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Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing 2 Using the Brother printer driver...2 Printing a document...3 Duplex printing...4 Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 4 Manual duplex printing ...4 Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing 4 Printer operation keys...5 Job Cancel...5 Secure Key ...5 Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7840W only 6 Printing the Internal Font List (MFC-7840W only 7 Printing...
Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing 2 Using the Brother printer driver...2 Printing a document...3 Duplex printing...4 Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 4 Manual duplex printing ...4 Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing 4 Printer operation keys...5 Job Cancel...5 Secure Key ...5 Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7840W only 6 Printing the Internal Font List (MFC-7840W only 7 Printing...
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Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users 43 Scanning a document into the PC ...43 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass 45 ...
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users 43 Scanning a document into the PC ...43 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass 45 ...
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Status Monitor...120 Updating the machine's status ...120 Hiding or showing the window ...120 Quitting the window ...120 Web Based Management (Network Connection Only 120 Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh 121 Page Setup...121 Choosing page setup options ...121 Cover Page (For Mac OS® X 10.4 or greater 123 Layout ...123 Secure...
Status Monitor...120 Updating the machine's status ...120 Hiding or showing the window ...120 Quitting the window ...120 Web Based Management (Network Connection Only 120 Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh 121 Page Setup...121 Choosing page setup options ...121 Cover Page (For Mac OS® X 10.4 or greater 123 Layout ...123 Secure...
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...paper size. 2 You can also be downloaded from Windows® XP. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is unable to print, you to allow communication through port number 137. Install the drivers by a PC into your Windows® system using a printer command language or page... mode to enhance printing speed in this section are from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Windows® Printing The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are on page 110. Screens on your PC is...
...paper size. 2 You can also be downloaded from Windows® XP. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is unable to print, you to allow communication through port number 137. Install the drivers by a PC into your Windows® system using a printer command language or page... mode to enhance printing speed in this section are from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Windows® Printing The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are on page 110. Screens on your PC is...
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... jam. Very thin or thick paper is copying or receiving a fax on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it back in the User's Guide. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may be stopped during PC printing. However, when the machine is... not recommended. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it may be curled....
... jam. Very thin or thick paper is copying or receiving a fax on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it back in the User's Guide. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may be stopped during PC printing. However, when the machine is... not recommended. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it may be curled....
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... Print Setup 1 Macro Header-Footer Print 1 Density adjustment Improve Print Output 1 These settings are not available with the BR-script printer driver for Windows®. Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116.
... Print Setup 1 Macro Header-Footer Print 1 Density adjustment Improve Print Output 1 These settings are not available with the BR-script printer driver for Windows®. Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116.
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... access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 in the General tab of the Basic tab....• You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your chosen settings.
... access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 in the General tab of the Basic tab....• You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your chosen settings.
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... in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are from Windows® XP. in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can...
... in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are from Windows® XP. in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can...
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... Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 30) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. 2 Scanning 2 The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your document. Windows® XP and Windows Vista® users can also click the...
... Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 30) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. 2 Scanning 2 The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your document. Windows® XP and Windows Vista® users can also click the...
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... a portion you want to scan and then crop a portion of the screen. Note Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX) or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN). Scanning a document into any other software applications. You can scan images directly into the...in this Guide are using from the machine. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP /Windows Vista® you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the Available Scanners list.
... a portion you want to scan and then crop a portion of the screen. Note Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX) or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN). Scanning a document into any other software applications. You can scan images directly into the...in this Guide are using from the machine. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP /Windows Vista® you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the Available Scanners list.
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..., the file size may freeze and you want to set Legal size as the default size, use this utility to change the setting. Note For Windows Vista® the User Account Control screen appears, do not have administrator rights: Click Allow. 41 Note If you are trying to take effect. 2 ...; Running the utility You can run the utility by choosing the Scanner Utility located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) (where XXXX is used for configuring the WIA scanner driver for changing the paper size. If you do the following. • For users who have enough memory or...
..., the file size may freeze and you want to set Legal size as the default size, use this utility to change the setting. Note For Windows Vista® the User Account Control screen appears, do not have administrator rights: Click Allow. 41 Note If you are trying to take effect. 2 ...; Running the utility You can run the utility by choosing the Scanner Utility located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) (where XXXX is used for configuring the WIA scanner driver for changing the paper size. If you do the following. • For users who have enough memory or...
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b Open your document. c Do one of a page after pre-scanning the document, you need to scan using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways in which you can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder...on page 45.) a Load your software application to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner. For Windows Fax and Scan Click File, New, then Scan. If you want to scan the document. d Choose the scanner ...
b Open your document. c Do one of a page after pre-scanning the document, you need to scan using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways in which you can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder...on page 45.) a Load your software application to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner. For Windows Fax and Scan Click File, New, then Scan. If you want to scan the document. d Choose the scanner ...
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...N Network PC FAX Macintosh® (Send only 142 Windows 92 P PaperPort™ (Windows®) importing 52 OCR 52 Presto!® PageManager® (Macintosh 155, 157 Printer driver 25 PS printer driver 25 R Remote Setup Macintosh 189 Windows 90 S Scan Macintosh® into Macintosh 150 Network ...179 OCR 157 Presto!® PageManager 155, 157 Resolution 151 Scan key 154 Windows® Network 78 Resolution 34 Scan ...
...N Network PC FAX Macintosh® (Send only 142 Windows 92 P PaperPort™ (Windows®) importing 52 OCR 52 Presto!® PageManager® (Macintosh 155, 157 Printer driver 25 PS printer driver 25 R Remote Setup Macintosh 189 Windows 90 S Scan Macintosh® into Macintosh 150 Network ...179 OCR 157 Presto!® PageManager 155, 157 Resolution 151 Scan key 154 Windows® Network 78 Resolution 34 Scan ...
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...Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Windows® only). For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437) 1-901-379-1215 (fax) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) Service Center Locator (USA only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Your registration with Brother International... complete and fax the Brother Warranty Registration And Test Sheet or, for Brother driver updates. To keep your machine performance up to your product and special offers. Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical help...
...Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Windows® only). For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437) 1-901-379-1215 (fax) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) Service Center Locator (USA only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Your registration with Brother International... complete and fax the Brother Warranty Registration And Test Sheet or, for Brother driver updates. To keep your machine performance up to your product and special offers. Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical help...
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... (Macintosh®) 1 a Turn on your CD-ROM drive. Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled Macintosh® into your Macintosh®. Double-click Brother Solutions Center icon to go to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can view or download the PDF documents. (Internet ...can find the instructions as follows: Software User's Guide: 1 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE...
... (Macintosh®) 1 a Turn on your CD-ROM drive. Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled Macintosh® into your Macintosh®. Double-click Brother Solutions Center icon to go to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can view or download the PDF documents. (Internet ...can find the instructions as follows: Software User's Guide: 1 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE...
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... the machine's input buffer's full signal. In PaperPort™ 11SE, click File, Scan or Get Photo and choose the Brother TWAIN driver. Right-click Brother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is an unprintable area on the top and bottom of pages correctly, then ...some pages have text missing. Check the settings in your application to make sure it is unchecked. (For Windows® XP and Windows...
... the machine's input buffer's full signal. In PaperPort™ 11SE, click File, Scan or Get Photo and choose the Brother TWAIN driver. Right-click Brother DCP-XXXX Printer. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is an unprintable area on the top and bottom of pages correctly, then ...some pages have text missing. Check the settings in your application to make sure it is unchecked. (For Windows® XP and Windows...
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...ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Make sure that you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver or in the machine's Paper Type menu setting. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12...See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12.) Choose Thick paper mode in the printer driver, choose Thick in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or use thinner paper than you are currently using.... unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 74.) Wipe the laser scanner windows with a soft cloth. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 74.) 49
...ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Make sure that you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver or in the machine's Paper Type menu setting. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12...See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12.) Choose Thick paper mode in the printer driver, choose Thick in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or use thinner paper than you are currently using.... unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 74.) Wipe the laser scanner windows with a soft cloth. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 74.) 49
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... stack. Set the paper guides correctly. (See Loading paper in the paper tray on page 7.) The paper tray may be contaminated. Rough- Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12.) Make sure that you choose... paper in the tray or rotate the paper 180° in the input tray. Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) If you use paper that meets our...
... stack. Set the paper guides correctly. (See Loading paper in the paper tray on page 7.) The paper tray may be contaminated. Rough- Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 12.) Make sure that you choose... paper in the tray or rotate the paper 180° in the input tray. Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) If you use paper that meets our...
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... Service. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Turn off Toner Save mode in the machine menu settings or Toner Save mode in the printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 20 or Advanced ...ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Toner specks Recommendation Check the machine's environment. All black 52 Examples of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 64 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 66.) The toner cartridge may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit....
... Service. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Turn off Toner Save mode in the machine menu settings or Toner Save mode in the printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 20 or Advanced ...ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Toner specks Recommendation Check the machine's environment. All black 52 Examples of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 64 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 66.) The toner cartridge may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit....
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Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) Turn the paper over in the...
Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) Turn the paper over in the...