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Adding Printers in Windows

Section 4 Adding Printers in Windows

Overview of This section describes how to add network printers to a computer in Installation Methods Windows. Refer to the table below to determine the most appropriate

installation method according to your computer environment:

Windows	Protocol	Method	See...
Platform
		AXIS AddPrinter	“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
			2003 using AXIS AddPrinter Wizard” on
		Wizard
			page 24
Windows		Windows	“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
	TCP/IP (LPR)		2003 using Windows Add Printer Wiz-
2000, XP, 2003		Add Printer Wizard
			ard” on page 26
		Microsoft	“Adding Printers in Windows 2000 / XP /
			2003 using the Microsoft LPR Monitor”
		LPR Monitor
			on page 31
Windows		AXIS Print Monitor	Adding NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printers in
	NetBIOS/NetBEUI		Windows 2000 using AXIS Print Moni-
2000		software
			tor, on page 34
	TCP/IP		“Adding Printers in Windows NT using
			the Microsoft LPR Monitor” on page 29
Windows		Windows Add Printer
			“Adding Printers over NetBIOS/NetBEUI
NT		Wizard
	NetBIOS/NetBEUI		in Windows NT using AXIS Print Moni-
			tor” on page 35
			“Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me
	TCP/IP (LPR)		over TCP/IP using AXIS Print Monitor” on
Windows		AXIS Print Monitor	page 36
98/Me		software
			“Adding Printers in Windows 98 and Me
	NetBIOS/NetBEUI		over NetBIOS/NetBEUI using AXIS Print
			Monitor” on page 37

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.

For Windows 98 and Me, it is only necessary to install AXIS Print Monitor on a server for client/server printing.

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

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