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Multi-Protocol Print Server
Network User's Guide
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  • Page 1 Download the latest drivers and utilities for your printers or read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Some Brother printer models are network ready as standard. Other Brother printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server.

  • Page 2: Compilation And Publication

    Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3 Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6 Brother fax-back system (USA) Brother Customer Service has set up an easy-to-use fax-back system so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and information about all our products. This is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can use the system to send the information to any fax machine.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Standard TCP/IP Port Printing... 2-2 ® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already ® 4.0 Printing ... 2-4 ® 4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to ® 4.0 Printing: Associating to the Printer . 2-6 ® 4.0 Printing: Adding a Second Brother LPR Server Configuration... 2-7 Configuration of an OS/2 Server ...
  • Page 5 Overview... 3-1 Quick Tips:... 3-1 Driver Deployment Wizard... 3-2 TCP/IP Printing... 3-2 Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ... 3-3 Associating to the Printer... 3-4 Adding a Second Brother LPR Port... 3-5 Other Sources of Information ... 3-5 NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing... 4-1...
  • Page 6 Brother Internet Print: Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server... 5-6 Brother Internet Print: Installing the BIP Software on Windows Adding a Second Brother Internet Port... 5-10 Windows Specifying a Different URL ... 5-12 Other Sources of Information ... 5-12 Novell NetWare Printing ...
  • Page 7 Web Based Management ... 9-1 How to use a Web Browser to Manage Your Device... 9-1 Overview... 9-1 How to Connect to Your Printer Using a Browser ... 9-2 Other Sources of Information ... 9-2 TCP/IP Configuration... 10-1 Assigning TCP/IP Information... 10-1 Overview...
  • Page 8 Troubleshooting ... 11-7 Windows Compatible Method) Troubleshooting ... 11-8 Windows Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting ... 11-8 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting ... 11-9 Windows Novell NetWare Troubleshooting... 11-10 AppleTalk Troubleshooting ... 11-11 DLC/LLC Troubleshooting ... 11-12 Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP) ... 11-12 Appendix ...
  • Page 9 Reloading the Print Server Firmware...A-4 General...A-4 Reloading Firmware Using BRAdmin ...A-5 Reloading Process ...A-6 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Command Prompt ...A-7 Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser ...A-8 INDEX... I-1 viii...

  • Page 10: Unix Printing

    TCP/IP communications can proceed concurrently while other protocols are active, this means that UNIX, NetWare, Apple, and other computers can share the same Brother print server over an Ethernet network. The Linux operating system uses the same setup procedures as standard Berkeley UNIX systems.

  • Page 11: Tcp/Ip

    BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. TCP/IP Brother print servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote LPR command can spool jobs to Brother print servers without the need for any special software on the host computer.
  • Page 12 The node name in this file does not necessarily need to be the same as the one that is actually configured into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the printer settings page), however, it is good practice to make the names the same.
  • Page 13 ":". This will create a queue named laser1 on the host computer that communicates to a Brother print server with a node name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through spool directory /usr/spool/lpd/laser1.
  • Page 14 (for example, UCX, TGV Multinet, etc.). On SCO systems, there is a printcap file, but it is automatically configured by the rlpconf command. Most of these systems generally use a printer setup program to define the service name (remote printer), the print server name (remote machine) or IP address, and the local queue name (spool directory).

  • Page 15: Linux Configuration

    You must now specify the remote host name, remote queue name and the input filter to use. The Remote Host name is the IP address of the printer, or the name from the hosts file which corresponds to the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 16: Hp-Ux Configuration

    Select LP Spooler. Select Printers and Plotters. Select Actions and then Add Remote Printer/Plotter. Enter any name as the Printer Name (this will be the name of the print queue). Enter the IP address of the print server as the Remote System Name.

  • Page 17: Ibm Rs/6000 Aix Configuration

    Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes). IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The procedure is as follows for AIX 4.0 and later: Enter smit and select devices. Select Printer/Plotter.

  • Page 18: Sun Solaris 2.X Configuration

    Destination host (print server name; must match name in / etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address) Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0).

  • Page 19: Sco Unix Configuration

    If this is the first printer configured, you must also use the lpsched command prior to the accept command. As an alternative, you may use Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under OpenWindows. Select Edit, Add, and Add Access to Remote Printer.

  • Page 20: Ibm As/400

    The Brother print servers support the FTP protocol. Earlier SCO Unix systems are often configured to print using the FTP protocol. IBM AS/400 To use a Brother print server with an IBM AS/400 running IBM's TCP/ IP gateways services for OS/400 (the OS/400 system must be v3.1 or later) Use the CFGTCP command at your OS/400 prompt to add the print server's TCP/IP address to the AS/400 host table.
  • Page 21 DESTTYPE(*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) INTNETADR('10.0.0.200') TEXT('Arnes Printer') If you are using A4 paper, you may find that the printer page formatting is incorrect (this is probably because your AS/400 system is set to Letter sized paper), to resolve this problem, do the following:...

  • Page 22: Other Systems

    UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon). If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your UNIX host computer, you will need to do so now (the printer setup utilities in HP-UX, AIX, Solaris 2.xx, and other systems will...

  • Page 23: Other Sources Of Information

    Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 14...

  • Page 24: Tcp/Ip Printing

    IP address from the range:169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 25: Windows Nt ® 4.0 And Windows

    Microsoft Internet Explorer. For more information, see ® Windows 2000/XP IPP Printing on page 5-10. The default name for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address of the print server). ®...
  • Page 26 When you have done that click Next. The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click the Next button. Enter the IP address, or name of the printer you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you.

  • Page 27: Windows 2000/Xp Printing (Printer Driver Already Installed)

    Windows 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: Select the printer driver you wish to configure. Select File and then choose Properties.

  • Page 28: Windows Nt

    Click on Next in response to the Welcome message. Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button. Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and click on Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

  • Page 29: Windows Nt

    Wizard. Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click on Next. Select the Brother LPR Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing Brother Peer to Peer Software” section in this chapter) and click on Next.

  • Page 30: Windows Nt

    4.0 Printing: Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.

  • Page 31: Configuration Of An Os/2 Server

    Printer icon (not the Network Printer icon) onto the desktop. The Create a Printer window should be open (if it is not, double click on the printer icon). Type in any name for the printer.
  • Page 32 DOS, Windows print OK. The Brother print server will appear as a standard OS/2 printer to application programs. To make the print server operate transparently with DOS programs, execute the following...

  • Page 33: Other Sources Of Information

    This will make the printer appear to the software as a printer that is directly connected to the parallel port of the workstation. Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 10 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 34: Peer To Peer Printing

    IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 35: Driver Deployment Wizard

    PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Brother printers are also compatible with HP JetDirect software, this means that you can use HP utilities to manage and to print to your Brother printer.

  • Page 36: Installing The Brother Peer To Peer Software

    Click the Next button in response to the Welcome message. Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button. Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and click Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

  • Page 37: Associating To The Printer

    (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click Next. Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software” section) and click Next.

  • Page 38: Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, click the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.

  • Page 39: Netbios Peer To Peer Printing

    IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 40: Print Server Configuration

    The Brother print server automatically has a default workgroup/domain name of WORKGROUP. If you need to change name, you can configure the Brother print server to recognize this. There are four ways of doing this. (If you are unsure about the name of your workgroup or domain, look in the identification tab in your network applet).

  • Page 41: Changing The Workgroup/Domain Name Using Telnet Or Brconfig Or A Web Browser

    You will also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks. Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name Using...

  • Page 42: Netbios Port Monitor For Windows 95/98/Me/2000/Xp And Windows Nt

    If you are using the TCP/IP protocol, the proper IP address should be defined on both the Brother print server and your client PC. Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor If you already installed the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network...

  • Page 43: Associating The Printer

    The name should be compliant with UNC (Universal Name Convention). For example: \\NodeName\ServiceName. Where NodeName is the NetBIOS name of the Brother print server (the default name is usually BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the print server.
  • Page 44 (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click Next. Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and click Next. Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next.

  • Page 45: Adding A Second Netbios Print Port

    Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and click Next. ® Windows will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish.

  • Page 46: Windows Nt ® 4.0 / Windows ® 2000/Xp

    LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily configure your printer to work with an IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the fileserver.

  • Page 47: Workstation Configuration

    Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. Refer chapter 10 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 48: Configuring Internet Printing For Windows

    Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows Me and Windows NT a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Paris.

  • Page 49: Brother Internet Print General Information

    When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MIME- encoded (converted to a standard Internet E-mail message) and sent out to a Brother print server at the remote location. This means that BIP is compatible with most common E-mail software packages. The only requirement is that the E-mail server be capable of sending E- mail message over the Internet.

  • Page 50: Brother Internet Print: Configuring The Brother Print Server

    Configure the POP3 server on the E-mail server at the remote site with a mail account (Mailbox name) and password for the Brother print server (generally, the mail account name will be the first part of the E-mail address; for example, if you assign the E-mail address emailprinter@xyz.com, then the mail account...

  • Page 51: Brother Internet Print: Using Bradmin To Configure The Print Server

    BIP software is as follows: Start BRAdmin. Select the node name of the desired Brother print server from the list and double click on it. (the default node name is usually BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 52: Brother Internet Print: Using A Web Browser To Configure The Print Server

    The default password is "access". Select the Configure POP3/SMTP option and enter the information as described above. Refer to "Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure the Print Server". You should see a Segmented Message Timeout option. If a print...

  • Page 53: Brother Internet Print: Using Telnet To Configure The Print Server

    Brother Internet Print: Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you used BRAdmin or a Web Browser to configure the remote print server. As an alternative to BRAdmin, you can use the print server remote console to configure the print server. The console can be accessed via TELNET.

  • Page 54: Brother Internet Print: Installing The Bip Software On

    BIP1. You will then see a message about Partial E-mail Print. Partial E-mail Print is the ability of the Brother Internet Print software to break down E-mail Print jobs into smaller sections to prevent a mail file size limitation problem for the mail server.
  • Page 55 95/98/Me users> Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM. Click Next when you are done. If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it.
  • Page 56 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and click Next. <For Windows NT Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and click Next. Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series).

  • Page 57: Adding A Second Brother Internet Port

    Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother Internet Port. Instead, click the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of a printer that is using BIP, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.
  • Page 58 Click OK. You will then see the printer selection screen in the Add Printer Wizard. If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click the Have Disk button. You will then be asked to insert the driver disk.

  • Page 59: Specifying A Different Url

    Get More Info option will not display any printer data. If you are using the built in service names that the Brother print server supports, you can also use the following: (However, please note the Get More Info option will not display any printer data).

  • Page 60: Novell Netware Printing

    How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing Overview Brother print servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other network protocol users. All NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell server and delivered to the printer when it is available.

  • Page 61: General Information

    General Information In order to use a Brother print server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's...

  • Page 62: Creating A Ndps Printer Using Nwadmin For Netware5

    You have to create an NDPS manager within an NDS tree before creating server-based printer agents. If the NDPS manager controls a printer attached directly to the server, you must load the manager on the server that the printer is attached to.

  • Page 63: Ndps Broker

    When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker: Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled.

  • Page 64: Creating A Printer Agent

    If this is a new printer select create A New Printer Agent. If there is already an NDS printer and you are upgrading it to use the NDPS scheme, select Existing NDS printer object. You will then have to select which printer object you wish to upgrade.

  • Page 65: Configuring Netware 3 And Netware 4 Systems

    Brother's BRAdmin application provides similar functionality to the NetWare PCONSOLE utility (or the NWADMIN utility in NetWare 4.1x or later). To use the BRAdmin application to configure a Brother print server under NetWare, make sure that you are logged in as SUPERVISOR (NetWare 2.xx or 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or...
  • Page 66 Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server.

  • Page 67: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Bradmin

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) Using BRAdmin Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. Start BRAdmin. One or more print server services will appear in the list of printers (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 68: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Novell Nwadmin And Bradmin

    Server Mode in NDS Mode) Using Novell NWADMIN and BRAdmin If you do not wish to use the Brother BRAdmin application solely to configure your NetWare file server, use the following instructions for configuration using the NWADMIN application in conjunction with the BRAdmin application.
  • Page 69 You can find the current service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page on your print server.
  • Page 70 (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). Double click the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. Now select the NetWare tab.

  • Page 71: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode In Nds Mode) Using Novell Nwadmin And Bradmin

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode in NDS mode) Using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) and BRAdmin, you will need to perform the following steps:...
  • Page 72 As an alternative to Brother's BRAdmin application or the Novell NWADMIN application, you can use the standard Novell PCONSOLE utility in conjunction with Brother's BRCONFIG program to set up your print queues.

  • Page 73: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Bindery Emulation Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery Emulation Mode) Using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG Login as Supervisor (NetWare 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or later; be sure to specify the /b option for bindery mode). Execute BRCONFIG from the Windows Select the corresponding server name from the list of print servers.

  • Page 74: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Options menu. Force the print server to rescan file servers for print jobs. You may either turn the printer off and on again or you may use the BRCONFIG or TELNET command SET NETWARE RESCAN to make the print server rescan for file servers.
  • Page 75 Enter the NetWare print service name of the print server exactly as it appeared in the printer settings page (the default name is BRN_xxxxxx_P1, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address), unless you changed the name to something else). You can find the NetWare print service name and MAC address by printing out the printer settings page.
  • Page 76 Step 4. Highlight the Printers option in the print server Information menu. Press INSERT and select the name of the printer you entered in Step 12. Press ESCAPE several times to return to DOS. Execute the BRCONFIG from the Windows Select the print server from the list of print servers.

  • Page 77: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can also enter the TREE and CONTEXT name using your web browser, by connecting to the Brother print server using the TCP/IP protocol and selecting the NetWare protocol configuration.
  • Page 78 Press INSERT to get Object, Class menu. Press INSERT and enter the Printer Name (any unique name is OK). Highlight the printer name and press ENTER twice to get to the Printer Configuration Menu. PCONSOLE will assign a Printer Number. Remember this number, since it will be used later.
  • Page 79 Select print server configuration and then printer configuration. Select any Not Installed printer and press ENTER. Remember the number of this printer, since it will be used later in the configuration process. If desired, type in a new name for the printer.
  • Page 80 BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). For example, to set up remote "Printer 3" for a Brother printer with the print server BRN_310107_P1 using the PSERVER NLM called...

  • Page 81: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. Refer to chapter 10 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 22...

  • Page 82: Printing From A Macintosh

    Network Configuration capabilities. These Simple Network Configuration capabilities support automatic network configuration. If you choose to use the the Simple Network Configuration capabilities features of your Brother product, you usually do not need to configure any IP address settings yourself. ®...
  • Page 83 IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 84: Macintosh Configuration (Mac Os 8.6 To 9.2)

    LaserWriter 8 driver you must install it. Consult your Macintosh documentation for instructions on how to do this. Before you try to use the Brother print server, you must first enable the EtherTalk protocol from the Network Control Panel on the ®...

  • Page 85: How To Select The Print Server (Appletalk/Ethertalk)

    EtherTalk) Once the print server is connected on your network and the printer is powered on, the Brother print server’s AppleTalk service name (default is BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address) should appear in the Chooser.
  • Page 86 Select Printer LPR, and then click OK. Click Change in PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File. Select the appropriate PPD file for the printer and click Select. 7 - 5 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ®...
  • Page 87 Click LPR Printer Selection and Change in that order. Enter the IP address and service name of the printer you are using. When specifying the queue, use the BRN_XXXXXX_P1_AT. XXXXXX are the last six digits of the Ethernet address. Printing the print settings page will allow you to confirm the TCP/IP address.
  • Page 88 Example) HL-XXXX series Click the printer icon on the Desktop. From the Priting menu, select Set Default Printer. Whenever you send a print job, the printer that you just created will be used. 7 - 7 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH...

  • Page 89: Macintosh Configuration (Mac Osx 10.1/10.2)

    Install Software. How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/ EtherTalk) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: Turn the power of the printer ON. From the Go menu, select Applications. Open the Utilities folder.

  • Page 90: How To Select The Print Server (Tcp/Ip)

    Please refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the settings page. How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: Turn the power of the printer ON. From the Go menu, select Applications.

  • Page 91: Configuration Capabilities Of Mac Os

    You do not need to manually configure any IP address or network strings within the printer as the printer will automatically configure itself. Please note that Brother recommends that you use Mac OS 10.2.4 or later version. How to Select the Printer Driver From the Go menu, select Applications.

  • Page 92: Changing The Configuration

    Click the printer, then click the Make Default to set the printer as the default printer. The printer is now ready to print. Changing the Configuration ® From a Macintosh server parameters is to use a web browser. Simply connect to the printer using the format: http://ip_address where ip_address is the address of the printer.

  • Page 93: Dlc Printing

    DLC Printing Printing from Windows NT ® Windows Overview DLC is a simple protocol that is included in Windows NT ® Windows 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating systems (such as Windows software that supports the Hewlett-Packard JetDirect card. Quick Tips: One way to print the details of all network settings is to print a settings page.

  • Page 94: Windows 2000 Printer Setup

    Log into Windows the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Properties, select the Ports tab, click on Add Port and continue from Step 6 (ignoring steps 11-14 about installing the correct driver)).

  • Page 95: Windows Nt ® 4.0 Printer Setup

    Log into Windows NT Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Properties, select the Ports tab and continue from Step 4 (ignoring steps 9-11 about installing the correct driver)).

  • Page 96: Configuring Dlc On Other Systems

    To use DLC on other network systems, you will generally need vendor-supplied software. Typically such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instructions to install the DLC protocol on your system. Once the protocol is installed, create a network port in the same way...

  • Page 97: Other Sources Of Information

    Brother does not recommend using the DLC protocol with ® Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in a peer-to-peer configuration if the printer will be heavily used. This is because jobs may be rejected due to print spooler timeouts. The best solution in these situations is to set up one PC as a server for handling network print jobs.

  • Page 98: Web Based Management

    IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 99: How To Connect To Your Printer Using A Browser

    NetBIOS name of the print server, if you are in a ® ® Microsoft Windows DNS name of the printer if connecting to a network that uses the DNS protocol. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing.

  • Page 100: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network.

  • Page 101: Using The Printer Control Panel To Allocate An Ip Address (Printers With Lcd Panels Only)

    IP address. There are two ways to change the IP address using the BRAdmin Professional utility: Use the IPX/SPX protocol. Use the TCP/IP protocol and let BRAdmin find the Brother print server as an unconfigured device. ® 2000/XP).

  • Page 102: Using Bradmin And The Ipx/Spx Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    Restart the print server by using BRAdmin, Web Browser or TELNET. If you are not sure how to restart the print server, you may simply turn the printer’s power switch off, and then switch it on. 10 - 3 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION...

  • Page 103: Using Bradmin And The Tcp/Ip Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    Enter the IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server. Click OK then select Close. With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 4...

  • Page 104: Using Dhcp To Configure The Ip Address

    IP address from any of these systems. To change the BOOT METHOD, use the printer’s control panel (for those printers that have a LCD panel), TELNET (using the SET IP METHOD command), a Web browser or by using the BRAdmin application.

  • Page 105: Using Arp To Configure The Print Server Ip Address

    Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application or the printer’s control panel and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on ®...
  • Page 106 ARP command. The ARP command only works once. For security reasons, once you have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the ARP command again to change the address. The print server will ignore any attempts to do this.

  • Page 107: Using Rarp To Configure The Ip Address

    -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type: ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on. BRN_310107...

  • Page 108: Using Bootp To Configure The Ip Address

    Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service;...

  • Page 109: Configuring The Ip Address With Brconfig

    Configuring the IP Address with BRCONFIG Users of Novell networks have additional alternatives for configuring the IP address of Brother print servers by using the remote console facility. On a NetWare network, you can use the BRCONFIG utility which is included with every print server.

  • Page 110: Changing The Ip Address Settings With The Telnet Console

    If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following default subnet masks: 255.255.255.0 for class C networks 255.255.0.0 for class B networks 255.0.0.0 for class A networks The leftmost group of digits in your IP address can identify the type of network you have.
  • Page 111 You will then get the Local> prompt. Type SET IP ADDRESS ipaddress, where ipaddress is the desired IP address you wish to assign to the print server (check with your network manager for the IP address to use). For example: Local>...

  • Page 112: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided into the following sections: Installation Problems Intermittent Problems Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting Installation Problems If you cannot print over the network, check the following: Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
  • Page 113 (make sure that you have entered the print server name). If you can see Print Server Status and Control in the menu, then the Brother print server is visible to the network, proceed to the Novel NetWare Installation Troubleshooting Section. Otherwise, go to step 3.
  • Page 114 Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print servers have two LEDs on the back panel of the printer. The upper side LED shows Link/Speed status. The lower side LED shows Activity (Receive/Transmit) status.

  • Page 115: Intermittent Problems

    If the job exits the queue but does not print, make sure that you are not trying to print a text job to a PostScript printer. If you have a printer that is capable of automatic language switching, make sure that the printer is not forced into PostScript mode.

  • Page 116: Unix Troubleshooting

    If you used BRCONFIG, NCP or to enter the IP address, make sure that you exited the remote console properly with a CTRL- D or EXIT and that you turned the printer off and then again (it may take up to two minutes for the IP address to take effect).

  • Page 117: Printcap File

    If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX), make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software, because earlier versions will not work with Brother print servers. TROUBLESHOOTING 11 - 6...

  • Page 118: Windows Nt /Lan Server (Tcp/Ip) Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows Peer network (LPR method), check the following: Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the Windows Peer chapters. Try to turn the Byte Count on in the Configure port area of printer driver properties.

  • Page 119: Windows 95/98/Me Peer-To-Peer (Hp Jetadmin Compatible Method) Troubleshooting

    If you are having trouble printing on a Windows ® 4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely installed and configured according to the Windows ® Windows NT 4.0 Peer-to-Peer (NetBIOS) chapters. You may find that during the installation of the port driver, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed.

  • Page 120: Brother Internet Print (Tcp/Ip) Troubleshooting

    (port 80), or configure your Firewall to allow Port 631 data through. To send a print job using IPP to a printer using Port 80 (the standard HTTP port) enter the following when configuring your Windows 2000/XP system.

  • Page 121: Novell Netware Troubleshooting

    If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, first verify that the Brother print server is attached to the server queue by going to PCONSOLE, selecting PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION, and then CURRENTLY ATTACHED SERVERS.

  • Page 122: Appletalk Troubleshooting

    If you changed the login password, you must change the password in both the Brother print server (using the SET NETWARE PASSWORD command if you are using the BRConfig software) or by using a web browser or the BRAdmin application and in the file server (using the PCONSOLE Print Server Information Change Password command).

  • Page 123: Dlc/Llc Troubleshooting

    Printer Info from the Setup button in the Chooser. Make sure that you have selected the correct Printer Description File (PPD) from the Chooser (otherwise PostScript errors may result). Verify that you have selected the correct AppleTalk zone.

  • Page 124: Appendix

    Java. Please note this software may not be included on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your Brother product. If it was not, please visit http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin to learn more about this software and to download it.

  • Page 125: Http (Recommended

    HTTP (Recommended) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX, Windows ®...

  • Page 126: Using Services

    Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands.

  • Page 127: General

    To do this, print out a configuration page (refer to your Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print a configuration page). There are three methods of upgrading the firmware in your Brother print server: Use the BRAdmin application (Recommended) Use the FTP protocol (Recommended if running on ®...

  • Page 128: Reloading Firmware Using Bradmin

    Reloading Firmware Using BRAdmin The BRAdmin application can be used to easily re-program your Brother print server. Start BRAdmin. Highlight the appropriate print server. Then select the Control menu and choose Load Firmware. You can select more than one print server by pressing CTRL+<select> or SHIFT+<select>...

  • Page 129: Reloading Process

    Reloading Process The Data LED on the printer control panel will blink during the firmware file loading process. During programming process, the backlight on the printer’s LCD goes off, and Erase xxxxxx and Write xxxxxx will be indicated alternately on the LCD. After the firmware update is completed, the printer will re-start automatically.

  • Page 130: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Command Prompt

    If you do not see this message, the file you are sending to the printer will either be ignored or the printer will print garbage.

  • Page 131: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Web Browser

    Reloading Using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions.brother.com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. APPENDIX A - 8...
  • Page 132 BIP ... 5-1 BOOTP ... 1-2 BRAdmin ... 10-2 Brother LPR port ... 3-4 Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor ... 4-4 Brother Peer to Peer Print . 3-4 Browser ... 9-2 CFGTCP ... 1-11 Chooser ... 7-2 DHCP ... 1-2 DLC ... 8-1 DLC/LLC ...
  • Page 133 Peer-to-Peer ... 11-8 ping ... 11-2 POP3 ... 5-3 PPD ... 7-3 PRINTCAP ... 1-2 printcap ... 1-4 Printer Agent ... 6-5 PSERVER NLM ... 6-12 RARP ... 10-8 reloading firmware ... A-5 RFC 1001 and 1002 ... 10-5 rlpstat ... 1-5 sam ...

  • Page 134: I - 3 Index

    ... 6-4 11-10 Windows 2000 printing 2-2 Windows 95/98/Me ... 2-2 10-1 Windows NT 4.0 . 2-1 ...6-4 Windows NT 4.0 printing ... 2-4 Windows XP 2-1 ... 11-9 workgroup ... 4-2 I - 3 INDEX 10-1 11-9 11-2 11-7 10-1 11-2 10-1...

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