method See...
Windows
2000, XP,
Server 2003
TCP/IP (LPR)
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
“Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows
Server 2003” on page 20
Microsoft
LPR Monitor
“Adding Printers in Windows
2000/Windows XP/2003 using the Mi-
crosoft LPR Monitor” on page 23
Windows 2000 NetBIOS/NetBEUI
AXIS Print Monitor
software
Adding NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printers in
Windows 2000 using AXIS Print Moni-
tor, on page 28
Windows
NT 4
TCP/IP (LPR)
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
Adding Printers in Windows NT4 using
the Microsoft LPR Monitor, on page 24
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
Windows Add Printer
Wizard
“Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI
in Windows NT 4 using AXIS Print Mon-
itor” on page 29
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 30
NetBIOS/NetBEUI
“Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me
over NetBIOS/NetBEUI using AXIS Print
Monitor” on page 31
For Windows 98 and Me, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitor on a server for
client/server printing.
In Windows 98 and Me, AXIS Print Monitor must be installed on all (printing) client
computers for Peer-to-Peer printing.