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your one stop resource for all your printer needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your printers or read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Some Brother printer models are network ready as standard. Other Brother printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server. Version 1 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 2
Corporation. All other brand and product names mentioned in this user's guide are registered trademarks or trademarks of respective companies. Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 3
, please write to us at: In Europe European Technical Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - Marketing Dept. 1, rue Hôtel de - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 4
declares, that the products Product Name: Model Number: Brother Network Card (BR-net) NC-6100h complies with Part and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 5
endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 6
Shima Buji Xialilang Factory, Xialilang Village, Buji, Long Gang, Shenzhen, China 518112 Herewith declare that: Product description Product Name : Brother Network Card : NC-6100h are in conformity with provisions of the Directives applied: the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 7
) Configuration 2-2 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed 2-2 Standard TCP/IP Port Printing 2-2 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 2-5 Windows NT - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 8
2-10 3 Peer to Peer Printing 3-1 How to Print in a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Network 3-1 Overview 3-1 Quick Tips 3-1 Driver Deployment Wizard 3-2 TCP/IP Printing 3-2 Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 3-3 Associating to the Printer 3-4 Adding a Second Brother LPR - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 9
TELNET to Configure the Print Server 5-6 Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP Software on Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0.. 5-7 Setup from CD-ROM 5-7 Adding a Second Brother Internet Port 5-10 Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing 5-10 Specifying a Different URL 5-12 Other Sources - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 10
) 7-8 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP 7-9 Printing from a Macintosh® Using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X 7-10 How to Select the Printer Driver 7-10 Changing the Configuration 7-11 Other Sources of Information 7-11 8 DLC Printing 8-1 Printing from - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 11
to-Peer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting 11-8 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting ...... 11-9 Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting . 11-9 Novell NetWare Troubleshooting 11-10 AppleTalk Troubleshooting 11-11 DLC/LLC Troubleshooting 11-12 Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP 11 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 12
WebJetAdmin A-2 TELNET A-2 BRCONFIG A-2 Using Services A-3 General A-3 Reloading the Print Server Firmware A-4 General A-4 Reloading Firmware Using BRAdmin A-5 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Command Prompt A-7 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser A-8 Index I-1 xi - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 13
panel, the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 1 - 1 UNIX PRINTING - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 14
, pay particular attention to the service names, BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. TCP/IP Brother print servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote LPR command - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 15
into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the printer settings page), services available on Brother print servers. Binary services pass data through unmodified and are therefore required for PCL or PostScript rasterized graphics printouts. Text services add a carriage return at the end - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 16
other systems that do not use the printcap file should skip to step 4. SCO user's should also skip to step 4 (SCO uses the printcap file, but this to a Brother print server with a node name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through spool - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 17
Users of Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems can use the lpc command to obtain the printer UNIX systems, as well as many VMS-based TCP/IP software packages (for example, UCX, TGV Multinet, etc.). systems generally use a printer setup program to define the service name (remote printer), the print server - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 18
IP address of the printer, or the name from the hosts file which corresponds to the IP address of the printer. 5 The Remote Queue name is the service name that the printer will use when Configuration Using CUPS Many Linux systems support Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). UNIX PRINTING 1 - 6 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 19
the Remote System Name. 7 Enter the desired print server service name as the Remote Printer Name. 8 Check the box next to Remote Printer is on BSD system. 9 You may accept the default values for the remaining items. 10 Click OK to configure the printer. You should now be able to print using the lp - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 20
of HP-UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: 1 Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). 2 Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): ■ Line printer name (user-selectable). ■ Remote system name (the print - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 21
etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address) ■ Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). ■ Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0). Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 22
that we recommend that you use the /etc/hosts file for the printer name rather than NIS or other name services. Also note that due to a bug in the Sun lpd implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, you may experience problems printing very long print jobs. If this is the case, a workaround - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 23
in the /etc/ printcap file as the Printer name. 5 Enter anything as the Comment, and Class name. 6 For the Use printer interface select Existing. 7 Press the F3 10 Select Hardwired as the Device. 11 Select No for the Require banner field. Older SCO Unix Systems The Brother print servers support the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 24
400 print queue name, is the print server service name (BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1) is the OS/400 printer driver name (*HP4 is recommended if MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) INTNETADR('10.0.0.200') TEXT('Arnes Printer') If you are using A4 paper, you may find that the printer page formatting is - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 25
(*A4) RMTLOCNAME('10.0.0.200') SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('Arnes Printer') Other Systems Other remote printer remote host computer name remote host IP address You should use: Binary or Text service name lpd line printer daemon). If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 26
Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 14 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 27
a network-ready Brother printer using the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows NT®4.0 users must install Microsoft's "TCP/IP printing" protocol. Windows® 2000/XP users are able to send print jobs directly to the printer without installing any additional software. Brother's print server also supports - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 28
Services software is installed on the client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows® 2000/XP computer and that the client PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. For more information, see Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing on page 5-10. 5 The default name for a Brother - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 29
from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on CD-ROM then select the Have Disk option to browse to the CD-ROM. You can also click the Windows Update button to connect directly to Microsoft's support Web site to download printer drivers. 12 When the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 30
Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 31
Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select the desired Language and then select Install Software. Then select the Network Print Software server supports TCP/IP the printer settings - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 32
step 6 of the "Installing Brother Peer to Peer Software" section in this chapter) and click on Next. 5 Select the desired printer model. If the correct model is not displayed, click on the Have Disk option and insert the CDROM supplied with your printer. 6 If the driver already exists, select Keep - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 33
to the following port(s) setting of the printer driver. LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother print servers will work with IBM LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the file server (TCP/IP is supplied as standard with LAN Server V4.0 and - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 34
This problem is fixed via a patch available from IBM. You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server LPD printer Host name User The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 35
of printer as defined previously Leave blank unless you want to limit the number of users printer. Note that if you selected a binary service as the LPD printer name, the lines will be staggered; don't worry about this because normal DOS, Windows®, and OS/2 applications will print OK. 9 The Brother - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 36
11 This will make the printer appear to the software as a printer that is directly connected to the parallel port of the workstation. Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 10 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 37
if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 3 - 1 PEER TO - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 38
This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file to the File server or send the file in E-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 39
driver from the printer's CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide server supports TCP/IP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 40
port name you assigned in step 6 of the "Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software" section) 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 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 41
the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 42
if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 The default - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 43
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 systems may receive "Printer is busy" error messages when more than one person attempts to access the printer. In this instance Brother has provided the "Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" software which allows users tab in your network applet). ■ Use - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 44
network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks to the print server, enter the default password access in response to the # prompt. Identification tab in your Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 network applet. You can also - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 45
installed the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup guide. 2 Select - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 46
must enter the name manually. The name should NetBIOS name of the Brother print server (the ), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the Printer 1 You must now create a printer on your Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP systems using the standard Windows® printer - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 47
"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 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. Windows NT®4.0 /Windows® 2000/XP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 48
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 Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 49
the following port setting of the printer driver. LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily configure your printer to work with an IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 50
is the last six digits of Ethernet address) and ServiceName is the service name of the print server (BINARY_P1 by default). For example: NET solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 51
chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 Windows® 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network Printing software and IPP protocol software built into any Windows® 2000/XP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 52
. Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows® 95/98/Me/ 2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 PC that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 53
3) to download the E-mail message from the e-mail server. It then decodes the attachment and prints it out on the printer. If an E-mail is received that has not been configured to use the BIP virtual port driver, the printer will print the E-mail out as a text document. Brother Internet Print - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 54
. The steps required to configure the print server to receive print jobs from a Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 PC running the BIP software is as follows: 1 Start BRAdmin. 2 Select the node name of the desired Brother print server from the list and double click on it. (the default node - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 55
the network configuration screen, you will be prompted for a password. The default password is "access". 3 Select the Configure POP3/SMTP option and enter the information as described above. Refer to "Brother Internet of the message to arrive. 5 - 5 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 56
Brother Internet Print: Using TELNET to Configure the server (consult with your network administrator if you do not know this address). 2 Enter the command: SET POP3 NAME mailboxname SET POP3 PASSWORD emailpassword where mailboxname is print server. CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 6 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 57
Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP Software on Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 To install the BIP software on a Windows® 95/98/2000/XP and Windows NT®4.0 PC, execute the following steps: ■ Be sure that the PC is running an E-mail program (for example, Microsoft Outlook) that is - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 58
Windows® 2000/XP users> 14 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then click Next. 15 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 59
click Next. 15 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and click Next. 16 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 60
of your printer). For Windows® XP: Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and then enter the following in the URL field: http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or DNS name CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 10 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 61
list of supported printers, click the Have Disk button. You will then be asked to insert the driver disk. 8 Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. 9 Now specify the model name of the printer. 10 If the printer driver that - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 62
.brother.com for more information on network printing and for documents on the IPP protocol and how to configure a Windows® 2000/95/98/Me System. 2 Visit Microsoft's web site for the "Microsoft Internet Print Services" software for Windows® 95/98/Me. 3 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 63
, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 The default password for Brother print servers is access - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 64
use a Brother print server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's print queue, and the jobs are then spooled (either directly, or in the case of remote printer mode - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 65
and printing, see the Other Sources of Information section at the end of this chapter. NDPS Manager This creates a NDPS manager that interacts with services running at the server and manages an unlimited number of printer agents. You have to create an NDPS manager within an NDS tree before creating - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 66
the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker: 1 Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled. 2 Open the Broker Object's main window in NetWare - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 67
to use. There are four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option. 7 Enter the relevant details of the printer, and Brother recommends typing Binary_P1 for the printer name. Click finish and wait. Select the printer drivers for the client operating systems. Follow the steps below to create - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 68
four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option. 7 Enter the relevant details of the printer and Brother recommends typing Binary_P1 for the printer name. Click finish and wait. Select the printer drivers for the client operating systems. You are now ready to print. Configuring NetWare 3 and - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 69
printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. 4 Select the print server that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password. The default password the print server service names will be - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 70
Start BRAdmin. 3 One or more print server services will appear in the list (the default node names Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. 4 Select the printer that you wish to configure and double click it. You will be asked for a password. The default password - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 71
on Add. The queue name will then be transferred to the Service Print Queues Window. You will be able to see the TREE and Context information along with the queue name information in this Window. f Click on the Close button. Your Brother print server will now log into the appropriate NetWare server - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 72
you changed the name). You can find the current service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. Important: Do not assign a password to the print server or it will not log - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 73
the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. Now select the NetWare tab. 20 Select Queue Server as the operating mode. The same service assigned by NetWare server name cannot be used for both queue server mode and remote printer mode. If - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 74
and BRAdmin Professional Utility To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) Create to create the print queue. 10 Change context if required and then double click the name of the printer you created previously. 11 Click Assignments and - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 75
be prompted for a password, the default password is access. 15 Now select the NetWare tab. 16 Select Remote Printer as the Operating Mode, select the name of your PSERVER NLM as the print server Name and select the number of the printer from step 6 as the Printer Number. The same service assigned by - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 76
Windows® menu. 3 Select the corresponding server name from the list of print servers. 4 When you get the message that the print server is connected, type the default password access in response to the # prompt (the password Options menu by pressing ESCAPE. 10 Select the Print Queue Information ( - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 77
be short and convenient for users to remember. 12 Make press ENTER to specify which network print servers can print jobs from and select the print server service name from step 9, Press ENTER may either turn the printer off and on again file servers. Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 78
to something else). You can find the NetWare print service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. Important: Do not assign a password to the print server or it will not log - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 79
of access in response to the # prompt (the password will not echo), and then press the ENTER key again in response to the ENTER Username> prompt. When you get the Local> prompt, type: SET SERVICE service TREE tree SET SERVICE service CONTEXT Context ■ Where tree is the NDS tree name. ■ Where - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 80
If you want to enable remote printer capabilities on a service other than the default NetWare service, you must define new services that are enabled for NetWare and for the desired port. Refer to Appendix in this manual for information on how to do this. Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 81
; press INSERT and select the appropriate volume), and press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. The following steps apply to configuring a remote printer with NDS support on NetWare 4.1x systems: 6 a Select print servers from the PCONSOLE menu and then select the print server name of the PSERVER NLM - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 82
ESCAPE and save the changes. f Click ESCAPE and select Queues Serviced by Printer. g Highlight the printer name that you just configured and press ENTER. h Press INSERT Assigning the Remote printer name and number using BRCONFIG 7 a Execute the BRCONFIG from the Windows® menu. NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 83
number you selected during the PCONSOLE configuration in the previous steps). ■ Service is the name of the service assigned by NetWare print server name (where the default services are BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 84
Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 22 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 85
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 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 86
, then on Service Name. Enter the new name that you wish to appear in Chooser. Then click on Submit. 3 Mac OS® 8.6 or later supports TCP/IP printing. 4 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 5 Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the printer settings page - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 87
8 printer driver (earlier versions of the LaserWriter drivers may crash or cause PostScript errors on large networks). If you do not have the LaserWriter 8 driver you must install it. Consult your Macintosh® documentation for instructions on how to do this. Before you try to use the Brother print - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 88
is connected on your network and the printer is powered on, the Brother print server's AppleTalk service name (default is BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT Extras folder - the Apple LaserWriter Software folder - the Desktop Printer Utility folder in that order. The Desktop Printer Utility will start. PRINTING FROM A - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 89
2 Select Printer LPR, and then click OK. 3 Click Change in PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File. 4 Select the appropriate PPD file for the printer and click Select. 7 - 5 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH® - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 90
the TCP/IP address. To print the printer settings page, refer to the Quick Setup Guide. ■ If you do not specify the appropriate queue name, the printer will not print correctly. Maker sure that the queue name input here matches with the printer's service name. 7 Click OK. PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 91
Create. 9 Enter the name of the printer you are using under Save desktop printer as, then click Save. Example) HL-XXXX series 10 Click the printer icon on the Desktop. 11 From the Priting menu, select Set Default Printer. Whenever you send a print job, the printer that you just created will be used - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 92
® Configuration (Mac OS® X 10.1/10.2) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Double click the Start Here OS X icon. Select your language and follow the on-screen instructions for Install Software. How to Select - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 93
MAC address. Please refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page. How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: 1 Turn the power of the printer ON. 2 From the Go menu, select Applications - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 94
You do not need to manually configure any IP address or network strings within the printer as the printer will automatically configure itself. Please note that Brother recommends that you use Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or later version. How to Select the Printer Driver 1 From the Go menu, select Applications - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 95
where ip_address is the address of the printer. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 3 Refer to chapter 9 for more information on - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 96
2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating systems (such as Windows® 3.x) with the addition of vendor-supplied software that supports the Hewlett-Packard JetDirect card. Quick Tips: 1 One way to print the details of all network settings is to print a settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 97
not require a re-boot. Windows® 2000 Printer Setup 1 Log into Windows® 2000 with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 98
Wizard screen. 15 Click Finish. Windows NT®4.0 Printer Setup Log into Windows NT®4.0 with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 1 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 99
you will generally need vendor-supplied software. Typically such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instructions to install the DLC protocol on your system. Once the protocol is installed, create a network port in the same way that you did for Windows NT®4.0 in the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 100
the DLC protocol with Windows® for Workgroups 3.11 in a peer-to-peer configuration if the printer will be heavily used. This is because jobs may be rejected due to print spooler timeouts. The best solution in these situations is to set up one PC as a server for handling network print jobs. All of - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 101
applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 9 - 1 WEB BASED - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 102
environment). Enter the DNS name of the printer if connecting to a network that uses the DNS protocol. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide to learn how to configure the IP address - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 103
settings (if your printer has an LCD panel). ■ BRAdmin application (for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP, using the IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols). ■ DHCP, APIPA, Reverse ARP (rarp) or BOOTP. ■ The ARP command. ■ Brother BRCONFIG NetWare utility (a Novell Network is necessary - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 104
use BRAdmin Professional version 1.59 or later. Start the BRAdmin application (from Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP). The BRAdmin application can use the IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols to communicate with the Brother print server. If you wish to use the TCP/IP protocol to manage - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 105
NetWare Client software and is using the IPX/SPX protocol, do the following: 1 Select IPX/SPX filter in the left frame of the main window. 2 Check node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 106
can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 4 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 107
Windows NT®4.0, Windows® 2000 or Novell NetWare network) the print server will automatically obtains its IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services use the printer's control panel (for those printers that 10 - 5 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 108
unable to use the BRAdmin application or the printer's control panel and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on Windows® systems that have TCP/IP installed as well . arp -s 192.189.207.2 00:80:77:31:01:07 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 6 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 109
security reasons, once you have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the ARP command Browser, TELNET (using the SET IP ADDRESS command) the printer's control panel or factory reset the print server (which will then allow you to use - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 110
Using RARP to Configure the IP Address The Brother print server's IP address can be configured using the AT&T UNIX-based systems, type: ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 8 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 111
host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man bootpd or refer to your system BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet address and the IP address, subnet 10 - 9 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 112
, the print server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on. Configuring the IP Address with BRCONFIG Users of Novell networks have additional alternatives for configuring the IP address of Brother print servers by using the remote console facility. On a NetWare - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 113
the control key and type "D") to end the remote console session. Changing the IP password of the print server. Press RETURN and enter the default password of access in response to the "#" prompt (it will not echo). You will be prompted for a user name. Enter anything in response to this prompt. 10 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 114
from 192 through 255 for Class C networks (e.g., 192.189.207.3), 128 through 191 for Class B networks (e.g.,128.10.1.30), and 1 through 127 for Class A networks (e.g., 13.27.7.1). If you have a hold down the control key and type "D") to end the remote console session. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 12 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 115
Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on TCP/IP protocol. 10 - 13 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 116
may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided into the following sections: 1 Installation Problems 2 Intermittent Problems 3 Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting Installation Problems If you cannot print over the network, check the following: 1 Make sure that the printer is powered on, is - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 117
the following steps are successful, there is almost certainly a hardware or network problem! a If you are using TCP/IP: Try pinging the print in the menu, then the Brother print server is visible to the network, proceed to the Novel NetWare Installation Troubleshooting Section. Otherwise, go to step - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 118
Network STATISTICS information to see if bytes are being transmitted and received. c Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print servers have two LEDs on the back panel of the printer to a 100BaseTX Fast Ethernet network. ■ Link/Speed LED configured to allow Brother print server addresses - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 119
the latest printer driver installed on your computer. The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com 2 Check the individual protocol troubleshooting sections in this chapter for additional causes of intermittent printer problems. TCP/IP Troubleshooting If you - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 120
, the X-Window Print tool program that is included with Linux may not properly configure the etc/printcap file for lpd operation, then you might also edit the etc/printcap file and change the following line in the entry for the printer. if :lp = /dev/null: \ then to :lp = :\ TROUBLESHOOTING 11 - 5 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 121
printing long jobs (over 1MB), add the line mx#0 to your etc/printcap file entry. 11 If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX), make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software, because earlier versions will not work with Brother print servers. 11 - 6 TROUBLESHOOTING - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 122
/98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-toPeer network (LPR method), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the Windows® 95/98/Me Peer-toPeer chapters - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 123
HP JetAdmin service. Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-toPeer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT®4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: 1 Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 124
a user at the remote site who can receive mail via the POP3 server. If this does not work, there may be an E-mail configuration problem on do this, select the property dialog of the Brother Internet Print Port. Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting Want to use a different Port number other - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 125
to use Port 80 to communicate with the Brother print server. Windows® 95/98/Me clients not able to get the driver from a Windows® 2000/XP system. You must be using version 4.0 or later of Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Internet Print Services software must be installed on your client computers - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 126
password, you must change the password in both the Brother print server (using the SET NETWARE PASSWORD command if you are using the BRConfig software) Windows®). AppleTalk Troubleshooting If you cannot print from an AppleTalk for Macintosh® computer and you have checked the hardware and network as - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 127
are having trouble printing with DLC/LLC, check the following: 1 Make sure that the DLC/LLC protocol is enabled using either BRAdmin, a web browser or TELNET. 2 Make sure that the MAC address of the Windows® setting is the same as shown in the printer settings page. Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 128
IPX/SPX protocol. This utility allows you to graphically manage aspects of the network and printer. It can also be used to upgrade the firmware of the print server. Web BRAdmin The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices. By installing the Web BRAdmin - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 129
web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX, Windows NT®4.0, or most other TCP/IP - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 130
to the Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands. Service (Example) BINARY_P1 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 131
means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, visit the Brother Solutions web site at http://solutions.brother.com/ Some software versions that we provide will automatically factory reset your print server parameters. We try - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 132
software version to the print server. For whichever method you select, you must enter a password for the print server. The default password TFTP server installed in your network (many Unix systems provide TFTP support), you may wish to use this option. The new firmware file must be located in the - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 133
If you encounter problems upgrading the firmware and you find that the network portion of the printer no longer functions, you should try re-programming the print server by using the COPY command from the DOS prompt of your PC. To do this, connect a parallel cable between your PC and printer and use - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 134
to upgrade the firmware of the print server or printer (if supported). The following example assumes that the print server password is "cambridge" D:\>ftp ftp> open 220.0.250.200 Connected to 220.0.250.200. 220 FTP print service:V-1.05/Use the network password for the ID if updating. User (220.0.250 - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 135
Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions.brother.com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. A - 8 APPENDIX - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 136
10-9 BRAdmin 10-2 Brother LPR port 3-4 Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-2, 4-4 Brother Peer to Peer Print . 3-4 Browser 9-2 C CFGTCP 1-11 Chooser 7-2, 7-4 D DHCP 1-2, 10-1, 10 3-3 HP distributed print service 1-7 HP JetDirect 3-2 HP-UX 1-3 HP/UX 1-7 HTTP 9-1, 10-1, A-1 Hyper Text Transfer - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 137
1-4 Printer Agent 6-5 PSERVER NLM 6-12 R RARP 10-8 reloading firmware A-5 RFC 1001 and 1002 ........ 10-5 rlpstat 1-5 S sam 1-7 SCO UNIX configuration .. 1-10 SCOADMIN 1-10 server message block ........ 4-1 service 1-3 simple mail transport protocol .. 5-2 smaller networks 3-1 SMB - Brother International HL-6050DN | Network Users Manual - English - Page 138
Windows 2000 .... 2-1, 3-2, 4-1, 5-1, 6-4, 8-1, 10-1, 11-9, 11-10 Windows 2000 printing 2-2, 2-4 Windows 95/98/Me .... 2-2, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-4, 10-1, 11-2, 11-7 Windows NT 4.0 . 2-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-4, 8-1, 10-1, 11-2 Windows NT 4.0 printing ... 2-4 Windows XP 2-1, 4-1, 5-1, 10-1, 11-9 workgroup
Multi-Protocol Print Server
NC-6100h
Network User's Guide
Version 1
Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view
this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a
convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times.
The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com
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printers or read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips.
Some Brother printer models are network ready as standard. Other Brother
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