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Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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Adding a second Brother LPR port

You do not 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 

Details

 tab and then the 

Add Port

 button. In the 

Add Port

dialog, select the 

Other

 radio button and then highlight 

Brother LPR port

. Click 

OK

 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 the 

OK

 button. 

You will then see the 

Port Properties

 dialog. 

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

OK

. You should now see the port that 

you have just created in the 

Print to the following port

 setting of the printer driver.

Other sources of information

See 

Chapter 2

 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.