Brother HL-5250DN series Network User's Guide

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Introduction
Overview
The Brother print server allows your Brother printer to be shared on a 10/100Mb Ethernet Network and
provides printing services for Windows
®
95/98/Me, Windows NT
®
4.0, Windows
®
2000/XP supporting the
TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh
®
supporting TCP/IP.
To use the Brother printer through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers
you use.
In this chapter, you will learn the basic concept of the network connection and protocols, and in Chapter 2
you will read information on network configuration. Chapter 3 through Chapter 7 describes how to configure
your print server along with your operating system as follows:
Chapter 3: Network printing from Windows®: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
Chapter 4: Network printing from Windows®: NetBIOS Peer-to-Peer printing
Chapter 5: Internet printing for Windows®
Chapter 6: Network printing from Macintosh®
Chapter 7: Control panel setup

Brother HL-5250DN series Specifications

General

Interface	Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX
Connectivity Technology	Wired
Data Link Protocol	Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Ports Qty	1
Type	Print server
Product Type	Print server
Network Protocols	TCP/IP
Features	SNMP support
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3
Compatible Printers	Brother HL-5250DN
Operating Systems Supported	Linux