1 Introduction
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Overview
Your Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server provides printing services for Windows® XP,
Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2003/2008 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh supporting TCP/IP (Mac OS X 10.4.11 to 10.6.x). The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
Operating Systems | Windows® XP | Mac OS X 10.4.11 to 10.6.x | |
| Windows Vista® |
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| Windows Server® 2003/2008 |
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| Windows® 7 |
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r | r | ||
(TCP/IP) | |||
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IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet | r | r | |
(TCP/IP) 1 | |||
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Printing | r | r | |
BRAdmin Light 2 | r | r | |
BRAdmin Professional 3 2 | r |
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Web BRAdmin 2 | r |
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BRPrint Auditor 2 3 | r |
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Web Based Management | r | r | |
(web browser) | |||
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Internet Printing (IPP) | r |
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Status Monitor 4 | r | r | |
Driver Deployment Wizard | r |
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1Only the
2BRAdmin Light (for Macintosh), BRAdmin Professional 3, Web BRAdmin and BRPrint Auditor (for Windows®) are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.
3Available when using BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin with devices that are connected to your client PC via USB.
4For more information, see the User’s Guide on the
To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers you use.
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