Adding a second Brother LPR port; For Windows® 95/98/Me users; Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software- Page 24

Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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Adding a second Brother LPR port

You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, go to the 

Start

 button, 

select 

Settings

, and open the 

Printers

 window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select 

File

 from the menu bar, and then 

Properties

. Click the 

Ports

 tab and then the 

Add Port

 button. In the 

Printer 

Ports

 dialog, highlight 

Brother LPR Port

. Click the 

New Port

 button and enter the port name. The default 

port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, 
in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click 

OK

. You will then see the 

Port 

Settings

 dialog.

Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click 

OK

. And then click 

Close

 in the 

Printer 

Ports

 dialog. You should now see the port that you have just created in the 

Print to the following port(s)

setting of the printer driver.

For Windows

®

 95/98/Me users

Windows

®

 95/98/Me users can send print job using Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software provided by the 

CD-ROM which we have supplied with the printer.

Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software

Note

If you already installed the driver from the printer’s CD-ROM Installer and you selected “Brother Peer-to-Peer 
Network Printer” during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software 
again.

1

Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide.

2

Select your model and the desired language. Then click 

Install Other Drivers or Utilities

.

3

Select the 

Network Print Software 

installation program.

4

Click 

Next

 in response to the Welcome message.

5

Read the license agreement carefully. Then follow the on-screen instructions.

6

Select the 

Brother Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR)

 button.

7

Select the desired directory to install the 

Brother Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR)

 files and push 

Next

. The 

installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.

8

Enter the 

Port name

 that you wish to use and click 

OK

. The default port name is BLP1. Whichever name 

you choose, it must be unique and it MUST begin with BLP.