Brother HL-2070N Guida Utente

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Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................1-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
Types of network connection ............................................................................................................. 1-2

Network connection example ...................................................................................................... 1-2

Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP ......................................................................................... 1-2
Network shared printing........................................................................................................... 1-3

Protocols............................................................................................................................................ 1-4

TCP/IP protocols and functionalities............................................................................................ 1-4

DHCP/BOOTP/RARP.............................................................................................................. 1-4
APIPA ...................................................................................................................................... 1-4
DNS client................................................................................................................................ 1-4
NetBIOS/IP .............................................................................................................................. 1-4
LPR/LPD ................................................................................................................................. 1-4
Port9100 .................................................................................................................................. 1-5
SMTP client ............................................................................................................................. 1-5
IPP........................................................................................................................................... 1-5
mDNS ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5
TELNET................................................................................................................................... 1-5
SNMP ...................................................................................................................................... 1-5
Web server (HTTP) ................................................................................................................. 1-5

Configuring your network printer ............................................................................2-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 2-1
IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways ...................................................................................... 2-1

IP address ................................................................................................................................... 2-1

How the IP address is assigned to your print server: .............................................................. 2-1

Subnet mask................................................................................................................................ 2-2
Gateway (and router)................................................................................................................... 2-2

Setting the IP address and subnet mask ........................................................................................... 2-3

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer
(for Windows

only) ..................................................................................................................... 2-3

BRAdmin Professional utility ................................................................................................... 2-3
How to configure your printer using the BRAdmin Professional utility..................................... 2-3

Using other methods to configure your network printer............................................................... 2-4

Changing the print server settings ..................................................................................................... 2-4

Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to change the print server settings
(for Windows

only) ..................................................................................................................... 2-4

Using the HTTP (web browser) and the TCP/IP protocol to change the print server settings..... 2-5

Network printing from Windows

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing ................3-1

Overview............................................................................................................................................ 3-1
For Windows

2000/XP users ........................................................................................................... 3-1

Configuring the standard TCP/IP port ......................................................................................... 3-1

Printer driver not yet installed .................................................................................................. 3-1
Printer driver already installed ................................................................................................. 3-2

4.0 users .............................................................................................................. 3-3

Installing the TCP/IP protocol ...................................................................................................... 3-3