Brother Print Server Nc 8100h User Guide

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           version B 
 
 
 
 
Multi-P rotocol Print /  Fax Se rver  
  
 
NC-8100h  
 
 
USER’S GUIDE  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
Please read this manual thoroughly before using the printer. You can print or view this manual 
from the CD-ROM (supplied with your FAX/MFC) at any time, please keep the CD-ROM in a 
convenient place for quick and easy reference at all times. 
  
						

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Trademarks 
 
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. 
 
HP, HP/UX, JetDirect and JetAdmin are trademarks of Hewllet-Packard Company. 
UNIX is a trademarks of UNIX Systems Laboratories. 
Ethernet is trademark of Xerox Corporation. 
Postscript is trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 
NetWare is a trademark of Novell, Inc. 
Apple, Macintosh, LaserWriter, and AppleTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. 
IBM, LAN Server, and AIX are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 
LAN Manager, Windows, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 
NC-8100h and BRAdmin are trademarks of Brother Industries Ltd. 
 
All other brand and product names mentioned in this user’s guide are registered trademarks or 
trademarks of respective companies.  
 
 
Compilation and Publication 
 
Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and 
published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications.  
 
The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change 
without notice. 
 
Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials 
contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) 
caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and 
other errors relating to the publication. 
 
©2002 Brother Industries Ltd.  
 
Shipment of the print server 
If for any reason you must ship your print server, carefully package the print server to avoid any 
damage during transit. It is recommended that you save and use the original packaging. The print 
server should also be adequately insured with the carrier. 
 
WARNING 
When shipping the print server, put it into the anti-static bag to avoid damage.  
						

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Multi- Pro to co l P rin t /  Fax S erve r 
NC-8100h  
USER’S GUIDE  
 
For technical and operational assistance, please visit the Brother web site on  http://solutions.brother.com
 
 
If you have comments or suggestions, please write us at:  
 
In Europe     European Technical Services 
    1 Tame Street 
    Audenshaw 
    Manchester, M34 5JE 
    UK 
  
In USA      Printer Customer Support 
    Brother International Corporation 
    100 Somerset Corporate Blvd. 
    Bridgewater, NJ 08807 
 
In CANADA    Brother International Corporation (Canada), Ltd. 
    - Marketing Dept. 
        1, rue Hôtel de Ville 
        Dollard-des-Ormeaux, PQ, Canada H9B 3H6   Brother fax-back system (USA Only) 
Brother Customer Service has installed an easy to use fax-back system so you can get instant answers to 
common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. This is available 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week. You can use the system to send the information to any fax machine, not just the one 
you are calling from. 
Please call 1-800-521-2846 and follow the voice prompts to receive faxed instructions on how to use the 
system and your index of fax-back subjects.  DEALERS/SERVICE CENTERS (USA only) 
For the name of an authorized dealer or service center, call 1-800-284-4357.  SERVICE CENTERS (Canada only) 
For service center addresses in Canada, call 1-877-BROTHER  
 
INTERNET ADDRESS 
For technical questions and downloading drivers:  http://solutions.brother.com    
						

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Introduction 
 
 
 
Overview 
 
The Brother NC-8100h Print / Fax Server allows your Brother FAX/MFC to be 
attached and shared on a 10/100Mbit Ethernet Network. Web Based Management 
and Administration utilities provide easy configuration and management of your 
Brother FAX/MFC. Once installed and configured, the NC-8100h allows your 
FAX/MFC machine to FAX documents over the Internet; print and scan documents 
over a network. The NC-8100h is even supplied with Brother’s Peer to Peer printing 
software allowing you to easily share the machine as a small department printer. 
Features 
Internet Fax 
The Brother FAX/MFC can be assigned an E-mail address allowing you to send, 
receive and forward documents on a Local Area Network and the Internet to PC’s or 
other Internet Fax machines. 
 
Network Printing 
The Print / Fax server can be utilized as a print server providing printing services for 
the Windows
 95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0/2000/XP, Unix Systems supporting the 
TCP/IP protocols, Novell Operating Systems supporting IPX/SPX and Macintosh 
Networks supporting AppleTalk.  
 
Network Scanning 
You can scan documents into the Brother FAX/MFC and then E-mail them to your 
PC for editing in Black & White or Color. 
 
Management Utilities 
The Web Based Management and BRAdmin Professional utilities provide powerful 
easy to use management of Fax, network and E-mail settings. 
  
						

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
Overvi ew  ........................................................................\
.............................................. .....................  i v  
Features  ........................................................................\
.............................................. .......................  i v  
I M PO RTANT  INFOR MAT ION: R EGU LAT ION S....................................................................... .xiii 
Federal  Communications  C ommi ssion (F CC) Declaration of  Conformity  ( For U.S.A. only)  .......  x iii  
Declaration of  Conformity (Europe)  ........................................................................\
.................... ...  x iv  
CHAPTER ONE   TCP/IP Con figuration    Assigning  TCP/IP In formatio n......  1-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................1-1  
U sing the  FAX/ MFC f ront panel to allocate an  IP add re ss ........................................................... .1-2  
U sing  BRAdmin and the  T C P/ IP P rotocol to  set the  IP add re ss  .................................................. .1-2  
U sing  BRAdmin and the  IP X/SPX P rotocol to  set the  IP  add re ss ................................................ .1-3  
Changing the  IP  Add re ss u sing the  BRAdmin application  ........................................................... .1-4  
U sing DHCP to Con figu re the  IP add re ss........................................................................\
............... .1 -5  
U sing  ARP to Con figu re the Print /  Fax  se rv er  IP  Add re ss ........................................................... .1-6  
U sing RARP to Con figu re the  IP  Add re ss  ........................................................................\
.............. .1 -7  
U sing  BO OTP to Con figu re the  IP  Add re ss  ........................................................................\
........... .1-8  
Changing the  IP  Add re ss s ettings  with the  T EL N ET Con sol e...................................................... .1-9  
CHAPTER  TW O  F ront  Panel Setup Menu  ........................................................  2-1  
LAN  Main Setup  Men u........................................................................\
................................... ......... .2-1  
1-Setup  TC P/ IP ........................................................................\
......................................... .................2-1 
1- BO OT METHO D........................................................................\
......................................... ....... .2-1  
2-IP ADD RESS  ........................................................................\
.......................................... ............ .2-3  
3-SU BN ET MAS K........................................................................\
......................................... ........ .2-4  
4-G ATE WAY ........................................................................\
............................................. ............. .2-4  
5-HOST  NA M E........................................................................\
........................................... ........... .2-5  
6- W INS  Con figuration  ........................................................................\
.................................. ......... .2-5  
7- W INS SE RV ER ........................................................................\
......................................... .......... .2-5  
8-DNS SE RV ER ........................................................................\
.......................................... ........... .2-6  
2-Setup  In te rn et ........................................................................\
...................................... .................. .2-6  
1-MAIL ADD RES S........................................................................\
........................................ ........ .2-6  
2-SMTP SE RV ER  ........................................................................\
......................................... ......... .2-8  
3-POP3 SE RV ER ........................................................................\
......................................... ........... .2-8  
4-MAIL BO X  NA M E........................................................................\
........................................ ...... .2-8  
5-MAIL BO X P WD.......................................................................\
.......................................... ........ .2-9  
3-Setup  Mail RX  ........................................................................\
....................................... ................ .2-9 
1- AU TO  POLLIN G........................................................................\
........................................ ........ .2-9  
2-POLL F REQ UEN CY ........................................................................\
...................................... .... .2-9  
3-HEADE R........................................................................\
............................................... ...............2-9   
						

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4-DEL E RRO R MAI L........................................................................\
...................................... .... .2-10 
5-N OTIFI CATION  ........................................................................\
......................................... .......2-10 
4-Setup  Mail  TX ........................................................................\
....................................... ............... .2-10 
1-SENDER  SU BJE C T.......................................................................\
....................................... .... .2-10 
2-SIZE LIMIT  ........................................................................\
.......................................... ............ .2-11 
3-N OTIFI CATION  ........................................................................\
......................................... .......2-11 
5-Setup Relay  ........................................................................\
......................................... ................. .2-12 
1- RLY  BRO AD CAST.....................................................................\
.......................................... .... .2-12 
2- REL AY DOMAI N........................................................................\
........................................ ..... .2-12 
3- REL AY  REPO RT ........................................................................\
........................................ ...... .2-12 
6-Setup  Mis c .........................................................................\
......................................... .................. .2-13 
1-NET WARE ........................................................................\
............................................. ........... .2-13 
2-NET F RAME  ........................................................................\
........................................... ......... .2-13  
3-APPLE TALK  ........................................................................\
........................................... ......... .2-13 
4-DL C/LL C........................................................................\
............................................. ............. .2-13 
5-NET BIOS/IP  ........................................................................\
.......................................... ........... .2-14 
6-ETHE RNE T........................................................................\
............................................ .......... .2-14 
7-TIME ZONE  ........................................................................\
........................................... .......... .2-14 
U ser Setting  Lis t ........................................................................\
...................................... ................2-15 
CHAPTER THREE  Web Based Management   How to Use the Web-Based  
Management Utility  ........................................................................\
........................  3-1 
O vervie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................3-1 
H ow to Connect U sing a  Bro w se r ........................................................................\
........................ .... .3-2 
P ass word  In fo rmatio n........................................................................\
.................................. ............ .3-2 
CHAPTER FOUR  Inte rn et  FA X ........................................................................\
..  4-1 
O vervie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................4-1  
Getting  Connecte d........................................................................\
..................................... ............. .4-2 
Front  Panel  Key Functions  ........................................................................\
............................. ........ .4-2 
Sending an  In te rn et  Fax ........................................................................\
............................... ............ .4-3 
Entering  Text  ........................................................................\
......................................... ................. .4-4 
Rece iving  E-mail or  In te rn et  Fax ........................................................................\
...................... ...... .4-6 
Rece iving an  In te rn et  Fax to a PC  ........................................................................\
..................... ..... .4-7 
F orwarding Rece iv ed  E-mail and  Fax  Mess age s........................................................................\
.... .4-7 
Relay  Broadca stin g........................................................................\
.................................... ............... .4-8 
R elay  Broadca st from a  FAX/MFC  ........................................................................\
........................ .4-9 
R elay  Broadca st from a PC  ........................................................................\
............................. ..... .4-10 
T X  V eri fication  Mail ........................................................................\
................................... .............4-11  
						

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Setup Mail ( TX)  ........................................................................\
....................................... ............... .4-11  
Setup  Mail (RX )........................................................................\
....................................... ............... .4-11  
E rro r mai l........................................................................\
............................................ .................... .4-12  
I m portant in fo rmation on  In te rn et  Fax ........................................................................\
................ .4 -12  
U sing Scan to  E-mail  ........................................................................\
.................................. ............ .4-13  
Entering  Text  ........................................................................\
......................................... ............... .4-14  
CHAPTER FIVE  TCP/IP Printing   Printing from Windows® NT,  
W ind ow s® 2000 or  W ind ows® XP LAN Se rv er and  W arp  Se rv er .......................  5-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................5-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .5-1  
W indow s
® NT  3.5x /NT  4.0 /2000 /XP ( TCP /I P) Co nfig u rat io n ....................................................... .5-2  
W indow s
® 2000  Win dow s® XP Printing (Printer Dr iv er not  yet in stalled)  .................................. .5-3  
Standard  TC P/IP Port Printin g........................................................................\
.......................... .......5-3  
I PP Pri nti ng f r om  W ind ow s
® 
2000 a nd  W in dow s® 
XP Client s...................................................... .5-4  
I P P  pr in ti ng from  W ind ow s
® 
95/98/Me  Client s........................................................................\
...... .5-4  
W indow s
® 2000  Win dow s® XP Printing  
(Printer Dr iv er al ready in stalled )........................................................................\
.................... ........ .5-4  
W indow s
® NT  4.0 Printing  ........................................................................\
....................................... .5 -5  
Windows
® NT 4.0 Printing  
(Printer Dr iv er not  yet in stalled )........................................................................\
.................... ......... .5-6  
Windows
® NT 4.0 Printing  
(Printer Dr iv er al ready in stalled )........................................................................\
.................... ........ .5-7  
W indow s
® NT  3.5x Printing  ........................................................................\
..................................... .5-8  
Windows
® NT 3.5x Printing  
(Printer Dr iv er not  yet in stalled )........................................................................\
.................... ......... .5-8  
Other Sou rces  of  In fo rmatio n........................................................................\
.......................... ........ .5-9  
CHAPTER SIX  Peer to Peer Printing    
How to P rint in a  W ind ow s® 95/98/Me  Peer to  Peer  netw ork  .............................  6-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................6-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .6-1  
T C P/ IP Printin g........................................................................\
....................................... ................. .6-2  
Installing the  Brother  Peer to  Peer Softwa re  ........................................................................\
......... .6 -3  
A ss ociating to the printe r........................................................................\
............................ ............. .6-4  
Adding a Second  Brother  LPR  Port........................................................................\
...................... .. . 6-4   
						

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Other Sources  of  In fo rmatio n........................................................................\
.......................... ........ .6-5 
CHAPTER SEVEN  NetBIOS Peer to Peer Printing  How to Printing using 
N etBIOS on  W ind ow s® 95/98/Me/N T®/2000/XP...................................................  7-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................7-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .7-1  
Print /  Fax Se rv er Con figuration...............................................................\
............................... ....... .7-2  
Changing the  workg roup/domain name u sing  TEL N ET or  BRCONF IG  or a web b ro w se r ..... .7-3 
Ne tB IO S  Port  M oni to r  fo r  W indow s
® 95 /98 /M e,  N T®4.0 /2000 /X P............................................... .7-4 
Installing the  Brother Net BIOS  Port  Monitor  ........................................................................\
....... .7-4 
A ss ociating the printe r........................................................................\
............................... .............. .7-5  
W ind ow s
® 
95/98/M e........................................................................\
............................................. ... 7-5  
W ind ow s
® 
N T® 
4.0 /2000 /XP  ........................................................................\
.................................. .7-5  
Adding a Second Net BIO S Print  Port........................................................................\
.................... .. 7 -6  
W ind ow s
® 
95/98/M e........................................................................\
............................................. ... 7-6  
W ind ow s
® 
N T® 
4.0 /2000 /XP  ........................................................................\
.................................. .7-6  
CHAPTER EIGHT  How to Configure Internet Printing for Windows® 
95/98/Me/N T®4.0/ 2000/XP   Inte rn et Printing Installation  ................................  8-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................8-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .8-1  
B rother  In te rn et Print General  In fo rmatio n........................................................................\
.......... .8 -2  
B rother  In te rn et Print Con figuring the  Brother Print /  Fax  se rv er ............................................. .8-3  
Print /  Fax  se rv er  Con figuration  Checkli st ........................................................................\
............ .. 8 -3  
B rother  In te rn et Print U sing  BRAdmin to Con figu re the Print /  Fax  se rv er .............................. .8-4  
B rother  In te rn et Print U sing a  W eb  Bro w ser to con figu re the Print /  Fax  se rv er  ...................... .8-5  
B ro ther Inte rn et Print Using  TELNET  to  C on fig u re  th e Print /  Fax se rv er ............................... .8 -6  
B ro ther In te rn et  Print  Ins ta lling  t h e BIP s oft w are  o n  W ind ow s
® 95 /98 /M e/N T® 4.0 /2000 /X P .. .8-7  
Setup from  CD -R OM  ........................................................................\
..................................... ........ .8-7  
Adding a Second  Brother  In te rn et  Port........................................................................\
................ .8 -10 
W indow s
® 2000 /XP  IPP Pr in tin g ........................................................................\
........................... .8-11  
Specifying a diffe rent URL  ........................................................................\
............................ ........ .8-12  
CHAPTER NINE  Novell NetWare Printing   How to configure  
Nov ell Net Ware Printing  ........................................................................\
................  9-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ......................9-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .9-1   
						

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General In fo rmatio n........................................................................\
................................... .............. .9-2  
C reating a NDPS Printer U sing N WAD MIN  f o r Net Ware5.......................................................... .9-3  
NDPS  Manage r........................................................................\
.......................................... ............... .9-3  
NDPS  Bro k er ........................................................................\
........................................... .................. .9-3  
C reating a Printer  Agen t........................................................................\
.............................. ............ .9-4  
Con figuring Netwa re 3 and Net Ware 4  sy stem s........................................................................\
..... .9-5  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation  
mode) u sing  BRAdmin  ........................................................................\
................................... .......... .9-6  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using  
B RAdmi n........................................................................\
............................................... .................... .9-7  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using  
N ovell N WAD MIN  and  BRAdmi n........................................................................\
........................... .9 -8  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Remote Server Mode in NDS mode) using  
N ovell N WAdmin and  BRAdmi n........................................................................\
........................... .9 -10  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Queue Server Mode in Bindery emulation  
mode) u sing PCONSO LE and  BRCONF IG ........................................................................\
......... .9-12  
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Queue Server Mode in NDS mode) using 
PCONSO LE and  BRCONF IG  ........................................................................\
.............................. .9- 14 
Configuring the Brother Print / Fax server (Remote Printer Mode using PCONSOLE  
and  BRCONF IG  ........................................................................\
.......................................... ........... .9-16  
CHAPTER  TEN  Printing F rom a Macintos h®..................................................  10-1  
For  M ac OS 8.6  – 9. 2........................................................................\
.............................................. .10-1  
Sy stem  Requirements  ........................................................................\
................................... ........ .10-1  
Printer Dr iv er In stallatio n........................................................................\
........................... .......... .10-1  
Printer Dr iv er Selection  ........................................................................\
............................. .......... .10-2  
F or  M ac OS 10. 1........................................................................\
....................................... .............. .10- 3 
Sy stem  Requirements  ........................................................................\
................................... ........ .10- 3 
Printer Dr iv er In stallatio n........................................................................\
........................... .......... .10- 3 
Printer Dr iv er Selectio n........................................................................\
............................... ..........10- 3 
CHAPTER ELEVEN  DLC Printing  Printing from Windows® NT® or  
W ind ow s® 2000  ........................................................................\
..............................  11-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ....................11-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... ................ .11-1  
C on fig uring  D LC  on  W ind ow s
® N T®/200 0........................................................................\
............ .11-2  
W indow s
® 2000 Pr in ter  Setu p ........................................................................\
................................ .11 -3  
W indow s
® N T® 4.0 Printer Setu p........................................................................\
........................... .11-4   
						

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Window s® N T® 3.5x Setu p........................................................................\
...................................... .11-5  
Con figuring D LC on Other Sy stem s........................................................................\
..................... .1 1-5  
CHAPTER TWELVE  Unix Printing   Printing from Unix/Linux using  
TCP/IP  ........................................................................\
...........................................  12-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ....................12-1  
Quick  Tip s: ........................................................................\
........................................... ................ .12-1  
T C P/ IP ........................................................................\
................................................ ..................... .12-2  
General  TC P/ IP UN IX Ho st Con figuration  ........................................................................\
......... .12-3  
L inux Con figuratio n........................................................................\
................................... ............ .12-6  
HP/UX Con figuratio n........................................................................\
................................... .......... .12-7  
I B M  R S/6000  AIX Co nfig u rat io n ........................................................................\
......................... .. 12-8 
Sun S ola ris  2.x  C on fig ur atio n ........................................................................\
......................... ....... .12-9  
SCO UN IX Con figuratio n........................................................................\
................................ .... .12-10  
D EC  TC P/ IP Se rv ers  f o r  V M S(UCX)  ........................................................................\
................. .12-11  
T G Vs  M ultine t........................................................................\
........................................ ............. .12-11  
W ollongongs  P A T H W AY  ........................................................................\
.................................. ... .12-11  
I B M /A S400 0........................................................................\
............................................ .............. .12-11  
Other Sy stem s........................................................................\
......................................... .............. .12-12  
CHAPTER THI RTEEN   T roubl eshooting  .........................................................  13-1  
Overvie w........................................................................\
............................................... ....................13-1  
I n stallation p roblem s........................................................................\
................................. ............. .13-2  
I n termittent P roblem s........................................................................\
................................. ........... .13-5  
T C P/ IP  Trouble shooting.................................................................\
....................................... ......... .13-6  
UN IX  Trouble shooting  ........................................................................\
.................................. ......... .13-7  
W indow s
® N T®/L AN Se rv er ( TCP/ IP)  Trouble shooting  .............................................................. .13-9  
W indow s
® 95/98/ Me P eer to  Peer Print ( LPR)  Trouble shootin g................................................. .13-9  
W indow s
® 95/98/ Me Pee r-to- Peer (HP  JetAdmin compatible method)  T rouble shooting  ....... .13-10  
W indow s
® 95 /98 /M e/N T® 4.0  Pee r-to- Peer Print (Net BIOS)  Trouble shootin g......................... .13-10  
B rother  In te rn et Print ( TCP/ IP)  Trouble shootin g..................................................................... .13-11