1 Introduction

Overview

The Brother printer can be shared on a 10/100Mb wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless (HL-4070CDW only) Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server provides printing services for Windows^® 2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista™, Windows Server^® 2003/ 2003 x64 Edition supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh OS^® X 10.2.4 or greater supporting TCP/IP. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

Operating Systems	10/100 BASE-TX Wired Ethernet (TCP/IP)	IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP)¹	Printing	BRAdmin Light	BRAdmin Professional²	Internet Printing (IPP)	Status Monitor	Driver Deployment Wizard
Windows^® 2000/XP
Windows^® XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Vista™
Windows Server^® 2003
Server^® 2003 x64 Edition
Mac OS^® X 10.2.4 or greater

¹	IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) is available HL-4070CDW only.
²	BRAdmin Professional is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com

To use the Brother printer through a network, you need to configure the print server, and set up the computers you use.

For Wireless Users (HL-4070CDW only):

To achieve optimum results with normal everyday document printing, place the Brother printer as close to the network access point (router) as possible with minimal obstructions. Large objects and walls between the two devices as well as interference from other electronic devices can affect the data transfer speed of your documents.

Due to these factors, wireless may not be the best method of connection for all types of documents and applications. If you are printing large files, such as photos or multi-page documents with mixed text and large graphics, you may want to consider choosing wired Ethernet for a faster data transfer, or USB for the fastest throughput speed.

Although Brother HL-4070CDW can be used in a both wired and wireless network, only either one of the connection methods can be used at a time.

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