User manual BROTHER DCP-4020C

[. . . ] USER'S GUIDE DCP-4020C Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd. , this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication. i ii Safety Precautions To Use the DCP Safely Save these instructions for later reference. WARNING There are high voltage electrodes inside the DCP. Before you clean the DCP or clear a paper jam, make sure you have unplugged the power cord from the power outlet. [. . . ] Position This setting offers you the control for where the Watermark is to be positioned on the page. 8 - 17 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Device Options Lets you set the following Printer Functions: PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 8 - 18 Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time on your document from your computer's system clock. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time format, and the Position and Font. When Opaque is selected, you can click on the Colour button to change the colour of the Date and Time background. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is automatically retrieved from the settings of your computer. 8 - 19 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view the settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 8 - 20 Support tab The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your machine. Web Update Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and automatically downloads and updates the printer driver on your computer. Check Setting The Check Setting selection displays a list of your current driver settings. 8 - 21 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 9 How to scan using Windows® The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your operating system. For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional The DCP uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning documents from your applications. (See Scanning a document (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional) on page 9-2 and TWAIN compliant on page 9-2. ) For Windows® XP Use Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for scanning documents. (See Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only) on page 9-11. ) For ScanSoft®, PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR (See Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR on page 9-23. ) HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 9 - 1 Scanning a document (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional) TWAIN compliant The Brother MFL-Pro Suite includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and software applications. This means that not only can you scan images directly into the PaperPort® viewer that Brother included with your DCP, but you can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications include popular programs like Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe® PageMaker®, CorelDraw® and many more. 9 - 2 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® How to access the Scanner 1 Open the software application (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan a document. The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® 8. 0 SE. 2 3 4 Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. Select TWAIN_32 Brother MFL Pro Scanner from the Scanner drop-down list box. The TWAIN_32 Brother MFL Pro Scanner Setup dialog box will appear: HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 9 - 3 Scanning a document into the PC You can scan a whole page --OR-- scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document. Scanning a whole page 1 2 Place the original face down on the scanner glass. Adjust the following settings, if required, in the Scanner window: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size After you select a document size, you can adjust the scanning area further by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. This is required when you want to crop an image when scanning. 3 (See Settings in the Scanner window on page 9-7. ) Click the Start button in the scanner window. When scanning is completed, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® window. 9 - 4 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® PreScanning to crop a portion you want to scan The Pre-Scan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the image. 1 Place the original face down on the scanner glass. Scanning area 2 3 Select the settings for Scan (Image Type), Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size, as needed. [. . . ] Use unopened ink cartridges by the expiration date written on the cartridge package. Brother multifunction machines are designed to work with ink of a particular specification and work to a level of optimum performance when used with genuine Brother ink cartridges. Brother cannot guarantee this optimum performance if ink or ink cartridges of other specifications are used. Brother does not therefore recommend the use of cartridges other than genuine Brother cartridges with this machine or the refilling of empty cartridges with ink from other sources. [. . . ]