Internet Printing For Windows; Internet Printing Installation; Overview; Quick Tips - Brother MFC 9420CN - Color Laser - All-in-One User Manual

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Internet printing for Windows

Internet Printing Installation

Overview

Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows
at one location to send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a
user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from their Microsoft Excel application program to
a printer in Paris.
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Windows 2000/XP users can also use this BIP software, but are recommended to use the IPP protocol
support that is part of the Windows
section of this document.

Quick Tips

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Windows 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network Printing software and IPP
protocol software built into any Windows
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Windows 98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows
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.

Brother Internet Print General Information

The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows
Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows
a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from the application program point of view. The user can use
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the Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
along with a standard Windows
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
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 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 server.
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2000/XP operating systems. Skip to the "Windows
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2000/XP installation.
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98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
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4.0 Print Manager to create a printer that uses this port
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98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
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4.0 applications program can therefore print to this printer (and hence to
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98/Me and Windows NT
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98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
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4.0-compatible printer. Any Windows
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4.0, allows a PC user
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2000 IPP Printing"
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2000 computer,
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4.0 Installation
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4.0 PC that operates in
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