Software User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE MFC-7840W MFC-7440N MFC-7340 MFC-7345N DCP-7040 DCP-7030
- Table of Contents
- Section I Windows®
- 1 Printing
- Using the Brother printer driver
- Printing a document
- Duplex printing
- Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing
- Printer operation keys
- Status Monitor
- Printer driver settings
- Features in the Windows® printer driver
- Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only)
- 2 Scanning
- Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver
- Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/ Windows Vista®)
- Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users)
- Using the Scan key (For USB users)
- Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR by NUANCE™
- 3 ControlCenter3
- 4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network)
- 5 Remote Setup (MFC models only)
- 6 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)
- 7 Firewall settings (For Network users)
- 1 Printing
- Section II Apple® Macintosh®
- 8 Printing and Faxing
- Printer operation key
- Status Monitor
- Features in the printer driver (For Macintosh®)
- Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh®
- Using the BR-Script3 Driver (MFC-7840W only) (Post Script® 3 ™ language emulation printer driver)
- Features in the BR-Script (PostScript® 3 ™ language emulation) printer driver (MFC-7840W only)
- Sending a fax (MFC models only)
- 9 Scanning
- 10 ControlCenter2
- 11 Network Scanning
- 12 Remote Setup
- 8 Printing and Faxing
- Index
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Status Monitor 1
The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices,
allowing you to get immediate notification of error messages such as paper empty or paper jam.
You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing
Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) on your PC.
There is also a link to the Brother Genuine Supplies website. Click Visit the Genuine Supplies website
button for more information on Brother genuine supplies.
Note
For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and
choose Help.
Monitoring the machine’s status 1
The Status Monitor icon will change color depending on the machine 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.
There are two locations where you can display the Status Monitor on your PC - in the tasktray or on the
desktop.
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/MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) on your
computer.
• For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right click the Status Monitor icon and
choose Help.