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CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS

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Windows

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 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP 

protocol via Windows

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 2000 computer, provided that the 

Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the 
client PC, Internet Information Server (IIS) is installed and 
running on the server and that the client PC is using version 4 
or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows

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 95/98/Me/

2000/XP and Windows NT

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4.0 Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual 

port on the Windows

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 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

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4.0 PC 

that operates in a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from 
the application program point of view. The user can use the 
Windows

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 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

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4.0 Print Manager 

to create a printer that uses this port along with a standard Windows

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95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

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4.0-compatible printer. Any 

Windows

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 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT

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4.0 applications 

program can therefore print to this printer (and hence to the virtual 
port) without modification or operational procedure.

When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MIME-
encoded (converted to a standard Internet E-mail message) and sent 
out to a Brother Print/Fax server at the remote location. This means 
that BIP is compatible with most common E-mail software packages. 
The only requirement is that the E-mail server be capable of sending 
E-mail message over the Internet.

In more detail, the procedure works in the following way:

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If you are connected to a Local Area Network, the E-mail message 
is passed to the E-mail server, which in turn transmits the 
message out over the Internet using the SMTP protocol (Simple 
Mail Transport Protocol) to the remote Print/Fax server.

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If you are connecting via a modem directly to an Internet Service 
Provider (ISP), the ISP handles the routing of the E-mail to the 
remote Print/Fax server.