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    visually-impaired users : This Network User's Guide can be read by Screen Reader 'text-tospeech' software. You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer. Please read the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box or view it
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    your Printer needs. You can download the latest software and utilities, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips, and go to the 'Solutions' section to learn how to get the most from your Brother product. http://solutions.brother.com You can check here for the Brother driver updates. Customer Service In
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    the recorded instructions to receive a fax about how to use the system and an index of fax back subjects. In USA: 1-800-521-2846 Internet Addresses Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and Driver Updates and
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    INC This printer contains UFST and Micro Type from Agfa Division. All other brand and product names mentioned in this user's guide are registered trademarks or trademarks of respective companies. Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been
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    and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is approved by Brother Industries, Ltd. could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only) This
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    263/EEC and 92/31/EEC). Issued by: Brother Industries, Ltd. Information & Document Company Intel products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
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    Configuration ...2-6 Configuration of an OS/2 Server 2-6 Other Sources of Information 2-7 3 Peer to Peer Printing ...3-1 How to Print in a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network 3-1 Overview...3-1 TCP/IP Printing...3-1 Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 3-2 Associating to the printer
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    the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-3 Associating the printer ...4-4 Windows® 95/98/Me ...4-4 Windows NT® 4.0 /Windows® 2000/XP 4-4 Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me ...4-5 Windows NT® 4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 4-5 LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration 4-6 Server
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    DHCP to Configure the IP address 9-3 Other Sources of Information 9-3 10 Troubleshooting...10-1 Overview...10-1 Installation problems...10-1 Intermittent Problems ...10-3 TCP/IP Troubleshooting ...10-3 UNIX Troubleshooting ...10-4 Windows® NT/LAN Server (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting 10-5 Windows® 95
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    How to Use This Guide Conventions The following terms and symbols are used in the present guide: Glossary ■ Notes provide you with useful information. ■ References indicate related information that may be useful. ix
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    The default IP address of Brother print servers is 0.0.0.0. 2 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 The default name for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where
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    . The node name in this file does not necessarily need to be the same as the one that is actually configured into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the printer settings page), however, it is good practice to make the names the same. Some operating systems, such as HP/UX, do not
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    -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. Most of these systems generally use a printer setup program to define the service name (remote printer), the print server name
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    Name. 7 Enter the desired print server service name as the Remote Printer Name. 8 Check the box next to Remote Printer is on BSD system. 9 You may accept the default values for the remaining items. 10 Click OK to configure the printer. You should now be able to print using the lp-d command with
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    server name; must match what is in hosts file or use print server IP address). ■ Remote printer queue (We recommend using "BINARY_P1" for the queue name). ■ Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes). IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the
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    for the printer name rather than NIS or other name services. Also note that due to a bug in the Sun lpd implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, you may experience problems printing very long print jobs. If this is the case, a workaround is to use the raw TCP port software as described
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    TCP/IP V1.2 or later to work with Brother print servers. You must first configure the /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap files as described in step 2. Then run the sysadmsh program as follows: 1 Select Printers. 2 Select Configure. 3 Select Add. 4 Enter the name of the print queue you entered in the /etc
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    questions. TGV's Multinet TGV's Multinet requires you to run the MULTINET CONFIGURE /PRINTERS command, then use the ADD command to add a printer, specifying the print server IP address, a protocol type of LPD, and one of the service options described at the beginning of this chapter as the remote
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    IP address of print server. Technical support specialists for these companies can usually answer configuration questions if you provide them with the equivalent UNIX configuration information (tell them that the print server looks like a remote UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon
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    UNIX systems with the lpc start 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 the Quick Setup Guide of the printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your
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    to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 Windows NT® 3.51 and Windows NT® 4.0 users must install the "Microsoft TCP/IP printing" protocol. 5 Windows® 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network Printing software
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    Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all the necessary software required for you to be able to print. This chapter describes the two most commonly used configurations, Standard TCP/IP Port printing and IPP (Internet Printing
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    IPP software you can also send jobs to other printers that do not support the IPP protocol. 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
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    will need to be re-booted.) Windows® NT 4.0 Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) 1 Go to the Start button, choose Settings, and then select Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. Select My Computer (Not Network Printer) and click on Next. 3 Select Add
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    a local printer. Windows® NT 4.0 Printing (Printer Driver already installed) Follow these steps if the printer driver is already installed. 1 Click on Start then select Settings/Printers to display the currently installed printer drivers. 2 Double click the printer driver you wish to configure and
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    This problem is fixed via a patch available from IBM. You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server LPD printer Host name User The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1
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    this configuration process. This should print the CONFIG.SYS file on the printer. Note that if you selected a binary service as the LPD printer name, the lines will be staggered; don't worry about this because normal DOS, Windows®, and OS/2 applications will print OK. 9 The Brother print server
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    to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 Windows® 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows® 2000 computer providing that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the
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    print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in your printer settings page. From default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. Windows
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    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
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    DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer 2 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of this printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 The default domain name of the print server is WORKGROUP, to change it use your
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    you may find that your Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows® NT4.0/ 2000/XP systems may receive "Printer is busy" error messages when more than one person attempts to access the print server. In this instance Brother has provided the "Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" software which allows users to continue
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    the service name for NetBIOS of the print server. By default it is BRN_xxxxxx-P. For example: \\BRN_310107\BRN_xxxxxx-P You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the printer Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the printer settings
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    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
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    now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Windows NT® 4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 2 Click on the Port/s tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click New Port and enter the port name. The
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    to the printer Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the printer settings page on your print server. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of this printer to learn how to configure the
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    software built into any Windows® 2000/XP installation. IPP printing from HL-4200CN is not supported by Mac OS® X or Linux using CUPS. 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
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    the printer connection, print a test page. 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 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of this the printer to
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    utility, or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of this the printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. You can set the Netware environment easily by using
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    to use. For directory service: When you select NDS Queue Server or NDS Remote Printer, see Configuring in Directory Service (NDS) -3. For bindery service: When you select Bindery Queue Server or Bindery Remote Printer, see Configuring in Bindery Service in this chapter NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 2
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    Configuring in Directory Service (NDS) We have to create the print server, printer, and each object of the queue for this printer on the NetWare file server. 5 Click Print Environment Settings. The NetWare Print Environment Settings dialog box is displayed. Creating the Printer Object 6 Click the
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    0U=SALES. 0=BROTHER 10 Click the NetWare Control tab. 11 Enter the required item and click the OK button. 12 When you use Remote Printer mode, reboot the NetWare print server on the NetWare file server. Configuring in Bindery Service We have to create the print server, printer, and each object
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    the print server, printer and queue are all set, click the OK button. You can specify users that can be connect to the queue by clicking the User button. 11 Check that the settings specified in the NetWare Print Environment Settings dialog box are entered in the NetWare tab of the Configure dialog
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    Mode BRN_4000F4 --CLEVER Remote Printer Mode CLEVER-PS (selected from already existing print server) BRN_4000F4-P CLEVER 12 Click the NetWare Control tab. 13 Enter the required item and click the OK button. 14 When you use Remote Printer mode, reboot the NetWare print server on the NetWare file
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    password is access) then select Configure AppleTalk. Click on BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, then on Service Name. Enter the new name that you wish to appear in Chooser. Then click on Submit. 3 System 8.6 or later supports TCP/IP printing. 4 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 5 The default
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    Macintosh Configuration For Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2 Users Before you try to use the Brother print server, you must first the service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to printer Quick Setup Guide for printing the printer settings page. How to Select the Print Server
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    server into the correct AppleTalk zone using the BRAdmin Professional utility or a web browser. How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) Apple has developed the Desktop Printer utility. This can be found from the Apple menu (this is only available from System 8.6 or later). When you run it you will
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    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
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    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 Quick Setup Guide of the printer to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 7 - 5 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP
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    utility, or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 You can use a web browser on most computing platforms
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    Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to Quick Setup Guide of the printer to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 8 - 2 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT
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    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 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for details on how to
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    You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of the printer how to print the printer settings page on your print server. 3 Select the print server that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password
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    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. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on TCP/IP protocol. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 9 - 3
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    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. Verify that the printer and the configuration are good by printing the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide
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    printer settings page and make sure that the "Ethernet Mode" is not set to "unknown". If the "Ethernet Mode" is set to "unknown", printer cable may not be connected to the printer. c Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print must be configured to allow Brother print server addresses.
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    The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com 2 Check the individual protocol troubleshooting sections in this chapter for additional causes of intermittent printer problems. TCP/IP Troubleshooting If you are using TCP/IP and cannot print to the print server
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    trouble printing long jobs (over 1MB), add the line mx#0 to your etc/printcap file entry. 7 If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX), make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software, because earlier versions will not work with Brother print servers. TROUBLESHOOTING
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    ® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer network (LPR method), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer
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    your computer, and then turn the printer power switch on. Windows® 2000 IPP Troubleshooting Make sure that the URL setting for IPP is set to http://ip_address:631/ipp (enter your printer IP address to "ip_address"). Novell NetWare Troubleshooting If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked
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    AppleTalk protocol of the print server is enabled. 3 If you have a large network, make sure that you have the Laser Writer V8.xx or equivalent driver, since earlier versions may cause PostScript errors. Also, verify that you get the correct printer information when you select Printer Info from the
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    C CFGTCP 1-8 Chooser 7-1 D DEC 1-8 Desktop Printer 7-3 DHCP 1-1, 3-1, 4-1, 9-1, 9-3 DLC/LLC 10-7 DNS 8-1 DOMAIN 4-2 DOS 4-1 E EtherTalk 7-1 F FTP 10-6 H hosts 3-2 HP distributed print service 1-5 HP/UX 1-2, 1-4 HTTP 8-1, 9-1 Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 8-1 I IBM AS/400 1-8 IBM LAN
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    TGV's Multinet 1-8 U UNIX 1-1 W Web browser 9-1 Windows 2000 2-1, 3-1 Windows 2000 Printing 2-2, 2-3 Windows 95/98/Me 3-1 Windows NT 3.51 2-1 Windows NT 3.5x 2-1 Windows NT 4.0 Printing 2-4 Wollongong's PATHWAY 1-8 WORKGROUP 4-2 I - 2 INDEX
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Multi-Protocol Print Server
Network User's Guide
Version 0
For visually-impaired users :
This Network User’s Guide can be read by Screen Reader ‘text-to-
speech’ software.
You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use the printer.
Please read the Quick Setup Guide to set up the printer. You can find a printed copy in the box or view
it on the CD-ROM we have supplied.
Please read this Network User’s Guide thoroughly before you use the printer.
Keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place so you can use it quickly if you need to.
Please visit our web site at http://solutions.brother.com
where you can get answers to Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical Questions, and the latest Driver Updates
and Utilities.