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Reset Key 13-7 Printing the Internal Font List 13-7 Printing the Print Configuration List 13-7 Restoring Factory Default Settings 13-7 14 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only 14-1 Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver 14-1 Features in the PCL Printer Driver (For Windows® Users Only 14-1 Basic Tab 14-2 Paper Size 14-3 Multiple Page 14-3 Border Line...
Reset Key 13-7 Printing the Internal Font List 13-7 Printing the Print Configuration List 13-7 Restoring Factory Default Settings 13-7 14 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only 14-1 Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver 14-1 Features in the PCL Printer Driver (For Windows® Users Only 14-1 Basic Tab 14-2 Paper Size 14-3 Multiple Page 14-3 Border Line...
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15 xvi Available Options 14-13 Support 14-14 Brother Solutions Center 14-14 Web Update 14-14 Check Setting 14-14 Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000 14-15 General Tab 14-15 Printing Preferences 14-15 Layout Tab 14-16 *1 Orientation 14-16 *2 Pages Per ...Graphic 14-19 *3 Document Options 14-19 Device Settings Tab 14-20 Installable Options 14-20 Using the Windows®-Based Brother MFL-Pro Control Center .. 15-1 Brother Control Center 15-1 AutoLoad the Brother Control Center 15-1 How to Turn Off AutoLoad 15-2 Using the Scan Keys 15-2 Using the Control Panel...
15 xvi Available Options 14-13 Support 14-14 Brother Solutions Center 14-14 Web Update 14-14 Check Setting 14-14 Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000 14-15 General Tab 14-15 Printing Preferences 14-15 Layout Tab 14-16 *1 Orientation 14-16 *2 Pages Per ...Graphic 14-19 *3 Document Options 14-19 Device Settings Tab 14-20 Installable Options 14-20 Using the Windows®-Based Brother MFL-Pro Control Center .. 15-1 Brother Control Center 15-1 AutoLoad the Brother Control Center 15-1 How to Turn Off AutoLoad 15-2 Using the Scan Keys 15-2 Using the Control Panel...
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19 Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook 19-1 Set up Your USB Equipped Apple® Macintosh® G3,G4, iMac™ or iBook with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 ... 19-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh... 21-1 Laser Safety 21-2 FDA Regulations 21-2 Manufactured 21-2 Important-About the Interface Cable 21-3 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA Only 21-3 Important 21-4 Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada Only 21-4 Warranty 21-4 International ENERGY STAR...
19 Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook 19-1 Set up Your USB Equipped Apple® Macintosh® G3,G4, iMac™ or iBook with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 ... 19-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh... 21-1 Laser Safety 21-2 FDA Regulations 21-2 Manufactured 21-2 Important-About the Interface Cable 21-3 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA Only 21-3 Important 21-4 Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada Only 21-4 Warranty 21-4 International ENERGY STAR...
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...installer. 12 - 2 F O R D O S U S E R S x:\>CD RPCX 6 Type RPCSETUP and then press Enter. C:\>x: 5 Type CD RPCX and then press Enter. the mouse driver must be installed. (You can also operate the program with the keyboard.) Follow these steps to install the remote printer console program: 1 Make sure your.... 2 Start your CD-ROM drive for "x") and then press Enter. x:\RPCX>RPCSETUP 7 Follow the instructions in Windows®, exit and return to the DOS prompt. 3 Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 4 At the DOS prompt (C:\>) type x: (Substitute the drive letter of...
...installer. 12 - 2 F O R D O S U S E R S x:\>CD RPCX 6 Type RPCSETUP and then press Enter. C:\>x: 5 Type CD RPCX and then press Enter. the mouse driver must be installed. (You can also operate the program with the keyboard.) Follow these steps to install the remote printer console program: 1 Make sure your.... 2 Start your CD-ROM drive for "x") and then press Enter. x:\RPCX>RPCSETUP 7 Follow the instructions in Windows®, exit and return to the DOS prompt. 3 Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 4 At the DOS prompt (C:\>) type x: (Substitute the drive letter of...
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...reports the current status or errors on the CD-ROM supplied with your machine. It runs in Windows® applications; Bi-directional Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it allows you can avoid memory errors and print most full-page,.... 13 Using Brother Machine as a 13 Printer Special Printing Features Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™ compatible fonts for Microsoft® Windows®, 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 are available on your Windows® system using...
...reports the current status or errors on the CD-ROM supplied with your machine. It runs in Windows® applications; Bi-directional Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it allows you can avoid memory errors and print most full-page,.... 13 Using Brother Machine as a 13 Printer Special Printing Features Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™ compatible fonts for Microsoft® Windows®, 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 are available on your Windows® system using...
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... size, and page orientation in your application software. (See Acceptable Paper, Page 2-6.) Use the manual feed slot for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. The machine displays the date and time and RECEIVING DATA..., card stock, thicker paper or envelopes. Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use manual duplexing, it loads paper from the paper cassette. I N T E R Your PC sends a print command and data to...
... size, and page orientation in your application software. (See Acceptable Paper, Page 2-6.) Use the manual feed slot for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. The machine displays the date and time and RECEIVING DATA..., card stock, thicker paper or envelopes. Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use manual duplexing, it loads paper from the paper cassette. I N T E R Your PC sends a print command and data to...
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...paper cassette. 13 - 4 U S I N G B R O T H E R M A C H I N E A S A P R I N T E R Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of paper to the width of your printer driver. MANUAL FEED INSERT PAPER 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until the front edge of the paper touches the paper.... The machine starts printing automatically. 2 After the first page is printed, the LCD shows: Insert the next sheet of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Follow Steps 1 and 2 to choose Manual Feed in the manual feed slot...
...paper cassette. 13 - 4 U S I N G B R O T H E R M A C H I N E A S A P R I N T E R Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of paper to the width of your printer driver. MANUAL FEED INSERT PAPER 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until the front edge of the paper touches the paper.... The machine starts printing automatically. 2 After the first page is printed, the LCD shows: Insert the next sheet of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Follow Steps 1 and 2 to choose Manual Feed in the manual feed slot...
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... also change settings by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. 14 Printer Driver Settings 14 (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by clicking the illustration on the left side of the...
... also change settings by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. 14 Printer Driver Settings 14 (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by clicking the illustration on the left side of the...
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... can specify the offset value of document being printed (Photos, Graphics or Scanned Images). Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types ...R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) 14 - 6 Duplex Printing Choosing the Duplex Printing icon displays the Manual Duplex features available. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first. Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for each orientation.
... can specify the offset value of document being printed (Photos, Graphics or Scanned Images). Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types ...R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) 14 - 6 Duplex Printing Choosing the Duplex Printing icon displays the Manual Duplex features available. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first. Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for each orientation.
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If you to quickly select driver settings. Note Record your mouse button on the task tray icon. Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling and Watermark features to be accessed. 14 - 11 P R I N T E R D R I V E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Quick Print ...
If you to quickly select driver settings. Note Record your mouse button on the task tray icon. Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling and Watermark features to be accessed. 14 - 11 P R I N T E R D R I V E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Quick Print ...
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The following section describes the driver features and selections available for Windows® 2000. General Tab Printing Preferences In the General tab, click the Printing Preferences... button to access the Layout tab. 14 - 15 P R I N T E R D R I V E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000) The Windows® 2000 printer driver utilizes Microsoft's uni-driver architecture.
The following section describes the driver features and selections available for Windows® 2000. General Tab Printing Preferences In the General tab, click the Printing Preferences... button to access the Layout tab. 14 - 15 P R I N T E R D R I V E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000) The Windows® 2000 printer driver utilizes Microsoft's uni-driver architecture.
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...how to configure the Brother Control Center buttons to scan from your PC. B A S E D B R O T H E R M F L - When you have connected the MFC to your Windows®-based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your computer. ...A dialogue box with a check box labeled "AutoLoad Pop-up" will not work with your version of using the Scan keys, see Brother Control Center Features, Page 15-4 to15-6.) U S I N G T H E W I N D O ...
...how to configure the Brother Control Center buttons to scan from your PC. B A S E D B R O T H E R M F L - When you have connected the MFC to your Windows®-based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your computer. ...A dialogue box with a check box labeled "AutoLoad Pop-up" will not work with your version of using the Scan keys, see Brother Control Center Features, Page 15-4 to15-6.) U S I N G T H E W I N D O ...
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..., Copy and PC Fax Buttons When the Pop-Up screen is displayed, you can direct the copy output to use the PC and any Windows® printer driver for enhanced copy functions. PC Fax Operation Send a Fax-allows you to load when you boot your computer. 15 - 5 U S I N G T H E ...O N T R O L C E N T E R Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you can access the Scanner Settings window. Copy Operations Copy-allows you to any standard Windows® printer driver installed on any of the Configuration screens. You can scan the page on the...
..., Copy and PC Fax Buttons When the Pop-Up screen is displayed, you can direct the copy output to use the PC and any Windows® printer driver for enhanced copy functions. PC Fax Operation Send a Fax-allows you to load when you boot your computer. 15 - 5 U S I N G T H E ...O N T R O L C E N T E R Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you can access the Scanner Settings window. Copy Operations Copy-allows you to any standard Windows® printer driver installed on any of the Configuration screens. You can scan the page on the...
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... the OK button to save PaperPort® items in your software. Accessing the Scanner To choose the Brother Multi-Function Link® Pro as your scanner driver, select it . From the PaperPort® window, select Acquire from the File pull-down menu or select the TWAIN or Scan button. The Multi-Function..., FPX, HFX, or self-viewing. Exporting an Image File 1 Select the Export command from the File drop-down menu in the PaperPort® window. Exporting Items in Other Formats You can export or save your file, or Cancel to return to the PaperPort® without saving it under the...
... the OK button to save PaperPort® items in your software. Accessing the Scanner To choose the Brother Multi-Function Link® Pro as your scanner driver, select it . From the PaperPort® window, select Acquire from the File pull-down menu or select the TWAIN or Scan button. The Multi-Function..., FPX, HFX, or self-viewing. Exporting an Image File 1 Select the Export command from the File drop-down menu in the PaperPort® window. Exporting Items in Other Formats You can export or save your file, or Cancel to return to the PaperPort® without saving it under the...
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...Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. The Resource Manager allows the single bi-directional Parallel port on the MFC to simulate a Communications port for faxing and scanning and to use your MFC with your MFC. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows...® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother software, so you to simulate a Parallel port for Windows® GDI printing. 17 - 1 S E T T I N G ...
...Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. The Resource Manager allows the single bi-directional Parallel port on the MFC to simulate a Communications port for faxing and scanning and to use your MFC with your MFC. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows...® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother software, so you to simulate a Parallel port for Windows® GDI printing. 17 - 1 S E T T I N G ...
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...E-Mail Printing automatically accesses the server to check for a specified character string in the On-Line Documentation. It allows you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your specifed POP3 server at the same time, by searching for new mail. This is NOT available for operating instructions. M A ...Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Me Only Main Features I You can print e-mail in each account automatically. I Automatic access to see the sender, subject and relevant part of the CD-ROM for a multiple user account: In Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing you can set up more than one...
...E-Mail Printing automatically accesses the server to check for a specified character string in the On-Line Documentation. It allows you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your specifed POP3 server at the same time, by searching for new mail. This is NOT available for operating instructions. M A ...Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Me Only Main Features I You can print e-mail in each account automatically. I Automatic access to see the sender, subject and relevant part of the CD-ROM for a multiple user account: In Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing you can set up more than one...
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...NO RESPONSE / BUSY The number you may have reached a number that you have installed the Windows® driver, try again. Or, you called does not answer or is not connected to resume printing when...is too hot. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. Then call . NOT REGISTERED The One Touch or Speed Dial number that is busy. Check the number and try again after setting the True...to fax or receive again or call machine terminated the call Brother Customer Service at In USA: 1-800-284-4329 In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER In Montreal: 1-514-685-6464 OUT OF MEMORY (May...
...NO RESPONSE / BUSY The number you may have reached a number that you have installed the Windows® driver, try again. Or, you called does not answer or is not connected to resume printing when...is too hot. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. Then call . NOT REGISTERED The One Touch or Speed Dial number that is busy. Check the number and try again after setting the True...to fax or receive again or call machine terminated the call Brother Customer Service at In USA: 1-800-284-4329 In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER In Montreal: 1-514-685-6464 OUT OF MEMORY (May...
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... Reduce the complexity of your print job. Most laser printers have text missing. The machine prints the part of your document and try again. This is installed and you selected the correct printer driver. Difficulty Suggestions The machine cannot print full pages ...REMAINED DATA). Usually these are not correctly set your application software. Make sure the Windows® printer driver is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. The machine emulates HP LaserJet IIP. Difficulties ...
... Reduce the complexity of your print job. Most laser printers have text missing. The machine prints the part of your document and try again. This is installed and you selected the correct printer driver. Difficulty Suggestions The machine cannot print full pages ...REMAINED DATA). Usually these are not correctly set your application software. Make sure the Windows® printer driver is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. The machine emulates HP LaserJet IIP. Difficulties ...
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... is scratched. If the markings do not disappear, it periodically. Make sure the machine is necessary to replace it may disappear by wiping the scanner windows with a clean soft cloth. (See Routine Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and Cleaning the Drum Unit, on Pages 22-16 and 22-17.) If... used for a long time. Printed pages are marked at either edge. Remove the drum unit with a new one. Make sure that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Rough surfaces or thick media can cause a ghost image. Adjust the print conditions by excessive exposure to side....
... is scratched. If the markings do not disappear, it periodically. Make sure the machine is necessary to replace it may disappear by wiping the scanner windows with a clean soft cloth. (See Routine Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and Cleaning the Drum Unit, on Pages 22-16 and 22-17.) If... used for a long time. Printed pages are marked at either edge. Remove the drum unit with a new one. Make sure that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Rough surfaces or thick media can cause a ghost image. Adjust the print conditions by excessive exposure to side....
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... 22-6 erasing from memory 9-5 forwarding 9-1, 9-5 polling 5-6 reducing to fit on LCD 22-1 to 22-3 CHECK PAPER 22-1 COMM. Groups 7-6 One Touch numbers 7-5 pulse (rotary) (for Canada) 7-7 Speed Dial numbers 7-5 document jam 22-4 Drivers Windows printing 13-1 drum unit cleaning 22-17 installing 2-3 life remaining 22-22 replacing 22-21 Dual Access 6-3 E Easy Receive...
... 22-6 erasing from memory 9-5 forwarding 9-1, 9-5 polling 5-6 reducing to fit on LCD 22-1 to 22-3 CHECK PAPER 22-1 COMM. Groups 7-6 One Touch numbers 7-5 pulse (rotary) (for Canada) 7-7 Speed Dial numbers 7-5 document jam 22-4 Drivers Windows printing 13-1 drum unit cleaning 22-17 installing 2-3 life remaining 22-22 replacing 22-21 Dual Access 6-3 E Easy Receive...