Brother HL7050 manual

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    HL7050_US_NUG.FM5.5 Multi-Protocol Print Server Network User's Guide Version 0 Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM i n a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brothe[...]

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    i YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. HP, HP/UX,JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of He wllet-Packard Company. DEC, DEC server, VMS, LAT, and ULTRIX are tradema rks of Digital Equipment Corporation. UNIX is a trademarks of UNIX Systems Laboratories. Ethernet is trademark of Xerox C[...]

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    ii YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call. Calls must be made from within that country. In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-6464 ( In Montreal ) If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at: In Europe European Technical Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw[...]

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    iii YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Comm unications Commi ssion (FCC) Declarati on of Conformity (F or U.S.A. o nly) Respon sibl e Par ty: Brothe r Inter na ti ona l Corpo rat ion 100 Som erset C orporate Boulevard Bridgewater, NJ 08 80 7-0911, USA TEL: (9 08 ) 704-17 0 0 declare s, that the products Produc t N[...]

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    iv YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Declaration of Conformity (Europ e) We, Brother Indu stries, Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro -cho, Miz u ho-ku , Nagoya 46 7-8561 , Japan declare tha t this product is in co nformity wit h the foll owing no rma tive docume nts. Safe ty: EN 6095 0, EMC: EN 55022 Cla ss B, EN 55024 follow ing the provision s of th e Low Vol tage Di[...]

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    v ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- Table of Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULA TIONS ........ 1-iii Federal C ommunicati ons Commissio n (FCC) Decla ra- tion of Conformity (For U.S. A. only) .......................1-iii Industr y C an ad a C o mp l ia nce S tate m ent (For C a nad a only) ................ ......... .............. .............. .....[...]

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    vi ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- Installing th e Brother Peer to Peer Software ........ ...... 2-6 Wind ows ® NT 4.0 P rinting Associating t o the Prin ter .......... .............. ......... ........... 2-7 Wind ows ® NT 4.0 P rinting Adding a Second Brothe r LPR Port ............. .............. . 2 -8 Wind ows ® NT 3.5x Printing ....... ........[...]

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    vii ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- 5 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows ® ........ ................... ................... . 5-1 Internet Printin g Installation ......... .............. .............. ......... 5-1 Overview............. .............. .............. .............. .............. 5-1 Brother In ternet Print Ge neral Informa tion[...]

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    viii ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- (Queue Server Mo de in Binde r y emulat io n mode) u sing PCONSOL E and BRCONFIG ................. .............. .... 6-14 Config uring th e Brothe r Print S erver (Queu e Server M ode in N DS mode) using PCO NSOLE and BRCONFIG ................... .............. .............. ......... 6-16 Config uring th e Brothe[...]

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    ix ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- Installation on Other Hos t Computers .......... ............ 9-10 10 BANYAN VINES Network Configuration10-1 Printing from Bany an Vines Systems ........ .... ..... .......... .. 10-1 Overview............. .............. .............. ......... ............... .. 10-1 Necessa ry items to use a Br other print server on[...]

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    x ZleMFC-US-FAX-4750e/5750e- 13 Troubleshooting.......... ............... .............. .............. ............. 13-1 Overview ................ .............. .............. .............. ......... 13-1 Installation problems ........ .............. .............. ............. 13-1 Intermitte nt Proble ms.. ..... .............. ......... ....[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 1 1 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 1 Unix Printing Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP Overvi ew Brother print servers are suppli ed wit h the Tra nsmission Control Protocol/Inte rnet Protocol (TCP/I P) protocol suite. Since virtually al l UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, th is capabil ity allows a printer to be shared on a UNI [...]

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    1 - 2 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 TCP/IP Brother prin t servers appear to the network as a UNI X host computer with a unique IP address runni ng the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host comp u ter that supports the B erkeley remote LPR comma nd can spool jobs to Brother print servers without the need for any spe ci[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration The configuration process for most UNIX systems is described in the following st eps. As this pro cess varies, we recommend that you refe r to your system documentati on for additional info rmati on. 1 Configure the /etc/hosts file on each UN IX host that needs t[...]

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    1 - 4 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Choose one of the available services (a service name will be used in step 3): BINARY_P1 Binary data TEXT_P1 Text data (CR added) You may set up multiple pri nt queues on your UN IX host computer for the same print server, each one with a differen t service name (f or example, one queue for bina ry grap[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 %lpc status laser1: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present Users of AT&T-compati ble UNIX systems can generally use the lpstat or rlpstat commands to obtain similar sta tus information. Because this pr ocedure varies from system to system, refer to your system document[...]

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    1 - 6 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 If you have an HP/UX system, IBM RS/6000 AIX computer, or Sun Solaris 2. xx, there is no printcap fil e . This is also true for some othe r AT&T-based UNIX systems, as well as many VMS-based TCP/IP software packages (for example, UC X, TGV Multinet, etc. ). On SCO systems, there is a printcap file,[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 HP/UX Configuration In the case of HP/UX10.xx, the sam pro gram is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as follows: 1 Execute the sam program. From the list of opti ons, sele ct Printers an d Plotters . 2 Select LP S pooler . 3 Select Printers and Plotters . 4 Select Acti ons and then Add [...]

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    1 - 8 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Earlier versions of HP/UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: 1 Enter sam and select P eripheral Devices and th en A dd Remote Printer (n ot Net worked printer) . 2 Enter t he following remote printer settings (th e other settings do not matter): n Line printer name (user-selectable). n Remote syste[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 9 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. 1 Enter smit and select devi ces . 2 Select print er/plotter . 3 Select manage remote printer subsystem . 4 Select client servic es . 5 Select remote printer queues . 6 Select add a remote queue . 7 Enter the fo llow ing remote queue setti ngs: n Name [...]

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    1 - 10 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote printer configuration: lpsystem -t bsd prnservername lpadmin -p queue -s prnservername!pr nserverservice accept queue (not required on newer Solaris systems) enable queue (not required on newer Solaris syst[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 11 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 SCO UNIX Configuration To configure a printer in ve rsio n Version 5.x of SCO Unix, use the SCOADMIN program. 1 Select Printers and then Prin t Man a g e r . 2 On the menu select Printer and t hen Add Remote f ollowed by Unix... 3 Enter the I P address of the prin t server, and t ype in the name of t[...]

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    1 - 12 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 10 Select Ha rdwired as the Device . 11 Select No for the Require ban ner field. Older SCO Un ix Systems The Brother p rint servers support the FTP protocol. Earl ier SCO Unix systems are often conf igured to print using the FTP protocol. DEC TCP/IP Server s for VMS(UCX) You need to run the sys$system[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 13 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Use the CFGTC P command at your OS/400 prompt to add the pri nt server's TCP/IP address to the AS/400 host table. Use the fo llowing one-lin e OS/400 command t o create the LPD queue: CRTOUTQ OUTQ(<queuename> RMSTS YS (*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(<service> ) AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DES TT[...]

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    1 - 14 UNIX PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 CRTDEVPRT DEVD(BR2) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100 ) FONT(011) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) TRANSFO RM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) PPRSRC1(*A4) PP RSRC2(*A4) RMTLOCNAME('10.0.0.200') SYSDRVPG M(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('Arnes Printer') Other Systems Other systems use sim[...]

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    UNIX PRINTI NG 1 - 15 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 command as shown i n the followi ng example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http:/ / solutions.brot her.c om/ fo r more information on network prin ti ng. 2 Refer to chapter 12 of this user gui de to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.[...]

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    2 - 1 TCP/IP PRINT ING 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 2 TCP/IP Printing Printing from Windows ® NT, Windows ® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Over vi ew Users of Windows ® NT can print direct ly to a network-ready Brother printer using t he TCP/IP protoco l. Microsoft Windows ® NT 3.5x and NT 4.0 users must install Micros oft's "TCP[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 The default name for a Brot her print server is usual ly BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six di gits of the Ethernet ad dress of th e print server). Windows ® NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration If you have not already done so, install the TCP/IP protocol ont o your Windows ® NT [...]

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    2 - 3 TCP/IP PRINT ING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 4 You must now select the correct Network printing port. a For Windows ® 2000: Select the Standard TCP/IP Port option as the port. b For Windows ® XP: Select a new port from the pull-down window and select Stand ard TCP/I P Port . 5 When you have done that click Next . 6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Po[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 IPP Printing from Wind ows ® 2000/XP Cli ents If you wi sh to prin t using th e IPP protocol , follow t hese steps: 1 From the Pr inters fold er select Add P rinter . The Add Printer Wiz ard w ill now start . Click on Next . 2 Select Networ k Pr inter . 3 Click the Connect to a printer on the Inte[...]

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    2 - 5 TCP/IP PRINT ING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Drive r already installed) If you have al ready installed t he printer dri ver and wish to conf igure it for network prin ting, fol low these steps: 1 Select the printer dri ver you wish to configure. 2 Select Fil e and then choose Properti es . 3 Click the Ports[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 7 Click OK to exit (your NT workstatio n or server wi ll need to be re-booted). Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing Installing the Brother P eer to Peer Softw are 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select the desired Language and then select Instal l Software [...]

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    2 - 7 TCP/IP PRINT ING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer You must now create a printer on your Windows ® system using the standard Windows ® print er setup procedure. 1 To do th is, go to th e St art button, select Set tings and then Printer s . 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the A dd Pri[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing Adding a Second Brot her LPR Po rt You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Star t button, select Settings , and open the Printer s window. C lick on the icon of the printe r that you wish t o configure, select File f[...]

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    2 - 9 TCP/IP PRINT ING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT 3.5x Printing 1 Go i nto th e Control Panel and run the Netwo rk applet. 2 Select Add Software and TCP/I P Prot ocol and rel ated components. 3 Select the TCP/I P Net work Print in g Support check box. And then click on the Continue button. (This option wi ll be unavailable if the TCP/[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 10 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT 3.5x Printing (Printer Driver not yet installe d) If you have Windows ® NT 3.5 or 3.51, use the following procedure to configure the p rint server. 1 Go to the Main window and select the Print Mana g e r icon. 2 Select Printer menu. 3 Select Cre ate Printer . 4 Enter any name for th[...]

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    2 - 11 TCP/IP PRIN TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brothe r pri nt servers will wor k wi th I BM LAN S erver, OS /2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later inst alled on the file server (TCP/ IP is supplied as standard wit h LAN Server V4.0 and later as wel l as Warp Server). U se the follo[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 12 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Pick an unused port and double click o n it. You will get the Sett ings window. Enter the fol lowing: You may leave the other ent ries blank. C lick on the OK button. The pipe should be highlighted; if not, click on it. Click on t he Creat e button to create the printer. Open the LAN Service s fol[...]

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    2 - 13 TCP/IP PRIN TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 5 Exit the LAN Requester program. Spooler queue Name of pri nter as defined previously Maximum number of users Leave blank unless you want to li mi t the number of users[...]

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    TCP/ IP PRIN TING 2 - 14 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 You should now be able to print. To test the queue, type the following from eith er the OS/2 command prompt or from a D OS workstation: 7 COPY C:CONFIG.SYS server namealias 8 Where servername is the name of the file server and alias is the alias name that you specifie d during this configura[...]

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    PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG 3 - 1 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 3 Peer to Peer Printing How to Print in a Windows ® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network Overvi ew Microsoft's Window s ® 95/9 8/Me operating systems feature built-in networking capabil ities. These capabilities all ow a Windows ® PC to be configured as a client w orkstati on in a file ser[...]

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    PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG 3 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 TCP/IP Printing Our Peer to Peer printing soft ware requires the TCP/IP protocol to be installed on your Windows ® peer-to-peer computers and an IP Address has to be defined for the print server. Refer to your Windows ® documentation for more informati on on how to configure the TCP/IP prot[...]

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    3 - 3 P EER TO P EER PRINT ING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 8 Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot yo ur computer. Associating to the printer You must now create a printer on your Windows ® system using the standard Windows ® print er setup procedure. 1 To do this, go the Sta rt button, select Setting and then Printer s . 2 Select Ad[...]

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    PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG 3 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 You have now finished installing the P eer to Peer Print (LPR) software. Adding a Second Brot her LPR Po rt You do not re-run the i nstall program to add a new Brother L PR port. Instead, press the Start b utton, s elect Settings , and open the Printer s window. Cl ick on the i con of the pri[...]

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    NETBIOS PEER TO PE ER PRINTI NG 4 - 1 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 4 NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows ® 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server Overvi ew Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) over the TCP/ IP protocol via the NetBIOS int erface. This means that just like re g[...]

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    NETBIOS PEER TO PE ER PRINTI NG 4 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Print Server Configuration In order for this functi on to work, you must correctly change the DOMAIN name or WORKG ROU P name to match that of your network. Once t his is done, the print server will appear aut omatically in your net work neighborhood and you will be able to send print[...]

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    4 - 3 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Changing the workgr oup/domain name usin g TELNET or BRCONFIG or a web browser If you are unable to use the BRAdmin applicati on, you ca n use TELNET, a web browser or the BRC ONFIG Remot e console program (BRCONFIG requi res the I PX/SPX protocol to be inst alle d on your PC). When y[...]

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    NETBIOS PEER TO PE ER PRINTI NG 4 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 NetBIOS Port Mon itor for Windows ® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP This software requires the TCP/IP transport protocols to be installe d on your Windows ® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/X P comput er. To install those protocols refer to your Windows ® document ation. If you are usi ng the TCP/I P [...]

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    4 - 5 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Where NodeName is t he NetBIO S name of t he Brother print server (the default name i s usually BRN_xxxxxx , wh ere xxxxxx is the last six digi ts of the Ethernet address), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the print server. By default it is BINAR Y_P1. For example: [...]

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    NETBIOS PEER TO PE ER PRINTI NG 4 - 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 7 Select the Brother NetBI OS Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother Net BIOS Port Monito r” section and press Next . 8 Enter any desi red name for the Brother print er and press Next . For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brot[...]

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    4 - 7 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 You are now ready to print. If nec essary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are rout ed through your comp uter. Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 1 You do not n eed to re-run th e installation program t o add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, press the Start but[...]

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    NETBIOS PEER TO PE ER PRINTI NG 4 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 LAN Server/OS/2 Wa rp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily c onfigure your printer t o work with an IBM LAN Server and OS /2 Warp Se rver networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the [...]

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    4 - 9 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRI NTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 NET USE LPT2: BRN_310107BINARY _P1 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http: // solut ions.brother .com/ for more informat ion on network printing. 2 Refer chapter 12 of this user guide to l earn how to confi gure the IP address of the printer. You can find the NetBIOS name and MA[...]

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    5 - 1 CON FI GU RING IN TERN E T PRINTI NG FO R WI ND OWS ® 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 5 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows ® Internet Printing Installation Over vi ew Brother's Brother Interne t Pr i nt (BIP) software, for Windows ® 95/ 98/ Me/NT 4.0, allows a PC user at on e location to send a print j ob to a Brother Pri nter at [...]

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    5 - 2 CON FI GU RING IN TERN E T PRINTI NG FO R WI ND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Prin t General Information The BIP sof tware is instal led using a standard Wi ndows ® 95/98/ Me/ NT4.0/2000/XP Inst allation Wizard. It cre ates a virt ual port on the Windows ® 95/ 98/Me/NT4.0/2000 /XP PC that operates in a simil ar way to t[...]

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    CONFIGU RING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Print Configur ing the Brot her Print S erver The print server can be configured using BRA dmin, by usi ng a web browser, or by using the TELNET co mmand. Print Server Confi guration Ch ecklist 1 Configure the POP3 server on the E-mail server at the r[...]

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    5 - 4 CON FI GU RING IN TERN E T PRINTI NG FO R WI ND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Print Using BRAdmin to Configure the Print Server The steps required to configure the print server to receive print jobs from a Windows ® 95/98// Me/NT4.0/2000/XP. PC running the BIP softwa re is as follows: 1 Start B RAdmin. 2 Select the node [...]

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    CONFIGU RING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 7 The print server is confi gured by default to poll the POP 3 server every 30 seconds. You may change this value, if desire d. 8 If you have enabl ed notification, ent er the address of your SMTP server (consult your network adm ini strator if you do not know this ad[...]

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    5 - 6 CON FI GU RING IN TERN E T PRINTI NG FO R WI ND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Print Using TELNE T to Config ure the Print Server 1 When you get t he Local> prompt af ter connecting to t he console, enter the command: SET POP3 ADDRESS address where ipaddress is the address of your POP3 server (consult with your network [...]

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    CONFIGU RING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Print Installing the BIP soft ware on Window s ® 95/98/ Me/NT4.0/2000/XP To install the BI P software on a Windows ® 95/98 /NT4.0/2000/ XP PC, execute the f ollowing steps: Setup from CD-ROM 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to [...]

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    5 - 8 CON FI GU RING IN TERN E T PRINTI NG FO R WI ND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 9 You will then be asked to ente r the port sett ings f or the remot e print server: Enter any unique legal Int ernet E-mail address for the re mot e print server (for example ema ilprinter@xyz.com). Note that Internet E-mail addresses c annot have spaces in the[...]

  • Page 62

    CONFIGU RING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 9 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 17 Select the Brot her Internet port (BIP.. .) which you selected in step 6 and press Next . <For Windows ® NT4.0/ 2000/XP users> 15 Select the Brot her Internet port (BIP.. .) which you selected in step 6 and press Next . 16 Select the desired model of the rem[...]

  • Page 63

    5 - 10 CO NF I GURIN G INTER N ET P RINTI NG FOR WIND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Adding a Second Brother Internet P ort You should not re-run the instal l program t o add a new Brother Internet Port . Instead, press the Start button, select S ettings , and open the Printe rs window. Click on the icon of a printer that is using BIP, select Fi[...]

  • Page 64

    CONFIGUR ING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 11 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® 2000/XP IPP Printing Use the following inst ruct ions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows ® 2000/ XP. 1 Run the Add Printer W izard and cl ick the Next but ton when you see the Welcome to the Add Prin ter Wizard screen. 2 You are n[...]

  • Page 65

    5 - 12 CO NF I GURIN G INTER N ET P RINTI NG FOR WIND OWS ® YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 8 Click the Browse button and select the CD-RO M or net work share that contains the appropr iat e Brother pr int er driver. 9 Now specify the model name of the printer. 10 If the printe r driver that you ar e inst alling does not have a Digital Certificate you [...]

  • Page 66

    CONFIGUR ING INTERN ET PRINTING FOR WI ND OWS ® 5 - 13 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http:/ / solutions.brot her.c om/ fo r more information on network printing and for docu ments on the IPP protocol and how to configure a Windows ® 2000/95/98/Me System. 2 Visit Micros oft's we b site fo r the "Microsof[...]

  • Page 67

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRINTING 6 - 1 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 Novell NetWare Printing How to configur e Novell NetWar e Printing Overvi ew Brother print servers a llow N etWare client PCs t o print jobs on the same printer as TCP/I P or other net work protocol users. All NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell server an d delivered to the print[...]

  • Page 68

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRINTING 6 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 General Information In order to use a Brot her print server on a NetWare ne twork, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send thei r print requests to the file server's print queue, and the jobs are then spooled (ei ther [...]

  • Page 69

    6 - 3 N OVELL NETWARE P RINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Creating a NDPS Printe r Using NWADMIN for NetWare5 With NetWare 5, Novell has re leased a new p referred pri nting system called Novell Distributed Prin t Services (NDPS). Before the print server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS M anag er confi [...]

  • Page 70

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRINTING 6 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 NDPS Broker When NDPS i s installed, an NDP S broker is loaded ont o the network. One of the Broker services Res ource Manag ement Service al lows Printer Drivers t o be installed ont o the server f or use wit h Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driv er to the Broker: 4 Make sure the Resource[...]

  • Page 71

    6 - 5 N OVELL NETWARE P RINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Creating a Printer Agent 1 In NetWare Administrator, select object | create | NDPS Printer . Enter the NDPS printer name. 2 If this is a new p rinter select create A New Printer Agent . 3 If there is already an NDS prin ter and you are upgrading it to use the NDPS scheme, select Exist ing N[...]

  • Page 72

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRINTING 6 - 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configuring Netware 3 and NetWare 4 systems Brother's BRAdmin application provides simi lar functionality to the NetWare PCONSOLE uti li ty (or the NWADMIN utility in NetWare 4.1x or late r). To use the BR Admi n application to con figure a Brother print server under NetWare, make sure [...]

  • Page 73

    6 - 7 N OVELL NETWARE P RINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 a If it is not already selected, select Q ueue Server as the operating mode. b Click the Change Bindery Queues button. c Select the NetWare server wh ich you wish to configure. d Select the New Queu e button and type in the queue name which you wish to create. e Once you have done that high[...]

  • Page 74

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRINTING 6 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configur ing the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin 1 Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. 2 Start BR Admin. 3 One or more prin t server servi ces will appear in the list of printers (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx , where xxxxxx is the la[...]

  • Page 75

    6 - 9 N OVELL NETWARE P RINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 e Your queue name will appear in the TREE and Context that you specified. Select the queue and click on Add . The queue name will then be transferred to the Service Print Queues Window. You will be able to see the TREE and Context information along with the queue name information in this Wi[...]

  • Page 76

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 10 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 7 Change context if requi red and then double click the name of the printer you created in step 3. 8 Click Ass ignments . 9 Click Ad d . 10 Change the context if necessary. 11 Select the print queue you created in step 5. 12 Click Co nfiguration and set the Printer type to Other / Unknown [...]

  • Page 77

    6 - 11 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 18 Start the appro pri ate BRAdmin applicat io n, and select the correct print server from the list (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx , wh ere xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet addre ss (MAC address)). 19 Double click t he appropriate Brot her print server. Y ou will be p[...]

  • Page 78

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 12 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configur ing the Brot her Print S erver (Remot e Printer M ode in NDS mode) using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin To configure a Brother print serv er for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utilit y) and BRA dmin, you will need to perform the following steps: 1 Make sure th[...]

  • Page 79

    6 - 13 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 12 Change context if necessary and sel ect the print q ueue you created. Click OK and the n OK again, and t hen exit NWADMIN. 13 Start the appro pri ate BRAdmin applicat io n, and select the correct print server you wish to configure (by default, the node names wi ll begin wit h BRN_xxxxxx_[...]

  • Page 80

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 14 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configur ing the Brot her Print S erver (Queue S erver Mode i n Bindery emulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1 Login as Supervisor (NetWare 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or later; be sure to specify the /b option for bindery mode). 2 Execute BRCONFIG from the Windows ® me nu. 3 Sele[...]

  • Page 81

    6 - 15 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 11 Press INSERT to create a new queu e on the file server, type the new queue name and press ENTER. The name does not have to be related to the name of t he print server resources, but should be short and convenient for users to remember. 12 Make sure that the new queue name is highlighted,[...]

  • Page 82

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 16 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configur ing the Brot her Print S erver (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG 1 Make sure that you are logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode on the NetWare 4.1x file server. 2 Run the PCONSOLE utili ty from PC workstation. 3 Select print servers from the Available Op tions m[...]

  • Page 83

    6 - 17 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 10 Press INSERT to get a list of the queue server candidates and select the NetWare print server name from step 4, which will then be added to the list. Pre ss ENTER. And then, press ESCAPE se veral times to r eturn to the main Availab le Options menu. 11 Select Print ers fr om the Avail ab[...]

  • Page 84

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 18 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 SET SERVICE service TREE tr ee SET SERVICE service CONTEXT Context n Where tree is t he NDS tree name . n Where context is the name of context where the print server resides. n Service is the name of the se rvice assigned by NetWare print server name (where the default services are BRN_xxx[...]

  • Page 85

    6 - 19 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Confi guring the Brother Pri nt Server (Remote Pri nter Mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFI G 1 Make sure that the PSERVER NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) is loa ded on your file server. 2 Log into the file server from your PC worksta tion as ADMIN if you are using NetWare 4. 1x (if you want NDS[...]

  • Page 86

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 20 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 g Highlight Print Queues Assign ed and press ENTER and then INSERT to get a list of avail able queues. h Highlight the name of the print queue you wish to assign to the remote printer and press ENTER. i The other settings in th e menu are not required. Push ESCAPE several ti mes to exit PC[...]

  • Page 87

    6 - 21 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTI NG YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Assigning the Remote print er name and number using BRCON FIG 7 a Execute the BRCON FIG from the Windows ® menu. b Select t he Brother print server f rom the list of print servers. When you get the message that the pri nt server is connected, press the ENTER key and type the defaul t passw[...]

  • Page 88

    NOVELL NETWA RE PRI NTING 6 - 22 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http:/ / solutions.brot her.c om/ fo r more information on network prin ti ng. 2 Refer to chapter 12 of this user gui de to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. The same services assigned by NetWare prin t server name cannot be used for[...]

  • Page 89

    APPLETALK ( ETHERTALK) TC P/IP PRI NTING 7 - 1 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 7 AppleTalk (EtherTalk) TCP/IP Printing Printing From a Macintosh Overvi ew Brother print servers support the A ppl eTalk protocol running over Ethernet (also know n as EtherTalk). This all ows Macintosh users to print at the same time as all othe r Eth ernet network using [...]

  • Page 90

    APPLETALK (ETH ERTA LK) TCP/IP PRINTI NG 7 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Quick Tips: Macintosh Configura tion (OS 8.5 - 9.2) Your Brother Printer is compatible with the standard Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver (earlier versions of the LaserWriter drivers may crash or cause PostScript errors on lar ge networks). If you do not have the LaserWrite[...]

  • Page 91

    7 - 3 APP LETA LK ( ETHERT ALK) TCP/ IP PR INTIN G YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 computer. Sele ct the Start Her e icon, select your language and follow the on-screen instruct ions for Install Software . Figure 1 Typi cal Macintosh Installer The above screenshot is from a Brother HL-7050 series printer driver. However, you w ill see a si mila r screen[...]

  • Page 92

    APPLETALK (ETH ERTA LK) TCP/IP PRINTI NG 7 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 How to Select th e Print Server (AppleTalk/E therTalk) Once the print server is connected on your network and t he printer is powered on, the Brother print server’s AppleTalk service name (default is BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT , where xxxxxx is the last s ix digits of the Ethernet ad[...]

  • Page 93

    7 - 5 APP LETA LK ( ETHERT ALK) TCP/ IP PR INTIN G YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 program. You should now be abl e to print from the Macintosh. How to Select the Pr int Server (TCP/IP) Apple has devel oped the "Desk top Pri nter" utilit y. This can be found fr om the Apple me nu (this is only avai lable from System 8.6 or later). When you run[...]

  • Page 94

    APPLETALK (ETH ERTA LK) TCP/IP PRINTI NG 7 - 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 1 Select the Pr i nter (LPR ) option and click OK . You will th en see the following Figure 4 Selecting the PPD and LPR Conf i guration 2 At thi s point we must select the correct P PD file for t he printer and also configure the correct LPR informat ion . Click the Change bu[...]

  • Page 95

    7 - 7 APP LETA LK ( ETHERT ALK) TCP/ IP PR INTIN G YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Figure 5 Entering the IP address and Queue 5 Click OK t o go back to the previous screen. 6 You are now ready to create th e printer for use. To do that, click the Create but ton and you wil l see the followi ng: Figure 6 Sav ing the printer to the Desktop (screen shown i[...]

  • Page 96

    APPLETALK (ETH ERTA LK) TCP/IP PRINTI NG 7 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Macintosh Configura tion (OS X v. 10/10.1) The appropriate PPD fi le supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD -ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. S elect the Mac OS X fold er. Double click on the PPD_In stalle r.pkg icon and follow the on-screen in[...]

  • Page 97

    7 - 9 APP LETA LK ( ETHERT ALK) TCP/ IP PR INTIN G YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 How to Select th e Print Server (App leTa lk/ Ether Talk ) After in stall ing the PPD, use the follo wing steps to select t he printer driver: 1 Turn the power of the printer ON. 2 Open the Appli cations folder. 3 Open the Utilit ies folder. 4 Open the Print C ent er Icon[...]

  • Page 98

    APPLETALK (ETH ERTA LK) TCP/IP PRINTI NG 7 - 10 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 How to Select the Pr int Server (TCP/IP) After installin g the PPD, us e the following steps to selec t the printer drive r: 1 Turn the pow er of the p rinter ON. 2 Open the Ap plications folder. 3 Open the Utilitie s folder. 4 Open the Pri nt Cent er Icon. 5 Click the Add P[...]

  • Page 99

    7 - 11 APPLETALK (ETHE RTALK) TCP/IP PRI NTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Changing the Configuration From a Macintosh, the easiest wa y to change t he printer or pri nt server parameters is to use a web browser. Simply connect to the printer usi ng the format: http://ip_address where ip_address is the addres s of the printer. Other Sources of Infor[...]

  • Page 100

    DLC PRINTING 8 - 1 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 8 DLC Printing Printing from Windows ® NT or Windows ® 2000 Overvi ew DLC is a simple protocol tha t is includ ed in Windows NT ® and Windows ® 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating systems (such as Windows ® 3.x) with the ad dition of vendor-supplied software that supp orts the H e[...]

  • Page 101

    8 - 2 DLC PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configu ring DLC on Wind ows ® NT/2000 To use DLC on Windows ® NT, you must first install the DLC protocol . 1 Log into Window s ® NT with administrative privileges. Go to the NT Control Panel and double click on the Net work icon. Windows ® 2 000 users select the properties of the L ocal Area Conne[...]

  • Page 102

    DLC PRINTING 8 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 Select the Create a new port: option and highlight Hewlett- Packard Network Port . 7 Click Nex t . 8 A list of avai lable print server MAC addresses (Ethernet addresses) appears in the larger box under Card Address . Select the address of the desired print server (you can see the Ethernet ad dress on [...]

  • Page 103

    8 - 4 DLC PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printer Setup Log into Window s ® NT with administrative privileges. From th e Start menu, select Set tings and then Printers . 1 Select Add Print er (If yo u have already instal led a Brother printer driver, double click the printer drive r that you wish to confi gure and then sel ec[...]

  • Page 104

    DLC PRINTING 8 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 name and the operating systems that will be pri nti ng to it. 12 Select whether or n ot you want t o print a test p age, and t hen select Finish . Windows ® NT 3.5x Setup 1 From the Windows ® NT Main group, double click on the Pri nt Manager icon. 2 Select Printer from the menu bar and click on Create[...]

  • Page 105

    8 - 6 DLC PRINTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Configuring DLC on Other Systems To use DLC on other network systems, you will gen erally need vendor-supplied sof tware. Typicall y such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instruction s to instal l the DLC protocol on your system. Once the protocol is install ed, [...]

  • Page 106

    LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9 - 1 9 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 9 LAT Network Configu ration Printing from DEC LAT Systems Overvi ew Brother print servers are equipped wi t h the LAT prot ocol. If you are already familiar with c onfiguring DEC servers or compatible terminal servers in your network, you can us e similar procedures to confi gure a Broth[...]

  • Page 107

    9 - 2 LA T NETWORK C ONFIGURA TION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 VMS LAT Host Configuration The configuration process require s that you have system manager privileges. Bef ore starting the LA T configuration process, you must first make sure tha t LAT has been started on your system. If you are currently using terminal server s on your network, then [...]

  • Page 108

    LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 2 Use the VMS editor to create a text file wi th the necessary configuration commands (alternat ivel y, you may edit the file LAT$SYSTARTUP.COM fo r VMS 5.5-x and later systems or LTLOAD.COM fo r earlier VMS systems ). For instance, the following sampl e command file creates a queue named X[...]

  • Page 109

    9 - 4 LA T NETWORK C ONFIGURA TION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 DEFINE/FORM DEFAULT/NOTRUNCATE /NOWRAP If you are defining a new form, be sure to specify STOCK=DEF AULT (unless you are usin g a special stock) and initialize the queu e with the DEFA ULT=FOR M option. For example, to create a form called PCL for the queue BRN on LAT port LTA33:, you w [...]

  • Page 110

    LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 PATHWORKS for DOS Configuration To configure the print server f or PATHWORKS for DOS: 1 Create a VMS queue as previously described. 2 Run PCSA_MANAG ER on the VMS system. a Type MENU to get the PCS A menu. b Select SERVI CE OPT IONS c Select ADD S ERVICE (do not use the ADD PRINTER QUEUE op[...]

  • Page 111

    9 - 6 LA T NETWORK C ONFIGURA TION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 d Click Add , go to the List of Printers , select the desired printer type, and click Install . If desired, click Set as Defaul t Printe r . e Click Connect and select the desired port (e.g., LPT1). Click Network and select the port you chose above and type in the n etwork path ( node[...]

  • Page 112

    LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9 - 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 PATHWORKS for Windows ® 95/98/NT4.0 1 To configure the print server for PATHWORK S for Windows ® : 2 Click on t he Star t button and sel ect Settin gs and then Printe rs . 3 Click on ADD Print er to start the A dd Printer Wizard . 4 Click on Next . 5 Select Networ k Pr inter . 6 Type in t[...]

  • Page 113

    9 - 8 LA T NETWORK C ONFIGURA TION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 DECprint Supervi sor Config uration Not es If you want to use the Brother pri nt server with the DECprint Supervisor software, you must have the DCPS-Open option in order to support Brother prin ters (you may also n eed to modify the DC PS device control modules and queue setup to ha ndl[...]

  • Page 114

    LAT NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9 - 9 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 This will create 16 devices numbered sequent iall y. For example, it will crea te tty00 through tty15 if you have not previously created any terminal devices. To create an additional 16 devices, type: MAKEDEV lta1 3 Edit the /etc/ttys file to add a li ne similar to the fo llowing for each L[...]

  • Page 115

    9 - 10 LAT NETWORK CONF IG UR ATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 You now need to establish a host-initi ated connect ion. For example: lcp -h tty05:BRN_310107:P1 7 Make the spool directory as shown in the following example: cd /usr/spool mkdir lp1 chown daemon lp1 Again substitute your actual printer name for lp1 . 8 Print a file to verify the conn[...]

  • Page 116

    BANYAN VIN ES NETWORK CO NFI GURATION 10 - 1 10 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 10 BANYAN VINES Network Configuration Printing from Banyan Vines Systems Overvi ew Brother print servers a llow printers to be share d on a Banyan VINE S network. U sers on client PCs sen d their jobs to any VINES file server running the Banyan PCPrint software, which in tur[...]

  • Page 117

    10 - 2 BANYAN VINES NETWORK CONFIGU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 File Server User Console The first step in the configurati on p rocess is to configure the file server so that the Brother print serve r can log into the Banyan VINES network. To do this, you will need to configure a StreetTalk user name for t he print server (all V INE S pri nt [...]

  • Page 118

    BANYAN VIN ES NETWORK CO NFI GURATION 10 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 8 Press ESCAPE twice t o retu rn to the main menu . File Server Queue Configuration You must no w configure the queue(s) on the Banyan VIN ES file servers. Print q ueues are one of seve ral different types of services that are available on a VINES file server. To configure a pr[...]

  • Page 119

    10 - 4 BANYAN VINES NETWORK CONFIGU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 get the Alert list screen. Otherwise, press F10 to accept t he defaults (not applicable f or VINES 6. xx). 11 When you get t he Add A Destinatio n screen, use the arrow keys to select PCPr int and press ENTER . 12 When you get t he Destinatio n Attributes screen, enter t he Stree[...]

  • Page 120

    BANYAN VIN ES NETWORK CO NFI GURATION 10 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Print Server Config uration Using BRAdmin The last step is to add the StreetTalk login name t o the Brother print server and to associate the file server queue w ith one of the services on the pri nt server. The procedure i s as follows: 1 Start the BRAdmin software. 2 Select t[...]

  • Page 121

    10 - 6 BANYAN VINES NETWORK CONFIGU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Print Server Configuratio n Using the Print Serv er Console As an alternative to BRA dmin, you may use the print server consol e to configure the print server . The st eps are as follows: 1 Connect to the print server console using TELNET, NCP, BRCONFIG Execute some or all of the[...]

  • Page 122

    WEB BASED MANAGEM ENT 11 - 1 11 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 11 Web Based Management How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device Overvi ew A standard Web Browser (we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later/Microsoft Inter net Explorer version 4.0 or later) can be used to manage your printer using th e HT TP (Hyper Text Transfer Prot ocol[...]

  • Page 123

    11 - 2 WEB BASED M ANAGEMENT YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 5 You can also u se the BRAdmin application to manage the printer and its network configurat ion. How to connect to your pr inter using a Bro w ser Type http://printer’s IP Address / into your browser (you can also use the NetBIOS name of the print server, if yo u are in a Microsoft Window s[...]

  • Page 124

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATION 12 - 1 12 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 12 TCP/IP Configuration Assigning TCP/IP Information Overvi ew The TCP/I P protocol requires that each devi ce on the network have it's own unique IP address. Use the follo wing inf ormat ion to learn about IP address configuration. By default Brother pri nt servers have a an IP addr[...]

  • Page 125

    12 - 2 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 These configurati on methods are descr ibed in the following paragraphs. Using the printer cont rol panel to allocate an IP address (printer s with LCD panels only) Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for detail s on how to configure IP address information using the printer control panel. By using[...]

  • Page 126

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATION 12 - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to set the IP ad dress If your PC is using the Novell Ne t ware Client software and is using the IPX/SPX protocol, do the f o llow ing: 1 Select IPX /SPX filt er in the left frame of t he main window. 2 Check the print server name (the default node name[...]

  • Page 127

    12 - 4 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Using BRAdmin an d the TCP/IP Protocol to set the IP address If your PC is using the TCP/IP protocol , do the following: 1 Select TCP/ IP filt er in the left fra me of th e main window. 2 Select the Device menu and choose the Search Active Devices . 3 Select the Device menu and choose Setup U[...]

  • Page 128

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATION 12 - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Using DHCP to Config ure the IP address The Dynamic Host Configura tion Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechani sms for IP address allocation. If you have DHCP Server in your network (typically a Unix, Windows ® NT/2000 or Novell Netw are network) the p rint server wi ll automat[...]

  • Page 129

    12 - 6 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress Where ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address (MAC address) of the prin t server and ipaddress is the I P address of the print server. For example: Windows® Systems Windows ® Syst ems require the colon ":" charact er between each digit of the Ether[...]

  • Page 130

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATION 12 - 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 ipaddress is the I P address of the print server. For example, ping 192.189.207.2 . Using RARP to Config ure the IP Address The Brother print serv er’s IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on y our host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (i[...]

  • Page 131

    12 - 8 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Using BOOTP to Conf igure the IP Address BOOTP is an altern ati ve to rarp that has the advantage of all owing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP t o configure the IP address make sure that BO OTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appea[...]

  • Page 132

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATION 12 - 9 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Certain BOOTP host software implement ations will not respond to BOOTP requests if you have not i ncluded a download filename in the configuration file; if this is the case , simply create a null file on the host and specify the name of this file and its path in the configurati on file. As w[...]

  • Page 133

    12 - 10 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 On VMS systems, the connection is made as shown in the followin g example: $ MCR NCP NCP>CONNECT VIA QNA-0 PHY ADD 00- 80-77-31-01-07 On ULT RIX systems, you would e x ecute commands similar to the following example: # addnode BR -c qna-0 -h 00-80 -77-31-01-07 # ccr BR On a NetWare networ[...]

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    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATIO N 12 - 11 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 If you do not have any subnets, use one of the followin g default subnet masks: 255.255.255.0 for class C networks 255.255.0.0 for class B networks 255.0.0.0 for class A networks The leftmost group of digit s in your IP address can identi fy the ty pe of network you have. The value of this[...]

  • Page 135

    12 - 12 TCP/IP CONFI GU RATION YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Changing the IP Address settings with the TELNET Con sole You can also use the TELNET command to change the IP address. Using TELNET is effect ive way, when you change the IP address. But a valid IP address must already be programmed into the print server. If you are using the TELNET, you wi[...]

  • Page 136

    TCP/I P CON FIGUR ATIO N 12 - 13 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 If you have a gateway (router), enter its address wi th the command SET IP ROUTER routeraddress , where routera ddress is the desired IP address of the gateway yo u wish to assign to the print server. For example: Local> SET IP ROUTER 192.18 9.207.1 To verify that you have entered th e [...]

  • Page 137

    13 - 1 TROUBLESHOO TING 13 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 13 Troubleshooting Over vi ew This chapter describes procedures for troubleshootin g problems you may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided in to the following secti ons: 1 Installati on Problems 2 Intermittent Problems 3 Protocol-Specif ic Troub leshooting Installation problems I[...]

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    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 2 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 a If you are using TCP/IP : Try pinging the print server fr om the host o perating system command prompt with the command: ping ipaddress Where ipaddress is the pri nt server IP address (not e that in some instances it can take up to two min utes for the print server to load its IP address after [...]

  • Page 139

    13 - 3 TROUBLESHOO TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother print servers have thre e LE Ds. These can b e used to diagnose problems. n L- LED (green): Link activit y This LED i s on if there is a vali d connection to the network (either 10BaseT or 100BaseTX). It is off if no netw ork is detected. n F-LED (orange): Fast Eth ernet This LED will be on[...]

  • Page 140

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 4 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Intermittent P roblems If the print server and printer start up OK, but yo u intermittently h ave problems printing, check the foll owing: 1 If you can print small jobs but large grap hics jobs are distorted or incomplete, make sure that you have adequate memory in your printe r and the latest pr[...]

  • Page 141

    13 - 5 TROUBLESHOO TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 TCP/IP Trou bleshooting If you are using TCP/IP and cannot pr int to the print server and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, then check the following: Turning off the printer and then agai n, Deleting a nd recreating the pri nt server and creating a n ew p[...]

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    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 6 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 UNIX Troublesho oting 1 Make sure that the /etc/printcap file (if ap plicable) is typ ed in correctly. In parti cular, look for mi ssing ":" and "" charact ers, because a small error anywhere in t he file can have major consequences. Also check the /usr/spool director y to ma[...]

  • Page 143

    13 - 7 TROUBLESHOO TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 8 If PostS crip t jobs fail to pri nt or are run together, try setting the service (remot e printer) with EOT set to st ring number 3 (control-D). For example: SET SERVICE BRN_xxxxxx_P1 EOT 3 9 If the lin es of a text file are sta ggered, make sure that you have specified a remote printer (r p) nam[...]

  • Page 144

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 8 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® NT/LAN Server (TCP/IP) Troublesho oting If you are having troubl e printing with Windows ® NT or LAN Server, check the fol lowing: 1 Make sure that TCP/IP and TCP/ IP print service are install ed and running on the Windo ws ® NT system or the LAN Server file serv er. 2 If you are usi[...]

  • Page 145

    13 - 9 TROUBLESHOO TING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® 95/98/Me Peer- to-Pe er (HP JetAdmin compati ble metho d) Trou bleshoot ing If you are having trouble printing on a Windows ® 95/98/Me Peer-to- Peer network, check the f ollowing (HP JetA dmin compatible method): 1 If the print serve r does not show up under JetAdmin on a Windows ® 95/[...]

  • Page 146

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 10 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Trou bleshooting 1 The first step in troubleshooting is to make sure that you have a valid E-mail connection on both the sending PC and the receiving print server. Try s ending an E-mail message from the PC to a user at the remote site who can rece ive mai l via t[...]

  • Page 147

    13 - 11 TROUBLESHO OTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubles hooting 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 pri nt data t hrough. If t his is the case, use a different p ort number ( port 80), or conf igure y our F[...]

  • Page 148

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 12 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Novell NetWare Troubleshoot ing If you cannot print from NetW are and you have checked the hardware and network as described i n the previous steps, first verify that the Brother pri nt server is at tached to the server queue by goin g to PCONSOLE , selecting PRINT QUEU E INFORMATION, and then C[...]

  • Page 149

    13 - 13 TROUBLESHO OTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 If you are using DOS CAPTURE stateme nt and losing portions of your print j ob, try setting the TI MEOUT parameter in your CAPTURE statement to a higher value (at least 50 seconds for Windows ® ). AppleTalk Troubleshooting If you cannot print from an AppleT alk for Macintosh comp uter and you h[...]

  • Page 150

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 14 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 LAT Trou bleshooting If you cannot print from a VMS system and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, then check the following (note that it is always a good idea to try creating a new q ueue with a diff erent LAT port to reduce the possibility of setup err[...]

  • Page 151

    13 - 15 TROUBLESHO OTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 6 Intermittent ra ndom queue pauses can be caused if the VMS LAT port is no t set up as spooled device. Type SHOW DEVICE LTAxxx from the V MS console; if the device is not spooled, type SET DEVICE/SPOOL LTAxxx command. (One exception: PATHWORKS for MACI NTOSH queues should not be set up with the L[...]

  • Page 152

    TROU BLESH OOTIN G 13 - 16 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 13 If you can pri nt successfully from PATHWOR KS using DOS but have problems pri nting from Windows ® , try increasing the Device Not Select ed and Transmission Retry timeouts from t he Windows ® Printer Manager (select Print er Setup, select the desired printer, and press the Connect button)[...]

  • Page 153

    13 - 17 TROUBLESHO OTING YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Web Browser Troublesho oting (TCP/IP) 1 If you can not connect to the print server using your web browse r it may be wort h checking the Pro xy Settings of your browser. Look in the Exceptions setting and if necessary, type in the IP address of the print server. This wil l stop your PC from trying[...]

  • Page 154

    APPENDIX A - 1 A YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 A Appendix Appe ndi x A General Information You can change t he configura tion of your print server using any of the following me thods. • Brother BRAdmin application for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/ XP • Brother Web BRAdm in application for II S * server • HTTP (usi ng a web browser) • WebJetAdmin [...]

  • Page 155

    A - 2 APPENDIX YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 HTTP (Recomme nded) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Bro ther print server. This will allow you t o configure pr inter and/or p rint server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print serve r rang e is HP WebJetAdmin compatibl e. TELNET To connect to t he print server using TELNET on UNIX, W[...]

  • Page 156

    APPENDIX A - 3 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Using Services General A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother pri nt server . The Brother print server provides the followi ng predefined servic es (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote consol e to see a list of available services)[...]

  • Page 157

    A - 4 APPENDIX YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Reloading the Print Server Firmware General The firmware o n the pri nt server i s stored in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downl oading the appropriate update file. To get the la test firmware up date, visit the Brother Soluti ons web site at http://solutions. brother.com/ Be[...]

  • Page 158

    APPENDIX A - 5 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Reloading firmware using BRAdmin The BRAdmin applicat ion can be used to easily re-program your Brother print server. 1 Start BR Admin. 2 Highlight the appropriate print server. Then press select the Control me nu and choose Load Firmw are. You can select more than one print server by pressing CTRL+<sele[...]

  • Page 159

    A - 6 APPENDIX YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Reloading process The Data LED on the printer control panel will blink during the firmware file loadi ng process. Du ri ng programming process, the backlight on the printer’ s LCD goes off, and E rase xxxxxx and Write xxxxxx will be indicated al ternately on the LCD. After the firmw are update is compl et[...]

  • Page 160

    APPENDIX A - 7 YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Reloading using th e FTP Pr otocol f rom a comman d prompt By specifying the print server PASSWOR D AS THE USE RNAME when logging on, it becomes possible to upgrade the f irmware of the print server or print e r (if supported). The fol lowing example assumes that the print server password is " cambridg[...]

  • Page 161

    A - 8 APPENDIX YL4US_FAX2800MFC4800-FM5.5 Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a We b Browser Please visit the Brot her Solutions Web site at http:/ /sol utions .bro ther .com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web br owser.[...]

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    INDEX I - 1 HL7050_US_NUG.FM5.5 Index A AIX ...... ...... ....... ....... ...... ...... 1-3 AIX 4.0 .... ....... ...... ....... ....... . 1-8 AppleTalk ... 7-1 , 7-4 , 7-9 , 13-2 , 13-13 ARP ......... ..... .....1-2 , 12-1 , 12-5 B BANYAN VI NES ....... ...... .. 10-1 Banyan VINES ........ ...... .. 13-16 Berkeley UNIX ........ ...... ...... 1-1 BI[...]

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    I - 2 IN DEX HL7050_US_NUG.FM5.5 LED ..... ....... ...... ....... ....... .. 13-2 Linux ......... ...... ....... ...... 1 -1 , 1-6 lpc ........ ....... ...... ..... .... 1-5 , 1-15 lpstat ......... .... ....... ...... ....... .. 1-5 M Macintosh ... ...... ....... .... 7- 2 , 9-7 mai lb oxna me .... ....... ....... .... 5-6 Microsoft Internet Explor[...]

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    INDEX I - 3 HL7050_US_NUG.FM5.5 TFTP PUT ........ ....... .... ....... .A-5 TGV's Mult inet ..... ..... ...... .. 1-12 U UNIX ....... ....... ...... ....... ....... . 1-1 W Web browser ...... ....... ...... .. 12-1 WebJetAdmin ..... ..... ...... ......A -1 Windows 2000 2-1 , 3-1 , 5-1 , 8- 1 , ........ .... ....... ....... ...... .. 13-11 Wind[...]