beautypg.com

For windows® 2000/xp and windows server® 2003/2008 – Brother PT-9800PCN User Manual

Page 22

background image

Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

17

3

For Windows

®

2000/XP and Windows Server

®

2003

3

a

For Windows

®

XP and Windows Server

®

2003: Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes.

For Windows

®

2000: Click the Start button, choose Settings and then Printers.

b

For Windows

®

XP and Windows Server

®

2003: Click Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard.

For Windows

®

2000: Double click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard.

c

Click Next when you see the Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard screen.

d

Choose Local printer and deselect the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer
option, then click Next.

e

You must now choose the correct Network printing port. Choose Create a new port and choose
Standard TCP/IP Port from the pull-down window, then click Next.

f

The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard will now appear. Click Next.

g

Enter the IP address, or the print server name you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter
the Port name information for you, then click Next.

h

Windows

®

2000/XP and Windows Server

®

2003 will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did

not specify the correct IP address or name then an error dialog will appear.

i

Click Finish to complete the Wizard.

j

Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Choose
the appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer
on CD-ROM then choose the Have Disk option to browse to the CD-ROM.

k

For example, choose the “X:\your language\Drivers\PT-9800PCN\x86 or x64\Driver\i386 or x64” folder
(where X is your drive letter.). Click Open, and then OK. Choose your printer model, then click Next.

l

Specify a name and click Next.

m

Continue through the Wizard clicking Finish when complete.