Introduction; Overview - Brother DCP-8065DN Network User's Manual

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Introduction

Overview

The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired 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 10/100
Systems BASE-TX
Wired
Ethernet
(TCP/IP)
®
Windows
98/98SE/Me/
√
2000/XP/
XP Professional
x64 Edition
®
Windows Vista
√
®
Windows NT 4.0
√
®
Mac OS X 10.2.4
or greater
√
®
Mac OS 9.1-9.2
■
* PC-FAX Send, PC-FAX Receive and Remote Setup functions are not available for DCP-8065DN
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the
computers you use.
In this chapter, you will learn the basic concept of the network function, connection and protocols. In Chapter
2, you will read information on network configuration. In Chapter 3, you will learn how to configure the print
server using the control panel. Chapter 4 through Chapter 6 describe how to configure your print server with
your operating system:
Chapter 2: Configuring your network printer
Chapter 3: Control Panel Setup
Chapter 4: Network printing from Windows
Chapter 5: Internet printing for Windows
Chapter 6: Network printing from a Macintosh
Printing Scanning PC-Fax
Send
√ √
√
√ √
√
®
basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
®
®
PC-Fax Remote
* *
Receive Setup
√ √ √
√
√ √
√
Status
*
Monitor
√
√
√
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