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MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Using the Remote Access Code 9-... of paper manually: .... 10-9 • Paper Tray 10-10 Printing the Internal Font List (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-11 Printing the Print Configuration List (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-6 • Bidirectional Parallel Interface 10-6 • Enhanced Memory Management...-4 FF/Cont Key 10-4 Test/Reset Key 10-5 Print Priority Key 10-5 • Windows® Printing 10-6 • Remote Printer Console Program for DOS (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-6 • Popular Printer Emulation Support (Only for...
MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Using the Remote Access Code 9-... of paper manually: .... 10-9 • Paper Tray 10-10 Printing the Internal Font List (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-11 Printing the Print Configuration List (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-6 • Bidirectional Parallel Interface 10-6 • Enhanced Memory Management...-4 FF/Cont Key 10-4 Test/Reset Key 10-5 Print Priority Key 10-5 • Windows® Printing 10-6 • Remote Printer Console Program for DOS (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC 10-6 • Popular Printer Emulation Support (Only for...
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...Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. Enhanced Memory Management The MFC has its own Data Compression Technology, which is available on . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER FOR YOUR INFORMATION Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and True Type™-...compatible fonts for Microsoft® Windows® 95 and 3.1 are available on your...
...Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. Enhanced Memory Management The MFC has its own Data Compression Technology, which is available on . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER FOR YOUR INFORMATION Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and True Type™-...compatible fonts for Microsoft® Windows® 95 and 3.1 are available on your...
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... quality might not be satisfactory. 10-8 When you have to straighten them well. The MFC will print all the even numbered pages on the computer. NOTICE When you use of the paper, the Windows® driver instructs you to reinsert the paper. For more information about settings, see ... screen text for Windows® 95 or 3.1 enables manual duplex printing. The use the Manual Duplex function, it is not recommended. If you encounter the double feeding error, hold the paper except the front sheet while the paper is feeding. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER...
... quality might not be satisfactory. 10-8 When you have to straighten them well. The MFC will print all the even numbered pages on the computer. NOTICE When you use of the paper, the Windows® driver instructs you to reinsert the paper. For more information about settings, see ... screen text for Windows® 95 or 3.1 enables manual duplex printing. The use the Manual Duplex function, it is not recommended. If you encounter the double feeding error, hold the paper except the front sheet while the paper is feeding. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER...
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... page is printed, the dialog box will start printing automatically. Repeat these steps until you to load the first page. Printer MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER Manual Feed Slot The multipurpose sheet feeder also has a manual feed slot. For information on paper specifications, see...using. (2) 1 2 When you wish to resume printing. Load a sheet and select OK to print on page 10-1. Insert the sheet of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Align the paper at the center of the manual feed slot, and be...
... page is printed, the dialog box will start printing automatically. Repeat these steps until you to load the first page. Printer MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER Manual Feed Slot The multipurpose sheet feeder also has a manual feed slot. For information on paper specifications, see...using. (2) 1 2 When you wish to resume printing. Load a sheet and select OK to print on page 10-1. Insert the sheet of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Align the paper at the center of the manual feed slot, and be...
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... do not use water. It is a good idea to connect the power cord first, then the telephone line. 2. Gently wipe the scanner window and the toner sensor with isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 REGULAR MAINTENANCE 14. Wipe the gears and electric terminals with a clean soft dry cloth.
... do not use water. It is a good idea to connect the power cord first, then the telephone line. 2. Gently wipe the scanner window and the toner sensor with isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 REGULAR MAINTENANCE 14. Wipe the gears and electric terminals with a clean soft dry cloth.
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...in the diagram to clean the scanner window or the toner sensor. • Do not touch the scanner window with your finger. • Handlethedrumunitcarefullyasitcontainstoner.Iftonerscattersand your hands or cloths get dirty, immediately wipe or wash it off with cold water . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 REGULAR MAINTENANCE... Scanner window WARNING Just after you place the drum unit on a drop cloth or large piece of the machine are HOT! Turn the drum unit upside down carefully. 14-2 Cleaning the Drum Unit NOTE: We recommend you have used the machine, some internal parts ...
...in the diagram to clean the scanner window or the toner sensor. • Do not touch the scanner window with your finger. • Handlethedrumunitcarefullyasitcontainstoner.Iftonerscattersand your hands or cloths get dirty, immediately wipe or wash it off with cold water . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 REGULAR MAINTENANCE... Scanner window WARNING Just after you place the drum unit on a drop cloth or large piece of the machine are HOT! Turn the drum unit upside down carefully. 14-2 Cleaning the Drum Unit NOTE: We recommend you have used the machine, some internal parts ...
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... restore the parameters to the factory setting. • Set the RS-232C parameters to match your AUTOEXEC.BAT file using MODE commands. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Selecting the RS-422A (Apple) or RS-232C (IBM) Serial Interface 1. Selecttheserialinterfaceportmatchesyourcomputer: •...the slide switch to the left (factory setting is in several different places, within your DOS application, within the Windows® Printer Icon (for Windows® application software only), or within your computer as follows: • Never change the RS-422A parameters for ...
... restore the parameters to the factory setting. • Set the RS-232C parameters to match your AUTOEXEC.BAT file using MODE commands. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Selecting the RS-422A (Apple) or RS-232C (IBM) Serial Interface 1. Selecttheserialinterfaceportmatchesyourcomputer: •...the slide switch to the left (factory setting is in several different places, within your DOS application, within the Windows® Printer Icon (for Windows® application software only), or within your computer as follows: • Never change the RS-422A parameters for ...
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...the PRINT menu of your application software. • Ifthisdoesnotcleartheerror,reducethe complexity of your document or reduce the print resolution. Maintenance 16-4 MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES M MACHINE ERROR XX PRESS STOP KEY Turn off the power. Remove the jammed paper. (...board. (ME1000 or ME2000) • Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your document. You will have installed the Windows® printer driver, try again. MEMORY FULL N NO RESPONSE/BUSY NOT REGISTERED P PRINT OVERRUN PRINTER JAM S SET CARTRIDGE •...
...the PRINT menu of your application software. • Ifthisdoesnotcleartheerror,reducethe complexity of your document or reduce the print resolution. Maintenance 16-4 MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES M MACHINE ERROR XX PRESS STOP KEY Turn off the power. Remove the jammed paper. (...board. (ME1000 or ME2000) • Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your document. You will have installed the Windows® printer driver, try again. MEMORY FULL N NO RESPONSE/BUSY NOT REGISTERED P PRINT OVERRUN PRINTER JAM S SET CARTRIDGE •...
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...To verify or change the screen saver to another one of Control Panel please restart Windows. Generally, newer models support both nibble (AT) and byte (Bi-Directional) mode parallel ports. Such printers use the Brother MFC to show the printer status on your disk drive, as follows: [boot] ;... also has a bidirectional parallel port function. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Problem using the HP Pavilion PC and the "HP DEMO" screen saver If you select the "HP Demo" screen saver on the PC display. Since Windows 3.xx does not support bi-directional communication...
...To verify or change the screen saver to another one of Control Panel please restart Windows. Generally, newer models support both nibble (AT) and byte (Bi-Directional) mode parallel ports. Such printers use the Brother MFC to show the printer status on your disk drive, as follows: [boot] ;... also has a bidirectional parallel port function. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Problem using the HP Pavilion PC and the "HP DEMO" screen saver If you select the "HP Demo" screen saver on the PC display. Since Windows 3.xx does not support bi-directional communication...
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....) HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: If Microsoft Windows Printing System for the above models are installed after the installation of the MFC 6550MC/ 7550MC series printer driver. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660 HP LaserJet series II...
....) HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: If Microsoft Windows Printing System for the above models are installed after the installation of the MFC 6550MC/ 7550MC series printer driver. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660 HP LaserJet series II...
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...and "system.ini" files which are in HP LaserJet group. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES HP LaserJet 4 Plus: Please uninstall the Main Status windows by double clicking the Un-install Status windows in the Windows directory to turn the printer's bi-directional function off. EPSON ...ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: Please remove the EPSON Action Laser 1100/1400 driver by having NECDELET.EXE run in Windows Printer Driver for these models run =C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM/WPSIOMON Also, You can find the following statement in the [spooler] section. [spooler] QP.LPT1=wpslbq...
...and "system.ini" files which are in HP LaserJet group. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES HP LaserJet 4 Plus: Please uninstall the Main Status windows by double clicking the Un-install Status windows in the Windows directory to turn the printer's bi-directional function off. EPSON ...ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: Please remove the EPSON Action Laser 1100/1400 driver by having NECDELET.EXE run in Windows Printer Driver for these models run =C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM/WPSIOMON Also, You can find the following statement in the [spooler] section. [spooler] QP.LPT1=wpslbq...
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... modifying your Display Driver software. Contact your Windows Setup Display selection from the current selection to the standard VGA or SVGA selection; contact your reseller or Microsoft Support if you will be able to use MFC 6550MC/7550MC series with no further problems. ...the document is to make these modification effective. Another solution is printed This could be caused by your Windows Display selection or installing new Display Driver software. 16-10 Maintenance MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES [386Enh] ;device=wpscomd.386 ;device=wpsljvpd.386 : : ...
... modifying your Display Driver software. Contact your Windows Setup Display selection from the current selection to the standard VGA or SVGA selection; contact your reseller or Microsoft Support if you will be able to use MFC 6550MC/7550MC series with no further problems. ...the document is to make these modification effective. Another solution is printed This could be caused by your Windows Display selection or installing new Display Driver software. 16-10 Maintenance MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES [386Enh] ;device=wpscomd.386 ;device=wpsljvpd.386 : : ...
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... and take the steps recommended to your fax machine. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Q&A This section contains questions and answers for MFC 6550MC/7550MC) Sometimes I get a error message, PRINT OVERRUN when printing certain documents from my application software. • Make sure the Windows® printer driver is installed and you selected...
... and take the steps recommended to your fax machine. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Q&A This section contains questions and answers for MFC 6550MC/7550MC) Sometimes I get a error message, PRINT OVERRUN when printing certain documents from my application software. • Make sure the Windows® printer driver is installed and you selected...
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... software. Your computer is a problem usually relating to serial interface settings. Usually these are using Windows® 95 or Windows® 3.1 with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Problems" section. • Try to reduce the complexity of your document and... buffer full signal. An error message PRINT OVERRUN occurs. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES General Printing Problems Question Recommendation The MFC prints unexpectedly or it prints garbage. • Turn the MFC on the screen but do not show up to match ...
... software. Your computer is a problem usually relating to serial interface settings. Usually these are using Windows® 95 or Windows® 3.1 with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Problems" section. • Try to reduce the complexity of your document and... buffer full signal. An error message PRINT OVERRUN occurs. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES General Printing Problems Question Recommendation The MFC prints unexpectedly or it prints garbage. • Turn the MFC on the screen but do not show up to match ...
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... pages are too dark or light. Rough surface or thick media can cause the problem. Adjust the print conditions by wiping the scanner windows with a new one . It has been factory set to the middle position. Make sure that meets the specifications. If you use...the display shows CHANGE DRUM, replace the drum unit with a clean soft white stripes. Question Recommendation Printouts are stained with a new one . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Print Quality Problems NOTICE You will show CHANGE DRUM. cloth. (See "Regular Maintenance" and "Cleaning the Drum...
... pages are too dark or light. Rough surface or thick media can cause the problem. Adjust the print conditions by wiping the scanner windows with a new one . It has been factory set to the middle position. Make sure that meets the specifications. If you use...the display shows CHANGE DRUM, replace the drum unit with a clean soft white stripes. Question Recommendation Printouts are stained with a new one . MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Print Quality Problems NOTICE You will show CHANGE DRUM. cloth. (See "Regular Maintenance" and "Cleaning the Drum...
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... and the display shows CHANGE DRUM, on page 14-2. Clean the machine interior. The whole page is too Light or too Dark"on the scanner window. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Question Recommendation Tonerscattersandstains If toner scattered over the whole printing surface, adjust the the printed page. Try copying multiple...
... and the display shows CHANGE DRUM, on page 14-2. Clean the machine interior. The whole page is too Light or too Dark"on the scanner window. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Question Recommendation Tonerscattersandstains If toner scattered over the whole printing surface, adjust the the printed page. Try copying multiple...
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... the spacifications. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Question Recommendation Printed pages are blurred at the center or at either edge. Blurred Page Certain environmental conditions such as humidity, high temperatures, etc. may cause this condition to side. • You may clear the problem by wiping the scanner windows with a clean...
... the spacifications. MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC OP-US-5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Question Recommendation Printed pages are blurred at the center or at either edge. Blurred Page Certain environmental conditions such as humidity, high temperatures, etc. may cause this condition to side. • You may clear the problem by wiping the scanner windows with a clean...
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... RS-422A/RS-232C serial interface (RS100M) is optionally available. (Only for Windows®, emulation mode of pages per joint job, etc. Emulation MFC 4550: Brother Printing System for Windows® MFC 6550MC/7550MC : Brother Printing System for MFC 6550MC/7550MC) Memory 512KB (MFC 4550/6550MC), 1MB (MFC 7550MC) Expandable: 1MB or 2MB the optional memory board. SPECIFICATIONS Product Description Six...
... RS-422A/RS-232C serial interface (RS100M) is optionally available. (Only for Windows®, emulation mode of pages per joint job, etc. Emulation MFC 4550: Brother Printing System for Windows® MFC 6550MC/7550MC : Brother Printing System for MFC 6550MC/7550MC) Memory 512KB (MFC 4550/6550MC), 1MB (MFC 7550MC) Expandable: 1MB or 2MB the optional memory board. SPECIFICATIONS Product Description Six...