Brother International HL 2700CN Network Users Manual - English - Page 45

Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port, Windows® 95/98/Me

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8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and click Next. 10 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 print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer. Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 1 You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, click 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 the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Click on the Details tab and click the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click OK and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 7

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NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 7
8
Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click
Next
.
For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother
Printer".
9
Select
Not Shared
or
Shared
and
Share Name
and click
Next
.
10
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 print. If necessary, you can share the printer
on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer.
Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port
1
You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new
NetBIOS port. Instead, click 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 the menu bar, and
then choose
Properties
.
Windows
®
95/98/Me
2
Click on the
Details
tab and click the
Add Port
button. In the
Add Port
dialog, select the
Other
radio button and then
highlight
Brother NetBIOS port
. Click
OK
and enter the port
name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used
this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again,
in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port
name, click the
OK
button. You will then see the
Port
Properties Dialog
. Enter the print server and port name of the
printer that you wish to print to and click
OK
. You should now
see the port that you have just created in the
Print to the
following port
setting of the printer driver.