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Brother NC-5100h Network User's Manual

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NC-5100h
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  • Page 1 FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions in the 'Solutions' and 'Customer Education' sections. Some Brother printer models are network ready as standard. Other Brother printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server.
  • Page 2 Compilation and Publication Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3 Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6 Brother fax-back system (USA) Brother Customer Service has set up an easy-to-use fax-back system so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and information about all our products. This is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can use the system to send the information to any fax machine.
  • Page 4 - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Important Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd. could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only) This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
  • Page 5 Declaration of Conformity (Europe) Brother Industries, Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative documents. Safety: EN 60950, EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024 following the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/ 263/EEC and 92/31/EEC).

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    (Printer Driver already installed) ......... 2-5 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing .......... 2-5 Windows NT 4.0 Printing ® Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ....2-6 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer..........2-7 Windows ® NT 4.0 Printing Adding a Second Brother LPR Port......
  • Page 7 Overview..............3-1 Quick Tips:.............. 3-1 Driver Deployment Wizard........3-2 TCP/IP Printing ............3-2 Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ....3-3 Associating to the printer ..........3-4 Adding a Second Brother LPR Port ......3-5 Other Sources of Information........3-5 NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing..........
  • Page 8 Brother Internet Print Installing the BIP software on Windows ® 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP......5-7 Setup from CD-ROM ..........5-7 Adding a Second Brother Internet Port..... 5-10 Windows ® 2000/XP IPP Printing....... 5-10 Specifying a different URL........5-12 Other Sources of Information ........5-12 Novell NetWare Printing............
  • Page 9 Other Sources of Information........6-22 AppleTalk (EtherTalk) TCP/IP Printing........ 7-1 Printing From a Macintosh..........7-1 Overview..............7-1 Macintosh Configuration (OS 8.5 - 9.2) ...... 7-2 How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) ..........7-3 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP)..... 7-5 Macintosh Configuration (OS X v.
  • Page 10 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer (HP JetAdmin compatible method) Troubleshooting ....... 11-8 Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 Peer-to-Peer ® Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting......11-8 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting ..11-9 Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting . 11-9 Novell NetWare Troubleshooting......11-10 AppleTalk Troubleshooting........11-11 DLC/LLC Troubleshooting ........11-12 Web Browser Troubleshooting (TCP/IP) ....
  • Page 11 Reloading the Print Server Firmware....... A-4 General ..............A-4 Reloading firmware using BRAdmin ......A-5 Reloading process ............. A-6 Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a command prompt ............... A-7 Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser . INDEX ..................

  • Page 12: Unix Printing

    TCP/IP communications can proceed concurrently while other protocols are active, this means that UNIX, NetWare, Apple, and other computers can share the same Brother print server over an Ethernet network. The Linux operating system uses the same setup procedures as standard Berkeley UNIX systems.

  • Page 13: Tcp/Ip

    BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. TCP/IP Brother print servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd (line printer daemon) protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote LPR command can spool jobs to Brother print servers without the need for any special software on the host computer.
  • Page 14 The node name in this file does not necessarily need to be the same as the one that is actually configured into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the printer configuration page), however, it is good practice to make the names the same.
  • Page 15 ":". This will create a queue named laser1 on the host computer that communicates to a Brother print server with a node name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through spool directory /usr/spool/lpd/laser1.
  • Page 16 The rm and rp options are not available on some UNIX systems, so if necessary check your documentation to determine the equivalent options. Users of Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems can use the lpc command to obtain the printer status: %lpc status laser1: queuing is enabled printing is enabled...

  • Page 17: Linux Configuration

    (CUPS). CUPS typically uses PPD files are supplied on Brother’s BR-Script (Brother’s Postscript language emulation) ready machines. If you are using a Brother printer that does not include the BR-Script emulation you must use an alternative driver. For more detailed information on Linux printing visit the Brother Solutions web site at: http://solutions.brother.com...

  • Page 18: Hp/Ux Configuration

    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 follows: Execute the sam program. From the list of options, select Printers and Plotters. Select LP Spooler. Select Printers and Plotters. Select Actions and then Add Remote Printer/Plotter.

  • Page 19: Ibm Rs/6000 Aix Configuration

    Earlier versions of HP/UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): Line printer name (user-selectable). Remote system name (the print server name;...

  • Page 20: Sun Solaris 2.X Configuration

    The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. Enter smit and select devices. Select printer/plotter. Select manage remote printer subsystem. Select client services. Select remote printer queues. Select add a remote queue. Enter the following remote queue settings: Name of queue to add (user selectable). Activate the queue (Yes).

  • Page 21: Sco Unix Configuration

    If this is the first printer configured, you must also use the lpsched command prior to the accept command. As an alternative, you may use Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under OpenWindows. Select Edit, Add, and Add Access to Remote Printer.

  • Page 22: Ibm As/400

    The Brother print servers support the FTP protocol. Earlier SCO Unix systems are often configured to print using the FTP protocol. IBM AS/400 To use a Brother print server with an IBM AS/400 running IBM's TCP/ IP gateways services for OS/400 (the OS/400 system must be v3.1 or later) Use the CFGTCP command at your OS/400 prompt to add the print server's TCP/IP address to the AS/400 host table.
  • Page 23 Use the following one-line OS/400 command to create the LPD queue: CRTOUTQ OUTQ(<queuename> RMSTSYS (*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(<service>) AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE (*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL (<driver>) INTNETADR('<ipaddress>') TEXT ('<description>') where <queuename> is the new AS/400 print queue name, <service> is the print server service name (BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1) <driver>...

  • Page 24: Other Systems

    OS/400 version 4, 5, 5.1 You can also use the following command line to create a printer definition: CRTDEVPRT DEVD(BR2) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) FONT(011) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) PPRSRC1(*A4) PPRSRC2(*A4) RMTLOCNAME('10.0.0.200') SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('Arnes Printer') Other Systems Other systems use similar programs to set up print servers. These programs will generally ask for the following information: Requested information: You should use:...

  • Page 25: Other Sources Of Information

    If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your UNIX host computer, you will need to do so now (the printer setup utilities in HP/UX, AIX, Solaris 2.xx, and other systems will automatically create the spool directory). The lpd spool directory is usually located in the /usr/spool directory (check with your system manager to see if the location is different for your system).

  • Page 26: Tcp/Ip Printing

    APIPA protocol, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 27: Windows Nt 3.5X/Nt 4.0/2000/Xp (Tcp/Ip) Configuration

    PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The default name for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address of the print server).
  • Page 28 Click on Next. You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select a new port from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. When you have done that click Next. The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click the Next button.

  • Page 29: Ipp Printing From Windows 2000/Xp Clients

    ® IPP Printing from Windows 2000/XP Clients If you wish to print using the IPP protocol, follow these steps: From the Printers folder select Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on Next. ® For Windows 2000: Select Network Printer. ®...

  • Page 30: Windows 2000/Xp Printing (Printer Driver Already Installed)

    By using Microsoft's IPP software you can also send jobs to other printers that do not support the IPP protocol. ® Windows 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: Select the printer driver you wish to configure.

  • Page 31: Windows Nt 4.0 Printing Installing The Brother Peer To Peer Software

    Click on Next in response to the Welcome message. Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button. Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and click on Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

  • Page 32: Windows Nt 4.0 Printing Associating To The Printer

    Wizard. Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click on Next. Select the Brother LPR Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing Brother Peer to Peer Software” section in this chapter) and click on Next.

  • Page 33: Windows Nt 4.0 Printing Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    NT 4.0 Printing Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.

  • Page 34: Windows Nt 3.5X Printing (Printer Driver Not Yet Installed)

    ® Windows NT 3.5x Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) ® If you have Windows NT 3.5 or 3.51, use the following procedure to configure the print server. Go to the Main window and select the Print Manager icon. Select Printer menu. Select Create Printer.

  • Page 35: Lan Server, Os/2 Warp Server Configuration

    LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother print servers will work with IBM LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the file server (TCP/IP is supplied as standard with LAN Server V4.0 and later as well as Warp Server).
  • Page 36 Warp Connect or LAN Server). This problem is fixed via a patch available from IBM. You will get the Settings window. Enter the following: LPD server The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. LPD printer For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1.
  • Page 37 DOS, Windows , and OS/2 applications will print OK. The Brother print server will appear as a standard OS/2 printer to application programs. To make the print server operate transparently with DOS programs, execute the following command on each workstation:...

  • Page 38: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing and for documents on the IPP protocol and how ® to configure a Windows 2000/XP/95/98/Me System. Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 39: Peer To Peer Printing

    APIPA protocol, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 40: Driver Deployment Wizard

    HP utilities to manage and to print to your Brother printer. Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file to the File server or send the file in E-mail to users.

  • Page 41: Installing The Brother Peer To Peer Software

    Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message. Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button. Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and push Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

  • Page 42: Associating To The Printer

    (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and press Next. Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software” section) and press Next.

  • Page 43: Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.

  • Page 44: Netbios Peer To Peer Printing

    APIPA protocol, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 45: Print Server Configuration

    NT4.0/2000/XP systems may receive "Printer is busy" error messages when more than one person attempts to access the printer. In this instance Brother has provided the "Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" software which allows users to continue spooling print jobs while the printer is busy, down or out of paper. The port monitor will hold the jobs until the printer is again available.

  • Page 46: Changing The Workgroup/Domain Name Using Telnet Or Brconfig Or A Web Browser

    Because of the way that Microsoft networks work, the print server may take several minutes to appear in the network neighborhood. You will also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks.

  • Page 47: Netbios Port Monitor For Windows 95/98/Me, Nt4.0/2000/Xp

    If you are using the TCP/IP protocol, the proper IP address should be defined on both the Brother print server and your client PC. Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor If you already installed the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network...

  • Page 48: Associating The Printer

    The name should be compliant with UNC (Universal Name Convention). For example: \\NodeName\ServiceName. Where NodeName is the NetBIOS name of the Brother print server (the default name is usually BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address), and ServiceName is the service name for NetBIOS of the print server.

  • Page 49: Windows ® 2000/Xp

    (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and press Next. Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and press Next. Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next.

  • Page 50: Adding A Second Netbios Print Port

    (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and press Next. Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer".

  • Page 51: Windows Nt ® 4.0 / Windows ® 2000/Xp

    Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration As Brother print servers support the SMB protocol over TCP/IP via a NetBIOS interface, you can easily configure your printer to work with an IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server networks that have IBM TCP/IP V2.0 or later installed on the fileserver.

  • Page 52: Workstation Configuration

    Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page on your print server. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. Refer chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 53: Configuring Internet Printing For Windows

    Me/NT4.0, allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Paris.

  • Page 54: Brother Internet Print General Information

    When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MIME- encoded (converted to a standard Internet E-mail message) and sent out to a Brother print server at the remote location. This means that BIP is compatible with most common E-mail software packages. The only requirement is that the E-mail server be capable of sending E- mail message over the Internet.

  • Page 55: Brother Internet Print Configuring The Brother Print Server

    Configure the POP3 server on the E-mail server at the remote site with a mail account (Mailbox name) and password for the Brother print server (generally, the mail account name will be the first part of the Email address; for example, if you assign the Email address emailprinter@xyz.com, then the mail account...

  • Page 56: Using Bradmin To Configure The Print Server

    Start BRAdmin. Select the node name of the desired Brother print server from the list and double click on it. (the default node name is usually BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 57: Brother Internet Print Using A Web Browser To Configure The Print Server

    The default password is "access". Select the Configure POP3/SMTP option and enter the information as described above. Refer to "Brother Internet Print Using a Web Browser to configure the Print Server". You should see a Segmented Message Timeout option. If a print...

  • Page 58: Brother Internet Print Using Telnet To Configure The Print Server

    Brother Internet Print Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you used BRAdmin or a Web Browser to configure the remote print server. As an alternative to BRAdmin, you can use the print server remote console to configure the print server. The console can be accessed via TELNET.

  • Page 59: Installing The Bip Software On

    BIP1. You will then see a message about Partial E-mail Print. Partial E-mail Print is the ability of the Brother Internet Print software to break down E-mail Print jobs into smaller sections to prevent a mail file size limitation problem for the mail server.
  • Page 60 95/98/Me users> Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM. Click Next when you are done. If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it.
  • Page 61 Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and press Next. ® <For Windows NT4.0/2000/XP users> Select the Brother Internet port (BIP...) which you selected in step 6 and press Next. Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series).

  • Page 62: Adding A Second Brother Internet Port

    Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother Internet Port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of a printer that is using BIP, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties.
  • Page 63 Disk button. You will then be asked to insert the driver disk. Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. Now specify the model name of the printer. If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message.

  • Page 64: Specifying A Different Url

    Get More Info option will not display any printer data. If you are using the built in service names that the Brother print server supports, you can also use the following: (However, please note the Get More Info option will not display any printer data).

  • Page 65: Novell Netware Printing

    How to configure Novell NetWare Printing Overview Brother print servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other network protocol users. All NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell server and delivered to the printer when it is available.

  • Page 66: General Information

    General Information In order to use a Brother print server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's...

  • Page 67: Creating A Ndps Printer Using Nwadmin For Netware5

    Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for NetWare5 With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing system called Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the print server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 server and an NDPS Manager configured on the server. For further information regarding NDPS printers and printing please refer to the "Other Sources of Information"...

  • Page 68: Ndps Broker

    NDPS Broker When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker: Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled.

  • Page 69: Creating A Printer Agent

    There are four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option. Enter the relevant details of the printer, and Brother recommends typing Binary_P1 for the printer name. Click finish and wait. Select the printer drivers for the client operating systems.

  • Page 70: Configuring Netware 3 And Netware 4 Systems

    Brother's BRAdmin application provides similar functionality to the NetWare PCONSOLE utility (or the NWADMIN utility in NetWare 4.1x or later). To use the BRAdmin application to configure a Brother print server under NetWare, make sure that you are logged in as SUPERVISOR (NetWare 2.xx or 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or...
  • Page 71 names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to printer the configuration page on your print server.

  • Page 72: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Bradmin

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. Start BRAdmin. One or more print server services will appear in the list of printers (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 73: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Novell Nwadmin And Bradmin

    (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using Novell NWADMIN and BRAdmin If you do not wish to use the Brother BRAdmin application solely to configure your NetWare file server, use the following instructions for configuration using the NWADMIN application in conjunction with the BRAdmin application.
  • Page 74 Change context if required and then double click the name of the printer you created in step 3. Click Assignments. Click Add. Change the context if necessary. Select the print queue you created in step 5. Click Configuration and set the Printer type to Other/ Unknown.
  • Page 75 (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). Double click the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access. Now select the NetWare tab.

  • Page 76: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode In Nds Mode) Using Novell Nwadmin And Bradmin

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode in NDS mode) using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) and BRAdmin, you will need to perform the following steps:...
  • Page 77 As an alternative to Brother's BRAdmin application or the Novell NWADMIN application, you can use the standard Novell PCONSOLE utility in conjunction with Brother's BRCONFIG program to set up your print queues.

  • Page 78: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Bindery Emulation Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG Login as Supervisor (NetWare 3.xx) or ADMIN (NetWare 4.1x or later; be sure to specify the /b option for bindery mode). ® Execute BRCONFIG from the Windows menu.
  • Page 79 Press INSERT to create a new queue on the file server, type the new queue name and press ENTER. The name does not have to be related to the name of the print server resources, but should be short and convenient for users to remember. Make sure that the new queue name is highlighted, and then press ENTER to configure the queue.

  • Page 80: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG Make sure that you are logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode on the NetWare 4.1x file server. Run the PCONSOLE utility from PC workstation.
  • Page 81 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. Press ENTER. And then, press ESCAPE several times to return to the main Available Options menu.
  • Page 82 Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can also enter the TREE and CONTEXT name using your web browser, by connecting to the Brother print server using the TCP/IP protocol and selecting the NetWare protocol configuration.

  • Page 83: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG Make sure that the PSERVER NLM (NetWare Loadable Module) is loaded on your file server. Log into the file server from your PC workstation as ADMIN if you are using NetWare 4.1x (if you want NDS support, do not login...
  • Page 84 Highlight Print Queues Assigned and press ENTER and then INSERT to get a list of available queues. Highlight the name of the print queue you wish to assign to the remote printer and press ENTER. The other settings in the menu are not required. Push ESCAPE several times to exit PCONSOLE.
  • Page 85 BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). For example, to set up remote "Printer 3" for a Brother printer with the print server BRN_310107_P1 using the PSERVER NLM called...

  • Page 86: Other Sources Of Information

    NetWare file server console and then reload it in order for the changes to take effect. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 87: Appletalk (Ethertalk) Tcp/Ip Printing

    TCP/IP Printing Printing From a Macintosh Overview Brother print servers support the AppleTalk protocol running over Ethernet (also known as EtherTalk). This allows Macintosh users to print at the same time as all other Ethernet network using the AppleTalk (also referred to as EtherTalk) protocol.

  • Page 88: Macintosh Configuration (Os 8.5 - 9.2)

    LaserWriter 8 driver you must install it. Consult your Macintosh documentation for instructions on how to do this. Before you try to use the Brother print server, you must first enable the EtherTalk protocol from the Network Control Panel on the Macintosh.

  • Page 89: How To Select The Print Server (Appletalk/Ethertalk)

    Install Software. Figure 1 Typical Macintosh Installer The above screenshot is from a Brother HL-7050 series printer driver. However, you will see a similar screen for all Brother printers that include a Macintosh printer driver. How to Select the Print Server...
  • Page 90 Open the Chooser from the Apple Menu on the Macintosh, and then click on the LaserWriter icon (if necessary, select the appropriate AppleTalk zone from the Network Control Panel). Figure 2 Macintosh Chooser Click on the appropriate print server and close the Chooser program.

  • Page 91: How To Select The Print Server (Tcp/Ip)

    How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) Apple has developed the "Desktop Printer" utility. This can be found from the Apple menu (this is only available from System 8.6 or later). When you run it you will see the following screen: Figure 3 Selecting LPR Printing 7 - 5 APPLETALK (ETHERTALK) TCP/IP PRINTING...
  • Page 92 Select the Printer (LPR) option and click OK. You will then see the following: Figure 4 Selecting the PPD and LPR Configuration At this point we must select the correct PPD file for the printer and also configure the correct LPR information. Click the Change button in the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File section and select the appropriate PPD file for your model.
  • Page 93 Figure 5 Entering the IP address and Queue If you do not specify the correct value the printer may not print, or it may not print the data correctly. Please ensure that the value you enter here matches with the Service name of the printer. Click OK to go back to the previous screen.

  • Page 94: Macintosh Configuration (Os X V. 10/10.1/10.2)

    Macintosh Configuration (OS X v. 10/10.1/10.2) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Select the Mac OS X folder. Double click on the PPD_Installer.pkg icon and follow the on-screen instructions. How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver:...

  • Page 95: How To Select The Print Server (Tcp/Ip)

    Printing the configuration page will allow you to confirm the MAC address. Please refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page. From the Printer Model pull-down list select your model. Click Add and the printer will be available from the Printer List. How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: Turn the power of the printer ON.

  • Page 96: Changing The Configuration

    Simply connect to the printer using the format: http://ip_address where ip_address is the address of the printer. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 97: Dlc Printing

    DLC Printing ® Printing from Windows NT or ® Windows 2000 Overview ® DLC is a simple protocol that is included in Windows NT ® Windows 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating ® systems (such as Windows 3.x) with the addition of vendor-supplied software that supports the Hewlett-Packard JetDirect card.

  • Page 98: Windows 2000 Printer Setup

    2000 with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Properties, select the Ports tab, click on Add Port and continue from Step 6 (ignoring steps 11-14 about installing the correct driver)).

  • Page 99: Windows Nt 4.0 Printer Setup

    NT with administrative privileges. From the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to configure and then select Printers/Properties, select the Ports tab and continue from Step 4 (ignoring steps 9-11 about installing the correct driver)).

  • Page 100: Windows Nt 3.5X Setup

    A list of available 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 address on the printer configuration page). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page.

  • Page 101: Configuring Dlc On Other Systems

    To use DLC on other network systems, you will generally need vendor-supplied software. Typically such software will support the Brother print servers. Follow the vendor's instructions to install the DLC protocol on your system. Once the protocol is installed, create a network port in the same way ®...

  • Page 102: Other Sources Of Information

    The only difference is that instead of connecting the printer to the LPT1 parallel port, you point it to the network port you just created. Brother does not recommend using the DLC protocol with ® Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in a peer-to-peer configuration if the printer will be heavily used.

  • Page 103: Web Based Management

    APIPA protocol, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

  • Page 104: How To Connect To Your Printer Using A Browser

    The default password for Brother print servers is access. You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh and Unix users are also able to connect to the printer and manage it. You can also use the BRAdmin application to manage the printer and its network configuration.

  • Page 105: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network.

  • Page 106: Using The Printer Control Panel To Allocate An Ip Address (Printers With Lcd Panels Only)

    Other SNMP based management utility. These configuration methods are described in the following paragraphs. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the router (gateway).

  • Page 107: Using Bradmin And The Ipx/Spx Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    IP address using the BRAdmin Professional software: Use the IPX/SPX protocol. Use the TCP/IP protocol and let BRAdmin find the Brother print server as an unconfigured device. Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to set the IP address...

  • Page 108: Using Bradmin And The Tcp/Ip Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    Enter the IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server. Click OK then select Close. With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 4...

  • Page 109: Using Dhcp To Configure The Ip Address

    Using DHCP to Configure the IP address The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have DHCP ® Server in your network (typically a Unix/Linux, Windows NT 4.0, ® Windows 2000 or Novell Netware network) the print server will automatically obtains its IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name...

  • Page 110: Using Arp To Configure The Print Server Ip Address

    Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application or the printer’s control panel and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on ®...
  • Page 111 ARP command. The ARP command only works once. For security reasons, once you have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the ARP command again to change the address. The print server will ignore any attempts to do this.

  • Page 112: Using Rarp To Configure The Ip Address

    -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type: ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on. TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 10 - 8...

  • Page 113: Using Bootp To Configure The Ip Address

    Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the /etc/services file on your host as a real service;...

  • Page 114: Configuring The Ip Address With Brconfig

    Configuring the IP Address with BRCONFIG Users of Novell networks have additional alternatives for configuring the IP address of Brother print servers by using the remote console facility. On a NetWare network, you can use the BRCONFIG utility which is included with every print server.

  • Page 115: Changing The Ip Address Settings With The Telnet Console

    If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following 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 digits in your IP address can identify the type of network you have.
  • Page 116 You will then get the Local> prompt. Type SET IP ADDRESS ipaddress, where ipaddress is the desired IP address you wish to assign to the print server (check with your network manager for the IP address to use). For example: Local>...

  • Page 117: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on TCP/IP protocol. 10 - 13 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION...

  • Page 118: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided into the following sections: Installation Problems Intermittent Problems Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting Installation problems If you cannot print over the network, check the following: Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
  • Page 119 (make sure that you have entered the print server name). If you can see Print Server Status and Control in the menu, then the Brother print server is visible to the network, proceed to the Novel NetWare Installation Troubleshooting Section. Otherwise, go to step 3.
  • Page 120 Ethernet addresses to pass through (a process known as filtering); therefore, such a bridge must be configured to allow Brother print server addresses. Likewise, a router can be set up to pass only certain protocols, so be sure that the desired protocol can be passed through to the print server.

  • Page 121: Intermittent Problems

    If you can print small jobs but large graphics jobs are distorted or incomplete, make sure that you have adequate memory in your printer and the latest printer driver installed on your computer. The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com Check the individual protocol troubleshooting sections in this chapter for additional causes of intermittent printer problems.

  • Page 122: Unix Troubleshooting

    If you used BRCONFIG, NCP or to enter the IP address, make sure that you exited the remote console properly with a CTRL- D or EXIT and that you turned the printer off and then again (it may take up to two minutes for the IP address to take effect). Make sure that the TCP/IP protocol of the print server is enabled.
  • Page 123 If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX), make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software, because earlier versions will not work with Brother print servers. 11 - 6 TROUBLESHOOTING...

  • Page 124: Windows Nt/Lan Server (Tcp/Ip) Troubleshooting

    ® If you are having trouble printing on a Windows 95/98/Me Peer-to- Peer network (LPR method), check the following: Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed ® and configured according to the Windows 95/98/Me Peer-to- Peer chapters.

  • Page 125: Windows 95/98/Me Peer-To-Peer (Hp Jetadmin Compatible Method) Troubleshooting

    ® If you are having trouble printing on a Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 (or later) Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely ® installed and configured according to the Windows 95/98/Me/ NT 4.0 Peer-to-Peer (NetBIOS) chapters. You may find that during the installation of the port driver, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed.

  • Page 126: Brother Internet Print (Tcp/Ip) Troubleshooting

    You can also enable the partial e-mail print facility on your client PC, this will split the e-mail up into fragments which should then not overwhelm your e-mail server. To do this, select the property dialog of the Brother Internet Print Port. ® Windows...

  • Page 127: Novell Netware Troubleshooting

    If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, first verify that the Brother print server is attached to the server queue by going to PCONSOLE, selecting PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION, and then CURRENTLY ATTACHED SERVERS.

  • Page 128: Appletalk Troubleshooting

    If you changed the login password, you must change the password in both the Brother print server (using the SET NETWARE PASSWORD command if you are using the BRConfig software) or by using a web browser or the BRAdmin application and in the file server (using the PCONSOLE Print Server Information Change Password command).

  • Page 129: Dlc/Llc Troubleshooting

    If you have a large network, make sure that you have the Laser Writer V8.xx or equivalent driver, since earlier versions may cause PostScript errors. Also, verify that you get the correct printer information when you select Printer Info from the Setup button in the Chooser.

  • Page 130: Appendix

    Java. Please note this software may not be included on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your Brother product. If it was not, please visit http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin to learn more about this software and to download it.

  • Page 131: Http (Recommended

    HTTP (Recommended) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX, Windows NT,...

  • Page 132: Using Services

    Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands.

  • Page 133: General

    To do this, print out a configuration page (refer to your Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print a configuration page). There are three methods of upgrading the firmware in your Brother print server: Use the BRAdmin application (Recommended)

  • Page 134: Reloading Firmware Using Bradmin

    Reloading firmware using BRAdmin The BRAdmin application can be used to easily re-program your Brother print server. Start BRAdmin. Highlight the appropriate print server. Then press select the Control menu and choose Load Firmware. You can select more than one print server by pressing CTRL+<select> or SHIFT+<select>...

  • Page 135: Reloading Process

    Reloading process The Data LED on the printer control panel will blink during the firmware file loading process. During programming process, the backlight on the printer’s LCD goes off, and Erase xxxxxx and Write xxxxxx will be indicated alternately on the LCD. After the firmware update is completed, the printer will re-start automatically.

  • Page 136: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Command Prompt

    Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a command prompt By specifying the print server PASSWORD AS THE USERNAME when logging on, it becomes possible to upgrade the firmware of the print server or printer (if supported). The following example assumes that the print server password is "cambridge"...

  • Page 137: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Web Browser

    Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions.brother.com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. A - 8 APPENDIX...

  • Page 138: Index

    IBM RS/6000 AIX ....1-8 Brother LPR port ....3-4 IIS ......2-2 Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor Internet ........5-1 ........4-2 Internet Printing ....5-1 Brother Peer to Peer Print ... 3-4 IPP ..2-2 5-10 Browser ....... 9-2 IPX ........6-2 IPX/SPX ......10-1 ISP ........5-2 CFGTCP ......
  • Page 139 Microsoft Internet Print Services PSERVER NLM ....6-12 ........2-2 Microsoft TCP/IP printing ... 2-1 RARP ........ 10-8 MIME ........5-2 Reloading firmware .....A-5 RFC 1001 ......10-5 NDPS ......6-2 rlpstat ........1-5 NDS ........6-2 NET USE ......4-9 sam ........
  • Page 140 Windows 2000 ........2-1 11-10 Windows 2000 Printing ........2-2 Windows 95/98/Me ..... 3-1 Windows NT ......8-1 Windows NT 3.51 ....2-1 Windows NT 3.5x ....2-1 Windows NT 3.5x Printing ... 2-8 Windows NT 4.0 Printing ..2-5 Windows XP ....2-1 Windows XP printing ...

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