Network Features; Network Printing; Network Scanning; Network Pc-Fax (Not Available For Dcp Models) - Brother MFC-255CW Network Manual

Introduction

Network features

Your Brother machine has the following basic network functions.

Network printing

The print server provides printing services for Windows
2003/2008 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.3.9 - 10.5.x) supporting TCP/IP.

Network scanning

You can scan documents over the network to your computer. (See Network Scanning in the Software User's
Guide.)

Network PC-FAX (Not available for DCP models)

You can directly send a PC file as a PC-FAX over your network. (See Brother PC-FAX Software for Windows
and Sending a Fax for Macintosh in the Software User's Guide for a complete description.) Windows
can also use PC-FAX receive
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PC-Fax Receive is not supported by the MFC-253CW, 255CW, 257CW and 295CN.

Network PhotoCapture Center™

You can view, retrieve and save data from a USB flash memory drive or a media card inserted into the Brother
machine. The software is automatically installed when you choose network connection during the software
installation. For Windows
see ControlCenter3 in the Software User's Guide. For Macintosh, launch any web browser in which FTP is
available and enter FTP://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your Brother machine).
For more information, see Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center in the Software User's Guide.
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. (See PC-FAX receiving in the Software User's Guide.)
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, choose the PHOTOCAPTURE tab of the ControlCenter3. For more information,
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