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Multi-Protocol Print Server

Network User's Guide

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Multi-Protocol Print Server Network User's Guide Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop resource for all your printer needs.
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Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. HP, HP/UX,JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewllet-Packard Company. DEC, DEC server, VMS, LAT, and ULTRIX are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. UNIX is a trademarks of UNIX Systems Laboratories. Ethernet is trademark of Xerox Corporation. Postscript is trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Netware is a trademark of Novell, Inc. Apple, Macintosh, LaserWriter, and AppleTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call. Calls must be made from within that country. In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-6464 (In Montreal) If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at: In Europe European Technical Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation 100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911, USA TEL: (908) 704-1700 declares, that the products Product Name: Model Number: Brother Network Card (BR-net) NC-4100h complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Declaration of Conformity (Europe) We, Brother Industries, Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative documents. Safety: EMC: EN 60950, EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024 following the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/ 263/EEC and 92/31/EEC). Issued by: Brother Industries, Ltd.
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Table of Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS ........1-iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) .......................1-iii Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)........................................................................1-iii Declaration of Conformity (Europe) ....................... 1-iv Intel Copyright and License Information ................ 1-iv Table of Contents ........................................................
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Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software .............. 2-6 Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer............................................ 2-7 Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Adding a Second Brother LPR Port ............................ 2-8 Windows® NT 3.5x Printing......................................... 2-9 Windows® NT 3.5x Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) ................................ 2-10 LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration ......... 2-11 Server Configuration.........
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5 6 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows® ............................................... 5-1 Internet Printing Installation .............................................. 5-1 Overview..................................................................... 5-1 Brother Internet Print General Information ................. 5-2 Brother Internet Print Configuring the Brother Print Server .......................... 5-3 Print Server Configuration Checklist ......................
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(Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG................................... 6-14 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG........................................................ 6-16 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG............................................................................ 6-19 Other Sources of Information....................................
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Installation on Other Host Computers ...................... 9-10 10 11 12 BANYAN VINES Network Configuration10-1 Printing from Banyan Vines Systems ............................. 10-1 Overview................................................................... 10-1 Necessary items to use a Brother print server on a VINES network ...................................... 10-1 File Server User Console ......................................... 10-2 File Server Queue Configuration ..............................
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13 14 Troubleshooting.................................................................. 13-1 Overview................................................................... 13-1 Installation problems................................................. 13-1 Intermittent Problems................................................ 13-4 TCP/IP Troubleshooting ........................................... 13-5 UNIX Troubleshooting ..............................................
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1 1 Unix Printing Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP Overview Brother print servers are supplied with the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. Since virtually all UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this capability allows a printer to be shared on a UNIX Ethernet network.
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TCP/IP Brother print servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote LPR command can spool jobs to Brother print servers without the need for any special software on the host computer. For special applications, raw TCP ports are also available. Brother print servers also support the FTP protocol. This protocol can be used to send print jobs from Unix systems.
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General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration The configuration process for most UNIX systems is described in the following steps. As this process varies, we recommend that you refer to your system documentation for additional information. 1 Configure the /etc/hosts file on each UNIX host that needs to communicate with the print server. Use your favorite editor to add an entry to the /etc/hosts file containing the IP address and node name of the device. For example: 192.189.207.
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Choose one of the available services (a service name will be used in step 3): BINARY_P1 Binary data TEXT_P1 Text data (CR added) You may set up multiple print queues on your UNIX host computer for the same print server, each one with a different service name (for example, one queue for binary graphics jobs and one for text jobs).
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Make sure this information is added to the end of the printcap file. Also make sure that the last character in the printcap file is a colon ":". This will create a queue named laser1 on the host computer that communicates to a Brother print server with a node name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through spool directory /usr/spool/lpd/laser1. If you are printing binary graphics files, you would use the service BINARY_P1 instead of TEXT_P1.
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If you have an HP/UX system, IBM RS/6000 AIX computer, or Sun Solaris 2.xx, there is no printcap file. This is also true for some other AT&T-based UNIX systems, as well as many VMS-based TCP/IP software packages (for example, UCX, TGV Multinet, etc.). On SCO systems, there is a printcap file, but it is automatically configured by the rlpconf command.
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HP/UX Configuration In the case of HP/UX10.xx, the sam program is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as follows: 1 Execute the sam program. From the list of options, select Printers and Plotters. 2 Select LP Spooler. 3 Select Printers and Plotters. 4 Select Actions and then Add Remote Printer/Plotter. 5 Enter any name as the Printer Name (this will be the name of the print queue). 6 Enter the IP address of the print server as the Remote System Name.
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Earlier versions of HP/UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: 1 Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). 2 Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): n Line printer name (user-selectable). n Remote system name (the print server name; must match what is in hosts file or use print server IP address). n Remote printer queue (Printserver binary or text service name, e.g. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1).
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The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. 1 Enter smit and select devices. 2 Select printer/plotter. 3 Select manage remote printer subsystem. 4 Select client services. 5 Select remote printer queues. 6 Select add a remote queue. 7 Enter the following remote queue settings: n Name of queue to add (user selectable). n Activate the queue (Yes).
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Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote printer configuration: lpsystem -t bsd prnservername lpadmin -p queue -s prnservername!prnserverservice accept queue (not required on newer Solaris systems) enable queue (not required on newer Solaris systems) Where queue is the name of the local print queue. prnservername is the name of the print server (must match the entry in the /etc/hosts file or IP address).
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SCO UNIX Configuration To configure a printer in version Version 5.x of SCO Unix, use the SCOADMIN program. 1 Select Printers and then Print Manager. 2 On the menu select Printer and then Add Remote followed by Unix... 3 Enter the IP address of the print server, and type in the name of the printer that will be used to spool to. 4 Deselect Use External remote Printing Protocol... 5 To eject the printed page, add the command rp=lpaf to the / etc/printcap file. SCO UNIX requires TCP/IP V1.
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10 Select Hardwired as the Device. 11 Select No for the Require banner field. Older SCO Unix Systems The Brother print servers support the FTP protocol. Earlier SCO Unix systems are often configured to print using the FTP protocol. DEC TCP/IP Servers for VMS(UCX) You need to run the sys$system:ucx:$lprsetup command, specify a printer name, and then enter the print server IP address as the remote system name.
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Use the CFGTCP command at your OS/400 prompt to add the print server's TCP/IP address to the AS/400 host table.
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CRTDEVPRT DEVD(BR2) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) FONT(011) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) PPRSRC1(*A4) PPRSRC2(*A4) RMTLOCNAME('10.0.0.200') SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('Arnes Printer') Other Systems Other systems use similar programs to set up print servers.
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command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 12 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 15 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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2 2 TCP/IP Printing Printing from Windows® NT, Windows® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Overview Users of Windows® NT can print directly to a network-ready Brother printer using the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows® NT 3.5x and NT 4.0 users must install Microsoft's "TCP/IP printing" protocol. Windows® 2000/XP users are able to send print jobs directly to the printer without installing any additional software.
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6 The default name for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address of the print server). Windows® NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration If you have not already done so, install the TCP/IP protocol onto your Windows® NT system. This is done via the Network icon in the Control Panel window of the Windows® NT system (the Control Panel is in the Main window on NT 3.5x systems, or use the Start button on NT 4.
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4 You must now select the correct Network printing port. a For Windows® 2000: Select the Standard TCP/IP Port option as the port. b For Windows® XP: Select a new port from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. 5 When you have done that click Next. 6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click the Next button. 7 Enter the IP address, or name of the printer you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you. 8 Click the Next button.
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IPP Printing from Windows® 2000/XP Clients If you wish to print using the IPP protocol, follow these steps: 1 From the Printers folder select Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on Next. 2 Select Network Printer. 3 Click the Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet option. 4 You must now enter a URL name.
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Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the New Port... button. 5 The standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
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7 Click OK to exit (your NT workstation or server will need to be re-booted). Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select the desired Language and then select Install Software. Then select the Network Print Software installation program. 3 Click on Next in response to the Welcome message. 4 Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button.
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Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. 3 Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click on Next.
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Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Ports tab and push the Add Port button. In the Printer Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. Click the New Port button and enter the port name.
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Windows® NT 3.5x Printing 1 Go into the Control Panel and run the Network applet. 2 Select Add Software and TCP/IP Protocol and related components. 3 Select the TCP/IP Network Printing Support check box. And then click on the Continue button. (This option will be unavailable if the TCP/IP Network Printing Support protocol is already installed. 4 Insert the requested disk(s) to copy the required files. Your NT server will need to be re-booted when the files are copied over.
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Windows® NT 3.5x Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) If you have Windows® NT 3.5 or 3.51, use the following procedure to configure the print server. 1 Go to the Main window and select the Print Manager icon. 2 Select Printer menu. 3 Select Create Printer. 4 Enter any name for the Printer Name. 5 Select Driver. Choose the appropriate driver. 6 Select Description. Enter anything for the description. 7 Select Print to and then select Other. 8 Select LPR Port.
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LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother print servers will work with IBM LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the file server (TCP/IP is supplied as standard with LAN Server V4.0 and later as well as Warp Server).
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Pick an unused port and double click on it. Early versions of Warp Server have a bug in which the named pipes do not appear (the problem does not affect Warp Connect or LAN Server). This problem is fixed via a patch available from IBM. You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. LPD printer For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1.
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Spooler queue Maximum number of users Name of printer as defined previously Leave blank unless you want to limit the number of users 5 Exit the LAN Requester program. 2 - 13 TCP/IP PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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6 You should now be able to print. To test the queue, type the following from either the OS/2 command prompt or from a DOS workstation: 7 COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS \\servername\alias 8 Where servername is the name of the file server and alias is the alias name that you specified during this configuration process. This should print the CONFIG.SYS file on the printer.
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3 3 Peer to Peer Printing How to Print in a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network Overview Microsoft's Windows® 95/98/Me operating systems feature built-in networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows® PC to be configured as a client workstation in a file server based network environment. For smaller networks, Windows® 95/98/Me also allows the PC to operate in a peer-to-peer mode.
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TCP/IP Printing Our Peer to Peer printing software requires the TCP/IP protocol to be installed on your Windows® peer-to-peer computers and an IP Address has to be defined for the print server. Refer to your Windows® documentation for more information on how to configure the TCP/IP protocol on your Windows® PC. If you haven't already done so, configure the IP address of the printer, for more information on IP address configuration, refer to chapter 12 of this user guide.
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Windows® 95/98/Me store the hosts file in the default Windows® directory. By default, the Windows® hosts file is called hosts.sam. If you wish to use the hosts file you must rename the file to hosts with no extension. The .sam extension stands for sample. 8 Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer. Associating to the printer You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure.
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You have now finished installing the Peer to Peer Print (LPR) software. Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Details tab and push the Add Port button.
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4 4 NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server Overview Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) over the TCP/IP protocol via the NetBIOS interface. This means that just like regular Windows® PC's, Brother printers can appear in your network neighborhood.
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Print Server Configuration In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the DOMAIN name or WORKGROUP name to match that of your network. Once this is done, the print server will appear automatically in your network neighborhood and you will be able to send print documents to it without having to install additional software. However, in some instances you may find that your Windows® 95/98/ Me and Windows® NT4.
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Because of the way that Microsoft networks work, the print server may take several minutes to appear in the network neighborhood. You will also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks.
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NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP This software requires the TCP/IP transport protocols to be installed on your Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP computer. To install those protocols refer to your Windows® documentation. If you are using the TCP/IP protocol, the proper IP address should be defined on both the Brother print server and your client PC. Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup guide.
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Where NodeName is the NetBIOS name of the Brother print server (the default name is usually BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the print server. By default it is BINARY_P1. For example: \\BRN_310107\BINARY_P1 You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page on your print server.
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7 Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and press Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You are now ready to print.
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You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer. Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 1 You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.
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LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily configure your printer to work with an IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the fileserver. Use the following procedure to configure the LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server or OS/2 Warp connect workstation. Server Configuration: 1 Open the Templates folder on the OS/2 desktop.
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NET USE LPT2: \\BRN_310107\BINARY_P1 You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page on your print server. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer chapter 12 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 4 - 9 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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5 5 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows® Internet Printing Installation Overview Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows® 95/98/ Me/NT4.0, allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Paris.
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Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows® 95/98/Me/ NT4.0/2000/XP Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows® 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP PC that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from the application program point of view. The user can use the Windows® 95/98/MeNT4.0/2000/ XP Print Manager to create a printer that uses this port along with a standard Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP-compatible printer.
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Brother Internet Print Configuring the Brother Print Server The print server can be configured using BRAdmin, by using a web browser, or by using the TELNET command. Print Server Configuration Checklist Before configuring the print server to receive BIP jobs, be sure that the E-mail server at the remote site (the receiving end) is configured to handle the TCP/IP POP3, and SMTP protocols (SMTP is only required if the notification feature is enabled).
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Brother Internet Print Using BRAdmin to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you wish to use the print server remote console or Web Browser to configure the print server. Using the BRAdmin application, you can configure the Brother print server using the TCP/IP protocol, or the IPX protocol. The steps required to configure the print server to receive print jobs from a Windows® 95/98//Me/NT4.0/2000/XP. PC running the BIP software is as follows: 1 Start BRAdmin.
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7 The print server is configured by default to poll the POP3 server every 30 seconds. You may change this value, if desired. 8 If you have enabled notification, enter the address of your SMTP server (consult your network administrator if you do not know this address). 9 Press the OK button and save the changes. Now exit the BRAdmin application. You have now configured the print server to receive print jobs.
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Brother Internet Print Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you used BRAdmin or a Web Browser to configure the remote print server. As an alternative to BRAdmin, you can use the print server remote console to configure the print server. The console can be accessed via TELNET. When you access the print server using these utilities, you will be asked for a password. The default password is access.
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Brother Internet Print Installing the BIP software on Windows® 95/98/ Me/NT4.0/2000/XP To install the BIP software on a Windows® 95/98/NT4.0/2000/XP PC, execute the following steps: n Be sure that the PC is running an E-mail program (for example, Microsoft Outlook) that is capable of sending E-mail message using Winsock. n Be sure that your E-mail server is capable of sending messages across the Internet. Setup from CD-ROM 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup guide.
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9 You will then be asked to enter the port settings for the remote print server: Enter any unique legal Internet E-mail address for the remote print server (for example emailprinter@xyz.com). Note that Internet E-mail addresses cannot have spaces in them. Enter your E-mail address and the IP address of your SMTP E-mail server (consult your network administrator if you do not know this address). Also specify if you are going to use the Partial E-mail Print option and the Notification type.
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17 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and press Next. 15 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and press Next. 16 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM. Click Next when you are done.
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Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother Internet Port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of a printer that is using BIP, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Details (Ports on Windows® NT) tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button (Windows® 95/ 98/Me only) and then Brother Internet Port.
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Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows® 2000/XP. 1 Run the Add Printer Wizard and click the Next button when you see the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard screen. 2 You are now able to select Local Printer or Network Printer. Make sure that you select Network Printer. 3 You will see the Add Printer Wizard screen.
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8 Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. 9 Now specify the model name of the printer. 10 If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message. Click Yes to continue with the installation. The Add Printer Wizard will then complete. 11 Click the Finish button and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer connection, print a test page.
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Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing and for documents on the IPP protocol and how to configure a Windows® 2000/95/98/Me System. 2 Visit Microsoft's web site for the "Microsoft Internet Print Services" software for Windows® 95/98/Me. 3 Refer to chapter 12 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 13 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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6 6 Novell NetWare Printing How to configure Novell NetWare Printing Overview Brother print servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other network protocol users. All NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell server and delivered to the printer when it is available. Quick Tips: 1 The default IP address of Brother print servers is 192.0.0.192.
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General Information In order to use a Brother print server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's print queue, and the jobs are then spooled (either directly, or in the case of remote printer mode, via an intermediate print server) to the appropriate Brother print server.
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Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for NetWare5 With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing system called Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the print server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS Manager configured on the server. For further information regarding NDPS printers and printing please refer to the "Other Sources of Information" section at the end of this chapter.
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NDPS Broker When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker: 4 Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled. 5 Open the Broker Object's main window in NetWare Administrator 6 Select the Resource Management view. 7 The Resource Management dialog appears. Select the Add Resources button.
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Creating a Printer Agent 1 In NetWare Administrator, select object | create | NDPS Printer. Enter the NDPS printer name. For further information regarding NDPS printers and printing please refer to the "Other Sources of Information" section at the end of this chapter. 2 If this is a new printer select create A New Printer Agent. 3 If there is already an NDS printer and you are upgrading it to use the NDPS scheme, select Existing NDS printer object.
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Configuring Netware 3 and NetWare 4 systems Brother's BRAdmin application provides similar functionality to the NetWare PCONSOLE utility (or the NWADMIN utility in NetWare 4.1x or later). To use the BRAdmin application to configure a Brother print server under NetWare, make sure that you are logged in as SUPERVISOR (NetWare 2.xx or 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or later) and perform the appropriate steps as detailed in the following pages.
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If necessary change the Print Server Name. The default NetWare print server name will usually be BRN_xxxxxx_P1 where xxxxxx is the Ethernet address of the print server. Be careful! Changing the name may impact the configuration of other protocols because the print server service names will be altered. a If it is not already selected, select Queue Server as the operating mode. b Click the Change Bindery Queues button. c Select the NetWare server which you wish to configure.
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Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin 1 Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. 2 Start BRAdmin. 3 One or more print server services will appear in the list of printers (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page.
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e Your queue name will appear in the TREE and Context that you specified. Select the queue and click on Add. The queue name will then be transferred to the Service Print Queues Window. You will be able to see the TREE and Context information along with the queue name information in this Window. f Click on the Close button. Your Brother print server will now log into the appropriate NetWare server. Now exit the BRAdmin application. You are ready to print.
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7 Change context if required and then double click the name of the printer you created in step 3. 8 Click Assignments. 9 Click Add. 10 Change the context if necessary. 11 Select the print queue you created in step 5. 12 Click Configuration and set the Printer type to Other/ Unknown. Click OK. 13 Change the context if required, select Object from the menu bar and then Create. When you get the New Object menu, select print server and then OK. 14 Enter the name of the print server and select Create.
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18 Start the appropriate BRAdmin application, and select the correct print server from the list (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). 19 Double click the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. Now select the NetWare tab. 20 Select Queue Server as the operating mode.
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Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode in NDS mode) using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) and BRAdmin, you will need to perform the following steps: 1 Make sure that the PSERVER NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) is loaded on your file server and that you are logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode on the NetWare 4.1x file server. 2 Start NWADMIN by double clicking on the icon.
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12 Change context if necessary and select the print queue you created. Click OK and then OK again, and then exit NWADMIN. 13 Start the appropriate BRAdmin application, and select the correct print server you wish to configure (by default, the node names will begin with BRN_xxxxxx_P1) You can find the NetWare server name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page on your print server.
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Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1 Login as Supervisor (NetWare 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or later; be sure to specify the /b option for bindery mode). 2 Execute BRCONFIG from the Windows® menu. 3 Select the corresponding server name from the list of print servers.
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11 Press INSERT to create a new queue on the file server, type the new queue name and press ENTER. The name does not have to be related to the name of the print server resources, but should be short and convenient for users to remember. 12 Make sure that the new queue name is highlighted, and then press ENTER to configure the queue. 13 Select Queue Servers (in NetWare 4.1x, this item is called print servers) and press ENTER to specify which network print servers can print jobs from this print queue.
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Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1 Make sure that you are logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode on the NetWare 4.1x file server. 2 Run the PCONSOLE utility from PC workstation. 3 Select print servers from the Available Options menu. 4 Press INSERT and enter the print server name.
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10 Press INSERT to get a list of the queue server candidates and select the NetWare print server name from step 4, which will then be added to the list. Press ENTER. And then, press ESCAPE several times to return to the main Available Options menu. 11 Select Printers from the Available Options menu. 12 Press INSERT and enter a descriptive name for the printer. 13 Make sure that the new printer name is highlighted, and then press ENTER. You will be shown the Printer Configuration Window.
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SET SERVICE service TREE tree SET SERVICE service CONTEXT Context n Where tree is the NDS tree name. n Where context is the name of context where the print server resides. n Service is the name of the service assigned by NetWare print server name (where the default services are BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).
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Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1 Make sure that the PSERVER NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) is loaded on your file server. 2 Log into the file server from your PC workstation as ADMIN if you are using NetWare 4.1x (if you want NDS support, do not login under bindery mode). If you are using NetWare 2.xx or 3.xx, login as SUPERVISOR. 3 Run the PCONSOLE utility from your PC workstation.
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g Highlight Print Queues Assigned and press ENTER and then INSERT to get a list of available queues. h Highlight the name of the print queue you wish to assign to the remote printer and press ENTER. i The other settings in the menu are not required. Push ESCAPE several times to exit PCONSOLE. j Skip to the Assigning the remote printer name and number sections below. The following steps apply to configuring a remote printer on NetWare 3.
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Assigning the Remote printer name and number using BRCONFIG 7 a Execute the BRCONFIG from the Windows® menu. b Select the Brother print server from the list of print servers. When you get the message that the print server is connected, press the ENTER key and type the default password access in response to the # prompt (the password will not echo) and then press the ENTER key again in response to the Enter Username> prompt.
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The same services assigned by NetWare print server name cannot be used for both queue server mode and remote printer mode. You must now unload the PSERVER NLM from your NetWare file server console and then reload it in order for the changes to take effect. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 12 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.
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7 7 AppleTalk (EtherTalk) TCP/IP Printing Printing From a Macintosh Overview Brother print servers support the AppleTalk protocol running over Ethernet (also known as EtherTalk). This allows Macintosh users to print at the same time as all other Ethernet network using the AppleTalk (also referred to as EtherTalk) protocol. With the release of System 8.6 or later, Apple introduced a TCP/IP printing capability. This allows Macintosh users to send print jobs using the TCP/IP protocol.
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Quick Tips: 1 The default name that will appear in the Chooser of a Macintosh will usually be BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT (where xxxxxx is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address) 2 From a Macintosh network, the easiest way to change this name is to assign an IP address to the printer and then use a Web browser to change the name. Connect to the printer using a web browser and then click on Network Configuration. Enter the password (the default password is access) then select Configure AppleTalk.
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computer. Select the Start Here icon, select your language and follow the on-screen instructions for Install Software. Figure 1 Typical Macintosh Installer The above screenshot is from a Brother HL-7050 series printer driver. However, you will see a similar screen for all Brother printers that include a Macintosh printer driver. 7 - 3 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) Once the print server is connected on your network and the printer is powered on, the Brother print server’s AppleTalk service name (default is BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address) should appear in the Chooser. You can find the service name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page.
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program. You should now be able to print from the Macintosh. If you cannot see the print server, first make sure that your cabling is correct and that you have enabled EtherTalk from your Macintosh Network Control Panel. You may also need to force the print server into the correct AppleTalk zone using the BRAdmin application or a web browser. How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) Apple has developed the "Desktop Printer" utility.
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1 Select the Printer (LPR) option and click OK. You will then see the following Figure 4 Selecting the PPD and LPR Configuration 2 At this point we must select the correct PPD file for the printer and also configure the correct LPR information. Click the Change button in the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File section and select the appropriate PPD file for your model. 3 Now select the Change button below the LPR Printer Selection text.
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Figure 5 Entering the IP address and Queue If you do not specify the correct value the printer may not print, or it may not print the data correctly. Please ensure that the value you enter here matches with the Service name of the printer. 5 Click OK to go back to the previous screen. 6 You are now ready to create the printer for use.
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Macintosh Configuration (OS X v. 10/10.1) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Select the Mac OS X folder. Double click on the PPD_Installer.pkg icon and follow the on-screen instructions. APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 7 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: 1 Turn the power of the printer ON. 2 Open the Applications folder. 3 Open the Utilities folder. 4 Open the Print Center Icon. 5 Click the Add Printer button. 6 Select AppleTalk. 7 Select BRN_XXXXXX_P1_AT and click the Add button. For AppleTalk connections, the printer's AppleTalk service name is BRN_XXXXXX_P1_AT, where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.
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How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: 1 Turn the power of the printer ON. 2 Open the Applications folder. 3 Open the Utilities folder. 4 Open the Print Center Icon. 5 Click the Add Printer button. 6 Select LPR Printers using IP. 7 Enter the TCP/IP address of the printer into the LPR Printer's Address box. Printing the configuration page will allow you to confirm the TCP/IP address.
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Changing the Configuration From a Macintosh, the easiest way to change the printer or print server parameters is to use a web browser. Simply connect to the printer using the format: http://ip_address where ip_address is the address of the printer. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 12 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.
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8 8 DLC Printing Printing from Windows® NT or Windows® 2000 Overview DLC is a simple protocol that is included in Windows NT® and Windows® 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating systems (such as Windows® 3.x) with the addition of vendor-supplied software that supports the Hewlett-Packard JetDirect card. Quick Tips: 1 One way to print the details of all network settings is to print a configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page.
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Configuring DLC on Windows® NT/2000 To use DLC on Windows® NT, you must first install the DLC protocol. 1 Log into Windows® NT with administrative privileges. Go to the NT Control Panel and double click on the Network icon. Windows® 2000 users select the properties of the Local Area Connection. 2 On Windows® NT 3.5x systems, select Add Software. On Windows® NT 4.0 systems, click on the Protocol tab, and click Add. Windows® 2000 users click the Install button from the General tab.
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6 Select the Create a new port: option and highlight HewlettPackard Network Port. 7 Click Next. 8 A list of available print server MAC addresses (Ethernet addresses) appears in the larger box under Card Address. Select the address of the desired print server (you can see the Ethernet address on the printer configuration page). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page.
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Windows® NT 4.0 Printer Setup Log into Windows® NT with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 1 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Properties, select the Ports tab and continue from Step 4 (ignoring steps 9-11 about installing the correct driver)). 2 Select My Computer and then click Next. 3 Select Add a Port.
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name and the operating systems that will be printing to it. 12 Select whether or not you want to print a test page, and then select Finish. Windows® NT 3.5x Setup 1 From the Windows® NT Main group, double click on the Print Manager icon. 2 Select Printer from the menu bar and click on Create Printer. 3 Enter any desired name for the printer in the Printer Name box. 4 Select the printer model in the Driver menu. 5 Choose Other (or Network Printer for V3.1 systems) from the Print to menu.
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Configuring DLC on Other Systems To use DLC on other network systems, you will generally need vendor-supplied software. Typically such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instructions to install the DLC protocol on your system. Once the protocol is installed, create a network port in the same way that you did for Windows® NT in the previous sections. The MAC address (Ethernet address) of the print server should automatically appear during the configuration process.
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9 9 LAT Network Configuration Printing from DEC LAT Systems Overview Brother print servers are equipped with the LAT protocol. If you are already familiar with configuring DEC servers or compatible terminal servers in your network, you can use similar procedures to configure a Brother print server. Quick Tips: 1 The default password for Brother print servers is access.
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VMS LAT Host Configuration The configuration process requires that you have system manager privileges. Before starting the LAT configuration process, you must first make sure that LAT has been started on your system. If you are currently using terminal servers on your network, then LAT has probably already been activated.
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2 Use the VMS editor to create a text file with the necessary configuration commands (alternatively, you may edit the file LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM for VMS 5.5-x and later systems or LTLOAD.COM for earlier VMS systems).
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DEFINE/FORM DEFAULT/NOTRUNCATE/NOWRAP If you are defining a new form, be sure to specify STOCK=DEFAULT (unless you are using a special stock) and initialize the queue with the DEFAULT=FORM option. For example, to create a form called PCL for the queue BRN on LAT port LTA33:, you would type: DEFINE/FORM PCL/NOTRUNC/NOWRAP/STOCK=DEFAULT INIT/QUEUE/START/ON=LTA33:/PROC=LATSYM/DEFAULT=FORM=PCL BRN 5 You are now ready to print.
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PATHWORKS for DOS Configuration To configure the print server for PATHWORKS for DOS: 1 Create a VMS queue as previously described. 2 Run PCSA_MANAGER on the VMS system. a Type MENU to get the PCSA menu. b Select SERVICE OPTIONS c Select ADD SERVICE (do not use the ADD PRINTER QUEUE option as this will add a PCL printer reset that will affect PostScript printing. d Select PRINTER SERVICE. e Enter service name (pick a name). f Enter VMS queue name (previously defined).
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d Click Add, go to the List of Printers, select the desired printer type, and click Install. If desired, click Set as Default Printer. e Click Connect and select the desired port (e.g., LPT1). Click Network and select the port you chose above and type in the network path (\\node\service, where node is the DECnet node name and service is the service name picked previously; for example, \\VAX\LASER).
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PATHWORKS for Windows® 95/98/NT4.0 1 To configure the print server for PATHWORKS for Windows®: 2 Click on the Start button and select Settings and then Printers. 3 Click on ADD Printer to start the Add Printer Wizard. 4 Click on Next. 5 Select Network Printer. 6 Type in the network path. (\\node\service, where node is the DECnet node name and service is the service name picked previously; for example, \\VAX\LASER). 7 Type in the desired name for the printer and click Next.
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DECprint Supervisor Configuration Notes If you want to use the Brother print server with the DECprint Supervisor software, you must have the DCPS-Open option in order to support Brother printers (you may also need to modify the DCPS device control modules and queue setup to handle "unrecognized" printers). Do not use the SET SERVICE RECEIVE command because bi-directional communications is required for DCPS.
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This will create 16 devices numbered sequentially. For example, it will create tty00 through tty15 if you have not previously created any terminal devices. To create an additional 16 devices, type: MAKEDEV lta1 3 Edit the /etc/ttys file to add a line similar to the following for each LAT connection: tty05 "etc/getty std.9600" vt100 off nomodem #LAT (substitute your actual tty number in place of tty05).
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6 You now need to establish a host-initiated connection. For example: lcp -h tty05:BRN_310107:P1 7 Make the spool directory as shown in the following example: cd /usr/spool mkdir lp1 chown daemon lp1 Again substitute your actual printer name for lp1. 8 Print a file to verify the connection. For example, the following command prints the printcap file: lpr -Plp1 /etc/printcap lp1 in this example must be replaced by your actual printer name.
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10 BANYAN VINES Network Configuration 10 Printing from Banyan Vines Systems Overview Brother print servers allow printers to be shared on a Banyan VINES network. Users on client PCs send their jobs to any VINES file server running the Banyan PCPrint software, which in turn spools the jobs to the print server. Printing is transparent to user applications, and the print server can be managed using standard VINES utilities like MANAGE, MSERVICE, MUSER and the Operator Console printer control.
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File Server User Console The first step in the configuration process is to configure the file server so that the Brother print server can log into the Banyan VINES network. To do this, you will need to configure a StreetTalk user name for the print server (all VINES print servers log into the file server as users). 1 From any VINES workstation log in as a supervisor and execute the MANAGE program by typing MANAGE at the DOS prompt. 2 At the main menu, select 2 - Users and press ENTER.
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8 Press ESCAPE twice to return to the main menu. File Server Queue Configuration You must now configure the queue(s) on the Banyan VINES file servers. Print queues are one of several different types of services that are available on a VINES file server. To configure a print queue, use the MANAGE utility as follows: 1 From the main menu, select 1 - Services and press ENTER. 2 You will get the Manage Services menu. Select ADD a serverbased service and press ENTER.
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get the Alert list screen. Otherwise, press F10 to accept the defaults (not applicable for VINES 6.xx). 11 When you get the Add A Destination screen, use the arrow keys to select PCPrint and press ENTER. If the PCPrint option is not installed, PCPrint will not appear on this screen. You must have PCPrint installed in order to use an Brother print server. 12 When you get the Destination Attributes screen, enter the StreetTalk name of the Brother print server and an optional description. Press F10.
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Print Server Configuration Using BRAdmin The last step is to add the StreetTalk login name to the Brother print server and to associate the file server queue with one of the services on the print server. The procedure is as follows: 1 Start the BRAdmin software. 2 Select the node name of the desired Brother print server from the list and double clicking on it (the default node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You are prompted for a password.
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Print Server Configuration Using the Print Server Console As an alternative to BRAdmin, you may use the print server console to configure the print server. The steps are as follows: 1 Connect to the print server console using TELNET, NCP, BRCONFIG Execute some or all of the commands detailed below (you must minimally enter the StreetTalk login name of the print server and associate one of the print server services with the StreetTalk name of a print queue).
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11 Web Based Management 11 How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device Overview A standard Web Browser (we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later/Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later) can be used to manage your printer using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). You can get the following information from a printer on your network using a web browser: 1 Printer status information. 2 Take control of the printer’s control panel.
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5 You can also use the BRAdmin application to manage the printer and its network configuration. How to connect to your printer using a Browser Type http://printer’s IP Address / into your browser (you can also use the NetBIOS name of the print server, if you are in a Microsoft Windows domain/Workgroup environment). Enter the DNS name of the printer if connecting to a network that uses the DNS protocol. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.
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12 TCP/IP Configuration 12 Assigning TCP/IP Information Overview The TCP/IP protocol requires that each device on the network have it's own unique IP address. Use the following information to learn about IP address configuration. By default Brother print servers have a an IP address of 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network.
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These configuration methods are described in the following paragraphs. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the router (gateway). Using the printer control panel to allocate an IP address (printers with LCD panels only) Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for details on how to configure IP address information using the printer control panel.
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Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to set the IP address If your PC is using the Novell Netware Client software and is using the IPX/SPX protocol, do the following: 1 Select IPX/SPX filter in the left frame of the main window. 2 Check the print server name (the default node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)) .
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Using BRAdmin and the TCP/IP Protocol to set the IP address If your PC is using the TCP/IP protocol, do the following: 1 Select TCP/IP filter in the left frame of the main window. 2 Select the Device menu and choose the Search Active Devices. If the print server is set to its factory default settings, it will not appear in the BRAdmin screen. However, selecting the Search Active Devices option will force the BRAdmin software to find the device as an unconfigured device.
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Using DHCP to Configure the IP address The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have DHCP Server in your network (typically a Unix, Windows® NT/2000 or Novell Netware network) the print server will automatically obtains its IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.
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arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress Where ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address (MAC address) of the print server and ipaddress is the IP address of the print server. For example: Windows® Systems Windows® Systems require the colon ":" character between each digit of the Ethernet address. arp -s 192.189.207.2 00:80:77:31:01:07 Unix Systems Typically, Unix systems require the hash "-" character between each digit of the Ethernet address. arp -s 192.189.207.
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ipaddress is the IP address of the print server. For example, ping 192.189.207.2. Using RARP to Configure the IP Address The Brother print server’s IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on your host computer.
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Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is usually started up via the /etc/inetd.
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Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host and specify the name of this file and its path in the configuration file. As with rarp, the print server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on.
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On VMS systems, the connection is made as shown in the following example: $ MCR NCP NCP>CONNECT VIA QNA-0 PHY ADD 00-80-77-31-01-07 On ULTRIX systems, you would execute commands similar to the following example: # addnode BR -c qna-0 -h 00-80-77-31-01-07 # ccr BR On a NetWare networks, you can use the BRCONFIG utility which are included with every print server.
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If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following default subnet masks: 255.255.255.0 255.255.0.0 255.0.0.0 for class C networks for class B networks for class A networks The leftmost group of digits in your IP address can identify the type of network you have. The value of this group ranges from 192 through 255 for Class C networks (e.g., 192.189.207.3), 128 through 191 for Class B networks (e.g.,128.10.1.30), and 1 through 127 for Class A networks (e.g., 13.27.7.1).
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Changing the IP Address settings with the TELNET Console You can also use the TELNET command to change the IP address. Using TELNET is effective way, when you change the IP address. But a valid IP address must already be programmed into the print server. If you are using the TELNET, you will be expected to enter the password of the print server. Press RETURN and enter the default password of access in response to the "#" prompt (it will not echo). You will be prompted for a user name.
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If you have a gateway (router), enter its address with the command SET IP ROUTER routeraddress, where routeraddress is the desired IP address of the gateway you wish to assign to the print server. For example: Local> SET IP ROUTER 192.189.207.1 To verify that you have entered the IP information correctly, type SHOW IP. Type EXIT or CTR-D (i.e., hold down the control key and type "D") to end the remote console session. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.
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13 Troubleshooting 13 Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided into the following sections: 1 Installation Problems 2 Intermittent Problems 3 Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting Installation problems If you cannot print over the network, check the following: 1 Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
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a If you are using TCP/IP: Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the command: ping ipaddress Where ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to two minutes for the print server to load its IP address after setting the IP address). If a successful response is received, then proceed to the UNIX, TCP/IP Windows® NT/LAN Server, Windows®98/95/Me Peer to Peer (LPR), Internet Printing or Web Browser troubleshooting section.
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Brother print servers have three LEDs. These can be used to diagnose problems. n L- LED (green): Link activity This LED is on if there is a valid connection to the network (either 10BaseT or 100BaseTX). It is off if no network is detected. n F-LED (orange): Fast Ethernet This LED will be on if the print server is connected to a 100BaseTX Fast Ethernet network. It is off if the print server is connected to a 10BaseT network.
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Intermittent Problems If the print server and printer start up OK, but you intermittently have problems printing, check the following: 1 If you can print small jobs but large graphics jobs are distorted or incomplete, make sure that you have adequate memory in your printer and the latest printer driver installed on your computer. The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.
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TCP/IP Troubleshooting If you are using TCP/IP and cannot print to the print server and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, then check the following: It is always a good idea to try following in order to eliminate the possibility of setup errors. Turning off the printer and then again, Deleting and recreating the print server and creating a new print queue in order to eliminate the possibility of setup errors.
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UNIX Troubleshooting 1 Make sure that the /etc/printcap file (if applicable) is typed in correctly. In particular, look for missing ":" and "\" characters, because a small error anywhere in the file can have major consequences. Also check the /usr/spool directory to make sure that you have created a valid spool directory.
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8 If PostScript jobs fail to print or are run together, try setting the service (remote printer) with EOT set to string number 3 (control-D). For example: SET SERVICE BRN_xxxxxx_P1 EOT 3 9 If the lines of a text file are staggered, make sure that you have specified a remote printer (rp) name of TEXT in your /etc/ printcap file. 10 If you are using Sun Solaris V2.4 or earlier, there is a bug which causes long print jobs to fail when using a print server.
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Windows® NT/LAN Server (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing with Windows® NT or LAN Server, check the following: 1 Make sure that TCP/IP and TCP/IP print service are installed and running on the Windows® NT system or the LAN Server file server. 2 If you are using DHCP and you have not created a reservation for the print server, make sure that you enter the NetBIOS name of the print server in the Name or address of server providing lpd box.
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Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer (HP JetAdmin compatible method) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-toPeer network, check the following (HP JetAdmin compatible method): 1 If the print server does not show up under JetAdmin on a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer network, try removing all of the Windows® 95/98/Me network software from the Network Control panel and then reinstalling them as follows: n First install the IPX/SPX-Compatible Protocol (or the TCP/IP protocol
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Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting 1 The first step in troubleshooting is to make sure that you have a valid E-mail connection on both the sending PC and the receiving print server. Try sending an E-mail message from the PC to a user at the remote site who can receive mail via the POP3 server. If this does not work, there may be an E-mail configuration problem on the PC, on the local E-mail server, or on the remote POP3 server.
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Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting Want to use a different Port number other than 631 If you are using Port 631 for IPP printing, you may find that your firewall may not let the print data through. If this is the case, use a different port number (port 80), or configure your Firewall to allow Port 631 data through. To send a print job using IPP to a printer using Port 80 (the standard HTTP port) enter the following when configuring your Windows® 2000/XP system.
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Novell NetWare Troubleshooting If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, first verify that the Brother print server is attached to the server queue by going to PCONSOLE, selecting PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION, and then CURRENTLY ATTACHED SERVERS.
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6 If you are using DOS CAPTURE statement and losing portions of your print job, try setting the TIMEOUT parameter in your CAPTURE statement to a higher value (at least 50 seconds for Windows®).
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LAT Troubleshooting If you cannot print from a VMS system and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, then check the following (note that it is always a good idea to try creating a new queue with a different LAT port to reduce the possibility of setup errors): 1 If the queue pauses when you try to print, check that the print server node name and port name (or service name) agree with the names defined for the VMS print queue in LATCP or for ULTRIX print queue in the /e
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6 Intermittent random queue pauses can be caused if the VMS LAT port is not set up as spooled device. Type SHOW DEVICE LTAxxx from the VMS console; if the device is not spooled, type SET DEVICE/SPOOL LTAxxx command. (One exception: PATHWORKS for MACINTOSH queues should not be set up with the LTA device set as spooled). 7 Make sure that PROCESSOR=LATSYM is enabled on your VMS print queue if you get any of the following symptoms: n The queue pauses when you power off the print server for no apparent reason.
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13 If you can print successfully from PATHWORKS using DOS but have problems printing from Windows®, try increasing the Device Not Selected and Transmission Retry timeouts from the Windows® Printer Manager (select Printer Setup, select the desired printer, and press the Connect button). Banyan VINES Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing with Banyan VINES, check the following: 1 Make sure that you have the Banyan VINES PCPrint software option installed.
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Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP) 1 If you can not connect to the print server using your web browser it may be worth checking the Proxy Settings of your browser. Look in the Exceptions setting and if necessary, type in the IP address of the print server. This will stop your PC from trying to connect to your ISP or proxy server every time you wish to look at the printer server. 2 Make sure that you are using the proper Web Browser, we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.
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A Appendix A Appendix A General Information You can change the configuration of your print server using any of the following methods. • Brother BRAdmin application for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/ XP • Brother Web BRAdmin application for IIS* server • HTTP (using a web browser) • WebJetAdmin Software • TELNET (command utility) • Brother BRCONFIG NetWare Utility (command utility) • DEC NCP or NCL Utility BRAdmin (Recommended) The Brother BRAdmin application can use the TCP/IP or IPX/SPX protocol.
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HTTP (Recommended) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX, Windows NT, or most other TCP/IP systems, type: TELNET ipaddress at the command prompt of the system prompt, where ipaddress is the IP address of the print server.
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Using Services General A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother print server.
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Reloading the Print Server Firmware General The firmware on the print server is stored in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, visit the Brother Solutions web site at http://solutions.brother.com/ Some software versions that we provide will automatically factory reset your print server parameters. We try to avoid doing this.
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Reloading firmware using BRAdmin The BRAdmin application can be used to easily re-program your Brother print server. 1 Start BRAdmin. 2 Highlight the appropriate print server. Then press select the Control menu and choose Load Firmware. You can select more than one print server by pressing CTRL+ on each additional print server. There are three possible ways of sending the new software version to the print server.
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Reloading process The Data LED on the printer control panel will blink during the firmware file loading process. During programming process, the backlight on the printer’s LCD goes off, and Erase xxxxxx and Write xxxxxx will be indicated alternately on the LCD. After the firmware update is completed, the printer will re-start automatically. DO NOT TURN OFF THE PRINTER DURING THESE PROCESSES.
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Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a command prompt By specifying the print server PASSWORD AS THE USERNAME when logging on, it becomes possible to upgrade the firmware of the print server or printer (if supported). The following example assumes that the print server password is "cambridge" D:\>ftp ftp> open 220.0.250.200 Connected to 220.0.250.200. 220 FTP print service:V-1.05/Use the network password for the ID if updating. User (220.0.250.200:(none)): cambridge 230 User cambridge logged in.
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Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions.brother.com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. A - 8 APPENDIX YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.
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Index A E AIX ...................................... 1-3 AIX 4.0 ................................ 1-8 AppleTalk ... 7-1, 7-4, 7-9, 13-2, 13-13 ARP ...................1-2, 12-1, 12-5 E-mail ..................................5-2 emailpassword ....................5-6 EtherTalk .............. 7-1, 7-4, 7-9 B BANYAN VINES ............... 10-1 Banyan VINES ................ 13-16 Berkeley UNIX .................... 1-1 BINARY_P1 ......... 1-1, 1-4, A-3 BINDERY ............................ 6-2 BIP ..............
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LED .................................. 13-2 Linux ............................ 1-1, 1-6 lpc .............................. 1-5, 1-15 lpstat ................................... 1-5 M Macintosh .................... 7-2, 9-7 mailboxname ...................... 5-6 Microsoft Internet Explorer . 2-1 Microsoft Internet Print Services ................................... 2-1, 3-1 Microsoft TCP/IP printing ... 2-1 MIME .................................. 5-2 N NDPS .......................... 6-2, 6-3 NDS ...........
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TFTP PUT ...........................A-5 TGV's Multinet .................. 1-12 U UNIX ................................... 1-1 W Web browser ..................... 12-1 WebJetAdmin ......................A-1 Windows 2000 2-1, 3-1, 5-1, 81, .................................. 13-11 Windows 2000 Printing 2-2, 2-5 Windows 95/98/Me ............. 3-1 Windows NT ........................ 8-1 Windows NT 3.51 ................ 2-1 Windows NT 3.5x ................ 2-1 Windows NT 3.5x Printing ... 2-9 Windows NT 4.