Network User's Guide

Table Of Contents
13 - 7 TROUBLESHOOTING
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If you are using Sun Solaris V2.4 or earlier, there is a bug which
causes long print jobs to fail when using a Printer/Fax server. If
you are having trouble printing long jobs (over 1MB), add the
line mx#0 to your
etc/printcap
file entry.
10
If you cannot print from DEC TCP/IP Service for VMS (UCX),
make sure that you have version 2.0B or later of this software,
because earlier versions will not work with Brother Print/Fax
servers.
Windows NT
®
4.0/LAN Server (TCP/IP)
Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble printing with Windows NT
®
4.0 or LAN
Server, check the following:
1
Make sure that TCP/IP and TCP/IP print service are installed
and running on the Windows NT
®
4.0 system or the LAN Server
file server.
2
If you are using DHCP and you have not created a reservation
for the Print/Fax server, make sure that you enter the NetBIOS
name of the Print/Fax server in the
Name or address of server
providing lpd
box.
Windows
®
95/98/Me Peer to Peer Print
(LPR) Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble printing on a Windows
®
95/98/Me Peer-to-
Peer network (LPR method), check the following:
1
Make sure that the Brother LPR Port driver is correctly installed
and configured according to the Windows
®
95/98/Me Peer-to-
Peer chapters.
2
Try to turn the
Byte Coun
t on in the
Configure port
area of
printer driver properties.
You may find that during the installation of BLP software, the screen
that prompts you for a Port name is not displayed. This may happen
on some Windows
®
95/98/Me computers. Press the ALT and TAB
keys to make it appear.