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Brother MFC-8460N Network User's Guide

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Internet printing for Windows

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For Windows

®

 2000: Select 

Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet

 and then enter 

the following in the URL field: 

http://printer_

ipaddress

:631/ipp 

(Where 

printer_ipaddress

 is the IP address or the print server name).

For Windows

®

 XP: Select 

Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network

 and 

then enter the following in the URL field: 

http://printer_ipaddress:631/ipp 

(Where 

printer_ipaddress

 is the IP address or the print server name).

Note

If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System (DNS), you can also 
enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can 
also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the Network 
Configuration List. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it 
will appear as 

BRN_xxxxxx

 where 

xxxxxx

 is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.

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When you click 

Next

, Windows

®

 2000/XP will make a connection with the URL that you specified.

If the printer driver has already been installed:

If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows

®

 2000/XP will automatically use that 

driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after 
which the Driver installation Wizard will complete. You are now ready to print.

If the printer driver has NOT been installed:

One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you 
communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer 
automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows

®

 2000/XP the type of printer driver to be 

used.

8

Click 

OK

. You will then see the printer selection screen in the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

9

If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click 

Have Disk

. You will then be asked to insert the 

driver disk.

10

Click 

Browse

 and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer 

driver.

11

Now specify the model name of the printer.

12

If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning 
message. Click 

Yes

 to continue with the installation. The 

Add Printer Wizard

 will then complete.

13

Click the 

Finish

 button and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer 

connection, print a test page.

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