Brother MFC-J280W Manual page 6

Types of network connections and protocols
1 Client computer
2 Also known as "Server" or "Print server"
3 TCP/IP, USB or parallel (where available)
4 Network machine (your machine)
In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment.
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 The "server" or the "print server" must use the TCP/IP print protocol.
 The Brother machine needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the machine is
connected via the USB or the parallel interface at the server.
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