NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE           Version 1.0   1(2)
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          Product involved:   AXIS 5400, AXIS 5600
        

          Release date:       March 04, 1999

          Release type:       PRODUCTION

          Software version:   5.64

          Software media:     AXIS 5400                Flash

                              AXIS 5600                Flash


          Software checksum:  AXIS 5400                Flash

                              AXIS 5600                Flash 


          Last preceding
          release:            AXIS 5400                5.63

                              AXIS 5600                5.63 

          Upgrade 
          instructions:       See upgrinfo.txt document

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          Important:

          -  The 5.64 print server software requires NetPilot 2.53 or later.


          Easy Release Description:

           1. The printer information visible on the internal WWW-pages
              and in NetPilot are now updated directly after startup and
              not only after the first printjob.

           2. It is now possible to turn off the usage of ECP using the
              Lx_CENTR parameter, where x is the port number. 
              In earlier releases the settings IBM_PC and STNDRD had 
              no effect if the printer supported ECP.

           3. Reverse data from the printer is now handled correctly
              also with printers not supporting ECP.

           4. The AppleTalk parameters BINARY and BINARY_TYPE has been removed.
              They have been replaced with a parameter BINARY_TYPE_x, 
              where x is the printer number, for each printer defined in the 
              AppleTalk menu. 

           5. The product type has been changed from "Print Server" to 
              "Network Print Server".

           6. Axinstall has improved support for OSF1.

           7. Improved compatibility with the Japanese version of 
              Adobe Font Downloader v1.0.5.

           8. The AXIS MIB file has been updated to v2.0.


          Best regards
 
          AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB

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         Appendix A   -  DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE  App A

          Product involved: AXIS 5400, AXIS 5600

          Software version: 5.64

           1. This printer information is only available if the printer 
              supports bi-directional communication.

           2. No additional information. 

           3. No additional information. 

           4. The possible values for the BINARY_TYPE_x parameter are TCBP, BCP
              or NONE.

           5. The product type string is e.g. visible in the telnet server 
              response and on the test page. It is also visible in the 
              MacOS Chooser if the printer doesn't support bi-directional 
              communication.

           6. No additional information.

           7. No additional information.

           8. The MIB file has changed to incorporate the new AppleTalk
              parameters.

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          Appendix B   - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS                       App B

          Product involved: AXIS 5400, AXIS 5600

          Software version: 5.64

          1. Secondary printer function doesn't work when printing from AXPUW
             nor AXIS Print Monitor.

          2. The maximum number of simultaneous TCP connections is set to 200.
             If many users are monitoring the status or accounting web pages,
             all connections may under rare circumstances be consumed by the
             automatic refresh function. This can cause problems accepting new
             print jobs using TCP/IP printing protocols.

          3. PROS print jobs may be corrupted when printing with bitronics
             support. The problem is avoided if the parameter PRx_IN (NetPilot
             property pages value "Read-Back Port") is set to NONE.

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          Appendix C  - AFFECTED MATERIAL                           App C  
         
          Product involved: AXIS 5400, AXIS 5600
          Software version: 5.64

          Draft texts for manual updates: 
          Other:    

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