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Network features, Network printing, Network scanning – Brother MFC 7840W User Manual

Page 11: Network pc fax, Management utilities

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Introduction

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Network features

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Your Brother machine has the following basic network features.

Network printing

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The print server provides printing services for Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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and Windows Server

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2003 supporting the TCP/IP protocols and Macintosh

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(Mac OS

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X 10.2.4 or greater) supporting the TCP/IP

protocols.

Network scanning

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You can scan documents over the network to your computer (See Network Scanning in the Software User’s
Guide).

Network PC Fax

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You can directly send a PC file as a PC Fax over your network (See Brother PC-FAX Software for Windows

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and Sending a Fax for Macintosh

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in the Software User’s Guide for a complete description). Windows

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users

can also PC Fax receive (See PC-FAX receiving in the Software User’s Guide).

Management utilities

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BRAdmin Light

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BRAdmin Light is a utility for initial setup of Brother network connected devices. This utility can search for
Brother products on your network, view the status and configure basic network settings, such as IP address.
The BRAdmin Light utility is available for Windows

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2000/XP, Windows Vista

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and Windows Server

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2003

and Mac OS

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X 10.2.4 or greater computers. For installing BRAdmin Light on Windows

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, please see the

Quick Setup Guide provided with the machine. For Macintosh

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users, BRAdmin Light will be installed

automatically when you install the printer driver. If you have already installed the printer driver, you don’t have
to install it again.
For more information on BRAdmin Light, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com