Associating to the Printer; Add Printer; Brother Peer to Peer - Page 36

PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 3

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/Fax 
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/Fax server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, 
you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Print/Fax server. 
The NetBIOS name can be seen in your printer settings page. 
By default the NetBIOS name will usually 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.

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.

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.