User manual BROTHER HL-5050

[. . . ] Multi-Protocol Print Server NC-5100h Network User's Guide Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions. brother. com) is your one stop resource for all your printer needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your printers, read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special printing solutions in the 'Solutions' and 'Customer Education' sections. [. . . ] Click on the icon of a printer that is using BIP, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Details (Ports on Windows® NT) tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button (Windows® 95/ 98/Me only) and then Brother Internet Port. Click OK (New Port on Windows® NT) and it will give you the Port Name text box. Any unique name can be given here as long as it starts with "BIP" and another port does not already exist with the same name. Windows® 2000/XP IPP Printing Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows® 2000/XP. 1 Run the Add Printer Wizard and click the Next button when you see the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard screen. 2 You are now able to select Local Printer or Network Printer. For Windows® 2000: Make sure that you select Network Printer. For Windows® XP: Make sure that you select A Network Printer, or a Printer attached to another computer. 3 You will see the Add Printer Wizard screen. 4 For Windows® 2000: Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet and then enter the following in the URL field: http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or DNS name of your printer). For Windows® XP: Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and then enter the following in the URL field: http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or DNS name of your printer). CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 10 5 When you click Next, Windows® 2000/XP will make a connection with the URL that you specified. IF THE PRINTER DRIVER HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your PC, Windows® 2000/XP will automatically use that driver for use. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default driver, after which the Driver installation Wizard will complete. IF THE PRINTER DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows® 2000 the type of printer driver to be used. 6 Click OK. You will then see the printer selection screen in the Add Printer Wizard. 7 If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click the Have Disk button. You will then be asked to insert the driver disk. 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 installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message. The Add Printer Wizard will then complete. 11 Click the Finish button and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer connection, print a test page. 5 - 11 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® Specifying a different URL Please note that there are several possible entries that you can enter for the URL field. http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp This is the default URL and we recommend that you use this URL. Please note the Get More Info option will not display any printer data. http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp/port1 This is for HP JetDirect compatibility. [. . . ] If you do not see this message, the file you are sending to the printer will either be ignored or the printer will print garbage. You must use the "bin" command to put the FTP client into Binary communications mode. If you do not specify the bin command the upgrade process will not function correctly. APPENDIX A - 7 Reloading using the FTP Protocol from a Web Browser Please visit the Brother Solutions Web site at http://solutions. brother. com for more information on upgrading the print server using a web browser. A - 8 APPENDIX F IINDEX A AIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1, 7-3, 7-8, 11-2, 11-11 ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2, 10-1, 10-6 flash memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]