Changing the network name of a Brother printer

Question

At work we have two MFC-9330CDW printers that are connected to the LAN. Windows shows these printers in Explorer under the same name, the only difference being the (what I assume is) serial number in brackets:

While we can connect to these printers with ease, I cannot figure out a way in the admin panel to change these two network names. It confuses users because these are also the names used in applications when selecting a printer. I'd rather see the node names appear here instead of the serial, simply because it's unclear to a lot of users which printer is which. (they're physically on opposite sides of the office)

Is there any way to change this name?

I am aware that Brother's own tool "BRAdmin" allows for quick network scanning and reports the printers using their node names but this doesn't change the network name. I am also aware that I can change the name of the printer locally but having to do that every time we get a new computer is a real pain - especially because I myself forget which printer is which.

For clarification, I am a sysadmin, and I'm allowed to make these changes.

Solution

on the printers' webpages, go to

• the Network tab
• Protocol menu
• select the Advanced Settings for the Web Services Protocol
• change the Web Services Name & click Submit
• back to the Protocol page
• same for Air Drop if desired
• click submit at the bottom of the Protocol page

Comments

[Robert]

Usually such printers have a web GUI running on port 80 that allows to configure a lot of stuff. AFAIK also the printer name.

[MMM]

@Robert Correct, they have a GUI, but I can only seem to adjust the NetBIOS name and Node name. I've adjusted both but they don't reflect on the names used by Windows.

[Robert]

Are your computers configured to directly print over IP to the printer? Because usually a printer server is used and there you could define the printer names once and make them valid for every other computer.

[MMM]

We add the printers to Windows by simply clicking "Add a printer or scanner" in Settings, so I'm guessing direct print over IP. We don't have a printer server in place.

[M at]

At the end adding the printer to windows would have display the original name!!!