Brother International HL 5280DW Network Users Manual - English - Page 43

Associating to the printer, the Printer Settings see

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Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 9 You must now enter the actual IP address of the print server and the print server name. If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the 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 the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as "BRN_xxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRW_xxxxxx" for a wireless network where "xxxxxx" is the last 4 six digits of the Ethernet address. Note • The node name and the NetBIOS name is printed on the Printer Settings Page. To learn how to print the Printer Settings Page, see Printing the Printer Settings Page on page 8-11. • If you search the device using the search function in Step 8 above, disable the Personal Firewall software if you are using it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall software. 10 Click the Finish button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer. Associating to the printer You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 3 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. 4 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer, and then click Next. 5 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 6 If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click Next. 7 Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 7 of the Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software on page 4-5) and click Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click 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 have now finished installing the Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR) software. 4 - 6

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Network printing from Windows
®
: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
4 - 6
4
9
You must now enter the actual IP address of the print server and the print server name. If you have edited
the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name
of the print server. As the 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 the printer settings page. The
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as
“
BRN_xxxxxx
” for a wired network or “
BRW_xxxxxx
” for a wireless network where “
xxxxxx
” is the last
six digits of the Ethernet address.
Note
•
The node name and the NetBIOS name is printed on the Printer Settings Page. To learn how to print
the Printer Settings Page, see
Printing the Printer Settings Page
on page 8-11.
•
If you search the device using the search function in Step 8 above, disable the Personal Firewall
software if you are using it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall
software.
10
Click the
Finish
button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer.
Associating to the printer
You must now create a printer on your Windows
®
system using the standard Windows
®
printer setup
procedure.
1
To do this, go the
Start
button, select
Settings
and then
Printers
.
2
Double click
Add Printer
to begin the printer installation.
3
Click
Next
when you get the
Add Printer Wizard
window.
4
Select
Local Printer
when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer, and then
click
Next
.
5
Select the correct driver. Click
Next
when you are done.
6
If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the
existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click
Next
.
7
Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 7 of the
Installing the Brother
Peer-to-Peer software
on page 4-5) and click
Next
.
8
Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click
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
have now finished installing the Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR) software.