Brother SHB6102 manual

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    NETWORK USER’S GUIDE Internet Fax and Windows ® Internet Printing The Brother Solutions Center (http://s olutions.brother.com ) is your one stop resource for all your printing needs. Download the latest drivers and util ities for your machine, read FAQs and troubleshootin g tips. Version 0[...]

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    i Definitions of warnin gs, cautions, and notes We use the following icon throughout this User’s Guide: Trademarks Brother and the Brother l ogo are registered t rademarks and BRAdmin Professio nal is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Microsoft and Windows are regi stered trademarks of Micro[...]

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    ii IMPORTANT NOTE:  This product is approved for us e in the country of purchase on ly. Do not use this product outs ide the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that country.  Windows ® XP in this docu ment represents Windows ® XP Professi onal, Windows ® XP Professional x64 Edition[...]

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    iii Table of Contents 1 Internet FAX 1 Overview ............... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................. ....... .. ................ ........... 1 Getting Con nected ....... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ....... ....[...]

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    1 1 1 Overview 1 Internet Faxing (I-Fax) allows you to send a nd receive FAX documents using the Internet as the transport mechanism. Documents are tra nsmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF-F files. This means that PC’s are also able to rece ive and send documents, providin g that the PC has as an ap plication that can gen erate and view T[...]

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    Internet FAX 2 1 Control Pane l Key Functions 1 Search/Speed Dial + 1 1 Used to change input mode. You c an use Dial Pad keys as Standard a lphabet character key(26 letters ), as well as @. space ! “ # % & ’ () + / : ; < > = ? [ ] ^ - $ , _ and Numbers. Search/Speed Dial + 3 1 To change between upper cas e and lower case for entering [...]

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    Internet FAX 3 1 If you specify more than 16 characters, the LCD panel will scroll the n ame to the left character by character. You can enter up to 60 charac ters. a Press Mono Start to send the doc ument. After the document is scanned, it is transmitted to the Reci pient Internet Fax Machine automatically via your SMTP server. You can cancel the [...]

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    Internet FAX 4 1 If the PC to which you wish to send a d ocument is not running Windows ® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition operating system, pleas e inform the PC's owner that they must install s ome software that can view TIFF-F files. You can use “Microsoft ® I maging” that is supplied with W indows® 98/Me/2000 and Windo[...]

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    Internet FAX 5 1 Setup Mail (RX) 1 There are three possible s ettings for this option ON/MDN/OFF.  Receive Notification “ON” When switched to “ON” a fixed message is sent back to the sendin g station to indicate su ccessful reception and proces sing of the message. These fixed messages d epend on the operation requested by the sending st[...]

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    Internet FAX 6 1 Relay Broad cast from a machine 1 In this example, your machine has an E-mail a ddress of FAX@brother.com, you wish to send a d ocument from this machine to another machine in England with an E-mail address of UKFAX@brother.co.uk, this machine will then forward the doc ument to a standard fax machine using a conventional telephone [...]

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    Internet FAX 7 1 Relay Broad cast from a PC 1 You can also send E-mail from your PC and have it relayed to a conventional FAX machine. The method of entering the phone number of the c onventional FAX machine that will receive the re layed E-mail will vary depending on the mail appli cation you are using. The foll owing are some examples of differen[...]

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    8 2 2 Internet Printing Installation 2 Overview 2 Brother Internet Print (BIP) software for Wind ows ® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition it allows a PC user at one l ocation to send a print job to a Brother Printer at a remote location via the Internet. For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from their[...]

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    Windows ® In tern et pri nting 9 2 Brother Internet Print: Config uring the Brother Print Server 2 The print server can be config ured using the BRAdmin Professional utility. Print Server Configuration Checklist 2 Note Before configuring the print s erver to receive BIP jobs, be sure that th e E-mail server at the remote site (the receiving end) i[...]

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    Windows ® In tern et pri nting 10 2 e Enter the POP3 Account Name for the remote Brother print server. Usually this will be th e first part of the E-mail address (for example, if the E-mail address of the pri nt server is emailprinter@xyz.com, then the POP3 Account Name would be emailprinter). f Enter the password for the mailbox, if an y. g The p[...]

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    Windows ® In tern et pri nting 11 2 i Press OK to con tinue. You will then be asked to re-s tart your computer. j Once your computer has re-started you must crea te a printer on your Windows ® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition system using th e standard Windows ® printer setup procedure. To do this, go th e Start button and select S[...]

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    Windows ® In tern et pri nting 12 2 Adding a Second Brother Inter net Port 2 You should not re-run the install program to add a new Brother Internet Port. Instead, press the Start button, select Settings , and ope n the Print ers window. Cli ck on the icon of a prin ter that is using BIP, selec t File from the menu bar, and then choose Properties [...]

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    13 3 3 LAN menu 3 The control panel LAN menu secti on can be used to config ure network settings. Press Men u , 5 for LAN and then proceed to the menu selection you wish to c onfigure. Please note that the machine is su pplied with the BRAdmin Professional Wind ows ® so ftware, BRAdmin Light Macintosh ® software and RemoteSetu p which also can be[...]

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    Control panel setup 14 3 DHCP mode 3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is on e of several automated mechanisms for IP add ress allocation. If you have a DHCP server in your network (t ypically a UNIX ® , Windows ® 2000/XP network) the print server will automatically obtain its IP address from a DHCP server and register its name with any [...]

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    Control panel setup 15 3 Note Depending on the system, this entry might be called “bootps” instead of “bootp”. In order to enable BOOTP, simply use an edito r to delete the “#” (if there is n o “#”, then BOOTP is already enabled). Then edit the BOOTP configura tion file (usually /etc/bootp tab) and enter the name, network type (1 fo[...]

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    Control panel setup 16 3 Subnet Mask 3 This field displays the current subnet mask used by the mach ine. If you are not using DHCP or BOOTP to obtain the subnet mask, enter the desired sub net mask. Check with your network administrator for the su bnet mask to use. a Press Men u , 5 , 1 , 3 . b Select 1 to change. Ente r the Subnet Mask address. c [...]

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    Control panel setup 17 3 WINS Config 3 This selection contro ls how the machine obtains th e IP address of the WINS server. a Press Men u , 5 , 1 , 6 . b Press a or b to select Auto or Static . c Press OK . d Press Stop/Exit . Auto 3 Automatically uses a DHCP request to dete rmine the IP addresses for the primary and s econdary WINS servers. You mu[...]

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    Control panel setup 18 3 DNS Server 3 Primary DNS Server IP Address 3 This field specifie s the IP address of the primary DNS (Domain Name Service) server. Secondary DNS Server IP Address 3 This field specifie s the IP address of the seco ndary DNS server. It is used as a backu p to the Primary DNS server address. If the Primary server is unavail a[...]

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    Control panel setup 19 3 Setup Internet 3 This menu has five selection s: Mail Address , SMTP Server , POP3 S erver , Mailbox Name and Mailbox Pwd . These settings must be configured for the I-Fax feature to work. Mail Address 3 This field displays the E-mail address that you can set for th e machine. a Press Men u , 5 , 2 , 1 . b Select 1 to chang[...]

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    Control panel setup 20 3 POP3 server 3 This field displays the Node Name or IP address of the POP3 server (incoming E-mail server) used by the Brother machine. This address is necessary for the Internet Fa x features to function correctl y.(Ex, mailhost.brothermail.net -or- 192.000 .000.001) a Press Men u , 5 , 2 , 3 . b Press a or b to select Name[...]

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    Control panel setup 21 3 Setup Mail RX 3 This menu has five selection s Auto Polling , Poll Frequen cy , Header , Del Error Mail and Notification . Auto Polling 3 When set to On, the Brother machine wil l automatically check the POP3 server for n ew messages. a Press Men u , 5 , 3 , 1 . b Press a or b to select On or Off . c Press OK . d Press Stop[...]

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    Control panel setup 22 3 Del Error Mail 3 When set to On, the machine automatic ally deletes error mails that the machine c an not receive from the POP server. a Press Men u , 5 , 3 , 4 . b Press a or b to select On or Off . c Press OK . d Press Stop/Exit . Notificatio n 3 The notification feature al lows a receive notification message to be transm[...]

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    Control panel setup 23 3 Size Limit 3 Some E-mail servers do not allow you to send l arge E-mail documents(the System Administrator will often place a limit on the maximum E-mail size). With this function enab led, the machine will display Out of Memory when trying to send E-mail documents o ver 1Mbyte in size. The document will n ot be sent and an[...]

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    Control panel setup 24 3 Setup Relay 3 This menu has three select ions Rly Broadcast, Relay Domain and Relay Report. For more i nformation on Relay Broadcast, see Relay Broadc asting on page 5. Rly Broadcast 3 a Press Men u , 5 , 5 , 1 . b Press a or b to select On or Off . c Press OK . d Press Stop/Exit . Relay Domain 3 You can register the Domain[...]

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    Control panel setup 25 3 Setup Misc. 3 Ethernet 3 Ethernet link mode. Auto all ows the print server to ope rate in 100BASE-TX full or half dupl ex, or in 10BASE- T full or half duplex mode by auto negoti ation. 100BASE-TX Full Duplex (100B-FD) or Half Duplex (100B-HD) and 10BASE-T Full Duplex (10B-FD) or Half Duplex (10B-HD) fix the print server li[...]

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    Control panel setup 26 3 Time Zone 3 This field displays your co untry time zone. The time shown is the ti me difference between your country and Greenwich Mean Time. For example, the Time Zone for Eastern T ime in the USA and Canada is UTC-05:00. a Press Men u , 5 , 6 , 2 . b Press a or b to enter the ti me. c Press OK . d Press Stop/Exit . Note W[...]

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    Control panel setup 27 3 Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) 3 Black and Whilte File Type for Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) 3 You can select the defaul t Black and White file type (TIFF or PDF) for the Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) function. a Press Men u , 5 , 7, 1 . b Press a or b to select TIFF .or PDF . c Press OK . d Press Stop/Exit . Colour File[...]

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    Control panel setup 28 3 Restoring the network settings to factory default 3 If you wish to reset the print server ba ck to its default factory se ttings (resetting all info rmation such as the password and IP address info rmation), please follow these s teps: Note This function restores a ll network settings to the fa ctory default. a Make sure th[...]

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    29 A A Entering text A When you are setting certain menu s elections, such as the Station ID, you may need to enter text into the machine. Most number k eys have three or four letters printed on ke ys. The keys for 0 , # and l do not have printed letters because they are used for special cha racters. By pressing the correct number key repe atedly, [...]

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    Index 30 B B A APIPA ....... ................. ................ ................ ............... 18 B BIP ............ ................. ................ ................ ................ . 8 BOOTP .. ................ ................ ................. ................ .. 14 C Configura tion List .......................... ................ ........[...]