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- Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 1
and wireless network settings using your Brother printer. You can also find supported protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips. To download the latest manual, please visit the Brother Solutions Center at (http://solutions.brother.com/). You can also download the latest drivers and - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 2
Applicable models This User's Guide applies to the following models. QL-580N/710W/720NW/1060N Definitions of notes We use the following icons throughout this User's Guide: Important Note Important indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage to property - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 3
the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Additional contacts Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com (In USA Only - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 4
.....7 Connected to a wireless capable computer without a WLAN access point/router in the network (Ad-hoc mode)...8 Wireless configuration temporarily using a USB cable (Recommended for Windows® and Macintosh users 9 One-push configuration using Wi-Fi Protected Setup 10 4 Printing the Printer Set - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 5
32 Network Setting Tool (QL-710W/720NW only, Windows® only 32 Overview...32 Using the Network Setting Tool ...32 Starting the Network Setting Tool...32 Changing the Communication Settings 34 Applying Setting Changes to Multiple Printers 35 Menu Bar ...36 Connected Printer's Status...38 Network - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 6
features 1 Your Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired 1 or IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 7
• The node name appears in the current BRAdmin Light window. The default node name of the print server in the printer is "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx". ("xxxxxxxxxxxx" is based on your printer's MAC Address / Ethernet Address.) • The default password for Brother print servers is access. 2 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 8
Changing your printer's network settings Setting the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway using BRAdmin Light a Start the BRAdmin Light utility. Windows® Click Start / All Programs / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light. Macintosh Start the utility by double-clicking one of the following - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 9
Changing your printer's network settings d Choose STATIC from Boot Method. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server. Windows® Macintosh 2 e Click OK. f With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list. 4 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 10
print server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). (See Configuring the printer settings using Web Based Management (web browser) uu page 14.) BRAdmin Professional utility (Windows®) 2 BRAdmin Professional is a utility for a more advanced management of network connected Brother - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 11
3 Configuring your machine for a wireless network 3 Overview 3 To connect your machine to your wireless network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. Configuration using the CD-ROM installer and a USB cable is the recommended method for Windows® and Macintosh users. By using - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 12
Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ supported access point. 2 Wireless network printer (your printer) 3 Wireless capable computer connected to the WLAN access point/router 4 Wired computer (which is not wireless capable) connected to the WLAN access point/router with an Ethernet cable 5 Smartphone Install method - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 13
. When the Brother wireless printer (your printer) is part of this network, it receives all print jobs directly from the computer sending the print data. 3 1 2 1 Wireless network printer (your printer) 2 Wireless capable computer We cannot guarantee wireless network connection with Windows Server - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 14
method. You can remotely configure the printer from the computer on the network using a USB cable (A) 1. 3 A 1 You can configure the wireless settings of the printer using a USB cable temporarily connected to a wired or wireless computer. See the installation procedure in the Quick Setup Guide. 9 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 15
network One-push configuration using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ 3 You can use WPS to configure your wireless network settings easily if your WLAN access point/router (A) supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (PBC 1). A 3 1 Push Button Configuration See the installation procedure in the Quick Setup Guide. 10 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 16
printed. Refer to the "QL Utility" chapter in the User's Guide. Specify the parameters printed with "Printer Information Output Settings". • The node name appears in the Printer Settings. The default node name is "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx". ("xxxxxxxxxxxx" is based on your printer's MAC - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 17
down the ON/OFF button for two seconds. Continue holding down the ON/OFF button, and press the Cut button twice. All the network settings will be reset. QL-710W/720NW: Press and hold the Cut button while holding down the ON/OFF button when the machine is turned off. When the Wi-Fi - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 18
settings such as TCP/IP information Display software version information of the printer and print server Change network and printer configuration details 5 Note We recommend Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0/8.0 or Firefox® 3.6 for Windows®, Safari® 5.0 or later or Firefox® 6.0 or later - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 19
node name and by default it will appear as "BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" where "xxxxxxxxxxxx" is the Ethernet address. b Click Network Configuration. c Enter a user name and a password. The User Name is admin and the default Password is access. d Click OK. e You can now change the print server settings. 14 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 20
roll compartment. (For wired networks) A network cable is securely connected to the Brother printer and the router or hub. I cannot complete the wireless network setup configuration. Question Are your security settings (SSID/Network Key) correct? Are you using MAC address filtering? Is your WLAN - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 21
Troubleshooting The Brother printer is not found on the network during the QL-710W/720NW installation. Question Interface Solution Are you using security software? wired/ wireless Confirm your settings in the installer dialog. Allow access when the security software alert message appears - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 22
and Faxes. Are you connecting the Brother printer to the network wirelessly? wireless Print the Printer settings. (For how to print, see Printing the Printer Setup Information uu page 11.) See The Brother printer is not found on the network during the QL-710W/720NW installation. uu page 16 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 23
(Windows®) Ask the network administrator and use the Network Setting Tool. (Macintosh) Confirm the IP address and the Subnet Mask are set correctly. See Confirm the IP address and the Subnet Mask. uu page 16. Is the Brother printer connected to the wireless network? wireless Print the Printer - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 24
A Appendix A A Supported protocols and security features A Interface Network (common) Network (Security) Ethernet Wireless Protocol (IPv4) Wireless 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Infrastructure Mode) IEEE 802.11b (Ad-hoc Mode) ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 25
the Brother printer along with general networking and common terms. The supported protocols and the network features differ depending on the model you are using. Types of network connections and protocols B Types of network connections B Wired network connection example B Peer-to-Peer printing using - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 26
" 3 TCP/IP or USB In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment. The "server" or the "print server" must use the TCP/IP print protocol. The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the printer is connected via the USB or the serial - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 27
a network. Protocols allow users to gain access to network connected resources. The print server used on the Brother printer supports the device using its NetBIOS name during the network connection. WINS B Windows® Internet Name Service is a service providing information for NetBIOS name resolution, - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 28
configure itself to work on a Mac OS X Simple Network Configured system. SNMP B The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, routers and Brother network ready printers. The Brother print server supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2. LLMNR B The - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 29
B IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways B To use the printer in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure its IP address and subnet mask. 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 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 30
to an exact destination. The router knows where to direct data that arrives at the gateway. If a destination is located on an external network, the router transmits data to the external network. If your network B communicates with other networks, you may need to configure the Gateway IP address - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 31
(how the data is encrypted as it is sent on the network). If you do not correctly specify these options when you are configuring your Brother wireless printer, it will not be able to connect to the wireless network. Therefore care must be taken when configuring these options. Authentication and - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 32
without any authentication. Shared key A secret pre-determined key is shared by all devices that will access the wireless network. The Brother wireless printer uses a WEP key as the pre-determined key. WPA-PSK Enables a Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-shared key (WPA-PSK), which enables the - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 33
Appendix B Network key B Open system/Shared key with WEP This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or hexadecimal format. • 64 (40) bit ASCII: Uses 5 text characters. e.g. "WSLAN" (this is case sensitive) • 64 (40) bit hexadecimal: Uses 10 digits of hexadecimal data. - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 34
BRW008077310107 for a wireless network) Where the first entry is the MAC Address (Ethernet Address) of the print server and the second entry is the name of the print server (the name information). The Brother print server will get the IP address from the RARP daemon when the printer is powered on. 29 - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 35
" below is "BRW" for a wireless network.) BRN310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.168.1.2 B and: BRN310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\ip=192.168.1.2: Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the configuration file - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 36
. The ARP command is available on Windows® systems that have TCP/IP installed. To use ARP enter the following command at the command prompt: arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress ping ipaddress Where ethernetaddress is the MAC Address (Ethernet Address) of the print server and ipaddress is the IP address - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 37
C Appendix C C Network Setting Tool (QL-710W/720NW only, Windows® only) C Overview C The Network Setting Tool is a computer program used for changing network settings via USB. By using the Network Setting Tool, you can not only change the network settings for one printer, you can easily apply the - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 38
in the same way as when settings are made using the Network Setting Tool (uuUser's Guide: Mass Storage). 7 Apply Applies the settings to the printer. By pressing this button you can apply all the settings set on multiple windows at once. 8 Exit Exits the Network Setting Tool. If you close the - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 39
If only one printer is connected, only that printer is displayed and it is not necessary to select a printer. c From Network Settings of Applicable Settings, click the items that will be changed. For QL-720NW From the pull-down list, select Wired, Wireless or Wired/Wireless. The categories under - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 40
printer from the computer, and connect the second printer to the computer. b Select the newly connected printer from the Printer combo box. Note If the Automatically detects the connected printer , the connected printer is automatically selected. See Automatically detects the connected printer, and - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 41
the same way as the Apply button in the main window. See Apply uu page 33. 2 Save Command Settings Saves network settings in PJL command format. The file extension is ".bin". By sending these commands to printers via USB, network settings for printers can be configured in the same way as when - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 42
as wireless settings or passwords, take necessary measures to protect exported files by saving exported files to arbitrary locations which other users cannot access. 5 Restore to Default Network Settings Returns network settings to the factory default settings. 6 Automatically restart the printer - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 43
box, the available settings on all editing screens change to match the connected printer. 8 Display Help Displays the help file. 9 About... Displays version information. Connected Printer's Status C C 1 1 Current Network Status Displays network status on the right side of the screen in the settings - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 44
QL-710W QL-720NW 1 WLAN on Power On/Network Settings on Power On Selects whether Wi-Fi® or wired LAN communication is enabled when the printer is turned on. C Select either: (QL-710W) On by Default, Off by Default or Keep Current State. (QL-720NW) Wireless LAN by Default, Wired LAN by Default - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 45
Appendix C TCP/IP 1 2 3 4 1 Boot Method Select either: STATIC, AUTO, BOOTP, DHCP, RARP. 2 IP Address/Subnet Mask/Gateway Set the various values. You can only enter settings when the IP address setting is set to STATIC. 3 DNS Server Method Select either STATIC or AUTO. 4 Primary DNS Server IP Address - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 46
Appendix C Wireless Settings C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Communication Mode Select either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure 2 SSID (Network Name) Click the PSK is selected as the authentication method. 7 User ID/Password User ID/Password can only be set when LEAP or FAST is selected for the authentication method. - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 47
CKIP TKIP AES TKIP AES TKIP AES C C To select higher level security settings: To access FAST server certificate verification, settings cannot be made from the Network Setting Tool. After the printer has been configured to connect to the network, you can select the settings by accessing the - Brother International ™ QL-720NW | Network Users Manual - English - Page 48
27 D SNMP 23 SSID 26 Status Monitor 1 Subnet mask 25 T TCP/IP 22 TKIP 27 W Web Based Management (web browser 1, 5 WEP 27 Wi-Fi Protected Setup 10 WINS 22 Wireless network 6, 26 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 27 43
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Network User’s Guide
This Network User's Guide provides useful information of wired and
wireless network settings using your Brother printer. You can also find
supported protocol information and detailed troubleshooting tips.
To download the latest manual, please visit the Brother Solutions
Center at (http://solutions.brother.com/
). You can also download the
latest drivers and utilities for your printer, read FAQs and
troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions from the
Brother Solutions Center.
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