Printer Driver Already Installed; Other Sources Of Information - Brother MFC-255CW Network Manual

Network printing from Windows

Printer driver already installed

If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:
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a
(Windows Vista )
Click the button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
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(Windows Server
Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
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(Windows XP and Windows Server
Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes.
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(Windows 2000)
Click the Start button and choose Settings and then Printers.
b
Right click on the printer driver you wish to configure, and then choose Properties.
c
Click the Ports tab and click Add Port.
d
Choose the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the
New Port... button.
e
The Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
f
Enter the IP address of your network printer. Click Next.
g
Click Finish.
h
Close Printer Ports and Properties dialog box.

Other sources of information

See Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for
MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW) on page 10 to learn how to configure the IP address of the
machine.
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basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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