NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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 Products involved: AXIS 5600+ v2

 Release date:      Oct 13, 2004

 Release type:      SERVICE

 Software version:  7.00.0

 File size:         1 417 854 bytes

 Last preceding
 release:           6.48.0


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 Contact Information
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 Please contact Axis Communications for product information, updates 
 and support at:

 http://www.axis.com


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 Added features in version 7.00.0
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 - SNMPv2c

 - SNMPv3

 - TCP/IP Printing Restriction

 - Rendezvous

 - The TCP/IP parameters has been divided into two sets: TCP/IP Network and
   TCP/IP Printing

 - The Axis SNMP private enterprise MIB has been revised and updated.

 - E-mail notification is disabled by default.

 - The account list has been increased to contain the last 100 jobs.

 - Appletalk autodetection of printer type is now enabled/disabled on a per
   port basis (enabled by default). Default printer type is LaserWriter.


 Corrected problems in version 7.00.0
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 - Improved support in MacOS X for a number of Epson laser printers.
 
 - If the print server receives the domain name option via DHCP, the value is
   validated before the parameter is set.
    
 - The tcp handling of retransmissions is improved. Data loss is now less 
   frequent in tcp sessions where the amount of data retransmission is high.

 - The Delete Job functionality is improved, now it is possible to delete 
   "hanging" jobs as well.
	        
 - A TCP/IP problem which could cause network disturbances has been corrected.

 - A problem with printing very small jobs with raw tcp has been removed. 
   Earlier, the print jobs could disappear if the print server got an 
   end-of-file before the printer became available.

 - Improved performance by limiting simultaneous raw tcp connections to 5 per
   tcp port. Earlier, printing clients could consume all memory of the print
   server if the printer is e.g. powered off.

 - Improvement to make sure the print server honors the busy signal in the
   parallel port interface.

 - E-mail notifications can be triggered by printers that only use pin status.

 - Solved problem with missing lines when print jobs are sent while the printer
   is disconnected or offline.


 Limitataions in version 7.00.0
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 - If upgrading from a firmware release prior to 6.34, the DHCP parameter 
   will be set to the default value, i.e. enabled. Thus after upgrading from
   these old releases any static IP parameters, such as the IP address, will
   be replaced with values obtained with DHCP. 

   We are very sorry for the inconvenience this might cause you.

 - Support for Checksums in Netware is not implemented.

 - If there is an SLP directory agent on the network and the 
   slp-directory-agent option (RFC 2165) is used by the dhcp server, the Print 
   Servers will most likely end up in a non recoverable endless loop.

 - If the print server receives a NDS tree name via dhcp, and the new name
   differs from the one stored in the print server, then the print server will
   keep on rebooting forever. The solution is either to disable the NDS tree 
   option on the DHCP server, or to configure the print server on a network
   where no DHCP server is present.
	 
 - Axis ThinWizard is the recommended management tool to use with this print
   server. HP WebJetadmin is neither tested nor supported with this release.

 - FW 7.00 is not fully compatible with TW 3.00.  The Print Server 
   name will be missing and the Status reported by TW 3.0 will be wrong. 
   For full functionality please use TW 3.04, or higher. TW 3.04 is 
   estimated to be released no later than Feb 4 2005.

 - Firmware release 7.00 and onwards only supports print servers with Axis brand name.