CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS® 5 - 2
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Windows® 95/98/Me users can send p rint jobs using the IPP
protocol via Windows® 2000 computer, prov ided that the
Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the
client PC, Internet Inf ormation Server (IIS) is instal led and
running on the server and t hat the client PC is using version 4
or later of Microsoft Int ernet Explorer.
Brother Internet Print General Infor mation
The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows® 95/98/Me/
2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0 Installation Wizard. It creates a
virtual port on the Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT®
4.0 PC that operates in a simil ar way to the standard LPT1 prin ter
port from the application pro gram point of view. The user c an use the
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0 Print Manager
to create a printer that uses this port alo ng with a standard Wi ndows®
95/98/Me/2000/XP and Window s NT® 4.0-compatible printer. Any
Windows® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT® 4.0 applicat ions
program can therefore prin t to this printer (and hence to th e virtual
port) without modification or operational procedure.
When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MI ME-
encoded (converted to a standard Internet E-mail message) and sent
out to a Brother Print/ Fax server at the remote location. This means
that BIP is compatible with most common E-mail software packages.
The only requirement is that the E-mail server be capable of sending
E-mail message over the Int ernet.
In more detail, the procedure works in the following way:
■If you are connected to a Local A rea Network, the E-mail mess age
is passed to the E-mail server, which in turn transmits the
message out over the Internet using the SMTP protocol (Simple
Mail Transport Protocol) to the remote Print/Fax server.
■If you are connecting via a mo dem directly to an Internet Servic e
Provider (ISP), the ISP ha ndles the routing of the E-mail to the
remote Print/Fax server.