Brother QL-580N Introduction

Overview 1

The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired Ethernet network using the internal network print

server. The print server provides printing services for Windows®2000/XP, Windows Vista®,

Windows Server®2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Mac OS® X 10.3.9 or greater supporting

TCP/IP. The following chart shows which network features and connections are supported by each operating

system.

1BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com

To use the Brother printer through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers

you use.

Introduction 1

Operating Systems 10/100

BASE-TX

Wired

Ethernet

(TCP/IP)

Printing

BRAdmin

Light BRAdmin

Professional

1Status

Monitor

Driver

Deployment

Wizard

Web

BRAdmin

Windows® 2000/XP

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Windows Vista®

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Contents

Main Definitions of warnings, cautions, and notes Trademarks Compilation and publication notice IMPORTANT NOTE: Brother Numbers Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Configuring your network printer 7 3 Network printing from Windows: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 15 4 Network printing from Macintosh19 Page Overview Introduction Network function features Network printing Management utility BRAdmin Light BRAdmin Professional (for Windows)1 Types of network connection Network connection example Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP 1 Network Shared printing Protocols TCP/IP protocols and functionalities DHCP/BOOTP/RARP APIPA DNS client Telnet SNMP Web server (HTTP) Configuring your network printer Overview IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways IP address How the IP address is assigned to your print server: 2 Subnet mask Gateway (and router) Setting the IP address and subnet mask Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your network printer 2 b BRAdmin Light a c d e f Page Changing the print server settings Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 2 a b c d e Using Web Based Management (web browser) to change the print server settings Printing the Printer Settings How to print the Printer Settings Page 2 a b c Overview Network printing from Windows: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing Configuring the standard TCP/IP port Page Other sources of information Network printing from Macintosh 4 Overview Printing from a Macintosh using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities How to choose the printer driver Page 4 e f Other sources of information Page Troubleshooting Overview General problems Network print software installation problems a b c 1 2 3 4 d Printing problems a b c 1 1 2 3 4 Protocol-specific troubleshooting Web Based Management (web browser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP) a b Others A Using services Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) Using DHCP to configure the IP address A Using BOOTP to configure the IP address A Using RARP to configure the IP address A Using APIPA to configure the IP address A Using ARP to configure the IP address Windows systems A UNIX/Linux systems A Using the Telnet console to configure the IP address Page B Print server specifications Ethernet wired network Computer requirements Appendix B Management utilities C Appendix C Open Source Licensing Remarks Open SSL statements OpenSSL License Original SSLeay License Index D D G H I