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i Trademarks Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.HP, HP/UX, JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.UNIX is a trademarks of UNIX Systems Laboratories.Ethernet is trademark of Xerox Corporation.Postscript is trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.Net...
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ii NC9100h_FM6.0 IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the machine.Calls must be made from within that country. In USA 1-800-276-7746 In Canada 1-877-BROTHER In Europe Visit http://www.brother.com for contact information on your local...
Page 4 - iii; Introduction; Overview; Internet Fax
iii Introduction Overview The Brother NC-9100h Print / Fax Server allows your Brother machine to be attached and shared on a 10/100Mbit Ethernet Network. Web Based Management and Administration utilities provide easy configuration and management of your Brother machine. Once installed and configured...
Page 5 - iv; IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS; Important; Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)
iv NC9100h_FM6.0 IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For U.S.A. only) Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation 100 Somerset Corporate BoulevardBridgewater, NJ 08807-0911, USATEL: (908) 704-1700 declares, that the products ...
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v NC9100h_FM6.0 Declaration of Conformity (Europe) We, Brother Industries, Ltd., 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8561, Japan declare that this product is in conformity with the following normative documents. Safety: EN 60950, EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 55024 following the provisions of the ...
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vi NC9100h_FM6.0 Table of Contents 1 Unix Printing.......................................................................... 1-1 Printing from Unix/Linux Using TCP/IP ............................. 1-1 Overview ..................................................................... 1-1TCP/IP .............
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vii NC9100h_FM6.0 TCP/IP Printing ........................................................... 3-2Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software .............. 3-2Associating to the Printer............................................ 3-3Adding a Second Brother LPR Port ............................ 3-5O...
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viii 6 Novell NetWare Printing ....................................................... 6-1 How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing....................... 6-1 Overview..................................................................... 6-1General Information ...........................................
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ix NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows ® 2000 Printer Setup .................................... 8-2 Windows NT ® 4.0 Printer Setup................................... 8-3 Configuring DLC on Other Systems ........................... 8-4Other Sources of Information ..................................... 8-5 9 Web Ba...
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xi NC9100h_FM6.0 Setup Mail (TX)....................................................... 12-10Setup Mail (RX) ...................................................... 12-10Error mail ................................................................ 12-11Important information on Internet Fax ...............
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xii NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix A ...................................................................... A-1 General Information ................................................... A-1 BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended) ...... A-1Web BRAdmin ..........................................................
Page 14 - Unix Printing; The default password for Brother Print/Fax servers is
UNIX PRINTING 1 - 1 1 NC9100h_FM6.0 1 Unix Printing Printing from Unix/Linux Using TCP/IP Overview Brother Print/Fax servers are supplied with the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. Since virtually all UNIX host computers support TCP/IP, this capability allows a...
Page 15 - General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration; Configure the
1 - 2 UNIX PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 5 When configuring the PRINTCAP file, pay particular attention to the service names, BINARY_P1 and TEXT_P1. 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 r...
Page 19 - Linux Configuration; Linux Configuration Using CUPS
1 - 6 UNIX PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Linux Configuration If you do not wish to use the command line interface to configure your Linux distribution, you may wish to use the Linux Printer System Manager application on your GUI. To do this, do the following: 1 From the Linux Printer System Manager screen,...
Page 20 - You may accept the default values for the remaining items.; Click OK to configure the printer.
UNIX PRINTING 1 - 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 HP-UX Configuration In the case of HP-UX10.xx, the sam program is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as follows: 1 Execute the sam program. From the list of options, select Printers and Plotters. 2 Select LP Spooler. 3 Select Printers and Plotters. 4 S...
Page 21 - Remote printer queue (Print server binary or text service; IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration
1 - 8 UNIX PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Earlier versions of HP-UX use similar procedures to 10.xx users: 1 Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer). 2 Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter): ■ Line printer name (use...
Page 22 - Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration; enable queue
UNIX PRINTING 1 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows. 1 Enter smit and select devices. 2 Select printer/plotter. 3 Select manage remote printer subsystem. 4 Select client services. 5 Select remote printer queues. 6 Select add a remote queue. 7 Enter the following remote...
Page 23 - SCO UNIX Configuration
1 - 10 UNIX PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 If this is the first printer configured, you must also use the lpsched command prior to the accept command. As an alternative, you may use Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under OpenWindows. Select Edit, Add, and Add Access to Remote Printer. Then enter the...
Page 25 - Other Systems; Requested information:
1 - 12 UNIX PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Use the following one-line OS/400 command to create the LPD queue: CRTOUTQ OUTQ(<queuename> RMSTSYS(*INTNETADR) RMTPRTQ(<service>)AUTOSTRWTR(1) CNNTYPE(*IP) DESTTYPE (*OTHER)MFRTYPMDL (<driver>)INTNETADR('<ipaddress>') TEXT('<description&...
Page 26 - Other Sources of Information
UNIX PRINTING 1 - 13 NC9100h_FM6.0 If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother Print/Fax server on your UNIX host computer, you will need to do so now (the printer setup utilities in HP/UX, AIX, Solaris 2.xx, and other systems will automatically create the spool directory). The lpd spo...
Page 27 - access
2 - 1 TCP/IP PRINTING 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 2 TCP/IP Printing Printing from Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server Overview Users of Windows NT ® 4.0 can print directly to a network-ready Brother machine using the TCP/IP protocol. Microsoft Windows NT ® 4.0 users must install Micr...
Page 28 - xxxxxx; Windows NT; Control Panel window of the Windows NT; Standard TCP/IP Port Printing
TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Windows ® 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows ® 2000/XP computer provided that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the client PC, IIS is installed and running on the Windows ® 2000/XP computer and th...
Page 30 - Select the printer driver you wish to configure.; Select File and then choose Properties.; Click the Close button. The Windows NT; system will review
TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows ® 2000/XP Printing (Printer Driver already installed) If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps: 1 Select the printer driver you wish to configure. 2 Select File and then choose Prope...
Page 32 - You must now create a printer on your Windows; If desired, change the name of the printer then click Next.
TCP/IP PRINTING 2 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows NT ® 4.0 Printing Associating to the Printer You must now create a printer on your Windows ® system using the standard Windows ® printer setup procedure. 1 To do this, go to the Start button, select Settings and then Printers. 2 Double click the Add Printe...
Page 34 - PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 1; Peer to Peer Printing; How to Print in a Windows; networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows
PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 1 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 3 Peer to Peer Printing How to Print in a Windows ® 95/98/Me Peer to Peer network Overview Microsoft's Windows ® 95/98/Me operating systems feature built-in networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows ® PC to be configured as a client works...
Page 35 - Driver Deployment Wizard; Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software
3 - 2 PEER TO PEER PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Driver Deployment Wizard This installer includes the Windows ® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS). If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file to the File server or...
Page 36 - Associating to the Printer; hosts
PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Select the desired directory to install the Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) files and push Next. The installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk. 6 Enter the Port name that you wish to use and click OK....
Page 37 - - 4 PEER TO PEER PRINTING; Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done.; select Yes and then select Finish.
3 - 4 PEER TO PEER PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 4 Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are connected to your computer, and then push Next. 5 Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done. 6 If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option ...
Page 38 - PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 5; Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 Adding a Second Brother LPR Port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File fro...
Page 39 - - 1 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING; NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing; NT
4 - 1 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 4 NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing How to Print Using NetBIOS in Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP, Windows NT ® 4.0, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server Overview Brother Print/Fax server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) over the TCP/IP protocol via the...
Page 40 - Print Server Configuration; WORKGROUP
NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 Print Server Configuration In order for this function to work, you must correctly change the DOMAIN name or WORKGROUP name to match that of your network. Once this is done, the Print/Fax server will appear automatically in your network neighborhood a...
Page 41 - - 3 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING
4 - 3 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Changing the workgroup/domain name using a web browser You can change the workgroup/domain name using BRAdmin Professional utility. To do this press NetBIOS tab and then enter your workgroup/domain name into the Domain Name text box. You can also use...
Page 42 - NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 4; NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows; Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor; Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message.
NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows ® 95/98/Me/ 2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0 This software requires the TCP/IP transport protocols to be installed on your Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0 computer. To install those protocols refer to your...
Page 43 - Associating the Printer
4 - 5 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 7 You must now enter the server name and port name for the actual Print/Fax server. You can use the Browse button to search for the Print/Fax server, select the domain/workgroup name, and then the server is listed. If the print server does not automa...
Page 45 - Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port
4 - 7 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 7 If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and press Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and pres...
Page 46 - NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 8
NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING 4 - 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows NT ® 4.0 / Windows ® 2000/XP 2 Click on the Port/s tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, highlight Brother NetBIOS port. Click New Port and enter the port name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used this ...
Page 47 - Internet Printing Installation
5 - 1 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows ® Internet Printing Installation Overview Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows ® 95/98/ Me and Windows NT ® 4.0, allows a PC user at one location to send a print job ...
Page 48 - Brother Internet Print General Information
CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 5 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Windows ® 95/98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via Windows ® 2000 computer, provided that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the client PC, Internet Information Server (IIS) is installe...
Page 49 - - 3 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS; Print Server Configuration Checklist
5 - 3 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 ■ At the remote site, an E-mail server receives the E-mail message. The remote Print/Fax server, which has its own E-mail address, uses the POP3 protocol (Post Office Protocol 3) to download the E-mail message from the E-mail server. It...
Page 51 - - 5 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS
5 - 5 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 7 The Print/Fax server is configured by default to poll the POP3 server every 10 minutes. You may change this value, if desired. 8 If you have enabled notification, enter the address of your SMTP server (consult your network administrat...
Page 54 - CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS
CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 5 - 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 <For Windows ® 95/98/Me users> 15 Select the desired model of the remote printer (for example, Brother HL-series). If necessary, click Have Disk to load the driver from the CD-ROM. Click Next when you are done. 16 If you have sele...
Page 55 - Printer, or a Printer attached to another computer.
5 - 9 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother Internet Port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click on the icon of a printer that is u...
Page 57 - - 11 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS; Specifying a Different URL; Where
5 - 11 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 Specifying a Different URL Please note that there are several possible entries that you can enter for the URL field. http://printer_ip_address:631/ippThis is the default URL and we recommend that you use this URL. http://printer_ip_add...
Page 58 - NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 1; Novell NetWare Printing
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 1 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 6 Novell NetWare Printing How to Configure Novell NetWare Printing Overview Brother Print/Fax servers allow NetWare client PCs to print jobs on the same printer as TCP/IP or other network protocol users. All NetWare jobs are spooled through the Novell se...
Page 59 - - 2 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING; General Information
6 - 2 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 General Information In order to use a Brother Print/Fax server on a NetWare network, one or more file servers must be configured with a print queue that the Print/Fax server can service. Users send their print requests to the file server's print queue, and...
Page 60 - NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 3; NDPS Manager; Enter an NDPS manager name.
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for NetWare5 With NetWare 5, Novell has released a new preferred printing system called Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). Before the Print/Fax server can be configured, NDPS must be installed on the NetWare 5 s...
Page 61 - NDPS Broker
6 - 4 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 NDPS Broker When NDPS is installed, an NDPS broker is loaded onto the network. One of the Broker services Resource Management Service allows Printer Drivers to be installed onto the server for use with Printer Agents. To add a Printer Driver to the Broker:...
Page 62 - NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 5; Creating a Printer Agent; If this is a new printer select create A New Printer Agent.; for the printer name. Click; In NetWare Administrator, double click NDPS Manager.
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 Creating a Printer Agent Follow the steps below to create a Printer Agent for the control access printer (NDS object). 1 In NetWare Administrator, select object | create | NDPS Printer. Enter the NDPS printer name. 2 If this is a new printer select create ...
Page 63 - Configuring NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 systems; Start BRAdmin Professional utility.
6 - 6 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Select None for the printer Type, and Novell Port Handler for the Port Handler Type. Then click OK. 6 You must now specify the type of connection that you are going to use. There are four possible options. Select the LPR over IP option. 7 Enter the relev...
Page 65 - Select the NetWare tab.
6 - 8 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Creating a Network Print Server (NDS Queue Server) using BRAdmin Professional utility 1 Make sure that you logged in as ADMIN in NDS mode. 2 Start BRAdmin Professional utility. 3 One or more Print/Fax servers will appear in the list (the default node names...
Page 66 - Enter the name of the printer and select Create.
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 e Your queue name will appear in the TREE and Context that you specified. Select the queue and click on Add. The queue name will then be transferred to the Service Print Queues Window. You will be able to see the TREE and Context information along with the...
Page 67 - Enter the name of the Print server and select Create.; default service name, unless you changed
6 - 10 NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 7 Change context if required and then double click the name of the printer you created in step 3. 8 Click Assignments. 9 Click Add. 10 Change the context if necessary. 11 Select the print queue you created in step 5. 12 Click Configuration and set the Pri...
Page 68 - Select Queue Server as the operating mode.; Type in the name of the context where the Print server resides.
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 11 NC9100h_FM6.0 18 Start the appropriate BRAdmin Professional utility, and select the correct Printer/Fax server from the list (by default, the node name is BRN_xxxxxx , where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address (MAC address)). 19 Double click the appro...
Page 70 - Now select the NetWare tab.
NOVELL NETWARE PRINTING 6 - 13 NC9100h_FM6.0 12 Change context if necessary and select the print queue you created. Click OK and then OK again, and then exit NWADMIN. 13 Start the appropriate BRAdmin Professional utility, and select the correct Print/Fax server you wish to configure (by default, the...
Page 71 - - 1 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH; users to
7 - 1 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 7 7 Printing from a Macintosh ® Printing from a Macintosh ® Using AppleTalk ® and TCP/IP or Simple Network Configuration capabilities This chapter explains how to configure the PostScript driver on a Network. For more information on how to configure the default Quic...
Page 73 - - 3 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH; . If the EtherTalk protocol is not selected, or the Network
7 - 3 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® NC9100h_FM6.0 Before you try to use the Brother print server, you must first enable the EtherTalk protocol from the Network Control Panel on the Macintosh ® . If the EtherTalk protocol is not selected, or the Network Control Panel does not exist, you must use Apple'...
Page 74 - PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH; Open the Chooser from the Apple Menu on the Macintosh
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 7 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 1 Open the Chooser from the Apple Menu on the Macintosh ® , and then click on the LaserWriter icon (if necessary, select the appropriate AppleTalk zone from the Network Control Panel). Figure 2 Macintosh Chooser 2 Click on the appropriate Print/Fax ser...
Page 75 - - 5 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH; Figure 3 Selecting LPR Printing
7 - 5 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® NC9100h_FM6.0 How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP) Apple has developed the “Desktop Printer” utility. This can be found from the Apple menu (this is only available from System 8.6 or later). When you run it you will see the following screen: Figure 3 Selecting LP...
Page 76 - Figure 5 Entering the IP address and Queue
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 7 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 2 At this point we must select the correct PPD file for the machine and also configure the correct LPR information. Click the Change button in the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File section and select the appropriate PPD file for your model. 3 N...
Page 77 - - 7 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH; OS
7 - 7 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® NC9100h_FM6.0 6 You are now ready to create the printer for use. To do that, click the Create button and you will see the following: Figure 6 Saving the printer to the Desktop (screen shown is from the HL-7050) 7 Enter the name of the printer in the Save desktop pri...
Page 78 - XXXXXX
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 7 - 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk) After installing the PPD, use the following steps to select the printer driver: 1 Turn the power of the printer ON. 2 Open the Applications folder. 3 Open the Utilities folder. 4 Open the Print Cente...
Page 80 - chapter
PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 7 - 10 Changing the Configuration From a Macintosh, the easiest way to change the machine or Print/Fax server parameters is to use a web browser. Simply connect to the machine using the format: http:// ip_address where ip_address is the address of the machine. Other Sourc...
Page 81 - Print Center; software and click the; Add; X.) and any Simple Network Configuration; If you are using Mac OS
7 - 11 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH ® 1 Run the Print Center software and click the Add . 2 Select Rendezvous (may be changed in the future version of the Mac OS ® X.) and any Simple Network Configuration compatible machines will be displayed. If you are using Mac OS ® X 10.2.1, three machine are liste...
Page 83 - DLC Printing; Network icon. Windows
8 - 1 DLC PRINTING 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 8 DLC Printing Printing from Windows NT ® 4.0 or Windows ® 2000 Overview DLC is a simple protocol that is included in Windows NT ® 4.0 and Windows ® 2000 as standard. It can be used on other operating systems (such as Windows ® 3.x) with the addition of vendor-supp...
Page 84 - Select DLC Protocol and then OK or Add if using Windows; Reboot your system to make the change take effect. Windows; Log into Windows; the Start menu, select Settings and then Printers.
DLC PRINTING 8 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 3 Select DLC Protocol and then OK or Add if using Windows ® 2000. You may be asked for the location of the files. For Intel based computers, the necessary files are stored in the i386 directory of the Windows NT ® 4.0 CD-ROM. If you have a non- Intel platform, specif...
Page 85 - Start menu, select Settings and then Printers.
8 - 3 DLC PRINTING NC9100h_FM6.0 9 The selected print server address will then appear in the smaller box under Card Address. 10 Type in any desired name for the port (the name must not be the name of an existing port or DOS device, such as LPT1) and click OK then on the Printer Ports screen, click N...
Page 86 - Configuring DLC on Other Systems
DLC PRINTING 8 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 A list of available Print/Fax server MAC addresses (Ethernet addresses) appears in the larger box under Card Address. Select the address of the desired Print/Fax server (you can see the Ethernet address on the printer configuration page). 6 The selected Print/Fax s...
Page 88 - WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 9 - 1; Web Based Management; Printer status information.
WEB BASED MANAGEMENT 9 - 1 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 9 Web Based Management How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device Overview A standard Web Browser (we recommend Netscape Navigator version 4.0 or later/Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later) can be used to manage your machine using the HTTP (...
Page 89 - How to connect to your machine using a Browser; Type; Password Information
9 - 2 WEB BASED MANAGEMENT NC9100h_FM6.0 2 To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see Chapter 11 of this User’s Guide. 3 The default password for Brother print servers is access . 4 You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh and Unix users are al...
Page 90 - FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 10 - 1; Front Panel Setup Menu; LAN Main Setup Menu; Set up the machine for your Network using the control panel.; Menu; then press the
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU 10 - 1 10 Running H/F 4 10 Front Panel Setup Menu LAN Main Setup Menu With the Network (LAN) Board (NC-9100h Print/Fax Server) installed, you can connect your machine into the network to use the Internet FAX, Network Scanner and Network Printer. 1 Install the Network (LAN) Boa...
Page 91 - Auto; Set
10 - 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU Running H/F 4 Setup TCP/IP This menu has nine sections: Boot Method, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Host Name, WINS Config, WINS Server, DNS Server and APIPA. BOOT Method 1 Press Menu , 6 , 1 , 1 . 2 Press or to select Auto , Static , RARP , BOOTP or DHCP . 3 Press S...
Page 92 - FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 3
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 3 Running H/F 4 RARPBrother Print / Fax server IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (RARP) facility on your host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with an entry similar to the following: 00...
Page 97 - Primary
10 - 8 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU Running H/F 4 Secondary WINS Server IP AddressThis field specifies the IP address of the secondary WINS server. It is used as a backup to the Primary WINS server address. If the Primary server is unavailable, the machine still can register itself with a secondary server...
Page 98 - On
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 9 Running H/F 4 APIPA The setting of On will cause the print server to automatically allocate a Link-Local IP address in the range (169.254.1.0 - 169.254.254.255) when the print/fax server cannot obtain an IP address through the BOOT Method you have set (Menu, 6, 1). Selec...
Page 99 - Setup Internet; Mail Address
10 - 10 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU Running H/F 4 Setup Internet This menu has five selections: Mail Address, SMTP Server, POP3 Server, Mailbox Name and Mailbox Pwd. You may find that it is more convenient to use your favorite web browser to configure these settings. Mail Address 1 Press Menu , 6 , 2 , 1...
Page 102 - Setup Mail RX
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 13 Running H/F 4 Setup Mail RX This menu has Five selections Auto Polling, Poll Frequency, Header, Del Error Mail and Notification. Auto Polling When set to On the machine automatically will check the POP3 server for new messages. “ No Mail ” will be displayed if there are...
Page 104 - Setup Mail TX
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 15 Running H/F 4 Setup Mail TX This menu has three selections Sender Subject, Size Limit and Notification. Sender Subject This field displays the subject that is attached to the Internet Fax data being sent from the machine to a PC (default is “ Internet Fax Job ”). 1 Pres...
Page 105 - Notification
10 - 16 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU Running H/F 4 Notification Notification feature when switched to On sends two fields of data in addition to the image data which requests a notification from the receiving station for successful reception. The receiving I-Fax station must support the MDN standard in or...
Page 106 - Setup Relay
FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU10 - 17 Running H/F 4 Setup Relay This menu has three selections RLY Broadcast, Relay Domain and Relay Report. For more information on Relay Broadcast, see Chapter 12 of this User’s Guide. Rly Broadcast This function allows the machine to receive a document over the Internet, a...
Page 111 - User Setting List; Setup Scan to E-mail; File Type for Scan to E-mail; PDF
10 - 22 FRONT PANEL SETUP MENU Running H/F 4 User Setting List This feature prints a report listing all the current user settings. The NC-9100h Print / Fax Server Settings will be printed on the second page of the report. 1 Press Menu , 5 , 5 . 2 Press Start . 3 Press Stop/Exit . Setup Scan to E-mai...
Page 112 - Assigning TCP/IP Information; From your machine’s control panel settings.
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 11 - 1 11 NC9100h_FM6.0 11 TCP/IP Configuration Assigning TCP/IP Information Overview The TCP/IP protocol requires that each device on the network have it's own unique IP address. Use the following information to learn about IP address configuration. The Automatic Private IP Add...
Page 113 - Start the BRAdmin Professional utility (from Windows
11 - 2 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION NC9100h_FM6.0 Using the machine control panel to allocate an IP address (Models with LCD panels only) For details on how to configure IP address information using the machine control panel , see chapter 10 of this user guide. By using the control panel on the machine, you...
Page 114 - Select IPX/SPX filter in the left frame of the main window.; Check the Print/Fax server name (the default node name is
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 11 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 The BRAdmin Professional utility can use the IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols to communicate with the Brother Print/Fax server. If you wish to use the TCP/IP protocol to manage the Print/Fax server make sure that the Print/Fax server has a valid IP address. If yo...
Page 116 - Using DHCP to Configure the IP address; Using APIPA to Configure the IP Address; By default, the APIPA protocol is enabled.
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 11 - 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 Using DHCP to Configure the IP address The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is one of several automated mechanisms for IP address allocation. If you have DHCP Server in your network (typically a Unix/Linux, Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2000, XP or N...
Page 119 - Using RARP to Configure the IP Address; file (if this file does not exist, you can
11 - 8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION NC9100h_FM6.0 Using RARP to Configure the IP Address The Brother Print/Fax server’s IP address can be configured using the Reverse ARP (rarp) facility on your host computer. This is done by editing the /etc/ethers file (if this file does not exist, you can create it) with...
Page 120 - Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address; file on your host as a real service type
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 11 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address BOOTP is an alternative to rarp that has the advantage of allowing configuration of the subnet mask and gateway. In order to use BOOTP to configure the IP address make sure that BOOTP is installed and running on your h...
Page 122 - Internet FAX; Imaging or a
INTERNET FAX 12 - 1 Running H/F 4 12 12 Internet FAX Overview Internet Faxing (I-FAX) allows you to send and receive FAX documents using the Internet as the transport mechanism. Documents are transmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF-F files. This means that PC's are also able to receive and s...
Page 124 - Sending an Internet Fax; Manually Entering Text; Shift
INTERNET FAX 12 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 Shift + Start Used to receive E-mail from the POP3 server manually. Sending an Internet Fax Sending an Internet Fax is the same as sending a normal Fax. If you have already programmed the addresses of the Internet Fax receivers into the machine as Speed-Dial locatio...
Page 125 - Back; Special characters and symbols
12 - 4 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 By pressing the appropriate number key the correct number of times, you can access the character you want. If you want to enter a blank space, press twice. If you specify more than 16 characters, the LCD panel will scroll the name to the left character by character....
Page 126 - Start; Out of Memory; Receiving E-mail or Internet Fax; Receiving; No Mail
INTERNET FAX 12 - 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 If you specify more than 16 characters, the LCD panel will scroll the name to the left character by character. You can enter up to 60 characters. 1 Press Start to send the document. After the document is scanned, it is transmitted to the Recipient Internet Fax Machi...
Page 128 - Relay Broadcasting; Relay Broadcast from a machine
INTERNET FAX 12 - 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 front panel. The steps for configuring Fax Forward can be found in the User’s Guide supplied with your machine. Relay Broadcasting This function allows the Brother machine to receive a document over the Internet, and then relay it to other fax machines through conve...
Page 129 - Press; Fax Phone Number
12 - 8 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 Your machine has an E-mail address of [email protected], you wish to send a document from this machine to another machine in England with an E-mail address of [email protected], this machine will then forward the document to a standard fax machine using a convention...
Page 130 - Relay Broadcast from a PC; TX Verification Mail
INTERNET FAX 12 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 Relay Broadcast from a PC You can also send E-mail from your PC and have it relayed to a conventional FAX machine. The method of entering the phone number of the conventional FAX machine that will receive the relayed E-mail will vary depending on the mail applicatio...
Page 131 - Report messages consist of
12 - 10 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 To use this feature you must set the Notification option within the Setup Mail RX and Setup Mail TX options. Setup Mail (TX) You can set the Notification option in the Setup Mail TX option to either ON or OFF. When switched to ON an additional field of information ...
Page 133 - Troubleshooting
13 - 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 13 NC9100h_FM6.0 13 Troubleshooting Overview This chapter describes procedures for troubleshooting problems you may encounter with a Brother Print/Fax server, it is divided into the following sections: 1 Installation Problems 2 Intermittent Problems 3 Protocol-Specific Trouble...
Page 136 - TROUBLESHOOTING 13 - 4; Intermittent Problems
TROUBLESHOOTING 13 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 6 If the job exits the queue but does not print, make sure that you are not trying to print a text job to a PostScript printer. If you have a printer that is capable of automatic language switching, make sure that the printer is not forced into PostScript mode. R...
Page 139 - 3 - 7 TROUBLESHOOTING; If you are having trouble printing with Windows NT; If you are having trouble printing on a Windows
13 - 7 TROUBLESHOOTING NC9100h_FM6.0 9 If you are using Sun Solaris V2.4 or earlier, there is a bug which causes long print jobs to fail when using a Printer/Fax server. If you are having trouble printing long jobs (over 1MB), add the line mx#0 to your etc/printcap file entry. 10 If you cannot print...
Page 141 - 3 - 9 TROUBLESHOOTING
13 - 9 TROUBLESHOOTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Brother Internet Print (TCP/IP) Troubleshooting 1 The first step in troubleshooting is to make sure that you have a valid E-mail connection on both the sending PC and the receiving Print/Fax server. Try sending an E-mail message from the PC to a user at the remot...
Page 142 - Novell NetWare Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING 13 - 10 NC9100h_FM6.0 “Get More Info” option in Windows ® 2000 not working “Go to Printer’s Web site” in Windows ® XP not working If you are using a URL of: http://ip_address:631 or http://ip_address:631/ipp , the Get More Info option in Windows ® 2000 or the Go to Printer’s Web site...
Page 143 - AppleTalk Troubleshooting
13 - 11 TROUBLESHOOTING NC9100h_FM6.0 1 If you changed the login password, you must change the password in both the Brother Print/Fax server (using the SET NETWARE PASSWORD command if you are using the BRConfig software or by using a web browser or the BRAdmin Professional utility) and in the file s...
Page 144 - DLC/LLC Troubleshooting; Make sure that the MAC address of the Windows; same as shown in the network configuration page printout.
TROUBLESHOOTING 13 - 12 NC9100h_FM6.0 2 Make sure that the AppleTalk protocol of the Print/Fax server is enabled. 3 If you have a large network, make sure that you have the Laser Writer V8.xx or equivalent driver, since earlier versions may cause PostScript errors. Also, verify that you get the corr...
Page 145 - Internet Fax Troubleshooting
13 - 13 TROUBLESHOOTING NC9100h_FM6.0 Internet Fax Troubleshooting 1 If there is a mail delivery error while sending an Internet Fax, the mail server will send an error message back to the machine and the error message will be printed. If there is an error while receiving mail, an error message is p...
Page 147 - 4 - 1 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE; Brother Internet Fax; Brother Internet Fax Printing Software (BFP) is a Windows
14 - 1 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 NC9100h_FM6.0 14 Brother Internet Fax Printing Software Overview Depending on your network configuration and application requirements for sending faxes via a network, you can choose between Brother Network PC FAX Software or Brother Internet Fax Print...
Page 148 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 2; Installing Brother Internet Fax Printing Driver; Select Install Software.
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 Installing Brother Internet Fax Printing Driver Insert the CDROM supplied with your Brother machine into your CD-ROM Drive. The installer screen will automatically start. 1 Select Install Software. 2 Select Network Applications for Optional...
Page 149 - 4 - 3 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE
14 - 3 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 During the installation you are presented with the following screen, select the default unless you have previously installed this software. If this is the case use a port number that has not been previously configured. Example BFP2 You also...
Page 150 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 4; Changing the BFP Port Settings; illustrated below
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 Changing the BFP Port Settings If you have more than one networked machine with an NC-9100h Print/Fax Server you may want to change the settings of the BFP software to use an alternative machine as the network fax print server. To alter BFP...
Page 151 - 4 - 5 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE; Relay Broadcast Function
14 - 5 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 The following screen shows the current configuration to alter this configuration, press the Configure Port... key. From the Configure Port... dialogue box you can change the settings. Relay Broadcast Function Before you can successfully use...
Page 152 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 6
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 If you do not know the password contact you Network Administrator. Then browse to Internet Settings and Relay Function.In order for the machine to receive data from the desktop and then send this information (network fax) to other fax machi...
Page 153 - 4 - 7 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE; Uninstalling from Windows; In the case of Windows
14 - 7 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Uninstalling from Windows ® 95/98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0 Select Start | Settings | Control Panel and then double click the Add or Remove programs icon. From the list of installed programs select the Brother Internet Fax Vx.xx as sh...
Page 154 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 8
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 In addition to this you also need to manually remove the Brother Internet Fax Driver from the printers list. To do this select Start | Printers and Faxes you are then presented with the Window illustrated below. Right click the Brother Inte...
Page 155 - 4 - 9 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE; Using the BFP Address Book; Setting Up a Member in the Address Book; In the Address Book dialog box, click the
14 - 9 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Using the BFP Address Book This utility can administer the Fax addresses, Internet Fax addresses and E-mail address of all the contacts that you wish to use with the BFP Software. Additionally you can create Groups of contacts that you may ...
Page 156 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 10; Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting; In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the; icon to
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 10 NC9100h_FM6.0 2 In the Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box, type the member's information. Name and Fax are required fields. You can also enter the an E-mail contact address and machine address for the address book member Click the OK button to...
Page 157 - Editing Member Information; To edit a Member or Group:; Exporting the Address Book; To export the current telephone book:
14 - 11 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 2 Type the name of the new group in the Group Name field. 3 In the Available Names box, select each member to be included in the Group, and then click Add>>. 4 Members you add to the group will be listed in the Group Members box. 5 A...
Page 158 - BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 12; Select the OK button to save the data.; If you are creating a Vcard, you must first select the member.; Sending a Network Fax with BFP
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 14 - 12 NC9100h_FM6.0 3 If you are exporting to an ASCII file, select Divide Character - Tab or Comma. This selection inserts a Tab or Comma between each data field when it is Exported. 4 Select the OK button to save the data. 5 Type in the name of the file, an...
Page 159 - 4 - 13 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE
14 - 13 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Clicking OK with start the BFP dialogue box as illustrated below. From this dialogue box you can either specify an address in the address line or select a location from the address book. If you wish to type more than one location in the ad...
Page 160 - Appendix; Appendix A; • Brother BRAdmin Professional utility for Windows; BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended)
A - 1 APPENDIX A NC9100h_FM6.0 A Appendix Appendix A General Information You can change the configuration of your Print/Fax server using any of the following methods. • Brother BRAdmin Professional utility for Windows ® 95/98/Me / 2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0. • Brother Web BRAdmin Professional util...
Page 161 - WebJetAdmin; Brother's Print/Fax server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible.
A - 2 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 HTTP (Recommended) Use your favorite web browser to connect to the Brother Print/Fax server. This will allow you to configure machine and/or Print/Fax server parameters. WebJetAdmin Brother's Print/Fax server range is HP WebJetAdmin compatible.
Page 162 - Appendix B; Using Services; General
APPENDIX A - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix B Using Services General A service is a resource that can be accessed by computers that wish to print to the Brother Print/Fax server. The Brother Print/Fax server provides the following predefined services (do a SHOW SERVICE command in the Brother Print/Fax ser...
Page 163 - Appendix C; Reloading the Print / FAX Server Firmware; Use the BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended)
A - 4 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix C Reloading the Print / FAX Server Firmware General The firmware on the Print/Fax server is stored in flash memory. This means that you can upgrade the firmware by downloading the appropriate update file. To get the latest firmware update, visit the Brother Solu...
Page 167 - Appendix D; Updating other machines through the Network
A - 8 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix D Updating other machines through the Network It is possible to program Brother machines on the network with either settings from an already programmed machine or with data from the Brother Network PC-FAX Address Book. See Chapter 7 of the Software User’s Guide ...
Page 170 - Appendix E; Specifications; Supported by Windows
APPENDIX A - 11 Appendix E Specifications Operation System Support Windows ® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT ® 4.0 Unix systems supporting LPD Mac OS ® 8.6-9.1 / Mac OS ® X 10.1 / 10.2.1-10.3 or greater Protocol Support ■ TCP/IP (including the following): RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, NetBIOS, WINS...
Page 173 - Function Table and Default Factory Settings
A - 14 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Function Table and Default Factory Settings LEVEL ONE LEVEL TWO LEVEL THREE OPTIONS OPTIONS FACTORY SETTING 6.LAN 1.Setup TCP/IP 1.BOOT Method Auto/ Static/ RARP/ BOOTP/ DHCP Auto 2.IP Address [000-255].[000-255].[000-255].[000-255] [192].[000].[000].[192] 3.Subnet Mask...
Page 175 - INDEX
I - 1 INDEX NC9100h_FM6.0 I INDEX A AIX ...................................... 1-3 AIX 4.0 ................................ 1-8 AppleTalk ............7-1 , 7-3 , 7-8 , 13-2 , 13-11 ARP .................. 1-2 , 11-1 , 11-6 B Berkeley UNIX .................... 1-1 BFP Address Book ........... 14-9 BFP...