OPERATION MANUAL

Sharing the Fax Function on a Network

When the printer is shared on a network, the fax function can be also shared. Select the same printer as the one which is used as the network printer.

<Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me / Windows NT 4.0 Peer to Peer>

Telephone

RS-232C

Line

Cable

Gender

Changer

Printer1

Parallel I/F

Network

PC2PC1

Fig. 2 Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me / Windows NT 4.0 Peer to Peer Sample

The printer with the External Fax Modem installed is connected to PC2 as shown in the above figure.

In order to send the fax data from PC1 to Printer1, set ‘Print to the following port’ in the Properties of Brother FAX Share ‘\\PC2\Printer1’ in the Printer folder on PC1. (Refer to the illustration below for Windows 95.)

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Brother operation manual Sharing the Fax Function on a Network