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...find the best solution for your problem or question, access the Brother Solutions Center directly from the CD-ROM/Driver or go to . Before you can use the printer, you need to http://solutions.brother.com Fo r Administrators Setting Up Your Printer Read this Quick Setup...Driver Windows® Network Laser Printer Quick Setup Guide HL-8050N Macintosh ® USB Macintosh ® Network USB page 17 Parallel Network page 19 USB Network Peer-toPeer (LPR) page 21 Peer-toPeer (NetBIOS) page 23 Network Shared Printer page 25 Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2 page 27 Mac OS® X 10.1 / 10...
...find the best solution for your problem or question, access the Brother Solutions Center directly from the CD-ROM/Driver or go to . Before you can use the printer, you need to http://solutions.brother.com Fo r Administrators Setting Up Your Printer Read this Quick Setup...Driver Windows® Network Laser Printer Quick Setup Guide HL-8050N Macintosh ® USB Macintosh ® Network USB page 17 Parallel Network page 19 USB Network Peer-toPeer (LPR) page 21 Peer-toPeer (NetBIOS) page 23 Network Shared Printer page 25 Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2 page 27 Mac OS® X 10.1 / 10...
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... on the Control Panel 15 Step 2 Installing the Driver For USB Interface Cable Users ...17 For Parallel Interface Cable Users 19 For Network Interface Cable Users 21 For Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (LPR 21 For Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (NetBIOS 23 For... Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.2 Users 32 For Mac OS® X 10.1 / 10.2 Users 34 ■ For Administrators Setting your IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (Using the Control panel 36 Installing the BRAdmin Professional utility (Windows® Users Only 37 Web BRAdmin ...37 Printing a Printer Settings Page ...38...
... on the Control Panel 15 Step 2 Installing the Driver For USB Interface Cable Users ...17 For Parallel Interface Cable Users 19 For Network Interface Cable Users 21 For Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (LPR 21 For Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (NetBIOS 23 For... Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.2 Users 32 For Mac OS® X 10.1 / 10.2 Users 34 ■ For Administrators Setting your IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (Using the Control panel 36 Installing the BRAdmin Professional utility (Windows® Users Only 37 Web BRAdmin ...37 Printing a Printer Settings Page ...38...
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...Your Printer Windows® USB Windows® Parallel Windows® Network Step 2 Installing the Driver Follow the instructions on this Quick Setup Guide are based on Windows® XP. The screens for Mac OS® X in this page for Windows® in this Quick Setup Guide are based on Mac OS® X 10.1 For... USB Interface Cable Users Go to page 17 For Parallel Interface Cable Users Go to page 19 For Network Interface Cable Users ■ Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (LPR Go to page 21 ■ Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users...
...Your Printer Windows® USB Windows® Parallel Windows® Network Step 2 Installing the Driver Follow the instructions on this Quick Setup Guide are based on Windows® XP. The screens for Mac OS® X in this page for Windows® in this Quick Setup Guide are based on Mac OS® X 10.1 For... USB Interface Cable Users Go to page 17 For Parallel Interface Cable Users Go to page 19 For Network Interface Cable Users ■ Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users (LPR Go to page 21 ■ Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer Users...
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...; Computer 2-28 For Mac OS® 8-6 - 9.2 ...2-28 For Mac OS® X 10.2 or greater 2-28 Duplex Printing ...2-29 Types of Duplex Printing 2-29 3 Printer Driver and Software ...3-1 Printer Driver (Windows®) ...3-1 Installing the Printer Driver ...3-1 Upgrading the Printer Driver 3-1 Features in the PCL Printer Driver 3-2 Basic tab ...3-2 Advanced tab ...3-3 Device Options ...3-5 Destination ...3-7 Accessories tab ...3-7 Support tab ...3-8 Features...
...; Computer 2-28 For Mac OS® 8-6 - 9.2 ...2-28 For Mac OS® X 10.2 or greater 2-28 Duplex Printing ...2-29 Types of Duplex Printing 2-29 3 Printer Driver and Software ...3-1 Printer Driver (Windows®) ...3-1 Installing the Printer Driver ...3-1 Upgrading the Printer Driver 3-1 Features in the PCL Printer Driver 3-2 Basic tab ...3-2 Advanced tab ...3-3 Device Options ...3-5 Destination ...3-7 Accessories tab ...3-7 Support tab ...3-8 Features...
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PRINTER DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 3 - 10 Paper/Quality tab Select the paper source and media type. in the Orientation, Print on Both Sides, Page Order and Page Per Sheet. Layout tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the Layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... You can access the Layout tab by selecting the setting in the General tab of the Brother HL-8050N BR-Script3 Properties screen.
PRINTER DRIVER AND SOFTWARE 3 - 10 Paper/Quality tab Select the paper source and media type. in the Orientation, Print on Both Sides, Page Order and Page Per Sheet. Layout tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can change the Layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... You can access the Layout tab by selecting the setting in the General tab of the Brother HL-8050N BR-Script3 Properties screen.
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...end guides to print transparencies? Symptom Possible Cause Slanted printing, Are the paper guides in Windows®) or Page Setup dialog box (with Macintosh®) Change the printer driver settings on the Print Quality setting of a suitable type? See Loading Paper and Printing ... printer driver (in Windows®) or Page Setup dialog box (with Macintosh®) Use envelopes suitable for use with a recommended size and type, and confirm that the transparencies is blurred. Replace the paper. Is the printer driver configured to print envelopes? TROUBLESHOOTING 5 - 10 See ...
...end guides to print transparencies? Symptom Possible Cause Slanted printing, Are the paper guides in Windows®) or Page Setup dialog box (with Macintosh®) Change the printer driver settings on the Print Quality setting of a suitable type? See Loading Paper and Printing ... printer driver (in Windows®) or Page Setup dialog box (with Macintosh®) Use envelopes suitable for use with a recommended size and type, and confirm that the transparencies is blurred. Replace the paper. Is the printer driver configured to print envelopes? TROUBLESHOOTING 5 - 10 See ...
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... Printing (Printer Driver already installed 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 2-5 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Associating to the Printer . 2-6 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Adding a Second Brother LPR Port 2-7 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 (Printer Driver already installed 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing 2-4 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software 2-5 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Associating to the Printer . 2-6 Windows NT®4.0 Printing: Adding a Second Brother LPR Port 2-7 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...
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... OS® X (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 - 10.3 oder neuere Versionen 7-10 How to Select the Printer Driver 7-10 Changing the Configuration 7-11 Other Sources of Information 7-11 8 DLC Printing 8-1 Printing from Windows NT®4.0 or Windows® 2000 8-1 Overview 8-1 Configuring DLC on Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000 8-1 Windows® 2000 Printer Setup 8-2 Windows NT®4.0 Printer Setup 8-3 Configuring DLC...
... OS® X (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 - 10.3 oder neuere Versionen 7-10 How to Select the Printer Driver 7-10 Changing the Configuration 7-11 Other Sources of Information 7-11 8 DLC Printing 8-1 Printing from Windows NT®4.0 or Windows® 2000 8-1 Overview 8-1 Configuring DLC on Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® 2000 8-1 Windows® 2000 Printer Setup 8-2 Windows NT®4.0 Printer Setup 8-3 Configuring DLC...
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...IP) Configuration If you have not already done so, install the TCP/IP protocol onto your Windows NT®4.0 system. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on page 5-10. 5 The default name for you to be able to access the Settings/Control Panel menu... 2 The default configuration of the Windows NT®4.0 system (use the Start button on Windows NT®4.0 to print. Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all the necessary software required for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where...
...IP) Configuration If you have not already done so, install the TCP/IP protocol onto your Windows NT®4.0 system. The Add Printer Wizard will now start. Click on page 5-10. 5 The default name for you to be able to access the Settings/Control Panel menu... 2 The default configuration of the Windows NT®4.0 system (use the Start button on Windows NT®4.0 to print. Windows® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver not yet installed) By default, Windows® 2000/XP systems install with all the necessary software required for a Brother print server is usually BRN_xxxxxx (where...
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...must specify which printer driver you have done that click Next. 6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now contact the printer that you wish to use. If you did not specify the correct IP address or name then you will receive an error message. 10 Click the Finish ...automatically enter the Port name information for you. 8 Click the Next button. 9 Windows® 2000/XP will now appear. Select a new port from the list of the printer you specified. Select the appropriate driver from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. 5 When you have configured the port, you...
...must specify which printer driver you have done that click Next. 6 The Add Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will now contact the printer that you wish to use. If you did not specify the correct IP address or name then you will receive an error message. 10 Click the Finish ...automatically enter the Port name information for you. 8 Click the Next button. 9 Windows® 2000/XP will now appear. Select a new port from the list of the printer you specified. Select the appropriate driver from the pull-down window and select Standard TCP/IP Port. 5 When you have configured the port, you...
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Follow steps 6-10 of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the port that dialog. If you will see the TCP/IP Properties dialog. 6 Configure the host IP address, subnet mask, ... during the installation of your system manager for network printing, follow these addresses. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 4 Consult your Windows NT®4.0 system (either workstation or server) follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the "Standard TCP/IP...
Follow steps 6-10 of the driver and click Add Port. 4 Select the port that dialog. If you will see the TCP/IP Properties dialog. 6 Configure the host IP address, subnet mask, ... during the installation of your system manager for network printing, follow these addresses. TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 4 Consult your Windows NT®4.0 system (either workstation or server) follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Properties. 3 Click the Ports tab of the "Standard TCP/IP...
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...already used this address). In the Printer Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. If you have not already done so, open the Printers window. Enter the IP address of the printer that have specified...consult your OS/2 file server. And then click Close in the Printer Ports dialog. Refer to chapter 10 for this name, you will get an error message if you wish to the printer. 2 - ... folder on the desktop, and double click on the icon of the printer driver. LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother print servers will then see the port that TCP/IP software is installed on...
...already used this address). In the Printer Ports dialog, highlight Brother LPR Port. If you have not already done so, open the Printers window. Enter the IP address of the printer that have specified...consult your OS/2 file server. And then click Close in the Printer Ports dialog. Refer to chapter 10 for this name, you will get an error message if you wish to the printer. 2 - ... folder on the desktop, and double click on the icon of the printer driver. LAN Server, OS/2 Warp Server Configuration Brother print servers will then see the port that TCP/IP software is installed on...
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...more information, see the Driver Deployment Wizard User's Guide on IP address configuration, refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer driver, port driver, IP address, and so on the Windows® 2000 and that... later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. 5 Brother printers are also compatible with HP JetDirect software, this software, he can use HP utilities to manage and to print to your Brother printer. Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS).
...more information, see the Driver Deployment Wizard User's Guide on IP address configuration, refer to chapter 10 of this User's Guide. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer driver, port driver, IP address, and so on the Windows® 2000 and that... later of Microsoft Internet Explorer. 5 Brother printers are also compatible with HP JetDirect software, this software, he can use HP utilities to manage and to print to your Brother printer. Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS).
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The default port name is BLP1. Once you try to use BLP2, etc... Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this name, you will then see the port that you wish to and click OK. In the Add Port dialog..., press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. You will get an error message if you have just created in which case use it again, in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program...
The default port name is BLP1. Once you try to use BLP2, etc... Other Sources of Information 1 Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing. 2 Refer to chapter 10 of this name, you will then see the port that you wish to and click OK. In the Add Port dialog..., press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. You will get an error message if you have just created in which case use it again, in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver. Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program...
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... - 7 In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother NetBIOS port. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press Next. 10 Windows® will now ask you if you have just created in which case use.... Click OK and enter the port name. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Click on the icon of the printer driver. If you have specified the port name, click the OK button. Enter the print server and port name of...
... - 7 In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother NetBIOS port. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer". 9 Select Not Shared or Shared and Share Name and press Next. 10 Windows® will now ask you if you have just created in which case use.... Click OK and enter the port name. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Windows® 95/98/Me 2 Click on the icon of the printer driver. If you have specified the port name, click the OK button. Enter the print server and port name of...
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... Settings and then Printers. 12 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 13 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. 14 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer and push Next. 14 Select Local Printer ... and the Notification type. 10 Press OK to enter the port settings for the remote print server: Enter any unique legal Internet E-mail address for the remote print server (for example, Brother HL-series). CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 8 Note that is connected to load the driver from the CD-ROM....
... Settings and then Printers. 12 Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation. 13 Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window. 14 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer and push Next. 14 Select Local Printer ... and the Notification type. 10 Press OK to enter the port settings for the remote print server: Enter any unique legal Internet E-mail address for the remote print server (for example, Brother HL-series). CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 8 Note that is connected to load the driver from the CD-ROM....
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.... 8 Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. 9 Now specify the model name of the printer. 10 If the printer driver that you are now ready to be used. 6 Click OK. You will complete. The Add Printer Wizard will automatically use...that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. If the printer driver has already been installed: If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will then complete. 11 Click the Finish button and the printer is not ...
.... 8 Click the Browse button and select the CD-ROM or network share that contains the appropriate Brother printer driver. 9 Now specify the model name of the printer. 10 If the printer driver that you are now ready to be used. 6 Click OK. You will complete. The Add Printer Wizard will automatically use...that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. If the printer driver has already been installed: If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will then complete. 11 Click the Finish button and the printer is not ...
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...;4.0 Printer Setup Log into Windows NT®4.0 with administrative privileges. Then click Next. 13 Specify the share...Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 1 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to the printer and specify if you see the Ethernet address on the Printer Ports...5 A list of available print server MAC addresses (Ethernet addresses) appears in the larger box under Card Address. 10 Type in the smaller box under Card Address. Select the address of the desired print server (you can see ...
...;4.0 Printer Setup Log into Windows NT®4.0 with administrative privileges. Then click Next. 13 Specify the share...Start menu, select Settings and then Printers. 1 Select Add Printer (If you have already installed a Brother printer driver, double click the printer driver that you wish to the printer and specify if you see the Ethernet address on the Printer Ports...5 A list of available print server MAC addresses (Ethernet addresses) appears in the larger box under Card Address. 10 Type in the smaller box under Card Address. Select the address of the desired print server (you can see ...
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...click OK then on the Printer Ports screen, click Close. 8 The name you did for Windows NT®4.0 in the previous sections. If desired, select the printer as a checked port ... MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Click Next. 9 Select the correct driver. Follow the vendor's instructions to the network port you point it . 12 Select whether ... printer to the LPT1 parallel port, you just created. 8 - 4 DLC PRINTING Click Next. 10 Give a name to print the settings page on how to the printer. Once the protocol is ...above step will support the Brother print servers.
...click OK then on the Printer Ports screen, click Close. 8 The name you did for Windows NT®4.0 in the previous sections. If desired, select the printer as a checked port ... MAC address by printing out the printer settings page. Click Next. 9 Select the correct driver. Follow the vendor's instructions to the network port you point it . 12 Select whether ... printer to the LPT1 parallel port, you just created. 8 - 4 DLC PRINTING Click Next. 10 Give a name to print the settings page on how to the printer. Once the protocol is ...above step will support the Brother print servers.
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...driver from NetWare and you are using version 4.0 or later of Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Internet Print Services software must be using a URL of: http://ip_address:631 or http://ip_address:631/ipp, the Get More Info option in Windows® 2000 will then force Windows...11 - 10 TROUBLESHOOTING Get More Info option in Windows® ...Brother print server is always a good idea to try followings in order to eliminate the possibility of setup errors. ■ Turning off the printer and then on your client computers. Novell NetWare Troubleshooting If you cannot print from a Windows...
...driver from NetWare and you are using version 4.0 or later of Internet Explorer and the Microsoft Internet Print Services software must be using a URL of: http://ip_address:631 or http://ip_address:631/ipp, the Get More Info option in Windows® 2000 will then force Windows...11 - 10 TROUBLESHOOTING Get More Info option in Windows® ...Brother print server is always a good idea to try followings in order to eliminate the possibility of setup errors. ■ Turning off the printer and then on your client computers. Novell NetWare Troubleshooting If you cannot print from a Windows...