Brother International DCP-8085DN Users Manual - English - Page 86

File and Printer Sharing, Network and Internet

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Troubleshooting and routine maintenance Network difficulties (continued) Difficulties The network scanning feature does not work. The network printing feature does not work. (Continued) Suggestions (Windows Vista®): a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click Change settings. b When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following. „ Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue. „ For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK. c Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On. d Click the Exceptions tab. e Click the Add port... button. f To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the information below: 1. In Name: Enter any description. (for example "Brother Scanner") 2. In Port number: Enter "54925". C 3. Make sure UDP is chosen. Then click OK. g Click the Add port... button. h Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click Apply. Your computer cannot find your machine. i If you still have trouble with your network connection such as network scanning or printing, check File and Printer Sharing box in the Exceptions tab and then click Apply. (Windows®) The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the necessary network connection. (For details, see the instructions above.) (Macintosh®) Re-select your machine in the Device Selector application located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/ Utilities/DeviceSelector or from the Model pop-up menu of ControlCenter2. 73

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Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
73
C
The network scanning
feature does not work.
The network printing
feature does not work.
(Continued)
(Windows Vista
®
):
a
Click the
Start
button,
Control Panel
,
Network and Internet
,
Windows Firewall
and click
Change settings
.
b
When the
User Account Control
screen appears, do the
following.
Users who have administrator rights: Click
Continue
.
For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter
the administrator password and click
OK
.
c
Make sure that
Windows Firewall
on the
General
tab is
set to On.
d
Click the
Exceptions
tab.
e
Click the
Add port...
button.
f
To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the
information below:
1. In
Name:
Enter any description. (for example “Brother
Scanner”)
2. In
Port number:
Enter “54925”.
3. Make sure
UDP
is chosen. Then click
OK
.
g
Click the
Add port...
button.
h
Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked,
and then click
Apply
.
i
If you still have trouble with your network connection such
as network scanning or printing, check
File and Printer Sharing
box in the
Exceptions
tab and
then click
Apply
.
Your computer cannot find
your machine.
(
Windows
®
) The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the
necessary network connection. (For details, see the instructions
above.)
(
Macintosh
®
) Re-select your machine in the Device Selector
application located in
Macintosh HD
/
Library
/
Printers
/
Brother
/
Utilities
/
DeviceSelector
or from the Model pop-up menu of
ControlCenter2.
Network difficulties (continued)
Difficulties
Suggestions