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...-stop resource for the latest firmware upgrade. Brother numbers Important For technical help us on -line at http://www.brother-usa.com/service/. Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you will help , you must be recorded as confirmation of the purchase date of product loss covered by insurance; You can check here for Brother driver updates.
...-stop resource for the latest firmware upgrade. Brother numbers Important For technical help us on -line at http://www.brother-usa.com/service/. Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you will help , you must be recorded as confirmation of the purchase date of product loss covered by insurance; You can check here for Brother driver updates.
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... and using . Learn the basic Fax, Copy and Scan (MFC-7240 only) operations and how to use your Brother Fax machine as a printer or a scanner (FAX-2940 only 1), or send faxes from your machine. See this Guide first. Product Safety Guide Quick Setup Guide Basic User... CD-ROM / In the Box Download optional software from the Brother Solutions Center (FAX-2840 and FAX-2940 users) You can download free printer driver, scanner driver (FAX-2940 only 1) and PC-Fax Send software (FAX-2940 only) from the Brother Solutions Center, enabling you to replace consumables. See troubleshooting tips....
... and using . Learn the basic Fax, Copy and Scan (MFC-7240 only) operations and how to use your Brother Fax machine as a printer or a scanner (FAX-2940 only 1), or send faxes from your machine. See this Guide first. Product Safety Guide Quick Setup Guide Basic User... CD-ROM / In the Box Download optional software from the Brother Solutions Center (FAX-2840 and FAX-2940 users) You can download free printer driver, scanner driver (FAX-2940 only 1) and PC-Fax Send software (FAX-2940 only) from the Brother Solutions Center, enabling you to replace consumables. See troubleshooting tips....
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Loading paper in the printer driver or by using the control panel buttons. Paper can be loaded up to use, see Paper capacity of the machine. 9 If your application software supports ...
Loading paper in the printer driver or by using the control panel buttons. Paper can be loaded up to use, see Paper capacity of the machine. 9 If your application software supports ...
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... machine loads paper from the installed standard paper tray or manual feed slot. (For MFC-7240) The name for the paper trays in the printer driver in this Guide are as follows: Trays Standard Paper Tray Manual Feed Slot Name Tray1 Manual Paper capacity of sheets up to 406.4 mm) Paper...
... machine loads paper from the installed standard paper tray or manual feed slot. (For MFC-7240) The name for the paper trays in the printer driver in this Guide are as follows: Trays Standard Paper Tray Manual Feed Slot Name Tray1 Manual Paper capacity of sheets up to 406.4 mm) Paper...
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... from your operating system). d Choose the settings you want in Software User's Guide for details about the print settings.) a Install the Brother printer driver from the Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick Setup Guide.) b From your computer (For MFC-7240) 10 Note (For FAX-2840 and FAX...-2940) You can receive data from your application, choose the Print command. Printing a document 10 The machine can download the printer driver from a computer, install the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Printing for Windows® or Printing...
... from your operating system). d Choose the settings you want in Software User's Guide for details about the print settings.) a Install the Brother printer driver from the Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick Setup Guide.) b From your computer (For MFC-7240) 10 Note (For FAX-2840 and FAX...-2940) You can receive data from your application, choose the Print command. Printing a document 10 The machine can download the printer driver from a computer, install the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Printing for Windows® or Printing...
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... documents uu page 22.) b Open ControlCenter4 by clicking Start/All Programs/Brother/XXX-XXXX (where XXX- You can download the scanner driver without the Brother ControlCenter from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. Please note that lets you quickly and easily access the applications... a Load your document. (See How to manually launch specific applications. Install the scanner drivers from the Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick Setup Guide: Install MFL-Pro Suite.) Note (For FAX-2940) You can use ControlCenter4 on your model. XXXX is a software utility that FAX...
... documents uu page 22.) b Open ControlCenter4 by clicking Start/All Programs/Brother/XXX-XXXX (where XXX- You can download the scanner driver without the Brother ControlCenter from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. Please note that lets you quickly and easily access the applications... a Load your document. (See How to manually launch specific applications. Install the scanner drivers from the Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick Setup Guide: Install MFL-Pro Suite.) Note (For FAX-2940) You can use ControlCenter4 on your model. XXXX is a software utility that FAX...
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... in your machine. Pull out the paper tray and wait until the machine stops printing. Suggestions Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to work with your faxes or Fax Journal report uu page 74 before disconnecting the machine so you... are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the top and bottom of pages correctly, then some pages have text missing. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. The machine prints the first couple of the page. Then turn off the machine's power switch and disconnect from the power...
... in your machine. Pull out the paper tray and wait until the machine stops printing. Suggestions Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to work with your faxes or Fax Journal report uu page 74 before disconnecting the machine so you... are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the top and bottom of pages correctly, then some pages have text missing. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. The machine prints the first couple of the page. Then turn off the machine's power switch and disconnect from the power...
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... and in 1' printing. Suggestions Press Stop/Exit to scan. (Macintosh) OCR does not work. Suggestions Make sure the Brother TWAIN or WIA driver is paper in the printer driver. Clean the paper pick-up rollers. If the LCD shows the Paper Jam message and you have...the primary source. Try increasing the scanning resolution. (Macintosh users) Make sure you still have downloaded and installed Presto! Make sure the Brother TWAIN driver is not printing or has stopped printing. Suggestions (Windows® only) Run the Repair MFL-Pro Suite program on the Installer CD...
... and in 1' printing. Suggestions Press Stop/Exit to scan. (Macintosh) OCR does not work. Suggestions Make sure the Brother TWAIN or WIA driver is paper in the printer driver. Clean the paper pick-up rollers. If the LCD shows the Paper Jam message and you have...the primary source. Try increasing the scanning resolution. (Macintosh users) Make sure you still have downloaded and installed Presto! Make sure the Brother TWAIN driver is not printing or has stopped printing. Suggestions (Windows® only) Run the Repair MFL-Pro Suite program on the Installer CD...
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... can cause the paper to curl. (See General uu page 114.) The Paper Type setting may be too thick or have triggered the machine's internal safety mechanisms. Turn the machine off the machine. This is usually done in the Page Setup or Document Setup menu of the paper could cause... are too light. Printouts are smeared. Try turning over the stack of print media you are made for the type of paper in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Advanced tab.) Adjust the Print Density by pressing Menu, 2, 1, 6 and then press c to make the print darker. (See Advanced...
... can cause the paper to curl. (See General uu page 114.) The Paper Type setting may be too thick or have triggered the machine's internal safety mechanisms. Turn the machine off the machine. This is usually done in the Page Setup or Document Setup menu of the paper could cause... are too light. Printouts are smeared. Try turning over the stack of print media you are made for the type of paper in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Advanced tab.) Adjust the Print Density by pressing Menu, 2, 1, 6 and then press c to make the print darker. (See Advanced...
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... B If the printout has a quality problem, make the print darker. (See Advanced User's Guide: Setting the Print Density.) 92 Note Using non-Brother supplies may be on. Check that you still have a print quality problem, check the chart below and follow the recommendations. Turn off Toner Save in... the machine menu settings or (for MFC-7240) Toner Save Mode in the printer Properties (or Preferences) of the driver. (See Advanced User's Guide: Toner Save or (for MFC7240) Software User's Guide: Advanced tab.) Clean the corona wire of the drum ...
... B If the printout has a quality problem, make the print darker. (See Advanced User's Guide: Setting the Print Density.) 92 Note Using non-Brother supplies may be on. Check that you still have a print quality problem, check the chart below and follow the recommendations. Turn off Toner Save in... the machine menu settings or (for MFC-7240) Toner Save Mode in the printer Properties (or Preferences) of the driver. (See Advanced User's Guide: Toner Save or (for MFC7240) Software User's Guide: Advanced tab.) Clean the corona wire of the drum ...
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... 60 and Advanced User's Guide: Cleaning the drum unit.) The drum unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit uu page 62.) Toner specks ... Make sure that you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver (for MFC-7240) Software User's Guide: Basic tab.) Ghost (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce ...Ghosting mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Improve Print Output.) Put in a new toner cartridge. (...
... 60 and Advanced User's Guide: Cleaning the drum unit.) The drum unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit uu page 62.) Toner specks ... Make sure that you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver (for MFC-7240) Software User's Guide: Basic tab.) Ghost (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce ...Ghosting mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Improve Print Output.) Put in a new toner cartridge. (...
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...; The problem may cause the problem. (See Acceptable paper and other print media uu page 16.) Choose Thick Paper mode in the printer driver (for MFC-7240) Software User's Guide: Basic tab.) Check the machine's environment. Put in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or ...use thinner paper than you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver (for a long time. The drum unit may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Print multiple pages to the home position (a). (See Cleaning the corona wire uu page 60.)...
...; The problem may cause the problem. (See Acceptable paper and other print media uu page 16.) Choose Thick Paper mode in the printer driver (for MFC-7240) Software User's Guide: Basic tab.) Check the machine's environment. Put in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or ...use thinner paper than you choose the appropriate media type in the printer driver (for a long time. The drum unit may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Print multiple pages to the home position (a). (See Cleaning the corona wire uu page 60.)...
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...) for the machine to eject printed pages onto the face-up output tray. (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) Make...
...) for the machine to eject printed pages onto the face-up output tray. (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) Make...
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Poor fixing (For MFC-7240) Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker ...
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Poor fixing (For MFC-7240) Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker ...
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b Lift the levers (1) and slide the two gray levers (2) in the paper tray, and print again. (Excluding letterhead paper) If the problems remains, switch the Anti-Curl Levers as follows: a Open the back cover. Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) Turn the paper over in the direction of the arrow. 1 2 2 1 2 100
b Lift the levers (1) and slide the two gray levers (2) in the paper tray, and print again. (Excluding letterhead paper) If the problems remains, switch the Anti-Curl Levers as follows: a Open the back cover. Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation (For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) Turn the paper over in the direction of the arrow. 1 2 2 1 2 100
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... 19200 × 19200 dpi can be chosen by using the scanner utility) Note (FAX-2940 only) You can download the scanner driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. 2 Maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 (resolution up to 600...
... 19200 × 19200 dpi can be chosen by using the scanner utility) Note (FAX-2940 only) You can download the scanner driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. 2 Maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 (resolution up to 600...
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...tray) 1 The print speed may vary depending on the type of document you print. The machine can download the printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. (FAX-2840 only) You can also be connected to a computer that is no longer than 6 feet (2.0 meters... USB FAX-2840 FAX-2940 MFC-7240 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 1 2 Use a USB 2.0 cable (Type A/B) that has a USB 1.1 interface. 2 Third party USB ports are not supported. 120 Note (FAX-2940 only) You can download the printer driver and the PC-FAX driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://...
...tray) 1 The print speed may vary depending on the type of document you print. The machine can download the printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. (FAX-2840 only) You can also be connected to a computer that is no longer than 6 feet (2.0 meters... USB FAX-2840 FAX-2940 MFC-7240 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 1 2 Use a USB 2.0 cable (Type A/B) that has a USB 1.1 interface. 2 Third party USB ports are not supported. 120 Note (FAX-2940 only) You can download the printer driver and the PC-FAX driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://...
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Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to install For For Drivers Applications Supported PC Software Functions Supported PC Interface 2 Windows® Operating System Windows® XP Home 1 4 Windows® XP Professional 1 4 Intel® Pentium® II ...
Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to install For For Drivers Applications Supported PC Software Functions Supported PC Interface 2 Windows® Operating System Windows® XP Home 1 4 Windows® XP Professional 1 4 Intel® Pentium® II ...
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Consumable items D Model Toner Cartridge Inbox Standard High Yield Drum Unit FAX-2840 FAX-2940 Approx. 700 pages Approx. 1,200 (Letter) 1 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 1,200 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 2,600 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 12,000 pages (Letter) 2 MFC-7240 Approx. 700 ... Windows® 7. 2 Third-party USB ports are the property of use. 122 TN-420 TN-450 DR-420 1 Approx. For the latest driver updates, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752. 2 Drum yield is approximate, and may vary by type of their...
Consumable items D Model Toner Cartridge Inbox Standard High Yield Drum Unit FAX-2840 FAX-2940 Approx. 700 pages Approx. 1,200 (Letter) 1 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 1,200 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 2,600 pages (Letter) 1 Approx. 12,000 pages (Letter) 2 MFC-7240 Approx. 700 ... Windows® 7. 2 Third-party USB ports are the property of use. 122 TN-420 TN-450 DR-420 1 Approx. For the latest driver updates, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 19752. 2 Drum yield is approximate, and may vary by type of their...
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... a PDF file ........ 47 Serial number how to load 9 in multi-purpose tray 11 in the Presto! PageManager See Software User's Guide. Programming your computer 46 drivers 120 quality 90 Resolution 120 specifications 120 Print quality 92 Printing See Software User's Guide. See also Help in paper tray 9 recommended 16, 18 size...
... a PDF file ........ 47 Serial number how to load 9 in multi-purpose tray 11 in the Presto! PageManager See Software User's Guide. Programming your computer 46 drivers 120 quality 90 Resolution 120 specifications 120 Print quality 92 Printing See Software User's Guide. See also Help in paper tray 9 recommended 16, 18 size...