Brady Network Cards Supported Networks Brady Network Cards Supported Networks LED Light LED Light The changing colors of the LED light on the Brady Network Card signifies the following: Color Solid Green Blinking Orange Blinking Green Solid Red Blinking Red Status Card is functioning normally, status is OK. The firmware is corrupted and it needs to be upgraded.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card Installing a Brady Network Card If your Brady printer is equipped with a Brady Network Card (Ethernet), you can configure the printer to run as a local printer (physically attached to your PC via a USB cable) and as a network (shared) printer through Ethernet. To establish the printer as a network printer, you must configure the Brady Network Card to recognize and work with your networks.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card Install Ethernet (first time) Use this installation process: • if you have just purchased the printer and are setting it up for the first time. • if you intend to send print jobs to the printer from a PC using Ethernet or over a LAN network. To activate the Ethernet connection: 1. Make sure your printer and your PC are not connected with a USB cable. 2. Insert the Brady Printer Drivers CD into your computer CD drive.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 5. If your printer and PC are still connected with a USB cable, disconnect it now, then click Next. 6. Click First time install for network driver (default), then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 7. Verify that your printer printer is powered on and the Brady Network Card LED is solid green. 8. Connect the printer to your PC with a USB cable. 9. If the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, continue with the next step, otherwise skip to Step 16. 10. Click Yes, now and every time I connect a device radio button, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 11. Click the radio button Install software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. 12. When the installation is complete, click Finish to close the wizard, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 13. Click the radio button for Ethernet, then click Next. 14. In the Printer Description field, enter an easy-to-identify name/description for this network connection. You can use any alphanumeric characters. 15. In the Network Address Type field, choose the default DHCP protocol. Note: If you choose Static, you must enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway fields. 16. Click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 17. Verify that your printer and PC are connected to the same network, then click Next. Note: To verify that your printer and PC are on the same network, see the connection guidelines shown below. Figure 3.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 18. When the Ethernet connection is successful, the Bonjour Printer Wizard launches automatically. Click Next. Note: The Bonjour program is designed to establish and monitor network printers. The Bonjour Printer Wizard establishes your Brady printer as a network printer. 19. Read the Apple End User License Agreement, then click I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to continue.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 20. Click the assigned network printer name, then click Next. Note: For easier identification, the name or description you assigned in Step 14. displays in the lower left corner of the screen. 21. In the Manufacturer field, click Brady (the manufacturers are listed in alphabetical order). 22. In the Model field, click the printer to install, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 23. When the Bonjour Printer wizard completes, click Finish. 24. When the Brady Printer Installation is completed click Finish to exit the wizard.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card Install Additional PC’s using Brady Network Card Utility Use this installation process if your printer has been configured previously but you now want to use another PC to send print jobs to the printer. Note: Your additional PC must be on the same network as the printer. If not, it will not be detected during installation. Once the Brady Network Card has been configured for Ethernet, you can install those network drivers on additional PC’s. 1.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 4. Verify that the printer is powered on and the Brady Network Card is functioning properly (green light is on), then click Next. The Bonjour wizard lauches automatically. Note: The Bonjour program is designed to establish and monitor network printers. The Bonjour Printer Wizard establishes your Brady printer as a network printer. 5. Click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 6. Read the Apple End User License Agreement, then click I accept the terms in the license agreement. 7. Click Next to continue. 8. Click the assigned network printer name. Note: For easier identification, the name or description you assigned previously displays in the lower left corner of the screen. 9. Click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 10. In the Manufacturer field, click Brady (the manufacturers are listed in alphabetical order). 11. In the Model field, click the printer to install, then click Next. 12. If Brady cannot be found in the Manufacturer field, click Have Disk.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 13. Browse the supplied CD and locate the .INF file for your printer model. The example screen shows the .inf file for installing a BBP33 printer. Example 14. When the Bonjour Printer wizard completes, click Finish. 15. When the Brady Printer Installation is completed, click Finish to exit the wizard.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card Install USB Driver (only) Use this installation process if you intend to send print jobs to the printer from a PC using USB cable only. This procedure installs the printer driver for your Brady printer and installs the Brady Network Card (BNC) configuration utility. To install the printer driver and the BNC Configuration Utility: 1. Make sure your printer and your PC are not connected with a USB cable. 2.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 5. If your printer and PC are still connected with a USB cable, disconnect it now, then click Next. 6. Click the radio button to Install USB Driver Only, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 7. Connect the printer to your PC with a USB cable. 8. If the Found New Hardware Wizard displays, continue with the next step, otherwise skip to Step 10. 9. Click the radio button Yes, now and every time I connect a device, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 10. Click the radio button Install software automatically (Recommended), then click Next. 11. When the install is complete, click Finish to close the wizard, then click Next.
Brady Network Cards Installing a Brady Network Card 12. When the Brady Network Card Configuration Utility and USB Driver are successfully installed, click Finish.
