Brother HL-2170W - Manual (Page 113)

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Overview
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A standard Web Browser can be used to manage your printer using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
You can get the following information from a printer on your network using a web browser.
„ View the printer status, configuration and maintenance information details
„ View the software version information of the printer and print server
„ Change the printer setting
„ Change the print server settings
„ Print the test page, the printer settings page and the network configuration page
„ Restoring the printer settings to its factory reset
„ Restoring the network settings to its factory reset
You must use the TCP/IP protocol on your network and have a valid IP address programmed into the print
server and your computer.
Note
• To learn how to configure the IP address on your printer, see Setting the IP address and subnet mask
on page 10.
• You can use a web browser on most computing platforms, for example, Macintosh
®
and UNIX
®
users are
also able to connect to the machine and manage it.
• You can also use the BRAdmin applications to manage the printer and its network configuration.
Web Based Management
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