Network printing from Windows
®
: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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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
Next
.
9
Select
Yes
when you asked
Would you like to print a test page?
. Click
Finish
to complete the
installation. You may now print to the printer as if it were a local printer.
Adding a second Brother LPR port
You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, go to the
Start
button,
select
Settings
, and open the
Printers
window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select
File
from the menu bar, and then
Properties
. Click the
Ports
tab and then 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
OK
. 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.
For Windows
®
95/98/Me users
Windows
®
95/98/Me users can send print job using Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software provided by the
CD-ROM which we have supplied with the printer.
Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software
Note
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
HL-2070N
and the desired language. Then click
Install Other Drivers or Utilities
.
3
Select the
Network Print Software
installation program.
4
Click
Next
in response to the Welcome message.
5
Read the license agreement carefully. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
6
Select the
Brother Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR)
button.