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Overview

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To connect your printer to your network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. We 
recommend that you use the Brother installer application on the CD-ROM which we have provided with the 
printer. By using this application, you can easily connect your printer to your network and install the network 
software and printer driver which you need to complete the configuration of your printer for a network. You 
will be guided by the on-screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother network printer.

If you are a Windows

®

 user and want to configure your printer without using the Brother installer application, 

use the TCP/IP protocol in a Peer-to-Peer environment. Please follow the instructions in this chapter. This 
chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need in order to use 
your network printer.

Note

• You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed with this chapter. If you need to 

configure the IP address, see 

Chapter 2

 first.

• Verify the host computer and the machine are either on the same subnet, or that the router is properly 

configured to pass data between the two devices.

• The default password for Brother print servers is 

access

.

Configuring the standard TCP/IP port

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Printer driver not yet installed

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For Windows Vista

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a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Hardware and Sound

, and then 

Printers

.

b

Click 

Add a printer

.

c

Select 

Add a local printer

.

d

You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select 

Create a new port

 and select 

Standard TCP/IP Port

 from the pull-down window, then click 

Next

.

e

Select 

TCP/IP Device

 from the pull-down window of 

Device type

. Enter the IP address, or the node 

name you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for you, then 
click 

Next

.

f

Windows Vista

®

 will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did not specify the correct IP 

address or name then an error dialog will appear.

Network printing from Windows

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: basic 

TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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