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Network printing from Windows

®

 basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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Printer driver already installed

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If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:

(For Windows

®

 2000/XP usres)

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a

From the 

Printers and Faxes

 windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.

b

Select 

File

 and then 

Properties

.

c

Click the 

Ports

 tab and click 

Add Port

.

d

Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be 

Standard TCP/IP Port

. Then click the 

New Port...

 button.

e

The 

Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard

 will start. 

f

Close 

Add Port

 and 

Properties

 dialog box.

(For Windows

®

 98/Me usres)

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a

From the 

Printers

 windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.

b

Select 

File

 and then 

Properties

.

c

Click the 

Details

 tab and click 

Add Port

.

d

In the 

Add Port

 dialog, select 

Other

 and then 

Brother LPR Port

.

e

Click 

OK

 and enter the port name.

Note

The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will see an error message.

f

Port Properties

 dialog appears.

g

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

OK

.

Other sources of information

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See 

Configuring your network printer

on page 7 to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.