Print server configuration for Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista™ and Windows Server® 2003; Print server configuration; Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using the BRAdmin Professional utility- Page 106

Network printing from Windows

®

: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing

99

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Print server configuration for Windows

®

 2000/XP, 

Windows Vista™ and Windows Server

®

2003

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Print server configuration

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In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the domain name or workgroup name to match 
that of your network. Once this is done, the print server will appear automatically in your network 
neighborhood and you will be able to send print documents to it without having to install additional software.

A domain offers centralized security management whereas a workgroup offers distributed security 
management. The print server does not care if your network consists of a Workgroup or a Domain, the only 
thing you must tell it is the name of the workgroup or domain. The Brother print server automatically has a 
default workgroup/domain name of 

WORKGROUP

. If you need to change name, you can configure the Brother 

print server to recognize this. There are three ways of doing this. (If you are unsure about the name of your 
workgroup or domain, look in the identification tab in your network applet).

Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using the BRAdmin Professional utility

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Note

• You cannot change the workgroup/domain name using the BRAdmin Light utility that was supplied on the 

CD-ROM with your Brother product. Please use the latest version of BRAdmin Professional utility that is 

available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com This utility is only available for Windows

®

 users.

• The print server must have a valid IP address and your computer must also have a valid IP address; you 

can configure the IP address by using BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional. See 

Using the BRAdmin 

Light utility to configure your network printer

on page 12.

• The default password for Brother print servers is 

access

.

a

Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows

®

 98/Me, Windows NT

®

 4.0, Windows

®

2000/XP, 

Windows Vista™ and Windows Server

®

2003), by clicking 

Start

 / 

All Programs

1

 / 

Brother Administrator Utilities

 / 

Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities

 / 

BRAdmin Professional

.

1

Programs

 for Windows

®

 98/Me, Windows NT

®

 4.0, and Windows

®

 2000 users

b

Select 

TCP/IP

 in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

c

Select the print server which you want to configure, in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window.

d

Select 

Configure Print Server

 from the 

Control

 menu.

e

Enter a password. The default Password is 

access

.