1 Introduction

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Overview

The 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, PhotoCapture Center™, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

Operating Systems

Windows® 2000

Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or

 

Windows® XP

greater

 

 

 

Windows® XP

 

 

Professional x64

 

 

Edition

 

 

Windows Vista®

 

10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet

r

r

(TCP/IP)

 

 

IEEE 802.11b/g wireless

r

r

Ethernet (TCP/IP) 1

 

 

Printing

r

r

BRAdmin Light

r

r

BRAdmin Professional 2

r

 

Web BRAdmin 2

r

 

Scanning

r

r

 

 

 

PC Fax Send 3

r

r

PC Fax Receive 3

r

 

Remote Setup 3

r

r

Status Monitor

r

r

 

 

 

Driver Deployment Wizard

r

 

1Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN.

2BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com.

3Not available for DCP models.

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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