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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 the Print...
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 the Print...
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...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... Print...124 Print Settings ...125 Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh 129 Using the BR-Script3 Driver (MFC-7840W only) (Post Script® 3 ™ language emulation printer driver 130 Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) ...136 Page Setup......
...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... Print...124 Print Settings ...125 Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh 129 Using the BR-Script3 Driver (MFC-7840W only) (Post Script® 3 ™ language emulation printer driver 130 Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) ...136 Page Setup......
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...® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by a particular printer, using our installer program. The printer drivers are from Windows® XP. Screens on your PC may need to configure the firewall settings...
...® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by a particular printer, using our installer program. The printer drivers are from Windows® XP. Screens on your PC may need to configure the firewall settings...
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... using a LAN cable to connect your machine then LAN will be in the printer driver name.) Note For Macintosh® users, see Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) on your computer, choose Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX Printer* as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click...
... using a LAN cable to connect your machine then LAN will be in the printer driver name.) Note For Macintosh® users, see Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) on your computer, choose Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX Printer* as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click...
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...over the stack. When you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on paper, it is a paper jam, see Improving the print quality...receiving has finished. 4 Fax sending will not be paper jams or poor print quality. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, ...
...over the stack. When you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on paper, it is a paper jam, see Improving the print quality...receiving has finished. 4 Fax sending will not be paper jams or poor print quality. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, ...
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.... Secure Key 1 Secured data is left in memory will be cleared. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is no secured data in the printer driver dialog box. Press OK. To cancel multiple print jobs, hold down this function, you need to print the secured data. Press OK. c Press a or b to... delete the secured data, press a or b to choose Print. Press OK. Note After you turn the power switch Off, the secured data saved in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel.
.... Secure Key 1 Secured data is left in memory will be cleared. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is no secured data in the printer driver dialog box. Press OK. To cancel multiple print jobs, hold down this function, you need to print the secured data. Press OK. c Press a or b to... delete the secured data, press a or b to choose Print. Press OK. Note After you turn the power switch Off, the secured data saved in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel.
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Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116. You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. Paper Size Multiple Page Orientation Copies Media Type Paper Source Resolution ...; Quick 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®. Printing 1 1 10
Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116. You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer. Paper Size Multiple Page Orientation Copies Media Type Paper Source Resolution ...; Quick 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®. Printing 1 1 10
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... Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Note • The screens in the printer driver. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 b Choose the Paper Source (2). in the General tab of...
... Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Note • The screens in the printer driver. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 b Choose the Paper Source (2). in the General tab of...
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Duplex Printing Printing 1 1 Manual Duplex Check Manual Duplex. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to print a booklet, use this mode, the machine prints all the even numbered pages first. There are printed. When ...
Duplex Printing Printing 1 1 Manual Duplex Check Manual Duplex. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to print a booklet, use this mode, the machine prints all the even numbered pages first. There are printed. When ...
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... our web site for using your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking this button. Brother Solutions Center (2) The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is not available when you... set the resolution to HQ 1200. Improve Print Output This feature allows you to choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting. Change the printer driver...
... our web site for using your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking this button. Brother Solutions Center (2) The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) is not available when you... set the resolution to HQ 1200. Improve Print Output This feature allows you to choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting. Change the printer driver...
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If it fails to 1 receive the information, the screen will probe the printer and display its serial number. Printing Serial No. (2) By clicking Auto Detect, the printer driver will display Note The Auto Detect function is not available under the following printer conditions: • The printer power switch is off. • The printer is in an error state. • The printer is in a network shared environment. • The cable is not connected to the printer correctly. 24
If it fails to 1 receive the information, the screen will probe the printer and display its serial number. Printing Serial No. (2) By clicking Auto Detect, the printer driver will display Note The Auto Detect function is not available under the following printer conditions: • The printer power switch is off. • The printer is in an error state. • The printer is in a network shared environment. • The cable is not connected to the printer correctly. 24
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...) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your document will be printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX... document will be printed. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on top of your operating system. Note The screens in the printer driver.
...) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your document will be printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX... document will be printed. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on top of your operating system. Note The screens in the printer driver.
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...you print only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be reduced. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. Printing High Quality Image Printing You can ...change the port where your printer is not available when you set High Quality Image Printing to On, the 1 printing speed will be improved. Note The Density adjustment is...
...you print only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be reduced. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. Printing High Quality Image Printing You can ...change the port where your printer is not available when you set High Quality Image Printing to On, the 1 printing speed will be improved. Note The Density adjustment is...
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...can choose advanced settings for printing. 69 The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can be used. Enter a name in 1 3 printing. In the printer driver settings dialog box, you use advanced copy functions such as N in Please enter a name for enhanced copy operations. You can scan a...and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by right-clicking the button and choosing the ControlCenter Configuration. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... You can configure your preferred ...
...can choose advanced settings for printing. 69 The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can be used. Enter a name in 1 3 printing. In the printer driver settings dialog box, you use advanced copy functions such as N in Please enter a name for enhanced copy operations. You can scan a...and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by right-clicking the button and choosing the ControlCenter Configuration. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... You can configure your preferred ...
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... If the LCD displays No Data !, there is entered. The LCD prompts you need to set your four-digit password. The machine prints the data. Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. 8 Printing and Faxing 8 Note The screens are from the memory. Only those... in the memory by pressing Job Cancel. d Enter your operating system. Press OK. Press OK. You can clear the data that is left in the printer driver dialog box.
... If the LCD displays No Data !, there is entered. The LCD prompts you need to set your four-digit password. The machine prints the data. Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. 8 Printing and Faxing 8 Note The screens are from the memory. Only those... in the memory by pressing Job Cancel. d Enter your operating system. Press OK. Press OK. You can clear the data that is left in the printer driver dialog box.
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Choosing page setup options From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing. For Mac OS®X 10.2.x to 10.4.x 8 8 121 The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system version. Note The screens in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) 8 This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater. Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale. Printing and Faxing Features in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.4.
Choosing page setup options From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing. For Mac OS®X 10.2.x to 10.4.x 8 8 121 The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system version. Note The screens in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) 8 This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater. Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale. Printing and Faxing Features in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.4.
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If this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. Change the printer driver setting in media type settings. 8 128 If you print only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.
If this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. Change the printer driver setting in media type settings. 8 128 If you print only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.
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Printing and Faxing Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh® 8 For Mac OS® X 10.2 8 a If ... 10.3 or greater 8 a If you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. d Run the Printer Setup Utility (from your machine. 8 b Restart the Macintosh®. b Restart the Macintosh®. d Run the Print... Center (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129 c Log on as an 'Administrator'....
Printing and Faxing Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh® 8 For Mac OS® X 10.2 8 a If ... 10.3 or greater 8 a If you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. d Run the Printer Setup Utility (from your machine. 8 b Restart the Macintosh®. b Restart the Macintosh®. d Run the Print... Center (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129 c Log on as an 'Administrator'....
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...) (Post Script® 3 ™ language emulation printer driver) 8 Note • To use a USB cable and Mac OS®, only one printer driver for a machine can be registered in the Printer list, you need to set the Emulation to BR-Script 3 by using the following instructions. If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for Mac...
...) (Post Script® 3 ™ language emulation printer driver) 8 Note • To use a USB cable and Mac OS®, only one printer driver for a machine can be registered in the Printer list, you need to set the Emulation to BR-Script 3 by using the following instructions. If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for Mac...
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Printing and Faxing Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 8 Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale. Choosing page setup options From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing. For Mac OS®X 10.2.x to 10.4.x 8 8 136
Printing and Faxing Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 8 Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale. Choosing page setup options From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to start printing. For Mac OS®X 10.2.x to 10.4.x 8 8 136