Setting the IP address and subnet mask; Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows®); BRAdmin Professional utility- Page 21

Configuring your network printer

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Setting the IP address and subnet mask

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure 
your network printer (for Windows

®

)

BRAdmin Professional utility

The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to allow you to manage your network connected Brother 
machines in a TCP/IP environment.

How to configure your machine using the BRAdmin Professional utility

Note

•

Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility that was supplied on the CD-ROM of your Brother 
product. For Windows Vista

®

, BRAdmin Professional is available as a web download from 

http://solutions.brother.com. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility 
from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows

®

 users.

•

If you are using Personal Firewall software (e.g. the Internet Connection Firewall available in 
Windows

®

 XP), disable it. Once you are sure that you can print, re-start your Personal Firewall 

software.

•

Node name: Node name appears in current BRAdmin Professional window. The default Node name 
is “BRN_xxxxxx” (“xxxxxx” is the last six digits of Ethernet address.).

•

The default password for Brother print servers is “

access”

.

1

Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows

®

 98/98SE/Me, Windows NT

®

 4.0, Windows

®

2000/XP and Windows Vista

®

), by clicking 

Start

 /

 Programs 

/

 Brother Administrator Utilities

 /

 Brother 

BRAdmin Professional Utilities

 /

 BRAdmin Professional

.

2

Select 

TCP/IP 

in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window.

3

Select 

Search Active Devices

 from the 

Devices

 menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new 

devices automatically.