Setting up the IP address and subnet mask; Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine for the network printer; BRAdmin Light- Page 17

Configuring your network printer

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Setting up the IP address and subnet mask

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Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your machine for the network 
printer

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BRAdmin Light

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The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of the Brother network connected devices. It also can 
search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings, 
such as IP address. The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows

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 2000/XP, Windows Vista™ and Mac 

OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Light utility

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Note

• Please use the BRAdmin Light utility version that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother product. 

You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Light utility version from http://solutions.brother.com.

• If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility that 

is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows

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users.

• If you are using personal Firewall software, disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your 

personal Firewall software.

• Node Name: Node Name appears in current BRAdmin Light. The default Node Name of the network card 

in the machine is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s Ethernet address.)

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• By default, no password is required. To set a password, double click the device you want to set a 

password. Click 

Control

 tab, and then click 

Change Password

. Enter the new password.

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For DCP560CN, the default Node Name is “BRN_xxxxxx” (“xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address.).

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Start the BRAdmin Light utility.

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For Windows

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 2000/XP and Windows Vista™

Click 

Start

 / 

All Programs

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 / 

Brother

 / 

BRAdmin Light

 / 

BRAdmin Light

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Programs 

for Windows

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 2000 users

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For Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater users

Double-click 

Macintosh HD

 (Startup Disk) / 

Library

 / 

Printers

 / 

Brother

 / 

Utilities

 / 

BRAdmin Light.jar

 file.

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BRAdmin Light will search for new devices automatically.