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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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Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users 43 Scanning a document into the PC ...43 Pre-... SCAN ...63 File type ...64 Customizing a user-defined button...64 COPY ...69 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...71 Send ...72 Receive/View Received...72 Address Book ...73 Setup ...73 DEVICE SETTING...74 Remote Setup... (MFC models only) ...75 Quick-Dial (MFC models only)...76 Status Monitor ...76 User's Guide...77 4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in...
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users 43 Scanning a document into the PC ...43 Pre-... SCAN ...63 File type ...64 Customizing a user-defined button...64 COPY ...69 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...71 Send ...72 Receive/View Received...72 Address Book ...73 Setup ...73 DEVICE SETTING...74 Remote Setup... (MFC models only) ...75 Quick-Dial (MFC models only)...76 Status Monitor ...76 User's Guide...77 4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in...
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... 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...136 Choosing page... 149 Scanning from a Macintosh® ...149 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 150 Pre-Scanning an image ...150 Settings in the Scanner window ...151 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 154 Scan to E-mail ...154 Scan to Image ...155 Scan to OCR ...155...
... 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...136 Choosing page... 149 Scanning from a Macintosh® ...149 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 150 Pre-Scanning an image ...150 Settings in the Scanner window ...151 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 154 Scan to E-mail ...154 Scan to Image ...155 Scan to OCR ...155...
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... a PC into your PC is protected by a firewall, and 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 on the CD-ROM we have supplied. See Firewall settings (For Network users) on...
... a PC into your PC is protected by a firewall, and 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 on the CD-ROM we have supplied. See Firewall settings (For Network users) on...
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... it may get a paper jam. Very thin or thick paper is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use the manual duplex function, it back in the User's Guide. If you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the... from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide. Fax sending will not be curled. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper ...
... it may get a paper jam. Very thin or thick paper is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use the manual duplex function, it back in the User's Guide. If you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the... from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide. Fax sending will not be curled. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper ...
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... 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
... 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
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... on your PC will vary depending on your chosen settings. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Basic tab 1 You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Printer Properties... To return to apply your operating system. • You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11
... on your PC will vary depending on your chosen settings. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Basic tab 1 You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Printer Properties... To return to apply your operating system. • You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11
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...printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC may vary depending on the bottom of how your operating system. ...stack. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on top of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can access the ... in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the printer...
...printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC may vary depending on the bottom of how your operating system. ...stack. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on top of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties (or Brother DCP-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties) dialog box. Layout tab You can access the ... in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only) 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the printer...
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... when you can choose either use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 30) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using other software applications that Brother included with OCR by NUANCE™ on page 50. • If your PC is...
... when you can choose either use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 30) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using other software applications that Brother included with OCR by NUANCE™ on page 50. • If your PC is...
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...e Choose the scanner you are for when you use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE. Note Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX) or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN). f Check the Display scanner dialog box on the left side of a page after pre... in this Guide are using from the machine. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP /Windows Vista® you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the Available Scanners list. d Click...
...e Choose the scanner you are for when you use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE. Note Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX) or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN). f Check the Display scanner dialog box on the left side of a page after pre... in this Guide are using from the machine. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP /Windows Vista® you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the Available Scanners list. d Click...
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...the utility You can run the utility by choosing the Scanner Utility located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) (where XXXX is used for configuring the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze and you want to set Legal...disk space then your PC may be very large. Note For Windows Vista® the User Account Control screen appears, do not have enough memory and hard disk space for changing the paper size. Scanning Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your model name)/ Scanner Settings/Scanner Utility. ...
...the utility You can run the utility by choosing the Scanner Utility located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) (where XXXX is used for configuring the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze and you want to set Legal...disk space then your PC may be very large. Note For Windows Vista® the User Account Control screen appears, do not have enough memory and hard disk space for changing the paper size. Scanning Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your model name)/ Scanner Settings/Scanner Utility. ...
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...glass. e Click Import. If you want to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner. For Windows Fax and Scan Click File, New, then Scan. The Scan dialog box appears. 43 You can scan a whole ...page. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways in which you want to scan using the ...
...glass. e Click Import. If you want to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner. For Windows Fax and Scan Click File, New, then Scan. The Scan dialog box appears. 43 You can scan a whole ...page. Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways in which you want to scan using the ...
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...N Network PC FAX Macintosh® (Send only 142 Windows 92 P PaperPort™ (Windows®) importing 52 OCR 52 Presto!® PageManager® (Macintosh 155, 157 Printer driver 25 PS printer driver 25 R Remote Setup Macintosh 189 Windows 90 S Scan Macintosh® into Macintosh 150 Network ...179 OCR 157 Presto!® PageManager 155, 157 Resolution 151 Scan key 154 Windows® Network 78 Resolution 34 Scan ...
...N Network PC FAX Macintosh® (Send only 142 Windows 92 P PaperPort™ (Windows®) importing 52 OCR 52 Presto!® PageManager® (Macintosh 155, 157 Printer driver 25 PS printer driver 25 R Remote Setup Macintosh 189 Windows 90 S Scan Macintosh® into Macintosh 150 Network ...179 OCR 157 Presto!® PageManager 155, 157 Resolution 151 Scan key 154 Windows® Network 78 Resolution 34 Scan ...
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... service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Service Center Locations (Canada only) For the location of enhancements to get the most efficient way to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for Windows® only). Please complete and fax the Brother Warranty ... registering your new product, register on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Brother driver updates. Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you will help , you must be recorded as confirmation...
... service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Service Center Locations (Canada only) For the location of enhancements to get the most efficient way to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for Windows® only). Please complete and fax the Brother Warranty ... registering your new product, register on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Brother driver updates. Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you will help , you must be recorded as confirmation...
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... using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 Network Scanning in Chapter 4 (MFC7345N, MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W only) ScanSoft...™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides: 1 The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to find scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you want to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can scan documents. If this window...
... using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 Network Scanning in Chapter 4 (MFC7345N, MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W only) ScanSoft...™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides: 1 The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to find scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you want to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can scan documents. If this window...
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Portrait Landscape 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 Portrait Landscape Windows® printer driver and Macintosh® printer driver 1 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 2 0.25 in. (6.35 mm) 1 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 2 0.2 in. (5.08 mm) BRScript Driver for Letter size paper. The unprintable area changes with the paper size. 13 The unprintable area changes .... (4.23 mm) Note The unprintable area shown above is for Windows® and Macintosh® (MFC-7840W only) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is smaller than the paper size, as shown ...
Portrait Landscape 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 Portrait Landscape Windows® printer driver and Macintosh® printer driver 1 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 2 0.25 in. (6.35 mm) 1 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 2 0.2 in. (5.08 mm) BRScript Driver for Letter size paper. The unprintable area changes with the paper size. 13 The unprintable area changes .... (4.23 mm) Note The unprintable area shown above is for Windows® and Macintosh® (MFC-7840W only) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is smaller than the paper size, as shown ...
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...to see if the LCD is unchecked. (For Windows® 2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and then Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check ... Use Printer Offline is showing an error message. (See Error and maintenance messages on page 122.) Printing difficulties Difficulties No printout. Brother's ECM feature should help overcome this problem. Copy quality difficulties Difficulties Vertical black line appears in and the power switch is turned ...
...to see if the LCD is unchecked. (For Windows® 2000) Click the Start button and choose Settings and then Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Make sure that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check ... Use Printer Offline is showing an error message. (See Error and maintenance messages on page 122.) Printing difficulties Difficulties No printout. Brother's ECM feature should help overcome this problem. Copy quality difficulties Difficulties Vertical black line appears in and the power switch is turned ...
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...may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 130.) Wipe the laser scanner windows with a soft cloth. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 120.) Make sure that meets our specifications. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 14.) ... Choose Thick paper mode in the printer driver, choose Thick in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or use thinner ...
...may be damaged. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 130.) Wipe the laser scanner windows with a soft cloth. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 120.) Make sure that meets our specifications. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 14.) ... Choose Thick paper mode in the printer driver, choose Thick in the machine's Paper Type menu setting or use thinner ...
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...paper in the tray or rotate the paper 180° in the input tray. Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) If you choose the proper media ...type in the printer driver or in the machine's Paper Type menu setting. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 130.) The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable...
...paper in the tray or rotate the paper 180° in the input tray. Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) If you choose the proper media ...type in the printer driver or in the machine's Paper Type menu setting. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on page 130.) The fuser unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable...
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Troubleshooting and routine maintenance Examples of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 120 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 122.) ...off Toner Save mode in the machine menu settings or Toner Save mode in the printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in the Software User's Guide on page 130.)...abcde 01234 Toner specks All black Recommendation Check the machine's environment. Roughsurfaced paper may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 123.) ...
Troubleshooting and routine maintenance Examples of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page 120 and Cleaning the corona wire on page 122.) ...off Toner Save mode in the machine menu settings or Toner Save mode in the printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in the Software User's Guide on page 130.)...abcde 01234 Toner specks All black Recommendation Check the machine's environment. Roughsurfaced paper may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 123.) ...