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Windows
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2000/XP, Windows Vista
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and Windows Server
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2003/2008 users can print using TCP/IP using
the standard Network Printing IPP protocol software built into Windows
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2000/XP, Windows Vista
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and
Windows Server
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2003/2008 installation.
Note
• You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed with this chapter. If you need to
configure the IP address, see Chapter 2 first.
• Verify the host computer and machine are either on the same subnet, or that the router is properly
configured to pass data between the two devices.
• The default password for Brother print servers is “access”.
• This print server also supports the IPPS printing, see Printing documents securely using IPPS on
page 149.
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2000/XP, Windows Vista
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Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows
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2000/XP, Windows
Vista
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and Windows Server
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2003/2008.
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a (For Windows Vista
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) Click the button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
(For Windows Server
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2008) Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then
Printers.
b Click Add a printer.
c Choose Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer.
d Click The printer that I want isn’t listed.
e Choose Select a shared printer by name and then enter the following in the URL field:
http://printer's IP address:631/ipp (where “printer's IP address” is the printer's IP
address or the node name.)
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System (DNS), you can also
enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can
also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen on the Printer Settings
Page. To learn how to print the Printer Settings Page, see Printing the Printer Settings Page on page 117.
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