Introduction; Overview - Brother MFC-8690DW User Manual

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Introduction

Overview

Your Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet
network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of
connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These
functions include printing, scanning, PC Fax send, PC Fax receive, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The
following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
Operating Systems
10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet
(TCP/IP)
IEEE 802.11b/g wireless
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Ethernet (TCP/IP)
Printing
BRAdmin Light
BRAdmin Professional 3
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Web BRAdmin
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BRPrint Auditor
Web Based Management
(web browser)
Internet Printing (IPP)
Scanning
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PC Fax Send
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PC Pax Receive
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Remote Setup
Status Monitor
Driver Deployment Wizard
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Only the MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW have IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) available.
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BRAdmin Professional 3 and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.
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Available when using BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin with devices that are connected to your client PC via the USB or parallel interface.
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Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the
computers you use.
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