Brother NC-9100H Installation instructions

NC9100h_FM6.0

Multi-Protocol Print/Fax Server

NC-9100h

Network User’s Guide

Version 0

Please read this manual thoroughly before using the DCP/MFC. You can print or

view this manual from the CD-ROM at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a

convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times.

The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is your one stop

resource for all your DCP/MFC needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for

your printers, read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips or learn about special

printing solutions in the 'Solutions' and 'Customer Education' sections.

Some Brother DCP/MFC models are network ready as standard. Other Brother

printers can be upgraded with an optional Network Print Server.

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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.

Netware is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

Apple, Macintosh, LaserWriter, and AppleTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer,

Inc.

IBM, LAN Server, and AIX are trademarks of International Business Machines

Corporation.

LAN Manager, Windows®, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

NC-9100h and BRAdmin Professional utility are trademarks of Brother Industries

Ltd.

All other brand and product names mentioned in this user's guide are registered

trademarks or trademarks of respective companies.

Compilation and Publication

Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and

published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications.

The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to

change without notice.

Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and

materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including

consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not

limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.

Shipment of the Print/Fax server

If for any reason you must ship your print server, carefully package the print server

to avoid any damage during transit. It is recommended that you save and use the

original packaging. The print server should also be adequately insured with the

carrier.

WARNING

When shipping the Print/Fax server, put it into the anti-static bag to avoid damage.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:For technical and operational assistance, you must call.

Calls must be made from within that country.

In USA 1-800-276-7746

In Canada 1-877-BROTHER

(514) 685-6464 (In Montreal)

If you have any comments or suggestions, please write to us at:

In Europe European Technical Services

1 Tame Street

Audenshaw

Manchester, M34 5JE

In USA Printer Customer Support

Brother International Corporation

15 Musick

Irvine CA 92618

In Canada Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd.

- Marketing Dept.

1, rue Hôtel de Ville

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6

Brother fax-back system (USA)

Brother Customer Service has set up an easy-to-use fax-back system so you can

get instant answers to common technical questions and information about all our

products. This is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can use the

system to send the information to any fax machine.

Call the number below and follow the recorded instructions to receive a fax about

how to use the system and an Index of the subjects you can get information about.

In USA only 1-800-521-2846

Dealers and service centers (USA)

For the name of a Brother authorized dealer or service center, call 1-800-284-

4357.

Service centers (Canada)

For the address of service centers in Canada, call 1-877-BROTHER.

Internet addresses

Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brother.com

For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support and Technical

Questions, and Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com

(In USA Only) For Brother Accessories & Supplies: http://www.brothermall.com

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Introduction

Overview

The Brother NC-9100h Print / Fax Server allows your Brother DCP/

MFC 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 DCP/MFC. Once

installed and configured, the NC-9100h allows your DCP/MFC

machine to FAX documents over the Internet; print and scan

documents over a network. The NC-9100h is even supplied with

Brother's Peer to Peer printing software allowing you to easily share

the machine as a small department printer.

Features

Internet Fax

The Brother DCP/MFC can be assigned an E-mail address allowing

you to send, receive and forward documents on a Local Area

Network and the Internet to PC's or other Internet Fax machines.

Network Printing

The Print / Fax server can be utilized as a print server providing

printing services for the Windows®95/98/Me, Windows®NT®4.0/

2000/XP, Unix Systems supporting the TCP/IP protocols, Novell

Operating Systems supporting IPX/SPX and Macintosh Networks

supporting AppleTalk or Rendezvous.

Network Scanning

You can scan documents into a PC on your Network directly or the

Brother DCP/MFC can E-mail them to your PC for editing in Black &

White or Color.

Management Utilities

The Web Based Management and BRAdmin Professional utilities provide

powerful easy to use management of Fax, network and E-mail settings.

SMTP/POP3 mail server support.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration

of Conformity (For U.S.A. only)

Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation

100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0911, USA

TEL: (908) 704-1700

declares, that the products

Product Name: Brother Network Card (BR-net)

Model Number: NC-9100h

complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)

this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate

radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off

and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or

more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Important

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd.

could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only)

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB-003

du Canada.

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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 Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC (as amended by 91/

263/EEC and 92/31/EEC).

Issued by: Brother Industries, Ltd.

Information & Document Company

Caution for LAN connection

Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages.

Intel Copyright and License Information

This products includes object code from Intel’s UPnP SDK.

The following is the copyright and licensing information for Intel UPnP SDK.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this

list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright

notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the

documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

* Neither name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors may

be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software

without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND

CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE

DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL INTEL OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE

FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,

PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,

DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND

ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,

OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY

OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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Table of Contents

Unix Printing.......................................................................... 1-1

Printing from Unix/Linux using TCP/IP .............................1-1

Overview.....................................................................1-1

TCP/IP ........................................................................1-2

General TCP/IP UNIX Host Configuration..................1-2

Linux Configuration.....................................................1-6

Linux Configuration using CUPS ............................1-6

HP/UX Configuration ..................................................1-7

IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration .................................1-8

Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration .....................................1-9

SCO UNIX Configuration..........................................1-10

IBM AS/400 ..............................................................1-11

Other Systems..........................................................1-12

Other Sources of Information....................................1-13

TCP/IP Printing......................................................................2-1

Printing from Windows®NT, Windows®2000/XP, LAN Server

and Warp Server...............................................................2-1

Overview.....................................................................2-1

Windows®NT 3.5x/NT 4.0/2000/XP (TCP/IP)

Configuration ..............................................................2-2

Windows®2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver not yet installed) ..................................2-2

Standard TCP/IP Port Printing................................2-2

IPP Printing from Windows®2000/XP Clients ............2-4

IPP printing from Windows®95/98/Me Clients........2-4

Windows®2000/XP Printing

(Printer Driver already installed) .................................2-5

Windows®NT 4.0 Printing ..........................................2-5

Windows®NT 4.0 Printing

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software ..............2-6

Windows®NT 4.0 Printing

Associating to the Printer............................................2-7

Windows®NT 4.0 Printing

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port............................2-8

Other Sources of Information......................................2-9

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Peer to Peer Printing ............................................................ 3-1

How to Print in a Windows®95/98/Me

Peer to Peer network........................................................ 3-1

Overview..................................................................... 3-1

Quick Tips: ............................................................. 3-1

Driver Deployment Wizard ..................................... 3-2

TCP/IP Printing........................................................... 3-2

Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software .............. 3-3

Associating to the printer............................................ 3-4

Adding a Second Brother LPR Port............................ 3-5

Other Sources of Information ..................................... 3-5

NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing............................................. 4-1

How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows®95/98/Me/NT/2000/

XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server........................... 4-1

Overview..................................................................... 4-1

Print Server Configuration .......................................... 4-2

Changing the workgroup/domain name using a web

browser....................................................................... 4-3

NetBIOS Port Monitor for Windows®95/98/Me, NT4.0/

2000/XP...................................................................... 4-4

Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor............... 4-4

Associating the printer................................................ 4-5

Windows®95/98/Me ............................................... 4-5

Windows NT®4.0 /Windows®2000/XP .................. 4-6

Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port......................... 4-7

Windows®95/98/Me ............................................... 4-7

Windows NT®4.0 / Windows®2000/XP ................. 4-8

Other Sources of Information ..................................... 4-8

Configuring Internet Printing for Windows®...................... 5-1

Internet Printing Installation .............................................. 5-1

Overview..................................................................... 5-1

Brother Internet Print General Information ................. 5-2

Brother Internet Print

Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server ................... 5-3

Print Server Configuration Checklist ...................... 5-3

Brother Internet Print Using BRAdmin Professional utility

to Configure the Print Server ......................................5-4

Brother Internet Print Using a Web Browser to configure

the Print Server........................................................... 5-5

Brother Internet Print Installing the BIP software on

Windows®95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP.......................... 5-5

Setup from CD-ROM .............................................. 5-6

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Adding a Second Brother Internet Port.......................5-9

Windows®2000/XP IPP Printing.................................5-9

Specifying a different URL........................................5-11

Other Sources of Information....................................5-11

Novell NetWare Printing .......................................................6-1

How to configure Novell NetWare Printing .......................6-1

Overview.....................................................................6-1

General Information....................................................6-2

Creating a NDPS Printer Using NWADMIN for

NetWare5....................................................................6-3

NDPS Manager...........................................................6-3

NDPS Broker ..............................................................6-4

Creating a Printer Agent .............................................6-5

Configuring NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 systems........6-6

Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server

(Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation mode) using

BRAdmin Professional utility.......................................6-6

Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server

(Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using BRAdmin

Professional utility.......................................................6-8

Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server

(Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using Novell

NWADMIN and BRAdmin Professional utility.............6-9

Configuring the Brother Print/Fax Server

(Remote Printer Mode in NDS mode) using Novell

NWAdmin and BRAdmin Professional utility ............6-12

Other Sources of Information....................................6-13

AppleTalk (EtherTalk) TCP/IP Printing................................ 7-1

Printing From a Macintosh................................................7-1

Overview.....................................................................7-1

Macintosh Configuration (OS 8.6 - 9.2) ......................7-2

How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk)

....7-4

How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP).....................7-6

Macintosh Configuration

(OS X 10.1-10.2.1 or greater).....................................7-9

How to Select the Print Server (AppleTalk/EtherTalk)

....7-9

How to Select the Print Server (TCP/IP)...................7-10

Changing the Configuration......................................7-11

Other Sources of Information....................................7-11

Rendezvous Printing.................................................7-11

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DLC Printing.......................................................................... 8-1

Printing from Windows®NT or Windows®2000................ 8-1

Overview..................................................................... 8-1

Configuring DLC on Windows®NT/2000.................... 8-1

Windows®2000 Printer Setup .................................... 8-2

Windows®NT 4.0 Printer Setup.................................. 8-3

Windows®NT 3.5x Setup ........................................... 8-4

Configuring DLC on Other Systems ........................... 8-5

Other Sources of Information ..................................... 8-6

Web Based Management ..................................................... 9-1

How to use a Web Browser to manage your Device ........ 9-1

Overview..................................................................... 9-1

How to connect to your DCP/MFC using a Browser... 9-2

Password Information................................................. 9-2

Other Sources of Information ..................................... 9-2

Front Panel Setup Menu..................................................... 10-1

LAN Main Setup Menu ................................................... 10-1

Setup TCP/IP............................................................ 10-2

BOOT Method ...................................................... 10-2

IP Address............................................................ 10-5

Subnet Mask ........................................................ 10-5

Gateway ............................................................... 10-6

Host Name ........................................................... 10-6

WINS CONFIG ..................................................... 10-7

WINS Server ........................................................ 10-7

DNS Server .......................................................... 10-8

APIPA................................................................... 10-9

Setup Internet (For MFC only)................................ 10-10

Mail Address....................................................... 10-10

SMTP Server...................................................... 10-11

POP3 Server ...................................................... 10-11

Mailbox Name .................................................... 10-12

Mailbox Pwd ....................................................... 10-12

Setup Mail RX (For MFC only) ............................... 10-12

Auto Polling ........................................................ 10-12

Poll Frequency ................................................... 10-13

Header................................................................ 10-13

Del Error Mail ..................................................... 10-13

Notification.......................................................... 10-14

Setup Mail TX (For MFC only)................................ 10-14

Sender Subject................................................... 10-14

Size Limit............................................................ 10-15

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