Adding a second NetBIOS print port; Windows® 95/98/Me; Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP- Page 50

Network printing from Windows

®

: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing

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5

My computer

 (Windows NT

®

 4.0) when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, 

and then click 

Next

.

5

Select the 

Brother NetBIOS Port

 (the port name you assigned in step 8 of the “Installing the Brother 

NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and click 

Next

.

6

Select the correct driver. Click 

Next

 when you are done.

7

If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you have the option of either keeping the 
existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click 

Next

.

8

Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click 

Next

. For example, you could call the printer 

"Networked Brother Printer".

9

Select 

Not Shared

 or 

Shared

 and 

Share Name

 and click 

Next

. 

10

Windows

®

 will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select 

Yes

 and then select 

Finish

.

You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are routed 
through your computer. 

Adding a second NetBIOS print port 

1

You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS port. Instead, click 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

. 

Windows

®

 95/98/Me

2

Click the 

Details

 tab and click the 

Add Port

 button. In the 

Add Port

 dialog, select the 

Other

 radio button 

and then highlight 

Brother NetBIOS port

. Click 

OK

 and enter the port name. The default port name is 

BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in 
which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the 

OK

 button. You will then 

see the 

Port Properties Dialog

. Enter the print server and port name 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.

Windows NT

®

4.0 / Windows

®

 2000/XP

2

Click the 

Ports

 tab and click the 

Add Port

 button. In the 

Add Port

 dialog, highlight 

Brother NetBIOS 

port

. Click 

New Port

 and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used 

this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc... Once 
you have specified the port name, click the 

OK

 button. You will then see the 

Port Properties Dialog

. 

Enter the print server and port name 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.