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Before you can use the machine, you must set up the hardware and install the software.
Please read this “Quick Setup Guide” for the correct setup procedure and installation
instructions.
Step 1
Setting Up the Machine
Step 2
Installing the Drivers & Software
Setup is Complete!
Keep this “Quick Setup Guide”, User’s Guide and supplied CD-ROM in a convenient place for
quick and easy reference at all times.
MFC-7420
Quick Setup Guide MFC-7820N
Installing the Drivers & Software
® ® ® ® ®
For Windows
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Warning Improper Setup Note User’s Guide Indicates warnings that Alerts you to devices and Indicates notes and Indicates reference to the must be observed to operations that are not useful tips to remember User’s Guide. prevent possible compatible with the when using the machine. personal injury. machine.
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■ Getting Started Carton Components MFC 9 1 2 8 Quick Setup Guide 3 7 4 6 5 CD-ROMs ® For Windows ® For Macintosh 1. Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) 5. Paper Tray 2. Control Panel 6. Front Cover 3. Face-down Output Tray 7. Power Switch Support Flap with Extension 8. Document Cover 4. Manual Feed Slot 9. ADF Document Output Support Flap User’s Guide Drum Unit Assembly Telephone Line Cord AC Power Cord (including Toner Cartridge) Carton components may differ from one country to another. Save al
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Control Panel MFC-7420 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 01/03 15:25 Fax Res:Standard 12 11 10 9 1. One Touch keys 2. Shift key 3. Job Cancel key 4. Copy keys 5. Liquid Crystal Display 6. Reports key 7. Dial Pad 8. Stop/Exit key 9. Start key 10. Navigation keys 11. Mode keys 12. Fax and telephone keys For the details of the control panel, see "Control panel overview" in Chapter 1 of the User’s Guide. MFC-7820N 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 01/03 15:25 Fax Res:Standard 12 11 10 9 1. One Touch keys 2. Shift key 3. Job Cancel key
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Table of Contents Step 1 Setting Up the Machine 1. Install the Drum Unit Assembly........................................................................4 2. Load Paper in the Paper Tray ...........................................................................5 3. Install the Power Cord and Phone Line ...........................................................6 4. Setting the Date and Time .................................................................................7 5. Setting your Statio
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Setting Up the Machine Step 1 4 Put the drum unit assembly into the Install the Drum Unit machine. 1 Assembly Do NOT connect the interface cable. Connecting the interface cable is done during the software installation process. 5 Close the front cover of the machine. 1 Open the front cover of the machine. Front Cover 2 Unpack the drum unit assembly. 3 Gently rock it from side to side several times to distribute the toner evenly inside the assembly. 4
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4 Put paper in the paper tray. Load Paper in the Paper Check that the paper is flat in the tray and 2 below the maximum paper mark. Tray 1 Pull the paper tray completely out of the machine. Maximum paper mark 2 While pressing the paper guide release lever, slide the adjusters to fit the paper size. Check that the guides are firmly in the slots. 5 Put the paper tray firmly back in to the machine and unfold the output tray support flap before you use the machine. 3 Fan the stack of paper w
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Setting Up the Machine Step 1 If you are sharing one phone line with an Install the Power Cord external telephone, connect it as shown 3 below. and Phone Line Do not connect the Parallel or USB cable yet. 1 Make sure that the power switch is off. Connect the AC power cord to the machine. If you are sharing one phone line with an external telephone answering machine, connect it as shown below. Please set the receive mode to External TAD if you have an external answering machine. For more
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Setting the Date and 5 Setting your Station ID 4 Time You should store your name and fax number to be printed on all fax pages that you send. The machine displays the date and time, and prints it on every fax you send. 1 Press Menu/Set. 1 Press Menu/Set. 2 Press 0. 2 Press 0. 3 Press 3. 3 Press 2. 4 Enter your fax number (up to 20 digits) on the dial pad, and then press Menu/Set. 4 Enter the last two digits of the year on the dial pad, and then press Menu/Set. Station ID Fax: Date/Time Year:
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Step 1 Setting Up the Machine 6 Selecting a Receive Mode There are four possible receive modes; Fax Choose the Receive Mode which best suits your Only, Fax/Tel, Manual and External TAD. needs. 1 Press Menu/Set. Are you connecting an external telephone or external telephone answering device to the machine? 2 Press 0. Yes No 3 Press 1. Are you using the voice Fax Only message function of your The machine external telephone answering 4 Press or to select the mode. automatically answers devi
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7 Setting the LCD Contrast You can change the contrast to help the LCD look lighter or darker. 1 Press Menu/Set. 2 Press 1. 3 Press 7. 4 Press or to select Light or Dark. Press Menu/Set. 5 Press Stop/Exit. Go to Next page to install the drivers & software 9 ® ® ® ® ® For Windows Setting Up Macintosh Macintosh Windows Windows Windows ® NT 4.0 Network Users the Machine USB Network Parallel USB Network Parallel
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Installing the Drivers & Software Step 2 Supplied CD-ROM “MFL-Pro Suite” The CD-ROM includes the following items: Install MFL-Pro Suite You can install the MFL-Pro Suite and multifunction drivers. Install Optional Applications You can install additional MFL-Pro Suite software utilities. 1 Documentation* View the User’s Guide and other documentation in PDF format (Viewer included). On-Line Registration You will be pointed to the Brother Product Registration Web page for quick registration of
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Installing the Drivers & Software Step 2 Follow the instructions on this page for your operating system and interface cable. For the latest drivers and to find the best solution for your problem or question, access the Brother Solutions Center directly from the driver or go to http://solutions.brother.com USB Interface Cable Users ..........................................Go to page 12 ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) Parallel Interface Cable Users................................
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Installing the Drivers & Software Step 2 For USB Interface Cable Users ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 4 - 9. ® 5 After reading and accepting the ScanSoft Please close any applications running before ® PaperPort 9.0SE License Agreement, click installing the MFL-Pro Suite. Yes. 1 Disconnect the machine from the power socket and from your computer, if you have already connected a
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9 When this screen appears, connect the 0 Plug in the power cord and turn on the USB interface cable to your PC, and then machine. connect it to the machine. ® (For Windows XP) ® It will take a few seconds for the installation (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000) screen to appear. The installation of the Brother drivers will automatically start. The screens appear one after another. Please wait, it will take a few seconds for all the screens to appear. DO NOT try to cancel any of the screens dur
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Step 2 Installing the Drivers & Software For USB Interface Cable Users ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) B Click Finish to restart your computer. (After restarting the computer, for ® Windows 2000 Professional/XP, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.) If the installation is unsuccessful, try installing again using Repair MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM main menu. Select Repair MFL-Pro Suite and follow the instructions on the screen. The MFL-Pro Suite, Brother Print
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For Parallel Interface Cable Users ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 4 - 9. 4 The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Please close any applications running before Click Install MFL-Pro Suite. installing the MFL-Pro Suite. 1 Disconnect the machine from the power socket and from your computer, if you have already connected an interface cable. If this window does not appear, use ® Windows
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Step 2 Installing the Drivers & Software For Parallel Interface Cable Users ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP) 7 When the Brother MFL-Pro Suite Software 9 When this screen appears, connect the License Agreement window appears, read parallel interface cable to your PC, and then the agreement, then click Yes if you agree connect it to the machine. ® to its terms. (For Windows XP) ® (For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000) 8 Select Local Connection, and then click Next. The installation will
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0 Plug in the power cord and turn on the C When the following screen appears, click machine. Finish and wait as the PC restarts ® Windows and continues the installation. D After the computer restarts, the installation ® A For Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 of the Brother drivers will automatically start. Professional users, click Next. Follow the instructions on the screen. ® (For Windows 2000 Professional/XP, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.) ® E For Windows 2000 Professional u
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Installing the Drivers & Software Step 2 ® For Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 Users Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 4 - 9. ® 4 Insert the Supplied CD-ROM for Windows Please close any applications running before into your CD-ROM drive. If the model name installing the MFL-Pro Suite. screen appears, select your machine. If the language screen appears, select your 1 Turn on your computer. language. You must be logged on as t
