Basic setup with axis netpilot, Starting the installation – Philips AXIS 5900 User Manual

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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

Basic Setup with AXIS NetPilot

Install the AXIS NetPilot software on your computer. AXIS NetPilot runs

on Windows 98 and Windows NT.

Starting the

Installation

Follow the instructions below to install the AXIS 5900 with AXIS

NetPilot:

1. Start AXIS NetPilot by double-clicking the NetPilot icon, which is located

in the folder where you installed AXIS NetPilot.

2. Locate the Axis Network Print Server in the ‘New Axis Units’ folder. Select

it and click the

Install button on the AXIS NetPilot toolbar. If your network

is large, it could take a few seconds before the print server appears in the
folder.

3. Choose the

with Installation Wizard option.

The AXIS NetPilot Installation Wizard guides you through the installation

process. The following options are available:

Note:

Print Server Name

The default print server name consists of the characters ‘AXIS’ followed

by the last six digits of the serial number. If you want to change the print

server name, just type the new name in the available text field.

Environments

Choose which networking environments you want to configure the Axis

Network Print Server for, e.g. NetWare, TCP/IP, Windows & OS/2 or

Macintosh. If your network comprises various different platforms, you

can enable any combination of environments.

NetWare NDS

Place NetWare Print Queues on a specific bindery server, or alternatively

into an NDS Tree.

The IP Address

Choose the method the Axis Network Print Server should employ for

obtaining an IP address. DHCP, ARP, RARP, BOOTP and Auto-IP are

supported. You can also select to set the IP address manually. Refer to

“Assigning an IP Address to the Print Server” on page 16 for further

information about setting the IP address.

Print Queues

The Axis Network Print Server uses the print server name followed by the

printer port as the default Print Queue names and print server port names.

If you want to change the default printer queue names, just type the new

names in the available text fields.

The number of options varies according to the number of environments you enable.

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