Brother HL-1850 User Guide

CHAPTER 3 TCP/IP PEER TO PEER PRINTING 

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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 Setting 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. 

7.  Select the Brother LPR port (port name you assigned in step 4 of the 

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software section) 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 Brother Network Direct Print software. 
 
 
 

 
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 form 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.