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Brother HL-6050DW - B/W Laser Printer Network User's Manual

Brother HL-6050DW - B/W Laser Printer Network User's Manual

Multi-protocol 802.11b/g wireless print server
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  • Page 1 Multi-Protocol 802.11b/g Wireless Print Server NC-7100w Network User's Guide This product is approved for use in the coutnry of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunications regulations of that country. Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer.
  • Page 2 Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and other countries. HP, HP-UX, JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. DEC, DEC server, VMS, LAT, and ULTRIX are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • Page 3 Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - Marketing Dept. 1, rue Hôtel de Ville Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6 Brother fax-back system (USA) Brother Customer Service 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.

  • Page 4: Important Information: Regulations

    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 Card (BR-net) Model Number:...

  • Page 5: Copyrights

    Copyrights ©2004 Brother Industries Ltd. All rights reserved. ©1998-2004 TROY Group, Inc. All rights reserved. ©1983-2004 PACIFIC SOFTWORKS INC. All rights reserved. Atheros Copyright This product includes object code that is Copyright ©2002-2004 Atheros Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Intel Copyright and License Information This product includes object code from Intel’s UPnP SDK.
  • Page 6 “EC” Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer Brother Industries Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan Herewith declare that: Products description : Network Card Product Name : NC-7100w are in conformity with provisions of the Directives applied: Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC (as amended by 93/68/EEC) and the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/263/EEC and 92/31/EEC and 93/68/ EEC).
  • Page 7 BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan Phone: +81 52 824 2337 Fax: +81 52 821 4460 DECLARATION of CONFORMITY We, Brother Industries, Ltd. of the above address, hereby declare, at our sole responsibility, that the following product conforms to the Essential Requirements of the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive 1999/5/EC in accordance with the tests conducted to the appropriate requirements of the relevant standards, as listed herewith.
  • Page 8 Hereby,Brother Industries,Ltd.,declares that NC-7100w is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Australia This equipment complies with Austrarian EMC requirement. Australian Company Number: ACN 001 393 835 New Zealand This equipment complies New Zealand EMC requirement New Zealand Company Number of the supplier: BINZ 13243...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS ...iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) ....iii Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)................iii Copyrights ..............iv Table of Contents .............. viii Unix ® Printing................ 1-1 Printing from UNIX /Linux Using TCP/IP......1-1 ®...
  • Page 10 LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration ... 2-7 Server Configuration..........2-7 Configuration of an OS/2 Server ......2-8 Other Sources of Information ........2-10 Peer to Peer Printing ............3-1 How to Print in a Windows ® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Network ..................
  • Page 11 Brother Internet Print: Configuring the Brother Print Server ................. 5-3 Print Server Configuration Checklist....... 5-3 Brother Internet Print: Using BRAdmin to Configure the Print Server..............5-4 Brother Internet Print: Using a Web Browser to Configure the Print Server............5-5 Brother Internet Print: Using TELNET to Configure the Print Server..............
  • Page 12 Configuring the Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) Using PCONSOLE and BRCONFIG............... 6-18 Other Sources of Information ........6-22 Printing From a Macintosh ..........7-1 ® ® ® Printing from a Macintosh Using AppleTalk and TCP/IP or ® the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS ..................
  • Page 13 Changing the IP Address Settings with the TELNET Console ..............9-11 Other Sources of Information ........9-13 Troubleshooting ..............10-1 Overview..............10-1 Wireless Setup Problems ......... 10-1 Network Initial Setup Problems ........ 10-7 Intermittent Problems ..........10-10 TCP/IP Troubleshooting ......... 10-10 UNIX ®...
  • Page 14 How to Print a Network Configuration Page ....A-8 How to Reset to Factory Default Setting ....A-8 Appendix B ................B-1 Wireless Network..............B-1 Introduction..............B-1 Wireless LAN terms and concepts ......B-1 Infrastructure Mode ..........B-2 Ad-hoc Mode ............B-2 Authentication and Encryption........B-3 Channels ..............B-4 Configuring the Brother Wireless Print Server....B-5 Using the Control Panel Menus to Configure the Wireless Print Server..........B-5...

  • Page 15: Unix ® Printing

    ® Unix Printing ® Printing from UNIX /Linux Using TCP/ Overview Brother print servers are supplied with the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. Since virtually all ® UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this capability allows a ® printer to be shared on a UNIX Ethernet network.

  • Page 16: Tcp/Ip

    The default name for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address of the print server). When configuring the PRINTCAP file, pay particular attention to the service names, BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. TCP/IP ®...
  • Page 17 The actual format of the entry may vary depending on your system, check your system documentation and also note the format of other entries in the /etc/hosts file. The node name in this file does not necessarily need to be the same as the one that is actually configured into the Brother print server (the name that appears on the Network Configuration Page), however, it is good practice to make the...
  • Page 18 Configure the /etc/printcap file on each host computer to specify the local print queue, the print server name (also called remote machine or rm), and the print server service name (also called remote printer, remote queue, or rp), and the spool directory.
  • Page 19 ® The rm and rp options are not available on some UNIX systems, so if necessary check your documentation to determine the equivalent options. ® Users of Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems can use the lpc command to obtain the printer status: %lpc status laser1: queuing is enabled...

  • Page 20: Linux Configuration

    Linux Configuration If you do not wish to use the command line interface to configure your Linux distribution, you may wish to use the Linux Printer System Manager application on your GUI. To do this, do the following: From the Linux Printer System Manager screen, click the Add button.

  • Page 21: Hp-Ux Configuration

    HP-UX Configuration In the case of HP-UX10.xx, the sam program is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as follows: Execute the sam program. From the list of options, select Printers and Plotters. Select LP Spooler. Select Printers and Plotters. Select Actions and then Add Remote Printer/Plotter.

  • Page 22: Ibm Rs/6000 Aix Configuration

    Earlier versions of HP-UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): Line printer name (user-selectable). Remote system name (the print server name;...

  • Page 23: Sun Solaris 2.X Configuration

    The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. Enter smit and select devices. Select printer/plotter. Select manage remote printer subsystem. Select client services. Select remote printer queues. Select add a remote queue. Enter the following remote queue settings: Name of queue to add (user selectable). Activate the queue (Yes).

  • Page 24: Sco Unix Configuration

    If this is the first printer configured, you must also use the lpsched command prior to the accept command. As an alternative, you may use Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under OpenWindows. Select Edit, Add, and Add Access to Remote Printer.

  • Page 25: Ibm As/400

    ® SCO UNIX requires TCP/IP V1.2 or later to work with Brother print servers. You must first configure the /etc/hosts and /etc/ printcap files as described in step 2. Then run the sysadmsh program as follows: Select Printers. Select Configure. Select Add.
  • Page 26 Use the following one-line OS/400 command to create the LPD queue: CRTOUTQ OUTQ(<queuename> RMSTSYS (*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(<service>) AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE (*OTHER) MFRTYPMDL (<driver>) INTNETADR('<ipaddress>') TEXT ('<description>') where <queuename> is the new AS/400 print queue name, <service> is the print server service name (BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1) <driver>...

  • Page 27: Other Systems

    OS/400 version 4, 5, 5.1 You can also use the following command line to create a printer definition: CRTDEVPRT DEVD(BR2) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1) LANATTACH(*IP) PORT(9100) FONT(011) PARITY(*NONE) STOPBITS(1) TRANSFORM(*YES) MFRTYPMDL(*HP5SI) PPRSRC1(*A4) PPRSRC2(*A4) RMTLOCNAME('10.0.0.200') SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV) TEXT('Arnes Printer') Other Systems Other systems use similar programs to set up print servers. These programs will generally ask for the following information: Requested information: You should use:...

  • Page 28: Other Sources Of Information

    On some systems it is also necessary to start the daemon. This is ® done on Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the following example: lpc start laser1 Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 9 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 29: Tcp/Ip Printing

    TCP/IP Printing ® Printing from Windows NT 4.0, ® Windows 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Overview ® Users of Windows NT 4.0 can print directly to a network-ready Brother printer using the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows ® 4.0 users must install Microsoft's "TCP/IP printing" protocol. ®...

  • Page 30: Windows Nt ® 4.0 And Windows

    ® Windows 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP ® protocol via a Windows 2000/XP computer providing that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the ® client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows 2000/XP computer and that the client PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  • Page 31 Click on Next. You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select a new port from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. When you have done that click Next. The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now appear. Click the Next button.

  • Page 32: Windows 2000/Xp Printing (Printer Driver Already Installed)

    ® 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: Select the printer driver you wish to configure. Select File and then choose Properties. Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port.

  • Page 33: Windows Nt

    ® Click OK to exit (your Windows NT 4.0 workstation or server will need to be re-booted). ® Windows NT 4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. Select the desired Language and then select Install Software.

  • Page 34: Windows Nt

    ® Windows NT 4.0 Printing: Associating to the Printer ® You must now create a printer on your Windows system using the ® standard Windows printer setup procedure. To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers.

  • Page 35: Windows Nt

    ® Windows NT 4.0 Printing: Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, click 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.

  • Page 36: Configuration Of An Os/2 Server

    Configuration of an OS/2 Server From the OS/2 desktop open the Templates folder. Use the right mouse button to drag the Printer icon (not the Network Printer icon) onto the desktop. The Create a Printer window should be open (if it is not, double click on the printer icon).
  • Page 37 Open the LAN Services folder and execute the LAN Requester program: Select Definitions. Select Aliases. Select Printers. Select Create. Enter the following: Alias Should be same as the printer name previously defined Description Anything you want Server name Name of OS/2 server Spooler queue Name of printer as defined previously Maximum number of users...

  • Page 38: Other Sources Of Information

    This will make the printer appear to the software as a printer that is directly connected to the parallel port of the workstation. Other Sources of Information Refer to chapter 9 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.

  • Page 39: Peer To Peer Printing

    Peer to Peer Printing ® How to Print in a Windows 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Network Overview ® Microsoft's Windows 95/98/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.

  • Page 40: Driver Deployment Wizard

    ® Windows 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP ® protocol via a Windows 2000 computer providing that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the ® client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows 2000 and that the client PC is using version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  • Page 41: Installing The Brother Peer To Peer Software

    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. Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide.

  • Page 42: Associating To The Printer

    ® Windows 95/98/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.

  • Page 43: Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    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, click the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window.

  • Page 44: Netbios Peer To Peer Printing

    NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Print Using NetBIOS in ® Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, Windows ® 4.0, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server Overview Brother print server range supports SMB (server message block) over the TCP/IP protocol via the NetBIOS interface. This means that ®...

  • Page 45: Print Server Configuration

    Print Server Configuration In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the domain name or workgroup name to match that of your network. Once this is done, the print server will appear automatically in your network neighborhood and you will be able to send print documents to it without having to install additional software.

  • Page 46: Changing The Workgroup/Domain Name Using Telnet Or Brconfig Or A Web Browser

    Because of the way that Microsoft networks work, the print server may take several minutes to appear in the network neighborhood. You will also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks.

  • Page 47: Installing The Brother Netbios Port Monitor

    ® NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows 95/98/Me/ ® 2000/XP and Windows NT This software requires the TCP/IP transport protocols to be installed ® ® on your Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT ® computer. To install those protocols refer to your Windows documentation.

  • Page 48: Associating The Printer

    You must now enter the server name and port name for the actual print server. You can use the Browse button to search for the print server, select the domain/workgroup name, and then the server is listed. If the print server does not automatically appear in your browse list, then you must ensure that the domain name is configured correctly.

  • Page 49: Windows ® 2000/Xp

    Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printer is connected to your computer, and then click Next. Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 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.

  • Page 50: Adding A Second Netbios Print Port

    Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and click Next. ® Windows will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then select Finish.

  • Page 51: Windows Nt ® 4.0 / Windows ® 2000/Xp

    ® ® Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000/XP Click on the Ports tab and click 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...

  • Page 52: Workstation Configuration

    Workstation Configuration: On each workstation that you wish to print from, execute the following step: Go to the DOS or OS/2 command prompt and enter the command: NET USE LPTx: \\NodeName\ServiceName Where x is the LPT port number (1 through 9), NodeName is the NetBIOS Name of the print server (usually BRN_xxxxxx by default, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of Ethernet address) and ServiceName is the service name of the print server (BINARY_P1...

  • Page 53: Configuring Internet Printing For Windows

    Configuring Internet ® Printing for Windows Internet Printing Installation Overview ® Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows 95/98/ ® Me and Windows NT 4.0, allows a PC user 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 his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Paris.

  • Page 54: Brother Internet Print General Information

    ® Windows 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP ® protocol via Windows 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.

  • Page 55: Brother Internet Print: Configuring The Brother Print Server

    At the remote site, an E-mail server receives the E-mail message. The remote print server, which has its own E-mail address, uses the POP3 protocol (Post Office Protocol 3) to download the E-mail message from the e-mail server. It then decodes the attachment and prints it out on the printer.

  • Page 56: Brother Internet Print: Using Bradmin To Configure The Print Server

    Brother Internet Print: Using BRAdmin to Configure the Print Server Skip this section if you wish to use the print server remote console or Web Browser to configure the print server. Using the BRAdmin Professional utility, you can configure the Brother print server using the TCP/IP protocol, or the IPX protocol.

  • Page 57: Brother Internet Print: Using A Web Browser To Configure The Print Server

    The print server is configured by default to poll the POP3 server every 30 seconds. You may change this value, if desired. If you have enabled notification, enter the address of your SMTP server (consult your network administrator if you do not know this address).

  • Page 58: Brother Internet Print: Installing The Bip Software On

    When you get the Local> prompt after connecting to the console, enter the command: POP3 ADDRESS address where ipaddress is the address of your POP3 server (consult with your network administrator if you do not know this address). Enter the command: POP3 NAME mailboxname...

  • Page 59: Setup From Cd-Rom

    Setup from CD-ROM Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide. Select the proper model and Install Software menu. Click For Administrators. Then select the Network Print Software menu to start the Brother Network Print Software installation program.
  • Page 60 Once your computer has re-started you must create a printer on ® ® your Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT ® system using the standard Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP and ® Windows NT 4.0 printer setup procedure. To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation.

  • Page 61: Adding A Second Brother Internet Port

    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 click Next. Enter any desired name for the BIP remote printer and click Next.
  • Page 62 You are now able to select Local Printer or Network Printer. ® For Windows 2000: Make sure that you select Network Printer. ® For Windows XP: Make sure that you select A Network Printer, or a Printer attached to another computer. You will see the Add Printer Wizard screen.

  • Page 63: Specifying A Different Url

    Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. Now specify the model name of the printer. If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message. Click Yes to continue with the installation.

  • Page 64: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing and for documents on the IPP protocol and how ® to configure a Windows 2000/95/98/Me System. Visit Microsoft's web site for the "Microsoft Internet Print ® Services" software for Windows 95/98/Me.

  • Page 65: Novell Netware Printing

    ® ® Novell NetWare Printing ® ® How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing Overview ® Brother print servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other network protocol users. All ® ® NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell server and delivered to the printer when it is available.

  • Page 66: General Information

    General Information ® In order to use a Brother print server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the print server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's print queue, and the jobs are then spooled (either directly, or in the ®...

  • Page 67: Creating A Ndps Printer Using Nwadmin For Netware ® 5

    Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for NetWare ® ® ® With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing ® system called Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the print server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the ®...

  • Page 68: Ndps Broker

    NDPS Broker When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker: Make sure the Resource Management Service is enabled.

  • Page 69: Creating A Printer Agent

    Creating a Printer Agent Follow the steps below to create a Printer Agent for the control access printer (NDS object). ® In NetWare Administrator, select object | create | NDPS Printer. Enter the NDPS printer name. If this is a new printer select create A New Printer Agent. If there is already an NDS printer and you are upgrading it to use the NDPS scheme, select Existing NDS printer object.

  • Page 70: Configuring Netware

    Select None for the printer Type, and Novell Port Handler for the Port Handler Type. Then click OK. You must now specify the type of connection that you are going to use. There are four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option.
  • Page 71 One or more print servers will appear in the list (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can find the node name and MAC address by printing out the Network Configuration Page.

  • Page 72: Creating The Netware Print Server (Nds Queue Server) Using Bradmin Professional Utility

    ® Creating the NetWare Print Server (NDS Queue Server) Using BRAdmin Professional Utility Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. Start BRAdmin. One or more print server services will appear in the list (the default node names are BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 73: Creating The Newware Print Server (Nds Queue Server) Using Novell Nwadmin And Bradmin Professional Utility

    Your queue name will appear in the TREE and Context that you specified. Select the queue and click on Add. The queue name will then be transferred to the Service Print Queues Window. You will be able to see the TREE and Context information along with the queue name information in this Window.
  • Page 74 Change context if required and then double click the name of the printer you created in step 3. Click Assignments. Click Add. Change the context if necessary. Select the print queue you created in step 5. Click Configuration and set the Printer type to Other/ Unknown.
  • Page 75 Start the appropriate BRAdmin application, and select the correct print server from the list (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). Double click the appropriate Brother print server. You will be prompted for a password, the default password is access.

  • Page 76: Creating The Netware Print Server (Nds Remote Printer)

    Creating the NetWare Print Server (NDS Remote ® Printer) Using Novell NWAdmin and BRAdmin Professional Utility To configure a Brother print server for remote printer mode with ® NWADMIN (NetWare Administrator utility) and BRAdmin, you will need to perform the following steps: ®...
  • Page 77 Change context if necessary and select the print queue you created. Click OK and then OK again, and then exit NWADMIN. Start the appropriate BRAdmin application, and select the correct print server you wish to configure (by default, the node names will begin with BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 78: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Bindery Emulation Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    ® You must now unload the PSERVER NLM from your NetWare file server console and then reload it in order for the changes to take effect. ® As an alternative to Brother's BRAdmin application or the Novell ® NWADMIN application, you can use the standard Novell PCONSOLE utility in conjunction with Brother's BRCONFIG program to set up your print queues.

  • Page 79: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Queue Server Mode In Nds Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    You will be shown a list of current print servers. Press the ® INSERT key to create a new entry, type in the NetWare print server name (BRN_xxxxxx_P1 by default, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address) and press ENTER. Return to the main Available Options menu by pressing ESCAPE.
  • Page 80 Select print servers from the Available Options menu. Press INSERT and enter the print server name. ® Enter the NetWare print service name of the print server exactly as it appeared in the Network Configuration Page (the default name is BRN_xxxxxx_P1, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address), unless you changed the name to something else).
  • Page 81 Press INSERT and enter a descriptive name for the printer. Make sure that the new printer name is highlighted, and then press ENTER. You will be shown the Printer Configuration Window. Select Print Queues Assigned: (See List), and then press ENTER.

  • Page 82: Configuring The Brother Print Server (Remote Printer Mode) Using Pconsole And Brconfig

    ® Service is the name of the service assigned by NetWare print server name (where the default services are BRN_xxxxxx_P1 for the Brother printer, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). You can also enter the TREE and CONTEXT name using your web browser, by connecting to the Brother print server using the TCP/IP protocol and selecting the NetWare protocol configuration.
  • Page 83 Press INSERT, type in the desired print queue name (with ® NetWare 4.1x, you will also be asked for a volume name; press INSERT and select the appropriate volume), and press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. The following steps apply to configuring a remote printer with ®...
  • Page 84 The following steps apply to configuring a remote printer on ® NetWare 3.xx systems: Select print server Information from the PCONSOLE main menu and choose the name of the PSERVER NLM. Select print server configuration and then printer configuration. Select any Not Installed printer and press ENTER.
  • Page 85 Select the Brother print server from the list of print servers. When you get the message that the print server is connected, press the ENTER key and type the default password access in response to the # prompt (the password will not echo) and then press the ENTER key again in response to the Enter Username>...

  • Page 86: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. Refer to chapter 9 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. ® ® NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 22...

  • Page 87: Printing From A Macintosh

    ® Printing From a Macintosh ® Printing from a Macintosh Using ® AppleTalk and TCP/IP or the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of ® Mac OS Overview ® Brother print servers support the AppleTalk protocol running over ® ® Ethernet (also known as EtherTalk ).
  • Page 88 Quick Tips: The default name that will appear in the Print Center of ® a Macintosh will usually be BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT (where xxxxxx is the last 6 digits of the Ethernet address) ® From a Macintosh network, the easiest way to change this name is to assign an IP address to the printer and then use a Web browser to change the name.

  • Page 89: Configuration (Mac Os ® X 10.1 To 10.3)

    ® Macintosh Configuration ® (Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.3) The appropriate PPD file supplied with your printer must be installed. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Double click the Start Here OS X icon. Select your language and follow the on-screen instructions for Install Software.

  • Page 90: How To Select The Print Server (Tcp/Ip)

    ® ® For AppleTalk connections, the printer's AppleTalk service name is BRN_XXXXXX_P1_AT, where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the Ethernet address. Printing the Network Configuration Page will allow you to confirm the MAC address. See How to Print a Network Configuration Page on page A-8 for information on how to print the Network Configuration Page on your print server.

  • Page 91: Printing From A Macintosh Using The Simple Network Configuration Capabilities Of Mac Os X

    ® Printing from a Macintosh Using the Simple Network Configuration ® capabilities of Mac OS ® The Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS X let you create an instant network of computers and smart devices by connecting them to each other. The smart devices automatically configure themselves to be compatible with your network.

  • Page 92: Changing The Configuration

    Changing the Configuration ® From a Macintosh , the easiest way to change the printer or print server parameters is to use a web browser. Simply connect to the printer using the format: http://ip_address where ip_address is the address of the printer. Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing.

  • Page 93: Web Based Management

    Web Based Management How to use a Web Browser to Manage Your Device Overview A standard Web Browser (we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later/Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later) can be used to manage your printer using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).

  • Page 94: How To Connect To Your Printer Using A Browser

    You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for ® example, Macintosh and Unix users are also able to connect to the printer and manage it. You can also use the BRAdmin application to manage the printer and its network configuration. How to Connect to Your Printer Using a Browser Type http://printer’s IP Address / into your browser (you can also use the NetBIOS name of the print server, if you are in a...

  • Page 95: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    TCP/IP Configuration Assigning TCP/IP Information 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.

  • Page 96: Using The Printer Control Panel To Allocate An Ip Address (Printers With Lcd Panels Only)

    These configuration methods are described in the following paragraphs. The IP address you assign to the print 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).

  • Page 97: Using Bradmin And The Ipx/Spx Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    Using BRAdmin and the IPX/SPX Protocol to Set the IP Address ® ® If your PC is using the Novell NetWare Client software and is using the IPX/SPX protocol, do the following: Select IPX/SPX filter in the left frame of the main window. Check the print server name (the default node name is BRN_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)).

  • Page 98: Using Bradmin And The Tcp/Ip Protocol To Set The Ip Address

    Using BRAdmin and the TCP/IP Protocol to Set the IP Address If your PC is using the TCP/IP protocol, do the following: Select TCP/IP filter in the left frame of the main window. Select the Device menu and choose the Search Active Devices.

  • Page 99: Using Dhcp To Configure The Ip Address

    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 DHCP ® ® Server in your network (typically a Unix /Linux, Windows NT 4.0, ®...

  • Page 100: Using Arp To Configure The Print Server Ip Address

    Using ARP to Configure the Print Server IP Address If you are unable to use the BRAdmin application or the printer’s control panel and your network does not use a DHCP server, you can also use the ARP command. The ARP command is available on ®...
  • Page 101 You must be on the same Ethernet segment (that is, there cannot be a router between the print server and operating system) to use the arp -s command. If there is a router, you may use BOOTP or other methods described in this chapter to enter the IP address.

  • Page 102: Using Rarp To Configure The Ip Address

    Using RARP to Configure the IP Address The Brother print 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...

  • Page 103: Using Bootp To Configure The Ip Address

    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;...

  • Page 104: Configuring The Ip Address With Brconfig

    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 server will load its IP address from the BOOTP server when the printer is powered on.

  • Page 105: Changing The Ip Address Settings With The Telnet Console

    If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following default subnet masks: 255.255.255.0 for class C networks 255.255.0.0 for class B networks 255.0.0.0 for class A networks The leftmost group of digits in your IP address can identify the type of network you have.
  • Page 106 You will then get the Local> prompt. Type SET IP ADDRESS ipaddress, where ipaddress is the desired IP address you wish to assign to the print server (check with your network manager for the IP address to use). For example: Local>...

  • Page 107: Other Sources Of Information

    Other Sources of Information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on TCP/IP protocol. 9 - 13 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION...

  • Page 108: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother print server, it is divided into the following sections: Wireless Setup Problems Network Initial Setup Problems Intermittent Problems Protocol-Specific Troubleshooting Wireless Setup Problems Before you configure the NC-7100w print server, you need to temporarily change your computer’s wireless settings to communicate with the unconfigured print server.
  • Page 109 ® For Windows XP users ® You may need to update Windows XP and install the latest modules to show the screens shown in this section. Click Start and then Control Panel. Click the Network Connections icon. 10 - 2 TROUBLESHOOTING...
  • Page 110 Select and right click Wireless Network Connection. Click View Available Wireless Networks. Click the Advanced button. Make the Preferred networks filed blank by using Remove. Click Add. TROUBLESHOOTING 10 - 3...
  • Page 111 Enter SETUP. Select Disabled. Make sure that the check box at the bottom of the screen is selected, and then click OK. Click OK. 10 - 4 TROUBLESHOOTING...
  • Page 112 Check the wireless network connection status. It may take a few minutes for the IP address to be displayed. You can now use the Brother Wireless Setup Wizard to configure your print server settings. TROUBLESHOOTING 10 - 5...
  • Page 113 ® For Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.3 users Click the AirPort status icon and select Open Internet Connect..Select Create Network... from the Network option. Enter SETUP, select 11 from the Channel option, and then click 10 - 6 TROUBLESHOOTING...

  • Page 114: Network Initial Setup Problems

    Your wireless network is connected successfully. You can now use the Brother Wireless Setup Wizard to configure your print server settings. Network Initial Setup Problems If having configured the necessary wireless network settings and you are unable to print, check the following: Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
  • Page 115 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! Check to see if there is any LED activity. The Brother wireless print server has two LEDs (as shown in Figure 10-1.) POWER LED TX/RX LED...
  • Page 116 If you are using TCP/IP: Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the command: ping ipaddress Where ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to two minutes for the print server to initialize.

  • Page 117: Intermittent Problems

    Intermittent Problems If the print server and printer start up OK, but you intermittently have problems printing, check the following: If you can print small jobs but large graphics jobs are distorted or incomplete, make sure that you have adequate memory in your printer and the latest printer driver installed on your computer.

  • Page 118: Unix ® Troubleshooting

    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 server name matches the name in the /etc/hosts file. If you used bootp, make sure that you started the bootp daemon ®...

  • Page 119: Windows Nt 4.0/Lan Server (Tcp/Ip) Troubleshooting

    Make sure that the lpr/lpd remote line printer service are running on the host computer (refer to your host computer documentation for information on how to do this). If you are having trouble printing more than one job at a time, try increasing the IP timeout using the SET IP TIMEOUT command or using BRAdmin.

  • Page 120: Windows 95/98/Me Peer To Peer Print (Lpr) Troubleshooting

    If you are using DHCP and you have not created a reservation for the print server, make sure that you enter the NetBIOS name of the print server in the Name or address of server providing lpd box. ® Windows 95/98/Me Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Troubleshooting ®...

  • Page 121: Windows 95/98/Me And Windows Nt

    ® ® Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT 4.0 Peer-to- Peer Print (NetBIOS) Troubleshooting ® If you are having trouble printing on a Windows 95/98/Me, Windows ® 4.0 or later Peer-to-Peer network (NetBIOS), check the following: Make sure that the Brother NetBIOS Port driver is securely ®...

  • Page 122: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/Xp Ipp Troubleshooting

    ® Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP IPP Troubleshooting Want to use a different Port number other than 631 If you are using Port 631 for IPP printing, you may find that your firewall may not let the print data through. If this is the case, use a different port number (port 80), or configure your Firewall to allow Port 631 data through.

  • Page 123: Novell Netware Troubleshooting

    ® Novell NetWare Troubleshooting ® ® If you cannot print from NetWare and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the previous steps, first verify that the Brother print server is attached to the server queue by going to PCONSOLE, selecting PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION, and then CURRENTLY ATTACHED SERVERS.

  • Page 124: Appletalk Troubleshooting

    If you are using DOS CAPTURE statement and losing portions of your print job, try setting the TIMEOUT parameter in your CAPTURE statement to a higher value (at least 50 seconds for ® Windows ® AppleTalk Troubleshooting ® ® If you cannot print from an AppleTalk for Macintosh computer and you have checked the hardware and network as described in the...

  • Page 125: General Information

    Appendix A General Information You can change the configuration of your print server using any of the following methods. ® • Brother BRAdmin application for Windows 95/98/Me, Windows ® ® 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP • Brother Web BRAdmin application for IIS* •...

  • Page 126: Http (Recommended

    HTTP (Recommended) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Brother print server. This will allow you to configure printer and/or print server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's print server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible. TELNET ® To connect to the print server using TELNET on UNIX , Windows ®...

  • Page 127: Using Services

    Using Services General A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands.

  • Page 128: General

    Reloading the Print Server Firmware General The firmware on the print server is stored in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, visit the Brother Solutions web site at http://solutions.brother.com/ Some software versions that we provide will automatically factory reset your print server parameters.

  • Page 129: Reloading Firmware Using Bradmin

    Reloading Firmware Using BRAdmin The BRAdmin application can be used to easily re-program your Brother print server. Start BRAdmin. Highlight the appropriate print server. Then select the Control menu and choose Load Firmware. You can select more than one print server by pressing CTRL+<select> or SHIFT+<select> on each additional print server.

  • Page 130: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Command Prompt

    If you encounter problems upgrading the firmware and you find that the network portion of the printer no longer functions, you should try re-programming the print server by using the COPY command from the DOS prompt of your PC. To do this, connect a parallel cable between your PC and printer and use the command COPY filename LPT1:/B (where filename is the new firmware file).

  • Page 131: Reloading Using The Ftp Protocol From A Web Browser

    When you see "226 Data Transfer OK/Entering FirmWareUpdate mode", you can be sure that the firmware file is being transferred to the print server. If you do not see this message, the file you are sending to the printer will either be ignored or the printer will print garbage.

  • Page 132: Other Information

    Other Information How to Print a Network Configuration Page To print the Network Configuration Page, use a fine ball point pen to hold down the Network Test Button of the printer for less than 5 seconds. Figure A-1 How to Reset to Factory Default Setting If you wish to reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information), use a fine ball point pen to hold down the Network Test...

  • Page 133: Wireless Network

    Appendix B Wireless Network Introduction The Brother NC-7100w wireless print server supports the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networking standards and can work in Infrastructure or Ad-hoc mode using common Wireless Authentication and security methods. Depending on the placement of the Brother NC-7100w wireless print server, distances of up to 90 meters can be reached.

  • Page 134: Infrastructure Mode

    Infrastructure Mode Infrastructure mode networks have a central access point at the heart of the network. The access point can also act as a bridge or a gateway to a wired network. When the Brother wireless device is set in this mode, it receives all print jobs via an access point. Figure B-1 Ad-hoc Mode Ad-hoc networks (also sometimes referred to as peer-to-peer...

  • Page 135: Authentication And Encryption

    Authentication and Encryption Most Wireless networks use some kind of security settings. These security settings define the authentication (how the device identifies itself to the network) and encryption (how the data is encrypted as it is sent on the network). If you do not correctly specify these options when you are configuring your Brother wireless device, it will not be able to connect to the Wireless network.

  • Page 136: Channels

    Network Key There are some rules for each security method: Open System/Shared Key with WEP Enter the WEP key that will be used to access your network. This key is a 64-bit or 128-bit value that must be entered in an ASCII or HEXADECIMAL format.

  • Page 137: Configuring The Brother Wireless Print Server

    Configuring the Brother Wireless Print Server You can configure and change the wireless print server settings using the Brother Wireless Setup Wizard (recommended), the BRAdmin Professional utility, printer control panel buttons, a web browser or by using TELNET. Using the Control Panel Menus to Configure the Wireless Print Server You can access the NETWORK menu by following steps below to configure the wireless print server.
  • Page 138 NETWORK menu Table B-1 shows the list of the NETWORK menu. In order to make your wireless settings effective, you must select the APPLY option from the WIRELESS menu and then select YES or YES AND REPORT. If you do not do this, the network settings will not be used unless you switch the printer off and then on again.
  • Page 139 Table B-I NETWORK menu (Continued) Display Shows Description WIRELESS COMM.MODE =INFRASTRUCTURE, AD-HOC Shows a list of available names LIST SSID for the wireless network Shows SSID (uses a maximum SSID of 32 digits and characteres 0-9, a-z and A-Z in ASCII values) CHANNEL =1..13 AUTHENTICATION...
  • Page 140 List of factory settings Table B-II shows the factory settings. Network factory default setting If you wish to reset the print server back to its default factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address information), hold down the network test button on the NC-7100w print server for more than 5 seconds.
  • Page 141 Table B-II List of factory settings (Continued) Submenu Factory setting WIRELESS COMM.MODE =AD-HOC LIST SSID SSID SETUP CHANNEL AUTHENTICATION =OPEN SYSTEM ENCRYPTION =NONE WEP KEY SELECT =KEY1 WEP KEY1 SIZE =64(40)BITS WEP KEY2 SIZE WEP KEY3 SIZE WEP KEY4 SIZE WEP KEY1 TYPE =ASCII WEP KEY2 TYPE...

  • Page 142: Using The Bradmin Professional Utility To Configure The Wireless Print Server (For Windows Users

    Using the BRAdmin Professional Utility to Configure ® the Wireless Print Server (for Windows users) The steps required to configure the wireless print server using the BRAdmin Professional utility is as follows: Start BRAdmin Professional. Select the node name of the Brother NC-7100w wireless print server from the list.
  • Page 143 Wireless settings list for the BRAdmin Professional utility Table B-III shows the wireless settings and status which you can configure and confirm using the BRAdmin Professional utility. Table B-III Wireless settings and status Item Setting options Communication Mode Infrastructure, Ad-hoc 802.11 (802.11b only) Wireless Network Name 0 to 32 bytes (SSID)

  • Page 144: Using A Web Browser To Configure The Wireless Print Server (For Windows Users

    Using a Web Browser to Configure the Wireless Print ® Server (for Windows users) The steps required to configure the wireless print server using a web browser is as follows: Connect to the print server IP address using your web browser. For example;...
  • Page 145 Model name NC-7100w Protocols TCP/IP APR, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS, DNS, LPR/ LPD, Raw Port/Port9100, POP3/SMTP, SMB Print, IPP, FTP, mDNS, SSDP, TELNET, SNMP, HTTP, TFTP ® Netware IPX/SPX ® AppleTalk Dimensions 87 x 127 x 31.6 mm (3.4 x 5 x 1.2 in.) (W x D x H) Weights 0.11 Kg (2.4 lb)

  • Page 146: Index

    Index Ad-hoc mode ..... B-1 E-mail ........ 5-2 AIX ........1-3 emailpassword ....5-6 AIX 4.0 ....... 1-8 Encryption ......B-3 APIPA ......1-1 Encryption methods ... B-3 AppleTalk 7-1 10-9 10-17 EtherTalk ....7-1 ARP ..... 1-2 Authentication ....B-3 Factory settings ....
  • Page 147 JetAdmin ......10-13 Open system ..... B-3 JetDirect ......3-2 OS/2 ........2-7 OS/2 Warp ......4-8 OS/2 Warp Server ..2-1 LAN Server ....2-7 OS/400 ......1-11 LCD menu ......B-6 LED ........10-8 LED status ....... 10-8 password 1-1 Linux ......
  • Page 148 Specifications ....B-12 Sun Solaris 2.x ....1-9 sysadmsh ......1-11 TCP/IP ....1-1 TCP/IP printing ....2-1 TELNET ..4-3 9-11 TEXT_P1 .....1-2 TFTP GET ......A-5 TFTP PUT ......A-5 TGV Multinet ...... 1-5 UNIX ........1-1 Web BRAdmin ....A-1 web browser ......

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