User Manual
Table Of Contents
- SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE
- Table of Contents
- Section I: Windows®
- 1 Printing
- Using the Brother printer driver
- Printing a document
- Duplex (two-sided) printing
- Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing
- Printer operation key
- Status Monitor
- Printer driver settings (For Windows®)
- How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®)
- Features in the Windows® printer driver
- Features in BR-Script3 (Post Script® 3™ language emulation) Printer compatible driver
- 2 Scanning
- Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver
- Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista®)
- Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)
- Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR
- 3 ControlCenter2
- 4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support)
- 5 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models)
- 6 Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models)
- PC-FAX sending
- Speed Dial setup
- Brother Address Book
- Setting up a member in the Address Book
- Setting up a group for broadcasting
- Editing member information
- Deleting a member or group
- Exporting the Address Book
- Importing to the Address Book
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface
- PC-FAX receiving
- 7 Firewall settings (For Network users)
- 1 Printing
- Section II: Apple® Macintosh®
- 8 Printing and Faxing
- Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®
- Printer operation key
- Status Monitor
- Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh® (Mac OS® X)
- Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2)
- Using the BR-Script3 (Post Script® 3™ language emulation printer driver)
- Sending a fax (Not available for DCP models)
- 9 Scanning
- 10 ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS® 10.2.4. or greater)
- 11 Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8060)
- 12 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models)
- 8 Printing and Faxing
- Index
- brother USA/CAN
1. Printing
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Media Type 1
You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media
that you wish to use.
Note
• When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper,
envelopes or rough paper choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, choose Bond Paper;
for OHP transparencies, choose Transparencies.
• When you use envelopes, choose Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when
Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has
been selected, choose Env. Thin.
Duplex / Booklet (For models that support automatic Duplex printing) 1
When you want to print a booklet or do duplex printing, use this function, and then from the Advanced tab,
choose a Duplex Type (See Duplex (two-sided) (For MFC-8660DN, MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-
8870DW and DCP-8065DN) on page 18).
Paper Source 1
You can choose Auto Select, Tray1, MP Tray or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page
and for printing from the second page onwards.
Plain Paper Thin Paper Thick Paper Thicker Paper Bond Paper
Transparencies Envelopes Env. Thick Env. Thin Recycled Paper