Brother International MFC 8840D Network Users Manual - English - Page 72

Macintosh® Configuration (Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2), Quick Tips, Network Configuration, Con - driver mac

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Quick Tips: 1 The default name that will appear in the Chooser of a Macintosh® will usually be BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT (where xxxxxx is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address) 2 From a Macintosh® network, the easiest way to change this name is to assign an IP address to the printer and then use a Web browser to change the name. Connect to the machine using a web browser and then click on Network Configuration. Enter the password (the default password is access) then select Configure AppleTalk. Click on BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, 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 To print a printer settings page, see Resetting the Print/ Fax Sever back to factory settings (Test Switch) on page 13-4. 6 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the APIPA protocol, set APIPA to Off using the machine control panel. For more information, see APIPA on page 10-9. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother Print/Fax server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the control panel, the BRAdmin Professional utility, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the machine. Macintosh® Configuration (Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2) Your Brother Printer is compatible with the standard Apple LaserWriter 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. PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH® 7 - 2

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PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
®
7 - 2
Quick Tips:
Macintosh
®
Configuration (Mac OS
®
8.6 - 9.2)
Your Brother Printer is compatible with the standard Apple LaserWriter
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.
1
The default name that will appear in the Chooser of a
Macintosh
®
will usually be
BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT
(where
xxxxxx
is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address)
2
From a Macintosh
®
network, the easiest way to change
this name is to assign an IP address to the printer and
then use a Web browser to change the name. Connect
to the machine using a web browser and then click on
Network Configuration
. Enter the password (the
default password is
access
) then select
Configure
AppleTalk
. Click on
BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT
, 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
To print a printer settings page, see
Resetting the Print/
Fax Sever back to factory settings (Test Switch)
on page
13-4.
6
The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol
automatically assigns an IP address from the range:
169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable
the APIPA protocol, set APIPA to Off using the machine
control panel. For more information, see
APIPA
on page
10-9. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP
address of a Brother Print/Fax server is 192.0.0.192. To
change it, use the control panel, the BRAdmin
Professional utility, Web BRAdmin software or let your
DHCP server allocate an IP address to the machine.