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Introduction
Overview
The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired Ethernet network using the internal network print
server. The print server supports various functions and methods of connection depending on the operating
system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These functions include printing, scanning, PC-FAX
send, PC-FAX receive, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features
and connections are supported by each operating system.
■ * PC-FAX Send, PC-FAX Receive and Remote Setup functions are not available for DCP-8065DN
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the
computers you use.
In this chapter, you will learn the basic concept of the network function, connection and protocols. In Chapter
2, you will read information on network configuration. In Chapter 3, you will learn how to configure the print
server using the control panel. Chapter 4 through Chapter 6 describe how to configure your print server with
your operating system:
Chapter 2: Configuring your network printer
Chapter 3: Control Panel Setup
Chapter 4: Network printing from Windows
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basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
Chapter 5: Internet printing for Windows®
Chapter 6: Network printing from a Macintosh®
Operating
Systems
10/100
BASE-TX
Wired
Ethernet
(TCP/IP)
Printing Scanning PC-Fax
Send
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PC-Fax
Receive
*
Remote
Setup
*
Status
Monitor
Windows
®
98/98SE/Me/
2000/XP/XP
Professional x64
Edition
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Windows
NT
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4.0
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Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4
or greater
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Mac OS
®
9.1-9.2
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