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                          NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE              Version 1.1
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          Products involved:  AXIS 140 BJC

          Release date:       Feb 02, 1999

          Release type:       PRODUCTION

          Software version:   5.55

          Software media:     AXIS 140 BJC              Flash

          Software checksum:  AXIS 140 BJC              Flash

          Last preceding
          release:            AXIS 140 BJC              5.43

          Upgrade 
          instructions:       See upgrinfo.txt document


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          Important:

          -  The AXIS 140 BJC 5.55 print server software requires an upgrade to 
             NetPilot 2.53 or better.

             Please save the config file before performing upgrade.

          Easy Release Description:

           1. Added support for BJ F800 and generally BJ printers with
              names BJ Fxxxx.

           2. Added support for printing internal printout text files with a new 
              mode, called character print mode, supported by new BJC printers.

           
           3. Added END option at end of DHCP requests. This was not a 
              serious problem and is now solved.

           4. NetWare. This is the "Year 2000 update" for the Axis 140 BJC.
              AXIS Print Servers are not affected by the transition
              when a software version 5.48 or higher is used. Print
              servers with lower software versions are only affected
              when the device is used with the NetWare PSERVER print
              method, causing incorrect dates to be printed on print
              job banner pages.

              We now interpretate the date information according to
              the guidelines issued by Novell 1998.


           5. LPD. Small print jobs will now be printed completely even though 
              the client gives up.

           6. LPD. It is now possible to specify the size of print data to
              something larger than the actual size of the data to be sent. The 
              client then just closes the session when there is no more data to 
              send. 

           7. LPD. It is now possible to handle jobs where multiple data files 
              are sent with just one control file, instead of one each. 
              If banner pages printing is enabled, each data file gets a banner 
              page.

           8. LPD. It is now possible to handle "split" data files. It is now 
              possible to print directly to the physical port "LPT1".

           9. Improved the printing speed performance when using AXIS 
              PrintMonitor.


          Best regards
 
          AXIS COMMUNICATIONS AB


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         Appendix A   -  DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF RELEASE  App A

          Product involved: AXIS 140 BJC 

          Software version: 5.55

           1-4. No further info.
 

           5. The print server does not discard the print data when it gets a 
              reset. The received data is then printed when the printer gets 
              ready (e.g. from being off-line or out-of-paper). This means that 
              a small print job will be printed completely even though the 
              client gives up. 
              Note: The client will not get an acknowledgement on the printed 
              data until it is printed. If the client is impatient and resets 
              the connection, the whole job might be printed even though the 
              user has been given an error message.	

           6. No additional information.

           7. No additional information.

           8. It is now possible to handle "split" data files where multiple 
              data files are sent with just one LPD EOF at the end. Only one 
              banner page will be printed.

           9. The printing speed is increased with a factor 2 when printing 
              with AXIS PrintMonitor.

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          Appendix B   - SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS                        App B

          Product involved: AXIS 140 BJC 

          Software version: 5.55

          -  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.

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