Brother MFC-8840DN manual Adding a Second Brother LPR Port

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port

You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on the Details tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button and then highlight Brother LPR port. Click OK and enter the port name. The default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again, in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties dialog.

Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see the port that you have just created in the Print to the following port setting of the printer driver.

Other Sources of Information

1Visit http://solutions.brother.com/ for more information on network printing.

2To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see chapter 11 of this User’s Guide.

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