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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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The printer drivers are from Windows® XP. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is software that translates data 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 available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Windows® system using a printer command...
The printer drivers are from Windows® XP. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is software that translates data 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 available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Windows® system using a printer command...
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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 paper tray. Note You can feed many types of paper and envelopes...
... 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 paper tray. Note You can feed many types of paper and envelopes...
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... the paper is not feeding properly, it is copying or receiving a fax on both sides of the paper first. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Remove the paper, straighten it and turn over the stack. When you may get a paper jam. 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 not recommended. Guidelines for printing on paper...
... the paper is not feeding properly, it is copying or receiving a fax on both sides of the paper first. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Remove the paper, straighten it and turn over the stack. When you may get a paper jam. 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 not recommended. Guidelines for printing on paper...
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... choose Delete. To delete the secured data, press a or b to choose the user name. To use this key until the password is left in the printer driver dialog box. a Press Secure. The LCD displays the secured jobs list for that is entered. c Press a or b to choose Print. d To print the ... protected. The machine prints the data. Only those people who know the password will be cleared from memory. 5 Enter your password in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. Note After you need to print the secured data. You can clear the data that name. The machine will ...
... choose Delete. To delete the secured data, press a or b to choose the user name. To use this key until the password is left in the printer driver dialog box. a Press Secure. The LCD displays the secured jobs list for that is entered. c Press a or b to choose Print. d To print the ... protected. The machine prints the data. Only those people who know the password will be cleared from memory. 5 Enter your password in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. Note After you need to print the secured data. You can clear the data that name. The machine will ...
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Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116. Printing 1 1 10 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®.
Printer driver settings Note For Macintosh® users, see Printing and Faxing on page 116. Printing 1 1 10 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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... OK to the default settings, click Default, then OK. in the printer driver. To return to apply your PC will vary depending on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the General tab...
... OK to the default settings, click Default, then OK. in the printer driver. To return to apply your PC will vary depending on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the General tab...
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... manual duplex binding directions available for binding in inches or millimeters. 16 When you want to re-install the paper. 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. In this function. Duplex...
... manual duplex binding directions available for binding in inches or millimeters. 16 When you want to re-install the paper. 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. In this function. Duplex...
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... you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Printing Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. 1 Note The Density adjustment... web site offering information about 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...
... you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. Change the printer driver setting in Media type settings. Printing Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. 1 Note The Density adjustment... web site offering information about 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...
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If it fails to the printer correctly. 24 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 1 receive the information, the screen will probe the printer and display its serial number.
If it fails to the printer correctly. 24 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 1 receive the information, the screen will probe the printer and display its serial number.
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...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 BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by choosing the ... so that page 1 is on the bottom of the stack. Printing Features 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. Note The screens in the...
...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 BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by choosing the ... so that page 1 is on the bottom of the stack. Printing Features 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. Note The screens in the...
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... language level. If this setting, the paper curl may be slower. Reduce Paper Curl If you want to use. 29 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 to ...the network printer you are using, choose or add the port you want to a thin setting. Improve Toner Fixing If you do not need to On...
... language level. If this setting, the paper curl may be slower. Reduce Paper Curl If you want to use. 29 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 to ...the network printer you are using, choose or add the port you want to a thin setting. Improve Toner Fixing If you do not need to On...
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... Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings to be customized to 30 characters) and choose Copy Ratio. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... Enter a name in 1 3 printing. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using ...you can direct the copy output to four buttons. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any standard printer driver installed on the PC including network printers. The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can configure your preferred settings on up to let you use advanced copy functions such...
... Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings to be customized to 30 characters) and choose Copy Ratio. To display the printer driver settings, click the Print Options... Enter a name in 1 3 printing. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using ...you can direct the copy output to four buttons. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any standard printer driver installed on the PC including network printers. The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can configure your preferred settings on up to let you use advanced copy functions such...
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... in the memory. a Press Secure. Press OK. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is left in the printer driver dialog box. To delete the secured data, press a or b to choose Print. Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. Only those people who know the...
... in the memory. a Press Secure. Press OK. Note If the LCD displays No Data !, there is left in the printer driver dialog box. To delete the secured data, press a or b to choose Print. Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. Only those people who know the...
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The screens on your Macintosh® will vary depending on your operating system version. 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 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. 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 Note The screens in the printer driver (For Macintosh®) 8 This printer supports Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.
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Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to choose this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in media type settings. 8 128 Change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you do not need to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced. If this setting. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved.
Printing and Faxing Improve Print Output This feature allows you to choose this selection does not improve the situation enough, select thicker paper in media type settings. 8 128 Change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. • Improve Toner Fixing If you do not need to improve a print quality problem. • Reduce Paper Curl If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced. If this setting. If you print only a few pages, you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved.
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... to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. b Restart the Macintosh®. 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 you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from your machine. e Drag...; X 10.3 or greater 8 a If you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. c Log on as an 'Administrator'. f Restart the Macintosh®. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129
... to remove and remove it by clicking the Delete button. b Restart the Macintosh®. 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 you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from your machine. e Drag...; X 10.3 or greater 8 a If you are using a USB cable, disconnect it from the Macintosh HD (Startup Disk), choose Library, Printers, Brother) into the Trash and then empty the Trash. c Log on as an 'Administrator'. f Restart the Macintosh®. e Restart the Macintosh®. 129
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If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for installation 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 will need to...
If a Brother Laser driver is already listed in Printer Setup Utility (Print Center for installation 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 will need 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.