Adding A Second Netbios Print Port; Windows 95/98/Me; Windows Nt ® 4.0 / Windows ® 2000/Xp - Brother HL-4200CN Network User's Manual

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Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could call the
printer "Networked Brother Printer".
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Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press Next.
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Windows
will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish.
You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer on your PC so that all print jobs are
routed through your computer.

Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port

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You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new NetBIOS 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.
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Windows
95/98/Me
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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 NetBIOS port. Click OK and enter the port name. The
default port name is BNT1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you
try to use it again, in which case use BNT2, etc.. Once you have specified the port name, click the
OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name 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.
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Windows NT
4.0 / Windows
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Click on the Port/s tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, highlight Brother
NetBIOS port. Click New Port and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have
already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use
BNT2, etc.. Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port
Properties Dialog. Enter the print server and port name 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.
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NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING
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2000/XP

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