Brother International HL-7050N Network Users Manual - English - Page 55
Brother Internet Print General Information, 2 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS
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Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows® 95/98/Me/ NT4.0/2000/XP Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows® 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP PC that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from the application program point of view. The user can use the Windows® 95/98/MeNT4.0/2000/ XP Print Manager to create a printer that uses this port along with a standard Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP-compatible printer. Any Windows® 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP applications program can therefore print to this printer (and hence to the virtual port) without modification or operational procedure. When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MIMEencoded (converted to a standard Internet E-mail message) and sent out to a Brother print server at the remote location. This means that BIP is compatible with most common E-mail software packages. The only requirement is that the E-mail server be capable of sending Email message over the Internet. In more detail, the procedure works in the following way: n If you are connected to a Local Area Network, the E-mail message is passed to the E-mail server, which in turn transmits the message out over the Internet using the SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) to the remote print server. n If you are connecting via a modem directly to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), the ISP handles the routing of the E-mail to the remote print server. n At the remote site, an E-mail server receives the E-mail message. The remote print server, which has its own E-mail address, uses the POP3 protocol (Post Office Protocol 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. 5 - 2 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS®