Associating to the printer, Adding a second brother lpr port – Brother HL 1270N User Manual
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Associating to the printer
1.
You must now create a printer on your Windows 95/98 system using the standard
Windows 95/98 printer setup procedure. To do this, go the Start button, select Setting
and then Printers.
2.
Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation.
3.
Click Next when you get the add Printer Wizard window.
4.
Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers is connected to your
computer, and then push Next.
5.
Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done.
6.
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 press Next.
7.
Select the Brother LPR port (port name you assigned in step 4 of the Installing the
Brother Peer to Peer Print (LPR) Software section) and press Next.
8.
Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press Next. For example, you could
call the printer “Networked Brother Printer”.
9.
Windows will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page, select Yes and then
select Finish.
You have now finished installing the Brother Network Direct Print software.
Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
You do not re-run
the install program to add a new Brother LPR port. Instead, press the Start
button, select Settings, and open the Printers windows. Click on the icon of the printer that
you wish to configure, select File form the Menu bar, and then choose Properties. Click on
the Details tab and push the Add Port button. In the Add Port dialog, select the Other radio
button and then highlight “Brother LPR port”. Click OK and enter the port name. The
default port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message
if you try to use it again, in which case use BLP2, etc… Once you have specified the Port
name, click the OK button. You will then see the Port Properties Dialog.
Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click OK. You should now see
the port that you have just created in the “Print to the following port” setting of the printer
driver.