Provisioning a new Brother printer for deployment


  1. Find an available IP address to assign to the new printer
    1. Open webmanager and choose an unasigned static IP address to use
    2. Ping that IP to verify that nothing is connected to it
  2. Adjust printer settings
    1. Connect printer to ethernet cable
    2. Print its network summary page to see its DHCP-assigned IP
    3. Open that IP in a web browser to access the printer's settings
      1. Change DHCP to static
      2. Enter your static IP and save
        1. This will disconnect you from the printer
    4. Open the static IP you chose in a web browser
      1. This just verifies that the printer successfully accepted your static IP
  3. Add printer to your computer at System Settings/Printers & Scanners
    1. Address = enter your static IP address
    2. Protocol = AirPrint
    3. Queue = leave blank
    4. Name = name the printer
    5. Location = leave blank
    6. Use = choosing AirPrint should have made the model-specific AirPrint driver show up automatically here
    7. Add the printer to your computer
    8. Test it
  4. As of 20240515, add printer to Jamf Admin
    1.  Click "Add Printers"
    2. Choose the new printer
    3. Click "Save" to save to Jamf Admin
  5. Create Jamf policy to install this printer
    1. Make it ongoing in Self Service
  6. Install printer on a different computer using Self Service to test out if it works