Axis Communications AXIS 5550, Network Print Servers Printer Status, Notification, Print Layout

Adding Printers in NetWare

Using Novell Utilities After installing the Axis Network Print Server into the NetWare environment, you can manage your Axis Network Print Server, using either Novell’s NetWare Administrator, or PCONSOLE.

NetWare Administration Some useful features provided by the NetWare Administrator are described in more detail below:

Printer Status

The Printer Status menu, detailed below, shows the status of an active print job serviced by an Axis Network Print Server network print server. It displays detailed information concerning the active job including, Print Queue, print job description, size of print file, percentage of job completed, etc. You can also abort or pause the print job from this menu.

Notification

You can use the NetWare Administrator to enable or disable status notification messages for printers connected to the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550, e.g. Busy, Off-line, Out of paper, Paper jam, etc. You can also add or remove print job owners and administrators from the list of persons to be notified.

Print Layout

You can view installed AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 and their relative print queues for any NetWare Organizational Unit. You can also display summary information by right-clicking on the printer object you want to examine.

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