Network print software installation problems

The Brother print server is not found during the setup of the network print software or from the installation of the Brother printer driver.

Make sure you have completed the IP address setting of the Brother print server according to Chapter 2 of this User’s Guide before installing the network print software or printer driver.

Check the following:

Make sure that the printer is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.

For wired network users:

Check to see if there is any LED activity. Brother print servers have two LEDs on the back panel of the printer. The lower green LED shows Link/Activity (Received/Transmit) status. The upper orange LED shows Speed status.

•	No light: If the lower LED is off, then the print server is not connected to the network.
•	The lower LED is green: The Link/Activity LED will be green if the print server is connected to a Ethernet network.
•	The upper LED is orange: The Speed LED will be orange if the print server is connected to a 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet network.
•	The upper LED is off: The Speed LED will be off if the print server is connected to a 10BASE-T Ethernet network.

Print the Printer Settings Page and check if the settings such as IP address settings are correct for your network. The problem may be the result of a mismatched or duplicate IP address. 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 Printer Settings Page, see Printing the Printer Settings Page.

Verify that the print server is on your network as follows:

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For Windows^®

Try pinging the print server from the host operating system command prompt with the command:

ping ipaddress

Where ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to two minutes for the print server to load its IP address after setting the IP address).

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For Macintosh^®

(1)	From the Go menu, select Applications.
(2)	Open the Utilities folder.
(3)	Double click the Terminal icon.
(4)	Try pinging the print server from the Terminal window: ping ipaddress Where ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can take up to two minutes for the print server to load its IP address after setting the IP address).

If you have tried 1 to 4 above and it does not work, then reset the print server back to the default factory settings and try from the initial setup again. For information on how to reset to the default factory settings, see Restoring the network settings to factory default.

(For Windows^®) If the installation failed, the Firewall on your computer may be blocking the necessary network connection to the printer. In this case, you will need to disable the Firewall on your computer and re-install the drivers. After you re-install the drivers verify you can print and then turn your Firewall back on. For information on how to disable the Firewall, see For Windows^®.

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