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 supports various functions and methods of connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These functions include printing, scanning, PC Fax send, PC Fax receive, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.
Operating Systems | Windows® XP | Windows Server® | Mac OS X 10.4.11 to | |
| Windows Vista® | 2003/2008 | 10.6.x | |
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| Windows® 7 |
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IEEE 802.11b/g wireless | r | r | r | |
Ethernet (TCP/IP) 1 | ||||
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Printing | r | r | r | |
BRAdmin Light 2 | r | r | r | |
BRAdmin Professional 3 2 | r | r |
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Web BRAdmin 2 | r | r |
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BRPrint Auditor 3 | r | r |
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Web Based Management | r | r | r | |
(web browser) | ||||
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Internet Printing (IPP) | r | r |
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Scanning | r |
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PC Fax Send | r |
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PC Pax Receive | r |
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Remote Setup | r |
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Status Monitor | r |
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Driver Deployment Wizard | r | 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 the USB interface.
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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