Multi-Protocol On-board Print/Scan Server

Network User’s Guide

NC-110h

Please read this manual thoroughly before using the machine. You can print or
view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a
convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times.
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 IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the
country where you purchased the machine.
Calls must be made from within that country.

In USA 1-800-284-4329

In Canada 1-877-BROTHER

If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at:

In Europe European Technical Services

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Brother has set up an easy-to-use fax-back system so you can get instant answers
to common technical questions and information about all our products. This is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can use the system to send the
information to any fax machine.

Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about
how to use the system and an Index of the subjects you can get information about.
In USA only 1-800-521-2846

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For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration

of Conformity (For U.S.A. only)
Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation
100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911, USA
TEL: (908) 704-1700

declares, that the products

Product Name: Brother Network Interface (BR-net)

Model Number: NC-110h

complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Important
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd.
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB-003

du Canada.

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We, Brother Industries, Ltd.,
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declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative
documents.
Safety: EN 60950,
EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024

following the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/
263/EEC and 92/31/EEC).
Issued by: Brother Industries, Ltd.
Information & Document Company

Caution for LAN connection

Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.......................................................................... 1-1
Computer Network Basics ................................................ 1-1
Overview..................................................................... 1-1
Protocols ................................................................ 1-1
Protocol Configuration Items ...................................... 1-2
TCP/IP Configuration ............................................. 1-2
Network Connection ......................................................... 1-4
Types of Network........................................................ 1-4
Peer-to-Peer Printing.............................................. 1-4
Network Example ....................................................... 1-5
Example : Peer-to-Peer (TCP/IP) ........................... 1-5
Features ........................................................................... 1-6
Overview..................................................................... 1-6
Network Printing ..................................................... 1-6
Network Scanning .................................................. 1-6
Network PC-FAX .................................................... 1-6
Network PhotoCapture Center
(not available for MFC-5440CN) ............................ 1-6
Management Utilities .............................................. 1-7
Internet Fax / Scan to E-mail Server (Download only)
(FAX-1940C/MFC-3340CN/MFC-5440CN/MFC-
5840CN only) ......................................................... 1-7

2 TCP/IP Configuration............................................................ 2-1

Assigning TCP/IP Information (Basic) .............................. 2-1
Overview..................................................................... 2-1
Using the machine’s control panel to allocate
an IP address ............................................................. 2-2
Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin
Professional utility....................................................... 2-2
Using BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP
Protocol to set the IP address .................................... 2-3
Assigning TCP/IP Information Automatically (Advanced). 2-4
Using DHCP to Configure the IP address .................. 2-4
Using APIPA to Configure the IP Address.................. 2-4
Using RARP to Configure the IP Address .................. 2-5
Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address................ 2-5

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LAN Main Setup Menu...................................................... 3-1
Setup TCP/IP.............................................................. 3-2
BOOT Method ........................................................ 3-2
IP Address .............................................................. 3-5
Subnet Mask........................................................... 3-6
Gateway ................................................................. 3-6
Host Name.............................................................. 3-7
WINS Config........................................................... 3-7
WINS Server........................................................... 3-8
DNS Server ............................................................ 3-9
APIPA ..................................................................... 3-9
Setup Misc. ............................................................... 3-10
Ethernet ................................................................ 3-10
Time Zone ............................................................ 3-11
Network Configuration List........................................ 3-11
Restoring the Network Settings to Factory Default... 3-12

4 Network Printing from Windows® (Peer to Peer)................ 4-1

For Windows® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server users
.......................................................................................... 4-1
Overview..................................................................... 4-1
Windows® 2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration ............... 4-2
Windows® 2000/XP Printing
(Printer Driver not yet installed) .................................. 4-2
Standard TCP/IP Port Printing................................ 4-2
Windows® 2000/XP Printing
(Printer Driver already installed) ................................. 4-3
For Windows® 98/Me users .............................................. 4-4
Overview..................................................................... 4-4
TCP/IP Printing ........................................................... 4-5
Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software .............. 4-5
Associating to the printer ............................................ 4-6
Adding a Second Brother LPR Port ............................ 4-7
Other Sources of Information...................................... 4-7

5 Network Printing from Macintosh®..................................... 5-1

TCP/IP Printing for Macintosh®........................................ 5-1
Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple Network
Configuration capabilities
(Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)................................... 5-1

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 6 Troubleshooting ................................................................... 6-1
Overview..................................................................... 6-1
Installation problems................................................... 6-1
Intermittent Problems ................................................. 6-3
TCP/IP Troubleshooting ............................................. 6-3
Windows® 98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR)
Troubleshooting.......................................................... 6-4
7 Brother Internet Fax Printing Software
(FAX-1940C/MFC-3340CN/MFC-5440CN/MFC-5840CN only)
................................................................................................ 7-1
Overview..................................................................... 7-1
Installing Brother Internet Fax Printing Driver............. 7-2
Changing the BFP Port Settings................................. 7-4
Relay Broadcast Function .......................................... 7-5
Uninstalling from Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP.............. 7-7
Using the BFP Address Book ..................................... 7-9
Setting Up a Member in the Address Book .......... 7-10
Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting........................ 7-11
Editing Member Information ................................. 7-12
Exporting the Address Book ................................. 7-12
Sending a Network Fax with BFP............................. 7-13
8 Appendix .............................................................................. A-1
Appendix A .......................................................................A-1
General Information....................................................A-1
BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended) ......A-1
Web BRAdmin ........................................................A-1
Using Services..................................................................A-2
General.......................................................................A-2
Appendix B .......................................................................A-3
Updating other machines through the Network
(Windows® only) .........................................................A-3
Appendix C .......................................................................A-6
Specifications .............................................................A-6
Operating System Support .....................................A-6
Protocol Support.....................................................A-6
Network ..................................................................A-6
Network Printing .....................................................A-6
Network PC Fax send ............................................A-6
Network Scanning ..................................................A-7
Management Utilities ..............................................A-8
Function Table and Factory Default Settings .............A-9
9 INDEX...................................................................................... I-1

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 1 1 Introduction

Computer Network Basics

Overview

The network-connected Brother machine allows multiple computers

to carry out several independent print jobs on one machine.

To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to select a

protocol, configure the Print/Scan server, and set up the computers
you use.

Protocols

Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on

a network. Protocols allow the users to gain access to network-
connected resources.

■ TCP/IP
This is the most popular set of protocols used for communication
such as Internet and E-mail. This protocol can be used in almost
all operating systems such as Windows®, Macintosh® and Linux.
TCP/IP is suited to a large-scale network and is widely used for
company networks.
TCP/IP is also widely used as the print protocol. The Brother
machine can use the TCP/IP-based protocols such as LPR and
NetBIOS Name Resolution.

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Protocol Configuration Items

TCP/IP Configuration

• IP Address
• Subnet mask
• Gateway (when routers exist on your network)

■ IP Address
An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each computer
connected to a network. An IP address consists of four numbers
separated by dots. Each number is between 0 and 255. You must
allocate a unique IP address that is correct for the attached
network.

(Example) In a small network, set the IP addresses by changing

the final number.
192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3

■ Subnet mask
Subnet masks restrict network communication, see example
below -

(Example) PC1 can talk to PC2

PC1 IP Address 193. 1. 2. 3

Subnet Mask 255. 255. 0. 0

PC2 IP Address 193. 1. 3. 4

Subnet Mask 255. 255. 0. 0

Here is an example of an IP address and a subnet mask.

IP Address 193. 1. 2. 3
Subnet Mask 255. 255. 0. 0

■ 0 denotes that there is no limit to communication at this part

of the address.

In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has

an IP address that begins with 193.1.X.X

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■ Gateway (and Router)
A Gateway is the transfer device that passes data between
networks. A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to
another network and sends data transmitted via the network to an
exact destination. The router knows where to direct data that
arrives at the gateway. If a destination is located at an external
network, the router transmits data to the external network. If your
network communicates with other networks, you may need to
configure the Gateway IP address. If you do not know the Gateway
IP address then contact your Network Administrator.

Node name
Node name appears in current BRAdmin Professional or
Printer configuration page. The default Node name is
"BRN_xxxxxx" ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet
address.)

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Network Connection

Types of Network

There are various ways to configure and arrange networks and

network printing depending on the office environment and
requirements. We recommend to use this product in a Peer to Peer
environment in which each computer directly sends and receives
data to and from the Brother machine.

Peer-to-Peer Printing

Each computer requires configuration of the printer port.

<Your machine>

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Network Example

Example : Peer-to-Peer (TCP/IP)

R R
Windows Windows UNIX

<Your machine>

Router
TCP/IP TCP/IP

• Each computer needs the TCP/IP and Print Protocol configured.

• The Brother machine needs to have an appropriate IP address
configured.
• If a TCP/IP environment has already been established, we
recommend using Peer-to-Peer.
• If routers are in use, then computers can access the Brother
machine through the routers. (In this case, the Gateway address
must be configured.)
• The Brother machine can also communicate with Macintosh®
(TCP/IP compatible Operating Systems) devices.

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Features

Overview

The Brother Network Print/Scan server allows your Brother machine

to be shared on a 10/100Mbit Ethernet Network. Administration
utilities provide easy configuration and management of your Brother
machine. Once configured, it allows your machine to print, scan
documents and PC-FAX over a network. This is supplied with
Brother's Peer to Peer printing software allowing you to easily share
the machine as a small workgroup printer.

Network Printing

The Print/Scan server provides printing services for Windows® 98/

Me, Windows® 2000/XP supporting the TCP/IP protocols and
Macintosh® Networks supporting QuickDraw over TCP/IP. (See
chapter 5 for details)

Network Scanning

You can scan documents over the network to your computer. (See
chapter 7 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM)

Network PC-FAX

You can directly send a PC file as a PC-FAX on your Network. (See

chapter 5 of the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM for complete
description)

Network PhotoCapture Center (not available for MFC-

5440CN)

You can view or retrieve data from the media card inserted into the
Brother machine by double-clicking the Network PhotoCapture
Center icon on the desktop of your PC. The software is automatically
installed when you select network connection during the software
installation.

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Management Utilities

The BRAdmin Professional utilities provide powerful, easy to use

configuration and management of Fax and network settings.

Internet Fax / Scan to E-mail Server (Download only)

(FAX-1940C/MFC-3340CN/MFC-5440CN/MFC-5840CN
only)

The Brother machine can be assigned an E-mail address allowing

you to send, receive or forward documents over a Local Area
Network or the Internet to PC’s or other Internet Fax machines. In
order to use this function, please download the necessary software
from our web site -
The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com).
Before using this function, you have to configure the necessary
machine settings by using the machine’s control panel. For details,
please refer to the user’s guide for Internet Fax on the web site listed
above.

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 2 TCP/IP Configuration
2

Assigning TCP/IP Information (Basic)

Overview

The TCP/IP protocol requires that each device on the network have
it's own unique IP address. Use the following information to learn
about IP address configuration.

The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol automatically

assigns an IP address from the range: 169.254.1.0 to
169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the APIPA protocol, set
APIPA to Off using the control panel. For more information, see page
3-9. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a
Brother Print/Scan server is 192.0.0.192.
However, you can easily change this IP address number to match
with the IP address details of your network. This can be done in any
of the following ways:

■ From your machine’s control panel settings.

■ BRAdmin Professional utility (for Windows® 98/Me and Windows®

2000/XP).

■ DHCP, APIPA, Reverse ARP (RARP) or BOOTP.

■ Other SNMP based management utilities.

These configuration methods are described in the following paragraphs.

The IP address you assign to the Print/Scan server must be

on the same logical network as your host computers. If it is
not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the
router (gateway). (See page 1-2 for more details.)

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Using the machine’s control panel to allocate
an IP address

Refer to chapter 3 for details on how to configure the IP address

information using the machine’s control panel. By using the control
panel on the machine, you can program the IP address details at the
same time that other machine parameters are configured.

Changing the IP Address using the BRAdmin

Professional utility

Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility version that was

supplied on the CD-ROM with your Brother product.
You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin
Professional utility version from http://solutions.brother.com.
This utility is only available for Windows® users.
Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows® 98/Me and
Windows® 2000/XP), by clicking Start / Programs / Brother
Administrator Utilities / Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities
/ BRAdmin Professional.

The BRAdmin Professional utility can use the TCP/IP protocols to

communicate with the Brother Print/Scan server.

If you wish to use the TCP/IP protocol to manage the Print/Scan

server make sure that the Print/Scan server has a valid IP address.
If you are not using DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you will want to change
the IP address.This is how to change the IP address using the
BRAdmin Professional utility:

■ Use the TCP/IP protocol and let BRAdmin Professional utility find
the Brother Print/Scan server as an unconfigured device.

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Using BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/
IP Protocol to set the IP address

If your PC is using the TCP/IP protocol, do the following:

1 Select TCP/IP filter in the left frame of the main BRAdmin

window.

2 Select the Device menu and choose the Search Active

Devices.

If the Print/Scan server is set to its factory default settings

without using a DHCP server, the device will appear as
APIPA in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen.

3 Select the Devices menu and choose Setup Unconfigured

Devices.

4 Select the MAC address of your Print/Scan server and click the
Configure button.

You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the
machine configuration page. See page 3-11 for information on how
to print the configuration page on your Print/Scan server.

5 Enter the IP address, Subnet mask and Gateway (if needed)

of your Print/Scan server.

6 Click OK then select Close.

7 With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the
Brother Print/Scan server in the device list.

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Assigning TCP/IP Information
Automatically (Advanced)

Using DHCP to Configure the IP address

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several

automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have a
DHCP Server in your network (typically a Unix/Linux or Windows®
2000, XP network) the Print/Scan server will automatically obtain its
IP address from DHCP server and register its name with any RFC
1001 and 1002-compliant dynamic name services.

If you do not want your Print/Scan server configured via

DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the BOOT METHOD
to static so that the Print/Scan server has a static IP address.
This will prevent the Print/Scan server from trying to obtain
an IP address from any of these systems. To change the
BOOT METHOD, use the machine’s control panel or the
BRAdmin Professional utility.

Using APIPA to Configure the IP Address

With Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA), DHCP clients

automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a
DHCP server is not available. The device chooses it's own IP
address in the range 169.254.1.0 through to 169.254.254.255. The
subnet mask is automatically set to 255.255.0.0 and the gateway
address is set to 0.0.0.0.

By default, the APIPA protocol is enabled.

To disable APIPA, refer to page 3-9.

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Using RARP to Configure the IP Address

The Brother Print/Scan server’s IP address can be configured using

the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your host computer. This is done
by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can
create it) with an entry similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the Print/Scan server
and the second entry is the name of the Print/Scan server (the name
must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).

If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the

system the command can be rarpd, rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a
or something else; type man rarpd or refer to your system
documentation for additional information). To verify that the rarp
daemon is running on a Berkeley UNIX-based system, type the
following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother Print/Scan server will get the IP address from the rarp
daemon when the printer is powered on.

Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address

BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing

configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use
BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is
installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the
/etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man
bootpd or refer to your system documentation for information).
BOOTP is usually started up via the /etc/inetd.conf file, so you
may need to enable it by removing the “#” in front of the bootp entry
in that file. For example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file
would be:

#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i

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Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead
of “bootp”.

In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the

“#” (if there is no “#”, then BOOTP is already enabled). Then
edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and
enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet
address and the IP address, subnet mask and gateway of the
Print/Scan server. Unfortunately, the exact format for doing
this is not standardized, so you will need to refer to your
system documentation to determine how to enter this
information (many UNIX systems also have template
examples in the bootptab file that you can use for reference).
Some examples of typical /etc/bootptab entries include:

BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3

and:

BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\
ip=192.189.207.3:
Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to
BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the
configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the host
and specify the name of this file and its path in the configuration file.

As with rarp, the Print/Scan server will load its IP address from the
BOOTP server when the machine is powered on.

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 3 3Front Panel Setup

LAN Main Setup Menu

You can connect your machine into the network to use the Network
Scanner, Network Printer and Network PhotoCapture Center.

To use all the network functions, you can set up your machine using
the control panel LAN menu.

You can also set up the LAN settings using BRAdmin. (See
chapter 2 or visit at: http://solutions.brother.com)

The LAN menu selections allow you to setup the Brother machine for
your network configuration. Press Menu/Set, then press the
appropriate number, 5 for LAN for example. In the LAN Main Setup
menu, there are two main selections: Setup TCP/IP and Setup
Misc. Proceed to the menu selection you wish to configure. (See
Appendix of the User’s Guide for the LAN menu options.)

Please note that the machine is supplied with the BRAdmin

Professional Windows® software, which can be used to configure
many aspects of the network.

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Setup TCP/IP

This menu has nine sections: BOOT Method, IP Address, Subnet

Mask, Gateway, Host Name, WINS Config, WINS Server, DNS
Server and APIPA.

BOOT Method

This selection controls how the machine obtains the IP address for
itself. The default setting is Auto.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 1. (4, 1, 1 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto, Static, RARP, BOOTP or DHCP.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.
Static mode
In this mode the machine’s IP address must be manually assigned.
Once entered the IP address is locked to the assigned address.

Auto mode
In this mode, the machine will scan the network for a DHCP server,
if it can find one, and if the DHCP server is configured to allocate an
IP address to the machine, then the IP address supplied by the
DHCP server will used. If no DHCP server is available, then the
machine will scan for a BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is
available, and it is configured correctly, the machine will take its IP
address from the BOOTP server. If a BOOTP server is not available,
the machine will scan for a RARP server. If a RARP server also does
not answer, the IP Address is scanned through APIPA facility, see
page 2-1. After it is initially powered ON, it may take a few minutes
for the machine to scan the network for a server.

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RARP mode
Brother Print/Scan server IP address can be configured using the
Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your host computer. This is done by
editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it)
with an entry similar to the following:

00:80:77:31:01:07 BRN_310107

Where the first entry is the Ethernet address of the Print/Scan server
and the second entry is the name of the Print/Scan server (the name
must be the same as the one you put in the /etc/hosts file).

If the rarp daemon is not already running, start it (depending on the

system the command can be rarpd, rarpd -a, in.rarpd -a or something
else; type man rarpd or refer to your system documentation for
additional information). To verify that the rarp daemon is running on
a Berkeley UNIX-based system, type the following command:

ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

For AT&T UNIX-based systems, type:

ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd

The Brother Print/Scan server will get the IP address from the rarp
daemon when it is powered on.

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BOOTP mode
BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing
configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use
BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is
installed and running on your host computer (it should appear in the
/etc/services file on your host as a real service; type man bootpd or
refer to your system documentation for information). BOOTP is
usually started up via the /etc/inetd.conf file, so you may need to
enable it by removing the “#” in front of the bootp entry in that file. For
example, a typical bootp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file would be:

#bootp dgram udp wait /usr/etc/bootpd bootpd -i

Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps”

instead of “bootp”.

In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the “#” (if
there is no “#”, then BOOTP is already enabled). Then edit the
BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and enter the name,
network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet address and the IP address,
subnet mask and gateway of the Print/Scan server. Unfortunately,
the exact format for doing this is not standardized, so you will need
to refer to your system documentation to determine how to enter this
information (many UNIX systems also have template examples in
the bootptab file that you can use for reference). Some examples of
typical /etc/bootptab entries include:

BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3

and:

BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\
ip=192.189.207.3:

Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to

BOOTP requests if you have not included a download filename in the
configuration file; if this is the case, simply create a null file on the
host and specify the name of this file and its path in the configuration
file.

As with rarp, the Print/Scan server will load its IP address from the
BOOTP server when the printer is powered on.

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DHCP mode
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several
automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have DHCP
server in your network (typically a Unix, Windows® 2000/XP network)
the Print/Scan server will automatically obtains its IP address from
DHCP server and register its name with any RFC 1001 and 1002-
compliant dynamic name services.

If you do not want your Print/Scan server configured via

DHCP, BOOTP or RARP, you must set the Boot Method to
Static, this will prevent the Print/Scan server from trying to
obtain an IP address from any of these systems. To change
the Boot Method, you can use the front panel or the BRAdmin
application.

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the machine. If you have
selected a BOOT Method of Static, enter the IP address that you
wish to assign to the machine (check with your network manager for
the IP address to use). If you have selected a method other than
Static, the machine will attempt to determine its IP address using the
DHCP or BOOTP protocols. The default IP address of your machine
will probably be incompatible with the IP address numbering scheme
of your network. We recommend that you contact your network
manager for an IP address for the network the unit will be connected
on.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 2. (4, 1, 2 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Select 1 to change. Enter the IP address.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.

When the Boot Method is set to “Auto”, the machine cannot

receive an IP address from a BOOTP server in Windows®
2000. So please ensure that you use DHCP for Windows®
2000 server.

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Subnet Mask

This field displays the current subnet mask used by the machine. If
you are not using DHCP or BOOTP to obtain the subnet mask, enter
the desired subnet mask. Check with your network manager for the
subnet mask to use.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 3. (4, 1, 3 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Select 1 to change. Enter the Subnet Mask address.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.
Gateway

This field displays the current gateway or router address used by the
machine. If you are not using DHCP or BOOTP to obtain the gateway
or router address, enter the address you wish to assign. If you do not
have a gateway or router, leave this field blank. Check with your
network manager if you are unsure.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 4. (4, 1, 4 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Select 1 to change. Enter the Gateway address.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.

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Host Name

You can register the machine name on the Network. This name is
often referred to as a NetBIOS name; it will be the name that is
registered by the WINS server on your network. Brother
recommends the name BRN_XXXXXX (where XXXXXX is the last
six digits of the Ethernet address) (up to 15 characters).

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 5. (4, 1, 5 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Select 1 to change. Enter the Host Name.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.
WINS Config

This selection controls how the machine obtains the IP address for
the WINS server.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 6. (4, 1, 6 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto or Static.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.
Auto
Automatically uses a DHCP request to determine the IP addresses
for the primary and secondary WINS servers. You must set the
BOOT Method to Auto for this feature to work.

Static
Uses a specified IP address for the primary and secondary WINS
servers.

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WINS Server

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 7. (4, 1, 7 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Primary or Secondary.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Enter the WINS Server address.
5 Press Menu/Set.
6 Press Stop/Exit.
Primary WINS Server IP Address
This field specifies the IP address of the primary WINS (Windows®
Internet Naming Service) server. If set to a non-zero value, the
machine will contact this server to register its name with the
Windows® Internet Name Service.

Secondary WINS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the secondary WINS server. It
is used as a backup to the Primary WINS server address. If the
Primary server is unavailable, the machine still can register itself with
a secondary server. If set to a non-zero value, the machine will
contact this server to register its name with the Windows® Internet
Name Service. If you have a primary WINS server, but no secondary
WINS server, simply leave this field blank.

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DNS Server

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 1, 8. (4, 1, 8 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Primary or Secondary.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Enter the DNS Server address.
5 Press Menu/Set.
6 Press Stop/Exit.
Primary DNS Server IP Address
This field specifies the IP address of the primary DNS (Domain Name
Service) server.

Secondary DNS Server IP Address

This field specifies the IP address of the secondary DNS server. It is
used as a backup to the Primary DNS server address. If the Primary
server is unavailable, the machine will contact the Secondary DNS
server.

APIPA

The setting of On will cause the print server to automatically allocate

a Link-Local IP address in the range (169.254.1.0 -
169.254.254.255) when the Print/Scan server cannot obtain an IP
address through the BOOT Method you have set (Menu, 5, 1, 1).
Selecting Off means the IP address doesn’t change, when the Print/
Scan server cannot obtain an IP address through the BOOT Method
you have set.

1 Press Menu, 5, 1, 9. (4, 1, 9 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.

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Setup Misc.

Ethernet

Ethernet link mode. Auto allows the print server to operate in

100BaseTX full or half duplex, or in 10BaseT full or half duplex mode
by auto negotiation.

100BaseTX Full Duplex (100B-FD) or Half Duplex (100B-HD) and

10BaseT Full Duplex (10B-FD) or Half Duplex (10B-HD) fix the print
server link mode. This change is valid after the print server has been
reset (default is Auto).

If you incorrectly set this value, you may not be able to

communicate with your print server.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 2, 1. (4, 2, 1 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select Auto/100B-FD/100B-HD/
10B-FD/10B-HD.

3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.

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Time Zone

This field displays the time zone you can set for your country. The
time is the difference between your location and Greenwich Mean
Time. This time will be shown on documents received via the
Internet. For example the Time Zone for Eastern Time in the USA
and Canada is GMT-05:00.

1 Press Menu/Set, 5, 2, 2. (4, 2, 2 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press ▲ or ▼ to enter the time.
3 Press Menu/Set.
4 Press Stop/Exit.
Windows® Time Zone Setting
You can determine the time difference for your location by using the
Time Zone setting in Windows®.

1 Click on Start.
2 Select Settings / Control Panel.
3 Double click on Date/Time.
4 Select Time Zone.
Verify your time zone setting from the pull-down menu (this menu
displays the time difference from GMT).

Network Configuration List

This feature prints a report listing all the current network Print/Scan
server Settings.

1 Press Menu/Set, 6, 6. (5, 6 for MFC-5440CN)

2 Press Black Start or Color Start.
3 Press Stop/Exit.

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Restoring the Network Settings to Factory Default

To restore all network settings of the internal Print/Scan server to

factory default, please follow the steps below.

1 Make sure the machine is not operating, then disconnect all the
cables from the machine (except power cable).

2 Press Menu/Set, 5, 0. (4, 0 for MFC-5440CN)

3 Press 1 to select Reset.
4 Press 1 to select Yes.
5 The machine will re-start, re-connect cables once this is
complete.

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 Network Printing from
4 4

Windows® (Peer to Peer)

For Windows® 2000/XP, LAN Server
and Warp Server users

Overview

Windows® 2000/XP users are able to send print jobs directly to the
printer without installing any additional software. Brother's print
server also supports transparent printing from IBM LAN Server and
OS/2 Warp Server file servers, as well as from OS/2 Warp Connect
workstations using the TCP/IP protocol.

Quick Tips:

1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol

automatically assigns an IP address from the range:
169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the
APIPA protocol, set APIPA to Off using control panel. For more
information, see page 3-9. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the
default IP address of a Brother Print/Scan server is 192.0.0.192.
To change it, use the machine’s control panel, the BRAdmin
Professional utility software or let your DHCP server allocate an
IP address to the printer.

2 The default password for Brother Print/Scan server is access.

3 Windows® 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP with the
standard Network Printing software.

4 The default name for a Brother Print/Scan server is usually

BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the
Ethernet address of the Print/Scan server).

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Windows® 2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration

The default configuration of Windows® 2000/XP automatically

installs the TCP/IP protocol. Refer to the appropriate section in this
chapter for more information.

Windows® 2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver not yet installed)

By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all the necessary

software required for you to be able to print. This chapter describes
the most commonly used configurations, Standard TCP/IP Port
printing. If you have already installed the printer driver, jump to the
printer driver already installed section.

Standard TCP/IP Port Printing

There may be differences on Windows® XP in some steps.

1 From the Printers folder select Add Printer. The Add Printer
Wizard will now start. Click on Next.

2 Now select the Local Printer option and deselect the

Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer
option.

3 Click on Next.
4 You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select
Create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP Port port from
the pull-down window.

5 When you have done that click Next.

6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click
the Next button.

7 Enter the IP address, or name of the printer you wish to

configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name
information for you.

8 Click the Next button.

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 9 Windows® 2000/XP will now contact the printer that you
specified. If you did not specify the correct IP address or name
then you will receive an error message.

10 Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard.

11 Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which
printer driver you wish to use. Select the appropriate driver from
the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied
with the machine on CD-ROM then select the Have Disk option
to browse to the CD-ROM.

12 Select the “X:\ENG\W2K\Addprt” folder (where X is your drive

letter). Click on Open, then OK. Select your printer model, then
click Next (example is for Windows® 2000).

13 When the driver is installed, click the Next button.

14 Specify a name and click the Next button.
15 Now specify if you wish to share the printer, enter the share
name and click Next.

16 Continue through the Wizard clicking the Finish button when

complete.

Windows® 2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver already installed)

If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure
it for network printing, follow these steps:

1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure.

2 Select File and then choose Properties.
3 Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port.
4 Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be
Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the New Port... button.

5 The standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start. Follow steps 6 to

10 of the “Standard TCP/IP Port Printing” section starting on the
previous page.
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For Windows® 98/Me users

Overview

Microsoft's Windows® 98/Me operating systems feature built-in

networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows® PC to
be configured as a client workstation in a file server based network
environment.

For smaller networks, Windows® 98/Me also allows the PC to

operate in a peer-to-peer mode. In this mode, the PC can share
resources with other PCs on the network without the need for a
central file server.

Quick Tips:

1 The Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol

automatically assigns an IP address from the range:
169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. If you want to disable the
APIPA protocol, set APIPA to Off using control panel. For more
information, see page 3-9. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the
default IP address of a Brother Print/Scan server is 192.0.0.192.
To change it, use the machine’s control panel, the BRAdmin
Professional utility software or let your DHCP server allocate an
IP address to the printer.

2 Refer to chapter 2 of this user guide to learn how to configure

the IP address on your machine.

3 The default password for Brother Print/Scan server is access.

Driver Deployment Wizard

This installer includes the Windows driver and Brother network port
driver (LPR).
If the administrator installs the printer driver and port driver using this
software, they can save an executable file to the File server or send
the file in an E-mail to other users. By simply running the attached
executable file the user automatically installs and configures the
printer driver, port driver and IP address to their PC.

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TCP/IP Printing

Brother’s Peer to Peer printing software requires the TCP/IP protocol

to be installed on your Windows® peer-to-peer computers and an IP
Address has to be defined for the Print/Scan server. Refer to your
Windows® documentation for more information on how to configure
the TCP/IP protocol on your Windows® PC.

If you haven't already done so, configure the IP address of the

machine, for more information on IP address configuration, refer to
chapter 2 of this user guide.

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software

If you already installed the driver from the printer’s CD-ROM

Installer and you selected “Brother Peer-to-Peer Network
Printer” during the installation then you do not need to install
the Brother Network Print Software again.

1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the

Quick Setup Guide.

2 Select the proper model and then the Software Installation

menu. Then select the appropriate menu to start the Brother
Network Print Software installation program.

3 Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message.

4 Select the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) button.
5 Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer
Print (LPR) files and push Next. The installation program will
create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your
disk.

6 Enter the Port name that you wish to use and click OK. The
default port name is BLP1. Whichever name you choose, it must
be unique and it MUST begin with BLP.

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 7 You must now enter the actual IP address of the Print/Scan
server in the Printer name or IP address field. If you have
edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain
Name System, you can also enter the name of the print server.
As the Print/Scan server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names,
you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Print/Scan server.
The NetBIOS name can be seen in your printer configuration
page. By default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as
BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet
address.

Windows® 98/Me store the hosts file in the default Windows®

directory. By default, the Windows® hosts file is called
hosts.sam. If you wish to use the hosts file you must
rename the file to hosts with no extension. The .sam
extension stands for sample.

8 Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your

computer.

Associating to the printer

You must now create a printer on your Windows® system using the
standard Windows® printer setup procedure.

1 To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then

Printers.

2 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation.

3 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window.
4 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are
connected to your computer, and then push Next.

5 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done.
6 If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used,
you have the option of either keeping the existing driver
(recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and
press Next.

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 7 Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step
6 of the “Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software” on page 4-
5) and press Next.

8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next.
For example, you could call the printer “Networked Brother
Printer”.

9 Windows® will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page,
select Yes and then select Finish.

You have now finished installing the Peer to Peer Print (LPR) software.

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port

You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port.
Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the
Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to
configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose
Properties. Click on the Details tab and push the Add Port button.
In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then
highlight Brother LPR port. Click OK and enter the port name. The
default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you
will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use
BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK
button. You will then see the Port Properties dialog.

Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click
OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the
Print to the following port setting of the printer driver.

Other Sources of Information

Refer to chapter 2 of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP

address of the machine.

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 Network Printing from
5 5

Macintosh®
TCP/IP Printing for Macintosh®

This chapter explains how to print from Macintosh® on a Network.

For more information on how to configure the default Quick Draw
driver on a Network, see the Quick Setup Guide included with the
machine.

Printing from a Macintosh® using the Simple

Network Configuration capabilities
(Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)

The Simple Network Configuration capabilities let you create an

instant network of computers and smart devices just by connecting
them to each other.

The Simple Network Configuration capabilities on a Macintosh®

running OS® X allow your machine to automatically configure its IP
address settings.

Refer to the information below if you wish to learn how to configure

a Brother machine into a Mac OS® X Simple Network Configuration
environment. Please note that you must use the version Mac OS® X
10.2.4 or greater.

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 1 Run the Print Center software and click Add.

2 Select Rendezvous (may be changed in the future version of the

Mac OS® X) and any Simple Network Configuration compatible
machines will be displayed.

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 3 Select the machine and click the Add button.

4 Click the machine and click the Make Default button to set the
printer as the default printer.The machine is now ready to print.

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 6 Troubleshooting
6

Overview

This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you

may encounter with a Brother Print/Scan server, it is divided into the
following sections:

1 Installation Problems
2 Intermittent Problems
3 Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting

Installation problems

If you cannot print over the network, check the following:

1 Make sure that the machine is powered on, is on-line and ready
to print.

Verify that the machine and the configuration are correct by

printing the Network configuration page. Refer to page 3-11 of
this user’s guide. If the test fails, check:

a If the LCD does not display “LAN Active” after being

connected to the network, then the network firmware settings
may be corrupted. Please refer to Step 3.

b In this event, try to restore the factory default settings of the

Print/Scan server from the menu. (See Restoring the Network
Settings to Factory Default, page 3-12.) Once you have done
that, switch the machine off then on again, then try to print out
the Network configuration page. (See Network Configuration
List, page 3-11.)

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 2 If the configuration page prints but you cannot print documents,
try the following

If none of the following steps are successful, there is almost

certainly a hardware or network problem!

a If you are using TCP/IP:

Try pinging the Print/Scan server from the host operating
system command prompt with the command:
ping ipaddress

Where ipaddress is the Print/Scan server IP address (note

that in some instances it can take up to two minutes for the
Print/Scan server to load its IP address after setting the IP
address). If a successful response is received, then proceed
to the Windows®98/Me Peer to Peer (LPR) or Internet Printing
troubleshooting section. Otherwise, proceed to step 3, and
then go to TCP/IP Troubleshooting section.

b If you are running Macintosh:

If you are using the Quick Draw driver make sure that you can
see the Print/Scan server name under the Brother Ink (IP)
icon in the Chooser. If it is visible, then the connection is good,
so proceed to the Macintosh Section. Otherwise, go to step 3.
If you use the TCP/IP, please visit the Brother Solutions
Center web site on: http://solutions.brother.com

3 If you cannot make any of the connections in step 2, check the

following:

a Make sure the machine is powered on and on-line.

b Check the cabling, network connection, and print out a
configuration page in the Network STATISTICS information to
see if bytes are being transmitted and received.

4 If you are using a repeater or hub, make sure that SQE

(heartbeat) is turned off at the hub (if applicable). Also, if you
have a hub or multi-port repeater, verify that the hub or repeater
port is good by trying the Print/Scan server on a different port or
on the other hub or multi-port repeater.

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 5 If you have a bridge or router located between the Print/Scan
server and host computer, make sure that the device is set up
to allow the Print/Scan server to send and receive data from the
host. For example, a bridge can be set up to only allow certain
types of Ethernet addresses to pass through (a process known
as filtering); therefore, such a bridge must be configured to allow
Brother Print/Scan server addresses. Likewise, a router can be
set up to pass only certain protocols, so be sure that the desired
protocol can be passed through to the Print/Scan server.

Intermittent Problems

If the Print/Scan server and machine start up OK, but you

intermittently have problems printing, check the following:

1 If you can print small jobs but large graphics jobs are distorted
or incomplete, make sure that you have adequate memory in
your machine and the latest printer driver installed on your
computer. The latest Brother printer drivers can be downloaded
from http://solutions.brother.com

2 Check the individual protocol troubleshooting sections in this

chapter for additional causes of intermittent printer problems.

TCP/IP Troubleshooting

If you are using TCP/IP and cannot print to the Print/Scan server and
you have checked the hardware and network as described in the
previous steps, then check the following:

It is always a good idea to try the following in order to

eliminate the possibility of setup errors.

Turning off the machine and then on again.

To eliminate the possibility of setup errors, delete and recreate the
print server, then create a new print queue.

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 1 The problem may be the result of mismatched or duplicate IP
addresses. Verify that the IP address is correctly loaded into the
Print/Scan server (via the configuration page. Make sure that no
other nodes on the network have this address (DUPLICATE IP
ADDRESSES ARE THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF TCP/IP
PRINTING PROBLEMS).

2 Make sure that the TCP/IP protocol of the Print/Scan server is

enabled.

3 If you used rarp, make sure that you started the rarp daemon on
any workstation using the rarpd, rarpd-a, or equivalent
command. Verify that the /etc/ethers file contains the
correct Ethernet address and that the Print/Scan server name
matches the name in the /etc/hosts file.

4 If you used bootp, make sure that you started the bootp daemon
on any UNIX workstation and bootp is enabled (i.e., the “#” is
removed from the bootp entry) in the /etc/bootptab file is
correctly configured.

5 Also verify that host computer and the Print/Scan server are
either on the same subnet, otherwise that the router is properly
configured to pass data between the two devices.

Windows® 98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR)

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble printing on a Windows® 98/Me Peer-to-Peer

network (LPR method), check the following:

1 Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed
and configured according to the “TCP/IP Printing” on page 4-5.

2 Try to turn the Byte Count on in the Configure port area of

printer driver properties.

You may find that during the installation of BLP software, the screen
that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed. This may happen
on some Windows® 98/Me computers. Press the ALT and TAB keys
to make it appear.

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 Brother Internet Fax
7 7

Printing Software
(FAX-1940C/MFC-3340CN/
MFC-5440CN/MFC-5840CN only)
Overview

Depending on your network configuration and application

requirements for sending faxes via a network, you can choose
between Brother Network PC FAX Software or Brother Internet Fax
Printing Software. With either software, viewable document such as
web pages, word documents, PDF documents can be sent from the
users desktop to any standard Facsimile machines, Internet fax
machines and E-mail addresses.

Brother Internet Fax Printing Software (BFP) is a Windows® 98/Me

and Windows® 2000/XP software utility that gives network PC Fax
and Internet Fax functionality from the desktop to users on your
network or over the Internet.

BFP utilizes SMTP as the transport for sending documents from your
PC. This allows any PC supported by a SMTP mail server to send an
Internet FAX even if that PC does not have direct access to the
networked machine.

Brother Network PC Fax Software utilizes LPR as the transport for

sending documents from your PC to the networked machine for
transmission. This requires that the sending PC has access to the
network that the sending machine is connected.

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Installing Brother Internet Fax Printing Driver

Insert the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother machine into your CD-
ROM Drive. The installer screen will automatically start.

If the installer screen does not appear automatically select

Start | Run and type X:/setup.exe
(X:/ should be the drive letter of your CD ROM drive on your
PC)

1 Select Install Optional Applications.

2 Select Brother Internet Fax Printing (BFP) Driver.
Next you will be presented with the licensing agreement, please
carefully read the agreement and make the necessary choice.

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During the installation you are presented with the following screen,
select the default unless you have previously installed this software.
If this is the case use a port number that has not been previously
configured. Example BFP2

When Installing BFP on Windows®

2000 and XP operating systems we
recommend that you add a “:” to the
end of the port name, so BFP1 =
BFP1:

You also need to enter certain information into the printer driver
dialog screen as illustrated below.

Here you can enter the default E-mail

address or you can leave it blank.
* If an address is specified here this
will always be used as default
sending address.

This can be the host

name or IP address of
the E-mail server

It is very important that you enter your own E-mail address. You also
need to configure the SMTP mail server IP address or host name as
illustrated above.

If in any doubt contact your Network Administrator for

assistance

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Changing the BFP Port Settings

If you have more than one networked machine with this Print/Fax
Server you may want to change the settings of the BFP software to
use an alternative machine as the network fax print server.

To alter BFP settings, select Start | Printers and Faxes to open the
Printers dialogue box. From the Printers windows illustrated below
highlight the Brother Internet Fax and right click the mouse. From
the list presented select Properties.

You are now presented with the screen below, which allows you to
configure the BFP settings. To change the details of the print server,
select the Ports tab.

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The following screen shows the current configuration. To alter this
configuration, press the Configure Port... key.

From the Configure Port... dialogue box you can change the
settings.

Relay Broadcast Function

Before you can successfully use this machine as a network fax

solution you need to switch the feature “Relay Broadcasting” ON at
the machine. In addition you also need to set a “Trusted Domain” at
the machine.

In order for the machine to receive data and then send this
information (network fax) to other fax machines the “Relay Broadcast
Function” must be switched “ON”. Also you must tell the networked
machine which networks can relay faxes through your machine. This

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is known as setting the “Trusted Domain”. For instance, if a network
machine has an E-mail address of fax@brother.com and users of
this machine also have E-mail addresses with the same domain
name then the machine must be told to allow these users to send
network faxes through the machine. This is known as the “Relay
Function” and “Trusted Domains”. So we set the trusted domain as
brother.com.

“Trusted Domains” Provide security for your machine. In that

only users from a particular domain can send faxes through
your network connected machine.

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Uninstalling from Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP

Select Start | Control Panel and then double click the Add or
Remove programs icon. From the list of installed programs select
the Brother Internet Fax Vx.xx as shown below then click the Add/
Remove button.

In the case of Windows® 2000/XP you also need to remove the

Brother Internet Fax Driver from the Start | Control Panel | Add or
Remove Programs properties.

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In addition to this you also need to manually remove the Brother
Internet Fax Driver from the printers list.

To do this select Start | Printers and Faxes you are then presented
with the Window illustrated below.

Right click the Brother Internet Fax, from the list click Delete.
Accept the confirmation and the driver will be deleted.

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Using the BFP Address Book

This utility can administer the Fax addresses, Internet Fax addresses
and E-mail address of all the contacts that you wish to use with the
BFP Software. Additionally you can create Groups of contacts that
you may wish to broadcast documents to.

From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, Brother MFL Pro
Suite, Internet Fax and then click Brother Address Book. The
Brother Address Book dialog box will appear:

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Setting Up a Member in the Address Book

In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and
delete stored information for members and groups.

1 In the Address Book dialog box, click the

icon to add a
member.
The Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box will
appear:

When creating the Address Book member please select the

method of default delivery.

2 In the Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box, type the
member's information.

Name is a required field. You can also enter the an E-mail contact
address and machine address for the address book member. Click
the OK button to save the member's information.

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Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting

If you repeatedly send the same PC-FAX to multiple recipients, you

can combine members into a Group.

1 In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the icon to

create a group.
The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appears:

2 Type the name of the new group in the Group Name field.
3 In the Available Names box, select each member to be
included in the Group, and then click Add>>.

4 Members you add to the group will be listed in the Group

Members box.

5 After all the members have been added, click OK.

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Editing Member Information

To edit a Member or Group:

1 Select the Member or Group you want to edit.

2 Click the Edit icon.

3 Edit the Member or Group information.

4 Click OK to save your changes.
Deleting a Member or Group
To delete a Member or Group:

1 Select the Member of Group you want to delete.

2 Click the Delete icon.

3 Click OK when the Delete OK? dialog appears.

Exporting the Address Book

You can export the address book to an ASCII text file (*.csv).

To export the current telephone book:

1 From the Address Book select File, point to Export, and then
click Text—OR—Click Vcard and go to Step 5.

2 Select the data fields you wish to Export from the Available
Items column, and then click Add>>.

3 If you are exporting to an ASCII file, select Divide Character -

Tab or Comma. This selection inserts a Tab or Comma
between each data field when it is Exported.

4 Select the OK button to save the data.

5 Type in the name of the file, and then select Save.
6 If you are creating a Vcard, you must first select the member.
7 Select items in the order you want them listed.

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Sending a Network Fax with BFP

From the application you wish to send the document from select File
| Print. Ensure that the Brother Internet Fax is selected as shown
below.

Clicking Print and the BFP dialogue box will be displayed. From this
dialogue box you can either specify an address in the address line or
select a location from the address book. If you wish to type more than
one location in the address line make sure they are separated by “;”.

When entering a Fax Contact you must first specify the

Internet Address of the machine that will send the document
followed by the fax number as shown below.
Mailmfc9650@brother.co.uk(fax#2537)

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 A Appendix
A

Appendix A

General Information

You can change the configuration of your Print/Scan server using

any of the following methods.

• Brother BRAdmin Professional utility for Windows® 98/Me and

Windows® 2000/XP
• Brother Web BRAdmin Professional utility for IIS*

BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended)

The Brother BRAdmin Professional utility can use the TCP/IP
protocol. This utility allows you to graphically manage aspects of the
network and printer.

Web BRAdmin
The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN
Brother network connected devices. By installing the Web BRAdmin
server software on a computer running IIS*, Administrators with a
Web browser can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, which then
communicates with the device itself. Unlike the BRAdmin
Professional utility - which is designed for Windows® systems only -
the Web BRAdmin server software can be accessed from any client
computer with a web browser that supports Java.

Please note this software is not included on the CD-ROM that was
supplied with your Brother product.
Please visit http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin to learn more
about this software and to download it.

IIS* = Internet Information Server 4.0

or
Internet Information Services 5.0, 5.1

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Using Services

General

A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish

to print to the Brother Print/Scan server. The Brother Print/Scan
server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW
SERVICE command in the Brother Print/Scan server remote console
to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command
prompt for a list of supported commands.

Service (Example) Definition

BINARY_P1 TCP/IP binary, NetBIOS service.
TCP/IP text service (adds carriage return after
TEXT_P1
each line feed).
Quickdraw Driver for Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2,
BRN_xxxxxx_P1
Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.

Where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (for
example, BRN_310107_P1).

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Appendix B

Updating other machines through the Network

(Windows® only)

It is possible to program a Brother machine on the network with either

settings from an already programmed machine or with data from the
Brother PC-FAX Address Book. (See Software User’s Guide chapter
5)

When Brother PC-FAX is used from a PC that has BRAdmin

Professional installed, an extra option appears in BRAdmin
Professional. By selecting a networked machine in the BRAdmin
main window and right clicking it you will be presented with an extra
option, Import Auto Dial.

If the import Auto Dial option does not appear, open the
Brother PC-FAX address book by selecting Start,
Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite, PC-FAX Address
Book. It is necessary to run the address book utility to create
an address book file.

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When you select this option BRAdmin reads the telephone settings
from that machine (if there are any programmed) into Brother PC-
FAX Address Book.

Illustrated below is a screenshot of the Brother PC-FAX Address

Book dialog box. The left side of the dialog box displays the One-
Touch / Speed-Dial numbers read from the machine. The right side
displays a list of Brother Address Book members. You can add One-
Touch / Speed-Dial numbers from the machine to this list or send
members from the Address Book list to the machine.

This data is then stored in the Windows® Temp Folder and can be
used to update singular or multiple machines on the network.

Highlight singular or multiple networked Brother machines in the

main BRAdmin window by highlighting and pressing the shift key on
your keyboard. Right click the highlighted machine and press Send
Auto Dial. The new data is then sent to all highlighted machines.

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A dialog box is displayed showing the upload status of the current
machine and beneath this the whole progress is displayed if updating
multiple machines.

When the process is finished a dialog box is displayed showing

which machine on the network has been updated.

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Appendix C

Specifications

Operating System Support

Windows® 98/98SE/Me and Windows® 2000/XP

Mac OS® 8.6-9.2 / Mac OS® 10.2.4 or greater

Protocol Support

TCP/IP (including the following)

- RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, NetBIOS Name Resolution, WINS, DNS

Resolver, LPR/LPD, Port9100, mDNS, TELNET, SNMP, TFTP

Network

10/100Base-TX Ethernet Network

Network Printing

Windows® 98/Me Peer-to-Peer Printing

Windows® 2000/XP TCP/IP Printing

Macintosh® Printing (Quick Draw over TCP/IP)

Network PC Fax send

Windows® 98/98SE/Me and Windows® 2000/XP

Mac OS® 8.6-9.2 / Mac OS® 10.2.4 or greater

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Network Scanning

Windows® 98/98SE/Me and Windows® 2000/XP

Up to 25 clients can be connected to one machine at a time.

Computer Requirements (for drivers, BRAdmin Professional,

Peer-to-Peer software, etc.)

CPU

- Pentium 75MHz or Higher for Windows® 98/98SE

- Pentium 150MHz or Higher for Windows® Me
- Pentium 133MHz or Higher for Windows® 2000
- Pentium 233MHz or Higher for Windows® XP

RAM

- 24MB or greater (32MB recommended) for Windows® 98/98SE

- 32MB or greater (64MB recommended) for Windows® Me
- 64MB or greater (128MB recommended) for Windows® 2000/XP

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For Macintosh® connection

Computer

- Ethernet ready Power Macintosh®

RAM

- 32MB or more (64MB or more recommended) for Mac OS® 8.6-9.2

- 128MB or more (160MB or more recommended) for Mac OS® X 10.2.4
or greater

OS

- Mac OS® 8.6-9.2 / Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater

Management Utilities

BRAdmin Professional utility

- Windows® 98/98SE/Me and Windows® 2000/XP

Web BRAdmin

- Windows® 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server/XP Professional

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 Function Table and Factory Default Settings

LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL THREE OPTIONS OPTIONS FACTORY

ONE TWO DEFAULT
5.LAN 1.Setup 1.BOOT Method Auto/ Static/ RARP/ Auto
(4.LAN TCP/IP BOOTP/ DHCP
for MFC- 2.IP Address [000-255].[000-255].[000- 169.254.X.X *1
5440CN) 255].[000-255]
3.Subnet Mask [000-255].[000-255].[000- 255.255.0.0 *1
255].[000-255]
4.Gateway [000-255].[000-255].[000- 000.000.000.000
255].[000-255]
5.Host Name BRN_XXXXXX=(last 6 fig- BRN_XXXXXX BRN_XXXXXX
ures of Ethernet address)
(up to 15 characters)
6.WINS Config Auto/ Static Auto
7.WINS Server (Primary) 000.000.000.000 (Secondary) 000.000.000.000
000.000.000.000
8.DNS Server (Primary) 000.000.000.000 (Secondary) 000.000.000.000
000.000.000.000
9.APIPA On/Off On
2.Setup 1.Ethernet Auto/ 100B-FD/ 100B-HD/ Auto
Misc. 10B-FD/ 10B-HD
2.Time Zone GMTXXX:XX GMT-00:00
0.Factory
Reset

*1: The factory setting for the ‘IP Address’ and ‘Subnet Mask’ setting may be
changed by the APIPA setting.

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 IP Address ................... 1-2, 3-5
INDEX
1

L
A
LAN .....................................3-1
Address Book .............. 7-9, A-3 LAN Server ..........................4-1
Address Book Group ......... 7-11
APIPA ...................2-1, 2-4, 3-9 M
Macintosh Printing ...............5-1
B
BFP ..................................... 7-1 N
BFP Port ............................. 7-4 Network Configuration List 3-11
BINARY_P1 ........................A-2 Network Fax ......................7-13
BOOT Method ..................... 3-2 Network PC FAX .................7-1
BOOTP ............................... 2-5 Network Printing ..................4-1
BRAdmin Professional .2-2, 2-3 Node name ..........................1-3
BRN_xxxxxx_P1 .................A-2 Notification message .........3-10
Broadcasting ..................... 7-11
Brother LPR Port ..........4-5, 4-7 O
Brother Peer to Peer Software . OS/2 Warp Server ...............4-1
4-5
P
D Password .............................4-4
DHCP ...........................2-1, 2-4 PC-FAX ...............................1-6
DNS Server ......................... 3-9 Peer-to-Peer ........................1-4
PhotoCapture Center ..........1-6
E
Ping .....................................6-2
Ethernet ............................ 3-10 Printing ................................1-6
Protocol ...............................1-1
F
Factory Default .......... 3-12, A-9 Q
Quick Draw ..........................5-1
G
Gateway .......................1-3, 3-6 R
RARP ..................................2-5
H
Relay Broadcast ..................7-5
Host Name .......................... 3-7 Relay Domain ....................3-10
I RFC 1001 ............................2-4
IBM LAN Server .................. 4-1 S
IIS ........................................A-1 Scan to E-mail Server .........1-7
Internet Fax ......................... 1-7 Scanning .............................1-6

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Server Password ................ 4-1
Simple Network Configuration
........................................... 5-1
Subnet Mask ............... 1-2, 3-6

T
TCP/IP ......................... 1-1, 3-2
TCP/IP Printing ................... 4-5
TCP/IP Printing for Macintosh®
........................................... 5-1
TCP/IP protocol .................. 2-1
TEXT_P1 ............................ A-2
Time Zone ........................ 3-11

W
Warp Server ....................... 4-1
Web BRAdmin .................... A-1
Windows Printing (2000/XP)
........................................... 4-2
Windows Printing (98/ME)
.................................... 4-4, 4-5
WINS Configuration ............ 3-7
WINS Server ...................... 3-8

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