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...Brother accessories and supplies available for purchase.) USA: 1-888-879-3232 (voice) From within 1-800-668-2768 (voice) 1-800-947-1445 (fax) Canada: http://www.brothermall.com Description Item Laser Fax Toner Laser Fax Drum * 8 MB Expandable Memory Board (For FAX 4750, FAX 5750, MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC... #2 (For FAX 4750 and MFC 8600 only) Network (LAN) Board (For FAX 5750 and MFC 8700 only) Power Protector for A/C Power and Phone Line Surges and Voltage Spikes Quick Reference Card Operations Manual Software Manual Bundled MFC 8300 Printer Driver is available on Floppy Disks **...
...Brother accessories and supplies available for purchase.) USA: 1-888-879-3232 (voice) From within 1-800-668-2768 (voice) 1-800-947-1445 (fax) Canada: http://www.brothermall.com Description Item Laser Fax Toner Laser Fax Drum * 8 MB Expandable Memory Board (For FAX 4750, FAX 5750, MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC... #2 (For FAX 4750 and MFC 8600 only) Network (LAN) Board (For FAX 5750 and MFC 8700 only) Power Protector for A/C Power and Phone Line Surges and Voltage Spikes Quick Reference Card Operations Manual Software Manual Bundled MFC 8300 Printer Driver is available on Floppy Disks **...
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...; Workstation Version 4.0 12-8 For Windows® 3.1x 12-8 Connecting Brother Machine to PC With Bundled Parallel Cable 12-9 Installing Brother Printer Driver (For Parallel Interface) (For Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 Only 12-10 13 FOR DOS USERS (FOR MFC 8300, MFC 8600 AND MFC 8700 ONLY 13-1 How to Use Brother machine with Your DOS Application...
...; Workstation Version 4.0 12-8 For Windows® 3.1x 12-8 Connecting Brother Machine to PC With Bundled Parallel Cable 12-9 Installing Brother Printer Driver (For Parallel Interface) (For Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 Only 12-10 13 FOR DOS USERS (FOR MFC 8300, MFC 8600 AND MFC 8700 ONLY 13-1 How to Use Brother machine with Your DOS Application...
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...Printer Jam 17-5 Paper is Jammed in the Multi-purpose Paper Cassette ....... 17-6 Paper is Jammed near the Drum Unit 17-6 Paper is Jammed in the Fuser Unit 17-6 If You Are Having Difficulty with Your Machine 17-7 Difficulties Setting up the Software (For Windows...® G3 OR IMAC™ (FOR MFC 8300 ONLY 18-1 For USB equipped Apple New Power Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 18-1 Install Brother Printer Driver for MFC 8300 18-1 SPECIFICATIONS S-1 Product Description S-1 Fax Specifications S-1 Printer Specifications S-2 Electrical and Environment S-3 Parallel Interface...
...Printer Jam 17-5 Paper is Jammed in the Multi-purpose Paper Cassette ....... 17-6 Paper is Jammed near the Drum Unit 17-6 Paper is Jammed in the Fuser Unit 17-6 If You Are Having Difficulty with Your Machine 17-7 Difficulties Setting up the Software (For Windows...® G3 OR IMAC™ (FOR MFC 8300 ONLY 18-1 For USB equipped Apple New Power Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 18-1 Install Brother Printer Driver for MFC 8300 18-1 SPECIFICATIONS S-1 Product Description S-1 Fax Specifications S-1 Printer Specifications S-2 Electrical and Environment S-3 Parallel Interface...
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... center-it's a Fax, Copier and Printer. SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 12 - 1 Using the Brother Machine with Your PC The MFC 8300 is for the MFC 8300. If you have a MFC 8600 or MFC 8700, please see the Multi-Function Center Software Manual. 12 Setting Up Brother Machine and PC to install the Brother printer driver from the bundled CD-ROM If...
... center-it's a Fax, Copier and Printer. SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 12 - 1 Using the Brother Machine with Your PC The MFC 8300 is for the MFC 8300. If you have a MFC 8600 or MFC 8700, please see the Multi-Function Center Software Manual. 12 Setting Up Brother Machine and PC to install the Brother printer driver from the bundled CD-ROM If...
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..., or USB cable. If you need to set of disks, you must tell the Brother Representative the version of Windows® you need a Floppy Disk version for the MFC 8300's Printer Driver (DSK8331 for Windows® 3.1x or DSK8395 for Windows® 98 or Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 (32MB recommended) Hard Disk Drive 10MB Available Disk Space...
..., or USB cable. If you need to set of disks, you must tell the Brother Representative the version of Windows® you need a Floppy Disk version for the MFC 8300's Printer Driver (DSK8331 for Windows® 3.1x or DSK8395 for Windows® 98 or Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 (32MB recommended) Hard Disk Drive 10MB Available Disk Space...
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... Main icon. 3 In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon. 4 In the Control Panel window, double-click the Fonts icon. 5 In the Fonts window, click the Add... For the MFC 8600 and MFC 8700, you install the Brother True Type Fonts, more types of ...Windows® Printer Driver installation, or manually at a later time. from the File menu. 5 Select your CD-ROM drive. 7 Select the fonts you must install the True Type Fonts manually, following the steps bellow. Manually Installing True Type Fonts For the MFC 8300, you want to install and click the OK button. 12 - 8 SETUP BROTHER...
... Main icon. 3 In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon. 4 In the Control Panel window, double-click the Fonts icon. 5 In the Fonts window, click the Add... For the MFC 8600 and MFC 8700, you install the Brother True Type Fonts, more types of ...Windows® Printer Driver installation, or manually at a later time. from the File menu. 5 Select your CD-ROM drive. 7 Select the fonts you must install the True Type Fonts manually, following the steps bellow. Manually Installing True Type Fonts For the MFC 8300, you want to install and click the OK button. 12 - 8 SETUP BROTHER...
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...driver (Windows® will not display this dialog box again. -OR- Click Finish when it on the screen. and click OK, so Windows® will not prompt you see the User's Guide for your PC. 4 Before plugging in your PC and turning it appears on , plug in the electrical cord of the Brother...the connection with the wire clips. 3 Connect the interface cable to the printer port of your computer's parallel printer port, see "Update Device Driver Wizard", click Next to bypass the Windows® Plug and Play Printer Driver screens, followed by Finish. For the location of the PC and secure ...
...driver (Windows® will not display this dialog box again. -OR- Click Finish when it on the screen. and click OK, so Windows® will not prompt you see the User's Guide for your PC. 4 Before plugging in your PC and turning it appears on , plug in the electrical cord of the Brother...the connection with the wire clips. 3 Connect the interface cable to the printer port of your computer's parallel printer port, see "Update Device Driver Wizard", click Next to bypass the Windows® Plug and Play Printer Driver screens, followed by Finish. For the location of the PC and secure ...
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...® Workstation Version 4.0, the Software Installation program appears automatically when you are using Windows® 3.1x: s Insert the Brother CD-ROM for the MFC 8300 printer driver into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Enter the command for your CD-ROM drive.) The Brother LOGO will appear explaining the problem. 12 - 10 S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C s Enter x:\SETUP. ("x" is the drive letter...
...® Workstation Version 4.0, the Software Installation program appears automatically when you are using Windows® 3.1x: s Insert the Brother CD-ROM for the MFC 8300 printer driver into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Enter the command for your CD-ROM drive.) The Brother LOGO will appear explaining the problem. 12 - 10 S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C s Enter x:\SETUP. ("x" is the drive letter...
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The last step will be to restart Windows® and access the Software Installation window again to install the next application. 3 Click on "Install MFC Printer Driver" and follow the instructions on the screen. S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 12 - 11 A window appears listing the options: For each application you install, click on that name in the Software Installation window and follow the prompts on the screen.
The last step will be to restart Windows® and access the Software Installation window again to install the next application. 3 Click on "Install MFC Printer Driver" and follow the instructions on the screen. S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 12 - 11 A window appears listing the options: For each application you install, click on that name in the Software Installation window and follow the prompts on the screen.
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the mouse driver must be installed. (You can monitor your printer's status using bi-directional parallel communications. If you have the following hardware and software to install the program: DOS Monitor Option Version 3.3 or later EGA/... set to Online. 2 Start your computer and go to the DOS prompt. Installing the Remote Printer Console Before you install the program, make sure you are in Windows®, exit and return to the DOS prompt. 3 Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 4 At the DOS prompt (C:\>) type x: (Substitute the...
the mouse driver must be installed. (You can monitor your printer's status using bi-directional parallel communications. If you have the following hardware and software to install the program: DOS Monitor Option Version 3.3 or later EGA/... set to Online. 2 Start your computer and go to the DOS prompt. Installing the Remote Printer Console Before you install the program, make sure you are in Windows®, exit and return to the DOS prompt. 3 Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 4 At the DOS prompt (C:\>) type x: (Substitute the...
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...printer setup information to the computer. USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 14 - 1 14 Using Brother Machine as a Printer (For MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 Only) Special Printing Features If you to set the printer emulation.) Remote Printer Console Program for Microsoft® Windows® 3.1x, 95/98 and Windows... Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it reports the current status or errors on the CD-ROM supplied with your Windows® system using our installer program. Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™...
...printer setup information to the computer. USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 14 - 1 14 Using Brother Machine as a Printer (For MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 Only) Special Printing Features If you to set the printer emulation.) Remote Printer Console Program for Microsoft® Windows® 3.1x, 95/98 and Windows... Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it reports the current status or errors on the CD-ROM supplied with your Windows® system using our installer program. Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™...
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...Help screen for labels, transparencies, card stock, thicker paper or envelopes. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 3.1x, 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 enable manual duplex printing. (For more pages, the machine begins to the machine.... page orientation in the Multi-purpose Paper Cassette, page 17-6.) 14 - 2 USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER You may occur or the print quality might not be adjusted to online status. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper.
...Help screen for labels, transparencies, card stock, thicker paper or envelopes. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 3.1x, 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 enable manual duplex printing. (For more pages, the machine begins to the machine.... page orientation in the Multi-purpose Paper Cassette, page 17-6.) 14 - 2 USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER You may occur or the print quality might not be adjusted to online status. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper.
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Follow Steps 1 and 2 above to the width of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper... (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal), with a PC command. When you to choose Manual Feed in the Setup dialog box of your printer driver. This allows you use manual feed slot, it is printed, the screen displays: MANUAL FEED PRESS FF/CONT Insert the next sheet... with the side you have to print PC data without interruption from the paper cassette. 14 - 4 USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER
Follow Steps 1 and 2 above to the width of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper... (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal), with a PC command. When you to choose Manual Feed in the Setup dialog box of your printer driver. This allows you use manual feed slot, it is printed, the screen displays: MANUAL FEED PRESS FF/CONT Insert the next sheet... with the side you have to print PC data without interruption from the paper cassette. 14 - 4 USING BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER
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... fed properly or document you called does not answer or is not programmed. Then call Brother Customer Service at USA: 1-800-284-4329 From within Canada: 1-800-853-6660 From...the machine is used as Graphics" in the machine. • If you may have installed the Windows® driver, try again. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. NOT REGISTERED You tried to access ...a One Touch or Speed Dial number that is not connected to "Print as a printer.) The ...
... fed properly or document you called does not answer or is not programmed. Then call Brother Customer Service at USA: 1-800-284-4329 From within Canada: 1-800-853-6660 From...the machine is used as Graphics" in the machine. • If you may have installed the Windows® driver, try again. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. NOT REGISTERED You tried to access ...a One Touch or Speed Dial number that is not connected to "Print as a printer.) The ...
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... Expand the printer memory by installing one of your document to allow for MFC 8600 and MFC 8700.) • Check to work with the supplied printer driver, see if LCD is set up when I N T E N A N C E Most laser printers have text ...missing. Reset the machine or unplug the electrical cord and plug it in your document or reduce print resolution. Usually these are using Windows® 3.1x, Windows® 95/98 or Windows...
... Expand the printer memory by installing one of your document to allow for MFC 8600 and MFC 8700.) • Check to work with the supplied printer driver, see if LCD is set up when I N T E N A N C E Most laser printers have text ...missing. Reset the machine or unplug the electrical cord and plug it in your document or reduce print resolution. Usually these are using Windows® 3.1x, Windows® 95/98 or Windows...
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... shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit with a clean soft cloth. (See Routine Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and Cleaning the Drum Unit, on the scanner window. Wipe electric terminals referring to occur. Try copying multiple pages to side. In this condition to Routine Maintenance,...a new one . Make sure that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Certain environmental conditions such as it periodically. may be damaged. Adjust the print conditions by wiping the scanner windows with a new one . Make sure that the drum was marked or damaged by...
... shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit with a clean soft cloth. (See Routine Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and Cleaning the Drum Unit, on the scanner window. Wipe electric terminals referring to occur. Try copying multiple pages to side. In this condition to Routine Maintenance,...a new one . Make sure that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Certain environmental conditions such as it periodically. may be damaged. Adjust the print conditions by wiping the scanner windows with a new one . Make sure that the drum was marked or damaged by...
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..., or for assistance. Contact your reseller or Microsoft Support if you cannot use the Brother machine to inquire about the latest Display Driver software. If you do not want to edit the System.ini file, please change ... or change the screen saver to the standard VGA or SVGA selection. Another solution is overwritten and you need help modifying your Windows® Display selection or installing new Display Driver software. Bi-Directional Parallel Ports (nibble and byte modes) The machine supports both nibble and byte modes. 17 - 14 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I...
..., or for assistance. Contact your reseller or Microsoft Support if you cannot use the Brother machine to inquire about the latest Display Driver software. If you do not want to edit the System.ini file, please change ... or change the screen saver to the standard VGA or SVGA selection. Another solution is overwritten and you need help modifying your Windows® Display selection or installing new Display Driver software. Bi-Directional Parallel Ports (nibble and byte modes) The machine supports both nibble and byte modes. 17 - 14 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I...
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... 1100/1400 LexMark WinWriter 200 Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/ WL-660: The Resource Manager for the above laser printers models are installed after the installation of the Control Panel. Our machines have installed into Windows® 3.1x. If you... may have a bi-directional parallel port function. Remove the conflicting situation caused by running the EPDELETE.EXE file in "Printers" of the Brother printer drivers....
... 1100/1400 LexMark WinWriter 200 Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/ WL-660: The Resource Manager for the above laser printers models are installed after the installation of the Control Panel. Our machines have installed into Windows® 3.1x. If you... may have a bi-directional parallel port function. Remove the conflicting situation caused by running the EPDELETE.EXE file in "Printers" of the Brother printer drivers....
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....386 : : WPSLPT1=1 Then disable this function, by double-clicking the Un-install Status window in case. NEC SuperScript 610/660: Please remove the NEC SuperScript driver by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the above sentences as follows: [spooler] ;...; directory to make these modifications effective. HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: If Microsoft Windows® Printing System is included with NEC printers. 17 - 16 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N T E N A N C E We recommend that is used for the above sentence as follows...
....386 : : WPSLPT1=1 Then disable this function, by double-clicking the Un-install Status window in case. NEC SuperScript 610/660: Please remove the NEC SuperScript driver by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the above sentences as follows: [spooler] ;...; directory to make these modifications effective. HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: If Microsoft Windows® Printing System is included with NEC printers. 17 - 16 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N T E N A N C E We recommend that is used for the above sentence as follows...
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... Serial Bus) Interface Using Windows® 98 Only: (MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 only) Memory Capacity 4 MB: FAX 4750, FAX 5750, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 2 MB: MFC 8300 Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning Resolution 600 dots... for MFC models) Printer Driver Windows® 3.1x, Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode and bi-directional capability Interface Bi-directional parallel (IEEE-1284); Printer Specifications Emulation Brother Printing System for Windows®...
... Serial Bus) Interface Using Windows® 98 Only: (MFC 8300, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 only) Memory Capacity 4 MB: FAX 4750, FAX 5750, MFC 8600 and MFC 8700 2 MB: MFC 8300 Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning Resolution 600 dots... for MFC models) Printer Driver Windows® 3.1x, Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode and bi-directional capability Interface Bi-directional parallel (IEEE-1284); Printer Specifications Emulation Brother Printing System for Windows®...