Network features, Network printing, Network scanning – Brother MFC 8480DN User Manual

Page 13: Management utilities

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Introduction

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Network features

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Your Brother machine has the following basic network features.

Network printing

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The print server provides printing services for Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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and Windows Server

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2003/2008 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater) supporting TCP/IP.

Network scanning

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You can scan documents over the network to your computer (See Network Scanning in the Software User’s
Guide
).

Network PC Fax (Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN)

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You can directly send a file from your computer as a PC Fax over your network (See Brother PC-FAX
Software
for Windows

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and Sending a Fax for Macintosh in the Software User’s Guide for a complete

description). Windows

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users can also PC Fax receive (See PC-FAX receiving in the Software User’s Guide).

Fax to Server (For MFC-8690DW, MFC-8880DN and MFC-8890DW)

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The Fax to Server feature allows the machine to scan documents and send them via a separate fax server.
Unlike Internet fax or I-Fax, the Fax to Server feature utilizes a server to send the documents as fax data over
phone or T-1 lines.

Management utilities

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BRAdmin Light

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BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.
The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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and Windows Server

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2003/2008 and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light on Windows

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, please

see the Quick Setup Guide provided with the machine. For Macintosh users, BRAdmin Light will be installed
automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you don’t have
to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.

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