CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING

TCP/IP

Brother Print / Fax servers appear to the network as a UNIX host computer with a unique IP address running the lpd, line printer daemon, protocol. As a result, any host computer that supports the Berkeley remote LPR command can spool jobs to Brother Print / Fax servers without the need for any special software on the host computer. For special applications, raw TCP ports are also available.

The Brother NC-8100h Print / Fax server also support the FTP protocol. This protocol can be used to send print jobs from Unix systems.

The Brother Print / Fax server is pre-configured to run on a TCP/IP network with a minimum of setup. The only mandatory configuration the Print / Fax server is the allocation of an IP address, which can be either automatically assigned using DHCP, BOOTP etc., or manually assigned using the ARP command, BRAdmin, the FAX/MFC’s front panel , etc.

For setting the IP address of the Print / Fax server, refer to chapter 1 of this user guide.

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