Page 4 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS; Important; Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)
iii 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...
Page 5 - Caution for LAN connection
iv 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...
Page 6 - Table of Contents
v NC9100h_FM6.0 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................... 1-1 Computer Network Basics ................................................ 1-1 Overview..................................................................... 1-1 Protocols ......
Page 11 - Introduction; Computer Network Basics; Overview; Protocols
1 - 1 INTRODUCTION 1 NC9100h_FM6.0 1 Introduction Computer Network Basics Overview The network-connected Brother machine allows multiple computers to carry out several independent print jobs on one machine. To use the Brother machine through a network, you need to select a protocol, configure the Pr...
Page 12 - Protocol Configuration Items
INTRODUCTION 1 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 Protocol Configuration Items TCP/IP Configuration • IP Address • Gateway (when routers exist on your network) ■ IP AddressAn IP address is a series of numbers that identifies each computer connected to the Internet. An IP address consists of four numbers separated by...
Page 14 - Network Connection; Types of Network
INTRODUCTION 1 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 Network Connection Types of Network There are various ways to configure and arrange networks and network printing depending on the office environment and requirements. We recommend to use this product in a Peer to Peer environment in which each computer directly send...
Page 15 - Network Example
1 - 5 INTRODUCTION NC9100h_FM6.0 Network Example Example : Peer-to-Peer (TCP/IP) • Each computer needs the TCP/IP and Print Protocol configured. • The Brother machine needs to have an IP address configured. • If a TCP/IP environment has been already established, we recommend using Peer-to-Peer. • If...
Page 16 - Features; Network Printing; Network Scanning
INTRODUCTION 1 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 Features Overview The Brother Network Print / Fax Server allows your Brother machine to be shared on a 10/100Mbit Ethernet Network. Administration utilities provide easy configuration and management of your Brother machine. Once configured, it allows your machine to ...
Page 20 - Click OK then select Close.
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 2 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 Using BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP Protocol to set the IP address If your PC is using the TCP/IP protocol, do the following: 1 Select TCP/IP filter in the left frame of the main BRAdmin window. 2 Select the Device menu and choose the Search Act...
Page 22 - Using RARP to Configure the IP Address; Using BOOTP to Configure the IP Address
TCP/IP CONFIGURATION 2 - 5 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 23 - Other Sources of Information
2 - 6 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION NC9100h_FM6.0 Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead of “bootp”. BRN_310107 1 00:80:77:31:01:07 192.189.207.3 and: BRN_310107:ht=ethernet:ha=008077310107:\ ip=192.189.207.3: Certain BOOTP host software implementations will not respond to BOOTP...
Page 24 - Front Panel Setup; LAN Main Setup Menu
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 1 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 3 Front Panel Setup LAN Main Setup Menu You can connect your machine into the network to use the Internet FAX, Network Scanner, Network PC-FAX, Network Printer and Network PhotoCapture Center. To use all the network functions, you can set up your machine using...
Page 25 - BOOT Method
3 - 2 FRONT PANEL SETUP NC9100h_FM6.0 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/Set , 5 , 1 , 1 . 2 Press or to select Auto , Static , RARP , BOOTP or DHCP . 3 Press Men...
Page 30 - WINS Server
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 AutoAutomatically uses a DHCP request to determine the IP addresses for the primary and secondary WINS servers. You must set the BOOT Method to Auto for this feature to work. StaticUses a specified IP address for the primary and secondary WINS servers. WINS Serv...
Page 31 - DNS Server; APIPA
3 - 8 FRONT PANEL SETUP NC9100h_FM6.0 DNS Server 1 Press Menu/Set , 5 , 1 , 8 . 2 Press or to select Primary or Secondary . 3 Press Menu/Set . 4 Enter the DNS Server address. 5 Press Menu/Set . 6 Press Stop/Exit . Primary DNS Server IP AddressThis field specifies the IP address of the primary DNS (D...
Page 32 - Setup Internet; Mail Address
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 Setup Internet This menu has five selections: Mail Address, SMTP Server, POP3 Server, Mailbox Name and Mailbox Pwd. Mail Address 1 Press Menu/Set , 5 , 2 , 1 . 2 Select 1 to change. Enter the mail address. Press Menu/Set . 3 Press Stop/Exit . Entering textYou ca...
Page 33 - SMTP Server; POP3 Server
3 - 10 FRONT PANEL SETUP NC9100h_FM6.0 Repeating letters:If you need to enter a character assigned to the same key as the previous character, press move the cursor to the right. As you enter the E-mail address, it will appear character by character on the LCD panel. If you specify more than 16 chara...
Page 34 - Setup Mail RX
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 11 NC9100h_FM6.0 Mailbox Name 1 Press Menu/Set , 5 , 2 , 4 . 2 Enter the user account name (up to 20 characters) assigned to the Brother machine to login to the POP3 Server. 3 Press Menu/Set . 4 Press Stop/Exit . Mailbox Pwd 1 Press Menu/Set , 5 , 2 , 5 . 2 Enter the user passw...
Page 37 - Setup Mail TX; Sender Subject
3 - 14 FRONT PANEL SETUP NC9100h_FM6.0 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 Brother machine to a PC (default is “ Internet Fax Job ”). 1 ...
Page 38 - Notification; Setup Relay; Rly Broadcast
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 15 NC9100h_FM6.0 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 order to...
Page 40 - Ethernet; Time Zone
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 17 NC9100h_FM6.0 Setup Misc. Ethernet Ethernet link mode. Auto allows the print server to operate in 100BaseTX full or half duplex, or in 10BaseT half duplex mode by auto negotiation. 100BaseTX Full Duplex (100B-FD) or Half Duplex (100B-HD) and 10BaseT Full Duplex (10B-FD) or H...
Page 41 - Quality
3 - 18 FRONT PANEL SETUP NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows ® Time Zone Setting You can determine the time difference for you location by using the Time Zone setting in Windows ® . 1 Click on Start. 2 Select Settings / Control Panel. 3 Double click on Date/Time. 4 Select Time Zone. Verify your time zone setting ...
Page 42 - Color File Type; Network Configuration List; Black Start; Restoring the Network Settings to Factory Default
FRONT PANEL SETUP 3 - 19 NC9100h_FM6.0 Color File Type You can select the default color file type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) function (default is PDF ). 1 Press Menu/Set , 5 , 7 , 3 . 2 Press or to select PDF or JPEG . 3 Press Menu/Set . 4 Press Stop/Exit . Network Configuration List This fe...
Page 43 - For Windows
4 - 1 NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 4 Network Printing from Windows ® (Peer to Peer) For Windows ® 2000/XP, LAN Server and Warp Server users Overview Windows ® 2000/XP users are able to send print jobs directly to the printer without installing any additional softwar...
Page 44 - Windows; Standard TCP/IP Port Printing; When you have done that click Next.
NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) 4 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 Windows ® 2000/XP (TCP/IP) Configuration The default configuration of Windows ® 2000/XP automatically installs the TCP/IP protocol. Refer to the appropriate section in this chapter for more information. Windows ® 2000/XP Printing (Pr...
Page 46 - Driver Deployment Wizard
NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) 4 - 4 NC9100h_FM6.0 For Windows ® 98/Me users Overview Microsoft's Windows ® 98/Me operating systems feature built-in networking capabilities. These capabilities allow a Windows ® PC to be configured as a client workstation in a file server based networ...
Page 47 - Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software; Push the Next button in response to the Welcome message.
4 - 5 NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) NC9100h_FM6.0 TCP/IP Printing Brother’s Peer to Peer printing software requires the TCP/IP protocol to be installed on your Windows ® peer-to-peer computers and an IP Address has to be defined for the Print/Fax server. Refer to your Windows ® docu...
Page 48 - Associating to the printer
NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) 4 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 7 You must now enter the actual IP address of the Print/Fax server in the Printer name or IP address field. If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain Name System, you can also enter the name of the print ...
Page 49 - select Yes and then select Finish.; Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
4 - 7 NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS ® (Peer to Peer) NC9100h_FM6.0 7 Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 6 of the “Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software” on page 4-5) and press Next. 8 Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you ...
Page 50 - Network Printing from; TCP/IP Printing for Macintosh; Rendezvous Printing (Mac OS
NETWORK PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH® 5 - 1 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 5 Network Printing from Macintosh ® TCP/IP Printing for Macintosh ® This chapter explains how to print from Macintosh ® on a Network. For more information on how to configure the default Quick Draw driver on a Network, see the Quick Setup Guide ...
Page 51 - Run the Print Center software and click the Add.
5 - 2 NETWORK PRINTING FROM MACINTOSH® NC9100h_FM6.0 1 Run the Print Center software and click the Add. 2 Select Rendezvous and any Rendezvous compatible machines will be displayed. If you are using OS X 10.2.1, three machines are listed. Select any one of the machine listed.
Page 54 - Internet FAX
INTERNET FAX 6 - 1 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 6 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 or JPEG files. This means that PC's are also able to receive ...
Page 56 - Sending an Internet Fax
INTERNET FAX 6 - 3 NC9100h_FM6.0 Shift + Black Start or Color Start (US MFC-3320CN) Shift + Mono Start or Colour Start (UK MFC-3320CN) Search/Speed Dial + Black Start or Color Start (US MFC-3820CN)Search/Speed Dial + Mono Start or Colour Start (UK MFC-3820CN) Used to receive E-mail from the POP3 ser...
Page 57 - Manually Entering Text
6 - 4 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 After the document is scanned, it is transmitted to the Recipient Internet Fax Machine automatically via your SMTP server. You can cancel the send operation by pressing the Stop/Exit button during scanning. After the transmission is finished, the machine will return ...
Page 58 - Special characters and symbols; Receiving E-mail or Internet Fax
INTERNET FAX 6 - 5 NC9100h_FM6.0 To change the mode between upper case and lower case, press Shift (MFC-3320CN) or Search/Speed Dial (MFC-3820CN) and 3. 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 b...
Page 59 - Receiving an Internet Fax to a PC
6 - 6 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 Using POP3 receiving the machine must poll the E-mail server to receive the print jobs. This polling can occur at set intervals (for example, you can configure the machine to poll the E-mail server at 10 minute intervals) or you can manually poll the server by pressi...
Page 60 - Forwarding Received E-mail and Fax Messages
INTERNET FAX 6 - 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 If the PC to which you wish to send a document is not running Windows ® 98/98SE/Me or Windows ® 2000/XP operating system, please inform the PC's owner that software must be downloaded for documents in the TIFF-F or JPEG format to be viewed. You can use “ Microsoft ® ...
Page 61 - Relay Broadcast from a machine
6 - 8 INTERNET FAX NC9100h_FM6.0 Relay Broadcast can support the relay of a document up to a maximum of 48 fax machines through conventional telephone lines. If you try to send a document to over 49 machines, the following error message will be printed: “Relay Error”. Relay Broadcast from a machine ...
Page 62 - TX Verification Mail
INTERNET FAX 6 - 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 After the trusted domain is set you can send the document from your machine [I.E. [email protected]] by entering the E-mail address of the machine [I.E. [email protected]] that will forward the document followed by the phone number of the fax that will receive the do...
Page 65 - Configuring Internet; Internet Printing Installation
7 - 1 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 7 Configuring Internet Printing for Windows ® Internet Printing Installation Overview Our Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows ® 98/Me, allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remot...
Page 66 - Brother Internet Print General Information
CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 7 - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 Brother Internet Print General Information The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows ® 98/Me/ 2000/XP Installation Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows ® 98/Me/2000/XP PC that operates in a similar way to the st...
Page 67 - Print Server Configuration Checklist
7 - 3 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 Brother Internet Print Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server The Print/Fax server can be configured using BRAdmin Professional utility. Print Server Configuration Checklist 1 Configure the POP3 server on the E-mail server at the remo...
Page 70 - Press OK to continue.; Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation.
CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 7 - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 7 You will then see a message about Partial E-mail Print. Partial E-mail Print is the ability of the Brother Internet Print software to break down E-mail Print jobs into smaller sections to prevent a mail file size limitation problem fo...
Page 71 - Select Local Printer attached to this computer.
7 - 7 CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® NC9100h_FM6.0 <For Windows ® XP users> 14 Select Local Printer attached to this computer. <For Windows ® 98/Me users> 15 Select the desired model of the remote printer or MFC (for example, Brother MFC-series). If necessary, click Have Dis...
Page 72 - Adding a Second Brother Internet Port; In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio button (Windows
CONFIGURING INTERNET PRINTING FOR WINDOWS ® 7 - 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 You have now finished installing the BIP software. If you need to configure another remote Print/Fax server, go to the next section, “Adding a Second Brother Internet Port”. Adding a Second Brother Internet Port You should not re-run th...
Page 73 - Troubleshooting
8 - 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 8 NC9100h_FM6.0 8 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 Troublesho...
Page 75 - Intermittent Problems
8 - 3 TROUBLESHOOTING NC9100h_FM6.0 5 If you have a bridge or router located between the Print/Fax server and host computer, make sure that the device is set up to allow the Print/Fax server to send and receive data from the host. For example, a bridge can be set up to only allow certain types of Et...
Page 78 - Internet Fax Troubleshooting
TROUBLESHOOTING 8 - 6 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 pri...
Page 80 - Brother Internet Fax
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 1 9 NC9100h_FM6.0 9 Brother Internet Fax Printing Software (USA/Canada only) 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 Int...
Page 81 - Installing Brother Internet Fax Printing Driver; Select Install Software.
9 - 2 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 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. 3 Highlight ...
Page 83 - Changing the BFP Port Settings
9 - 4 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Changing the BFP Port Settings If you have more than one networked machine with this 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 setting...
Page 84 - Relay Broadcast Function
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 5 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 86 - Uninstalling from Windows
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 7 NC9100h_FM6.0 Uninstalling from Windows ® 98/Me/2000/XP Select Start | 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 shown below then click the Add/Remove ...
Page 88 - Using the BFP Address Book
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 9 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 w...
Page 89 - Setting Up a Member in the Address Book
9 - 10 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Setting Up a Member in the Address Book In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete stored information for members and groups. 1 In the Address Book dialog box, click the icon to add a member. The Brother Address Boo...
Page 90 - Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting; In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the; Type the name of the new group in the Group Name field.
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 11 NC9100h_FM6.0 Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting If you repeatedly send the same PC-FAX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group. 1 In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the icon to create a group.The Brother Address Book Gro...
Page 91 - Editing Member Information; To edit a Member or Group:; Exporting the Address Book; To export the current telephone book:
9 - 12 BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE NC9100h_FM6.0 Editing Member Information To edit a Member or Group: 1 Select the Member or Group you want to edit. 2 Click the Edit icon. 3 Edit the Member or Group information. 4 Click OK to save your changes. Deleting a Member or GroupTo delete a Membe...
Page 92 - Sending a Network Fax with BFP
BROTHER INTERNET FAX PRINTING SOFTWARE 9 - 13 NC9100h_FM6.0 Sending a Network Fax with BFP From the application you wish to send the document from select File | Print. Ensure that the Brother Internet Fax is selected as shown below. Clicking Print and the BFP dialogue box will be displayed. From thi...
Page 93 - Appendix; Appendix A; General Information; 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 ® 98/Me and Windows ® 2000/XP • Brother Web BRAdmin Professional utility for IIS* ...
Page 94 - Using Services; General
APPENDIX A - 2 NC9100h_FM6.0 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 server remote ...
Page 95 - Use the BRAdmin Professional utility (Recommended)
A - 3 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 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 Solutions web s...
Page 97 - Reloading process
A - 5 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Reloading process The LCD on the control panel will show “Receiving” during the firmware file loading process. During this programming process, “Program Change” will be indicated on the LCD. After the firmware update is completed, the machine will re-start automatically....
Page 98 - Appendix B; Updating other machines through the Network
APPENDIX A - 6 NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix B Updating other machines through the Network It is possible to program Brother machine on the network with either settings from an already programmed machine or with data from the Brother Network PC-FAX Address Book. (See Software User’s Guide chapter 6) When B...
Page 101 - Appendix C; Specifications; Operating System Support
A - 9 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Appendix C Specifications Operating System Support Windows ® 98/98SE/Me and Windows ® 2000/XP Mac OS ® 8.6-9.2 / Mac OS ® 10.2.4 or greater Protocol Support TCP/IP(including the following) - RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, NetBIOS Name Resolution, WINS, DNS Resolver, LPR/LPD, ...
Page 103 - Management Utilities
A - 11 APPENDIX NC9100h_FM6.0 Computer Requirements (for drivers, BRAdmin Professional, Peer-to-Peer software, etc.) CPU - Pentium 75MHz or Higher for Windows ® 98/98SE - Pentium 150MHz or Higher for Windows ® Me - Pentium 133MHz or Higher for Windows ® 2000 - Pentium 233MHz or Higher for Windows ® ...
Page 104 - Function Table and Factory Default Settings
APPENDIX A - 12 NC9100h_FM6.0 Function Table and Factory Default Settings *1: The factory setting for the ‘IP Address’ and ‘Subnet Mask’ setting may be changed by the APIPA setting. LEVEL ONE LEVEL TWO LEVEL THREE OPTIONS OPTIONS FACTORY DEFAULT 5.LAN 1.Setup TCP/IP 1.BOOT Method Auto/ Static/ RARP/...
Page 105 - INDEX
I - 1 INDEX NC9100h_FM6.0 1 INDEX A Address Book ..................... 9-9 Address Book Group ........ 9-11 APIPA ................... 2-1 , 2-4 , 3-8 Auto Polling ...................... 3-12 B BFP .................................... 9-1 BFP Port ............................. 9-4 BINARY_P1 ............
