Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product FAX-1800C Brother
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F AX-1800C ® Printer & PC-F AX Manual.
i Table of Contents 1 Printer Driver Settings (Windows ® Only) .................................... 1-1 Using the Brother FAX-1800C Printer Driver ........................... 1-1 Paper Tab..............................................................
ii 2 Using the Brother Machine as a Printer ....................................... 2-1 Features ...................................................................................... 2-1 Printer Driver ................................................
iii 4 Using the Brother Machine with a New Power Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook™ ............................................................. 4-1 Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5/8.5.
iv Computer Requirements Processor Minimum Speed Minimum RAM Recommended RAM Available Hard Disk Space* Minimum System Requirements Computer Platform & Operating System Version 98, 98SE Me 2000 Pr.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 1 1 1 Printer Driver Settings (Windows ® Only) Using the Brother FAX-1800C Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language.
1 - 2 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Paper Size You can choose from a large selection of standard paper sizes or you can even create custom sizes ranging form 3.5" × 5" to 8.5" × 14". To select the paper size you want to use, click the icon.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 3 Paper Thickness This setting provides the best positioning of the paper for printing. Depending on the thickness of the paper you are using, you can imp.
1 - 4 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Quality/Color Tab The Quality/Color tab screen provides Quality, Media type, Document type, Color/Mono settings, Bi-directional Printing settings and Fast Draft Mode. All of these selections are designed to offer the best quality output for your document.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 5 Media To achieve the best print results, select the media being printed on should be selected in the driver.
1 - 6 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Color Matching You can select the color matching method yourself. Select the best one for your document. ■ Match Monitor Suitable for photographic images. Color is adjusted to get the closest color match to the PC monitor.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 7 ■ Cluster This is suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphs and drawings, since this creates sharper printouts. Moreover, the processing time is shorter. Color Enhance Selecting Color Enhance/True2Life ON enables the True2Life feature.
1 - 8 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Color/Mono This selection allows a color document to be printed in mono only. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print head prints in both directions and offers faster print speeds.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 9 Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom In Background With the In background feature checked Watermark will print on the page behind your document.
1 - 10 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Device Options Set the Print Date & Time in Printer Function: Print Date & Time When enabled, the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time from your computer’s system clock on your document.
PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 11 Support The Support Tab provides driver version and setup information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and Driver Update Web sites.
2 - 1 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 2 Using the Brother Machine as a Printer Features The FAX-1800C offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet printer. Fast Printing Speed —Using Draft mode, you can print up to 8 pages per minute in full color, and up to 10 pages per minute in black.
USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 - 2 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper To achieve high quality printing using your machine, it’s very important to select the right kind of paper. Be sure to read “ About Paper ” on page 3-1 of the Owner’s Manual before you select and purchase paper.
2 - 3 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER Simultaneous Printing/Faxing Your machine can print data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax, or while scanning information into the computer.
USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 - 4 Print Area The print area depends on the settings in the application you are using. The figures below show the unprintable areas on cut sheet paper and envelopes. (inches) Paper Type Paper Size Cut Sheet Letter, Legal Fax 0.
3 - 1 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 3 Using PC-FAX (Windows ® Only) PC-FAX Sending The Brother PC-FAX feature allows you to use your PC to send a file. You can create a file in any application on your PC, and then send it as a PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page note.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 2 Setting Up Sending To access the Sending tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab. Outside Line Access If you need to enter a number to access an outside line, enter it here. This is sometimes required by the local PBX telephone system.
3 - 3 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) User Interface Select the User Interface in the Sending tab. You can choose the Simple Style or the Facsimile Style.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 4 Setting Up Speed Dial Access the Speed Dial tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box by clicking the Speed Dial tab. (To use this feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register any address or group on one of the ten Speed Dial buttons.
3 - 5 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) The Address Book From the Start menu, select Programs , Brother , Brother MFL Pro Suite , and then click Address Book .
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 6 Setting Up a Member in the Address Book In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete stored information for members and groups. 1 In the Address Book dialog box, click the icon to add a member.
3 - 7 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting If you repeatedly send the same PC-FAX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 8 Deleting a Member or Group 1 Select the Member or Group you want to delete. 2 Click the delete icon. 3 Click OK when the Delete OK? dialog box appears. Exporting the Address Book You can export the Address Book to an ASCII text file (*.
3 - 9 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 5 Type the name of the file, and then select Save . Importing to the Address Book You can import ASCII text files (*.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 10 4 Select OK to import the data. 5 Type the name of the file, and then select Open . Setting Up a Cover Page Access the Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking . (See Sending a File as a PC-FAX Using the Facsimile Style , page 3-12.
3 - 11 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) To You can enter information in each field. From You can enter information in each field. Comment Type the comment you want to add to the cover page. Select Cover Page Form Select the cover page form you want. Import BMP File You can insert a bitmap file, such as your company logo, in the cover page.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 12 Sending a File as a PC-FAX Using the Facsimile Style 1 Create a file in Word, Excel, Paint, Draw or any other application on your PC. 2 From the File menu, select Print . The Print dialog box will appear: 3 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK .
3 - 13 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 4 Enter the fax number by using any of the following methods: a. Enter the number using the dial pad. b. Click any of the 10 Speed Dial buttons. c. Click the Address Book button, and then select a Member or Group from the Address Book.
USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 14 3 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK . The FAX Sending dialog box will appear: 4 In the To: field, type the fax number of the receiving party. You can also use the Address Book to select destination fax numbers.
4 - 1 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 4 Using the Brother Machine with a New Power Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac ™ /iBook ™ Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.
USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 2 To print the document: 3 From application software such as PaperPort ® , click File menu and select Page Setup . Change the settings for Paper Size , Paper Thickness , Paper Source , Orientation , and Scaling , and then click OK .
4 - 3 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh ® Application You can send a fax directly from your Macintosh ® application using the following steps: 1 Create a document in a Macintosh application.
USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 4 4 Click Send Fax . The Send Fax dialog box appears: The Send Fax dialog box has two list boxes. The left box shows all the previously Stored Fax Numbers ; the right box will show the Destination Fax Numbers as you select them.
4 - 5 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ Setting Up Your Address Book You can add new members and groups to your Address Book, even while you are addressing a fax. Adding a New Member 1 To add a new member to the Address Book, in the Facsimile dialog box click Address .
USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 6 Adding a New Group You can set up a group of multiple recipients. 1 Click Group . The Group Setting dialog box appears. 2 In the Group Name field, type a name for your Group.
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