Brother ETHERNET QL-580N- Manuals

1 1 1 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...

Introduction 2 1 Network function features 1 The Brother QL-580N/1060N has the following basic network functions. Network printing 1 The print server provides printing services for Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh supporting T...

Introduction 3 1 Types of network connection 1 Network connection example 1 Generally there are two types of network connections: Peer-to-Peer and Network Shared environment. Peer - to - Peer printing using TCP/IP 1 In a Peer-to-Peer environment, each computer directly sends and receives data to eac...

Introduction 4 1 Network Shared printing 1 In a Network Shared environment, each computer sends data via a centrally controlled computer. This type of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs. 1 Network Shared2 Also known as “Serve...

Introduction 5 1 Protocols 1 TCP/IP protocols and functionalities 1 Protocols are the standardized sets of rules for transmitting data on a network. Protocols allow users to gain access to network connected resources.The print server used on this Brother product supports the TCP/IP (Transmission Con...

Introduction 6 1 Telnet 1 The Brother print server supports Telnet server for command line configuration. SNMP 1 The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers, printers and terminals in a TCP/IP network. Web server (HTTP) 1 The Brother print serv...

7 2 2 Overview 2 Before using your Brother printer in a network environment, you must configure the TCP/IP settings. In this chapter, you will learn the basic steps required to print over the network using the TCP/IP protocol.We recommend that you use the automatic installer application on the CD-RO...

Configuring your network printer 8 2 IP addresses, subnet masks and gateways 2 To use the machine in a networked TCP/IP environment, you need to configure the IP address and subnet mask. The IP address you assign to the print server must be on the same logical network as your host computers. If it i...

Configuring your network printer 9 2 Subnet mask 2 Subnet masks restrict network communication. „ Example: Computer 1 can talk to Computer 2 • Computer 1 IP Address:192.168.1.2Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 • Computer 2 IP Address:192.168.1.3Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 Note 0 denotes that there is no limit...

Configuring your network printer 10 2 Setting the IP address and subnet mask 2 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to configure your network printer 2 BRAdmin Light 2 The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. It can also search for Brother products in ...

Configuring your network printer 12 2 Using other methods to configure your machine for a network 2 You can configure your network printer using other methods. See Other ways to set the IP address (for advanced users and administrators) on page 28.

Configuring your network printer 13 2 Changing the print server settings 2 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 2 a Start the BRAdmin Light utility. „ For Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 users Click Start / All Programs 1 / Brother / BRAdmi...

Configuring your network printer 14 2 a Type http://printer_ip_address/ into your browser. (Where printer_ip_address is the IP address or the print server name) „ For example: http://192.168.1.2/ (if the printer’s IP address is 192.168.1.2.) Note If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or...

15 3 3 Overview 3 If you are a Windows ® user and want to print using the TCP/IP protocol in a Peer-to-Peer environment, follow the instructions in this chapter. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need in order to use your network printer....

Network printing from Windows ® : basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 16 3 Configuring the standard TCP/IP port 3 Printer driver not yet installed 3 For Windows Vista ® 3 a Click the Start button, Control Panel , Hardware and Sound , and then Printers . b Click Add a printer . c Choose Add a local pr...

Network printing from Windows ® : basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 17 3 For Windows ® 2000/XP and Windows Server ® 2003 3 a For Windows ® XP and Windows Server ® 2003: Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes . For Windows ® 2000: Click the Start button, choose Settings and then Printe...

Network printing from Windows ® : basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 18 3 Printer driver already installed 3 If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: a For Windows Vista ® : Click the Start button, Control Panel , Hardware an...

19 4 4 Overview 4 This chapter explains how to print from a Macintosh ® on a Network using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities in Mac OS ® X 10.3.9 or greater. Printing from a Macintosh ® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities 4 The Simple Network Configuration capabilities of...

22 5 5 Overview 5 The Driver Deployment Wizard software can be used to ease the installation or even automate the installation of a locally connected or network connected printers. The Driver Deployment Wizard can also be used to create self running executable files which when run on a remote PC, co...

23 6 6 Overview 6 This chapter explains how to resolve typical network problems you may encounter when using the Brother network printer. If, after reading this chapter, you are unable to resolve your problem, please visit the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.comThis chapter is ...

Troubleshooting 25 6 Network print software installation problems 6 The Brother print server is not found during the setup of the network print software or from the installation of the Brother printer driver. 6 Make sure you have completed the IP address setting of the Brother print server according...

Troubleshooting 26 6 Printing problems 6 Print job is not printed 6 Make sure the status and configuration of the print server. Check the following: a Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print. b Print the Printer Settings Page of the printer and check if the settings s...

Troubleshooting 27 6 Protocol-specific troubleshooting 6 Web Based Management (web browser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP) 6 a If you can not connect to the print server using your web browser it may be worth checking the Proxy Settings of your browser. Look in the Exceptions setting and if necessary, typ...

28 A A Using services A A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother print server remote console to see a list of available servi...

Appendix A 29 A Note In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an editor to delete the“#” (if there is no “#”, then BOOTP is already enabled). Then edit the BOOTP configuration file (usually /etc/bootptab) and enter the name, network type (1 for Ethernet), Ethernet address and the IP address, subnet mask...

Appendix A 30 A Using APIPA to configure the IP address A The Brother print server supports the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. With APIPA, clients automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a DHCP server is not available. The device chooses it's own IP address in t...

Appendix A 31 A (web browser), Telnet (using the SET IP ADDRESS command) or factory reset the print server (which will then allow you to use the ARP command again). Using the Telnet console to configure the IP address A You can also use the Telnet command to change the IP address.Telnet is an effect...

33 B B Print server specifications B Ethernet wired network B Computer requirements B 1 Third party USB ports are not supported. Appendix B B Network node type QL-580N NC-12002h QL-1060N NC-11004h Operating system support Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® , Windows Server ® 2003, Mac OS ® X 10.3.9 ...

Appendix B 34 B Management utilities B 1 BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com BRAdmin Light Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® , Windows Server ® 2003 Mac OS ® X 10.3.9 or greater BRAdmin Professional 1 Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® ...

35 C C Open Source Licensing Remarks C Open SSL statements C OpenSSL License C Copyright © 1998-2007 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:1. Redistributio...

Appendix C 36 C Original SSLeay License C Copyright © 1995-1998 Eric Young ([email protected]) All rights reserved.This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young ([email protected]). The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL.This library is free for commercial a...

Index 37 D D A APIPA ................................................................... 5 , 30 ARP ........................................................................... 30 B BINARY_P1 .............................................................. 28 BOOTP ........................................