Appendix B

Using Services

General

A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother Print/Fax server. The Brother Print/Fax server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother Print/Fax server remote console to see a list of available services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands.

Service (Example)

Definition

 

 

BINARY_P1

TCP/IP binary, NetBIOS service.

 

 

TEXT_P1

TCP/IP text service (adds carriage return after

each line feed).

 

 

 

POSTSCRIPT_P1

PostScript service (switches PJL-compatible

printer to PostScript mode).

 

 

 

PCL_P1

PCL service (switches PJL-compatible printer to

PCL mode).

 

 

 

BRN_xxxxxx_P1_AT

AppleTalk and LPD service for Mac OS 8.6 or

later.

 

 

 

 

NetWare service and AppleTalk service with

BRN_xxxxxx_P1

Quickdraw Driver for Mac OS 8.6 - 9.1, 10.1-

10.2.1 or greater (TCP/IP is enabled for

 

 

backwards compatibility).

 

 

Where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (for example, BRN_310107_P1).

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