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SOFTWARE
USER’S GUIDE
MFC-8460N
MFC-8860DN
MFC-8870DW
DCP-8060
DCP-8065DN
Version B
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Table of Contents ® Section I Windows 1Printing Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2 Printing a document...................................................................................................................................3 Duplex (two-sided) printing........................................................................................................................4 Gui
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2Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................34 TWAIN compliant...............................................................................................................................34 Accessing the scanner ......................................................................................................................35 Scanning a document into the PC .....................................
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4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Before using Network Scanning ..............................................................................................................76 Network license .................................................................................................................................76 Configuring Network Scanning ..........................................................................................................77 Using th
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® ® Section II Apple Macintosh 7 Printing and Faxing ® ® Setting up your USB-equipped Apple Macintosh ..............................................................................109 Printer operation key .............................................................................................................................110 Job Cancel.......................................................................................................................................110 Secure Key .....
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9 ControlCenter2 ® (For Mac OS 10.2.4. or greater) Using ControlCenter2 ............................................................................................................................144 Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................145 SCAN...............................................................................................................................................145 CUSTOM SCAN.
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Section I ® Windows I Printing 2 Scanning 34 ControlCenter2 56 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 76 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 88 Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 90
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1 Printing 1 Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into the format needed 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 by following Quick Setup Guide. The latest printer driver can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com ® Windows Printing ® ® The dedic
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1. Printing Printing a document 1 When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. Your machine can print on many different types of paper and envelopes. (See the User’s Guide for information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.) a From your application, choose the Print command. If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, choose Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX Printer* as your printer driver from the Print or
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1. Printing Duplex (two-sided) printing 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 1 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or the MP tray. If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper and straighten it. Manual duplex (two-sided) printing 1 ® The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Then, the
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1. Printing Automatic duplex (two-sided) printing (For models that support automatic duplex printing) 1 Note • Use A4, Letter or Legal size paper when you use the automatic duplex printing function. • Make sure that the back cover is closed. • Make sure that the duplex tray is installed correctly in the printer. • If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray. • You should use regular paper. Do not use bond paper or thin paper. a Put paper in the paper tray or MP tra
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1. Printing Printer operation key 1 Job Cancel 1 To cancel the current print job, press Job Cancel. If the status LED turns Yellow, you can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. Secure Key 1 Secured data is password protected. Only those people that know the password will be able to print the secured data. The machine will not print secure data until the password is entered. After the document is printed, the data will be cleared from the memory. To use t
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1. Printing Printer Emulation Support 1 Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or emulation. Different operating systems and applications will send the print commands in different languages. Your machine can receive print commands in a variety of emulations and has an automatic emulation selection feature. When the machine receives data from the computer, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. The default setting is Auto(Epson).The machine can choose from th
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1. Printing Setting the Emulation mode 1 a Press Menu, 4, 1. (For DCP models press Menu, 3, 1.) b Pressa or b to choose Auto (EPSON), Auto (IBM), HP LaserJet, BR-Script 3, Epson FX-850 or IBM Proprinter. Press OK. c Press Stop/Exit. Note We recommend that you set the emulation setting with your application software or network server. If the setting does not work properly, choose the required emulation mode manually using the control panel buttons of the machine. Printing the Internal Font L
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1. Printing Status Monitor 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that allows you to monitor the status of one or more devices, allowing you to get immediate notification of errors such as paper empty or paper jam. Turning on the status monitor 1 a Click Brother MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) Printer* located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/ MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX)/Status Monitor on your PC. The Status Monitor window will appear. *(Where XXXX is your model name an
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1. Printing Monitoring the machine’s status 1 The Status Monitor icon will change color depending on the machine’s status. A green icon indicates the normal stand-by condition. A yellow icon indicates a warning. A red icon indicates a printing error has occurred. Note • You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or selecting the Status Monitor located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) on your PC. • For mo
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1. Printing ® Printer driver settings (For Windows ) 1 Note ® ® ® For Macintosh users, see Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh (Mac OS X) on page 114 or ® ® Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh (Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2) on page 117. You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer: Paper Size Multiple Page Orientation Copies Media Type Duplex / Booklet Paper Source Resolution Toner Save Mode 1 Watermark 1 Scaling 1 Secure Print 1 Qui
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1. Printing ® How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows ) 1 a Choose Print from the File menu in your application software. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) Printer* and click Properties or Preferences. ® (Document Defaults for Windows NT 4.0) The Printer dialog box will appear. *(Where XXXX is your model name and if you are connected by USB then USB will be in the printer driver name.) Note The way you access the printer driver settings depends on your operating system and
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1. Printing ® Features in the Windows printer driver 1 Basic tab 1 1 2 3 4 a Choose the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Orientation, Copies and Media Type. b Choose the Duplex / Booklet setting. c Choose the Paper Source (First Page and Other Pages). d Click the OK button to apply your selected settings. To return to the Default settings, click the Default and then OK. Paper Size 1 From the drop-down box choose the Paper Size you are using. Multiple Page 1 The Multiple Page selection can redu
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1. Printing Page Order 1 When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you can choose to have a solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet. Orientation 1 Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Copies 1 The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed. Collate 1 W
