User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER'S GUIDE MFC-8440 MFC-8840D
- APPROVAL INFORMATION
- Compilation and Publication Notice
- "EC"Declararion of Conformity
- Safety precautions
- Choosing a location
- Quick Reference Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paper
- 3 On-screen programming
- 4 Getting started
- Initial Setup
- General Setup
- Setting the Mode Timer
- Setting the Paper Type
- Setting the Paper Size
- Setting the Ring Volume
- Setting the Beeper Volume
- Setting the Speaker Volume
- Turning on Automatic Daylight Savings Time
- Toner Save
- Sleep Time
- Turning off the Scanner Lamp
- Power Save
- Setting the Tray Use for Copy mode
- Setting the Tray Use for Fax mode
- Setting the LCD Contrast
- Initial Setup depending on Your Country
- 5 Setup Receive
- 6 Setup Send
- How to Fax
- Basic sending operations
- Advanced sending operations
- 7 Auto Dial numbers and dialling options
- 8 Remote Fax Options
- 9 Printing reports
- 10 Making copies
- 11 Using the MFC as a printer
- 12 Printer driver settings
- 13 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
- 14 Using the Brother Control Center
- 15 Using the Windows®-Based Brother SmartUI Control Center
- Brother SmartUI Control Center
- Brother Control Center features
- Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration
- Software Section
- Scan to File
- Scan to E-mail
- Scan to OCR (Word Processing program)
- Scan to Graphics application (example: Microsoft Paint)
- Fax setting (PC-Fax using the Brother Fax Driver)
- Custom: User-defined buttons
- 16 Using MFC Remote Setup
- 17 Using Brother PC-FAX software
- PC-FAX sending
- Speed-Dial setup
- The 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
- Setting up a Cover Page
- You can enter information in each field
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style
- Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style
- Setting up PC-FAX receiving (Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® WS 4.0 only)
- Receiving a fax into the PC (Windows® XP only)
- 18 Using your MFC 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®
- Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application
- Using the Brother TWAIN scanner driver with your Macintosh®
- Using Presto!® PageManager®
- MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS® X)
- 19 Network Scanning
- 20 Brother Network PC-FAX software
- 21 Important information
- 22 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- 23 Optional accessories
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Index
- Remote Retrieval Access card
- brother UK/IRE/SAF/PAN NORDIC
TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 22 - 14
Printer Difficulties
The MFC does not print. Check the following:
• The MFC is plugged in and the power switch turned On. (See the
Quick Setup Guide.)
• The toner cartridge and drum unit are installed properly. (See
Replacing the drum unit on page 22-32.)
• The interface cable is securely connected between the MFC and
computer. (See the Quick Setup Guide.)
• Check to see if LCD is showing an error message. (See Error
messages on page 22-1.)
The MFC prints unexpectedly
or it prints garbage.
Reset the MFC or turn it off and then on again. Check the primary
settings in your application software to make sure it is set up to work with
your MFC.
The MFC prints first couple of
pages correctly, then some
pages have text missing.
Your computer is not recognizing the printer’s input buffer full signal.
Please make sure to connect the MFC cable correctly.
The MFC cannot print full
pages of a document.
Out of Memory message
occurs.
Reduce the printing resolution. Reduce the complexity of your
document and try again. Reduce the graphic quality or the number of
font sizes within your application software.
My headers or footers appear
when I view my document on
the screen but do not appear
when I print them.
Most laser printers have a restricted area that will not accept print.
Usually these are the first two lines and last two lines, leaves 62
printable lines. Adjust the top and bottom margins in your document to
allow for this.
Scanning Difficulties
TWAIN errors appear while
scanning.
Make sure the Brother TWAIN driver is selected as the primary source.
In PaperPort
®
, click Scan in the File menu and select the Brother
TWAIN driver.
Software Difficulties
Cannot install software or
print.
Run the MFL-Pro Suite Repair and Install program on the CD-ROM.
This program will repair and reinstall the software.
Cannot perform ‘2 in 1 or 4 in 1’
printing.
Check that the paper size setting in the application and in the printer
driver are the same.
Cannot print when using
Adobe Illustrator.
Try to reduce the print resolution.
When using ATM fonts, some
characters are missing or
some characters are printed in
their place.
If you are using Windows
®
98/98SE/Me, select ‘Printer Settings’ from
the ‘Start’ menu. Select the properties of the ‘Brother MFC-8440 or
MFC-8840D (USB) Printer’. Click ‘Spool Setting’ on the ‘Details’ tab.
Select ‘RAW’ from ‘Spool Data Format.’
DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS