8 web based management, Overview, Web based management – Brother DCP 9040CN User Manual

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A standard Web Browser can be used to manage your machine using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol). You can get the following information from a machine on your network using a web browser.

Printer status information

Change Fax configuration items, such as General Setup, Quick-Dial settings and Remote Fax (MFC-9440CN
and MFC-9450CDN only)

You can also change network settings such as TCP/IP information.

Configure Scan to FTP search function (MFC-9440CN and MFC-9450CDN only)

Software version information of the machine and print server

Change network and machine configuration details

Note

We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

®

(or higher) or Firefox

®

1.0 (or higher) for Windows

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and

Safari™ 1.0 for Macintosh

®

. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always enabled in

whichever browser you use. We recommend you upgrade to Safari™ 1.2 or higher to enable JavaScript.
If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.

You must use the TCP/IP protocol on your network and have a valid IP address programmed into the print
server and your computer.

To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see Configuring your network
printer on page 8.

You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh

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and UNIX

®

users are

also able to connect to the machine and manage it.

You can also use the BRAdmin Light and the BRAdmin Professional utilities to manage the printer and its
network configuration.

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