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Overview

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Your 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, Remote Setup and Status Monitor. The
following chart shows what network features and connections are supported by each operating system.

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Only the MFC-8690DW and MFC-8890DW have IEEE 802.11b/802.11g wireless Ethernet (TCP/IP) available.

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BRAdmin Professional 3 and Web BRAdmin are available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.

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Available when using BRAdmin Professional 3 or Web BRAdmin with devices that are connected to your client PC via the USB or parallel interface.

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Not available for DCP-8080DN and DCP-8085DN

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

Introduction

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Operating Systems

Windows

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2000/XP

Windows

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XP

Professional x64
Edition

Windows Vista

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Windows Server

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2003/2008

Windows Server

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2003

x64 Edition

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or
greater

10/100BASE-TX wired Ethernet
(TCP/IP)

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r

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IEEE 802.11b/g wireless
Ethernet (TCP/IP)

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r

r

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Printing

r

r

r

BRAdmin Light

r

r

r

BRAdmin Professional 3

2

r

r

Web BRAdmin

2

r

r

BRPrint Auditor

3

r

r

Web Based Management
(web browser)

r

r

r

Internet Printing (IPP)

r

r

Scanning

r

r

PC Fax Send

4

r

r

PC Pax Receive

4

r

Remote Setup

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r

r

Status Monitor

r

r

Driver Deployment Wizard

r

r

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