Internet Printing For Windows; Overview; Ipp Printing For Windows ® 2000/Xp, Windows Vista ® And Windows Server ® 2003; For Windows Vista - Brother HL-2170W Network User's Manual

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Internet printing for Windows

Overview

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Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista
standard Network Printing IPP protocol software built into Windows
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Server 2003.
Note
• You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed with this chapter. If you need to
configure the IP address, see Chapter 2 first.
• Verify the host computer and the machine are either on the same subnet, or that the router is properly
configured to pass data between the two devices.
• The default password for Brother print servers is access.
IPP printing for Windows
Windows Server
Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows
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Windows Vista and Windows Server

For Windows Vista

a
Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
b
Click Add a printer.
c
Select Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
d
Click The printer that I want isn't listed.
e
Select Select a shared printer by name and then enter the following in the URL field:
http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the
node name).
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter
the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as
"BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wired network or "BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx" for a wireless network.
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and Windows Server
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2000/XP, Windows Vista
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2003
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2003.
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2003 users can print using TCP/IP and the
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