What This Chapter Covers; Installing The Bip Software On A Windows 95/98/Nt4.0 - Brother NC-series User Manual

USER'S GUIDE
At the remote site, an E-mail server receives the E-mail
message. The remote print server, which has its own E-mail
address, uses the POP3 protocol (Post Office Protocol 3) to
download the E-mail message from the server. It then decodes
the attachment and prints it out on the printer.

What this Chapter Covers

This chapter covers the following topics:
This user-guides assumes that you have already installed a
Brother print server at the remote site with valid IP address. It
also assumes that you have the capability of configuring E-mail
services on your PC and E-mail server, or that you have access
to a network administrator who can perform these tasks for you.
Installing the BIP Software on a Windows
95/98/NT4.0
To install the BIP software on a Windows 95/98/NT4.0 PC,
execute the following steps:
If you are connecting via a modem directly to an Internet
Service Provider (ISP), the ISP handles the routing of the
E-mail to the remote print server.
Installation of the BIP software on a Windows 95/98/NT4.0
PC at the local site.
Enabling the BIP capability on a Brother print server at the
remote site.
Note
If an E-mail is received that has not been configured to use
the BIP virtual port driver, the printer will print the e-mail out
as a text document.
Note
Be sure that PC is running an E-mail program (for
example, Microsoft Exchange) that is capable of sending
E-mail message using either MAPI or Winsock.
Be sure that your E-mail server is capable of sending
messages across the Internet.
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