Axis Communications 540/640 manual Preface, About Axis, About this manual

Preface

Thank you for purchasing the AXIS 540/640 Network Print Server. Our goal in developing this product is to enable you to connect your printers anywhere in your network, allowing all network users access to shared printer resources.

About Axis

Axis Communications, founded in 1984, is one of the world’s fastest growing companies in the market of network connectivity. The headquarters are located in Lund, Sweden, with subsidiaries in Beijing, Boston, Hong Kong, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

Axis Communications has a distributor network operating in more than 60 countries world-wide, marketing four major product lines:

Network CD-ROM Servers. Multi-protocol CD-ROM servers provide a flexible and cost-efficient solution for sharing CD-ROMs across the network. The AXIS StorPoint CD, the stand-alone version, and the AXIS StorPoint CD/T, the plug-in CD-ROM tower module, are both available in Ethernet and Token Ring versions.

Network Print Servers. These intelligent Ethernet and Token Ring print servers support a wide range of LAN protocols. The AXIS 150, 152, 540, 542, 560, 570 are Ethernet print servers, while the AXIS 640, 642, 660, 670 are Token Ring print servers.

Network Camera Servers. The AXIS NetEye 200 Network Camera attaches directly to an Ethernet network and supports TCP/IP and Internet-related protocols, acting as a Web server.

IBM Mainframe and S/3x – AS/400 Printer Interfaces. These products include a wide range of plug-in interfaces and stand-alone products such as the AXIS Cobra+, AXIS 330/370 Co- bra, AXIS HP MIO, the AXIS AFP IPDS-to-PostScript converter and the AXIS AFP MIO/IOP IPDS-to-PCL converters.

About this manual

This manual will guide you through simple step-by-step installation and set up procedures.

Introduction - The AXIS 540/640 Print Server, how it works, where to use it, its main features.

Basic Installation - How to connect your AXIS 540/640 to your printer and network.

Setting Up... - Five sections; one for each of the network environments for your AXIS 540/640.

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