Introduction; Overview - Brother Network MFC-7840W Network User's Manual

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Introduction

Overview

The 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
Ethernet (TCP/IP)
Printing
BRAdmin Light
BRAdmin Professional
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Web BRAdmin
Web Based Management
(web browser)
Internet Printing (IPP)
Scanning
PC Fax Send
PC Pax Receive
Remote Setup
Status Monitor
Driver Deployment Wizard
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BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com.
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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