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Brother HL-2170W Network User's Guide

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NETWORK USER'S GUIDE
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Internet printing for Windows

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For Windows

®

 2000/XP and Windows Server

®

 2003

9

a

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Click the 

Start

 button and select 

Printers and Faxes

.

For Windows

®

 2000: Click the 

Start

 button, select 

Settings

 and then 

Printers

.

b

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Click 

Add a printer

 to start the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

For Windows

®

 2000: Double click the 

Add Printer

 icon to start the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

c

Click 

Next

 when you see the 

Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard

 screen.

d

Select 

Network printer

.

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Make sure that you select 

A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer

.

For Windows

®

 2000: Make sure that you select 

Network Printer

.

e

Click 

Next

.

f

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Select 

Connect to a 

printer on the Internet or on a home or office network

 and then enter the following in the URL field: 

http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp

 (Where 

printer_ip_address

 is the IP address or the 

node name).
For Windows

®

 2000: Select 

Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet

 and then enter 

the following in the URL field: 

http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp

 (Where 

printer_ip_address

 is the IP address or the node name).

Note

If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter 
the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter 
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The 
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as 
“BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network.

 

g

When you click 

Next

, Windows

®

 2000/XP and Windows Server

®

 2003 will make a connection with the 

URL that you specified.

„

If the printer driver has already been installed:

1

You will see the printer selection screen in the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your computer, Windows

®

2000/XP and 

Windows Server

®

 2003 will automatically use that driver. In this case, you will simply be asked if 

you wish to make the driver the default printer, after which the Driver installation wizard will 
complete. You are now ready to print.

2

Go to 

l

.

„

If the printer driver has NOT been installed:
One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer 
when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the 

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