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

.

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/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.