Printing Using The Mobile Device - Brother P-touch P900W Quick Start Manual

 Connecting Using a Wired LAN (P950NW Only)
NOTE
To use a static IP address to connect your machine to a wired LAN
connection, install the printer driver and Printer Setting Tool, and then
specify wired LAN connection settings.
For more information, see Installing the Software and Printer Driver to a
Computer.
1.
Before connecting the LAN cable, make sure that the machine is turned
off.
2.
Connect the LAN cable to the LAN port on the back of the machine, and
then connect the other end of the LAN cable to an active LAN port on
the network.
3.
Turn the machine on.
NOTE
The printer's communication settings can be changed with
[Communication Settings] in the Printer Setting Tool.
For more information, see the User's Guide.
Printing from the computer
There are various methods for printing with this machine.
The following describes the procedure for printing from a computer using
P-touch Editor.
1.
Start P-touch Editor, and then open the document you want to print.
2.
Create a label design.
3.
Select [File] then [Print] from the menu bar or by clicking the [Print]
icon.

Printing Using the Mobile Device

Installing Applications for Use with Mobile Devices
You can either use your machine as a stand-alone machine or connect it to a
mobile device. To create and print labels directly from your mobile device,
install the Brother mobile applications, and then connect your machine to your
mobile device.
For more information about the mobile
applications available for your printer,
visit support.brother.com/g/d/f5f9.
Connecting the Machine to a Mobile Device
1.
Confirm the Wireless Direct settings of the machine.
• For Windows
Connect the machine and computer with a USB cable. Start the
Printer Setting Tool on your computer, and click the
[Communication Settings] button. Confirm that [Infrastructure and
Wireless Direct] or [Wireless Direct] is selected for [Selected
Interface] in the [General] tab.
For more information, see the User's Guide.
• For Mac
Connect the machine and computer with a USB cable. Start the
Printer Setting Tool on your computer, and confirm that
[WirelessDirect] is set to [On] in the [Wireless LAN] tab.
For more information, see the User's Guide.
2.
Press and hold the (Wi-Fi) button on your machine for one second
to turn the Wi-Fi function on.
The (Wi-Fi) indicator starts flashing in blue once every three
seconds.
3.
In the Wi-Fi settings screen of your mobile device, select the SSID of
the machine and enter the password.
NOTE
• The factory default SSID and password are as follows:
SSID: "DIRECT-*****_PT-P900W" or "DIRECT-*****_PT-P950NW" is
the last five digits of the product serial number.
(You can find the serial number label in the tape compartment of the
machine.)
Password (network key): 00000000
• You can connect the machine to a mobile device in the Infrastructure
Mode via a wireless access point/router.
Printing from a Mobile Device
1.
Start the Brother application on your mobile device.
NOTE
Make sure that the machine is connected to your mobile device.
See Installing Applications for Use with Mobile Devices.
2.
Select a label template or design.
NOTE
You can also select a label or image you designed previously, and print
it.
3.
Tap [Print] in the application menu.
Connecting the Other Interfaces (Serial
Interface/Bluetooth Interface)
You can connect the machine to a barcode scanner using a serial interface
or Bluetooth interface.
For more information, see the User's Guide.