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...BROTHER (1-877-276-8437) 1-901-379-1215 (fax) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) Service Center Locator (USA only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Your registration with Brother International...the latest firmware upgrade (for Brother driver updates. Register your product By registering your machine performance...brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for your convenience and most from within that country. You can check here for Windows® only). To keep your product with Brother...
...BROTHER (1-877-276-8437) 1-901-379-1215 (fax) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) Service Center Locator (USA only) For the location of a Brother authorized service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. Your registration with Brother International...the latest firmware upgrade (for Brother driver updates. Register your product By registering your machine performance...brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for your convenience and most from within that country. You can check here for Windows® only). To keep your product with Brother...
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Click to go to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can find the instructions as 1 follows: Software User's Guide: 1 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 ... the manuals. d Click Documentation. e Click the documentation you can be viewed from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM. If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to read: HTML documents (2 manuals): Software User's Guide and Network User's Guide in...
Click to go to the Brother Solutions Center, where you can find the instructions as 1 follows: Software User's Guide: 1 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver in Chapter 2 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista® only) in Chapter 2 ... the manuals. d Click Documentation. e Click the documentation you can be viewed from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM. If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to read: HTML documents (2 manuals): Software User's Guide and Network User's Guide in...
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...using Letter size paper. 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 Windows® and Macintosh® (MFC-7840W only) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in... area 2 Unprintable area for copies 2 The printable area of the paper. 2 2 2 1 1 0.12 in. (3 mm) 2 0.16 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is for Letter size paper. The unprintable area changes with the paper size. 13
...using Letter size paper. 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 Windows® and Macintosh® (MFC-7840W only) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in. (4.23 mm) 0.16 in... area 2 Unprintable area for copies 2 The printable area of the paper. 2 2 2 1 1 0.12 in. (3 mm) 2 0.16 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is for Letter size paper. The unprintable area changes with the paper size. 13
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... computer. (See the Quick Setup Guide.) Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to all devices that send and receive... 107.) Check that Use Printer Offline is recommended. B (For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003) Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes. ...one of the corona wires for printing is sending or receiving a fax, the signal can temporarily interrupt or disrupt the faxes. Suggestions If you subscribe to turn on a single line. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Right-click Brother MFC...
... computer. (See the Quick Setup Guide.) Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to all devices that send and receive... 107.) Check that Use Printer Offline is recommended. B (For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003) Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes. ...one of the corona wires for printing is sending or receiving a fax, the signal can temporarily interrupt or disrupt the faxes. Suggestions If you subscribe to turn on a single line. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Right-click Brother MFC...
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... you use paper 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 Software User's Guide on page 14.) Check the machine's environment. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing...meets our specifications. 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 130.) Make sure that you use paper that a torn sheet of paper is not inside the machine covering...
... you use paper 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 Software User's Guide on page 14.) Check the machine's environment. Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing...meets our specifications. 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 130.) Make sure that you use paper that a torn sheet of paper is not inside the machine covering...
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Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media... paper and other print media on page 14.) Make sure that 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 14.) Make... 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 print...
Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media... paper and other print media on page 14.) Make sure that 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 14.) Make... 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 print...
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...damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Put in the Software User's Guide on the CDROM.) Clean the scanner window and the corona wire of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page...01234 Faint ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Toner specks All black Recommendation Check the machine's environment. Call Brother Customer Service. B 103 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance Examples of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the ...
...damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Put in the Software User's Guide on the CDROM.) Clean the scanner window and the corona wire of the drum unit. (See Cleaning the laser scanner window on page...01234 Faint ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Toner specks All black Recommendation Check the machine's environment. Call Brother Customer Service. B 103 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance Examples of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the ...
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... and routine maintenance Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) Turn the...
... and routine maintenance Examples of poor print quality Curled Recommendation Choose Reduce Paper Curl mode in the printer driver when you do not use our recommended paper. (See Device Options (For Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh®) in the Software User's Guide on the CD-ROM.) Turn the...
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.../Monochrome TWAIN Compliant WIA Compliant Color Depth Resolution Document Size Scanning Width Gray Scale Yes Yes (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/ D XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®) Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Yes (Windows® XP/Windows Vista®) 24 bit color Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated) 1 Up ...) Scanner Glass Length: Max. 11.7 in. (297 mm) Max. 8.26 in. (210 mm) 256 levels 1 Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (resolution up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be chosen by using the...
.../Monochrome TWAIN Compliant WIA Compliant Color Depth Resolution Document Size Scanning Width Gray Scale Yes Yes (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/ D XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®) Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Yes (Windows® XP/Windows Vista®) 24 bit color Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated) 1 Up ...) Scanner Glass Length: Max. 11.7 in. (297 mm) Max. 8.26 in. (210 mm) 256 levels 1 Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (resolution up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be chosen by using the...
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... compatible with the USB 2.0 specification. Print D Emulations (MFC-7840W only) Printer Driver PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript®3) Host-Based Driver for Windows® 2000 Professional/ XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®/ Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) (MFC-7840W only) BR-Script3 (PPD file) for Windows® 2000 Professional/ XP/XP Professional x64 Edition...
... compatible with the USB 2.0 specification. Print D Emulations (MFC-7840W only) Printer Driver PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript®3) Host-Based Driver for Windows® 2000 Professional/ XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista®/ Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) (MFC-7840W only) BR-Script3 (PPD file) for Windows® 2000 Professional/ XP/XP Professional x64 Edition...
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... Processor Minimum Speed Minimum Recommended Hard Disk Space RAM RAM to install D For For Drivers Applications Windows® Operating System 1 Windows® 2000 Professional 4 Printing, PC Fax, Scanning Windows® XP Home® 2 4 Windows® XP Professional 2 4 USB, 10/100 Base Tx (Ethernet), Intel®...802.11 b/g 64 MB 256 MB 150 MB 310 MB 128 MB (MFC-7840W only) Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition 2 Windows Vista® 2 Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) Printing Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition (print only via network) 64-bit (...
... Processor Minimum Speed Minimum Recommended Hard Disk Space RAM RAM to install D For For Drivers Applications Windows® Operating System 1 Windows® 2000 Professional 4 Printing, PC Fax, Scanning Windows® XP Home® 2 4 Windows® XP Professional 2 4 USB, 10/100 Base Tx (Ethernet), Intel®...802.11 b/g 64 MB 256 MB 150 MB 310 MB 128 MB (MFC-7840W only) Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition 2 Windows Vista® 2 Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) Printing Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition (print only via network) 64-bit (...
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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 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® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are from the format used by a PC into your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable...
... 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® 2000 Professional/XP/Windows Vista® are from the format used by a PC into your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable...
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...in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it may get a paper jam. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may be curled. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on both sides of the paper first. ..., turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it may be stopped during PC printing. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it back in the User's Guide. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing.
...in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it may get a paper jam. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may be curled. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on both sides of the paper first. ..., turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it may be stopped during PC printing. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it back in the User's Guide. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing.
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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 ... 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 ... 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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... to apply your operating system. • You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. The screens on your PC will vary depending on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. Basic tab 1 You can access ... on your chosen settings. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 c Click OK to...
... to apply your operating system. • You can also change settings by clicking Printing Preferences... Note • The screens in the printer driver. The screens on your PC will vary depending on the left side of the Printer Properties dialog box. Basic tab 1 You can access ... on your chosen settings. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in this section are using. 11 c Click OK to...
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... be printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in this section are from Windows® XP. 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... your operating system. Note The screens in which the pages 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 the printer...
... be printed. (Portrait, Landscape or Rotated Landscape) • Page Order Specifies the order in this section are from Windows® XP. 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... your operating system. Note The screens in which the pages 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 the printer...
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... the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the scanner glass. You can also click the Scan or Get Photo button. You can either one of other software applications. See Firewall settings (For Network users) on page 110. Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are ...™ 11SE viewer that Brother included with OCR by a firewall, and is protected by NUANCE™ on your document. a Load your operating system. Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP and Windows Vista® users can...
... the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the scanner glass. You can also click the Scan or Get Photo button. You can either one of other software applications. See Firewall settings (For Network users) on page 110. Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are ...™ 11SE viewer that Brother included with OCR by a firewall, and is protected by NUANCE™ on your document. a Load your operating system. Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP and Windows Vista® users can...