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Network printing from Windows

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NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing

Overview

Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block). This means that just like regular Windows

®

PC's, Brother printers can appear in your network neighborhood. The main advantage of NetBIOS printing is 
that you are able to print from legacy DOS applications that are running on PC's that are connected to 
Microsoft

®

 networks.

Note

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You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed with this chapter. See 

Chapter 

2

 for more information.

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The default password for Brother print servers is 

access

.

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The default domain name of the print server is 

WORKGROUP

, to change it use your web browser or the 

BRAdmin application.

Print server configuration for Windows

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 95/98/Me, Windows

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2000/XP and Windows NT

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 4.0

Print server configuration

In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the domain name or workgroup name to match 
that of your network. Once this is done, the print server will appear automatically in your network 
neighborhood and you will be able to send print documents to it without having to install additional software. 
However, in some instances you may find that your Windows

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 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

®

4.0 

systems may receive "Printer is busy" error messages when more than one person attempts to access the 
printer. In this instance Brother has provided the "Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor" software which allows users 
to continue spooling print jobs while the printer is busy, down or out of paper. The port monitor will hold the 
jobs until the printer is again available.

When you install Windows

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 95/98/Me you are asked which workgroup you belong to. The default workgroup 

name for Windows

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 95/98/Me is 

WORKGROUP

, however you could change this to anything you want. With 

Windows NT

®

4.0, Microsoft introduced the concept of "Domains". A domain offers centralized security 

management whereas a workgroup offers distributed security management. The print server does not care if 
your network consists of a Workgroup or a Domain, the only thing you must tell it is the name of the workgroup 
or domain. The Brother print server automatically has a default workgroup/domain name of 

WORKGROUP

. If 

you need to change name, you can configure the Brother print server to recognize this. There are three ways 
of doing this. (If you are unsure about the name of your workgroup or domain, look in the identification tab in 
your network applet).