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i v e r s i o n B Multi-P r otocol Print / F ax Se r ver NC-8100h USER’S GUIDE Please read this manual thoroughly bef ore using the pr inter . Y ou can pr int or view this manual from the CD-ROM (supplied with your F AX/MFC) at any time, please keep the CD-R OM in a conv enient place for quic k and easy reference at all times.[...]

ii T rademarks Brother is a register ed tradema rk of Brother I ndustries, Ltd. HP, HP/UX, JetDirect an d JetAd min are trad emarks of Hewllet-Pack ard Comp any. UNIX is a trademark s of UNIX Sy stems Labo ratori es. Ethernet is tradema rk of Xerox Corpor ation. Postscr ipt is tradem ark of Adobe Sys tems I ncorporated. NetWare is a trad emark of N[...]

iii M u lti- P r o t o c o l P r i n t / F a x S e r ve r NC-8100h USER ’ S GUIDE For technic al and operational assis tance, please v isit the Brot her web site on http://solution s.brothe r.com If you hav e comm ents or s uggesti ons, pleas e write us at: In Europe European Techni cal Serv ices 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchest er, M 34 5JE U K [...]

iv Introduction Overview The Brother NC -8100h Print / F ax Server all ows your Brother F AX/MFC to be attached and shared on a 10/100Mbi t Ethernet Netw ork. W eb Based Management and Administration utilities provide easy conf iguration and management of your Brother F AX/MFC. O nce installed and conf igured, the NC -8100h allo ws your F AX/MFC m [...]

v T ABLE OF CONTENTS O v ervi e w ...................................................................................................................... . .................... i v Features ...................................................................................................................... . ...................... i v I M PO R T AN[...]

vi 4-DEL E R R O R MAI L .............................................................................................................. . ... . 2-10 5-N O TIFI C A TION ................................................................................................................. ...... . 2-10 4-Setup M a il T X ..................................[...]

vii Setup M a il ( T X) ............................................................................................................... . .............. . 4-11 Setup M a il (RX ) ............................................................................................................... . .............. . 4-11 E r r o r mai l ...................[...]

viii Other Sou r ces of I n f o rmatio n .................................................................................................. . ....... . 6-5 CHAPTER SE VEN NetBIOS Peer to P eer Printing How to Prin ting us ing N e t BIOS on W ind o w s ® 95/98/Me/N T ® /2000/X P ................................................... 7-1 O v e r vie w[...]

ix General I n f o rmatio n ........................................................................................................... . ............. . 9-2 C r eating a NDPS Printer U s ing N W AD M I N f o r Net W a r e5.......................................................... . 9-3 NDPS M a nage r ..............................................[...]

x W indow s ® N T ® 3.5x Setu p .............................................................................................................. . 11-5 Con f iguring D L C on Other Sy s t em s ............................................................................................. . 1 1-5 CHAPTER TWEL VE Unix Printing Printing fr om Unix/Linux[...]

xi W indow s ® 95 / 98 / M e / 2000 / XP F T P / I PP T r o u b l e s h oot i n g .......................................................... . 13-12 N ov ell Net W a r e T r ouble s hootin g ................................................................................................ . . 13-13 A pple T alk T r ouble s hootin g .................[...]

xii A ppendix A A ppendi x ........................................................................................... A-1 General I n f o rmatio n ........................................................................................................... . ............. A-1 A ppendix B Using Se r vice s ............................................[...]

xiii IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TIO N: REGULA TIONS F ederal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conf ormity (F or U .S.A. only) R esponsible P arty: B rother International C orporation 100 Somerset Corporate Boulvard Bridge w ater , NJ 09907-0911, USA TEL: (908) 704-1700 declares , that the products Product Name: B rother Network C ard (BR-net[...]

xiv Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only) This Cl ass B digi tal apparatus compli es with Canadi an ICES-003. Cet appareil num é rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB -003 du Canada. Declaration of Conf ormity (Eur ope) W e, Brother Indust ries, Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, N agoya 467-8561, Japan declare that t[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-1 1 11 CHAPTER ONE TCP/IP Conf iguration Assigning TCP/IP Inf ormation Ov erview The TCP/IP protocol req uires that each device on the network have it's o wn unique IP address. Use the following informat ion to learn about IP address configuration. By default Brot her Print / Fax servers have a sample IP a ddre[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-2 Using the F AX/MFC fr ont panel to allo cate an IP addr ess Refer to chapter 2 for detai ls on how to configure IP address informat ion using the FAX/MFC c ontrol panel. By using the front pan el of the FAX/MFC, you can program the IP address details at the same time that other FAX /MFC parameters are configured. [...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-3 Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to set the IP addr ess If your PC has Novell Netware Client software and is using t he IPX/SPX protocol, do the f ollowing: 1. Select IPX/SPX filter in the left frame of the main w indow. 2. Check the Print / Fax server name (the default node n ame will be BRN_xxxx xx, where [...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-4 Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin application Start the BRAdmin application (from Windows ® 95/98/ Me/NT ® 4.0/2000/X P). The BRAdmin application c an use the IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols t o communicate with the Brother Print / Fax server. As the default IP address of Brother Print / Fax servers is 192.0[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-5 Using DHCP to Conf igur e the IP addr ess Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of s everal automated mechanisms for IP ad dress allocation. If you have a DHCP Server in y our network (typically a Unix, Windo ws ® NT ® /2000 or Nov ell Netware network) t he Print / Fax serv er will automatically obta[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-6 Using ARP to Conf igure the Print / F ax serv er IP Addr ess If you are unable to use t he BRAdmi n application, F AX/MFC front panel and your network does not use a DHCP server, y ou can also u se the ARP command. ARP is the simpl est method of configuri ng the Print / Fax server IP address. The ARP comma nd is a[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-7 Using RARP to Conf igur e the IP Addr ess Brother Print / Fax ser ver IP address can be co nfigured using t he Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on your host computer. This is done by edi ting the /etc/ethers file (if this file does n ot exist, you can create it) with an entry similar to the following: 00:80:7 7:31 :01:[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-8 Using BOO TP to Conf igur e the IP Addr ess BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has t he advantage of al lowing configuration of the subnet mask and g ateway. In order to us e BOOTP to confi gure the IP address make sure that B OOTP is install ed and running on your h ost computer (it should appear in the / etc/s[...]

CHAPTER 1 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 1-9 Changing the IP Addr ess settings with the TELNET Console You can also use the T ELNET command to chan ge the IP address. Using TELN ET is effective way, w hen you change t he IP address. But a v alid IP address must already be prog rammed into the Print / Fax server. If you are using the TELN ET, you will be expe[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-1 2 21 CHAPTER TWO Fr ont P anel Setup Menu LAN Main Setup M enu The LAN me nu selections al low you to setup the Brother FAX/MF C for your network and Internet F ax configuration. Press [Me nu] then press the a ppropriate number for LAN, based o n the selections displ ayed on your machine. After you have displaye[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-2 STATI C mode In this mode the F AX/MFC IP address m ust be manually assigned. Once entered the IP address is locked t o the assigned address. AUTO mod e In this mode, th e FAX/MFC will scan the network for a DHCP serv er, if it can find one, and if t he DHCP se rver is configured to allocate an IP address to the[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-3 In order to enable BOO TP, simply use an editor to delete the "# " (if there is no "#", then BO OTP is already enabl ed). Then edit the BOOTP co nfiguration file (usually /etc/boot ptab) and enter the name, net work type (1 for Et hernet), Ethernet address and t he IP address, subn et mask an[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-4 IP ADDRESS This field displ ays the current IP address of the FAX/MFC. If you have selected a Boot Method of STATIC, ent er the IP address that you wish to assign to the FAX/MFC (che ck with your network ma nager for the IP address t o use). If you have selected a method other than STATIC, the FAX/MFC will attem[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-5 5-HOST NAME 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN 3. Press [1] [5]. 4. Select [1] to chang e the Host Name — OR — [2] to exit. 5. Enter the Host Name. 6. Press [Set] to accept the sele ction. 7. Press [St op/Exit] to exit the configuration m enu. HOST NA ME You can re[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-6 PRIMARY WINS Server I P Address This field specifies t he IP address of the primary WI NS (Windows ® Internet Naming Service) server. If set to a non-zero value, the machine will contact this server to register its nam e with the Windo ws ® Internet Name Service. SECONDARY W INS Server IP Address This field sp[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-7 Refer to the follo wing table (only for MF C-9700): Key Once Twice Three times Four times 1 @ . / 1 2 A B C 2 3 D E F 3 4 G H I 4 5 J K L 5 6 M N O 6 7 P Q R S 8 T U V 8 9 W X Y Z If you want to enter a blank s pace, press " " " " twice. To change the m ode between upper c ase and lower case [...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-8 4. Press [Set] to accept the sele ction. 5. Press [St op/Exit] to exit the configuration m enu. 2-SMTP SERVER 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [2] [2]. 4. Press ! or " to select IP ADDRESS or N AME to select the met hod of the entering the SMTP SERVER [...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-9 5-MAILBOX PWD 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [2] [5]. 4. Ent er the user password assigned to t he FAX/MFC t o login to the PO P3 Server. Please note that this passwo rd is case sensitive. 5. Press [Set] to accept the sele ction. 6. Press [St op/Exit] to [...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-10 HEADER This selection allow s the contents of the mail header to be printed when the received message is printed (Subject+From+ To or All or NONE). 4-DEL ERROR MAI L 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [3] [4]. 4. Press ! or " to select ON or OFF. 5. Pre[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-11 2-SIZE LIMIT 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [4] [2]. 4. Press ! or " to select ON or OFF. 5. Press [Set] to accept the sele ction. 6. Press [St op/Exit] to exit the configuration m enu. SIZE LI MIT Some E-mail servers d o not allow you to send large[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-12 5-Setup Relay This menu has t hree selections 1-R LY Broadcast, 2- Relay Domai n and 3-Relay Report. For detail s on Relay Broadcast refer to Chapt er3, How to use the We b- Based Management Utility or Chapter 4 Internet Fa x. 1-RLY BROADCAS T 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. [...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-13 6-Setup Misc . 1-NETWARE You can select to switch the NetWare feature “ ON ” , this allows you specify the Frame Type is item 2. 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [6] [1]. 4. Press ! or " to select ON or OFF. 5. Press [Set] to accept the sele ction[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-14 5-NETBIOS/IP 1. Press t he [Menu] button to di splay the configurati on menu. 2. Select LAN. 3. Press [6] [5]. 4. Press ! or " to select ON or OFF. 5. Press [Set] accept the selecti on. 6. Press [St op/Exit] to exit the configuration m enu. The NC-8100h Print / Fax Serv er supports S MB (Server Me ssage Bl[...]

CHAPTER 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 2-15 User Setting List 1. Press t he [Reports] button. 2. Selec t USER SETT INGS/SY STEM S ETUP . 3. Press [Set ] to print the report. This feature prints a report listing all t he current user settings. The NC-8100h Print / Fax S erver Settings will be prin ted on the second page o f the report.[...]

CHAPTER 3 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 3-1 3 31 CHAPTER THR EE W e b Based Management How to Use the W eb-Based Management Utility Ov erview The Web Based Management utility provides easy management and status information for your Broth er FAX/MFC. A standard World Wide Web Browser ( we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.xx /Micros oft Internet Explore[...]

CHAPTER 3 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 3-2 How to Connect Using a Br o wser Type the IP address of the Brot her FAX/MFC into y our Web browser ( Ex. http://192.189.207. 3). You can also use t he NetBIOS na me (Host Name) of the Brother network b oard if you are in Microsoft Wi ndows ® domain/ Workgroup environment (WI NS Config/WINS Server m ust already b[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-1 4 41 CHAPTER FOUR Inter net F AX Ov erview Internet Faxing (I-FAX) allows you to send and rec eive FAX documents using the Internet as the transport mechanism. Docu ments are transmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF- F files. This means that PC’s are also able to receive and send docume nts, providing t hat the P[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-2 Getting Connected Before sending or receiving an Internet Fax you must con figure your Brother FAX/MFC to comm unicate with your network and mai l server. You must ensure the following: a correctly co nfigured IP address for your FA X/MFC, an E-mail address for your FA X/MFC, the mail server(s) IP address, mailbox name an[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-3 Sending an Inte r net F ax • Send the Internet Fax in the same way t o send a fax. If you have already pr ogrammed the addresses of the Internet Fax ad dresses into the FAX/MFC as a One Tou ch or Speed Dial, you can send the Internet Fax in the same way as y ou would send a n ormal fax. You can select yo ur preferred re[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-4 Entering Text Press [1], while holding do wn [ ! Shift] to change into the "alph abet" dialling mode. MFC-9700: You can now use t he Dial Pad to di al the E-mail address. Refer to the following table: Most number keys have three or four lett ers printed above them. The keys for 0, #, * don ’ t have printe d le[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-5 Repeating letters: If you need to enter a c haracter assigned to the sam e key as the previ ous character, press " " " " to move t he cursor to the right. Special characters a nd sym bols: Press * for (space) ! “ # $ % & ’ () * + , - . / € ( € is not avail able for US and Canada users) Pres[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-6 Receivin g E-mail or In tern et F a x There are 2 ways y ou can receive E-m ail messages: • POP3 receiving at regular intervals • POP3 receiving (manually initiated) • SMTP receiving Using POP3 receiving the F AX/MFC machine must poll the E-mail server to receive the print jobs. This polling can occur at set interva[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-7 Receivin g an Inter net F ax to a PC When a PC r eceives an Internet Fax d ocument, the do cument is attached to a mail message that informs the P C that it is receiving a document from an Internet Fax. This is notifie d in the Subject field of the received mail message. If the PC to which you wish t o send a document is [...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-8 Relay Br oadcasting This function allows the Bro ther FAX/MFC to receive a document over the Internet, and then relay it to other fax machines t hrough conventional telephone lines. If you wish to use y our FAX/MFC as a rela y broadcast de vice, you must specify the domain name that you tr ust at the FAX/MFC, in other wor[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-9 Relay Broadcast from a FAX/MFC FAX@brother.com UKFAX@brother.co.uk 12345678 9 Your FAX/MFC has an E-m ail address of FAX@brother. com, you wish to send a document from this machine to anoth er FAX/MFC in England with an E-mail address of UKFAX@brother.co.uk, this mac hine will then forward the document to a standard FAX m[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-10 You can also store the address informati on in One-Touch Dial . For example: Store UKFAX@ brother.co.uk(Fax#1 23) in One-Touch D ial key 01 and store UKFAX@brother. co.uk(Fax#456) in One-Touch Dial key 02. You can t hen press the One-Touch Dial Key for each number instead o n entering each individual num ber. Relay Broad[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-11 TX V erif i cation Mail Transmission Verifi cation Mail supports two separat e functions. Verification Mail for sending allows you request notification from the receiving station that the I-Fax or E-mail was received and processed. Verification Mail for receiving allows you to transmit a de fault report back to the sendi[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-12 Receive Notification “ MD N ” When switched to “ MDN ” a report as descri bed above is sent back to the sending station if t he originating station sent the “ MDN ” field to request confirmation. Receive Notification “ OF F ” OFF – S witches all forms of receive notification OFF, no messages are send ba[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-13 Using Scan to E-mail When a PC r eceives an Internet Fax d ocument, the do cument is attached to a mail message that informs the P C that it is receiving a document from an Internet Fax. This is notifie d in the Subject field of the received mail message. If the PC to which you wish t o send a document is not ru nning Wi[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-14 Select the number for your preferred resolution and form at and press the “ Set ” key. If you have already pr ogrammed thi s information into t he FAX/MFC as a One Touch or Speed Dial, simpl y select the appropriat e Dial location and press “ Fax Start ” . To manuall y enter the address, continue t o the followin[...]

CHAPTER 4 INTERNET FAX 4-15 Making corrections: If you entered a let ter incorrectly and want to chan ge it, press ! to move the cursor after the last correct l etter. Then re-enter the correc t text and/or digit s. You can also back up a nd type over i ncorrect letters. Repeating letters: If you need to enter a c haracter assigned to the sam e key[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-1 5 51 CHAPTER FIVE TCP/IP Printing Printing fr om W indows ® NT, W indo ws ® 2000 or W indo ws ® XP LAN Serv er and W arp Ser ver Ov erview Users of Windows ® NT can print direct ly to a network ready Br other FAX/MFC using the TCP/IP pr otocol. Microsoft Windows ® NT 3.5x and NT 4.0 users must install Microsoft &a[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-2 W indows ® NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP) Conf iguration If you have not already done so, instal l the TCP/IP protoc ol onto your Wi ndows ® NT system. This i s done via t he Network icon in the C ontrol Panel win dow of the Windows ® NT system (the Control Panel is in the Main window on NT 3.5x systems, or use the[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-3 W indows ® 2000 W indows ® XP Printing (Printer Driv er not y et installed) By default, Wi ndows ® 2000 and Wi ndows ® XP systems install with all the necessary software required for you to be able to print. T his chapter describes the two most commo nly used confi gurations, Standard T CP/IP Port printing and I PP[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-4 IPP Printing fr om Windo ws ® 2000 and W indows ® XP Clients If you wish to print usi ng the IPP protocol, f ollow these steps: 1. From the Printers Folder select "Add Printer" , the "Add Printer Wizard" will now stat. Click on "Next" 2. Sel ect "Network Printer" 3. For Windows[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-5 W indows ® NT 4.0 Printing If you did not install the TCP/IP protocol or the Microso ft TCP/IP Pri nting protocol during the inst allation of your Wi ndows ® N T 4.0 system (either workstation or server) follow these steps. Please note that it is essenti al that you install the Mi crosoft TCP/IP Printi ng protocol if[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-6 W indows ® NT 4.0 Printing (Printer Driv er not y et installed) 1. Go to the Start button, choose Settings, and then select Pr inters. Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. Select My Computer (Not Network Print er) and click on Next . 2. Select Add Port, select LPR Port (LPR P ort will not b[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-7 W indows ® NT 4.0 P rinting (Printer Driv er alr eady installed) Follow these step s if the printer driver is already installed. 1. Click on Start then select Settings/Printers to d isplay the currently installed printer drivers. 2. Dou ble click the printer driv er you wish to configure and select Printer menu and th[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-8 W indows ® NT 3.5x Printing 1. Go int o the Control P anel and run the Network applet. 2. Sel ect Add Software an d TCP/IP Protocol an d related com ponents. 3. Sel ect the TCP/IP Netw ork Printing Support check box. And then click on the Continue button. (Thi s option will be unavailable if the TCP/IP Network Printin[...]

CHAPTER 5 TCP/IP PRINTING 5-9 Other Sources of Inf or mation 1. Visit http://solut ions.bro ther.com/ for more information on net work printing and for doc uments on the IPP pr otocol and ho w to configure a Windows ® 2000/ 95/98/Me S ystem. 2. Refer to chapter 1 of thi s user guide to learn ho w to confi gure the IP address of the printer.[...]

CHAPTER 6 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 6-1 6 61 CHAPTER SIX P eer to P eer Printing How to Print in a W indo ws ® 95/98/Me P e er to P eer netw ork Ov erview Microsoft's Windows ® 95/98/Me operating systems features built-in network ing capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows ® PC to be configured as a client workstation in a file [...]

CHAPTER 6 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 6-2 TCP/IP Printing Our Peer to Peer print ing software requires the TCP/ IP protocol to be inst alled on your Windows ® peer-to-peer computers and an IP Address has t o be defined for the Print / Fax server. Refer to your Windo ws ® document ation for more information on ho w to configure the TCP/IP protoco[...]

CHAPTER 6 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 6-3 Installing the Br other P eer to P eer Softwar e 1. St art the CD-ROM (suppli ed with your FAX/MFC) i nstallati on menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide and select Install Software. 2. From the Network Appl ications menu select Instal l Software. 3. Click “ Install ” Network Print Software. 4[...]

CHAPTER 6 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 6-4 Associating to th e printer You must now create a printer on your Wi ndows ® system using t he standard Windows ® printer setup pro cedure. 1. To do this, go the Start button, select Set ting and then Pri nters. 2. Sel ect Add Printer to begin t he printer install ation. 3. Cl ick Next when y ou get the [...]

CHAPTER 6 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 6-5 Other Sources of Inf or mation 1. Visit http://solut ions.bro ther.com / for more information on netw ork printing. 2. Refer to chapter 1 of thi s user guide to learn ho w to confi gure the IP address of the FAX/MF C.[...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-1 7 71 CHAPTER SEVEN NetBIOS P eer to P eer Printing How to Printing using NetBIOS on W indo ws ® 95/98/Me/NT ® /200 0/XP Ov erview Brother's Print / Fax server range support s SMB (Server Message Block) over the TCP/IP protocol via the Net BIOS interface. This means that just like regular Windows ®[...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-2 Print / F ax Serv er Conf iguration In order for this function to work, you must correctl y change the DOM AIN name or WORKGRO UP name to m atch that of your network. Once this is do ne, the Print / Fax server will appear automatically in your net work neighborhood a nd you will be able to send print docu[...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-3 Changing the workgr oup/domain name using TELNET or BRCONFIG or a web br o wser If you are unable to use t he BRAdmin a pplication or a web browser, you can use TELNET or t he BRCO NFIG Remote co nsole program ( BRCONFI G requires the IPX/SPX protocol to be install ed on your PC). When you are connecte d [...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-4 NetBIOS Port Monitor f or W indo ws ® 95/98/Me, NT ® 4.0/2000/XP This software requires the T CP/IP transport protoc ols to be installed on your Windows ® 95/9 8/Me, NT ® 4. 0/2000/XP comp uter. To install t hose protocols refer to your Windows ® document ation. If you are using the T CP/IP protocol,[...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-5 Associating the p rinter 1. You m ust now create a pri nter on your Windows ® 95/98/ Me and NT ® 4.0/20 00/XP system usi ng the standard Windo ws ® printer setu p procedure. To do this, go the Start button, select Setting and then Printers. Windows ® 95/98/Me 2. Sel ect Add Printer to begin t he print[...]

CHAPTER 7 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 7-6 Adding a Second NetBIOS Pr int Port 1. You do not need to re-run t he installat ion program to add a ne w NetBIOS port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers Windows ® . Click on the icon of t he printer that you wish to configure, select File from the Menu bar, and then[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-1 8 81 CHAPTER EIGHT Ho w to Conf igur e Inter net Printing f or W indows ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4.0/ 2000/XP Inter net Printing Installation Ov erview Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP ) software, for Windows ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4.0, allows a PC user at one location, to send a print job to a Brother[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-2 Br other Inter net Print General Inf ormation The BIP soft ware is installed using a standard Windows ® 95/98/Me/N T ® 4.0/2000/XP Install ation Wizard. It creat es a virtual port on t he Windows ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4. 0/2000/XP PC that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-3 Br other Inter net Print Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er The Print / Fax server can be configured using BRAdmi n, by using a web browser, or by using t he TELNET comm and. Print / Fax server Co nfiguration Chec klist Before configuring the Print / Fax server to receive BIP jobs, be sure[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-4 Br other Inter net Print Using BRAdmin to Conf igur e the Print / F ax serv er Skip this section i f you wish t o use the Print / Fax server r emote console or Web Browser to configure t he Print / Fax server. Using the BRAdm in applicati on, you can configure t he Brother Print / Fax server using th[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-5 Br other Inter net Print Using a W eb B r o wser to conf igur e the Pr int / F ax ser v er 1. Conn ect to the printer server IP address using your web browser. 2. When y ou reach the net work configuration screen, you will be prompted for a password. The d efault password is "access" 3. Sel[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-6 Br other Inter net Print Using TELNET to Conf igur e th e Print / F ax serv er Skip this secti on if you used BR Admin or a Web Bro wser to configure the remote Print / Fax server. As an alternati ve to BRAdmin, you can use the Print / Fax server remote console to configure the Print / Fax server. Th[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-7 Br other Inter net Print Installing the BIP softwar e on Windo ws ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4.0/2000/XP To install the BIP software on a Windows ® 95/98/ NT ® 4.0 PC, exec ute the following steps: • Be sure that the PC is ru nning an E-mail program (for exampl e, Microsoft Outlook) that is capa ble of se[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-8 10. You will then be asked to enter the port settings for the remo te Print / Fax server: Enter any unique legal Internet E -mail address for the remote Print / Fax server (for example emailprinter@xyz.com). Note that Internet E-mail addresses cannot have spaces in them. Enter your E-mai l address an[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-9 <For Windows ® 95/98/ Me users> 15. Select the desi red model of the remote pri nter (for example, Brother HL- series). If necessary, click H ave Disk to load the driver fr om the installat ion CD ROM diskett e. Click Next when you are done. 16. If you have selected a printer dri ver that is a[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-10 Adding a Second Brother Intern et Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Br other Internet Port. Instead, press the Start butt on, select Setti ngs, and open the Pri nters Windows ® . Click on the ico n of a printer t hat is using BIP, select File from the menu bar, and then ch[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-11 W indows ® 2000/XP IPP Printing Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IP P printing capabilities of Windows ® 20 00. 1. Run t he Add Printer Wi zard and click the Next button wh en you see the “ Welcome to the Add Printe r Wizard ” screen. 2. You are now able to sel ect “ Loc[...]

CHAPTER 8 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 8-12 Specifying a d iffer ent URL Please note that there are se veral possible ent ries that you can enter for t he URL field. http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp This is the defaul t URL and we recomm end that yo u use this URL. Please note the “ Get More Info ” option will not disp lay any printer da[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-1 9 91 CHAPTER NINE No v ell NetW ar e Printing How to conf igur e No vell NetW a r e Printing Ov erview Brother Print / F ax servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other n etwork protoc ol users. All NetWare j obs are spooled through the Novel l server and delivered to t [...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-2 General Inf ormation In order to use a Brother Print / Fax server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configur ed with a print queue t hat the Print / Fax server ca n service. Users send their prin t requests to the file server's pri nt queue, and the jobs are then spooled (ei ther direc[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-3 Cr eating a NDPS Printer Using NW ADMIN f or Net W ar e5 With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing system called Novell Distribut ed Print Services (NDPS). Before the Pri nt / Fax server can be configured, NDP S must be install ed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS Manager configured o n the[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-4 9. A com plete list of current ly loaded resources of that type appears in the Current Resources window. Cli ck the Add button. 10. The Add <resource type> di alog appears. The l isted resources that appear on this screen are c urrently installed. 11. Press the Browse button to l ocate the driver you want[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-5 Conf iguring Netwar e 3 and NetW are 4 systems Brother's BRAd min application prov ides similar functionality to the NetWare PCONSOLE utility (or the NWADMIN utility in NetWare 4.1x or later). To use the BRAdmi n application to configure a Brother Print / Fax server under NetWare, make sure that y ou are l[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-6 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Queue Server Mode in Bindery e mulation mode) using BRAdmin 1. Make sure t hat you logged i n as SUPERVIS OR (NetWare 2.xx or 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4. xx or later). 2. Start BRAdmin. 3. One or more Print / Fax s erver will appear in the list (the default node nam[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-7 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin 1. Make sure t hat you logg ed in as ADMIN in NDS mode. 2. Start BRAdmin. 3. One or more Print / Fax server services will appear in th e list of printers (the default node n ames are BRN_xxxx xx, where "xxx xxx"[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-8 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using Nov ell NW ADMIN and BRAdmin If you do not wish to use the Brother BR Admin applicati on solely to configure your NetWare file server, us e the following instructions f or configuration using the NWADMI N application in conj unc[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-9 Change the context if necess ary and select the print queue you create d in step 5. 9. Cl ick Configurati on and set the Printer t ype to Other/Unk nown. Click OK and then O K again. 10. Change the context if required, sel ect Object from the me nu bar and then Create. When you get the New Object menu, select P[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-10 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Remote Se rv er Mode in NDS mode) using Nov ell NW Admin and BRAdmi n To configure a Brother Print / Fax server for remot e printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) and BRAdmin, you will need to perform the following steps: 1. Make sure t hat the [...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-11 9. Cl ick on the butt on to select t he print queue volume. Change the directory context if necessary, then select the desi red volum e (Objects) and click OK. Cl ick Create t o create the print que ue. 10. Change context if required a nd then double cli ck the nam e of the printer you created previousl y. 11.[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-12 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Queue Server Mode in Bindery e mulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1. Logi n as Supervisor ( NetWare 3.xx) or ADMI N (NetWare 4.1x or later; be sure to specify the / b option for bindery mode). 2. Execute the BRCONFIG from the Windo ws ® menu or insert the[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-13 8. Type EXIT to exit the BRCONFIG remot e console program and save the changes and start the Novell PCO NSOLE utility. 9. Sel ect Print / Fax server Informat ion (NetWare 3.xx) or P rint / Fax servers (NetWare 4.1x; ign ore the warning message) from t he Available Options menu. 10. You will be shown a list of [...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-14 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1. Make sure t hat you are logge d in as ADMIN in NDS mode on the NetWare 4.1x file server. 2. Run the PCONSOLE utility from PC w orkstation. 3. Sel ect Print / Fax servers from the Available Options me nu[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-15 18. Execute the B RCONFIG from the Windows ® men u or insert the CD- ROM that came with your FA X/MFC into the C D-ROM Drive of y our PC and type: X:BRCONFIG (X: is the drive letter of you r CD-ROM Driv e). Select the Print / Fa x server from the list of Print / Fax serv ers. When you get the message t hat th[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-16 Conf iguring the Brother Print / F ax serv er (Remote Printer Mod e using P CONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1. Make sure t hat the PSER VER NLM (NetWare Lo adable Module) i s loaded on your fil e server. 2. Log i nto the file server from your P C workstation as A DMIN if you are using NetWare 4.1 x (if you want N DS supp[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-17 The following steps apply to configuri ng a remote pri nter on NetWare 3.xx systems: 6. a. Select Print / Fa x server Information from the P CONSOLE main menu and choose the name o f the PSERVER NLM. b. Select P rint / Fax server Configuration and then Printer Configuration. Select any "Not Inst alled&quo[...]

CHAPTER 9 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 9-18 Assigning the Remote print er name and number using BRCO NFIG 7. a. Execute the BRCO NFIG from the Windows ® menu or in sert the Brother Print / Fax ser ver Software diskette in Drive A: of your PC and type: A:BR CONFIG b. Select th e Brother Print / Fa x server from the list of Print / F ax servers. When you[...]

CHAPTER 10 PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH 10-1 10 101 CHAP TER TEN Printing Fr om a Macintosh ® F or M ac OS 8.6 – 9. 2 System Requirements For AppleTalk connection Computer Ethernet ready Po wer Macintosh RAM 32MB or more (64MB or mo re recommended) OS Mac OS 8. 6 - 9.2 Open T ransport 1.3 or later Printer Driver Install ation 1. After st arting up th[...]

CHAPTER 10 PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH 10-2 Printer Driver Selecti on After installing the p rinter driv er , use the follo wing steps to select the printer dri ver . If no printer dri ver is selection, application softwa re will not be able to print. 1. T urn the po wer of the printer ON. 2. After st arting up the Macinto sh, click and open the Choos [...]

CHAPTER 10 PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH 10-3 F or Mac O S 10.1 System Requirements For AppleTalk connection Computer Ethernet ready Po wer Macintosh RAM 128MB or more (160MB or more recommende d) OS Mac OS X 10.1 Printer Driver Install ation 1. After starting up the Macint osh, insert the CD-R OM supplied with your F AX/MFC. 2. Double click t he "M[...]

CHAPTER 10 PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH 10-4 For AppleT alk connections, t he printer's AppleT alk service name (f actory shipment nu mber BRN_XXXXXX_ P1, XXXXXX for Ethernet (MA C addr ess) end 6 digits) w ill be sho wn as the Na me. Printing the conf iguration page will allow you to confirm the MA C address. Please refer to the Quick Network Setu[...]

CHAPTER 11 DLC PRINTING 11-1 11 111 CHAP TER ELEVEN DLC Printing Printing fr om W indows ® NT ® or W indo ws ® 2000 Ov erview DLC is a simpl e protocol that is included in Windo ws ® NT ® and Windows ® 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating system s (such as Windo ws ® 3.x) with the addition of v endor-supplied software th at su[...]

CHAPTER 11 DLC PRINTING 11-2 Conf iguring DLC on Windo ws ® NT ® /2000 To use DLC on Windows ® NT ® , you must first install the DLC protocol . 1. Log into Windows ® NT ® with administrative priv ileges. Go to the NT Control Panel and double cli ck on the Net work icon. Windows ® 2000 users select the properties of the Local Area Connection.[...]

CHAPTER 11 DLC PRINTING 11-3 W indows ® 2000 Printer Setup 1. Log into Windows ® 2000 with administrative privileges. F rom the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 2. Select Ad d Printer (If you have already installed a Brothe r printer driver, double click the print er driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Propert[...]

CHAPTER 11 DLC PRINTING 11-4 W indows ® NT ® 4.0 Printer Setup Log into Wi ndows ® NT ® wit h administrat ive privileges. From the St art menu, select Settings and th en Printers. 1. Select Ad d Printer (If you have already installed a Brothe r printer driver, double click the print er driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/[...]

CHAPTER 11 DLC PRINTING 11-5 W indows ® NT ® 3.5x Setup 1. From the Windows ® NT ® M ain group, doubl e click on the Print Manager icon. 2. Select Printer from the menu bar and click on Create Printer. 3. Ent er any desired name for t he printer in the Printer Name box. 4. Select the printer model in the Driv er menu. 5. Choose Other (or Networ[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-1 12 121 CHAP TER TWEL VE Unix Printing Printing fr om Unix/Linux using TCP/IP Ov erview Brother Print / F ax servers are supplied with the Transmission Co ntrol Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protoc ol suite. Since virtually all UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this cap ability allows a prin ter to be shared on [...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-2 TCP/IP Brother Print / Fax ser vers appear to the net work as a UNI X host computer with a unique IP address ru nning the lpd, li ne printer daemon, protocol. As a result, any host comput er that supports t he Berkeley remote LP R command can s pool jobs to Brother Print / Fax servers without t he need for any special [...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-3 General TCP/IP UNIX Host Conf iguration The configuration process fo r most UNIX systems is desc ribed in the following steps. As this process vari es, we recommend that yo u refer to your system documentation (or man pages) for additional information. 1. Configure the /etc/hosts file on each UNIX host that need s to c[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-4 2. Choose which Print / Fax s erver service you w ant to use. There are several types of services a vailable on Brother Pri nt / Fax servers. Binary services pass data through u nmodified and are therefore required for PCL or PostScri pt rasterized graphics printouts. Te xt services add a carriage return at the end of [...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-5 An example of a typical printcap file: laser1| Prin ter on Floo r 1: :lp=: :rm=BRN _310 107: :rp=TEX T_P1 : :sd=/us r/sp ool/lp d/laser 1: Make sure this informati on is added to the end of t he printcap fi le. Also make sure that the last character in the printcap file is a colon ":" This will create a q[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-6 Linux Conf iguration If you do not wish to use the command line interface to configure your Linux distribution, you m ay wish to use the Li nux Printer System Manager a pplication on your GUI. To do this, do t he following: 1. From the Linux Printer Syst em Manager screen, cl ick the "Add" b utton. 2. You wil[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-7 HP/UX Conf iguration In the case of HP/U X10.xx, the sam program i s used to set up t he remote printer. The steps are as follows: 1. Execut e the sam program. From the li st of options, select Print ers and Plotters 2. Select LP Spooler 3. Sel ect Printers and Plotters 4. Select Actions and then Add Remote Prin ter/Pl[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-8 IBM RS/6000 AIX Conf iguration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit p rogram to set up the remote printer. The procedure is as follows for AIX 4.0 a nd later: 1. Enter smit and select "devices" 2. Select "Printer/Plotter" 3. Sel ect "Print Spool ing" 4. Sel ect "Add a Print [...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-9 Sun Solaris 2.x Conf iguration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsy stem and lpadmin programs for remote printer configuration: lpsyste m -t bsd p rnserve rname lpadmin -p queu e -s prnser vernam e!prns erverse rvice accept qu eue (not requ ired on newer Sol aris systems ) enable qu eue (not requ ired on ne wer Solar is syste[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-10 SCO UNIX Conf iguration To configure a printer i n version Version 5.x of SCO Uni x, use the SCOA DMIN program. 1. Sel ect Printers and then Pri nt Manager 2. On the m enu select Printer a nd then Add Rem ote followe d by Unix … 3. Ent er the IP address of the P rint / Fax server and ty pe in the printer nam e to be[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-11 DEC TCP/IP Serv ers for VMS(UCX) You need to run t he sys$system:ucx:$l prsetup command, specify a printer name, and then enter the Print / Fax server IP ad dress as the remote system name. Specify one of the Print / Fax server services (see b eginning of this sect ion for options) as the remote system printer name (a[...]

CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING 12-12 Other Systems Other systems use similar pro grams to set up Print / F ax servers. These programs will gene rally ask for the followin g information: Requested information: You should use: remote printer Binary or Text servi ce name remote host computer na me Any name (must match the name in the printcap file, if any) [...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-1 13 13 CHAPTER THIR TEEN T r oubleshooting Ov erview This chapter descri bes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother Print / F ax server, it is divide d into the following sections: 1. Installation Problems 2. Intermittent Problems 3. Protocol-Specific Troublesh ooting 4. Int ernet Fax[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-2 Installation pr oblems If you cannot print over t he network, check t he following: 1. Make sure t hat the printer is powered on, is on-line and re ady to print. Verify that the printer and th e configuration are good by printi ng the configuration page . Refer to the NC-8100 h Quick Net work Setup Guide for informat[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-3 a. If you are using T CP/IP: Try pinging th e Print / Fax server from t he host operating system command prom pt with the com mand: ping ipad dres s Where ipaddress is the Print / Fax server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to two min utes for the Print / Fax server load its IP address (aft er s[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-4 3. If you cann ot make any of t he connections in step 2, check t he following: a. Make sure the print er is powered on and on-li ne. b. Verify that the cabling, network connecti on, and print out a configuration page in the Network ST ATISTICS informat ion to see if bytes are being transmitted and received. c. Check[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-5 Intermittent Pr oblems If the Print / Fax server an d printer start up O K, but you intermittently have problems printing, check the following: 1. If you can print small j obs but large graphics jobs are di storted or incomplete, make sure t hat you have adeq uate memory in your printer and the latest printer dri ver[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-6 TCP/IP T r oubleshooting If you are using T CP/IP and cannot print to the Print / Fa x server and you have check ed the ha rdware and network as described in the previous steps, then check the following: It is always a good id ea to try following in o rder to eliminate the possibility of S etup errors. Turning off th[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-7 UNIX T r oubleshooting 1. Make sure that the /etc/printcap file (if applicable) is type d in correctly. In particular, look for mi ssing ":" and "" chara cters, because a small error anywhere in the file ca n have major consequ ences. Also check the /usr/spool direct ory to make sure that you ha [...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-8 6. If you are ha ving trouble printing more than one job at a time, try increasing the IP timeou t using the SET IP TIMEOUT command or using BRAdmi n. 7. If t ext or PCL jobs are run t ogether, try setti ng the service (remote printer) with EOT set to st ring number 2 (< ESC>E). For e xample: SET SER VICE BRN_x[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-9 W indows ® NT ® /LAN Serv er (TCP/IP) T r oubleshooting If you are having tr ouble printing wit h Windows ® NT ® or LAN Server, check the foll owing: 1. Make sure t hat TCP/IP and TCP/IP print servi ce are installed and running on the Wi ndows ® NT ® system or the LAN Server file server. 2. If you are usi ng DH[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-10 W indows ® 95/98/Me P eer -to-P eer (HP J etAdmin compatible method) T r oubleshooting If you are having troubl e printing on a Wi ndows ® 95/9 8/Me Peer-to- Peer network, check t he following ( HP JetAdmin compat ible method): 1. If t he Print / Fax server does not show up under Jet Admin on a Windows ® 95/9 8/M[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-11 Br other Inter net Print (TCP/IP) T r oubleshooting 1. The fi rst step in troubleshoot ing is to m ake sure that you have a v alid E- mail connection on both the sending P C and the receiving Print / Fax server. Try sending a n E-mail message from the PC to a user at t he remote site who can receive mail via the POP[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-12 W indows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP FTP/IPP T r oubleshooting Want to use a different P ort number other t han 631 If you are using Port 631 for IPP printing, yo u may find that your firewall may not let t he print data through. If this is the case, use a different port number (port 8 0), or configure your Fire wall to all[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-13 Nov ell NetW are T r oubleshooting If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked the hardware and netw ork as described in the previous steps , first verify that the Brother Print / Fax server is att ached to the server queue b y going to PC ONSOLE, select ing PRINT QU EUE INFOR MATION, and then CURR ENTLY A[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-14 A ppleT alk T roubleshooting If you cannot print from an AppleTalk for Macint osh computer and you have checked t he hardware and net work as described in the previous steps, then check the following: 1. Make sure t hat you are runni ng Phase 2 Apple Talk and that you have selected the correct network interface from[...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-15 DLC/LLC T r oubleshooting If you are having tr ouble printi ng with DLC/LLC, check the following: 1. Make sure t hat the DLC/L LC protocol is en abled using e ither BRAdmin, a web browser or TE LNET. 2. Make sure t hat the MAC ad dress of the Windo ws ® setting is as same as the print configurati on page result. W [...]

CHAPTER 13 TROUBLESHOOTING 13-16 Inter net F ax T r oubleshooting 1. If there is a mail delivery error while sending an In ternet Fax, the mail server will send an error message back to the FAX/MFC and the error message will be printed. If there is an error while receiving mail, an error message is printed (Ex. The m essage being sent to the F AX/M[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-1 14 141 CHAP TER FOUR T EEN Br other Netw ork PC F ax Softwar e Installing and using the Br other Netw ork PC F ax Softwar e Ov erview The Brother NETWO RK PC F AX feature allo ws you to u se your PC to send any appl ication or docum ent f ile as a standard f ax. Y ou can create a fil e in any appl ica[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-2 Installing Netw ork PC F ax Insert the CDROM suppl ied with your Brother F AX/MFC, the instal ler screen will automatically start. From the installer screen select your model and language (if t hese options are present), then sel ect Network Appli cations for (optional NC-810 0h Print / Fax Serv er), [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-3 Setting Up User Information 1. Access the User Information from the FAX Sending di alog box by clicking OR — From the Start m enu, select Program Fi le, Brother, Brot her MFL Pro, and t hen select PC-FA X Setting. The Brother PC Fax Setup dialog box will appear: 2. Ent er the required User infor mat[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-4 Setting Up Sending Inf ormation Brother Network P C Fax can be configure d through the S ending tab. This software can be used in a networ k environment and with a locally connected machi ne. It is important that when used in a ne twork environment the Network PC Fax is set to enabl e. The include hea[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-5 Setting Up Speed Dial Access the Speed Dial tab from the Br other PC-F AX Setup dialog box by clicking the Spee d Dial tab. (To use t he feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register any addr ess or group on one of the ten Speed Dial buttons . To register an address on [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-6 The Address Book From the Start m enu, select Program Fi le, Brother, Br other MFL Pro, an d then click Address Book. The Brother Address Book dialog box will appear: Setting Up a Membe r in the Address Boo k In the Brother Ad dress Book dial og box you can ad d, edit and delete st ored information fo[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-7 Setting Up a Gr oup f or Br oadcasting If you repeatedly send the same PC-F AX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group. 1. In the Brother Address Book dialog box, cli ck the “ Ne w Gro up ” butt on to create a group. 2. The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appears: [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-8 Editing Member I nformation To edit a Mem ber or Group: 1. Sel ect the Member or Gro up you want to edi t. 2. Click the Edit icon. 3. Edi t the Member or Group i nformation. 4. Click OK to save your chan ges. Deleting a Member or Gr oup To delete a Mem ber or Group: 1. Sel ect the Member of Gro up you[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-9 Sending a File as a PC F AX Using the Simple Style 1. Creat e a file in Word, Exc el, Paint, Draw, or any other appl ication on your PC. 2. From the File menu, select Print . 3. The Print dialog box will appear: 4. Select Brother PC- FAX as your printer, and t hen click OK . 5. The FAX Sending dialog [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-10 Sending a File as a PC F AX using the F acsim ile Style 1. Creat e a file in Word, Exc el, Paint, Draw, or any other appl ication on your PC. 2. From the File menu, select Print . The Print dialog box will app ear: 3. Select Brother PC- FAX as your printer, and t hen click OK . The FAX Sending dialog[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-11 Updating other F AX/MF C ’ s thr ough the Netw ork It is possible to program Brother FAX/MFC ’ s on t he network wit h either settings from an already pro grammed FAX/MFC or with data from the Brother Network P C Fax Address Boo k. When Brother Network PC Fax in use d from a PC that h as BRAdmin [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-12 This data is t hen stored in the Windo ws Temp Fol der and can be used to update singular or multiple FAX/MFC ’ s on t he network. Highlight singular or multiple networked Brother FAX/M FC ’ s in the main BRAdmin wind ow by highl ighting and pressin g the shift key on your keyboard. Right cl ick [...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-13 When the process is fi nished a dialogue b ox is displayed showing which FAX/MF C ’ s on the network have been updat ed. Sending a F ax fr om Y our M acintosh ® A pplication You can send a fax directly from your Macintosh ® applica tion using the following steps: 1. From the Apple menu, ope n the[...]

CHAPTER 14 BROTHER NETWORK PC FAX SOFTWARE 14-14 7. If you want to, you can add your new recipient s to the Stored Fax Number at this time by clicking New . — OR — You can add a n ew group by clicking Group . 8. If you are fi nished addressing your fax, click Send F ax . Click OK to return to the Send Fax di alog box. To select and send only ce[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-1 15 151 CHAP TER FIFTEEN Br other BFP Softwar e Br other Inter net F ax Printing Softwar e Ov erview Depending on yo ur network configurat ion and applicat ion requirements for sending faxes via a net work, you can choos e between Bro ther Network PC FA X Software or Brother Internet Fax Printing Software. With e[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-2 Installing Br other Inter net F ax Printing Driv er Insert the CDROM suppl ied with your Brot her FAX/MFC into your CD-ROM Drive. The installer screen will automatically star t. 1. Select Install Software. 2. Sel ect Network Appli cations for Optional N C-8100h. 3. Highl ight Brother Inte rnet Fax Printing (BF P[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-3 During the i nstallation you a re pres ented with the fol lowing s creen, select the default unless you ha ve previousl y install ed this softw are. If this is the cas e use a port number that has not been prev iously config ured. Example B FP2 Figu re 3 BFP Port Numb er You also need to enter ce rtain informati[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-4 Changing the BFP P ort Settings If you have more than one net worked FAX/ MFC with an N C-8000 or NC-810 0h Print/Fax S erver you may wan t to change the s ettings of the BFP software t o use an alternative machin e as the network fa x print server. To alter BFP settings, selec t Start | Settin gs | Printers to [...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-5 Figure 7 Bro ther Intern et Fax Driver Setti ngs From the Port S ettings dial ogue box you can change t he setti ngs. Figure 8 BFP P ort settings Use the port settings butt on to alter BFP configuration[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-6 Relay Br oadcast Function Before you can s uccessfully u se the NC-8000 o r NC-8100h as a network fax s olution you need to sw itch the feature “ Relay Broadcas ting ” ON at the FAX/MFC. In addition y ou also need to s et a “ Trust ed Domain ” at the FAX/MFC. The easiest way to achieve thi s is to logon [...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-7 Uninstalling fr om W indo ws ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4.0/2000 Select S tart | Setti ngs | Control Pa nel and then doubl e click the Add/ Remove programs i con. From the lis t of instal led programs s elect the Brother Int ernet Fax Vx.xx as shown below then cl ick the Add/Remove button. In the case of W indows ® NT ?[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-8 In addition to this you also n eed to manually remove the Brother In ternet Fax Driver from th e printers list. To do this select Start | Settings | Printers you a re then presen ted with the Wi ndow illustrated b elow. Figu re 10 Remov e the Brother Intern et Fax Driver Right click the Brother Interne t Fax Dri[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-9 Using the BFP Addr ess Book This utility can admin ister the Fax addresses, Internet Fax addresses and E-mail address of all the contacts t hat you wish to use with the BFP Soft ware. Additionally you can create Groups of cont acts that you may wish to broadcast documents to. From the Start m enu, select Program[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-10 Figu re 12 Broth er Address Book M ember Setup 2. In t he Brother Address Bo ok Member Setup di alog box, t ype the member ’ s information. Name and Fax are required fields. You can also enter the an E-mail contact address and FAX/M FC address for the address b ook member Cli ck the OK button to save the mem [...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-11 Setting Up a Gr oup f or Br oadcasting If you repeatedly send the same PC-F AX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group. 1. In the Brother Address Book dialog box, cli ck the “ Ne w Gro up ” butt on to create a group. Figure 1 3,14 Brot her Addr ess Book 2. The Brother Address Book Group[...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-12 Editing Member Information To edit a Member or Group: 1. Sel ect the Member or Gro up you want to edi t. 2. Click the Edit icon. 3. Edi t the Member or Group i nformation. 4. Click OK to save your chan ges. Deleting a Member or Group To delete a Member o r Group: 1. Sel ect the Member of Gro up you want to del [...]

CHAPTER 15 Brother BFP Software 15-13 Sending a Network F ax with BFP From the applicati on you wish to send t he document fro m select File | Print . Ensure that the Brother Internet Fax Driver is selected as shown below. Figu re 16 Broth er Internet Fax driver Clicking OK with start the BFP dialogue box as illustrated below. From this dialog ue b[...]

APPENDIX A-1 A A A A ppendix A A ppendix General Inf ormation You can change the configurati on of your Print / Fax serv er using any of the fol lowing methods. • Brother BRAdmin ap plication for Windo ws ® 95/98/Me/NT ® 4.0/2 000/XP • HTTP (using a web browser) • WebJetAdmin Software • TELNET (command utility) • Brothe r BRCONFIG NetWa[...]

APPENDIX A-2 TELN ET To connect to t he Print / Fax server using TELNET on UNI X, Windows ® NT ® , or most other TC P/IP systems, type: TE LNET IP address at the comm and prompt of the syst em prompt, where ipaddress is the IP address of the Print / Fax server. When you are connected, push RETURN or ENTER to get the "#" prom pt, enter t[...]

APPENDIX A-3 B B A ppendix B Using Ser vices General A service is a resource that can be accessed b y computers that wish to print to the Brother Print / Fax ser ver. The Brother Print / Fax server provides the foll owing predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Broth er Print / Fax server remote console to see a list of available serv[...]

APPENDIX A-4 C C A ppendix C Reloading the Print / F ax Ser ver Firmwar e General The firmware on the Print / Fax server is stored in flash memory. T his means that you can upgrade t he firmware by downlo ading the approp riate update file. To get the latest firmware update, access the Brother Solutions web site at http://solut ions.bro ther.com/ T[...]

APPENDIX A-5 Reloading f irmwar e using BRAdmin The BRAdmin application c an be used to easily re-progr am your Brother Pri nt / Fax server. 1. Start BRAdmin. 2. Highl ight the appropriat e Print / Fax server. Then press select the Control menu and choose Lo ad Firmware. You ca n select more than one Print / Fax server by pressing CTRL+<select &[...]

APPENDIX A-6 Reloading using the FTP Pr otocol fr om a comman d pr ompt By specifying the Print / F ax server PASSWORD AS THE US ERNAME when logging on, it bec omes possible to upgrade the firmware of the Pri nt / Fax server or printer. The fo llowing example assumes that the Print / Fax server password is “ cambridge ” D:>ftp ftp> open [...]

APPENDIX A-7 Reloading using the FTP Pr otocol fr om a W e b Br o wser Please visit the Brot her Solutions Web sit e at http://solutio ns.brothe r.com for more information on up grading the Print / Fax server usin g a web browser.[...]

APPENDIX A-8 D D A ppendix D Specif ications and Function T able Specif ications Operating System S upport - Windows ® 95/9 8/98SE/Me/NT ® 4.0 and Windows ® 2000/ XP - Unix systems supporting L PD - Mac OS8.6-9.1 / OS 10.1 Protocol Support - TCP/IP(includi ng the following) RARP, BO OTP, DHCP, NetBIOS, WI NS, LPR/LP D, Port9100, SMTP/POP3, SMB(N[...]

APPENDIX A-9 Internet Fax - T.37 Simpl e mode - Tiff-F Profile-S - Resolution: 200 x100, 200x200, 20 4x98, 204x196 dpi - Coding System : MH - Width: 1728 d ot - Fax / E-mail / I-Fax F orwarding / Paging fe ature. (Please check the User Guide for your Brother MFC to veri fy is this feature is available). - Internet Fax Relay - E-mail Relay - Relay B[...]

APPENDIX A-10 Function Table and Default Factory Settings Level One Fu nction Le vel Two Functi on Options Factory Setti ng 1.SETUP TCP/IP 1.BOOT METHOD AUTO/STATIC/RARP/BOOTP/DHC P AUTO 2.IP ADDRESS [000-255].[0 00-255].[0 00-255].[00 0-255] 192.000.000. 192 3.SUBNET MA SK [000-255].[0 00-255].[0 00-255].[00 0-255] 000.0 00.000.000 4.GATEWAY [000-[...]

INDEX Index- 1 INDEX A A dd re ss B oo k ..................................................... . 14 - 6 A I X ...................................................................... . 12 - 3 A I X 4 . 0 ................................................................ . 12 - 8 A pp l e T a l k .........................................................[...]

INDEX Index- 2 P eer to P eer P rintin g ........................................... . 6- 1 P eer -t o - P ee r ...................................................... . 13 - 1 0 p i n g ...................................................................... . 13 - 3 P O P 3 ....................................................... . 8 - 2 , 8 - 3 , 8 [...]