Software User's Guide

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Table of Contents
Section I Windows
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1Printing 2
Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2
Printing a document...................................................................................................................................3
Duplex printing...........................................................................................................................................4
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ...............................................................................4
Manual duplex printing ........................................................................................................................4
Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing ..............................................................................................4
Printer operation keys................................................................................................................................5
Job Cancel...........................................................................................................................................5
Secure Key..........................................................................................................................................5
Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7840W only) ....................................................................................6
Printing the Internal Font List (MFC-7840W only) ...............................................................................7
Printing the Print Configuration List (MFC-7840W only)......................................................................7
Test Print (MFC-7840W only)..............................................................................................................7
Restoring default printer settings (MFC-7840W only) .........................................................................8
Status Monitor............................................................................................................................................9
Monitoring the machine’s status ..........................................................................................................9
Printer driver settings...............................................................................................................................10
Features in the Windows
®
printer driver..................................................................................................11
Basic tab............................................................................................................................................11
Advanced tab.....................................................................................................................................14
Print Quality .......................................................................................................................................15
Duplex Printing ..................................................................................................................................16
Watermark .........................................................................................................................................17
Page Setting ......................................................................................................................................19
Device Options ..................................................................................................................................20
Support tab........................................................................................................................................22
Tray Settings .....................................................................................................................................23
Features in the BR-Script (PostScript
®
3 ™ language emulation) printer driver
(MFC-7840W only) ...............................................................................................................................25
Printing Preferences ..........................................................................................................................25
Advanced options ..............................................................................................................................27
Ports tab ...........................................................................................................................................29
2 Scanning 30
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................30
Scanning a document into the PC .....................................................................................................30
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan..............................................................................32
Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box..........................................................................................33
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows
®
XP/ Windows Vista
®
).................................37
WIA compliant ...................................................................................................................................37
Scanning a document into the PC .....................................................................................................37
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass .......................................39