Brother HL-1870N User Guide

CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING 

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Users of Windows NT can print directly to a network ready Brother printer using 
the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows NT 3.5x and NT 4.0 users must install 
Microsoft's "TCP/IP printing" protocol. 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 default IP address of Brother print servers is 192.0.0.192. To change 

it, use the printer control panel (if applicable), the BRAdmin application, 
or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address.  

2.  The default password for Brother print servers is "access". 
3.  Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT 4.0 users must install the 

"Microsoft TCP/IP printing" protocol (available through the control 
panel applet). 

4.  Windows 2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard 

Network Printing software and IPP protocol software built into any 
Windows 2000/XP installation. 

5.  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. 

6.  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).