NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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 Products involved: AXIS Officebasic USB

 Release date:      Sep 21, 2004

 Release type:      PRODUCTION

 Software version:  7.00

 File size:         AXIS Officebasic USB   831 452 bytes

 Last preceding
 release:           6.43


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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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 - Rendezvous

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

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

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

 - Added default IP frame-type parameter, useful when choosing the default
   frame-type to be used for IP multi- or broadcasts.

 - Added LLC options to tweak some of the timeouts.


 Corrected problems in version 7.00
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 - Improved support in Mac OS 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.

 - 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 the print server's memory 
   if the printer was 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.

 - 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.