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...-4329 (voice) 1-908-575-8790 (fax) 1-800-284-3238 (TTY service for Brother Printer Driver updates. ORDERING ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES i You can get the most from your index of a Brother authorized dealer or service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. This system is our one from within Montreal) Dealers/Service Centers (USA Only) For the name of fax...
...-4329 (voice) 1-908-575-8790 (fax) 1-800-284-3238 (TTY service for Brother Printer Driver updates. ORDERING ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES i You can get the most from your index of a Brother authorized dealer or service center, call 1-877-BROTHER. This system is our one from within Montreal) Dealers/Service Centers (USA Only) For the name of fax...
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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 14...
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 14...
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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 Sheet 14... Off AutoLoad 15-2 Using the Scan Keys 15-2 Using the Control Panel Keys 15-2 Scan Image 15-3 Scan/OCR 15-3 Scan to E-mail 15-3 Brother Control Center Features 15-4 Auto Configuration 15-4 Scanning Operations 15-4 Copy Operations 15-5 PC Fax Operation 15-5 Scanner Settings for Scan, Copy and PC Fax...
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 Sheet 14... Off AutoLoad 15-2 Using the Scan Keys 15-2 Using the Control Panel Keys 15-2 Scan Image 15-3 Scan/OCR 15-3 Scan to E-mail 15-3 Brother Control Center Features 15-4 Auto Configuration 15-4 Scanning Operations 15-4 Copy Operations 15-5 PC Fax Operation 15-5 Scanner Settings for Scan, Copy and PC Fax...
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...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® .. 19-1 Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh® Application 19-3 Setting Up Your Address Book 19-5 Adding a New Member 19-5 Adding a New Group 19-6 Using Brother TWAIN Scanner Driver... 21-1 Standard Telephone and FCC Notices 21-1 Laser Safety 21-2 FDA Regulations 21-2 Manufactured 21-2...
...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® .. 19-1 Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh® Application 19-3 Setting Up Your Address Book 19-5 Adding a New Member 19-5 Adding a New Group 19-6 Using Brother TWAIN Scanner Driver... 21-1 Standard Telephone and FCC Notices 21-1 Laser Safety 21-2 FDA Regulations 21-2 Manufactured 21-2...
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... with your application software that runs on DOS, check that the Brother machine's name appears in the printer selection of printer drivers and emulation mode. Printer driver supported in your application software HP LaserJet IIP™ HP LaserJet II™ Emulation mode to Use the Brother Machine with Your DOS Application Software Before working with the remote...
... with your application software that runs on DOS, check that the Brother machine's name appears in the printer selection of printer drivers and emulation mode. Printer driver supported in your application software HP LaserJet IIP™ HP LaserJet II™ Emulation mode to Use the Brother Machine with Your DOS Application Software Before working with the remote...
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...your Windows® system using our installer program. Bi-directional Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it to send memory and printer setup information to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size. it reports the ...Professional and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 are available on your PC screen. 13 Using Brother Machine 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 supplied with your...
...your Windows® system using our installer program. Bi-directional Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it to send memory and printer setup information to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size. it reports the ...Professional and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 are available on your PC screen. 13 Using Brother Machine 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 supplied with your...
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...time and RECEIVING DATA. The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on the printer driver. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it returns to online status. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use manual duplexing, it loads paper from your application software. (See ...your computer, it is possible that a paper jam may get a paper jam. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. I N T E R If there are more information...
...time and RECEIVING DATA. The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on the printer driver. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it returns to online status. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you use manual duplexing, it loads paper from your application software. (See ...your computer, it is possible that a paper jam may get a paper jam. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for the printer driver.) Please select LPT1 on one side of paper: letter, legal, A4, B5 and A5 plain paper. I N T E R If there are more information...
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... and 2 to resume printing. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the manual feed slot. 1 Align the...into the manual feed slot until you have to choose Manual Feed in the Setup dialog box of your printer driver. If you wish to the width of the paper. MANUAL FEED INSERT PAPER 3 Repeat Steps 1 ... is printed, the LCD shows: Insert the next sheet of paper to load the first page. Loading One Sheet of Paper You do not select Manual Feed, and insert a page in the manual feed slot,...
... and 2 to resume printing. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the manual feed slot. 1 Align the...into the manual feed slot until you have to choose Manual Feed in the Setup dialog box of your printer driver. If you wish to the width of the paper. MANUAL FEED INSERT PAPER 3 Repeat Steps 1 ... is printed, the LCD shows: Insert the next sheet of paper to load the first page. Loading One Sheet of Paper You do not select Manual Feed, and insert a page in the manual feed slot,...
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... each page to be printed. 7 When you have finished printing, close the rear cover of transparencies smudging as they stack in the printer driver. 2 Send the print data as the machine pulls it exits the machine. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to... the printed page, return to Step 5 to the rear of paper into the manual feed slot until you 're using. 5 Insert a single sheet of the printer. To prevent the possibility of the machine. 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 13 - 5 Let go of the paper as usual. 3 Lift up , the machine has ...
... each page to be printed. 7 When you have finished printing, close the rear cover of transparencies smudging as they stack in the printer driver. 2 Send the print data as the machine pulls it exits the machine. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to... the printed page, return to Step 5 to the rear of paper into the manual feed slot until you 're using. 5 Insert a single sheet of the printer. To prevent the possibility of the machine. 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 13 - 5 Let go of the paper as usual. 3 Lift up , the machine has ...
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... side of the tab screen. 14 - 1 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 ) You can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. 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 from the format used by a computer into the format required...
... side of the tab screen. 14 - 1 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 ) You can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com. 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 from the format used by a computer into the format required...
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... suitable print settings. When you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types of document being printed (Photos, Graphics or Scanned Images). Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you can change the Brightness, Contrast and Graphics Quality options manually. Print Setting (For Windows® 95... the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm]. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first.
... suitable print settings. When you click OK the odd numbered pages are six types of document being printed (Photos, Graphics or Scanned Images). Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to Manual, you can change the Brightness, Contrast and Graphics Quality options manually. Print Setting (For Windows® 95... the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm]. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even numbered pages first.
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... the Paper Size from the Paper Source Setting list. This tab also installs any additional options into the driver settings. Available Options In order to choose which paper source will be used when the paper size of the... E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Highlight the model number from the Available Options list and click Add. Accessories Tab The Accessories Tab includes the settings for configuring the printer driver for what size paper is used when selecting Auto Select in the Basic Tab.) Default Source The Default Source allows you to access the optional...
... the Paper Size from the Paper Source Setting list. This tab also installs any additional options into the driver settings. Available Options In order to choose which paper source will be used when the paper size of the... E R S E T T I N G S ( F O R W I N D O W S ® O N L Y ) Highlight the model number from the Available Options list and click Add. Accessories Tab The Accessories Tab includes the settings for configuring the printer driver for what size paper is used when selecting Auto Select in the Basic Tab.) Default Source The Default Source allows you to access the optional...
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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. The following section describes the driver features and selections available for Windows® 2000.
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...and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using any standard Windows® printer driver installed on the Brother MFC and print the copies using the Brother MFL Pro fax software. You can scan the page on the PC. Copy Operations Copy-allows... copy functions. Global Settings AutoLoad Pop-Up-Click this checkbox if you want Brother MFL Control Center to any of the features of the Brother Control Center screen-OR-Click the Modify Settings... Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you boot your computer. 15 - 5 U S I N G ...
...and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using any standard Windows® printer driver installed on the Brother MFC and print the copies using the Brother MFL Pro fax software. You can scan the page on the PC. Copy Operations Copy-allows... copy functions. Global Settings AutoLoad Pop-Up-Click this checkbox if you want Brother MFL Control Center to any of the features of the Brother Control Center screen-OR-Click the Modify Settings... Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-you boot your computer. 15 - 5 U S I N G ...
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...® Pro software and the MFL Pro Printer Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother CD-ROM that were not included in the... and scanning and to use your MFC with your MFC includes ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge®. (See Chapter 16, Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge® .) Brother Resource Manager The Brother Resource Manager application must be running for...
...® Pro software and the MFL Pro Printer Driver automatically load the Resource Manager, as needed. 17 Setting Up and Using PC FAX 17 (For Windows® Only) Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother CD-ROM that were not included in the... and scanning and to use your MFC with your MFC includes ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge®. (See Chapter 16, Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge® .) Brother Resource Manager The Brother Resource Manager application must be running for...
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...E-Mail Printing you can be required for last- I Automatic E-Mail Printing can set up more than one e-mail account on a single PC so you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click on the CD-ROM. The "Automatic E-mail Print" option... operations. M A I L P R I N T I C E - I Provides an "In Memory" printer driver: You can receive and print e-mail data at the specifed time: You can use Automatic E-Mail Printing with other E-mail software: Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing has some extra functions that other E-mail software, such as Netscape Navigator...
...E-Mail Printing you can be required for last- I Automatic E-Mail Printing can set up more than one e-mail account on a single PC so you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click on the CD-ROM. The "Automatic E-mail Print" option... operations. M A I L P R I N T I C E - I Provides an "In Memory" printer driver: You can receive and print e-mail data at the specifed time: You can use Automatic E-Mail Printing with other E-mail software: Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing has some extra functions that other E-mail software, such as Netscape Navigator...
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... T O S H ® G 3 , G 4 O R I M A C ™ / I B O O K 19 Using the Brother MFC with 19 a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook Set up with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 (The Brother Scanner Driver works only with Mac OS 8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1) Using Brother Printer Driver with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 Note Before you can connect the... MFC to print. On the right side of the Chooser, click the printer...
... T O S H ® G 3 , G 4 O R I M A C ™ / I B O O K 19 Using the Brother MFC with 19 a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook Set up with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 (The Brother Scanner Driver works only with Mac OS 8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1) Using Brother Printer Driver with Mac OS 8.5/8.51/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 Note Before you can connect the... MFC to print. On the right side of the Chooser, click the printer...
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If you selected the correct printer driver. Reduce the complexity of font sizes within your application printer emulation Prints setting and the machine's printer emulation do not match. Most laser printers have text missing. Difficulties Check that will not accept print. Try setting the machine ...and part of your print job. This is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. Try to connect the printer correctly, then some cable correctly. The machine prints first Your computer is installed and...
If you selected the correct printer driver. Reduce the complexity of font sizes within your application printer emulation Prints setting and the machine's printer emulation do not match. Most laser printers have text missing. Difficulties Check that will not accept print. Try setting the machine ...and part of your print job. This is common problem first with the supplied printer driver, see the "Windows® Setup Printing Difficulties" section. Try to connect the printer correctly, then some cable correctly. The machine prints first Your computer is installed and...
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...one sheet at a time. Your application software must not go through the parallel port, are made for Zip Drives, External CD-ROM Drive, etc...) Suggested areas to check: (Load=, Run= command lines in the printer driver...menu of paper in the printer driver. Make sure the MFC's LCD screen is curled, you computer manufacturer to confirm that is Busy" or "MFC Connect Failure" error message appears...not properly installed. Make sure no other device drivers, which also communicate through another peripheral device (such as , drivers for laser machines. (For information on the LCD. If...
...one sheet at a time. Your application software must not go through the parallel port, are made for Zip Drives, External CD-ROM Drive, etc...) Suggested areas to check: (Load=, Run= command lines in the printer driver...menu of paper in the printer driver. Make sure the MFC's LCD screen is curled, you computer manufacturer to confirm that is Busy" or "MFC Connect Failure" error message appears...not properly installed. Make sure no other device drivers, which also communicate through another peripheral device (such as , drivers for laser machines. (For information on the LCD. If...
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... the drum unit with a new one . Rough surfaces or thick media can cause a ghost image. Difficulty Suggestions Printed pages are blurred at the center or at regular intervals. A possible cause is that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Try rocking them from side to... clear this case, replace the drum unit with a new one . Make sure that the surface of Regular Marking Markings may clear a blurred page by excessive...
... the drum unit with a new one . Rough surfaces or thick media can cause a ghost image. Difficulty Suggestions Printed pages are blurred at the center or at regular intervals. A possible cause is that you select the appropriate media type in the printer driver. Try rocking them from side to... clear this case, replace the drum unit with a new one . Make sure that the surface of Regular Marking Markings may clear a blurred page by excessive...