Brother Universal Printer Driver User Manual

Universal Printer Driver Guide

Brother Universal Printer Driver (BR-Script3) Brother Mono Universal Printer Driver (PCL)

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Overview 1

Note

The Brother Universal Printer Driver is a printer driver for use with Brother machines connected via USB and the network. You can search for available Brother machines and print documents without installing separate printer drivers.

There are two types of the Brother Universal Printer Driver:

 Universal Printer Driver for BR-Script (PostScript

 Universal Printer Driver for PCL

For black and white printing only.

Both types of Universal Printer Driver are available to download from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. For a list of Brother machines supported by each Brother Universal Printer Driver, see the “Downloads” page of the model you want to connect with.

• The Brother Universal Printer Driver supports only Brother machines.

language emulation)

• Available features of the Brother Universal Printer Driver differ depending on the machine's functions and connection types.

• The screens in this guide are from Windows

XP. The screens on your computer will vary depending on

your operating system.

Supported operating systems 1

The Brother Universal Printer Driver supports the following operating systems:

 Windows

 Windows Vista

 Windows®7

 Windows

 Windows Server

XP Professional Edition

XP Professional x64 Edition

2003

2008

2008 R2 (64-bit only)

2012 (64-bit only)

Using the Brother Universal Printer Driver 1

Note

• If you are using the Windows® Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus applications, temporarily disable them to allow the Brother Universal Printer Driver to search for machines on your network.

• Only the machines using PostScript

a Launch the application you want to use. b Click File, then click Print in your application. c Choose Brother Universal Printer and click either Preferences or Properties (depending on the

application you are using). The Brother Universal Printer dialog box appears. If this is the first time you are using the driver, the Discover devices tab is already active.

or PCL5e/PCL6 emulation will be displayed in the device list.

d In the Target Devices section, choose your connection type, and then click Search.

The Brother Universal Printer Driver starts searching for available machines and displays the search results under Model Name.

• For more information on the Discover devices tab, see Discover devices tab on page 4.

• You can choose or search for your machine on your network using the Last used devices or Enter device address tabs. For more information on searching for machines, see Searching for machines on page 4.

e Choose the machine you want to use from the search result and click OK.

f The Brother Universal Driver Preferences dialog box will appear.

Note

Make any necessary changes to the printer driver settings and click OK.

g Click Print or OK in your applications Print dialog box. The machine will start to print your document.

• For details on the printer driver settings, see Setting printing preferences on page 8.

• After you have printed, re-enable the Windows applications.

Firewall or a firewall function of anti-spyware or antivirus

Searching for machines 1

When you launch the Brother Universal Printer Driver, there are three tabs that you can use for selecting or searching for your machine:

 Discover devices

 Last used devices

 Enter device address

Click the Discover devices tab to search for available machines connected via USB and the network.

Click the Last used devices tab or the Enter device address tab to choose or to search for your machine on your network.

Discover devices tab 1

Use the Discover devices tab to search for machines connected via USB and the network. When the search results appear in the Discover devices section, select your machine from the list, and then click OK.

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