diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/admin_test.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/admin_test.go
index f346d8cd..c78a61e1 100644
--- a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/admin_test.go
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/admin_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ type fakePrinter struct {
 	field    string // the password field's name the login form gives
 	password string
 	mu       sync.Mutex
+	conns    int               // connections opened to it
 	requests []string          // method and path of every request
 	posted   []url.Values      // every form body posted
 	session  string            // the cookie value of the one logged-in session
@@ -99,7 +101,15 @@ func newFakePrinter(t *testing.T, field, password string) *fakePrinter {
 		}
 		w.Write([]byte(body))
 	})
-	f.Server = httptest.NewTLSServer(mux)
+	f.Server = httptest.NewUnstartedServer(mux)
+	f.Config.ConnState = func(_ net.Conn, st http.ConnState) {
+		if st == http.StateNew {
+			f.mu.Lock()
+			f.conns++
+			f.mu.Unlock()
+		}
+	}
+	f.StartTLS()
 	t.Cleanup(f.Close)
 	return f
 }
diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/main.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/main.go
index 11866ab7..2f9ca11d 100644
--- a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/main.go
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/main.go
@@ -29,9 +29,41 @@ func tools(settingsFile string, say Emitter, now func() time.Time) []stdio.Tool
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return &Service{Settings: s, Node: os.Getenv("MESH_NODE"), Now: now, Emit: say}, nil
+		return &Service{Settings: s, Node: os.Getenv("MESH_NODE"), Now: now, Emit: say,
+			PasswordFile: os.Getenv("BROTHER_ADMIN_PASSWORD")}, nil
 	}
 	return []stdio.Tool{
+		{
+			Name: "printer.settings",
+			Description: "Read one page of the printer's admin site, read-only: log in with the secret admin-password (the " +
+				"operator's; the module trusts the printer's pinned certificate alone), get the page, log out. Answers the " +
+				"page's title, its links (href and text) and its forms with their fields (name, type, value, label); a " +
+				"password field's value is never given. It sends nothing but the login and the logout, and writes no " +
+				"setting of the printer.",
+			Input: map[string]any{
+				"type": "object",
+				"properties": map[string]any{
+					"page": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "a page of the admin site: a path starting with / and ending in .html (default /general/status.html)"},
+				},
+			},
+			Run: func(args map[string]any) (any, error) {
+				page := ""
+				if v, ok := args["page"]; ok {
+					str, isStr := v.(string)
+					if !isStr {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("page is a string")
+					}
+					page = str
+				}
+				s, err := service()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Minute)
+				defer cancel()
+				return s.PrinterSettings(ctx, page)
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			Name: "scanner.scan",
 			Description: "Scan the glass of the configured network scanner, cut the document out of the platen's white, " +
diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/manifest_test.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/manifest_test.go
index 557ee790..06d3f6c4 100644
--- a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/manifest_test.go
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/manifest_test.go
@@ -136,21 +136,26 @@ func TestTheConfigReachesTheCodeThroughItsSettingsFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 // 1453/AC6: the manifest declares the scanner seat, held once for the mesh, and claims it, with the verbs
 // ADR 0467 clause 2 names; the module serves each verb as the tool <seat>.<verb>.
-func TestTheManifestDeclaresAndClaimsTheScannerSeat(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTheManifestDeclaresAndClaimsTheScannerAndPrinterSeats(t *testing.T) {
 	m := readManifest(t)
-	want := seat{Name: "scanner", Scope: "mesh", Serves: []string{"scan", "status", "list"}}
-	for what, got := range map[string][]seat{"seats": m.Seats, "claims": m.Claims} {
-		found := false
-		for _, s := range got {
-			if s.Name == "scanner" {
-				found = true
-				if !reflect.DeepEqual(s, want) {
-					t.Errorf("%s: scanner = %+v, want %+v", what, s, want)
+	for _, want := range []seat{
+		{Name: "scanner", Scope: "mesh", Serves: []string{"scan", "status", "list"}},
+		// restart is round 2 of issue 1453, and is not declared yet.
+		{Name: "printer", Scope: "mesh", Serves: []string{"settings"}},
+	} {
+		for what, got := range map[string][]seat{"seats": m.Seats, "claims": m.Claims} {
+			found := false
+			for _, s := range got {
+				if s.Name == want.Name {
+					found = true
+					if !reflect.DeepEqual(s, want) {
+						t.Errorf("%s: %s = %+v, want %+v", what, want.Name, s, want)
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		}
-		if !found {
-			t.Errorf("%s does not hold the scanner seat", what)
+			if !found {
+				t.Errorf("%s does not hold the %s seat", what, want.Name)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3330e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// pagePattern is a page of the admin site a caller may ask for: an absolute path under the site ending in
+// .html, with no query, no dot-dot and no second slash at its start (which would name another host).
+var pagePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^/[A-Za-z0-9_./-]*\.html$`)
+
+// DefaultPage is the page printer.settings reads when none is asked for.
+const DefaultPage = "/general/status.html"
+
+// admin is a session on the printer's admin page, once the settings and the secret say it may be opened. The
+// printer is contacted by nothing before this has answered without an error (1453/AC4).
+func (s *Service) admin() (*Admin, error) {
+	if err := s.Settings.MissingPrinter(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	pw, err := AdminSecret(s.PasswordFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewAdmin(s.Settings.Printer, s.Settings.PrinterCertificate, pw)
+}
+
+// PrinterSettings logs in, reads one page of the admin site and logs out. It is read-only: the login (and the
+// logout) are the only things it sends, and a password field's value is never in the answer (ADR 0467 clause 5).
+func (s *Service) PrinterSettings(ctx context.Context, page string) (map[string]any, error) {
+	if page == "" {
+		page = DefaultPage
+	}
+	if !pagePattern.MatchString(page) || strings.Contains(page, "..") || strings.Contains(page, "//") {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("page %q is not a page of the admin site: it starts with / and ends in .html", page)
+	}
+	a, err := s.admin()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := a.Login(ctx); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	body, at, err := a.Get(ctx, page)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Log out with a context of its own: the caller's may be what ended this.
+		lctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if home, hat, herr := a.Get(lctx, DefaultPage); herr == nil {
+			a.Logout(lctx, home, hat)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("page %s cannot be read: %w", page, err)
+	}
+	lctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	logout := a.Logout(lctx, body, at)
+	p := ParsePage(body)
+	return map[string]any{
+		"page":   page,
+		"title":  p.Title,
+		"links":  nonNil(p.Links),
+		"forms":  nonNilForms(p.Forms),
+		"logout": logout,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func nonNil(l []Link) []Link {
+	if l == nil {
+		return []Link{}
+	}
+	return l
+}
+
+func nonNilForms(f []Form) []Form {
+	if f == nil {
+		return []Form{}
+	}
+	return f
+}
diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer_test.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35e3ff9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/printer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// printerTools is the tool set over a settings file for the fake printer, with the secret in a file the way the
+// mesh writes it (a trailing newline included).
+func printerTools(t *testing.T, f *fakePrinter, password string) (settings string, run func(args map[string]any) (any, error)) {
+	t.Helper()
+	secret := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "admin-password.secret")
+	if password != "" {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(secret, []byte(password+"\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	t.Setenv("BROTHER_ADMIN_PASSWORD", secret)
+	js := `{"printer":"` + f.host() + `","printer-certificate":"` + f.print() + `"}`
+	tl := tools(settingsFile(t, js), nil, time.Now)
+	return js, tool(t, tl, "printer.settings").Run
+}
+
+// 1453/AC3: printer.settings logs in by the field name the form gives, sends the password from the secret
+// file, follows the session cookie, and returns the page's title, links and form fields; a password field's
+// value is never returned, and the session is logged out. The page is SYNTHETIC (testdata/admin/
+// synthetic-settings.html): the real pages arrive in round 2.
+func TestPrinterSettingsReadsAPageBehindTheLogin(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakePrinter(t, "Qw9z3", "p4ss word")
+	_, run := printerTools(t, f, "p4ss word")
+	got, err := run(map[string]any{"page": "/general/other.html"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(f.posted) != 1 || f.posted[0].Get("Qw9z3") != "p4ss word" {
+		t.Errorf("the login posted %v", f.posted)
+	}
+	raw, _ := json.Marshal(got)
+	out := string(raw)
+	var a struct {
+		Title  string
+		Links  []Link
+		Forms  []Form
+		Logout string
+	}
+	json.Unmarshal(raw, &a)
+	if a.Title != "Synthetic settings" {
+		t.Errorf("title = %q", a.Title)
+	}
+	if len(a.Links) != 2 || a.Links[1] != (Link{Href: "/general/status.html", Text: "Status"}) {
+		t.Errorf("links = %v", a.Links)
+	}
+	if len(a.Forms) != 1 || a.Forms[0].Action != "/general/other.html" || a.Forms[0].Method != "post" {
+		t.Fatalf("forms = %+v", a.Forms)
+	}
+	want := map[string]Field{
+		"lock":  {Name: "lock", Type: "checkbox", Value: "on", Label: "Scan lock"},
+		"node":  {Name: "node", Type: "text", Value: "BRN-SYNTH", Label: "Name"},
+		"pw":    {Name: "pw", Type: "password", Value: "", Label: "Secret"},
+		"note":  {Name: "note", Type: "textarea", Value: "hello & bye"},
+		"token": {Name: "token", Type: "hidden", Value: "t1"},
+	}
+	for _, fl := range a.Forms[0].Fields {
+		if fl.Name == "mode" {
+			if fl.Type != "select" || fl.Value != "m" || fl.Label != "Mode" || strings.Join(fl.Options, ",") != "a,m" {
+				t.Errorf("mode = %+v", fl)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		w, ok := want[fl.Name]
+		if !ok || fl.Name != w.Name || fl.Type != w.Type || fl.Value != w.Value || fl.Label != w.Label {
+			t.Errorf("field %+v, want %+v", fl, w)
+		}
+		delete(want, fl.Name)
+	}
+	if len(want) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("fields missing: %v", want)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "shouldnotshow") {
+		t.Errorf("a password field's value was returned: %s", out)
+	}
+	if a.Logout != "logged out" || f.loggedInNow() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("logout = %q, sessions open %d", a.Logout, f.loggedInNow())
+	}
+	// Read-only: the only form posted is the login.
+	if len(f.posted) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("forms posted: %v", f.posted)
+	}
+}
+
+// 1453/AC3: with no page asked for, the status page is read.
+func TestPrinterSettingsDefaultsToTheStatusPage(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakePrinter(t, "B1891", "pw")
+	_, run := printerTools(t, f, "pw")
+	got, err := run(nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.(map[string]any)["title"] != "Synthetic status" {
+		t.Errorf("answer = %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// 1453/AC4: a wrong password is said as a failed login.
+func TestPrinterSettingsSaysAFailedLogin(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakePrinter(t, "B1891", "right")
+	_, run := printerTools(t, f, "wrong")
+	if _, err := run(nil); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "login failed") {
+		t.Fatalf("error = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// 1453/AC4: a value or the secret not set is said by name, and the printer is not contacted at all.
+func TestPrinterSettingsSaysWhatIsUnsetAndContactsNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakePrinter(t, "B1891", "pw")
+	secretOK := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "s")
+	os.WriteFile(secretOK, []byte("pw\n"), 0o600)
+	for _, c := range []struct{ name, settings, secret, want string }{
+		{"no printer", `{"printer-certificate":"` + f.print() + `"}`, secretOK, "printer is not set"},
+		{"no certificate", `{"printer":"` + f.host() + `"}`, secretOK, "printer-certificate is not set"},
+		{"neither", `{}`, secretOK, "printer and printer-certificate"},
+		{"no secret file", `{"printer":"` + f.host() + `","printer-certificate":"` + f.print() + `"}`, filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "none"), "admin-password is not given"},
+		{"empty secret", `{"printer":"` + f.host() + `","printer-certificate":"` + f.print() + `"}`, func() string {
+			p := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "e")
+			os.WriteFile(p, []byte("\n"), 0o600)
+			return p
+		}(), "admin-password is not given"},
+	} {
+		t.Setenv("BROTHER_ADMIN_PASSWORD", c.secret)
+		tl := tools(settingsFile(t, c.settings), nil, time.Now)
+		_, err := tool(t, tl, "printer.settings").Run(nil)
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), c.want) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: error = %v, want it to say %q", c.name, err, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+	if f.conns != 0 || len(f.requests) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the printer was contacted: %d connections, %v", f.conns, f.requests)
+	}
+}
+
+// 1453: a page that is not a page of the admin site is refused before anything is sent.
+func TestPrinterSettingsRefusesAPageOutsideTheSite(t *testing.T) {
+	f := newFakePrinter(t, "B1891", "pw")
+	_, run := printerTools(t, f, "pw")
+	for _, p := range []string{"general/status.html", "/general/status", "//evil.example/x.html", "/a/../b.html", "/a.html?x=1", "/a b.html"} {
+		if _, err := run(map[string]any{"page": p}); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not a page") {
+			t.Errorf("page %q: error = %v", p, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := run(map[string]any{"page": 5}); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("a page that is no string was accepted")
+	}
+	if f.conns != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the printer was contacted %d times", f.conns)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/scan.go b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/scan.go
index d625fa03..f29d26ed 100644
--- a/modules/brother/cmd/brother/scan.go
+++ b/modules/brother/cmd/brother/scan.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ type Service struct {
 	Node string
 	Now  func() time.Time
 	Emit Emitter
+	// PasswordFile is the file the module's own secret admin-password is written to.
+	PasswordFile string
 }
 
 func mm(pixels, dpi int) float64 {
diff --git a/modules/brother/module.json b/modules/brother/module.json
index 0f8e3a5d..91f4eb00 100644
--- a/modules/brother/module.json
+++ b/modules/brother/module.json
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
         "status",
         "list"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "printer",
+      "scope": "mesh",
+      "serves": [
+        "settings"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "claims": [
@@ -88,9 +95,17 @@
         "status",
         "list"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "printer",
+      "scope": "mesh",
+      "serves": [
+        "settings"
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "tools": [
+    "printer.settings",
     "scanner.scan",
     "scanner.status",
     "scanner.list"