Network User's Guide

4 - 7 NETBIOS PEER TO PEER PRINTING
7
If you have selected a printer driver that is already used, you
have the option of either keeping the existing driver
(recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and
press
Next
.
8
Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and press
Next
.
For example, you could call the printer “Networked Brother
Printer”.
9
Select
Not Shared
or
Shared
and
Share Name
and press
Next
.
10
Windows
®
will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page,
select
Yes
and then select
Finish
.
You are now ready to print. If necessary, you can share the printer
on your PC so that all print jobs are routed through your computer.
Adding a Second NetBIOS Print Port
1
You do not need to re-run the installation program to add a new
NetBIOS 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
.
Windows
®
95/98/Me
2
Click on the
Details
tab and push the
Add Port
button. In the
Add Port
dialog, select the
Other
radio button and then
highlight
Brother NetBIOS port
. Click
OK
and enter the port
name. The default port name is BNT1. If you have already used
this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again,
in which case use BNT2, etc... Once you have specified the port
name, click the
OK
button. You will then see the
Port
Properties Dialog
. Enter the Print/Fax server and port name of
the printer that you wish to print to and click
OK
. You should now
see the port that you have just created in the
Print to the
following port
setting of the printer driver.