Brother MFC-8460N Service Manual page 378

Protocol-specific troubleshooting
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Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT
If you are having trouble printing on a Windows
network (LPR method), check the following:
1. Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the
Windows
2. Try to turn the Byte Count on in the Configure port area of printer driver properties.
You may find that during the installation of BLP software, the screen that prompts you for a Port
name is not displayed. This may happen on some Windows
computers. Press the ALT and TAB keys to make it appear.
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Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT
If you are having trouble printing on a Windows
network (NetBIOS), check the following:
1. Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is correctly installed and configured according
to the Windows
find that during the installation of the port driver, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is
not displayed. This happens on some Windows
Press the ALT and TAB keys to make it appear.
2. Make sure that the print server is configured to be in the same workgroup or domain as the rest
of your computers. It may take several minutes for the print server to appear in the network
neighborhood.
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Windows 2000/XP IPP troubleshooting
Want to use a different Port number other than 631.
If you are using Port 631 for IPP printing, you may find that your firewall may not let the print data
through. If this is the case, use a different port number (port 80), or configure your Firewall to allow
Port 631 data through.
To send a print job using IPP to a machine using Port 80 (the standard HTTP port) enter the
following when configuring your Windows
http://ip_address/ipp
Get More Info option in Windows
If you are using a URL of:
http://ip_address:631 or http://ip_address:631/ipp ,
the Get More Info option in Windows
Info option, use the following URL:
http://ip_address
This will then force Windows
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95/98/Me or Windows NT
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95/98/Me or Windows NT
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2000/XP to use Port 80 to communicate with the Brother print server.
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4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) troubleshooting
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95/98/Me, Windows NT
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4.0 Peer-to-Peer chapters.
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4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) troubleshooting
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95/98/Me, Windows NT
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4.0 Peer-to-Peer (NetBIOS) chapters. You may
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95/98/Me and Windows NT
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2000/XP system.
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2000 not working
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2000 will not function. If you wish to use the Get More
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4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer
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95/98/Me and Windows NT
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4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer
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4.0
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