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NETWORK USER’S GUIDE Multi-Protocol On-board Ethernet Multi-function Print Server MFC-7440N your networ k. You can v iew this ma nual in HTM L format from the CD-ROM at an y time, plea se keep the CD-ROM in a c onvenien t place for quick and easy re ference at all times.
i Definitions of notes We use the following icon throughout t his User’s Guide: Trademarks Brother and the Brother logo are registered trade ma rks and BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Profe ssional are trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
ii IMPORTANT NOTE Windows ® XP in this documen t represents Windows ® XP Professional, Windows ® XP Professional x64 Edition and Windo ws ® XP Home Editio n. Windows ® Server 2003 in this document represents Windows ® Server 2003 and Windows ® Server 2003 x64 Edition.
iii Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical and operational assista nce, you must call the country whe re you purchased the machine. Calls must be made from within that country. For Customer Service Service center locator (USA) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437).
iv Internet address Brother Global Web Site: http://www.brot her.com For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Product Support, Driver Updates and Utilities: http://solutions.brother.com Ordering accessori es and supplies In USA: 1-877-552-MALL (1-877-552-6255) 1-800-947-1445 (fax) http://www.
v Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 Overview ............... ............. ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ............. ............................. ....... 1 Network features ................ ...........
vi How to install the Driver Deployment Wizard soft ware ...... ................ ............. ............. ................ ........... .31 Using the Driver Deployment Wiza rd software ............... ............. ................ ............. ...
vii Web Based Management (web brow ser) troubleshooting (TCP/IP) ......... ................ ................ ......... 62 A Appendix A 63 Using services ............... ............. ................ ............. ............. ................ ......
1 1 1 Overview 1 The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 Mb wired Ethernet network using the internal network prin t server. The print server supports variou s function s and methods of connection depe nding on the operating system you are running on a network sup porting TCP/IP .
Introduction 2 1 Network features 1 Your Brother machine has the follo wing basic network features. Network print ing 1 The print server provides printing services for Windows ® 200 0/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® X 10.
Introduction 3 1 BRAdmin Professional (for Windows ® ) 1 BRAdmin Professional is a u tility for more advanc ed management of network connected Brother devices. This utility can search for Brother products o n your network, view the status and configure the net work settings from a comput er running Windows ® .
Introduction 4 1 Types of network connections 1 Network connection example 1 Generally there are two types of network connec tions: Peer-to-Peer and Network Shared environment. Peer-to-Peer printing using TCP/IP 1 In a Peer-to-Peer environment, each compute r directly sends and receives data to each device .
Introduction 5 1 Network Shared printing 1 In a Network Shared environment, e ach computer send s data via a centrally controlled computer. This type of computer is often called a “Server” or a “Print Server”. Its job is to control the printing of all print jobs.
Introduction 6 1 Protocols 1 TCP/IP protocols and funct ionalities 1 Protocols are the standardize d sets of rules f or transmi tting data on a ne twork. Protocols allow users to ga in access to network connected resources. The print server used on this Brother product supp orts the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol.
Introduction 7 1 IPP 1 The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP Version 1.0) allows you to print documents directly to any accessible printer via the internet. mDNS 1 mDNS allows the Brother print server to automatically config ure itself to work in a Mac OS ® X Simple Network Configured system.
Introduction 8 1 FTP 1 The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows the Brother machine to scan black and white or colo r documents directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or o n the internet. IPv6 1 This machine is compatible with IPv6, the next ge neration internet protocol.
9 2 2 Overview 2 Before using your Brother machine on your netwo rk, y ou must install the Brother software and also con figure the appropriate TCP/IP network settings o n the machine itself. To do this, we re commend that you use the Brother installer on the Brother CD-ROM as this will guide you through the software an d network inst allation.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 10 2 How the IP address is assi gned to your print server: 2 If you have a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server in your network (typically a UNIX ® /Linux or Windows ® 2000.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 11 2 Gateway (and router) 2 A gateway is a network point that acts as an entranc e to another network and s ends data transmitted via the network to an exact destination . The router knows wh ere to direct data that arrives at the gateway.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 12 2 Setting the IP address and subnet mask 2 Using the BRAd min Light utility to conf igu re your machine as a network printer 2 BRAdmin Light 2 The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for init ial setup of the Brother n etwork connected devices.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 13 2 c Double-click the unconfigured device. Note • If the print server is set to its factory default settings without using a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP server, the device will appear as Unconfigured in the BRAdmin Light utility screen .
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 14 2 Using the control panel to config ure your machine for a network 2 You can configure your machine for a network using the control panel LAN menu.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 15 2 Changing the print server settings 2 Using the BRAdmin Light utility to change the print server settings 2 a Start the BRAdmin Light utility. For Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 users Click Start / All Programs 1 / Brother / BRAdmin Light / BRAdmin Light .
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 16 2 Using the BRAdmin Professional utilit y to change print server settings (for Windows ® ) 2 Note • Please use the latest version of the BRAdmin Professi onal utilit y that is available as a down load from http://solutions.
Configuring your machine for a ne twork 17 2 Using Web Based Management (web browse r) to change the print/scan server settings 2 A standard web browser can be used to chang e your pr int server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
18 3 3 LAN menu 3 Before using your Brother product in a network env ironment, you need to configure the correct TCP/IP settings. In this chapter, you will learn how to configure th e network settings using the control panel, located on the front of the machine.
Control panel setup 19 3 f Enter how many times the machine tries to obtain the IP address. We recommend you to enter 3 or more. Press OK . g Press Stop/Exit .
Control panel setup 20 3 IP Address 3 This field displays the current IP ad dress of the machine. If yo u have chosen a BOOT Method of Static, enter the IP address that you wish to assig n to the machi ne (ch eck with your network administrator for the IP address to use).
Control panel setup 21 3 Gateway 3 This field displays the current ga teway or router add re ss used by the machine. If you are not using DHCP or BOOTP to obtain the gateway or router address, enter th e address you wish to assign. If you do not have a gateway or router, leave this fi eld blank.
Control panel setup 22 3 WINS Config 3 This selection controls how the mach ine obtains the IP address of the WINS server. a Press Menu . b Press a or b to choose LAN . Press OK . c Press a or b to choose T CP/IP . Press OK . d Press a or b to choose W INS Config .
Control panel setup 23 3 WINS Server 3 Primary WINS Server IP Address 3 This field specifies the IP address of the primary WINS (Windows ® Internet Naming Service) server. If set to a non-zero value, the machine will contact this server to register its name with the Windows ® Internet Name Service.
Control panel setup 24 3 DNS Server 3 Primary DNS Serv er IP Address 3 This field specifies the IP address of the p rimary DNS (Domain Name System) serve r. Secondary DNS Server IP Address 3 This field specifies the IP address of the seco ndary DN S server.
Control panel setup 25 3 APIPA 3 The setting of On will cause the print server to automat ically allocate a Link-Local IP address in the range (169.254.1.0 - 169.254.254.255) when the print server cannot ob tain an IP address through the BOOT Method you have set (see BOOT Method on page 18).
Control panel setup 26 3 You can fix the server link mode to 100BASE-TX Full Duplex (100B-FD) or Half Duplex (100B-HD) and 10BASE-T Full Duplex (10B-FD) or Half Duplex (10B-HD) . This change is valid after the print server has been reset (default is Auto ).
Control panel setup 27 3 Restoring the network settings to factory default 3 If you wish to reset the print server back to its defa ult factory settings (resetting all information such as the password and IP address informat ion), please follow the se steps: Note This function restores all network settin gs to the factory default.
Control panel setup 28 3 Printing the Network Configuration List 3 Note Node name: Node name appears in the Network Configuration List. The de fault node name is “BRNxxxxxxxxxx xx”. The Network Configuration List prints a report listing all the current network conf iguration including the network print server settings.
29 4 4 Overview 4 The Driver Deployment Wizard software can be used to ease the installation or even automate the installation of a locally connected or network connected printer.
Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows ® only) 30 4 Network Shared 4 The device is connected to a network and a cent ral print queue is used to manage all p rint jobs.
Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows ® only) 31 4 How to install the Driver Deployment Wizard software 4 a Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the mo del name screen appears, cho ose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.
Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows ® only) 32 4 Using the Driver Deployment Wizard software 4 a When you run the Wizard for the fir st time you will see a welcome screen. Click Next . b Choose MFC , and then click Next . c Choose your connection type to the p rinter that you want to print to.
Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows ® only) 33 4 e Choose the printer driver if you wish to install. If the printer driver you wish to use is installed o n your computer: Check the box of Currently installed drivers and choose the printer you wish to install, and then click Next .
Driver Deployment Wizard (Windows ® only) 34 4 Note • If you work in a "queue" based network and you create a n executable file for anot her user who does not have access to the same printer queue t hat you define into the executable file, the driver when installed on the remote computer will defau lt to LPT1 printing.
35 5 5 Overview 5 To connect your printer to your network, you need to follow the steps in the Quick Setup Guide. We recommend that you use the Broth er installer applicat ion on the CD-ROM wh ich we have provided with th e printer.
Network printing from W indows ® : basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 36 5 Configuring the standard TCP/IP port 5 Printer driver not yet installed 5 a Put the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If the mo del name screen appears, cho ose your machine.
Network printing from W indows ® : basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing 37 5 Other sources of information 5 See Configuring your machine for a network on page 9 to learn how to configure the IP address of the printer.
38 6 6 Overview 6 Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 users can print using TCP/IP and the standard Network Printing IPP protocol software built into Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 installation.
Internet printing for Windows ® 39 6 IPP printing for Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 6 Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows ® 200 0/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 .
Internet printing for Windows ® 40 6 g If your printer is not in the list of supported pr inters, click Have Disk . You will then be asked to insert the driver disk. h Click Browse and choose the appropria te Brother printer driver that is contained in the CD-ROM or in the network share.
Internet printing for Windows ® 41 6 For Windows ® 2000/XP and Windows Serv er ® 2003 6 a For Windows ® XP and Windows Server ® 2003: Click the Start button and choo se Printers and Faxes . For Windows ® 2000: Click the Start button and choo se Settings and then Printers .
Internet printing for Windows ® 42 6 g When you click Next , W indows ® 2000/XP and Windows Serve r ® 2003 will make a connection with the URL that you specified. If the printer driver has already been insta lled: 1 You will see the printer selection screen in th e Add Printer Wizard .
Internet printing for Windows ® 43 6 Specifying a different URL 6 Please note that there are several possible en tries that you can enter for the URL field. http://printer’s IP address:631/ipp This is the default URL and we recommend that you use this URL.
44 7 7 Overview 7 This chapter explains how to print from a Macintosh ® on a network using the Simple Network Co nfiguration capabilities on Mac OS ® X 10.2.4 o r greater. Printing from a Macintosh ® using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities 7 With the release of Mac OS ® X 10.
Network printing from Maci ntosh ® 45 7 e Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (XXXX is your model name), and then click Add . f From the Default Printer pull-down list choose your model to set as the default print er. The printer is now ready. For Mac OS ® X 10.
Network printing from Maci ntosh ® 46 7 f (For Mac OS ® X 10.2.4 to 10.3.x) Make the following selection. g Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (XXXX is your model name), and then click Add .
Network printing from Maci ntosh ® 47 7 (Mac OS ® X 10.2.x) 7 h Click the printer, then click Make Default to set the printer as the default printer. The printer is now ready. Other sources of information 7 For how to configure the I P address of the printer, see Configuring your machine for a network on page 9.
48 8 8 Overview 8 A standard Web Browser can be used to mana ge your machine using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). You can get the following informatio n fr om a machine on your network using a web browser .
Web Based Management 49 8 How to configure the print ser ver settings using Web Based Management (web browser) 8 A standard web browser can be used to chang e your pr int server settings using the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Note To use a web browser, you will need to know the IP address or node name of the prin t server.
Web Based Management 50 8 Password information 8 Web Based Management offers two levels of passw ord access. Users ar e able to access to the Gene ral Setup , Fax Sett ings and Copy Settings . The default user name for User is “ user ” (case sen sitive) and the default password is “ access ”.
51 9 9 Overview 9 This chapter explains the security features supported by your Brother mach ine and how to configure them. You can also learn how to manage your network p rinter securely. Security methods for E-mail notification 9 The Brother print server supports the followin g security methods for E-mail notification.
Security features 52 9 Using E-mail notification wi th user authen tication 9 To use the E-mail notification function via secure SMTP server that requires a user authe ntication, you need to use POP before SMTP or SMTP-AUTH method. These methods prevent an unauthorized user from accessing the mail server.
Security features 53 9 g You can configure the POP3/S MTP settings on this page. Note • You can also change the SMTP port nu mber using Web Based Management. This is useful if your ISP (Internet Service Provider) implements the “Outbou nd Port 25 Blocking (OP25B)” service, an d you are not using the ISP’s SMTP server.
Security features 54 9 Managing your network printer securely using BRAdmin Professional (for Windows ® ) 9 To use the BRAdmin Professional utilit y secure ly, you need to follow the points below.
55 10 10 Overview 10 This chapter explains how to resolve typical network problems you may e ncounter when u sing the machine. If, after reading this chapter, you are unab le to resolve your problem, please visit the Br other Solutions Center at: http://solutions.
Troubleshooting 56 10 Windows Vista ® users: 10 a Click the Sta rt button, Cont rol Panel , Network and Internet , Windows Firewall and click Change settings . b When the User Account Contro l screen appears, do the following. Users who have administrator rights: Click Co ntinue .
Troubleshooting 57 10 c Print the Network Configurat ion List and check if the settin gs such as IP address settings are correct for your network. The problem may be the result of a mism atched or duplicate IP address.
Troubleshooting 58 10 Verify that the IP address is correctly loaded into the print server, and make sure that no other nodes on the network have this IP address. For information on how to print the Network Configuration List, see Printing the Network Configuration List on pa ge 28.
Troubleshooting 59 10 Error during printing 10 If you try to print while other users are printing large amounts of data (e.g. many pages or pages with a large amount of graphics at high resolu tion), the printer is unable to accept your print job until the ongoing printing is finished.
Troubleshooting 60 10 Scanning and PC Fax problems 10 The network scanning feature does not work in Wi ndows ® The network PC Fax feature does not work in Windows ® 10 Firewall settings on your PC may be rejecting the nec essary network conn ection.
Troubleshooting 61 10 i Make sure if the new setting is added an d is checked, and then click OK . Note After the Brother software package is in stalled, enable your Firewa ll again. Windows Vista ® users: 10 a Click the Start button, Control Panel , Network a nd Internet , Windows Firewall and click Change settings .
Troubleshooting 62 10 Protocol-specific troubleshooting 10 Windows ® 2000/XP, Windows Vista ® and Windows Server ® 2003 IPP troubleshooting 10 I want to use a different Port number other than 631. 10 If you are using Port 631 for IPP printing, you may find that your firewall may not let the print data through.
63 A A Using services A A service is a resource t hat can be accessed by comp uters that wish to print to the Brother print server. The Brother print server provides the following predef ined services.
Appendix A 64 A Using BOOTP to config ure the IP address A BOOTP is an alternative to RARP that has the adva nt age of allowing configuration o f the subnet mask and gateway.
Appendix A 65 A Using RARP to config ure the IP address A The Brother print server’s IP address can be configured u s ing the Reverse ARP (RARP) fa cility on your host computer.
Appendix A 66 A Windows ® systems Windows ® systems require the dash “-” character bet ween each digit of the Ethernet address (MAC address).
Appendix A 67 A If you do not have any subnets, use one of the following default subnet masks: 255.0.0.0 for class A networks 255.255.0.0 for class B networks 255.255.255.0 for class C networks The leftmost group of digits in your IP address can identify the type of network you have .
Appendix A 68 A Installation when using web services (For Windows Vista ® users) A Note Verify the host computer and prin t server are either on th e same subnet, or that the router is properly configured to pass data betwe en the two devices. a Click Start , then choose Network .
Appendix A 69 A Installation when using a Ne twork Print Queue or Share (printer driver only) A Note If you are going to connect to a shared printer on your network, we recommend that you ask your system administrator about the queue or share name for the printer prior to in stallation.
70 B B Print server specifications B Ethernet wired network B 1 PC Fax Send for Mac ® 2 Printing only for Windows Server ® 2003 3 BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.
Appendix B 71 B Function table and default factory settings B The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk. Main menu Submenu Menu select ions Options Page 4.
Appendix B 72 B 1 On connection to the network, the machine wi ll automatically set the IP address and S ubnet Mask to values appr opriate for your network. 4.LAN 1.TCP/IP (continued) 0.IPv6 On Off * 25 2.Ethernet Auto * 100B-FD 100B-HD 10B-FD 10B-HD 25 3.
Appendix B 73 B Entering Text B When setting certain menu selections, such as the Statio n ID, you will ne ed to type text characters. The dial pad keys have letters printed on them. The keys: 0 , # and l do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters.
Index 74 C C A Accessories and supplies ....................... ............. .......iv APIPA .............. ............. ............. ................ .... 6 , 25 , 65 APOP ............... ............. ................ ............. ............. .
Index 75 C T TCP/IP ............. ................ ............. ............. ........... 6 , 18 TCP/IP printing .............. ............. ............. ................ .. 35 TELNET ........... ................ ............. ............. .......
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