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Setting up your Macintosh 8
Note
• The screens shown in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5.x. Screens on your Macintosh may
vary depending on your operating system and application.
• Before you can connect the machine to your Macintosh, you must buy a USB cable that is no longer than
2 metres (6 feet).
IMPORTANT
DO NOT connect the machine to a USB port on a keyboard or a non-powered USB hub.
Choosing the right type of paper 8
For high quality printing, it is important to choose the right type of paper. Be sure to read Loading paper and
Loading documents in the Basic User’s Guide before buying paper, and to determine the printable area
depending on the settings in the printer driver.
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 8
Your machine can print from your Macintosh while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning
a document into the Macintosh. Fax sending will not be stopped during Macintosh printing.
However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the Macintosh printing
operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.
Clearing data from the memory 8
If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by pressing the
Stop/Exit key on the control panel.
Status Monitor 8
The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting you
see error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink replacement required at pre-set update intervals.
Before you can use the tool you must choose your machine in the Model drop-down list in ControlCenter2.
You can check the device status by clicking the Ink Level icon in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of
ControlCenter2 or by launching the Brother Status Monitor located in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.
Printing and Faxing 8