Brother International HL-6050DW Network Users Manual - English - Page 41

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software, Installer and you selected Brother Peer-to-Peer Network

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Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software If you already installed the 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. 2 Select the proper model and then the Install Software menu. Click For Administrators. Then select the Network Print Software menu to start the Brother Network Print Software installation program. 3 Click the Next button in response to the Welcome message. 4 Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button. 5 Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and click Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk. 6 Enter the Port name that you wish to use and click OK. The default port name is BLP1. Whichever name you choose, it must be unique and it MUST begin with BLP. 7 You must now enter the actual IP address of the print server in the Printer name or IP address field. If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the 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 Network Configuration Page. By default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. See How to Print a Network Configuration Page on page A-8 for information how to print the Network Configuration Page on your print server. 3 - 3 PEER TO PEER PRINTING

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3 - 3 PEER TO PEER 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 proper model and then the
Install Software
menu.
Click
For Administrators
. Then select the
Network Print
Software
menu to start the
Brother Network Print Software
installation program.
3
Click the
Next
button in response to the Welcome message.
4
Select the
Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR)
button.
5
Select the desired directory to install the
Brother Peer to Peer
Print (LPR)
files and click
Next
. The installation program will
create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your
disk.
6
Enter the
Port name
that you wish to use and click
OK
. The
default port name is BLP1. Whichever name you choose, it must
be unique and it MUST begin with BLP.
7
You must now enter the actual IP address of the print server in
the
Printer name or IP address
field. If you have edited the
hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System,
you can also enter the 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 Network Configuration Page. By default the
NetBIOS name will usually appear as
BRN_xxxxxx
where
xxxxxx
is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. See
How
to Print a Network Configuration Page
on page A-8 for
information how to print the Network Configuration Page on your
print server.
If you already installed the 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.