Brother MFC 7840W - Manual (Page 17)

Introduction
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IPP
1
The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) allows you to print documents directly to any accessible
printer via the internet.
mDNS
1
mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically configure itself to work in a Mac OS
®
X Simple Network
Configured system. (Mac OS
®
X 10.2.4 or greater).
TELNET
1
The Brother print server supports TELNET server for command line configuration.
SNMP
1
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage network devices including computers,
routers and Brother network ready machines in a TCP/IP network.
LLMNR
1
The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution protocol (LLMNR) resolves the names of neighboring computers,
if the network does not have a Domain Name System (DNS) server. The LLMNR Responder function works
in both the IPv4 or IPv6 environment when using a computer that has the LLMNR Sender function such as
Windows Vista
®
.
Web services
1
The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista ® users to install the Brother printer driver by right clicking
the machine icon from the Start / Network selection. (See Installation when using web services (For
Windows Vista
®
users) on page 131). The Web Services also lets you check the current status of the
machine from your computer.
Web server (HTTP)
1
The Brother print server is equipped with a built in web server that allows you to monitor its status or change
some of its configuration settings using a web browser.
Note
We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ® (or greater) or Firefox ® 1.0 (or greater) for Windows ® and
Safari™ 1.0 (or greater) 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 greater to enable
JavaScript. If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
FTP
1
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows the Brother machine to scan black and white or color documents
directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the internet.