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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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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 Brother machine is connected to your computer and is set to Online. 2 Start your... to the DOS prompt. x:\>CD RPCX 6 Type RPCSETUP 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 your...
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 Brother machine is connected to your computer and is set to Online. 2 Start your... to the DOS prompt. x:\>CD RPCX 6 Type RPCSETUP 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 your...
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... it to send memory and printer setup information to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications; The driver supports our unique compression mode to the computer. Enhanced Memory Management The Brother machine has its own Data Compression Technology, which automatically compresses graphic data and... machine supports HP LaserJet IIP printer emulation mode. If you easily change the Brother machine's default settings (such as a 13 Printer Special Printing Features Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™ compatible fonts for DOS The MFL Pro Suite CD-ROM...
... it to send memory and printer setup information to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications; The driver supports our unique compression mode to the computer. Enhanced Memory Management The Brother machine has its own Data Compression Technology, which automatically compresses graphic data and... machine supports HP LaserJet IIP printer emulation mode. If you easily change the Brother machine's default settings (such as a 13 Printer Special Printing Features Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueType™ compatible fonts for DOS The MFL Pro Suite CD-ROM...
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...are more information, see the Help screen for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. If your application software does not support your PC. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may get a paper jam. Caution When you...; 95/98/Me and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 enable manual duplex printing. (For more pages, the machine begins to print the next page automatically. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for labels, transparencies, card stock, thicker paper or envelopes....
...are more information, see the Help screen for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. If your application software does not support your PC. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you may get a paper jam. Caution When you...; 95/98/Me and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 enable manual duplex printing. (For more pages, the machine begins to print the next page automatically. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for labels, transparencies, card stock, thicker paper or envelopes....
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...the paper touches the paper feed roller. 2 Adjust the manual feed slot to the width of the paper. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of paper to choose Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. 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 Setup dialog box of your printer driver. If you do not have finished printing. Insert the sheet of paper for Portrait (vertical) or Landscape...
...the paper touches the paper feed roller. 2 Adjust the manual feed slot to the width of the paper. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of paper to choose Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. 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 Setup dialog box of your printer driver. If you do not have finished printing. Insert the sheet of paper for Portrait (vertical) or Landscape...
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... can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. Features in the PCL Printer Driver (For Windows® Users Only) Note The screens shown in the printer driver. The printer drivers are from Windows® 98. 14 Printer Driver Settings 14 (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data...
... can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. Features in the PCL Printer Driver (For Windows® Users Only) Note The screens shown in the printer driver. The printer drivers are from Windows® 98. 14 Printer Driver Settings 14 (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-8500 Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data...
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Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for the type of duplex directions available for each ... the Manual Duplex features available. 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 ) 14 - 6 With the Print Setting set to reinstall the paper. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types of document...
Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for the type of duplex directions available for each ... the Manual Duplex features available. 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 ) 14 - 6 With the Print Setting set to reinstall the paper. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types of document...
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Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you forget your mouse button on the task tray icon. If you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your password these settings can be set to be accessed. 14 - 11 P R I N T E R D R I V E...; O N L Y ) Note Record your password and keep it in a safe place for future reference. This feature can not be locked and password protected. Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling and Watermark features to ON or OFF from the Device Options...
Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you forget your mouse button on the task tray icon. If you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your password these settings can be set to be accessed. 14 - 11 P R I N T E R D R I V E...; O N L Y ) Note Record your password and keep it in a safe place for future reference. This feature can not be locked and password protected. Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users Only) The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling and Watermark features to ON or OFF from the Device Options...
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General Tab Printing Preferences In the General tab, click the Printing Preferences... Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000) The Windows® 2000 printer driver utilizes Microsoft's uni-driver architecture. 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 ) 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... Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® 2000) The Windows® 2000 printer driver utilizes Microsoft's uni-driver architecture. 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 ) The following section describes the driver features and selections available for Windows® 2000.
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...Uncheck the AutoLoad Pop-Up option. When you are ready to use the Scan keys, make sure the Brother Control Center application is that you have connected the MFC to launch the application of Windows®. B A S E D B R O T H E R M F L - The ...advantage of using the Scan keys is running on the control panel, you can use the Scan keys on your PC. (For details about how to configure the Brother Control Center buttons to your Windows®-based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers...
...Uncheck the AutoLoad Pop-Up option. When you are ready to use the Scan keys, make sure the Brother Control Center application is that you have connected the MFC to launch the application of Windows®. B A S E D B R O T H E R M F L - The ...advantage of using the Scan keys is running on the control panel, you can use the Scan keys on your PC. (For details about how to configure the Brother Control Center buttons to your Windows®-based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers...
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... any standard Windows® printer driver installed on any Windows® printer driver for Scan, Copy and PC Fax Buttons When the Pop-Up screen is displayed, you to scan a picture or text original and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using any of the features of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you...
... any standard Windows® printer driver installed on any Windows® printer driver for Scan, Copy and PC Fax Buttons When the Pop-Up screen is displayed, you to scan a picture or text original and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using any of the features of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you...
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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. Exporting an Image File 1 Select the Export command from the... File drop-down menu in the PaperPort® window. The Multi-Function Link®...
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. Exporting an Image File 1 Select the Export command from the... File drop-down menu in the PaperPort® window. The Multi-Function Link®...
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... Documentation. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother CD-ROM that is included with your MFC includes ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge®. (See Chapter 16, Using ScanSoft... were not included in the On-Line Documentation section of the Brother software, so you to simulate a Parallel port for your Windows® computer. Multi-Function Link® Pro software and the MFL Pro Printer Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. Multi-Function Link...
... Documentation. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother CD-ROM that is included with your MFC includes ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge®. (See Chapter 16, Using ScanSoft... were not included in the On-Line Documentation section of the Brother software, so you to simulate a Parallel port for your Windows® computer. Multi-Function Link® Pro software and the MFL Pro Printer Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. Multi-Function Link...
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...and troubleshooting tips not included in the On-Line Documentation. To Access the On-Line Documentation Note After you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click on Install Software from the main CD-ROM screen. 3 Click Automatic E-mail... U T O M A T I N G 18 - 1 I Automatic E-Mail Printing can set up more than one e-mail account on the CD-ROM. Before You Use this Software Please read in the On-Line Documentation on a single ...time, by searching for last- 18 Using Automatic E-Mail 18 Printing For Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Me Only Main Features I You can ...
...and troubleshooting tips not included in the On-Line Documentation. To Access the On-Line Documentation Note After you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click on Install Software from the main CD-ROM screen. 3 Click Automatic E-mail... U T O M A T I N G 18 - 1 I Automatic E-Mail Printing can set up more than one e-mail account on the CD-ROM. Before You Use this Software Please read in the On-Line Documentation on a single ...time, by searching for last- 18 Using Automatic E-Mail 18 Printing For Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Me Only Main Features I You can ...
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... The number you will hear the cooling fan running while the display on the machine shows COOLING DOWN and WAIT FOR A WHILE. Set up the One Touch or Speed Dial number. (See Pages 7-1, 7-2.) T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N...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 ...) Machine memory capacity has been exceeded. • If you may have installed the Windows® driver, try again. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. Then call . Error...
... The number you will hear the cooling fan running while the display on the machine shows COOLING DOWN and WAIT FOR A WHILE. Set up the One Touch or Speed Dial number. (See Pages 7-1, 7-2.) T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N...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 ...) Machine memory capacity has been exceeded. • If you may have installed the Windows® driver, try again. MACHINE ERROR XX Machine has a mechanical problem. Then call . Error...
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...job. Difficulties Check that the DOS application software interface settings match those of a document. This is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. Try setting the machine to eject the page. The machine prints the part of your printer: for... Printer Console (RPC) program. Please make sure you select it prints incorrect information. Adjust the but it in several ways. Most laser printers have text missing. DOS Setup I view my document on the LCD. Check your application software.
...job. Difficulties Check that the DOS application software interface settings match those of a document. This is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. Try setting the machine to eject the page. The machine prints the part of your printer: for... Printer Console (RPC) program. Please make sure you select it prints incorrect information. Adjust the but it in several ways. Most laser printers have text missing. DOS Setup I view my document on the LCD. Check your application software.
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... Print Density function. Example of the drum is necessary to replace it may be that the drum was marked or damaged 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 a... page occurs after cleaning and the display shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit with a new one. Make sure that you use paper that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Try copying multiple pages to clear this condition to side. Remove the drum unit with a new...
... Print Density function. Example of the drum is necessary to replace it may be that the drum was marked or damaged 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 a... page occurs after cleaning and the display shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit with a new one. Make sure that you use paper that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Try copying multiple pages to clear this condition to side. Remove the drum unit with a new...
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...(es), stand-alone receiving 5-1 difficulty 22-6 erasing from memory 9-5 forwarding 9-1, 9-5 polling 5-6 reducing 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...
...(es), stand-alone receiving 5-1 difficulty 22-6 erasing from memory 9-5 forwarding 9-1, 9-5 polling 5-6 reducing 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...