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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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... your Windows® system using a printer command language or page description language. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by a particular printer, using our installer program. You can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Windows® Printing The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft® Windows®...
... your Windows® system using a printer command language or page description language. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by a particular printer, using our installer program. You can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Windows® Printing The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft® Windows®...
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... computer sends the data 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 paper tray. c When the machine finishes printing all the data, the... information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.) a From your application software. If your application software does not support your model name. If any other printer drivers are using a LAN cable to the machine.
... computer sends the data 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 paper tray. c When the machine finishes printing all the data, the... information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.) a From your application software. If your application software does not support your model name. If any other printer drivers are using a LAN cable to the machine.
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...174; driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Very thin or thick paper is a paper jam, see Improving the print quality in the User's Guide. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side ...of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. 4 Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver...
...174; driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Very thin or thick paper is a paper jam, see Improving the print quality in the User's Guide. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side ...of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. 4 Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver...
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You can clear the data that name. After the document is no secured data in the printer driver dialog box. a Press Secure. Press OK. Press OK. The machine will not print...or b to choose the job. If you turn the power switch Off, the secured data saved in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. The LCD displays the secured jobs list for that is left in memory will ...Data !, there is printed, the data will be able to set your four-digit password and press OK. Printing Printer operation keys 1 1 Job Cancel 1 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. To use this ...
You can clear the data that name. After the document is no secured data in the printer driver dialog box. a Press Secure. Press OK. Press OK. The machine will not print...or b to choose the job. If you turn the power switch Off, the secured data saved in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. The LCD displays the secured jobs list for that is left in memory will ...Data !, there is printed, the data will be able to set your four-digit password and press OK. Printing Printer operation keys 1 1 Job Cancel 1 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. To use this ...
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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 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®.
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... tab. 1 2 a Choose the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type (1). Note • The screens in the printer driver. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... Printing Features in... the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box...
... tab. 1 2 a Choose the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type (1). Note • The screens in the printer driver. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... Printing Features in... the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box...
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... pages are six types of manual duplex binding directions available for binding in inches or millimeters. 16 In this function. There are printed. 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. Duplex Printing Printing 1 1 ...
... pages are six types of manual duplex binding directions available for binding in inches or millimeters. 16 In this function. There are printed. 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. Duplex Printing Printing 1 1 ...
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...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 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. Support tab 1 2 3 4 5 1 Visit the Genuine Supplies website (1) You can visit our web site for using your printer. 22 If you print only a few ...
...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 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. Support tab 1 2 3 4 5 1 Visit the Genuine Supplies website (1) You can visit our web site for using your printer. 22 If you print only a few ...
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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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Printing Preferences 1 Note You can change the layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... 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 access the Printing Preferences dialog box by choosing the settings... Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in which the pages of your operating system. Note The screens in the printer driver. Front to Front prints the document so that page 1 is on the bottom of the stack. The screens on your PC may vary ...
Printing Preferences 1 Note You can change the layout setting by clicking Printing Preferences... 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 access the Printing Preferences dialog box by choosing the settings... Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in which the pages of your operating system. Note The screens in the printer driver. Front to Front prints the document so that page 1 is on the bottom of the stack. The screens on your PC may vary ...
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... Thicker paper in Media Type to change the BR-script emulation language level. Ports tab 1 If you choose this setting. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. Note The Density adjustment is connected or the path...BR-Script Level You can increase the quality of image printing. 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 slower. Reduce Paper Curl...
... Thicker paper in Media Type to change the BR-script emulation language level. Ports tab 1 If you choose this setting. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. Note The Density adjustment is connected or the path...BR-Script Level You can increase the quality of image printing. 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 slower. Reduce Paper Curl...
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... the ControlCenter Configuration. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you can choose advanced settings for enhanced copy operations. You can be used. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size... the copy output to four buttons. Enter a name in 1 3 printing. button. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... button and then Properties... In the printer driver settings dialog box, you use advanced copy functions such as N in Please enter a name for the...
... the ControlCenter Configuration. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you can choose advanced settings for enhanced copy operations. You can be used. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size... the copy output to four buttons. Enter a name in 1 3 printing. button. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... button and then Properties... In the printer driver settings dialog box, you use advanced copy functions such as N in Please enter a name for the...
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Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. To cancel multiple print jobs, hold down this function, you to enter ... depending on your password in the memory by pressing Job Cancel. Press OK. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is left in the printer driver dialog box. Press OK. 116 8 Printing and Faxing 8 Note The screens are from the memory. The LCD displays job selections. The machine prints the data...
Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. To cancel multiple print jobs, hold down this function, you to enter ... depending on your password in the memory by pressing Job Cancel. Press OK. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is left in the printer driver dialog box. Press OK. 116 8 Printing and Faxing 8 Note The screens are from the memory. The LCD displays job selections. The machine prints the data...
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Note The screens in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) 8 This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system version. 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 Printing and Faxing Features in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.4. Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale.
Note The screens in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) 8 This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater. The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system version. 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 Printing and Faxing Features in this section are from Mac OS® X 10.4. Page Setup 8 You can set the Paper Size, Orientation and Scale.
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Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you do not need to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this setting. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced. Change the printer driver setting in Media Type to choose this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in media type settings. 8 128
Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you do not need to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this setting. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced. Change the printer driver setting in Media Type to choose this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in media type settings. 8 128
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... 8 a If you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from your machine. d Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. c Log on as an 'Administrator... (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. c Log on as an 'Administrator'. b Restart the Macintosh®. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129 Printing and Faxing Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh® 8 For Mac OS® X ...
... 8 a If you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from your machine. d Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the printer you want to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. c Log on as an 'Administrator... (from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. c Log on as an 'Administrator'. b Restart the Macintosh®. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129 Printing and Faxing Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh® 8 For Mac OS® X ...
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... menu. If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for Mac OS® 10.2.X users). b Open the Utilities folder. 130 Note If you use the BR-Script3 printer driver, you will need to delete it and then install the BR-Script3 printer driver. For ...steps. Printing and Faxing Using the BR-Script3 Driver (MFC-7840W only) (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...
... menu. If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for Mac OS® 10.2.X users). b Open the Utilities folder. 130 Note If you use the BR-Script3 printer driver, you will need to delete it and then install the BR-Script3 printer driver. For ...steps. Printing and Faxing Using the BR-Script3 Driver (MFC-7840W only) (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...
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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 8 136 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 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.