Brother International ™ QL-580N Network Users Manual - English - Page 4

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 Overview...1 Network function features ...2 Network printing...2 Management utility ...2 Types of network connection ...3 Network connection example ...3 Protocols...5 TCP/IP protocols and functionalities...5 2 Configuring your network printer 7 Overview...7 IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways 8 IP address ...8 Subnet mask...9 Gateway (and router)...9 Setting the IP address and subnet mask 10 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your network printer 10 Using other methods to configure your machine for a network 12 Changing the print server settings ...13 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 13 Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print server settings 13 Printing the Printer Settings ...14 How to print the Printer Settings Page 14 3 Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 15 Overview...15 Configuring the standard TCP/IP port...16 Printer driver not yet installed ...16 Printer driver already installed ...18 Other sources of information ...18 4 Network printing from Macintosh® 19 Overview...19 Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities 19 How to choose the printer driver...19 Other sources of information ...21 5 Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows® only) 22 Overview...22 6 Troubleshooting 23 Overview...23 General problems ...24 iii