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For Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Server® 2003

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For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003:
Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes.
For Windows®2000:
Click the Start button and choose Settings and then Printers.
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For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003:
Click Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard.
For Windows® 2000:
Double-click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard.
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Click Next when you see the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard screen.
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Choose Network Printer.
For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003:
Choose A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.
For Windows® 2000:
Choose Network Printer.
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Click Next.
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For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003:
Choose Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network and then enter the following in the URL field:
http://printer's IP address:631/ipp
(where “printer's IP address” is the printer's IP address or the node name.)
For Windows® 2000:
Choose Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet and then enter the following in the URL field:
http://printer's IP address:631/ipp
(Where “printer's IP address” is the printer's IP address or the node name).
Note Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System (DNS), you can also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen on the Network Configuration page. To learn how to print the Network Configuration page, see Printing the Network Configuration page. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network.
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When you click Next, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Server® 2003 will make a connection with the URL that you specified.
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If the printer driver has already been installed:
If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your computer, Windows® 2000/XP and Windows Server® 2003 will automatically use that driver. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver the default printer, after which the Driver installation wizard will complete. You are now ready to print.
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If the printer driver has NOT been installed:
One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the printer automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows® 2000 about the type of printer driver to be used.
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The driver installation starts automatically.
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If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message. Click Continue Anyway1 to continue with the installation.
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Yes for Windows® 2000 users
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Click OK when you see the Insert Disk screen.
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Click Browse... and choose the appropriate Brother printer driver that is contained in the CD‑ROM or in the network share. Click Open.
For example, choose the “X:\\install\your language\PCL\win2kxpvista1” folder (where X is your drive letter). Click Open.
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win2kxpvista folder for 32-bit OS users and winxpx64vista64 folder for 64-bit OS users
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Click OK.
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Check Yes if you want to use this printer as the default printer. Click Next.
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Click Finish and the printer is now configured and ready to print. To test the printer connection, print a test page.
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