Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (for HL-5270DN); Using other methods to configure your network printer; Search Active Devices- Page 17

Configuring your network printer

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3

Select 

Search Active Devices

 from the 

Devices

 menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new 

devices automatically.

Note

•

If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the 
device will appear as APIPA in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen.

•

You can find the node name and Ethernet address (

Node Address

 above) by printing out the Printer 

Settings Page. See 

Printing the Printer Settings Page

 on page 7-6 for information on how to print the 

Printer Settings Page on your print server.

4

Double-click the unconfigured device.

5

Enter the 

IP address

, 

Subnet Mask

 and 

Gateway

 (if needed) of your print server.

6

Click 

OK

.

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With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list.

Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network 
(for HL-5270DN)

You can configure your network printer using the control panel 

Network

 menu. See 

Control panel setup

 on 

page 7-1.

Using other methods to configure your network printer

You can configure your network printer using other methods. See 

Other ways to set the IP address (for 

advanced users and administrators)

 on page A-1.