Brother MFC-685CW - Manual (Page 109)

Network printing from Windows ® basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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Printer driver already installed
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If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:
a
For Windows Vista™:
Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
For Windows
®
XP:
Click the Start button and select Printers and Faxes windows.
For Windows
®
2000.
Click the Start button and select Settings and then Printers.
b Right click on the printer driver you wish to configure, and then select Properties.
c Click the Ports tab and click Add Port.
d
Select the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the
New Port... button.
e The Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
f
Enter the IP address of your network printer. Click Next.
g
Click Finish.
h Close Printer Ports and Properties dialog box.
Other sources of information
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See Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection on page 10 and Configuring
your machine for a wireless network on page 17 to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.