Network User's Guide

2 - 7 TCP/IP PRINTING
Windows NT
®
4.0 Printing
Adding a Second Brother LPR Port
You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Brother
LPR port. Instead, press the
Start
button, select
Settings
, and open
the
Printers
window. Click on the icon of the printer that you wish to
configure, select
File
from the menu bar, and then choose
Properties
. Click on the
Ports
tab and push the
Add Port
button. In
the
Printer Ports
dialog, highlight
Brother LPR Port
. Click the
New
Port
button and enter the port name. The default port name is BLP1.
If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if
you try to use it again, in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have
specified the port name, click the
OK
button. You will then see the
Port Settings
dialog.
Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click
OK
. And then click
Close
in the
Printer Ports
dialog. You should
now see the port that you have just created in the
Print to the
following port(s)
setting of the printer driver.
Other Sources of Information
To learn how to configure the IP address on your machine, see
Chapter 11 of this User’s Guide.