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... our one-stop resource for your convenience and most from within that country. For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-877-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 Corporation...
... our one-stop resource for your convenience and most from within that country. For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-877-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 Corporation...
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... 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 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 Network Scanning in... the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE application. 3 e Click the documentation you can be viewed from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM...
... 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 Using ControlCenter3 in Chapter 3 Network Scanning in... the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE application. 3 e Click the documentation you can be viewed from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM...
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... from a computer 2 When 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... of the paper. 2 2 2 1 1 0.12 in. (3 mm) 2 0.16 in. (4 mm) Note This unprintable area shown above is for a single copy or a 1 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is for Letter size paper.
... from a computer 2 When 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... of the paper. 2 2 2 1 1 0.12 in. (3 mm) 2 0.16 in. (4 mm) Note This unprintable area shown above is for a single copy or a 1 in 1 copy using the driver the printable area is for Letter size paper.
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...driver has been installed and chosen. Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and maintenance messages on a single telephone line with your machine is unchecked. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked. (For Windows...Vertical black line appears in Fax mode. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. B (For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003) Click the Start button and choose... are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the glass strip, or one of the corona wires for printing is recommended. Suggestions If you try to...
...driver has been installed and chosen. Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and maintenance messages on a single telephone line with your machine is unchecked. Make sure that Use Printer Offline is unchecked. (For Windows...Vertical black line appears in Fax mode. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. B (For Windows® XP and Windows Server® 2003) Click the Start button and choose... are typically caused by dirt or correction fluid on the glass strip, or one of the corona wires for printing is recommended. Suggestions If you try to...
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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 a torn sheet of poor print quality White lines across the page ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD... abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Gray background Recommendation Make sure that you use paper that you choose the appropriate 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 and Basic tab in a new...
...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 a torn sheet of poor print quality White lines across the page ABCDEFGH abcdefghijk ABCD... abcdefghijk ABCD abcde 01234 Gray background Recommendation Make sure that you use paper that you choose the appropriate 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 and Basic tab in a new...
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Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media ... Acceptable paper and other print media on page 14.) Make sure that you print only a few pages, change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. Rough- Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 130...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...
Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media ... Acceptable paper and other print media on page 14.) Make sure that you print only a few pages, change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thin setting. Rough- Put in a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on page 130...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...
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... page 126.) The drum unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. 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... drum unit may be contaminated. Turn 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 a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on .
... page 126.) The drum unit may be contaminated. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. 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... drum unit may be contaminated. Turn 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 a new drum unit. (See Replacing the drum unit on .
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Troubleshooting 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...
Troubleshooting 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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... type of document you print. 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...
... type of document you print. 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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... PC is protected by following the Quick Setup Guide. Install the drivers 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 available on the CD-ROM supplied with your...
... PC is protected by following the Quick Setup Guide. Install the drivers 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 available on the CD-ROM supplied with your...
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Very thin or thick paper is possible that there may get a paper jam. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the paper tray or the Manual Feed Slot. If the paper is not feeding ... wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it back in the User's Guide. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may be stopped during PC printing. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer...
Very thin or thick paper is possible that there may get a paper jam. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the paper tray or the Manual Feed Slot. If the paper is not feeding ... wrinkle. If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it back in the User's Guide. Guidelines for printing on one side of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may be stopped during PC printing. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer...
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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.
... 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.
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...Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type (1). Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in ...this section are using. 11 b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver. c Click OK to the default settings, click Default, then OK.
...Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type (1). Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking Printing Preferences... in ...this section are using. 11 b Choose the Paper Source (2). Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the printer driver. c Click OK to the default settings, click Default, then OK.
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... 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... 1 is on your document will be printed. 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. in which the pages of the stack. 25
... 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... 1 is on your document will be printed. 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. in which the pages of the stack. 25
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... many more. You can either one of the screen. 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 the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) on your operating ...Get Photo button. b Start the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE software that Brother included with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista® Two scanner drivers are for scanning in which you can choose either use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™...
... many more. You can either one of the screen. 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 the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) on your operating ...Get Photo button. b Start the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE software that Brother included with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista® Two scanner drivers are for scanning in which you can choose either use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™...