NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS 570, AXIS 670 Specific software: Release date: Dec 4 1998 Release type: TEST Software version: 5.42.5 Software media: AXIS 570 Flash AXIS 670 Flash Software checksum: AXIS 570 Flash AXIS 670 Flash Last preceding release: AXIS 570 5.42.4 AXIS 670 5.42.4 Flash loading instructions: See UpgrInfo.txt document Release document: 1.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important: - The 5.54.1 print server software requires an upgrade to NetPilot 2.53 or later. - The non SNA/IBM part of this release is based on Print Server software release 5.58. See Release Descriptions below for information on changes made to the non SNA/IBM parts of the software in the 5.58 release. - When upgrading to this release via FTP, it is necessary to enter 'FLASH' in capital letters. At the FTP command line enter: put FLASH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy Release Description: 1. An IBM Extended Emulation problem causing currupt printout when the print data contained Cobra Extended Emulation sequences (%P) has been solved. 2. Support for Cobra barcode IBM Extended Emulation syntax has been added. 3. A SNA/LU6.2 AS/400 problem causing the autoconfigured printer devices to be VARY ON PENDING after IPL has been solved. 4. An IBM Emulator problem causing problems to change the CPI parameters for the IBM Fonts has been solved. 5. A problem causing too many space characters to be sent to the printer for the 3270 Data Stream has been solved. 6. Corrected a problem in the emulator which could cause the initial printer settings to be sent even if you are not at the beginning of the page. 7. Solved a problem with CR being sent to the printer when sending SCS transparency at the beginning of pages. 8. Solved a problem which caused the twinax devices to come up pending after IPL on OS/400 V4R1. 9. New Telnet hexdump trace tool implemented for SNA. This release is based on Print Server software release 5.58. The changes made in the 5.58 release is covered below: 1. Solved a problem which could cause the Print Server to hang when communicating with SLP Directory Agents using something else than an empty string as scope. Best regards AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix A - DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE App A Products involved: AXIS 570, AXIS 670 Software version: 5.42.5 1. Setting Cobra Extended Emulation Mode to OFF will now shut off Cobra Exteneded Emulation functionality completely. 2. Support for Cobra barcode IBM Extended Emulation syntax has been added. 3. No further information. 4. No further information. 5. No further information. 6. No further information. 7. No further information. 8. No further information. 9. No further information. This release is based on Print Server software release 5.58. The changes made in the 5.58 release is covered below: 1. No further information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix B - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS App B Products involved: AXIS 570, AXIS 670 Software version: 5.42.5 1. The SNA stack is single host only. Multiple SNA hosts cannot access the Print Server simultaneously. 2. Although it is possible to define several logical units on the IBM host system, the AXIS 570/670 will only print one SNA job at a time. SNA Jobs are held in a print queue within the AXIS 570/670 and are processed on a first-come-first-served basis. 3. The SNA parameters LU_NAME and CP_NAME must be equal. This release is based on Print Server software release 5.58. The software limitations in the 5.58 release is covered below: 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix C - AFFECTED MATERIAL App C Product involved: AXIS 570, AXIS 670 Software version: 5.42.5 Draft texts for manual updates: NPS Technical Reference Support for editable character tables added and the text in "AXIS HP-MIO TECH REF 1.1 ADDENDUM Editable character translation" shall be inserted in the NPS Technical Reference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF RELEASE DOCUMENT.