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Associating to the printer, Associating to the printer -4 – Brother NC-7100W User Manual

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PEER TO PEER PRINTING 3 - 4

8

Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your
computer.

Associating to the Printer

You must now create a printer on your Windows

®

system using the

standard Windows

®

printer setup procedure.

1

To do this, go the Start button, select Settings and then
Printers.

2

Select Add Printer to begin the printer installation.

3

Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window.

4

Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are
connected to your computer, and then click Next.

5

Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done.

6

If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used,
you have the option of either keeping the existing driver
(recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and
click Next.

7

Select the Brother LPR port (the port name you assigned in step
6 of the “Installing the Brother Peer to Peer Software” section)
and click Next.

8

Enter any desired name for the Brother printer and click Next.
For example, you could call the printer "Networked Brother
Printer".

9

Windows

®

will now ask you if you wish to print out a test page,

select Yes and then select Finish.

Windows

®

95/98/Me store the hosts file in the default

Windows

®

directory. By default, the Windows

®

hosts file is

called

hosts.sam

. If you wish to use the hosts file you must

rename the file to

hosts

with no extension. The .sam

extension stands for sample.