NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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 Products involved: AXIS 5550

 Release date:      Sep 21, 2004

 Release type:      PRODUCTION

 Software version:  7.00

 File size:         AXIS 5550   1 256 782 bytes

 Last preceding
 release:           6.46


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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
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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 MIB has been revised and updated.

 - E-mail notification is disabled by default.


 Corrected problems in version 7.00
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 - Improved support for a number of Epson 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. N.B. This is limited to the parallel port.
	        
 - 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 received an 
   end-of-file before the printer became available.

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

 - 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.

 - Improved USB printing performance by buffering data until a larger chunk 
   can be sent to the printer.


 Known problems in version 7.00
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 - If upgrading from a firmware release earlier than 6.43, 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 sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

 - Axis ThinWizard is the recommended management tool to use with this print
   server. HP WebJetadmin is  neither tested nor supported with this release.

 - Support for Checksums in Netware is not implemented.

 - The delete button in the web-interface does not work for the usb-port

 - Select standard TCP/IP port when configuring system for peer-to-peer 
   printing in Windows environment. Printing with the AXIS Port Monitor to
   USB-printers will most likely cause the Print Server to "hang". 

 - 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.

 - 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.