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basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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g Follow the on-screen instruction, and then click OK.
Note
Contact your administrator if you are not sure about the location and name of the printer in the network.
h Continue through the Wizard clicking Finish when complete.
Printer driver already installed 8
If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:
(For Windows
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2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition users) 8
a From the Printers and Faxes windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.
b Select File and then Properties.
c Click the Ports tab and click Add Port.
d Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the
New Port... button.
e The Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
f Close Add Port and Properties dialog box.
(For Windows
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98/Me users) 8
a From the Printers windows, select the printer driver you wish to configure.
b Select File and then Properties.
c Click the Details tab and click Add Port.
d In the Add Port dialog, select Other and then Brother LPR Port.
e Click OK and enter the port name.
Note
The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will see an error message.
f Port Properties dialog appears.
g Enter the IP address of the machine that you wish to print to and click OK.
Other sources of information 8
See Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection on page 9 and Configuring
your machine for a wireless network on page 15 to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.