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The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop resource for all times. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your Brother printers, read this manual from the Printer CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all your printing needs. Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Print Server f NETWORK USER'S GUIDE HL-5250DN HL-5270DN Please read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions. You can print or view this manual thoroughly before using the printer. Version 0
The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop resource for all times. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your Brother printers, read this manual from the Printer CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all your printing needs. Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Print Server f NETWORK USER'S GUIDE HL-5250DN HL-5270DN Please read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions. You can print or view this manual thoroughly before using the printer. Version 0
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...at: In Europe European Technical Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - You can get instant answers to common technical questions and information about...be made from within that country. In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER In Europe Visit http://www.brother.com for contact information on your local Brother office. IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country ...
...at: In Europe European Technical Services 1 Tame Street Audenshaw Manchester, M34 5JE UK In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 15 Musick Irvine CA 92618 In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. - You can get instant answers to common technical questions and information about...be made from within that country. In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER In Europe Visit http://www.brother.com for contact information on your local Brother office. IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country ...
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... the BRAdmin Professional utility 2-3 Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (for HL-5270DN 2-4 Using other methods to configure your network printer 2-4 Changing the print server settings ...2-5 Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for ...Windows® only) 2-5 Using the control panel to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN 2-5 Using the HTTP (...
... the BRAdmin Professional utility 2-3 Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (for HL-5270DN 2-4 Using other methods to configure your network printer 2-4 Changing the print server settings ...2-5 Using the BRAdmin Professional utility to change the print server settings (for ...Windows® only) 2-5 Using the control panel to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN 2-5 Using the HTTP (...
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...Professional utility 4-2 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using a web browser 4-3 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using TELNET 4-3 Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-4 Associating to the printer ...4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me ...4-5 Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 4-5 Adding a second NetBIOS print port... Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater 6-3 Using the control panel to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN 6-4 Other sources of information ...6-4 7 Control panel setup 7-1 Overview...7-1 Changing the print server settings using the control panel NETWORK menu ...
...Professional utility 4-2 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using a web browser 4-3 Changing the Workgroup/Domain Name using TELNET 4-3 Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor 4-4 Associating to the printer ...4-5 Windows® 95/98/Me ...4-5 Windows NT®4.0 / Windows® 2000/XP 4-5 Adding a second NetBIOS print port... Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater 6-3 Using the control panel to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN 6-4 Other sources of information ...6-4 7 Control panel setup 7-1 Overview...7-1 Changing the print server settings using the control panel NETWORK menu ...
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... server is not found during setup of the network print software installation or from the printer driver of the Brother printer in Windows 8-1 The Brother print server is not found using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X...8-1 Printing problems...8-5 Print job is not printed...8-5 Error during printing...8-6 ...
... server is not found during setup of the network print software installation or from the printer driver of the Brother printer in Windows 8-1 The Brother print server is not found using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of Mac OS® X...8-1 Printing problems...8-5 Print job is not printed...8-5 Error during printing...8-6 ...
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.../XP supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh® supporting TCP/IP. To use the Brother printer through Chapter 7 describes how to configure your print server along with your Brother printer to be shared on network configuration. 1 Introduction Overview The Brother print server allows your operating system as follows: Chapter 3: Network printing from Windows®...
.../XP supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh® supporting TCP/IP. To use the Brother printer through Chapter 7 describes how to configure your print server along with your Brother printer to be shared on network configuration. 1 Introduction Overview The Brother print server allows your operating system as follows: Chapter 3: Network printing from Windows®...
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... connection example Peer-to-Peer printing using routers, computers can access the Brother printer through the routers. (In this case, the Gateway address must be configured to both computers and the printer.) ■ The Brother printer can also communicate with Macintosh®. (TCP/IP compatible operating systems) ..., each computer directly sends and receives data to and from the Brother printer. See Network shared printing on page 1-3. ■ Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol. ■ The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration. ■ If ...
... connection example Peer-to-Peer printing using routers, computers can access the Brother printer through the routers. (In this case, the Gateway address must be configured to both computers and the printer.) ■ The Brother printer can also communicate with Macintosh®. (TCP/IP compatible operating systems) ..., each computer directly sends and receives data to and from the Brother printer. See Network shared printing on page 1-3. ■ Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol. ■ The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration. ■ If ...
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.../IP print protocol configured. ■ Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol. ■ The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the printer is often called a "server" or a "print server". Its job is to have an appropriate IP... address configuration. ■ The Brother printer needs to access print jobs from the Brother printer via the parallel or USB interface at the server. ■ The Brother printer can also communicate with Macintosh®. (TCP/IP compatible operating systems) 1 - ...
.../IP print protocol configured. ■ Each computer must use the TCP/IP Protocol. ■ The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration unless the printer is often called a "server" or a "print server". Its job is to have an appropriate IP... address configuration. ■ The Brother printer needs to access print jobs from the Brother printer via the parallel or USB interface at the server. ■ The Brother printer can also communicate with Macintosh®. (TCP/IP compatible operating systems) 1 - ...
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... change some of its configuration settings. TELNET The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration. mDNS mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to manage network devices including computers, printers and terminals in a Mac OS® X ...Simple Network Configured system. (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater). If a different web browser is equipped with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1. 1 - 5 Web server (HTTP) The Brother print server is used printing...
... change some of its configuration settings. TELNET The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration. mDNS mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to manage network devices including computers, printers and terminals in a Mac OS® X ...Simple Network Configured system. (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater). If a different web browser is equipped with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1. 1 - 5 Web server (HTTP) The Brother print server is used printing...
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.../IP settings using the control panel on -screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother network printer. If it is not, you must be guided by the on the printer (for HL-5270DN). IP address An IP address is between 0 and 255. You will learn how to configure ...how to install the network software and the printer driver into the operating system running on the same logical network as your host computers. For further information, see Control panel setup in a network environment, you assign to a network. By using your Brother printer in Chapter 7. The IP address you must...
.../IP settings using the control panel on -screen instructions until you are able to use your Brother network printer. If it is not, you must be guided by the on the printer (for HL-5270DN). IP address An IP address is between 0 and 255. You will learn how to configure ...how to install the network software and the printer driver into the operating system running on the same logical network as your host computers. For further information, see Control panel setup in a network environment, you assign to a network. By using your Brother printer in Chapter 7. The IP address you must...
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Configuring your network printer How the IP address is assigned to your print server: If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will ....1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Note 0 denotes that begins with the IP address details of a Brother print server is no limit to match with 192.168.1.X 2 - 2 For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP...
Configuring your network printer How the IP address is assigned to your print server: If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol will ....1.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 PC2 IP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Note 0 denotes that begins with the IP address details of a Brother print server is no limit to match with 192.168.1.X 2 - 2 For more information on DHCP, BOOTP and RARP, see Using DHCP to configure the IP...
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...Gateway IP address then contact your Network Administrator. If a destination is designed to configure your printer using Personal Firewall software (e.g. How to allow you can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version from Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and...Firewall software. • Node name: Node name appears in a TCP/IP environment. You can print, re-start your network connected Brother printers in current BRAdmin Professional. The default Node name is "BRN_xxxxxx" ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet address.). • The...
...Gateway IP address then contact your Network Administrator. If a destination is designed to configure your printer using Personal Firewall software (e.g. How to allow you can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version from Windows® 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and...Firewall software. • Node name: Node name appears in a TCP/IP environment. You can print, re-start your network connected Brother printers in current BRAdmin Professional. The default Node name is "BRN_xxxxxx" ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet address.). • The...
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...factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will see the Brother print server in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen. • You can configure your network printer You can find the node name and Ethernet address (Node Address above) by printing .... Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (for HL-5270DN) You can configure your network printer using other methods to print the Printer Settings Page on how to configure your network printer using the control panel Network menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new devices...
...factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will see the Brother print server in the BRAdmin Professional utility screen. • You can configure your network printer You can find the node name and Ethernet address (Node Address above) by printing .... Using the control panel to configure your machine for a network (for HL-5270DN) You can configure your network printer using other methods to print the Printer Settings Page on how to configure your network printer using the control panel Network menu. BRAdmin Professional will search for new devices...
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Configuring your network printer Changing the print server settings Using the BRAdmin ...; 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP), by clicking Start / Programs / Brother Administrator Utilities / Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities / BRAdmin Professional. 2 Select TCP/IP in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window. 3... Select the print server which you want to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN) You can...
Configuring your network printer Changing the print server settings Using the BRAdmin ...; 95/98/Me, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000/XP), by clicking Start / Programs / Brother Administrator Utilities / Brother BRAdmin Professional Utilities / BRAdmin Professional. 2 Select TCP/IP in the right frame of the main BRAdmin window. 3... Select the print server which you want to change the print server settings (for HL-5270DN) You can...
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...file on your print server settings using Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. Configuring your network printer Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (or... higher), or Netscape® version 7.1 (or higher) can be seen in the printer settings page. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Ethernet address. 2 Click...
...file on your print server settings using Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. Configuring your network printer Using the HTTP (web browser) to change the print server settings A standard web browser (we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (or... higher), or Netscape® version 7.1 (or higher) can be seen in the printer settings page. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Ethernet address. 2 Click...
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...174; on the same subnet, or that the router is properly configured to pass data between the two devices. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. This section describes the most commonly used configuration, Standard TCP/IP Port printing. Windows® 2000/XP users can also ... basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing Overview If you are either on page 5-1. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need to be able to print using the IPP protocol. For more information, see Chapter 2 first. • Verify the...
...174; on the same subnet, or that the router is properly configured to pass data between the two devices. • The default password for Brother print servers is access. This section describes the most commonly used configuration, Standard TCP/IP Port printing. Windows® 2000/XP users can also ... basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing Overview If you are either on page 5-1. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need to be able to print using the IPP protocol. For more information, see Chapter 2 first. • Verify the...
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...the Have Disk option to browse to use . The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the ...® 2000/XP will receive an error message. 12 Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard. 13 Now that you wish to share the printer, enter the share name and click Next. 17 Continue through the Wizard clicking the Finish button when complete. Follow steps 8 to -Peer printing 7...
...the Have Disk option to browse to use . The Wizard will automatically enter the Port name information for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the ...® 2000/XP will receive an error message. 12 Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard. 13 Now that you wish to share the printer, enter the share name and click Next. 17 Continue through the Wizard clicking the Finish button when complete. Follow steps 8 to -Peer printing 7...
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... and double click the TCP/IP Protocol. 4 Insert the requested disk(s), or CD-ROM, to copy the required files. 5 Click Close. Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Welcome message. 5 Read the license agreement carefully. The default port name... or server will see the TCP/IP Properties dialog. 6 Configure the host IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address in response to the printer Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select your model and the desired language. If you have already installed the TCP/IP protocol, proceed to the next ...
... and double click the TCP/IP Protocol. 4 Insert the requested disk(s), or CD-ROM, to copy the required files. 5 Click Close. Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Welcome message. 5 Read the license agreement carefully. The default port name... or server will see the TCP/IP Properties dialog. 6 Configure the host IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address in response to the printer Quick Setup Guide. 2 Select your model and the desired language. If you have already installed the TCP/IP protocol, proceed to the next ...
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... the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. 3 Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click Next. 4 Select the Brother LPR Port (the port ...name you assigned in step 7 of the "Installing Brother Peer-to-Peer Software" section in...
... the standard Windows® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. 3 Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click Next. 4 Select the Brother LPR Port (the port ...name you assigned in step 7 of the "Installing Brother Peer-to-Peer Software" section in...
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...95/98/Me users Windows® 95/98/Me users can send print job using Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software provided by the CD-ROM which case use BLP2, etc... In the Printer 3 Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. The default port name is BLP1. Whichever name you wish to use...-to-Peer software Note 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. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the ...
...95/98/Me users Windows® 95/98/Me users can send print job using Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software provided by the CD-ROM which case use BLP2, etc... In the Printer 3 Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. The default port name is BLP1. Whichever name you wish to use...-to-Peer software Note 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. 1 Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the ...