Brother MFC-685CW - Manual (Page 114)

Troubleshooting
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Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
Windows Vista™ users:
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a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click
Change settings.
b When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
„ Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.
„ For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.
c
Click the General tab. Make sure that Off (not recommended) is selected.
d Click OK.
Note
After the Brother software package is installed, re-enable your Firewall.
„ For Macintosh ®
Re-select your machine in the Device Selector application located in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities or from the model pull-down list of ControlCenter2.
Network print software installation problems
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The Brother print server is not found during setup of the network print software installation or from
the printer driver of the Brother machine in Windows
®
.
The Brother print server is not found using the Simple Network Configuration capabilities of
Mac OS
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X.
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„ For a network with an Ethernet cable connection
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.
„ For a wireless network
Make sure you have completed the IP address setting and wireless network settings of the Brother print
server according to Chapter 3 of this User’s Guide before installing the network print software or printer
driver.
Check the following:
a
Make sure that the machine is powered on, is on-line and ready to print.
b
Check to see if the LCD momentarily displays LAN Active after being connected to the network.
The LCD displays LAN Active: The print server is connected to the network.
The LCD does not display LAN Active: The print server is not connected to the network.