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... as confirmation of the purchase date of the product. i Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you in the event of enhancements to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for Windows® only). and, will be made from your machine performance... on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Brother driver updates. 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...
... as confirmation of the purchase date of the product. i Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you in the event of enhancements to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for Windows® only). and, will be made from your machine performance... on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for Brother driver updates. 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...
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...format is recommended for viewing on your model name.The CD-ROM main menu will appear. If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to find and run the start.exe program from the Help selection in HTML format. ...Brother Solutions Center, where you can view or download the PDF documents. (Internet access and PDF Reader software are required.) General information How to 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...
...format is recommended for viewing on your model name.The CD-ROM main menu will appear. If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to find and run the start.exe program from the Help selection in HTML format. ...Brother Solutions Center, where you can view or download the PDF documents. (Internet access and PDF Reader software are required.) General information How to 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...
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...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.... 1 Unprintable area when printing from both sides 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
...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.... 1 Unprintable area when printing from both sides 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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...Use Printer Offline is common to the telephone system industry and is unchecked. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Brother's ECM feature should help overcome this problem. Suggestions If the Fax key is online: (For Windows Vista®) Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then .... (See the Quick Setup Guide.) Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to Call Waiting or some other custom feature on the glass strip, or one of the corona wires for printing is in copies. Suggestions If you have ...
...Use Printer Offline is common to the telephone system industry and is unchecked. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer. Brother's ECM feature should help overcome this problem. Suggestions If the Fax key is online: (For Windows Vista®) Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then .... (See the Quick Setup Guide.) Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. Check to Call Waiting or some other custom feature on the glass strip, or one of the corona wires for printing is in copies. Suggestions If you have ...
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...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.) Choose Thick paper...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 82.) The toner cartridge may be damaged. Conditions such as high humidity can cause hollow print. (See...
...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.) Choose Thick paper...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 82.) The toner cartridge may be damaged. Conditions such as high humidity can cause hollow print. (See...
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Rough- Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on... 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 and Basic ...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...
Rough- Call Brother Customer Service. Check the paper type and quality. (See Acceptable paper and other print media on... 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 and Basic ...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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...printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in the Software User's Guide on the CDROM.) Clean the scanner window and the corona ...132; The toner cartridge may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit...that meets our specifications. 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 123.) The drum unit may...
...printer Properties of the driver. (See Toner save on page 22 or Advanced tab in the Software User's Guide on the CDROM.) Clean the scanner window and the corona ...132; The toner cartridge may be damaged. Call Brother Customer Service. Clean the corona wire inside the drum unit by sliding the green tab. Call Brother Customer Service. Put in a new drum unit...that meets our specifications. 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 123.) The drum unit may...
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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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...the 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/Windows Vista® Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) Macintosh® Printer Driver for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Resolution Print Speed First...
...the 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/Windows Vista® Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) Macintosh® Printer Driver for Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater Resolution Print Speed First...
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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®... 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 (Intel®...
... 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®... 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 (Intel®...
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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...
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...
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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-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass 45 ...
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-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass 45 ...
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Status Monitor...120 Updating the machine's status ...120 Hiding or showing the window ...120 Quitting the window ...120 Web Based Management (Network Connection Only 120 Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh 121 Page Setup...121 Choosing page setup options ...121 Cover Page (For Mac OS® X 10.4 or greater 123 Layout ...123 Secure...
Status Monitor...120 Updating the machine's status ...120 Hiding or showing the window ...120 Quitting the window ...120 Web Based Management (Network Connection Only 120 Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh 121 Page Setup...121 Choosing page setup options ...121 Cover Page (For Mac OS® X 10.4 or greater 123 Layout ...123 Secure...
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...page description language. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in Windows® applications, and allows you may vary depending on your operating system. • If your Brother device. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by following the Quick Setup ...-ROM we have supplied. 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 on the CD-ROM supplied with your PC is...
...page description language. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in Windows® applications, and allows you may vary depending on your operating system. • If your Brother device. The latest printer driver can install them easily into the format needed by following the Quick Setup ...-ROM we have supplied. 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 on the CD-ROM supplied with your PC is...
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...or fax receiving has finished. 4 Fax sending will not be curled. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Before reinserting the paper, ...straighten it back in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one...
...or fax receiving has finished. 4 Fax sending will not be curled. Printing Duplex printing 1 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you have a print quality problem, see Paper jams in the User's Guide. Before reinserting the paper, ...straighten it back in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Manual duplex printing 1 The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one...
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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. Printing 1 1 10
... 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. Printing 1 1 10
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Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the General tab of the Basic tab..... b Choose the Paper Source (2). Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Note • The screens in this section are using. 11 c Click OK to the default settings,... click Default, then OK. in the printer driver. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the...
Printing Features in the Windows® printer driver 1 1 For more information, see the Help text in the General tab of the Basic tab..... b Choose the Paper Source (2). Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are from Windows® XP. Note • The screens in this section are using. 11 c Click OK to the default settings,... click Default, then OK. in the printer driver. To return to apply your operating system. • You can access the Printing Preferences dialog box by clicking the...
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... 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. Note The screens in the printer driver. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on your ... 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...
... 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. Note The screens in the printer driver. Back to Back prints the document so that page 1 is on your ... 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...
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.... d Click Select button. 30 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 TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) on page 37). 2 Scanning...
.... d Click Select button. 30 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 TWAIN driver 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®) on page 37). 2 Scanning...