Using the control panel to configure your printer for a network; Using other methods to configure your printer for a network; Search Active Devices- Page 22

Brother HL-5280DW Network User's Guide

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Configuring your wireless network printer (HL-5280DW only)
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Configuring your network printer with an Ethernet cable connection

2 - 4

2

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 8-11 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

.

7

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

Using the control panel to configure your printer for a network

You can configure your network printer using the control panel 

NETWORK

 menu. See 

Control panel setup

 on 

page 8-1.

Using other methods to configure your printer for a network

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.

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  • 1. Using other methods to configure your printer for a network You can configure your network printer using other methods.
  • 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.

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