f Multi-Protocol On-board Print Server Network User's Guide for HL-2070N Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the Printer CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop resource for all your printer needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your Brother printers or read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Version 1 Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes We use the following icon throughout this User's Guide: Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features. Trademarks Brother and the Brother logo are registered trademarks and BRAdmin Professional is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. 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Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication. ©2004 Brother Industries Ltd. i Table of contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................1-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 1-1 Types of network connection ............................................................................................................. 1-2 Network connection example ...................................................................................................... 1-2 Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP ......................................................................................... 1-2 Network shared printing........................................................................................................... 1-3 Protocols............................................................................................................................................ 1-4 TCP/IP protocols and functionalities............................................................................................ 1-4 DHCP/BOOTP/RARP.............................................................................................................. 1-4 APIPA ...................................................................................................................................... 1-4 DNS client................................................................................................................................ 1-4 NetBIOS/IP .............................................................................................................................. 1-4 LPR/LPD ................................................................................................................................. 1-4 Port9100 .................................................................................................................................. 1-5 SMTP client ............................................................................................................................. 1-5 IPP........................................................................................................................................... 1-5 mDNS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5 TELNET................................................................................................................................... 1-5 SNMP ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5 Web server (HTTP) ................................................................................................................. 1-5 2 Configuring your network printer ............................................................................2-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 2-1 IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ...................................................................................... 2-1 IP address ................................................................................................................................... 2-1 How the IP address is assigned to your print server: .............................................................. 2-1 Subnet mask................................................................................................................................ 2-2 Gateway (and router)................................................................................................................... 2-2 Setting the IP address and subnet mask ........................................................................................... 2-3 Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows® only) ..................................................................................................................... 2-3 BRAdmin Professional utility ................................................................................................... 2-3 How to configure your printer using the BRAdmin Professional utility..................................... 2-3 Using other methods to configure your network printer............................................................... 2-4 Changing the print server settings ..................................................................................................... 2-4 Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to change the print server settings (for Windows® only) ..................................................................................................................... 2-4 Using the HTTP (web browser) and the TCP/IP protocol to change the print server settings..... 2-5 3 Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing ................3-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 3-1 For Windows® 2000/XP users ........................................................................................................... 3-1 Configuring the standard TCP/IP port ......................................................................................... 3-1 Printer driver not yet installed .................................................................................................. 3-1 Printer driver already installed ................................................................................................. 3-2 For Windows NT® 4.0 users .............................................................................................................. 3-3 Installing the TCP/IP protocol ...................................................................................................... 3-3 ii Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software ............................................................................... 3-3 Associating to the printer ............................................................................................................. 3-4 Adding a second Brother LPR port.............................................................................................. 3-5 For Windows® 95/98/Me users .......................................................................................................... 3-5 Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software ............................................................................... 3-5 Associating to the printer ............................................................................................................. 3-6 Adding a second Brother LPR port.............................................................................................. 3-7 Other sources of information ............................................................................................................. 3-7 4 Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing .......................4-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 4-1 Print server configuration for Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0....... 4-1 Print server configuration............................................................................................................. 4-1 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using the BRAdmin Professional utility................... 4-2 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using a web browser............................................... 4-3 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using TELNET ........................................................ 4-3 Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor................................................................................ 4-4 Associating to the printer ............................................................................................................. 4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me ................................................................................................................ 4-5 Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP ................................................................................... 4-5 Adding a second NetBIOS print port ........................................................................................... 4-6 Windows® 95/98/Me ................................................................................................................ 4-6 Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP ................................................................................... 4-6 Other sources of information ............................................................................................................. 4-6 5 Internet printing for Windows® .................................................................................5-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 5-1 Windows® 2000/XP IPP printing ........................................................................................................ 5-1 Specifying a different URL........................................................................................................... 5-2 Other sources of information ............................................................................................................. 5-3 6 Network printing from Macintosh® ..........................................................................6-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 6-1 Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X...... 6-1 How to select the printer driver.................................................................................................... 6-1 Changing the configuration using a web browser.............................................................................. 6-2 Other sources of information ............................................................................................................. 6-3 7 Using the control panel .............................................................................................7-1 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 7-1 Printing the Printer Settings Page...................................................................................................... 7-2 Restoring the network settings to factory default............ ...