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Unix Printing

Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP

Overview

Brother print servers are supplied with the Transmission Control 
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. Since virtually all 
UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this capability allows a printer 
to be shared on a UNIX Ethernet network. As with all protocols, 
TCP/IP communications can proceed concurrently while other 
protocols are active, this means that UNIX, NetWare, Apple, and 
other computers can share the same Brother print server over an 
Ethernet network.

The Linux operating system uses the same setup procedures as 
standard Berkeley UNIX systems. Refer to this chapter for a typical 
GUI based Linux installation.

Quick Tips:

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The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol 
automatically assigns an IP address from the range: 
169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the 
APIPA protocol, see Chapter 3 "Network factory default setting" 
on page 3-11 of the User's Guide. If the APIPA protocol is 
disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 
192.0.0.192. To change it, use the printer control panel (if 
applicable), the BRAdmin Professional, Web BRAdmin software 
or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the printer.

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Refer to chapter 10 of this user guide to learn how to configure 
the IP address on your printer.

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The default password for Brother print servers is 

access

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The default name for a Brother print server is usually 

BRN_xxxxxx

 (where 

xxxxxx

 is the last six digits of the 

Ethernet address of the print server).