Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Top Page
- Network User’s Guide
- USER'S GUIDE DCP-8040 DCP-8045D
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Safety precautions
- Choosing a location
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paper
- 3 On-screen programming
- 4 Getting started
- 5 Making copies
- 6 Using the DCP as a printer
- 7 Printer driver settings
- 8 How to scan using Windows®
- Scanning a document
- Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only)
- Using the scan key (For USB or Parallel interface cable users)
- Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and OmniPage® OCR
- 9 Using the Brother Control Center (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® WS 4.0)
- 10 Using the Windows®-Based Brother SmartUI Control Center (For Windows® XP)
- 11 Using your DCP with a Macintosh®
- Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®
- Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2)
- Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X)
- Using the PS driver with your Apple® Macintosh®
- Using the Brother TWAIN scanner driver with your Macintosh®
- Using Presto!® PageManager®
- 12 Network Scanning (Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP only)
- 13 Important information
- 14 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- 15 Optional accessories
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Index
- brother USA

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Table of Contents
1
Introduction .......................................................................... 1-1
Using this Guide ............................................................... 1-1
Finding information................................................. 1-1
Symbols used in this Guide.................................... 1-1
On-line Registration (USA and Canada) .................... 1-2
DCP part names and operations ................................1-3
Control panel overview ..................................................... 1-6
Status LED indications ............................................... 1-8
Inserting originals for copying (and scanning) ................ 1-10
Using the ADF (automatic document feeder) ........... 1-10
Using the scanner glass ........................................... 1-12
2
Paper ..................................................................................... 2-1
About paper ...................................................................... 2-1
Type and size of paper ............................................... 2-1
Recommended paper................................................. 2-1
Choosing acceptable paper.............................................. 2-2
Paper capacity of the paper trays........................... 2-3
Paper specifications for each paper tray ................ 2-4
How to load paper ...................................................... 2-5
To load paper or other media in the paper tray ...... 2-5
To load paper or other media in the manual feed
tray (For DCP-8040)........................................... 2-7
To load paper or other media in the multi-purpose
tray (MP tray) (For DCP-8045D) ........................ 2-9
To use Automatic Duplexing for copy and
print operations (For DCP-8045D) ....................... 2-11
3
On-screen programming ..................................................... 3-1
User-friendly programming ...............................................3-1
Menu table..................................................................3-1
Navigation keys ................................................................3-2
Key Operations table ...................................................... 3-10
4
Getting started ..................................................................... 4-1
General Setup ..................................................................4-1
Setting the Paper Type............................................... 4-1
Setting the Paper Size................................................4-3
Setting the Beeper Volume......................................... 4-4
Toner Save.................................................................4-4
Sleep Time ................................................................. 4-5










