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CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING

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TCP/IP Printing

Our Peer to Peer printing software 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 information on

how to configure the TCP/IP protocol on your Windows PC.

If you haven’t already done so, configure the IP address of the printer, for more

information on IP address configuration, refer to chapter 12 of this user guide.

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer

Software

1. Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick

Setup Guide.

2. Select the proper Model and Software Installation menu. Then select the

appropriate menu to start the Brother Print Software installation program.

3. Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message.

4. Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button

5. Select the desired directory to install the Brother Network Direct Print

files and push Next. The installation program will create the directory

for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

6. Enter the Port name that you wish to use and click OK. The default port

name is BLP1. Whichever name you choose, it must be unique and it

MUST begin with BLP.

7. You must now enter the actual IP address of the print server in the

"Printer name or IP address" field. If you have edited the hosts file on

your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter

the name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and

NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print

server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in your printer configuration

page. From default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as

"BRN_xxxxxx" where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet

address.

Windows 95/98/Me store the hosts file in the default Windows directory.

By default, the Windows hosts file is called hosts.sam. If you wish to use the

hosts file you must rename the file to hosts with no extension, the .sam extension

stands for sample.

8. Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer.

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