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External 10/100BASE-TX Print Server
NC-2100p
USER’S GUIDE
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Summary of Contents

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i version0 External 10/100BASE-TX Print Server NC-2100

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x APPENDIX Appendix A A-1 General Information A-1 How to print the Configuration page A-2 Appendix B Using Services A-3 General A-3 Appendi

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xi IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) Responsible Party:

Page 4 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

xii Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only) This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-1 1 11CHAPTER ONE Unix Printing Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP Overview Brother print servers are supplied with

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-2 TCP/IP Brother Print Servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd, line

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-3 General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration The configuration process for most UNIX systems is described in the following step

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-4 3. Configure the /etc/printcap file on each host computer to specify the local print queue, the print server name (also c

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-5 4. Skip this section if you have completed Step 3, unless you have an SCO UNIX system. If you have an HP/UX system, IBM R

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-6 HP/UX Configuration In the case of HP/UX10.xx, the sam program is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as fol

Page 11 - (For U.S.A. only)

CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-7 IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The pr

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ii Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. HP, HP/UX,JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewllet-Packard Compa

Page 13 - Unix Printing

CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-8 Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote printer configuration: l

Page 14 - CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING

CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-9 SCO UNIX Configuration To configure a printer in version Version 5.x of SCO Unix, use the SCOADMIN program. 1. Select P

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-10 IBM/AS400 To use a Brother print server with an IBM AS/400 running IBM’s TCP/IP gateways services for OS/400 (the OS/400

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-11 If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your UNIX host computer, you will need to do so

Page 17 - Linux Configuration

CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING 1-12 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2. Refer t

Page 18 - HP/UX Configuration

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-1 2 21CHAPTER TWO TCP/IP Printing Printing from Windows NT or Windows 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Overview Us

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CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-2 Windows NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration If you have not already done so, install the TCP/IP protocol onto

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CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-3 Windows 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows 2000/XP systems install with all the n

Page 21 - SCO UNIX Configuration

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-4 Windows 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish

Page 22 - IBM/AS400

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-5 Windows NT 4.0 Printing (Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software) 1. Start the CD-ROM. 2. Select the desired Lan

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iii External 10/100BASE-TX Print Server NC-2100p USER’S GUIDE IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call. Calls must

Page 24 - Other Sources of Information

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-6 Windows NT 4.0 Printing (Associating to the Printer) You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the st

Page 25 - TCP/IP Printing

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-7 Windows NT 3.5x Printing 9. Go into the Control Panel and run the Network applet. 10. Select Add Software and TCP/IP

Page 26 - Configuration

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-8 LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother Print Servers will work with IBM LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server networ

Page 27 - Windows 2000/XP Printing

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-9 You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server The Brother Print Server name (from the HOSTS file)

Page 28 - Windows NT 4.0 Printing

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 2-10 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2. Refer

Page 29 - Software)

CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3-1 3 31CHAPTER THREE Peer to Peer Printing How to Print in a Windows 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network Overvie

Page 30 - (Associating to the Printer)

CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3-2 TCP/IP Printing Our Peer to Peer printing software requires the TCP/IP protocol to be installed on your Wi

Page 31 - Windows NT 3.5x Printing

CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3-3 Associating to the printer You must now create a printer on your Windows system using the standard Windows

Page 32 - LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server

CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3-4 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printin

Page 33 - CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-1 4 41CHAPTER FOUR NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Printing using NetBIOS on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/200

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iv TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE UNIX PRINTING PRINTING FROM UNIX/LINUX USING TCP/IP Overview 1-1 TCP/IP 1-2 General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuratio

Page 35 - Peer to Peer Printing

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-2 Print Server Configuration In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the DOMAIN name

Page 36 - Software

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-3 Changing the workgroup/domain name using TELNET or a web browser If you are unable to use a BRAdmin Profe

Page 37 - Associating to the printer

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-4 Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 1. Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to t

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CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-5 Associating the printer 1. You must now create a printer on your Windows 95/98/Me and NT4.0/2000 system

Page 39 - Printing

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-6 Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 1. You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new N

Page 40 - Print Server Configuration

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-7 LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP v

Page 41 - 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP

CHAPTER 4 NETBIOS PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING 4-8 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printi

Page 42 - Monitor

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-1 5 51CHAPTER FIVE How to Configure Internet Printing for Windows 95/98/Me NT 4.0/Windows 2000/XP In

Page 43 - Associating the printer

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-2 Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows 95

Page 44 - Windows NT4.0/2000/XP

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-3 Brother Internet Print Configuring the Brother Print Server The print server can be configured with

Page 45 - LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server

v CHAPTER TWO TCP/IP PRINTING PRINTING FROM WINDOWS NT OR WINDOWS 2000/XP, LAN SERVER AND WARP SERVER Overview 2-1 Windows NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP

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CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-4 Brother Internet Print Using BRAdmin Professional utility to Configure the Print Server Skip this

Page 47 - NT 4.0/Windows 2000/XP

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-5 Brother Internet Print Using a Web Browser to configure the Print Server 1. Connect to the printe

Page 48 - General Information

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-6 Brother Internet Print Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you used BRA

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CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-7 Brother Internet Print Installing the BIP software on Windows95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP To install the B

Page 50 - Configure the Print Server

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-8 10. Press OK to continue. You will then be asked to re-start your computer. 11. Once your computer

Page 51 - Print Server

CHAPTER 5 BIP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION 5-9 Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother

Page 52 - Server

CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-1 6 61CHAPTER SIX AppleTalk (EtherTalk) TCP/IP Printing Printing From a Macintosh Overview Brot

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-2 Some models may be unable to print the configuration page. In that case, you can check the printer

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-3 Operation Once the print server is installed and the printer is powered on, the Brother print ser

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-4 How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) Once the print server is connected on your n

Page 56 - AppleTalk (EtherTalk)

vi CHAPTER FOUR NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING HOW TO PRINTING USING NETBIOS ON WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, LAN SERVER AND OS/2 WARP SERVER Overvi

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-5 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) Apple has developed the "Desktop Printer" utili

Page 58 - Operation

CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-6 2. At this point we must select the correct PPD file for the printer and also configure the corre

Page 59 - (AppleTalk/EtherTalk)

CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-7 Macintosh Configuration (OS X v. 10.1/10.2) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer m

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-8 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to sele

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CHAPTER 6 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING 6-9 Changing the Configuration From a Macintosh, the easiest way to change the printer or print serve

Page 62 - 10.1/10.2)

CHAPTER 7 WEB BASED MANAGEMENTR 7-1 7 71CHAPTER SEVEN Web Based Management How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device Overview A standard Wor

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CHAPTER 7 WEB BASED MANAGEMENTR 7-2 How to connect to your printer using a Browser Type "http://printers IP Address /" into your browser (y

Page 64 - Changing the Configuration

CHAPTER 7 WEB BASED MANAGEMENTR 7-3 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. 2.

Page 65 - Web Based Management

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-1 8 81CHAPTER EIGHT TCP/IP Configuration Assigning TCP/IP Information Overview The TCP/IP protocol requires that

Page 66 - Web Function Page

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-2 Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin Professional utility Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Window

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vii CHAPTER FIVE HOW TO CONFIGURE INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS 95/98/ME NT 4.0/WINDOWS 2000/XP INTERNET PRINTING INSTALLATION Overview 5-1 Brothe

Page 68 - TCP/IP Configuration

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-3 Some of the printer might unable to print the configuration page. In that case, check the printer configuration by

Page 69 - BRAdmin Professional utility

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-4 Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address If you are unable to use the BRAdmin Professional utility and y

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CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-5 Using RARP to Configure the IP Address Brother print server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (

Page 71 - IP Address

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-6 Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing config

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CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-7 Changing the IP Address settings with the TELNET Console You can also use the TELNET command to change the IP addr

Page 73 - Address

CHAPTER 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 8-8 Other Sources of Information 1. Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing.

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CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-1 9 91CHAPTER NINE Troubleshooting Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may e

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CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-2 Installation problems If you cannot print over the network, check the following: 1. Make sure that the printer and P

Page 76 - Troubleshooting

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-3 a. If you are using TCP/IP: Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the command

Page 77 - Installation problems

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-4 3. If you cannot make any of the connections in step 2, check the following: a. Make sure the printer is powered on a

Page 78 - CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING

viii CHAPTER SIX APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH Overview 6-1 Macintosh Configuration (OS 8.6 – 9.2) 6-2 Operatio

Page 79 - LED: Speed

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-5 Intermittent Problems If the print server and printer start up OK, but you intermittently have problems printing, check

Page 80 - Intermittent Problems

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-6 TCP/IP Troubleshooting If you are using TCP/IP and cannot print to the print server and you have checked the hardware

Page 81 - TCP/IP Troubleshooting

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-7 UNIX Troubleshooting 1. Make sure that the /etc/printcap file (if applicable) is typed in correctly. In particular, l

Page 82 - UNIX Troubleshooting

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-8 6. If you are having trouble printing more than one job at a time, try increasing the IP timeout using the SET IP TIMEO

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CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-9 Windows NT/LAN Server (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing with Windows NT or LAN Server, check

Page 84 - (LPR) Troubleshooting

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-10 Windows 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer (HP JetAdmin compatible method) Troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a

Page 85 - JetAdmin compatible method)

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-11 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting 1. The first step in troubleshooting is to make sure that you have a

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CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-12 AppleTalk Troubleshooting If you cannot print from an AppleTalk for Macintosh computer and you have checked the hardwa

Page 87 - AppleTalk Troubleshooting

CHAPTER 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 9-13 Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP) 1. If you can not connect to the print server using your web browser it may be w

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APPENDIX APPENDIX-1 AAPPENDIX Appendix A General Information You can change the configuration of your print server using any of the following me

Page 89 - Appendix A

ix CHAPTER EIGHT TCP/IP CONFIGURATION ASSIGNING TCP/IP INFORMATION Overview 8-1 Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin Professional utility 8-

Page 90 - Figure 1 Test button

APPENDIX APPENDIX-2 How to print the Configuration page To print the configuration page, use a fine ball point pen to hold down the Test button on th

Page 91 - Using Services

APPENDIX APPENDIX-3 B Appendix B Using Services General A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brot

Page 92 - Server Firmware

APPENDIX APPENDIX-4 C Appendix C Reloading the Print Server Firmware General The firmware on the print server is stored in flash memory. This me

Page 93 - Professional utility

APPENDIX APPENDIX-5 Reloading firmware using BRAdmin Professional utility The BRAdmin Professional utility can be used to easily re-program your Brot

Page 94 - Reloading process

APPENDIX APPENDIX-6 Reloading process The Yellow and Green LED on the print server will blink simultaneously during the firmware file loading process

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INDEX Index-iv INDEX A AIX...... 1-3 AIX 4.0...

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INDEX Index-v R RARP ..................8-5 Reloading firmware.........

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