Brother International GT-381 Basic Instruction Manual - English - Page 8

CONTENTS 1. Read This First ...1 1-1. Precautions...1 1-2. Unpacking Your Printer ...5 1-3. Required Condition...5 1-3-1. Environment...5 1-3-2. Electrical Requirements...6 1-3-3. Software Information...6 1-3-4. Other Requirements...6 1-3-5. Consumable Requirements and Options ...7 2. Identifying Your Printer's Parts...8 2-1. Front ...8 2-2. Right ...9 2-3. Rear...9 2-4. Inside of the Front Cover...10 2-5. Upper part of the Maintenance Unit ...11 2-6. Under the Platen...12 2-7. Control Panel ...13 2-7-1. Display...14 2-7-2. Menu List...15 3. Getting Started...17 3-1. Placing Your Printer...18 3-2. Turning On/Off Your Printer...19 3-2-1. Turning On Your Printer...19 3-2-2. Turning Off Your Printer ...20 3-3. Preparing Your PC...21 3-3-1. When you already have GT-541/GT-782 ...21 3-3-2. PC preparation: For Windows XP (32 bit)...21 3-3-3. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows XP 22 3-3-4. Installation of PC for Windows Vista / Windows 7 (32 bit / 64 bit 24 3-3-5. Connection with USB 2.0 Cable: for Windows Vista / Windows 7 25 3-3-6. Opening the installed manuals ...25 3-3-7. Opening the Useful Tools...26 3-3-8. How to use Firmware Update Tools...27 3-4. Setting Up Your Printer...28 3-4-1. Adjusting the Display Contrast...28 3-4-2. Adjusting the Speaker Volume...28 3-4-3. Temperature...28 3-4-4. Language ...28 4. Printing Directly from Applications...29 4-1. Basic Printing Procedure ...30 5. Maintenance...31 5-1. Replacing Consumables ...32 5-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge...32 5-1-2. Replacing the Wiper Cleaner and Cleaning the Caps / Wipers 34 5-1-3. Replacing Flushing Plate Sponge and Flushing Plate Felt 37 5-1-4. Replacing the Fan Filter ...37 5-1-5. Replacing the Roller Felts ...39 5-1-6. Cleaning the inside of the printer and restart 39 5-1-7. Cleaning the Encoder Strip ...40 GT-3 Series