Computer Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

 

Computer Platform

Processor

Minimum

Recommended

Available Hard

& Operating System Version

Minimum Speed

RAM

 

RAM

 

Disk Space

 

 

95, 98, 98SE

Pentium 75MHz

24MB

 

32MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

 

Me

Pentium 150MHz

32MB

 

64MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NT® Workstation 4.0

Pentium 75MHz

50MB

Operating

 

 

 

 

 

Systems

 

2000 Professional

Pentium 133MHz

64MB

 

128MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XP*

Pentium 233MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS 8.5 – 8.51 (Printing Only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iMacTM/iBookTM/

 

OS 8.6 – 9.2

All base models meet minimun requirements

 

50MB

G3/G4 Operating

 

(Printing and Scanning)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X v.10/10.1 (Printing Only)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: USB is not supported under Windows® 95 or Windows NT® 4.0

 

 

 

 

 

All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.

 

 

 

Printer Driver and Scanner Driver can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com

 

 

 

Printer Driver can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel Interface Specifications

Interface Connector

Printer Side:

Amphenol FCN-685J036-L/X or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A shielded cable should be used.

Pin Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin No.

 

 

Signal

Direction

Pin No.

 

 

Signal

Direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

DATA STROBE

Input

19

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

2

 

 

DATA 1

Input

20

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

3

 

 

DATA 2

Input

21

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

4

 

 

DATA 3

Input

22

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

5

 

 

DATA 4

Input

23

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

6

 

 

DATA 5

Input

24

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

7

 

 

DATA 6

Input

25

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

8

 

 

DATA 7

Input

26

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

9

 

 

DATA 8

Input

27

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

10

 

 

 

 

Output

28

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

 

 

ACKNLG

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

BUSY

Output

29

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

12

 

 

PE

Output

30

 

0V(S.G.)

-

 

13

 

 

SLCT

Output

31

 

 

 

 

 

Input

 

 

INPUT PRIME

14

 

Input

32

 

 

 

 

 

Output

 

AUTO FEED

 

 

 

FAULT

 

 

15

 

 

N.C.

-

33

 

 

N.C.

-

 

16

 

 

0V (S.G.)

-

34

 

 

N.C.

-

 

17

 

 

0V (S.G.)

-

35

 

 

N.C.

-

 

18

 

 

+5V

-

36

 

 

Input

 

 

 

SLCT IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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