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Printing From a Macintosh®

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7 Printing From a Macintosh® 7 Printing From a Macintosh® Using AppleTalk and TCP/IP or the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X. 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. With the release of Mac OS® X 10.2, Apple® introduced Simple Network Configuration capabilities. These Simple Network Configuration capabilities support automatic network configuration. If you choose to use the the Simple Network Configuration capabilities features of your Brother product, you usually do not need to configure any IP address settings yourself. PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH® 7 - 1

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PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
®
7 - 1
7
7
Printing From a Macintosh
®
Printing From a Macintosh
®
Using
AppleTalk and TCP/IP or the Simple
Network Configuration capabilities of
Mac OS
®
X.
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.
With the release of Mac OS
®
X 10.2, Apple
®
introduced Simple
Network Configuration capabilities. These Simple Network
Configuration capabilities support automatic network configuration. If
you choose to use the the Simple Network Configuration capabilities
features of your Brother product, you usually do not need to
configure any IP address settings yourself.