Other Sources Of Information - Brother MFC-5860CN Network User's Manual

Printer driver already installed
If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:
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(For Windows 2000/XP usres)
a
From the Printers and Faxes windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.
b
Select File and then Properties.
c
Click the Ports tab and click Add Port.
d
Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the
New Port... button.
e
The Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
f
Close Add Port and Properties dialog box.
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(For Windows 98/Me usres)
a
From the Printers windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.
b
Select File and then Properties.
c
Click the Details tab and click Add Port.
d
In the Add Port dialog, select Other and then Brother LPR Port.
e
Click OK and enter the port name.
Note
The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will see an error message.
f
Port Properties dialog appears.
g
Enter the IP address of the machine that you wish to print to and click OK.

Other sources of information

See Configuring your network printer on page 7 to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.
Network printing from Windows
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basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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