User guide
General Information
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Accessing the 
Software User’s Guide 
and Network User’s 
Guide
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This User’s Guide does not contain all the 
information about the machine such as how 
to use the advanced features of the Printer, 
Scanner, PC Fax and Network. When you are 
ready to learn detailed information about 
these operations, read the Software User’s 
Guide and Network User’s Guide that are 
on the CD-ROM.
Viewing Documentation 1
Viewing Documentation 
(For Windows
®
) 1
To view the documentation, from the Start 
menu, point to Brother, MFC-XXXX (where 
XXXX is your model name) from the 
programs group, and then choose 
User’s Guides in HTML format.
If you have not installed the software, you can 
find the documentation by following the 
instructions below:
a Turn on your PC. Insert the Brother 
CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
b If the model name screen appears, click 
your model name.
c If the language screen appears, click 
your language. The CD-ROM main 
menu will appear.
Note
If this window does not appear, use 
Windows
®
 Explorer to run the start.exe 
program from the root directory of the 
Brother CD-ROM.
d Click Documentation.
e Click the documentation you want to 
read. 
 HTML documents: Software 
User’s Guide and Network User’s 
Guide in HTML format.
This format is recommended for 
viewing on your computer.
 PDF documents: User’s Guide for 
stand-alone operations, Software 
User’s Guide and Network User’s 
Guide in PDF format.
This format is recommended for 
printing the manuals. Click to go to 
the Brother Solutions Center, where 
you can view or download the PDF 
documents. (Internet access and 
PDF Reader software are required.) 










