SOFTWARE RELEASE Version 1.0 1(2) ==================== Product involved: AXIS 5470e Release date: Oct 23, 2002 Release type: PRODUCTION Software version: 6.30 Software media: AXIS 5470e Flash Software checksum: AXIS 5470e Flash Last preceding release: AXIS 5470e 6.23 Upgrade instructions: See upgrinfo.txt document --------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy Release Description: 1. Added AutoIP support. 2. Corrections and workarounds have been added for the TN3270E and TN5250E printing protocols. 3. Corrections and workarounds have been added for the IPDS and SCS emulators, and for both the PCL and PostScript drivers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix A - DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE App A Product involved : AXIS 5470e Software version : 6.30 1. The printserver now supports AutoIP. It will automatically grab an AutoIP address when no other method is available. 2. When printing from TN3270E servers not supporting the FUNCTIONS NEGOTIATION phase, a workaround has been added. 3. TN3270E/TN5250E servers can now be specified as hostnames (and not only as IP addresses). 4. When printing mixed SCS and IPDS over the same TN3270E session, a problem has been corrected. 5. When restarting the box in an uncontrolled manner (power failure, crash etc..) , some workarounds and corrections have been made to recover the TN3270E/TN5250E/SNA sessions smoothly. 6. A problem with dropped SNA sessions has been corrected. 7. A problem regarding IPDS overlays has been corrected. 8. A problem regarding Barcodes and different printer resolutions when printing IPDS has been corrected. 9. Support for printing in Thai has been added, codepage 838 and ASCII characterset 874. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix B - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS App B Product involved : AXIS 5470e Software version : 6.30 1. During the first 45 seconds it may not be able to connect the print server with the TCP connection because boot protocols require some startup time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix C - AXIS INTERNAL DOCUMENT App C Product involved: AXIS 5470e Software version: 6.30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------