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Introduction

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Overview

The Brother machine can be shared on a 10/100 MB wired or IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet network using the internal network print server. The print server supports various functions and methods of connection depending on the operating system you are running on a network supporting TCP/IP. These functions include printing, scanning, PC-FAX send, PC-FAX receive, PhotoCapture Center™, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

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Operating Systems

Windows

®

2000

Windows

®

XP

Windows

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XP

Professional x64

Edition

Windows Vista

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Mac OS

®

X 10.2.4 or greater

10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet

(TCP/IP)

IEEE 802.11b/g wireless

Ethernet (TCP/IP)

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Printing

BRAdmin Light

BRAdmin Professional

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Web BRAdmin

2

Scanning

PC Fax Send

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PC Fax Receive

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Remote Setup

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Status Monitor

Driver Deployment Wizard r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r

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Not available for MFC-5490CN and MFC-5890CN.

BRAdmin Professional and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com.

Not available for DCP models.

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

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