Brother MFC-J220, MFC-J410 Quick Setup Guide

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Quick Setup Guide

WARNING

Note

MFC-J220

Start Here

Before you can use the machine, please read this Quick Setup Guide for the correct setup and installation.

WARNING

CAUTION

WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injuries.

CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injuries.

MFC-J410

Unpack the machine and check the components

Black Yellow Cyan Magenta

Inbox Ink Cartridges

[x4]

(Approx. 65% yield of the replacement cartridge) For details, see

Consumable items in the Basic User’s Guide.

Quick Setup Guide

Basic User’s Guide Safety and Legal

booklet

Plastic bags are used in the packaging of your machine. To avoid danger of suffocation, please keep these bags away from babies and children.

 Most of the illustrations in this Quick Setup Guide show the MFC-J410.

Installation CD-ROM

Documentation CD-ROM

Power Cord Telephone Line Cord

a Remove the protective tape and film covering the machine, and also from the LCD. b Remove the plastic bag a containing the ink cartridges from on top of the paper tray. c Make sure you have all components.

• The components included in the box may differ depending on your country.

• Save all packing materials and the box in case for any reason you must ship your machine.

• You need to purchase the correct USB cable.

USB cable

Please make sure you use a USB 2.0 cable (Type A/B) that is no more than 2 metres long (cable not included).

UK/IRE/GEN Version 0

Load plain A4 paper

IMPORTANT

d Fan the stack of paper well to avoid paper jams

and misfeeds.

a Pull the paper tray a completely out of the

machine.

b Lift the output paper tray cover a.

e Gently put the paper into the paper tray print

side down and top edge first. Check that the paper is flat in the tray.

DO NOT push the paper in too far.

f Gently adjust the paper side guides to the

paper with both hands. Make sure that the paper side guides touch the edges of the paper.

g Close the output paper tray cover. h Slowly push the paper tray completely into the

c With both hands, gently press and slide the

machine.

paper side guides a and then the paper length guide b to fit the paper size.

Make sure that the triangular marks c on the paper side guides a and paper length guide b line up with the mark for the paper size you are using.

i While holding the paper tray in place, pull out

the paper support a until it clicks, and then unfold the paper support flap b.

Connect the power cord

WARNING

IMPORTANT

Note

DO NOT connect the USB cable yet.

and telephone line

a Connect the power cord.

Since the machine is grounded through the power outlet, you can protect yourself from potentially hazardous electrical conditions on the telephone network by keeping the power cord connected to your machine when you connect it to a telephone line. Similarly, you can protect yourself when you want to move your machine by disconnecting the telephone line first and then the power cord.

The telephone line cord MUST be connected to the socket on the machine marked LINE.

If you are sharing one telephone line with an external telephone, connect it as shown below.

The machine must be fitted with an earthed plug.

b Connect the telephone line cord. Connect one

end of the telephone line cord to the socket on the machine marked LINE and the other end to a telephone wall socket.

1 Extension telephone 2 External telephone

Please make sure you use an external telephone with a cable no more than 3 metres long.

If you are sharing one telephone line with an external telephone answering machine, connect it as shown below.

Set the receive mode to External TAD if you have an external answering machine. See Choose a Receive Mode on page 6. For additional details, see Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device) in chapter 6 in the Basic User’s Guide.

Install the ink cartridges

CAUTION

Note

If ink gets in your eyes, wash them out with water at once, and if irritation occurs consult a doctor.

a Make sure that the power is turned on.

The LCD shows No Ink Cartridge.

b Open the ink cartridge cover a.

e Turn the green knob on the protective yellow

cap clockwise until it clicks to release the vacuum seal, then remove the cap a.

c Remove the green protective part a.

Do not throw away the green protective part. You will need it if you transport the machine.

d Unpack the ink cartridge.

Make sure you install the Inbox Ink Cartridges included with your machine first.

f Take care to match the colour of the lever a

with the cartridge colour b, as shown in the diagram below.

g Install each ink cartridge in the direction of the

arrow on the label.

Note

Gently push the ink cartridge until it clicks. After all the ink cartridges are installed close the ink cartridge cover.

The machine will prepare the ink tube system for printing. This process will take approximately four minutes. Do not turn off the machine.

Check the print quality

a When the preparation process has finished, the

LCD shows Set Paper and Press Start.

Press Colour Start.

b Check the quality of the four colour blocks a

on the sheet. (black/yellow/cyan/magenta)

c If all lines are clear and visible, press 1 (Yes)

on the dial pad to finish the quality check and go to step 6.

If you can see missing short lines, press 2 (No) on the dial pad and follow the steps on the LCD.

Poor

Do you want to use the telephone features of your machine (if available) or an external telephone or external telephone answering device connected on the same line as the machine?

Your machine automatically answers every call as a fax.

Your machine controls the line and automatically answers every call. If the call is not a fax, the telephone will ring for you to pick up the call.

Your external telephone answering device (TAD) automatically answers every call. Voice messages are stored on the external TAD. Fax messages are printed.

You control the telephone line and must answer every call yourself.

Do you want the machine to answer fax and telephone calls automatically?

Manual

Fax Only

Fax/Tel

External TAD

Yes

Are you using the voice message function of an external telephone answering device?

Choose a Receive Mode

Set the LCD contrast (if needed)

There are four possible receive modes: Fax Only, Fax/Tel, Manual and External TAD.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Receive Mode.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose the receive mode.

Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

For details, see Using receive modes in chapter 5 in the Basic User’s Guide.

If you are having difficulty reading the LCD, try changing the contrast setting.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose General Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose LCD Settings.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose LCD Contrast.

Press OK.

e Press d or c to choose the contrast level.

Press OK.

f Press Stop/Exit.

Set the date and time

The machine displays the date and time, and if you set up the station ID, it will add it to each fax you send.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Date&Time.

Press OK.

d Enter the last two digits of the year on the dial

pad, and then press OK.

Year:2010

(e.g. Enter 1 0 for 2010.)

e Repeat for month/day/time in 24-hour format. f Press Stop/Exit.

Note

Enter personal information (Station ID)

Fax Transmission Report

You should store your name and fax number to be printed on all fax pages that you send.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Station ID.

Press OK.

d Enter your fax number (up to 20 digits) on the

dial pad, and then press OK. To enter a “+” for international codes, press l.

e Enter your name (up to 20 characters) using

the dial pad, and then press OK.

• See the following chart for entering your name.

• If you need to enter a character that is on the same key as the last character, press c to move the cursor to the right.

• If you entered a letter incorrectly and want to change it, press d or c to move the cursor to the incorrect character, press Clear.

Your Brother machine is equipped with a Transmission Verification Report that can be used as confirmation that you sent a fax. This report lists the name or fax number of the receiving party, the date, time, and duration of the transmission, the number of pages transmitted, and whether or not the transmission was successful. If you want to use the Fax Transmission Report feature, see Transmission

Verification Report in chapter 4 in the Basic User’s Guide.

Set Tone or Pulse dialling

Your machine comes set for Tone dialling service. If you have Pulse dialling service (rotary), you need to change the dialling mode.

mode

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Tone/Pulse.

Press OK.

Press

key

2 ABC2

3 DEF 3

4 GH I 4

5 JKL5

6 MNO6

7 PQRS

8 TUV8

9 WXY Z

One time

Two

times

Three times

Four

times

f Press Stop/Exit.

If you make a mistake and want to start again, press Stop/Exit and go back to a.

For details, see Entering Text in Appendix C in the Basic User’s Guide.

d Press a or b to choose Pulse (or Tone).

Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

Now go to

Note

Set the telephone line type

Set the phone line compatibility

If you are connecting the machine to a line that features PBX or ISDN to send and receive faxes, it is necessary to change the telephone line type accordingly by completing the following steps.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Phone Line Set.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose Normal, PBX or ISDN.

Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

PBX and TRANSFER

The machine is initially set to Normal, which lets the machine connect to a standard PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) line. However, many offices use a central telephone system or Private Branch Exchange (PBX). Your machine can be connected to most types of PBX. The machine’s recall feature supports timed break recall only (TBR). TBR will work with most PBX systems allowing you to gain access to an outside line, or transfer calls to another extension. The feature works when the Tel/R key is pressed.

If you are connecting the machine to a VoIP service (over the Internet) you need to change the compatibility setting.

If you are using an analogue telephone line you can skip this step.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.

Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Compatibility.

Press OK.

d Press a or b key to choose

Basic(for VoIP). Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

For Windows® Users:

Page 9

For Macintosh Users:

Page 12

USB

IMPORTANT

Note

For USB interface users (Windows Windows Vista

2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/

/Windows® 7)

Windows

Before you install

a Make sure that your computer is ON and you

are logged on with Administrator rights.

• DO NOT connect the USB cable yet.

• For the latest drivers and information, visit

http://solutions.brother.com/

• If there are any programs running, close

them.

• The screens may differ depending on your

operating system.

Install MFL-Pro Suite

a Put the supplied installation CD-ROM into your

CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your language.

• If this screen appears, click OK and restart your computer.

• If the installation does not continue automatically, open the top menu again by ejecting and then reinserting the CD-ROM or double-click the start.exe program from the root folder, and continue from b to install MFL-Pro Suite.

• For Windows Vista the User Account Control screen appears, click Allow or Yes.

and Windows® 7, when

c Choose Standard, and then click Next. The

installation continues.

Windows

USB

Macintosh

If the Brother screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer (Computer), double-click the CD-ROM icon, and then double-click start.exe.

b The CD-ROM Top Menu will appear. Click

Install MFL-Pro Suite and click Yes if you accept the license agreements. Follow the on-screen instructions.

d When this screen appears, go to the next step.

USB

IMPORTANT

Connect the USB cable

a Using both hands, use the plastic tabs on both

sides of the machine to lift the scanner cover until it locks securely into the open position.

b Connect the USB cable to the USB socket

marked with a symbol. You will find the USB socket inside the machine as shown below.

Windows

c Carefully guide the USB cable through the

trench as shown below, following the trench around and toward the back of the machine. Then connect the cable to your computer.

Make sure that the cable does not restrict the cover from closing, or an error may occur.

d Lift the scanner cover to release the lock a.

Gently push the scanner cover support down b and close the scanner cover c.

USB

Now go to

IMPORTANT

Note

Finish

Note

e The installation will continue automatically.

The installation screens appear one after another.

Windows

Finish and restart

DO NOT cancel any of the screens during the installation. It may take a few seconds for all screens to appear.

For Windows Vista® and Windows® 7, when the Windows Security screen appears, click the check box and click Install to complete the installation correctly.

f When the User’s Guides screen is displayed,

click View Manuals on the Web if you want to download the manuals and follow the on-screen instructions. You can also view the manuals on the documentation CD-ROM.

g When the On-Line Registration screen is

displayed, make your selection and follow the on-screen instructions.

h If you do not want to set your machine as the

Default printer, uncheck Set as Default Printer.

a Click Finish to restart your computer.

After restarting the computer, you must be logged on with Administrator rights.

• If an error message appears during the software installation, run the Installation

Diagnostics located in start/All Programs/ Brother/MFC-JXXX (where MFC-JXXX is your

model name).

• Depending on your security settings, a Windows Security or antivirus software window may appear when using the machine or its software. Please allow or permit the window to continue.

Windows

USB

Macintosh

b In the Check for Firmware Updates screen,

choose the firmware update setting you want and click OK.

Internet access is required for the firmware update.

The installation is now complete.

Proceed to Install Optional Applications on page 14.

XML Paper Specification Printer Driver

The XML Paper Specification Printer Driver is the most suitable driver when printing from applications that use the XML Paper Specification documents. Please download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/

USB

IMPORTANT

Macintosh