Brother IntelliFax-2820 User Manual

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PRINTER / PC-FAX USER’S GUIDE

Intelli FAX-2820

Intelli FAX-2920

Table of Contents

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Using the machine as a printer

 

 

Using the Brother printer driver ...............................................................................

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How to print your document.....................................................................................

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Printing from the manual feed slot......................................................................

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Manual Duplex Printing ......................................................................................

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Simultaneous printing and faxing ............................................................................

1-3

 

Printer driver settings (For Windows®) ....................................................................

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How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®) ......................................

1-4

 

Features in the printer driver (For Windows®) .........................................................

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Basic tab.............................................................................................................

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Advanced tab .....................................................................................................

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Print Quality........................................................................................................

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Duplex ................................................................................................................

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Watermark........................................................................................................

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Page Setting.....................................................................................................

1-11

 

Device Options .................................................................................................

1-11

 

Support tab.......................................................................................................

1-14

 

Status Monitor (Windows® only)............................................................................

1-15

 

How to turn on the status monitor ....................................................................

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Monitoring and viewing the machine’s status...................................................

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Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®)

 

 

PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................

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Setting up user information ................................................................................

2-1

 

Sending setup ....................................................................................................

2-2

 

User interface .....................................................................................................

2-3

 

Address Book .....................................................................................................

2-4

 

Setting up a Cover Page ....................................................................................

2-5

 

Entering Cover Page Information .......................................................................

2-5

 

Speed-Dial setup.....................................................................................................

2-6

 

Brother Address Book ........................................................................................

2-6

 

Setting up a Member in the Address Book.........................................................

2-7

 

Setting up a Group for Broadcasting ..................................................................

2-7

 

Editing Member information ...............................................................................

2-7

 

Deleting a Member or Group..............................................................................

2-8

 

Exporting the Address Book...............................................................................

2-8

 

Importing to the Address Book ...........................................................................

2-9

 

Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface...............

2-10

 

Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface...................

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Using your machine with a Macintosh®

 

 

 

 

Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®.................................................

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Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) ...........

3-2

 

 

 

Choosing page setup options.............................................................................

3-2

 

 

 

Specific settings .................................................................................................

3-3

 

 

 

Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh®

 

 

 

 

(Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2).............................................................................................

3-4

 

 

 

Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application.....................................................

3-5

 

 

 

For Mac OS® X users .........................................................................................

3-5

 

 

 

Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X Address Book application ...........................

3-7

 

 

 

For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 users ............................................................................

3-8

 

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1 Using the machine as a printer

Using the Brother printer driver

A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required 1 by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language.

Windows® Printing

The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT® workstation 4.0 are available for your Brother device. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size.

How to print your document

When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User’s Guide for information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.)

1From your application, select the Print command.

If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, select Brother FAX-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name). If you are using a USB cable to connect your machine then USB will be in the printer driver name. Click OK to begin printing.

Note

For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 3-2 or Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 3-4.

2Your computer sends the data to the machine. The LCD shows Receiving Data.

3 When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows the date and time.

Note

You can select the paper size and orientation in your application software.

If your application software does not support your custom paper size, select the next larger paper size. Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software.

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Using the machine as a printer

Printing from the manual feed slot

Note

The machine automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed slot.

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1Set the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Set the Paper Source to Manual.

2 Slide the paper guides to fit the paper size.

3 Using both hands put paper in the manual feed slot until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller. Hold the paper in this position until the printer automatically feeds it in for a short distance, and then let go of it.

4 Send the print data to the machine.

Note

Put the paper into the manual feed slot with the side to be printed face up.

Make sure that the paper is straight and in the proper position on the manual feed slot. If it is not, the paper may not be fed properly, resulting in a skewed printout or a paper jam.

Do not put more than one piece of paper in the manual feed slot at any one time, as it may cause a jam.

5After the printed page comes out of the machine, put in the next sheet of paper as in Step 3 above. Repeat for each page that you want to print.

Manual Duplex Printing

The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first.

Then, the Windows® driver instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it well, or you may get a paper jam. Very thin or very thick paper is not recommended.

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Using the machine as a printer

Simultaneous printing and faxing

Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory. Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing.

However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and

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then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.

 

Printer driver settings (For Windows®)

Note

For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 3-2 or Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 3-4.

You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer:

Paper Size

Multiple Page

Orientation

Copies

Media Type

Paper Source

Resolution

Toner Save Mode

Manual Duplex

Watermark

Scaling

Print Date & Time

Quick Print Setup

Status Monitor

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Brother IntelliFax-2820 User Manual

Using the machine as a printer

How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®)

1 Select Print from the File menu in your application software.

2 Select Brother FAX-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name and if you are connected

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USB then USB will be in the printer driver name) and click Properties or Preferences. The Printer dialog

 

box will appear.

 

Note

The way you access the printer driver settings depends on your operating system and software applications.

The screens shown in this chapter are from Windows® XP. The screens on your computer may vary depending on your Windows® operating system.

Features in the printer driver (For Windows®)

Basic tab

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1 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Border Line (if any) and Orientation.

2 Select number of Copies and Media Type.

3 Select the Paper Source (First Page and Other Pages).

4Click the OK button to apply your selected settings.

To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the OK button.

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Paper Size

From the drop-down box select the Paper Size you are using.

Multiple Page

The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on

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one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.

 

Ex. 4 in 1

Ex. 1 in 2 × 2 pages

Border Line

When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you can select to have a solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet.

Orientation

Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape).

Portrait

Landscape

 

Copies

The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.

Collate

With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is printed.

Collate box checked

Collate box not checked

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Media Type

You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use.

Plain Paper

Thin Paper

Thick Paper

Thicker Paper

Bond Paper

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Transparencies

Envelopes

Env. Thick

Env. Thin

Recycled Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb), select Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper, envelopes or rough paper select Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, select Bond Paper; for OHP transparencies, select Transparencies.

When you use envelopes, select Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when Envelopes has been selected, select Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, select Env. Thin.

Paper Source

You can choose Auto Select, Tray 1 or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for printing from the second page onwards.

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Advanced tab

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Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1 Print Quality

2Duplex

3Watermark

4Page Setting

5Device Options

Note

To return to the default settings, click the Default button.

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Print Quality

Resolution

You can change the resolution as follows:

1200 x 600

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600 dpi

300 dpi

Toner Save Mode

You can conserve toner using this feature. When you set Toner Save to On, print appears lighter. The default setting is Off.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for printing photo or gray scale images.

Print Setting

You can manually change the Print setting.

Auto

Selecting the Auto (Recommended) button will allow automatic printing with the most suitable print settings for your print job.

Manual

You can change the settings manually by selecting the Manual button and clicking the Setting... button. For Windows® 98/98SE/Me users: Brightness, Contrast and other settings.

For Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP users: Use Printer Halftone, Use System Halftone, Improve gray printing.

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Duplex

The printer driver supports manual duplex printing.

Manual Duplex

The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side

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of the paper first. Then, the Windows® printer driver instructs

 

you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper. Before

 

reinserting the paper, straighten it well, or you may get a

 

paper jam. Very thin or very thick paper is not recommended.

 

Check the Manual Duplex box. In this mode, the machine prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered pages are printed.

Duplex Type

There are six types of duplex directions available for each orientation.

Flip on Left Edge

Flip on Right Edge

Flip on Top Edge

Flip on Bottom Edge

Flip on Top Edge (No Reverse)

Flip on Bottom Edge (No Reverse)

Binding Offset

Check the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm].

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