User`s manual

Basic Installation
12 AXIS 5550 User’s Manual
Section 3 Basic Installation
Quick Overview
Follow these steps to make your printer network ready:
1. “Connecting the Hardware” on page 12
2. “Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server” on page 14
3. “Making Network Printers available for printing on your PC” on page 20
Connecting the Hardware
AXIS 5550
Backside label on print server
1. Make sure that your printer is switched off and that the print server’s
Power Adapter is disconnected
.
2. Locate the serial number, found on the underside label of the print server,
and write it down. You will need this number to configure the print server.
Example: S/N: 00408c181cf0
3. Connect the printer directly to a port on the print server or using an
appropriate printer cable.
4. Connect the print server to the network using a twisted pair RJ45 category
5 cable, 10baseT or 100baseTX.
Ethernet connector
Power Adapter
connector
Test button
Power
Indicator
Network
Indicator
Parallel printer port (LPT1)
USB printer port (USB1)
Serial number same as
MAC/Ethernet number;
e.g.
00408c181cf0 =
00-40-8c-18-1c-f0