Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port; Windows® 95/98/Me; Not Shared- Page 45

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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.

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Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. 
For example, you could call the printer “Networked Brother 
Printer”.

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Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press 
Next. 

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 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 

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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. 

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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/Fax 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.