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Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Print Server
NETWORK
USER’S GUIDE
QL-580N / 1060N
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Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes We use the following icon throughout this User’s Guide: Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features. Trademarks Brother and the Brother logo are registered trademarks and BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Professional are trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks and Safari is a
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Brother Numbers For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the machine. Calls must be made from within that country. In USA 1-877-BROTHER In Canada 1-877-BROTHER In Europe Visit http://www.brother.com for contact information on your local Brother office. If you have any comments or suggestions, write to us at: In USA Printer Customer Support Brother International Corporation 26250 Enterprise Ct. # 250 Lake Forest, CA 92630 In Canada Brother Internat
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 Overview....................................................................................................................................................1 Network function features..........................................................................................................................2 Network printing...................................................................................................................................2 Managemen
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Network print software installation problems ...........................................................................................25 Printing problems.....................................................................................................................................26 Protocol-specific troubleshooting.............................................................................................................27 Web Based Management (web browser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP)....
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1 Introduction 1 1 Overview 1 The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired Ethernet network using the internal network print ® ® server. The print server provides printing services for Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista , ® ® Windows Server 2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater supporting TCP/IP. The following chart shows which network features and connections are supported by each operating system. Operating Systems 10/100 Printing BRAdmin BRAdmin Status D
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Introduction Network function features 1 1 The Brother QL-580N/1060N has the following basic network functions. Network printing 1 ® ® The print server provides printing services for Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista and ® ® Windows Server 2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh supporting TCP/IP (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater). Management utility 1 BRAdmin Light 1 BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for Brother produ
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Introduction Types of network connection 1 1 Network connection example 1 Generally there are two types of network connections: Peer-to-Peer and Network Shared environment. Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP 1 In a Peer-to-Peer environment, each computer directly sends and receives data to each device. There is no central server controlling file access or printer sharing. R R R 2 Windows Windows Macintosh 2 1 TCP/IP TCP/IP 1Router 2 Network printer In a smaller network of 2 or 3 computers, w
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Introduction Network Shared printing 1 In a Network Shared environment, each computer sends data via a centrally controlled computer. This type 1 of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs. R Windows R R Windows Windows 4 TCP/IP 3 R Windows 2 3 1 1 Network Shared 2 Also known as “Server” or “Printer server” 3 Network printer 4 TCP/IP, USB In a larger network, we recommend a Network Shared printing environment. The “server”
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Introduction Protocols 1 1 TCP/IP protocols and functionalities 1 Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on a network. Protocols allow users to gain access to network connected resources. The print server used on this Brother product supports the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol. TCP/IP is the most popular set of protocols used for communication such as Internet and E-mail. This protocol ® ® can be used in almost all operating syste
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Introduction Telnet 1 The Brother print server supports Telnet server for command line configuration. 1 SNMP 1 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, printers and terminals in a TCP/IP network. Web server (HTTP) 1 The Brother print server is equipped with a web server that allows you to monitor its status or change some of its configuration settings. Note ® ® ® We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher), Firefox 2.0 (o
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Configuring your network printer 2 2 Overview 2 2 Before using your Brother printer in a network environment, you must configure the TCP/IP settings. In this chapter, you will learn the basic steps required to print over the network using the TCP/IP protocol. We recommend that you use the automatic installer application on the CD-ROM we have provided with the machine. By using this application, you can easily connect your machine to your network and install the network software and printer dr
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Configuring your network printer IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways 2 To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the IP address and subnet mask. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host 2 computers. If it is not, you must properly configure the subnet mask and the gateway address. IP address 2 An IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each computer connected to a network. An IP address consi
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Configuring your network printer Subnet mask 2 Subnet masks restrict network communication. Example: Computer 1 can talk to Computer 2 2 • Computer 1 IP Address:192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 • Computer 2 IP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 Note 0 denotes that there is no limit to communication at this part of the address. In the above example, we can communicate with anything that has an IP address that begins with 192.168.1.X. Gateway (and router) 2 A gateway is a netwo
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Configuring your network printer Setting the IP address and subnet mask 2 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your network printer 2 2 BRAdmin Light 2 The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It can also search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings, ® ® such as IP address. The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista , ® ® Windows Server 2003
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Configuring your network printer c Double-click the unconfigured device. ® ® Windows Macintosh 2 Note • If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will appear as Unconfigured in the BRAdmin Light utility screen. • If the device requires a password, the default password is access. • You can find the node name and Ethernet address by printing out the Printer Settings Page. See Printing the Printer Settings on page 14. d Choo
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Configuring your network printer Using other methods to configure your machine for a network 2 You can configure your network printer using other methods. See Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) on page 28. 2 12
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Configuring your network printer Changing the print server settings 2 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 2 2 a Start the BRAdmin Light utility. ® ® ® For Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 users 1 Click Start / All Programs / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light. 1 ® Programs for Windows 2000 users ® For Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater users Double-click Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / P-touch Utilities / BRAdmin
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Configuring your network printer a Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the print server name) For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.) 2 Note If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBI
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® Network printing from Windows : basic 3 TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 3 Overview 3 ® If you are a Windows user and want to print using the TCP/IP protocol in a Peer-to-Peer environment, follow the instructions in this chapter. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver 3 which you will need in order to use your network printer. These can be installed from the included CD-ROM. Note • You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed wit
