User manual BROTHER HL-5050

Multi-Protocol Print Server NC-5100h Network User's Guide Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the 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 printers, read the 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. Version 0 Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. HP, HP/UX, JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. DEC, DEC server, VMS, LAT, and ULTRIX are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. 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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTEL OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. iv Table of Contents 1 Unix Printing ......................................................................... 1-1 Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP ............................. 1-1 Overview..................................................................... 1-1 TCP/IP ........................................................................ 1-2 General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration.................. 1-2 Linux Configuration..................................................... 1-6 Linux Configuration using CUPS ............................ 1-6 HP/UX Configuration .................................................. 1-7 IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration ................................. 1-8 Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration ..................................... 1-9 SCO UNIX Configuration.......................................... 1-10 IBM AS/400 .............................................................. 1-11 Other Systems.......................................................... 1-13 Other Sources of Information ................................... 1-14 TCP/IP Printing...................................................................... 2-1 Printing from Windows® NT, Windows® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server .............................................................. 2-1 Overview..................................................................... 2-1 Windows® NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration .............................................................. 2-2 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) .................................. 2-2 Standard TCP/IP Port Printing ............................... 2-2 IPP Printing from Windows® 2000/XP Clients ............ 2-4 IPP printing from Windows 95/98/Me Clients ......... 2-4 Windows® 2000/XP Printing (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............................ 2-8 Windows® NT 3.5x Printing......................................... 2-8 Windows® NT 3.5x Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) .................................. 2-9 LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration ......... 2-10 Server Configuration ............................................ 2-10 Configuration of an OS/2 Server .......................... 2-10 2 v Other Sources of Information.................................... 2-13 3 Peer to Peer Printing ............................................................ 3-1 How to Print in a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network ........................................................ 3-1 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............................................. 4-1 How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000/ XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server.................................. 4-1 Overview..................................................................... 4-1 Print Server Configuration .......................................... 4-2 Changing the workgroup/domain name using TELNET or BRCONFIG or a web browser .................................... 4-3 NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/ 2000/XP ...................................................................... 4-4 Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor ............... 4-4 Associating the printer ................................................ 4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me ............................................... 4-5 Windows NT® 4.0 /Windows® 2000/XP................... 4-6 Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port ......................... 4-7 Windows® 95/98/Me ............................................... 4-7 Windows NT® 4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP.................. 4-8 LAN Server/OS/2 Warp Server Configuration ............ 4-8 Server Configuration:.............................................. 4-8 Workstation Configuration: ..................................... 4-9 Other Sources of Information...................................... 4-9 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows® ...................... 5-1 Internet Printing Installation .............................................. 5-1 Overview..................................................................... 5-1 Brother Internet Print General Information.................. 5-2 Brother Internet Print Configuring the Brother Print Server........................... 5-3 Print Server Configuration Checklist....................... 5-3 Brother Internet Print 4 5 vi Using BRAdmin to Configure the Print Server............ 5-4 Brother Internet Print Using a Web Browser to configure the Print Server ... 5-5 Brother Internet Print Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server ............. 5-6 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 6 Novell NetWare Printing....................................................... 6-1 How to configure Novell NetWare Printing ....................... 6-1 Overview..................................................................... 6-1 General Information.................................................... 6-2 Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for NetWare5 6-3 NDPS Manager .......................................................... 6-3 NDPS Broker .............................................................. 6-4 Creating a Printer Agent ............................................. 6-5 Configuring NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 systems........ 6-6 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using BRAdmin .................................................................... 6-6 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin. 6-8 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using Novell NWADMIN and BRAdmin........................................... 6-9 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode in NDS mode) using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin .......................................... 6-12 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG................................... 6-14 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG........................................................ 6-16 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG............................................................... 6-19 vii Other Sources of Information.................................... 6-22 7 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. 10/10.1/10.2) ........ 7-8 How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) ................................................. 7-8 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP)..................... 7-9 Changing the Configuration ...................................... 7-10 Other Sources of Information.................................... 7-10 DLC Printing .......................................................................... 8-1 Printing from Windows® NT or Windows® 2000 ................ 8-1 Overview..................................................................... 8-1 Configuring DLC on Windows® NT/2000 .................... 8-1 Windows® 2000 Printer Setup .................................... 8-2 Windows® NT 4.0 Printer Setup.................................. 8-3 Windows® NT 3.5x Setup ........................................... 8-4 Configuring DLC on Other Systems ........................... 8-5 Other Sources of Information...................................... 8-6 Web Based Management...................................................... 9-1 How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device......................................................... 9-1 Overview..................................................................... 9-1 How to connect to your printer using a Browser ......... 9-2 Other Sources of Information...................................... 9-2 TCP/IP Configuration.......................................................... 10-1 Assigning TCP/IP Information......................................... 10-1 Overview................................................................... 10-1 Using the printer control panel to allocate an IP address (printers with LCD panels only) ......... 10-2 Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin application 10-2 Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to set the IP address................................... 10-3 Using BRAdmin and the TCP/IP Protocol to set the IP address................................... 10-4 8 9 10 viii Using DHCP to Configure the IP address ................ 10-5 Using APIPA to Configure the IP Address................ 10-5 Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address .................................................... 10-6 Using RARP to Configure the IP Address ................ 10-8 Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address.............. 10-9 Configuring the IP Address with BRCONFIG ......... 10-10 Changing the IP Address settings with the TELNET Console.............................................. 10-11 Other Sources of Information ................................. 10-13 11 Troubleshooting ................................................................. 11-1 Overview................................................................... 11-1 Installation problems................................................. 11-1 Intermittent Problems ............................................... 11-4 TCP/IP Troubleshooting ........................................... 11-4 UNIX Troubleshooting .............................................. 11-5 Windows® NT/LAN Server (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting ..... .................................................................................. 11-7 Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Troubleshooting ............................................. 11-7 Windows® 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) ................ 11-12 Appendix .............................................................................. A-1 Appendix A .......................................................................A-1 General Information....................................................A-1 ...............................................................................A-1 BRAdmin (Recommended) ....................................A-1 Web BRAdmin ........................................................A-1 HTTP (Recommended) ..........................................A-2 WebJetAdmin .........................................................A-2 TELNET..................................................................A-2 BRCONFIG ............................................................A-2 Using Services..................................................................A-3 General.......................................................................A-3 ix 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 . A-8 INDEX ...................................................................................... I-1 x 1 1Unix Printing Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP Overview Brother print servers are supplied with the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. Since virtually all UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this capability allows a printer to be shared on a UNIX Ethernet network. As with all protocols, 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. Refer to this chapter for a typical GUI based Linux installation. Quick Tips: 1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the 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. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 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). UNIX PRINTING 1 - 1 5 When configuring the PRINTCAP file, pay particular attention to the service names, 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. For special applications, raw TCP ports are also available. Brother print servers also support the FTP protocol. This protocol can be used to send print jobs from Unix systems. The Brother print server is pre-configured to run on a TCP/IP network with a minimum of setup. The only mandatory configuration of the print server is the allocation of an IP address, which can be either automatically assigned using DHCP, BOOTP etc., or manually assigned using the ARP command, BRAdmin Professional software, or the printer control panel. For setting the IP address of the print server, refer to the Quick Setup Guide or to chapter 10 of this user guide. General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration The configuration process for most UNIX systems is described in the following steps. As this process varies, we recommend that you refer to your system documentation for additional information. 1 Configure the /etc/hosts file on each UNIX host that needs to communicate with the print server. Use your favorite editor to add an entry to the /etc/hosts file containing the IP address and node name of the device. For example: 192.189.207.3 BRN_310107 1 - 2 UNIX PRINTING The actual format of the entry may vary depending on your system, check your system documentation and also note the format of other entries in the /etc/hosts file. 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. Some operating systems, such as HP/UX, do not accept the "_" character in the default name, for these systems you must use a different name). In any case, the node name in the /etc/hosts file must match the node name in the /etc/printcap file. Some systems such as HP/UX and AIX allow you to enter the IP address as the host name when setting up the print queue. If this is the case, you do not need to configure the hosts file. 2 Choose which print server service you want to use. There are several types of services available on Brother print servers. Binary services pass data through unmodified and are therefore required for PCL or PostScript rasterized graphics printouts. Text services add a carriage return at the end of each line for proper formatting of UNIX text files (which end in linefeed and do not have carriage returns). The text service can also be used for non-rasterized graphics, such as ASCII PostScript graphics or many types of PCL graphics. Choose one of the available services (a service name will be used in step 3): BINARY_P1 Binary data TEXT_P1 Text data (CR added) You may set up multiple print queues on your UNIX host computer for the same print server, each one with a different service name (for example, one queue for binary graphics jobs and one for text jobs). UNIX PRINTING 1 - 3 3 Configure the /etc/printcap file on each host computer to specify the local print queue, the print server name (also called remote machine or rm), and the print server service name (also called remote printer, remote queue, or rp), and the spool directory. This step applies to the majority of UNIX systems, including Linux, Sun OS (but not Solaris 2.xx), Silicon Graphics (lpr/lpd option required), DEC ULTRIX, DEC OSF/1, and Digital UNIX. SCO UNIX users should follow these steps, but should also refer to the SCO UNIX Configuration section. Users of RS/6000 AIX, HP/UX, Sun Solaris 2.xx, and other systems that do not use the printcap file should skip to section 3-a. SCO user's should also skip to section 3a (SCO uses the printcap file, but this file is automatically configured via the rlpconf command). An example of a typical printcap file: laser1|Printer on Floor 1:\ :lp=:\ :rm=BRN_310107:\ :rp=TEXT_P1:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/laser1: Make sure this information is added to the end of the printcap file. Also make sure that the last character in the printcap file is a colon ":". 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. If you are printing binary graphics files, you would use the service BINARY_P1 instead of TEXT_P1. 1 - 4 UNIX PRINTING 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 no entries no daemon present Users of AT&T-compatible UNIX systems can generally use the lpstat or rlpstat commands to obtain similar status information. Because this procedure varies from system to system, refer to your system documentation for the exact usage. 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 RS/6000 AIX computer, or Sun Solaris 2.xx, there is no printcap file. This is also true for some other AT&T-based UNIX systems, as well as many VMS-based TCP/IP software packages (for example, UCX, TGV Multinet, etc.). On SCO systems, there is a printcap file, but it is automatically configured by the rlpconf command. Most of these systems generally use a printer setup program to define the service name (remote printer), the print server name (remote machine) or IP address, and the local queue name (spool directory). Refer to the appropriate section depending on your version of Unix. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 5 Linux Configuration If you do not wish to use the command line interface to configure your Linux distribution, you may wish to use the Linux Printer System Manager application on your GUI. To do this, do the following: 1 From the Linux Printer System Manager screen, click the Add button. 2 You will now be asked to specify which Printer type you are using, select the Remote Unix (lpd) Queue option and click OK. 3 You must now specify the remote host name, remote queue name and the input filter to use. 4 The Remote Host name is the IP address of the printer, or the name from the hosts file which corresponds to the IP address of the printer. 5 The Remote Queue name is the service name that the printer will use when processing the data. Generally we recommend that you use the name "BINARY_P1", however, if you are planning to send text documents that do not have a carriage return and a line feed, then use "TEXT_P1". 6 Select the appropriate Input Filter from the list of available printers on your particular build of Linux. In order to make your settings work, select the Restart lpd option. As soon as the lpd server restarts, you will be able to send printed documents from your server. Linux Configuration using CUPS Many Linux systems support Common Unix Printing System (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 1 - 6 UNIX PRINTING 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: 1 Execute the sam program. From the list of options, select Printers and Plotters. 2 Select LP Spooler. 3 Select Printers and Plotters. 4 Select Actions and then Add Remote Printer/Plotter. 5 Enter any name as the Printer Name (this will be the name of the print queue). 6 Enter the IP address of the print server as the Remote System Name. 7 Enter the desired print server service name as the Remote Printer Name. 8 Check the box next to Remote Printer is on BSD system. 9 You may accept the default values for the remaining items. 10 Click OK to configure the printer. You should now be able to print using the lp-d command with the printer name. If you are using the HP distributed print service, the configuration procedure is slightly different because you are sending the print jobs to a file server, which in turn spools the job to the print server. You must therefore know the name of the file server (spooler host) in addition to the above information. You will add a physical and a remote printer, and then assign a logical printer to the remote printer (a unique name that does not match any other name). To print, use the lp -d command with the logical printer name. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 7 Earlier versions of HP/UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: 1 Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). 2 Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): Line printer name (user-selectable). Remote system name (the print server name; must match what is in hosts file or use print server IP address). Remote printer queue (Print server binary or text service name, e.g. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes). IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The procedure is as follows for AIX 4.0 and later: 1 Enter smit and select devices. 2 Select Printer/Plotter. 3 Select Print Spooling. 4 Select Add a Print Queue. 5 Select Remote. 6 Enter the following Remote Printer Settings: Name of queue (user selectable) Host name of Remote Printer (print server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address) Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). Type of print spooler. BSD (press the LIST button and choose BSD) 1 - 8 UNIX PRINTING The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. 1 Enter smit and select devices. 2 Select printer/plotter. 3 Select manage remote printer subsystem. 4 Select client services. 5 Select remote printer queues. 6 Select add a remote queue. 7 Enter the following remote queue settings: Name of queue to add (user selectable). Activate the queue (Yes). Destination host (print server name; must match name in / etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address) Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1). Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0). Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote printer configuration: lpsystem -t bsd prnservername lpadmin -p queue -s prnservername!prnserverservice accept queue (not required on newer Solaris systems) enable queue (not required on newer Solaris systems) Where queue is the name of the local print queue. prnservername is the name of the print server (must match the entry in the /etc/hosts file or IP address). prnserverservice is the print server BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1 service. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 9 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. Then enter the print server name in the format prnservername!\prnserverservice as described above. Make sure that the printer server OS is set to BSD (the default setting), and click Add. Note that we recommend that you use the /etc/hosts file for the printer name rather than NIS or other name services. Also note that due to a bug in the Sun lpd implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, you may experience problems printing very long print jobs. If this is the case, a workaround is to use the raw TCP port software as described later in this chapter. SCO UNIX Configuration To configure a printer in version Version 5.x of SCO Unix, use the SCOADMIN program. 1 Select Printers and then Print Manager. 2 On the menu select Printer and then Add Remote followed by Unix... 3 Enter the IP address of the print server, and type in the name of the printer that will be used to spool to. 4 Deselect Use External remote Printing Protocol... 5 To eject the printed page, add the command rp=lpaf to the / etc/printcap file. 1 - 10 UNIX PRINTING SCO UNIX requires TCP/IP V1.2 or later to work with Brother print servers. You must first configure the /etc/hosts and /etc/ printcap files as described in step 2. Then run the sysadmsh program as follows: 1 Select Printers. 2 Select Configure. 3 Select Add. 4 Enter the name of the print queue you entered in the /etc/ printcap file as the Printer name. 5 Enter anything as the Comment, and Class name. 6 For the Use printer interface select Existing. 7 Press the F3 key to get a list of available interfaces, and select the desired one as the Name of interface using the cursor keys (Dumb is a good choice). 8 Select Direct as the Connection. 9 Enter the desired Device name (/dev/lp generally works). 10 Select Hardwired as the Device. 11 Select No for the Require banner field. Older SCO Unix Systems 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. UNIX PRINTING 1 - 11 Use the following one-line OS/400 command to create the LPD queue: CRTOUTQ OUTQ( RMSTSYS (*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ() AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE (*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL () INTNETADR('') TEXT ('') where is the new AS/400 print queue name, is the print server service name (BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1) is the OS/400 printer driver name (*HP4 is recommended if in doubt), and is the IP address of the print server. Note that the IP address and description must be enclosed in single quotes. For example: CRTOUTQ OUTQ(BR1) RMTSYS(*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(BINARY_P1) AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE(*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) INTNETADR('10.0.0.200') TEXT('Arnes Printer') If you are using A4 paper, you may find that the printer page formatting is incorrect (this is probably because your AS/400 system is set to Letter sized paper), to resolve this problem, do the following: Edit the Host Print Transform source code: RTVWSCST DEVTYPE(*TRANSFORM) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) SRCMBR(HP5SI) SRCFILE(MYLIB/SRC) At the paper definition, alter the existing hex codes for Letter Size, 1B 26 6C 02 41 to hex codes for A4 Size, 1B 26 6C 32 36 41. 1 - 12 UNIX PRINTING 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: remote printer remote host computer name You should use: Binary or Text service name Any name (must match the name in the printcap file, if any) or in some cases, you may enter the print server IP address here IP address of print server. remote host IP address Technical support specialists for these companies can usually answer configuration questions if you provide them with the equivalent UNIX configuration information (tell them that the print server looks like a remote UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon). UNIX PRINTING 1 - 13 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). To create a new spool directory, use the mkdir command. For example, to create a spool directory for the queue laser1, you would enter: mkdir /usr/spool/lpd/laser1 On some systems it is also necessary to start the daemon. This is done on Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 1 - 14 UNIX PRINTING 2 2TCP/IP Printing Printing from Windows® NT, Windows® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Overview Users of Windows® NT can print directly to a network-ready Brother printer using the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows® NT users must install Microsoft's "TCP/IP printing" protocol. Windows® 2000/ XP users are able to send print jobs directly to the printer without installing any additional software. Brother's print server also supports transparent printing from IBM LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server file servers, as well as from OS/2 Warp Connect workstations using the TCP/IP protocol. Quick Tips: 1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the 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. 2 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 3 Windows® NT users must install the "Microsoft TCP/IP printing" protocol (available through the control panel applet). 4 Windows® 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network Printing software and IPP protocol software built into any Windows® 2000/XP installation. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 1 5 Windows® 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows® 2000/XP computer providing that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows® 2000/XP computer and that the client PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. 6 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). 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 your Windows® NT system. This is done via the Network icon in the Control Panel window of the Windows® NT system (the Control Panel is in the Main window on NT 3.5x systems, or use the Start button on NT 4.0 to access the Settings/Control Panel menu). The default configuration of Windows® 2000/XP automatically installs the TCP/IP protocol. Refer to the appropriate section in this chapter for more information. Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all the necessary software required for you to be able to print. This chapter describes the two most commonly used configurations, Standard TCP/IP Port printing and IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). If you have already installed the printer driver, jump to the printer driver already installed section. Standard TCP/IP Port Printing 1 From the Printers folder select Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on Next. 2 Now select the Local Printer option and deselect the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer option. 2 - 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 3 Click on Next. 4 You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select a new port from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. 5 When you have done that click Next. 6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click the Next button. 7 Enter the IP address, or name of the printer you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you. 8 Click the Next button. 9 Windows® 2000/XP will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did not specify the correct IP address or name then you will receive an error message. 10 Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard. 11 Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Select the appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on CD-ROM then select the Have Disk option to browse to the CD-ROM. You can also click the Windows Update button to connect directly to Microsoft's support Web site to download printer drivers. 12 When the driver is installed, click the Next button. 13 Specify a name and click the Next button. 14 Now specify if you wish to share the printer, enter the share name and click Next. 15 Continue through the Wizard clicking the Finish button when complete. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 3 IPP Printing from Windows® 2000/XP Clients If you wish to print using the IPP protocol, follow these steps: 1 From the Printers folder select Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on Next. 2 For Windows® 2000: Select Network Printer. For Windows® XP: Select A Network Printer, or a Printer attached to another computer. 3 For Windows® 2000: Click the Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet option. For Windows® XP: Click the Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network option. 4 You must now enter a URL name. A typical example of a URL name for a printer that supports the IPP protocol is: http:// ip_address:631/ipp (where ip_address is the IP address, NetBIOS name or DNS name of the print server). 5 Click the Next button. 6 Windows® 2000/XP will now connect to the device that you specified and determine the model number of the printer. If the appropriate driver is installed on the PC, it will be used. If the appropriate driver is not available you will be asked to insert the driver diskette that was supplied with the printer. 7 Follow the Wizard through to the end of the installation. 8 Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard. IPP printing from Windows 95/98/Me Clients It is also possible to send IPP print jobs from a Windows® 95/98/Me client PC, provided that the PC has the ability to connect to and access Windows® 2000/XP resources. Visit the Microsoft web site (www.microsoft.com) and download the Windows® Internet Print Services support software for Windows® systems. Once installed, this software will allow you to connect to a Windows® 2000/XP system that is also running IIS and send print jobs using the IPP protocol. 2 - 4 TCP/IP PRINTING 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: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the New Port... button. 5 The standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start. Follow steps 6-10 of the "Standard TCP/IP Port Printing" section. Windows® NT 4.0 Printing If you did not install the TCP/IP protocol during the installation of your Windows® NT 4.0 system (either workstation or server) follow these steps. If you have already installed the TCP/IP protocol, proceed to the next section. 1 Go to the Start button, choose Settings, and then select Control Panel. 2 Run the Network applet by double clicking the Network icon and then click on the Protocols tab. 3 Select Add, and double click on the TCP/IP Protocol. 4 Insert the requested disk(s), or CD-ROM, to copy the required files. 5 Click the Close button. The Windows® NT system will review protocol bindings and then you will see the TCP/IP Properties dialog. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 5 6 Configure the host IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address in that dialog. Consult your system manager for these addresses. 7 Click OK to exit (your NT workstation or server will need to be re-booted). Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select the desired Language and then select Install Software. Then select the Network Print Software installation program. 3 Click on Next 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 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. 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 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 the printer configuration page. By default the NetBIOS name will appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. 8 Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer. 2 - 6 TCP/IP PRINTING Windows® NT 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. 3 Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click on Next. 4 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. 5 Select the desired printer model. If the correct model is not displayed, click on the Have Disk option and insert the CDROM supplied with your printer. 6 If the driver already exists, select Keep Existing Driver (if it does not exist, this step will be skipped), and then click on Next. 7 If desired, change the name of the printer then click Next. 8 If desired, make the printer shared (so other user can access it), and select the operating system(s) that these other computers will be running. Click on Next. 9 Select Yes when you asked Would you like to print a test page?. Click on Finish to complete the installation. You may now print to the printer as if it were a local printer. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 7 Windows® 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. Click on the Ports tab and push the Add Port button. In the Printer Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. Click the New Port button and enter the port name. The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Settings dialog. Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. And then click Close in the Printer Ports dialog. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port(s) setting of the printer driver. Windows® NT 3.5x Printing 1 Go into the Control Panel and run the Network applet. 2 Select Add Software and TCP/IP Protocol and related components. 3 Select the TCP/IP Network Printing Support check box. And then click on the Continue button. (This option will be unavailable if the TCP/IP Network Printing Support protocol is already installed. 4 Insert the requested disk(s) to copy the required files. Your NT server will need to be re-booted when the files are copied over. 2 - 8 TCP/IP PRINTING 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. 1 Go to the Main window and select the Print Manager icon. 2 Select Printer menu. 3 Select Create Printer. 4 Enter any name for the Printer Name. 5 Select Driver. Choose the appropriate driver. 6 Select Description. Enter anything for the description. 7 Select Print to and then select Other. 8 Select LPR Port. 9 Type in the IP address that you assigned to the print server in the Name or address of host server providing lpd: box. If you have edited your HOSTS file or are using Domain Name System, enter the name associated with the print server, instead of an IP address. 10 Type in the print server service name in the Name of printer on that Machine. If you do not know which service name to use, enter BINARY_P1 and then click on OK. Note Refer to Appendix for more information on Service Names. Share the printer if necessary. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 9 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). Use the following procedure to configure the print server on an LAN Server or OS/2 Warp Server file server, or on an OS/2 Warp Connect workstation: Server Configuration Make sure that TCP/IP software is installed on your OS/2 file server. If you have not already done so, open the TCP/IP folder on the desktop, and double click on the TCP/IP Configuration icon to add the IP address to the OS/2 file server (consult your system manager for this address). Refer to chapter 10 for information on how to assign an IP address to the printer. Configuration of an OS/2 Server 1 From the OS/2 desktop open the Templates folder. Use the right mouse button to drag the Printer icon (not the Network Printer icon) onto the desktop. 2 The Create a Printer window should be open (if it is not, double click on the printer icon). 3 Type in any name for the printer. 4 Select the default printer driver. If the desired printer driver is not listed, click on the Install new Printer Driver button and add the driver. 2 - 10 TCP/IP PRINTING 5 Choose the output port. IBM TCP/IP automatically creates 8 named pipes called \PIPE\LPD0 through to \PIPE\LPD7. Pick an unused port and double click on it. Early versions of Warp Server have a bug in which the named pipes do not appear (the problem does not affect 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 LPD printer The Brother print server name (from the HOSTS file) or its IP address. For most applications, use the Brother print server 'binary' service BINARY_P1. However, if you are printing text files from the DOS or OS/2 command prompt, you should use the text service TEXT_P1, which will add carriage returns for proper formatting of the data (but will potentially distort graphics printouts). The IP name of the OS/2 file server The IP address of the OS/2 file server Host name User You may leave the other entries blank. Click on the OK button. The pipe should be highlighted; if not, click on it. Click on the Create button to create the printer. Open the LAN Services folder and execute the LAN Requester program: 1 Select Definitions. 2 Select Aliases. 3 Select Printers. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 11 4 Select Create. Enter the following: Alias Description Server name Spooler queue Maximum number of users Should be same as the printer name previously defined Anything you want Name of OS/2 server Name of printer as defined previously Leave blank unless you want to limit the number of users 5 Exit the LAN Requester program. 6 You should now be able to print. To test the queue, type the following from either the OS/2 command prompt or from a DOS workstation: 7 COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS \\servername\alias 8 Where servername is the name of the file server and alias is the alias name that you specified during this configuration process. This should print the CONFIG.SYS file on the printer. Note that if you selected a binary service as the LPD printer name, the lines will be staggered; don't worry about this because normal DOS, Windows®, and OS/2 applications will print OK. 9 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: 10 NET USE LPT1: \\servername\alias 11 This will make the printer appear to the software as a printer that is directly connected to the parallel port of the workstation. 2 - 12 TCP/IP PRINTING Other Sources of Information 1 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. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 13 3 3Peer to Peer Printing How to Print in a Windows® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network Overview Microsoft's Windows® 95/98/Me operating systems feature built-in networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows® PC to be configured as a client workstation in a file server based network environment. For smaller networks, Windows® 95/98/Me also allows the PC to operate in a peer-to-peer mode. In this mode, the PC can share resources with other PCs on the network without the need for a central file server. Quick Tips: 1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the 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. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 3 - 1 PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 Windows® 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows® 2000 computer providing that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows® 2000 and that the client PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. 5 Brother printers are also compatible with HP JetDirect software, this means that you can use 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. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer driver, port driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their PC. For more information, see the Driver Deployment Wizard User's Guide on the CD-ROM. 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 10 of this user guide. PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 2 Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software If you already installed the driver from the printer's CD-ROM Installer and you selected "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select the proper model and then the Software Installation menu. Then select the appropriate menu to start the Brother Network 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 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. 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. By 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. 3 - 3 PEER TO PEER PRINTING 8 Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your computer. Associating to the printer You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 3 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. 4 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer, and then push Next. 5 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 6 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. Select the desired option and press Next. 7 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. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You have now finished installing the Peer to Peer Print (LPR) software. PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 4 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. Click on the Details tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother LPR port. Click OK and enter the port name. The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties dialog. Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. 3 - 5 PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 4NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server Overview Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) over the TCP/IP protocol via the NetBIOS interface. This means that just like regular Windows® PC's, Brother printers can appear in your network neighborhood. The main advantage of NetBIOS printing is that you are able to print from legacy DOS applications that are running on PC's that are connected to Microsoft networks. Quick Tips: 1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the 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. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP address on your printer. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access. 4 The default domain name of the print server is WORKGROUP, to change it use your web browser or the BRAdmin application. NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 1 Print Server Configuration In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the DOMAIN name or WORKGROUP name to match that of your network. Once this is done, the print server will appear automatically in your network neighborhood and you will be able to send print documents to it without having to install additional software. However, in some instances you may find that your Windows® 95/98/ Me and Windows® 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. When you install Windows® 95/98/Me you are asked which workgroup you belong to. The default workgroup name for Windows® 95/98/Me is WORKGROUP, however you could change this to anything you want. With Windows® NT, Microsoft introduced the concept of "Domains". A domain offers centralized security management whereas a workgroup offers distributed security management. The print server does not care if your network consists of a Workgroup or a Domain, the only thing you must tell it is the name of the workgroup or domain. The Brother print server automatically has a default workgroup/domain name of WORKGROUP. If you need to change name, you can configure the Brother print server to recognize this. There are four ways of doing this. (If you are unsure about the name of your workgroup or domain, look in the identification tab in your network applet). Use BRAdmin (This utility can use the TCP/IP protocol or Netware IPX protocol - no file server necessary.) Use a Web browser (the print server must have a valid IP address and your computer must also have a valid IP address); you can configure the IP address by using BRAdmin. TELNET, again your computer and printer must have a valid IP address. Use BRCONFIG for DOS (this utility requires a Netware file server and the IPX protocol). 4 - 2 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 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. Changing the workgroup/domain name using TELNET or BRCONFIG or a web browser If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application, you can use TELNET, a web browser or the BRCONFIG Remote console program (BRCONFIG requires the IPX/SPX protocol to be installed on your PC). When you are connected to the print server, enter the default password access in response to the # prompt. Type in anything in response to the Enter Username> prompt, you will then be at the Local> prompt. Now enter the command: SET NETBIOS DOMAIN domainname EXIT Where domainname is the name of the domain or workgroup that you are on. If you are not sure what your domain name or workgroup name is, look in the Identification tab in your Windows® 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 network applet. You can also use a standard WWW browser to change the NetBIOS name. To do this, connect to the print server using its IP address and then select the Configure NetBIOS option from the Network Configuration screen, then enter your workgroup/domain name into the Domain Name text box. Make sure you submit the changes (click on the Submit button). NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 3 NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP This software requires the TCP/IP transport protocols to be installed on your Windows® 95/98/Me, NT4.0/2000/XP computer. To install those protocols refer to your Windows® documentation. 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 Printer" during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup guide. 2 Select the proper model and then the Software Installation menu. Then select the Network Print Software menu to start the Brother Network Print Software installation program. 3 Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message. 4 Select Brother Peer-to-Peer Print (NetBIOS) installation 5 Select the desired directory to install the Brother Network Direct Print files and push Next. 6 Enter the port name that you wish to use. The port name must start with "BNT". For example BNT1. Whichever name you choose, it must be unique. Then press OK. The name must be unique on your PC, however other computers can use the same port name as the name you specify on your PC. 4 - 4 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 7 You must now enter the server name and port name for the actual print server. You can use the Browse button to search for the print server, select the domain/workgroup name, and then the server is listed. If the print server does not automatically appear in your browse list, then you must ensure that the domain name is configured correctly. Otherwise you must enter the name manually. 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. By default it is BINARY_P1. For example: \\BRN_310107\BINARY_P1 You can find the NetBIOS name and MAC address by printing out the printer configuration page. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide for information on how to print the configuration page on your print server. 8 Then press OK. 9 Click the Finish button. You must now restart your computer before you can continue. Associating the printer 1 You must now create a printer on your Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP systems using the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. To do this, go the Start button, select Setting and then Printers. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 3 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 5 4 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then push Next. 5 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 6 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. Select the desired option and press Next. 7 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. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer. Windows NT® 4.0 /Windows® 2000/XP 2 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 3 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. 4 Select Local printer (Windows® 2000) or Local printer attached to this computer (Windows® XP) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then push Next. in step 6 of the "Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" section and press Next. 5 Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned 6 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 4 - 6 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 7 If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and press Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press Next. 10 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish. You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer. Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port 1 You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS 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. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Click on the Details tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click OK and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 7