Network function features; Network printing; Network scanning- Page 16

Introduction

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Network function features

Your Brother machine has the following basic network functions.

Network printing

The print server provides printing services for Windows

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 98/98SE/Me/NT

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/2000/XP supporting the TCP/IP 

protocols and Macintosh

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 supporting TCP/IP (Mac OS

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 9.1-9.2 / Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater for a wired 

network and Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater for a wireless network).

Network scanning

You can scan documents over the network to your computer or to a central server (See Chapter 4 for 
Windows

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 and Chapter 10 for Macintosh

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 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM). 

Network PC-FAX 

You can directly send and receive a PC file as a PC-FAX over your network for transmission by the MFC (See 
Chapter 6 for Windows

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 and Chapter 7 for Macintosh

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 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM for a 

complete description). For Windows

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 you can also receive a fax over the nework to your PC. (See Chapter 

6 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM).

Fax to server

The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan documents and send them via a separate fax server. 
Unlike Internet Fax or I-Fax, the Fax to Server feature utilizes a server to send the documents as fax data 
over phone or T-1 lines.

Management utility

BRAdmin Professional (for Windows

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)

The BRAdmin Professional utility provides powerful, easy to use configuration and management of fax and 
network settings.

BRAdmin Light (for Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater)

BRAdmin Light is a utility for viewing machine status and configuring network settings from a computer 
running Mac OS

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 X 10.2.4 or greater.