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Brother MFC-8870DW User Manual

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Internet printing for Windows
®
Overview
Brother's Brother Internet Print (BIP) software, for Windows
®
98/Me and Windows NT
®
4.0, allows a PC user
at one location to send a print job to a Brother machine at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a
user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from their Microsoft Excel application program to
a printer in Paris.
Windows
®
2000/XP users can also use this BIP software, but are recommended to use the IPP protocol
support that is part of the Windows
®
2000/XP operating systems. Skip to the “Windows
®
2000 IPP Printing”
section of this document.
Quick Tips
1
Windows
®
2000/XP users can print using TCP/IP using the standard Network Printing software and IPP
protocol software built into any Windows
®
2000/XP installation.
2
Windows
®
98/Me users can send print jobs using the IPP protocol via a Windows
®
2000 computer,
provided that the Microsoft Internet Print Services software is installed on the client PC, Internet
Information Server (IIS) is installed and running on the server and that the client PC is using version 4
or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Brother Internet Print General Information
The BIP software is installed using a standard Windows
®
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
®
4.0 Installation
Wizard. It creates a virtual port on the Windows
®
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
®
4.0 PC that operates in
a similar way to the standard LPT1 printer port from the application program point of view. The user can use
the Windows
®
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
®
4.0 Print Manager to create a printer that uses this port
along with a standard Windows
®
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
®
4.0-compatible printer. Any Windows
®
98/Me/2000/XP and Windows NT
®
4.0 applications program can therefore print to this printer (and hence to
the virtual port) without modification or operational procedure.
When a job is printed to the BIP virtual port, it is actually MIME-encoded (converted to a standard Internet
E-mail message) and sent out to a Brother print server at the remote location. This means that BIP is
compatible with most common E-mail software packages. The only requirement is that the E-mail server be
capable of sending E-mail message over the Internet.
In more detail, the procedure works in the following way:
If you are connected to a Local Area Network, the E-mail message is passed to the E-mail server, which
in turn transmits the message out over the Internet using the SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transport
Protocol) to the remote print server.
If you are connecting via a modem directly to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), the ISP handles the
routing of the E-mail to the remote print server.
At the remote site, an E-mail server receives the E-mail message. The remote print server, which has its

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Brother MFC-8870DW Specifications

General IconGeneral
Duplex printingYes
Print technologyLaser
Maximum resolution1200 x 1200 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)8.5 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)28 ppm
Internal memory32 MB
Maximum internal memory544 MB
Sound power level (standby)30 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)55 dB
Maximum print size210 x 297 mm
Paper tray media typesBond paper, Plain paper, Pre-Printed, Recycled paper, Thin paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)A4, A5, A6
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
Scanner typeFlatbed scanner
Grayscale levels256
Input color depth48 bit
Optical scanning resolution600 x 2400 DPI
Maximum copy resolution1200 x 600 DPI
Maximum number of copies99 copies
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)28 cpm
Dimensions (WxDxH)531 x 450 x 475 mm
Networking features10/100 Base-TX, 802.11b/g Wireless
Wireless technology802.11b/g
All-in-one functionsFax, Scan
Standard media sizesA4, LTR, B5, A5, B6, A6, EXE
Color all-in-one functionsScan
Compatible operating systemsWindows 98 (SE) / Me / NT4.0 WS / 2000 / XP / Vista / 7. Mac OS 9.1-9.2 / OS X 10.2.4
FaxingMono faxing
Fax memory500 pages
Modem speed33.6 Kbit/s
Total input capacity250 sheets
Total output capacity150 sheets
Auto document feeder (ADF) input capacity50 sheets
Power consumption (off)17 W
Power consumption (average operating)1104, 85 W
Security featuresWEP, WPA-PSK, LEAP
Maximum duty cycle- pages per month
DisplayLCD
Product colorGray
Market positioningBusiness
Standard interfacesEthernet, Parallel, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN
Parallel ports quantity1
CertificationTCO99
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Depth450 mm
Width531 mm
Height475 mm

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