Protocol-specific troubleshooting; Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) troubleshooting; Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT®4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) troubleshooting- Page 55

Brother HL-5250DN Network User's Guide

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Protocol-specific troubleshooting

Windows

®

 95/98/Me and Windows NT

®

4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) 

troubleshooting

If you are having trouble printing on a Windows

®

 95/98/Me, Windows NT

®

 4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network 

(LPR method), check the following:

1

Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the 
Windows

®

 95/98/Me or Windows NT

® 

4.0 Peer-to-Peer chapters.

2

Try to turn the 

Byte Count

 on in the 

Configure port

 area of printer driver properties.

You may find that during the installation of BLP software, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is not 
displayed. This may happen on some Windows

®

 95/98/Me and Windows NT

® 

4.0 computers. Press the ALT 

and TAB keys to make it appear.

Windows

®

 95/98/Me and Windows NT

®

4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) 

troubleshooting

If you are having trouble printing on a Windows

®

 95/98/Me, Windows NT

® 

4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network 

(NetBIOS), check the following:

1

Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the 
Windows

®

 95/98/Me or Windows NT

® 

4.0 Peer-to-Peer (NetBIOS) chapters. You may find that during 

the installation of the port driver, the screen that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed. This 
happens on some Windows

®

 95/98/Me and Windows NT

® 

4.0 computers. Press the ALT and TAB keys 

to make it appear.

2

Make sure that the print server is configured to be in the same workgroup or domain as the rest of your 
computers. It may take several minutes for the print server to appear in the network neighborhood. 

Detailed Information for Brother HL-5250DN Network User's Guide

Lists of information found in Brother HL-5250DN Network User's Guide - Page 55

  • 4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (LPR) troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows ® 95/98/Me, Windows NT ® 4.
  • 4.0 Peer-to-Peer chapters.
  • 4.0 computers.
  • 4.0 Peer-to-Peer print (NetBIOS) troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows ® 95/98/Me, Windows NT ® 4.
  • 4.0 Peer-to-Peer (NetBIOS) chapters.
  • 4.0 computers.

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