Brother MFC-7240 User Manual

Software User’s Guide

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Note

This User’s Guide applies to the following models.
MFC-7240

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We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide:

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give
tips about how the operation works with other features.

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 This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the

country of purchase as it may violate the power regulations of that country.

 Windows

Edition and Windows

 Windows Vista

 Windows

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XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64

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XP Home Edition.

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in this document represents all editions of Windows Vista®.

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7 in this document represents all editions of Windows® 7.

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Table of Contents

Section I Machine operation keys

1 Using the control panel 2

Using the printer keys................................................................................................................................2

Job Cancel...........................................................................................................................................2

Using the scan keys...................................................................................................................................3

Section II Windows

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2Printing 5

Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................5

Printing a document...................................................................................................................................6

Duplex (two-sided) printing........................................................................................................................7

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper ...............................................................................7

Manual duplex printing ........................................................................................................................7

Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing ..............................................................................................8

Printer driver settings.................................................................................................................................9

Accessing the printer driver settings........................................................................................................10

Basic tab..................................................................................................................................................11

Paper Size .........................................................................................................................................11

Orientation .........................................................................................................................................11

Copies ...............................................................................................................................................12

Media Type........................................................................................................................................12

Resolution..........................................................................................................................................13

Print Settings .....................................................................................................................................13

Multiple Page.....................................................................................................................................13

Duplex (two-sided)/ Booklet...............................................................................................................14

Paper Source ....................................................................................................................................15

Advanced tab...........................................................................................................................................16

Scaling...............................................................................................................................................16

Reverse Print.....................................................................................................................................16

Use Watermark..................................................................................................................................17

Watermark Settings ...........................................................................................................................17

Header-Footer Print...........................................................................................................................19

Toner Save Mode ..............................................................................................................................19

Administrator .....................................................................................................................................19

Other Print Options............................................................................................................................20

Density Adjustment............................................................................................................................20

Improve Print Output .........................................................................................................................20

Skip Blank Page ................................................................................................................................21

Print Profiles tab ......................................................................................................................................22

Edit a Profile ......................................................................................................................................22

Support ....................................................................................................................................................24

Tray Settings tab......................................................................................................................................26

Status Monitor..........................................................................................................................................28

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Monitoring the machine’s status ........................................................................................................28

3 Scanning 30

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................30

Scanning a document into the PC .....................................................................................................30

Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan..............................................................................31

Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box..........................................................................................33

Scanning a document using the WIA driver.............................................................................................36

WIA compliant ...................................................................................................................................36

Scanning a document into the PC .....................................................................................................36

Scanning a document using the WIA driver

(Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan) ........................................................................40

Scanning a document into the PC .....................................................................................................40

Using Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE........................................................................................................42

Viewing items ....................................................................................................................................42

Organizing your items in folders ........................................................................................................43

Quick links to other applications ........................................................................................................43

Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE lets you convert image text into text you can edit ..............................44

Importing items from other applications.............................................................................................44

Exporting items into other formats.....................................................................................................44

Uninstalling Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE ........................................................................................44

4 ControlCenter4 46

Overview..................................................................................................................................................46

Changing the user interface ..............................................................................................................46

Using ControlCenter4 in Home Mode......................................................................................................47

ControlCenter4 Features for Home Mode users ...............................................................................47

Scan tab ..................................................................................................................................................49

File types ...........................................................................................................................................49

Document Size ..................................................................................................................................50

Saving the scanned image ................................................................................................................51

Printing the scanned image ...............................................................................................................51

Opening the scanned image with an application ...............................................................................51

Attaching the scanned data to E-mail................................................................................................52

Using the OCR feature ......................................................................................................................52

PC-FAX tab..............................................................................................................................................54

Sending an image file from your computer........................................................................................54

Sending a scanned image .................................................................................................................55

Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data .....................................................................................55

Device Settings tab..................................................................................................................................56

Configuring Remote Setup ................................................................................................................56

Accessing Quick Dial.........................................................................................................................56

Configuring Scan key settings ...........................................................................................................57

Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................59

Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................59

Using Brother Solutions Center .........................................................................................................59

Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................59

Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode ...............................................................................................60

ControlCenter4 Features for Advanced Mode users .........................................................................60

Scan tab ..................................................................................................................................................62

File types ...........................................................................................................................................62

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Document Size ..................................................................................................................................63

Opening the scanned image with an application ...............................................................................63

Using the OCR feature ......................................................................................................................64

Attaching the scanned data to E-mail................................................................................................64

Saving the scanned image ................................................................................................................64

How to change the default settings of each button............................................................................65

PC-Copy tab ............................................................................................................................................66

Printing the scanned image ...............................................................................................................66

PC-FAX tab..............................................................................................................................................67

Sending an image file from your computer........................................................................................67

Sending a scanned image .................................................................................................................67

Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data .....................................................................................67

Device Settings tab..................................................................................................................................69

Configuring Remote Setup ................................................................................................................69

Accessing Quick Dial.........................................................................................................................69

Configuring Scan key settings ...........................................................................................................69

Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................72

Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................72

Using Brother Solutions Center .........................................................................................................72

Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................72

Custom tab ..............................................................................................................................................73

Creating a Custom tab.......................................................................................................................73

Creating a Custom button..................................................................................................................74

Quick reference for scanning operation...................................................................................................75

Changing the Scan key settings for Scan to PC menu............................................................................77

5Remote Setup 78

Remote Setup..........................................................................................................................................78

6 Brother PC-FAX Software 80

PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................................................80

Sending a file as a PC-FAX...............................................................................................................80

Setting up user information................................................................................................................81

Sending setup....................................................................................................................................82

Setting up a cover page.....................................................................................................................82

Entering cover page information........................................................................................................83

Address Book ..........................................................................................................................................84

Brother Address Book .......................................................................................................................85

Setting up a member in the Address Book ........................................................................................85

Setting up a group for broadcasting ..................................................................................................86

Editing member information...............................................................................................................86

Deleting a member or group..............................................................................................................86

Exporting the Address Book ..............................................................................................................87

Importing to the Address Book ..........................................................................................................88

PC-FAX receiving ....................................................................................................................................90

Enabling PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine ...................................................................90

Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC.......................................................................91

Setting up your PC ............................................................................................................................91

Viewing new PC-FAX messages.......................................................................................................92

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Section III Apple Macintosh

7 Printing and Faxing 94

Features in the printer driver (Macintosh)................................................................................................94

Duplex (two-sided) printing......................................................................................................................95

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper .............................................................................95

Manual duplex printing ......................................................................................................................95

Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing ............................................................................................96

Choosing page setup options............................................................................................................96

Choosing printing options ..................................................................................................................98

Cover Page........................................................................................................................................99

Layout................................................................................................................................................99

Print Settings ...................................................................................................................................100

Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh ............................................................................................104

Status Monitor........................................................................................................................................105

Updating the machine’s status ........................................................................................................105

Hiding or showing the window .........................................................................................................105

Quitting the window .........................................................................................................................106

Sending a fax.........................................................................................................................................107

Using the Addresses panel..............................................................................................................110

8 Scanning 113

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver......................................................................................113

Scanning an image into your Macintosh..........................................................................................113

Pre-Scanning an image...................................................................................................................114

Settings in the Scanner window ......................................................................................................115

Scanning a document using the ICA driver

(Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x) .................................................................................................................118

Choosing your machine from Print & Fax or Print & Scan...............................................................120

Using Presto! PageManager..................................................................................................................122

Features ..........................................................................................................................................122

System requirements for Presto! PageManager .............................................................................122

NewSoft Technical Support .............................................................................................................122

9 ControlCenter2 125

Using ControlCenter2 ............................................................................................................................125

Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................125

SCAN.....................................................................................................................................................127

File types .........................................................................................................................................127

Document Size ................................................................................................................................128

Image (example: Apple Preview).....................................................................................................128

OCR (word processing application).................................................................................................130

E-mail ..............................................................................................................................................131

File...................................................................................................................................................132

CUSTOM SCAN ....................................................................................................................................134

File types .........................................................................................................................................134

Document Size ................................................................................................................................135

User-defined button .........................................................................................................................135

Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................135

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Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................137

Scan to E-mail .................................................................................................................................138

Scan to File......................................................................................................................................139

COPY / PC-FAX (Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x)....................................................................................141

DEVICE SETTINGS ..............................................................................................................................143

Remote Setup..................................................................................................................................143

Quick-Dial ........................................................................................................................................144

Status Monitor .................................................................................................................................145

10 Remote Setup 146

Remote Setup........................................................................................................................................146

Section IV Using the Scan key

11 Scanning 149

Using the Scan key................................................................................................................................149

Scan to E-mail .................................................................................................................................149

Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................150

Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................150

Scan to File......................................................................................................................................151

A Index 152

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Section I

Machine operation keys

Using the control panel 2

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1

Using the control panel 1

Using the printer keys 1

You can access the following features from your machine’s control panel.

Job Cancel 1

To cancel the current print job, press Stop/Exit. You can clear the data that is left in the machine’s memory
by pressing Stop/Exit.

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2

Using the control panel

Using the scan keys 1

You can use (SCAN) on the control panel to scan documents into your word processing, graphics or
E-mail applications or a folder on your computer.

See Using the Scan key for details.

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Section II

Windows

Printing 5
Scanning 30
ControlCenter4 46
Remote Setup 78
Brother PC-FAX Software 80

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Note

Printing 2

The screens in this section are from Windows®XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
operating system.

Using the Brother printer driver 2

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into the format needed by a
particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language.

The printer drivers are on the installer CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers by following the Quick
Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:

http://solutions.brother.com/

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Note

Printing a document 2

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. (For information about the Paper Tray and
Recommended paper, see Basic User’s Guide.)

a From your application, choose the Print command.

If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, choose Brother MFC-XXXX* as your printer
driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click OK to begin
printing.
*(Where XXXX is your model name.)

• (Macintosh) See Features in the printer driver (Macintosh) uu page 94.

• You can choose the paper size and orientation in your application software.
If your application software does not support your custom paper size, choose the next largest paper size.
Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software.

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Duplex (two-sided) printing 2

The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing.

Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 2

 If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.
 If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or manual feed slot.
 If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper, straighten it and turn over the

stack.

 When you use the manual duplex function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality.

If there is a paper jam, see Basic User’s Guide: Error and maintenance messages. If you have a print
quality problem, see Basic User’s Guide: Improving the print quality.

Manual duplex printing 2

The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Then, the 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 thick paper is not recommended.

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Note

Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing 2

Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a
document into the computer. Fax sending will not be stopped during the computer printing. However, when
the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the computer printing operation, and then
continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.

Even if Toner Low or Toner Ended is displayed on the LCD, fax sending and scanning are available.

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Printer driver settings 2

For Macintosh users see Printing and Faxing uu page 94.

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

 Paper Size

 Orientation

 Copies

 Media Type

 Resolution

 Print Settings

 Multiple Page

 Duplex / Booklet

 Paper Source

 Scaling

 Reverse Print

 Use Watermark

 Header-Footer Print

 Toner Save Mode

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 Administrator

 Density Adjustment

 Improve Print Output

 Skip Blank Page

 Print Profiles

The following pages provide an overview of the printer driver settings. For more information, see the Help text
in the printer driver.

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Accessing the printer driver settings 2

a (For Windows

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XP)

Click Start, and then Printers and Faxes.
(For Windows Vista

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)

Click the button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.

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(For Windows

7)

Click the button, and then click Devices and Printers.

b (For Windows

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XP and Windows Vista®)
Right-click the Brother MFC-XXXX Printer icon (where XXXX is your model name) and select
Properties. The printer properties dialog box appears.

(For Windows

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7)
Right-click the Brother MFC-XXXX Printer icon (where XXXX is your model name) and select
Printer properties. The printer properties dialog box appears.

c (For Windows

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XP and Windows Vista®)

Choose the General tab and then click Printing Preferences....

The printer driver dialog appears.

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(For Windows

7)

Choose the General tab and then click Preferences....

The printer driver dialog appears.

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To configure the tray settings, choose the Tray Settings tab.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Basic tab 2

You can also change the Page Layout settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab.

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a Choose Paper Size, Orientation, Copies, Media Type, Resolution and Print Settings (1).
b Choose Multiple Page and Duplex / Booklet (2).
c Choose Paper Source (3).
d Confirm your current settings in the window (4).
e Click OK to apply your chosen settings.

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

Paper Size 2

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

Orientation 2

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

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Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal)

Copies 2

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.

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Media Type 2

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

 Envelopes

 Env. Thick

 Env. Thin

 Recycled Paper

 Label

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Note

• When using ordinary plain paper (60 to 105 g/m2, 16 to 28 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier
weight paper or rough paper choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, choose
Bond Paper.

• When printing on envelopes choose Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when
Envelopes has been selected, choose Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has
been selected, choose Env. Thin.

Resolution 2

You can choose the resolution as follows.

 300 dpi

 600 dpi

 HQ 1200

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The print speed will change depending on what print quality setting you choose. Higher print quality takes
longer to print, while lower print quality takes less time to print.

Print Settings 2

You can change the print settings as follows:

 Graphics

This is the best mode for printing documents that contain graphics.

 Text

This is the best mode for printing text documents.

 Manual

You can change the settings manually by choosing Manual and clicking the Manual Settings... button.
You can set brightness, contrast and other settings.

Multiple Page 2

The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on
one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.

 Page Order

When N in 1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list.

 Border Line

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

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 Print cut-out line

When 1 in NxN pages option is selected, the Print cut-out line option can be selected. This option allows
you to print a faint cut-out line around the printable area.

Duplex (two-sided)/ Booklet 2

When you want to print a booklet or do duplex printing, use this function.

 None

Disable duplex printing.

 Duplex (Manual)

When you want to do duplex printing, use this option.

• Duplex (Manual)
The machine prints all the even-numbered pages first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the

instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd-numbered pages will be printed.

When you choose Duplex (Manual), the Duplex Settings... button becomes available to select. You can
set the following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.

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• Duplex Type
There are four types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.

• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters.

 Booklet (Manual)

Use this option to print a document in booklet format using duplex printing; it will arrange the document
according to the correct page numbers and allows you to fold at the center of the print output without
having to change the order of the pages.

• Booklet (Manual)
The machine prints all the even-numbered sides first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the

instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd-numbered sides will be printed.

When you choose Booklet (Manual), the Duplex Settings... button becomes available to select. You can
set the following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.

• Duplex Type
There are two types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.

• Booklet Printing Method
When Divide into Sets is selected:
This option allows you to print the whole booklet into smaller individual booklet sets, it still allows you

to fold at the center of the smaller individual booklet sets without having to change the order of the
pages. You can specify the number of sheets in each smaller booklet set, from 1 to 15. This option can
help when folding the printed booklet that has a large number of pages.

• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters.

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Paper Source 2

You can choose Auto Select, Tray1 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 2

(1)

(2)
(3)

(4)

(5)
(6)

(7)

2

Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following selections:

 Scaling (1)
 Reverse Print (2)
 Use Watermark (3)
 Header-Footer Print (4)
 Toner Save Mode (5)
 Administrator (6)
 Other Print Options (7)

Scaling 2

You can change the print image scaling.

Reverse Print 2

Check Reverse Print to reverse the data to flip it upside down.

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Use Watermark 2

You can put a logo or text into your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks,
or you can use a bitmap file that you have created. Check Use Watermark and then click the Settings...
button.

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Watermark Settings 2

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Transparent 2

Check Transparent to print the watermarked image in the background of your document. If this feature is not
checked then the watermark will be printed on top of your document.

In Outline Text 2

Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark. It is only available when you
choose a text watermark.

Custom Settings 2

You can choose which watermark to print on the first page or on the other pages.
Click the Add button to add the watermark settings and then choose Use Text or Use Bitmap File in

Watermark Style.

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You can change the additional watermark’s size and position on the page by selecting the watermark, and
clicking the Settings button.

 Title

Enter a title you like in the field.

 Text

Enter your Watermark Text into the Text box, and then choose the Font, Style, Size and Darkness.

 Bitmap

Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box, or click Browse to search for the
file. You can also set the scaling size of the image.

 Position

Use this setting if you want to control the position of the watermark on the page.

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Note

Header-Footer Print 2

When this feature is enabled, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system
clock and the PC login user name or the text you entered. By clicking Settings, you can customize the
information.

 ID Print

If you select Login User Name, your PC login user name will be printed. If you select Custom and enter
the text in the Custom edit box, the text you entered will be printed.

Toner Save Mode 2

You can conserve toner use with this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to On, prints appears lighter.
The default setting is Off.

• We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing photo or grayscale images.

• Toner Save Mode is not available for HQ 1200 resolution.

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Administrator 2

Administrators have the authority to limit access to functions such as scaling and watermark.

 Password

Enter the password into this box.

Click Set Password... to change the password.

 Copies Lock

Lock the copy pages selection to prevent multiple copy printing.

 Multiple Page & Scaling Lock

Lock the scaling setting and multiple page setting to prevent changes being made.

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Note

Note

 Watermark Lock

Lock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made.

 Header-Footer Print Lock

Lock the current settings of the Header-Footer Print option to prevent changes being made.

Other Print Options 2

You can set the following in Printer Function:

 Density Adjustment

 Improve Print Output

 Skip Blank Page

Density Adjustment 2

Increase or decrease the print density.

Improve Print Output 2

This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.

 Reduce Paper Curl

If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.
If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting. We recommend that you

change the printer driver setting in Media Type to the thin setting.

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This operation will decrease the temperature of the machine’s fusing process.

 Improve Toner Fixing

If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved. If this selection does not provide
enough improvement, change the printer driver setting in Media Type to a thick setting.

This operation will increase the temperature of the machine’s fusing process.

 Reduce Ghosting

If you are using the machine in a high humidity environment this setting may reduce ghosting on the paper.
Do not use this setting if the ambient humidity is below 30% or ghosting may increase.

This feature may not reduce ghosting for all types of paper. Before you buy a lot of paper, test a small
quantity to make sure that the paper is suitable.

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Skip Blank Page 2

If Skip Blank Page is checked, the printer driver automatically detects blank pages and excludes them from
printing.

This option does not work when you choose the following options:

• Use Watermark

• Header-Footer Print

• Nin1 or 1 in NxN pages in Multiple Page

• Duplex (Manual) or Booklet (Manual)

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Print Profiles tab 2

Print Profiles are editable presets designed to give you quick access to frequently used printing

configurations.

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1

2

2

 Print profile list box (1)
 Edit a profile(2)

You can edit and save a new print profile.

 Restore default profiles(3)

Click to restore all the default print profiles.

 Always show Print Profiles tab first.(4)
 Current print profile view(5)

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4

a Choose your profile from the print profile list box.
b If you want to display the Print Profiles tab at the front of the window from the next time you print, check

Always show Print Profiles tab first.

c Click OK to apply your chosen profile.

Edit a Profile 2

The Save your profile changes dialog appears by clicking Edit a profile.

a Choose an icon you want to use from the Icon list.

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b Enter the desired title in Name.
c Choose the print profile you want to overwrite, then click OK.

You can overwrite the preset print profiles.

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