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5 - 9 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS
®
Adding a Second Brother Internet Port
You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother
Internet Port. Instead, press the
Start
button, select
Settings
, and
open the
Printers
window. 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
®
4.0) 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
®
4.0) 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).