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Brother HL-2070N Network User's Manual

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Multi-Protocol On-board Print Server
Network User's Guide
for HL-2070N
Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual from the
Printer 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 printer
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  • Page 1 Printer 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 printer needs. Download the latest drivers and utilities for your Brother printers or read the FAQs and troubleshooting tips. Version 1...

  • Page 2: Compilation And Publication Notice

    Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features. Trademarks Brother and the Brother logo are registered trademarks and BRAdmin Professional is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    How the IP address is assigned to your print server: ... 2-1 Subnet mask... 2-2 Gateway (and router)... 2-2 Setting the IP address and subnet mask ... 2-3 Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer ® (for Windows only) ... 2-3 BRAdmin Professional utility ...
  • Page 4 Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software ... 3-3 Associating to the printer ... 3-4 Adding a second Brother LPR port... 3-5 ® For Windows 95/98/Me users ... 3-5 Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software ... 3-5 Associating to the printer ... 3-6 Adding a second Brother LPR port...
  • Page 5 Windows® systems ... A-3 UNIX®/Linux systems ... A-4 Using the TELNET console to configure the IP address ... A-4 Using the Brother Web BRAdmin server software for IIS* to configure the IP address ... A-5 Print server specifications... A-6 Appendix B ... B-1 Brother numbers (for USA and Canada) ...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ® TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh To use the Brother printer through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers you use. In this chapter, you will learn the basic concept of the network connection and protocols, and in Chapter 2 you will read information on network configuration.

  • Page 7: Types Of Network Connection

    The Brother printer needs to have an appropriate IP address configuration. ■ If you are using routers, computers can access the Brother printer through the routers. (In this case, the Gateway address must be configured to both computers and the printer.) ®...

  • Page 8: Network Shared Printing

    Network shared printing In a Network Shared environment, each computer sends and receives data to and from the Brother printer via a centrally controlled computer. This type of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to access print jobs from other computers and then control the printing of these jobs.

  • Page 9: Protocols

    IP address from the range 169.254.1.0 to 169.254.254.255. DNS client The Brother print server supports the Domain Name Service (DNS) client function. This function allows the print server to communicate with other devices by using its DNS name.

  • Page 10: Port9100

    Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage and monitor all sorts of equipments including computers, routers and terminals in a TCP/IP network. Web server (HTTP) The Brother print server is equipped with web server that allows you to monitor its status or change some of its configuration settings. Note We recommend Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) or Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or higher).

  • Page 11: Configuring Your Network Printer

    Configuring your network printer Overview You need to configure the TCP/IP information to your Brother network printer before you use it on your network. In this chapter, you will learn what TCP/IP configuration items you need and how you configure your network printer using these TCP/IP configuration items.

  • Page 12: Subnet Mask

    APIPA, see Using APIPA to configure the IP address on page A-3. If the APIPA protocol is disabled, the default IP address of a Brother print server is 192.0.0.192. However, you can easily change this IP address number to match with the IP address details of your network. For information on how to change the IP address, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask on page 2-3.

  • Page 13: Setting The Ip Address And Subnet Mask

    Using the BRAdmin Professional utility and the TCP/IP protocol to configure your network printer (for Windows BRAdmin Professional utility The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to allow you to manage your network connected Brother printers in a TCP/IP environment. How to configure your printer using the BRAdmin Professional utility Note •...

  • Page 14: Using Other Methods To Configure Your Network Printer

    Enter the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway (if needed) of your print server. Click OK. With the correctly programmed IP address, you will see the Brother print server in the device list. Using other methods to configure your network printer You can configure your network printer using other methods.

  • Page 15: Using The Http (Web Browser) And The Tcp/Ip Protocol To Change The Print Server Settings

    DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as BRN_xxxxxx where xxxxxx is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.

  • Page 16: Network Printing From Windows Basic Tcp/Ip Peer-To-Peer Printing

    TCP/IP protocol in a Peer-to-Peer environment, please follow the instructions in this chapter. This chapter explains how to install the network software and the printer driver which you will need to be able to print using your network printer.

  • Page 17: Printer Driver Already Installed

    Click the Finish button to complete the Wizard. Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Select the appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on CD-ROM then select the Have Disk option to browse to the CD-ROM.

  • Page 18: For Windows Nt ® 4.0 Users

    4.0 users ® Windows NT 4.0 users can send print job using Brother Peer-to-Peer Print software provided on the Brother CD-ROM supplied with the printer. Installing the TCP/IP protocol If you did not install the TCP/IP protocol during the installation of your Windows NT workstation or server) follow these steps.

  • Page 19: Associating To The Printer

    Double click the Add Printer icon to get the Add Printer Wizard. Select My Computer (not Network Printer) and click Next. Select the Brother LPR Port (the port name you assigned in step 7 of the “Installing Brother Peer-to-Peer Software” section in this chapter) and click Next.

  • Page 20: Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    Adding a second Brother LPR port You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, go to the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then Properties.

  • Page 21: Associating To The Printer

    If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click Next. Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step 7 of the Installing the Brother Peer-to-Peer software on page 3-5) and click Next.

  • Page 22: Adding A Second Brother Lpr Port

    Adding a second Brother LPR port You do not re-run the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, go to the Start button, select Settings, and open the Printers window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select File from the menu bar, and then Properties.

  • Page 23: Network Printing From Windows Netbios Peer-To-Peer Printing

    The Brother print server automatically has a default workgroup/domain name of WORKGROUP. If you need to change name, you can configure the Brother print server to recognize this. There are three ways of doing this. (If you are unsure about the name of your workgroup or domain, look in the identification tab in your network applet).

  • Page 24: Changing The Workgroup/Domain Name Using The Bradmin Professional Utility

    2-3. • Please use the BRAdmin Professional utility version that was supplied on the CD-ROM with your Brother product. You can also download the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version from http://solutions.brother.com. This utility is only available for Windows •...

  • Page 25: Changing The Workgroup/Domain Name Using A Web Browser

    You will also find that the print server may take several minutes to disappear from the ® network neighborhood even if the printer is switched off. This is a feature of Microsoft workgroup and domain based networks.

  • Page 26: Installing The Brother Netbios Port Monitor

    Note If you already installed the driver from the printers CD-ROM Installer and you selected “Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer” during the installation then you do not need to install the Brother Network Print Software again. Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the printer Quick Setup Guide.

  • Page 27: Associating To The Printer

    If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, you have the option of either keeping the existing driver (recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and click Next. Select the Brother NetBIOS Port (the port name you assigned in step 7 of the “Installing the Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor” section and click Next.

  • Page 28: Adding A Second Netbios Print Port

    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 click Next. Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next. For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother Printer".

  • Page 29: Internet Printing For Windows

    Windows Note • You must configure the IP address on your printer before you proceed with this chapter. If you haven’t done yet, see Chapter 2 first. • Verify the host computer and print server are either on the same subnet, or that the router is properly configured to pass data between the two devices.

  • Page 30: Specifying A Different Url

    If the printer driver has NOT been installed: One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer automatically.

  • Page 31: Other Sources Of Information

    Get More Info option will not display any printer data. If you are using the built in service names that the Brother print server supports, you can also use the following: (However, please note the Get More Info option will not display any printer data).

  • Page 32: Network Printing From Macintosh

    The smart devices automatically configure themselves to be compatible with your network. You do not need to manually configure any IP address or network strings within the printer as the printer will automatically configure itself.

  • Page 33: Changing The Configuration Using A Web Browser

    Make the following selection. Select Brother HL-2070N series and then click Add. Click the printer, then click Make Default to set the printer as the default printer. The printer is now ready to print. Changing the configuration using a web browser ®...

  • Page 34: Other Sources Of Information

    Other sources of information Visit http://solutions.brother.com for more information on network printing. See Chapter 2 of this User’s Guide to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer. ® Network printing from Macintosh 6 - 3...

  • Page 35: Using The Control Panel

    With the control panel you can do the following: Printing the Printer Settings Page See Printing the Printer Settings Page on page 7-2 for information on how to print the Printer Settings Page. Restoring the network settings to factory default See Restoring the network settings to factory default on page 7-2 for information on how to restore the network settings to factory default.

  • Page 36: Printing The Printer Settings Page

    ("xxxxxx" is the last six digits of Ethernet address.). The Printer Settings Page prints a report listing all the current printer settings including the network print server settings. You can print the Printer Settings Page using the printer control panel.

  • Page 37: Disabling The Apipa Protocol

    Then the APIPA protocol has been disabled. Note • For more information on APIPA, see Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, or visit http://solutions.brother.com. • You can also disable the APIPA protocol using the web browser, BRAdmin Professional or Web BRAdmin.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    ® Mac OS Make sure you have completed the IP address setting of the Brother print server according to Chapter 2 of this User’s Guide before installing the network print software or printer driver. Check the following: Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
  • Page 39 Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print servers have two LEDs on the back panel of the printer. The upper side LED shows Link status. The lower side LED shows Activity (Receive/Transmit) status. No light: If both LEDs are off, then the print server is not connected to the network.

  • Page 40: Printing Problems

    Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print. Print the Printer Settings Page of the printer and check if the settings such as IP address settings are correct for your network. The problem may be the result of mismatched or duplicate IP address. Verify that the IP address is correctly loaded into the print server.
  • Page 41 (1) From the Apple menu, open the Chooser. (2) Click the Brother Laser (IP) icon, and make sure that your print server name appears in the right frame. If it is visible, then the connection is good. Otherwise, go to Step 4.

  • Page 42: Error During Printing

    95/98/Me and Windows NT troubleshooting If you are having trouble printing on a Windows (LPR method), check the following: Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed and configured according to the ® Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT Try to turn the Byte Count on in the Configure port area of printer driver properties.

  • Page 43: Windows 2000/Xp Ipp Troubleshooting

    (port 80), or configure your Firewall to allow Port 631 data through. To send a print job using IPP to a printer using Port 80 (the standard HTTP port) enter the following when ®...

  • Page 44: Appendix A

    Appendix A Using services 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 services): Enter HELP at the command prompt for a list of supported commands.

  • Page 45: Using Bootp To Configure The Ip Address

    Using RARP to configure the IP address The Brother print 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 an...

  • Page 46: Using Apipa To Configure The Ip Address

    -based systems, type: ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep rarpd The Brother print server will get the IP address from the rarp daemon when the printer is powered on. Using APIPA to configure the IP address The Brother print server supports the Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) protocol. With APIPA, DHCP clients automatically configure an IP address and subnet mask when a DHCP server is not available.

  • Page 47: Unix®/Linux Systems

    If your Administrator has configured the system to deliver IP addresses using BOOTP, DHCP or RARP your Brother print server can receive an IP address from any one of these IP address allocation systems. In which case, you will not need to use the ARP command. The ARP command only works once. For security reasons, once you have successfully configured the IP address of a Brother print server using the ARP command, you cannot use the ARP command again to change the address.

  • Page 48: Using The Brother Web Bradmin Server Software For Iis* To Configure The Ip Address

    Java. Please note this software is not included on the CD-ROM that was supplied with your Brother product. Please visit http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin to learn more about this software and to download it.

  • Page 49: Print Server Specifications

    Print server specifications Operating system support Windows Mac OS Protocol support TCP/IP Network type 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet network Network printing Windows Windows NT Macintosh Computer requirements (for drivers, BRAdmin Professional, Peer-to-Peer software, etc.) Macintosh connection Computer Operating system Management utilities BRAdmin Professional utility Web BRAdmin ®...

  • Page 50: Appendix B

    Frequently asked questions (FAQs) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for all your Printer needs. You can download the latest software and utilities, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips to learn how to get the most from your Brother product.

  • Page 51: Service Center Locator (Usa Only

    Brother fax back system (USA only) Brother has installed an easy to use fax back system so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use the system to send the information to any fax machine.

  • Page 52: Brother Numbers (For Europe And Other Countries

    Frequently asked questions (FAQs) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for all your Printer needs. You can download the latest drivers, software and utilities, read FAQs and troubleshooting tips to learn how to get the most from your Brother product.

  • Page 53: Important Information: Regulations

    Appendix B Important information: Regulations Caution for LAN connection Connect this product to a LAN connection that is not subjected to overvoltages. B - 4...

  • Page 54: Index

    BRAdmin Professional ...2-3, 2-4, 4-2 BRN_xxxxxx_P1 ...A-1 Brother LPR Port ... 3-5, 3-7 Brother NetBIOS Port Monitor ...4-1, 4-4 Brother Peer to Peer Software ... 3-5 Brother Solutions Center ... 2-3 Control Panel ... 7-1 DHCP ... 1-4, A-1 DNS Client ... 1-4 Domain ..2-5, 3-4, 3-6, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-2, 8-5...
  • Page 55 Index Specifications ...A-6 Subnet Mask ... 2-2 TCP/IP ... 1-4 TCP/IP Printing ... 3-1 TELNET ... 1-5, 4-3, A-4 TEXT_P1 ...A-1 Trademarks ... i Web BRAdmin ...A-5 Web Browser ...2-5, 4-3, 6-2 Web Server ... 1-5 Windows 2000 ... 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 8-6 Windows 2000/XP Printing ...

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