SOFTWARE RELEASE Version 1.0 1(2) ==================== Product involved: AXIS 5470e Release date: Aug 08, 2001 Release type: PRODUCTION Software version: 6.22 Software media: AXIS 5470e Flash Software checksum: AXIS 5470e Flash Last preceding release: AXIS 5470e 6.21 Upgrade instructions: See upgrinfo.txt document --------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy Release Description: 1. e-mail Notification has been added. 2. ECP stall host recovery has been added. 3. New parallelport mode has been added. 4. IP setting via SLP has been added. 5. Full duplex now supported. 6. Automatic printer type detection has been added. 7. New digital copier drivers. 8. General improvements and problem corrections. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix A - DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE App A Product involved : AXIS 5470e Software version : 6.22 1. The print server can now send an e-mail to a predecided e-mail address when the connected printer enters a state (papper jam, out of toner, etc.) that needs human intervention. 2. In ECP mode, the print server can now report status to the client even if the printer stalls. If necessary, the reverse data can also be turned off for port LPT1 and LPT2. 3. Added a new parallelport mode for printers that ignore the ACK signal. 4. The print server now supports IP address setting using SLP. Which means one can use the new Axis IP setting tool IP JumpStarter to set the IP address of the print server. 5. Now the print server can communicate with full duplex on both 10 MBs and 100 MBs network. 6. The value for the AppleTalk parameters Printer Type and Binary Protocol is now set automatically at the print server startup. 7. Added digital copier driver for the Minolta Di450 connected to a Minolta PI 5500. 8. Added digital copier driver for the Toshiba Dp4580/Dp5570Dp6570/ Dp8070 and Estudio 55/65/80. 9. Added digital copier driver for the Gestetner P7032. 10. Added new IPDS options to be able to configure overlay offsets. 11. Added new IPDS options to be able to configure the emulated printer resolution. 12. Corrected an IPDS problem related to overlay error reporting. 13. Corrected an IPDS problem related to duplex printing. 14. Speed improvments and corrections to the IPDS to PCL image handler. 15. Added new IPDS to PostScript driver option to disable the embedded G4 decoder and use the printers G4 decoder, this results in a major speed improvement. 16. Corrected a problem with the SCS USER drivers font selections. 17. Corrected a problem with SCS extended emulation barcodes. 18. Corrected TN5250e protocoll problems. 19. Corrected SNA protocoll problems related to IPL. 20. Made improvments to the PCL3 driver. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix B - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS App B Product involved : AXIS 5470e Software version : 6.22 1. During the first 45 seconds it might not be able to connect the print server with TCP connection because of the fact that boot protocols needs some time to startup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix C - AXIS INTERNAL DOCUMENT App C Product involved: AXIS 5470e Software version: 6.22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tools : version r4_00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------