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1 Using the machine as a printer Using the Brother printer driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required 1 by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers first by following the Quick Setup Guide. Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT® workstation 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. You can install them easily into your Windows® system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size. How to print your document When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User's Guide for information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.) 1 From your application, select the Print command. If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, select Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name. If you are using a USB cable to connect your machine then USB will be in the printer driver name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click OK to begin printing. Note For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 7-2 or Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 7-4. 2 Your computer sends the data to the machine. The LCD shows Receiving Data. 3 When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows the date and time. Note You can select the paper size and orientation in your application software. If your application software does not support your custom paper size, select the next larger paper size. Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software. 1 - 1

Section	Page
SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE	1
Table of Contents	2
1 Using the machine as a printer	6
Using the Brother printer driver	6
Windows® Printing	6
How to print your document	6
Printing from the manual feed slot	7
Manual Duplex Printing	8
Simultaneous printing and faxing	8
Printer operation key	8
Job Cancel	8
Popular Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)	9
Setting the Emulation Selection	9
Printing the Internal Font List	9
Printing the Print Configuration List	10
Restoring default settings	10
Printer driver settings (For Windows®)	11
How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®)	11
Features in the PCL printer driver (For Windows®)	12
Basic tab	12
Paper Size	12
Border Line	13
Orientation	13
Collate	13
Media Type	13
Paper Source	13
Advanced tab	14
Print Quality	15
Resolution	15
Toner Save Mode	15
Print Setting	15
Duplex	16
Manual Duplex	16
Watermark	17
Transparent	17
In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP/Windows NT® 4.0)	17
Print Watermark	17
Watermark Setting	17
Page Setting	18
Scaling	18
Device Options	18
Quick Print Setup	19
Status Monitor	19
Macro (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)	19
Administrator (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me Users Only)	20
Insert Command/File (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me Users Only) (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)	20
Page Protection	20
Print Date & Time	21
Density adjustment	21
Support tab	22
Brother Solutions Center	22
Web Update	22
Print Settings	22
Print Fonts (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)	22
Check Setting	22
Features in the PS (PostScript®) Brother printer driver (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) (For Windows®)	23
Ports tab	23
Layout tab	24
Paper / Quality tab	24
Advanced Options	24
Status Monitor (Windows® only)	25
How to turn on the status monitor	25
Monitoring and viewing the machine’s status	25
2 How to scan using Windows®	26
Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows® XP only)	27
WIA compliant	27
How to access the scanner	27
Scanning a document into the PC (For MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)	28
Scanning a document into the PC (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only)	29
Scanning a document using the ADF	29
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only)	30
Brother Scanner Utility (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)	31
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver	32
TWAIN compliant	32
How to access the Scanner	32
Scanning a document into the PC	33
Scanning a whole page	33
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan	34
Settings in the Scanner window	35
Image Type	35
Resolution	35
Scan Type	36
Brightness	36
Contrast	36
Document Size	37
Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)	38
Scan to E-mail	38
Scan to Image	39
Scan to OCR	39
Scan to File	39
Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR	40
Viewing items	41
Organizing your items in folders	41
Quick links to other applications	42
ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit	42
Importing items from other applications	42
Exporting items in other formats	43
Exporting an image file	43
How to Uninstall PaperPort® 9.0SE and ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR	43
3 Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows®)	44
ControlCenter2.0	44
How to turn off the AutoLoad feature in ControlCenter2.0	45
SCAN	45
CUSTOM SCAN	45
COPY	46
PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)	46
DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020)	46
SCAN	47
Image (example: Microsoft Paint)	47
OCR (Word Processing program)	48
E-mail	48
File attachments	49
File	49
CUSTOM SCAN	50
Customizing a user-defined button	51
Scan to Image:	51
Scan to OCR:	51
Scan to E-mail:	52
Scan to File:	53
COPY	54
PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)	55
Send	55
Receive / View Received	55
Address Book	56
Setup	56
DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020)	57
Remote Setup	57
Quick-Dial	57
4 Using MFC Remote Setup (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020)	58
MFC Remote Setup	58
5 Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020)	59
PC-FAX sending	59
Setting up user information	59
Sending setup	60
Outside line access	60
Include header	60
User interface	61
Address Book	62
Setting up a Cover Page	63
Entering Cover Page Information	63
Speed-Dial setup	64
Brother Address Book	64
Setting up a Member in the Address Book	65
Setting up a Group for Broadcasting	65
Editing Member information	65
Deleting a Member or Group	66
Exporting the Address Book	66
Importing to the Address Book	67
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface	68
Redial	68
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface	69
Setting up PC-FAX receiving	70
Running PC-FAX Receiving	70
Setting up your PC	70
Viewing new PC-FAX messages	71
6 Network Scanning (For Windows®) (MFC-7225N, MFC-7820N or models with the optional NC-2200w Only)	72
Network License	72
Registering your PC with the machine for scanning	72
Using the Scan key	74
Scan to E-mail	74
Scan to Image	75
Scan to OCR	76
Scan to File	77
7 Using your machine with a Macintosh®	78
Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®	78
Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X)	79
Choosing page setup options	79
Specific settings	80
Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2)	81
Using the PS driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)	82
For Mac OS® X users	82
For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 users	84
Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application (not available for DCP-7020)	86
For Mac OS® X users	86
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X Address Book application	88
For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 users	89
Scanning from a Macintosh®	90
Accessing the scanner	90
Scanning an image into your Macintosh®	91
Scanning a whole page	91
Pre-Scanning an image	92
Settings in the Scanner window	93
Image	93
Scanning Area	94
Business Card Size (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N)	94
Adjusting the Image	95
Configuring Network Scanning	96
Using the Scan Key	97
Using Presto!® PageManager®	98
Highlights	98
System requirements for Presto!® PageManager®	98
Technical Support	99
Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)	101
How to turn off the AutoLoad feature in ControlCenter2.0	101
SCAN	102
CUSTOM SCAN	102
COPY	102
DEVICE SETTINGS (not available for DCP-7020)	103
SCAN	103
Image (example: Apple PreView)	103
OCR (Word Processing program)	104
E-mail	105
File attachments	105
File	106
CUSTOM SCAN	106
Customizing a user-defined button	106
Scan to Image:	107
Scan to OCR:	108
Scan to E-mail:	109
COPY	111
DEVICE SETTINGS (not available for DCP-7020)	112
Remote Setup	112
Quick-Dial	112
MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater) (not available for DCP-7020)	113
Index	114

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Using the Brother printer driver

A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required

by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language.

The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers first by following the Quick Setup

Guide. Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:

Windows

Printing

The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft

Windows

98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT

workstation 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. You can install them easily

into your Windows

system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode

to enhance printing speed in Windows

applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including

economy printing mode and custom paper size.

How to print your document

When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper

tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User’s Guide for information

about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.)

From your application, select the Print command.

If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, select

Brother MFC-XXXX

DCP-XXXX

(USB) Printer

(Where XXXX is your model name. If you are using a USB cable to connect your machine

then USB will be in the printer driver name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu

in your software application, and then click

to begin printing.

Note

For Macintosh

users, see

Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple

Macintosh

(Mac OS

on page

7-2 or

Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple

Macintosh

(Mac OS

9.1 to 9.2)

on page 7-4.

Your computer sends the data to the machine.

The LCD shows

Receiving Data

When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows the date and time.

Note

You can select the paper size and orientation in your application software.

If your application software does not support your custom paper size, select the next larger paper size.

Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software.

Using the machine as a printer

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