Brother DCP-8085DN - Manual (Page 87)

Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
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C
The network scanning
feature does not work.
The network printing
feature does not work.
(Continued)
(Windows Vista
®
):
a
Click the Start button, Control Panel,
Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click
Change settings.
b
When the User Account Control screen appears, do the
following.
„ Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.
„ For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter
the administrator password and click OK.
c
Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is
set to On.
d
Click the Exceptions tab.
e
Click the Add port... button.
f
To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the
information below:
1. In Name: Enter any description. (for example “Brother
Scanner”)
2. In Port number: Enter “54925”.
3. Make sure UDP is chosen. Then click OK.
g
Click the Add port... button.
h
Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked,
and then click Apply.
i
If you still have trouble with your network connection such
as network scanning or printing, check
File and Printer Sharing box in the Exceptions tab and
then click Apply.
Your computer cannot find
your machine.
(Windows
®
) The firewall setting on your PC may be rejecting the
necessary network connection. (For details, see the instructions
above.)
(Macintosh
®
) Re-select your machine in the Device Selector
application located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/
Utilities/DeviceSelector or from the Model pop-up menu of
ControlCenter2.
Network difficulties (continued)
Difficulties Suggestions