Brother International MFC 8670DN Network Users Manual - English - Page 55

Add Printer Wizard - driver windows 10

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Internet printing for Windows® 6 For Windows® 2000: Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet and then enter the following in the URL field: http://printer_ipaddress:631/ipp (Where printer_ipaddress is the IP address or the print server name). 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_ipaddress:631/ipp (Where 5 printer_ipaddress is the IP address or the print server name). Note If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System (DNS), 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 Network Configuration List. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. 7 When you click Next, Windows® 2000/XP will make a connection with the URL that you specified. If the printer driver has already been installed: If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will automatically use that driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after which the Driver installation Wizard will complete. You are now ready to print. If the printer driver has NOT been installed: One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows® 2000/XP the type of printer driver to be used. 8 Click OK. You will then see the printer selection screen in the Add Printer Wizard. 9 If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click Have Disk. You will then be asked to insert the driver disk. 10 Click Browse and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. 11 Now specify the model name of the printer. 12 If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message. Click Yes to continue with the installation. The Add Printer Wizard will then complete. 13 Click the Finish button and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer connection, print a test page. 43

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Internet printing for Windows
®
43
5
6
For Windows
®
2000: Select
Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet
and then enter
the following in the URL field:
http://printer_
ipaddress
:631/ipp
(Where
printer_ipaddress
is the IP address or the print server name).
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_ipaddress:631/ipp
(Where
printer_ipaddress
is the IP address or the print server name).
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System (DNS), 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 Network
Configuration List. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it
will appear as
BRN_xxxxxx
where
xxxxxx
is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.
7
When you click
Next
, Windows
®
2000/XP will make a connection with the URL that you specified.
If the printer driver has already been installed:
If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows
®
2000/XP will automatically use that
driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after
which the Driver installation Wizard will complete. You are now ready to print.
If the printer driver has NOT been installed:
One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you
communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer
automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows
®
2000/XP the type of printer driver to be
used.
8
Click
OK
. You will then see the printer selection screen in the
Add Printer Wizard
.
9
If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click
Have Disk
. You will then be asked to insert the
driver disk.
10
Click
Browse
and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer
driver.
11
Now specify the model name of the printer.
12
If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning
message. Click
Yes
to continue with the installation. The
Add Printer Wizard
will then complete.
13
Click the
Finish
button and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer
connection, print a test page.