Brother HL-8050N - Manual (Page 74)

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Software (Windows
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Software for Networks
Web Browser Management
Many Brother printers support Embedded Web Server (EWS) technology. This means that you can use
a standard web browser to manage many aspects of the printer; for example, you can view consumable
life, configure network parameters, view serial number information, printer usage, and so on. Start your
web browser and enter the NetBIOS name, DNS name or IP address of the printer.
BRAdmin Professional
The BRAdmin Professional utility is designed to manage your Brother network connected devices, such
as our network ready printers and multifunction centers. BRAdmin Professional can also manage other
manufacturers' products that support SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).
Driver Deployment Wizard
This installer includes the Windows ® PCL driver and Brother network port driver (LPR and NetBIOS).
The administrator should set up the IP address, Gateway and Subnet with BRAdmin Professional before
using this software.
If the administrator then installs the printer driver and port driver using this software, he can save the file
to the File server or send the file in E-mail to users. Then, each user just clicks that file to have the printer
driver, port driver, IP address, and so on, automatically copied to their PC.
Web BRAdmin
The Web BRAdmin software is designed to manage all LAN/WAN Brother network connected devices.
By installing the Web BRAdmin server software on a computer running IIS*, Administrators with a Web
browser can connect to the Web BRAdmin server, which then communicates with the device itself.
Unlike the BRAdmin Professional utility - which is designed for Windows
® systems only - the Web
BRAdmin server software can be accessed from any client computer with a web browser that supports
Java 2. You can download the Web BRAdmin software from our web site at
http://solutions.brother.com/webbradmin.
IIS* = Internet Information Server 4.0 or Internet Information Services 5.0/5.1
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Server 4.0 is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows NT ® 4.0 Server
Web BRAdmin and Internet Information Services 5.X is supported on the following operating systems:
Windows ® 2000 Professional
Windows ® 2000 Server
Windows ® 2000 Advanced Server
Windows ® XP Professional