Netbios peer to peer printing, Overview, Netbios peer to peer printing -1 – Brother HL-4200CN User Manual

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How to Print using NetBIOS in Windows

®

95/98/Me/NT/

2000/XP, LAN Server and OS/2 Warp Server

Overview

Brother print server range supports SMB (Server Message Block) via the NetBIOS interface. This means
that just like regular Windows

®

PC's, Brother printers can appear in your network neighborhood. The

main advantage of NetBIOS printing is that you are able to print from legacy DOS applications that are
running on PC's that are connected to Microsoft networks.

Quick Tips:

1

The default IP address of Brother print servers is

0.0.0.0.

To change it, use the printer control

panel, the BRAdmin Professional utility, or let your DHCP server allocate an IP address to the
printer

2

Refer to the Quick Setup Guide of this printer to learn how to configure the IP address on your
printer.

3

The default password for Brother print servers is

access

.

4

The default domain name of the print server is

WORKGROUP

, to change it use your web browser or

the BRAdmin Professional utility.

NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing

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