Brother 6550MC, 7550MC warranty 10-6, Windows Printing, Bidirectional Parallel Interface

MFC 4550/6550MC/7550MC

OP-US-5.0

USING THE MFC AS A PRINTER

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Windows® Printing

The dedicated printer driver and True Type™-compatible fonts for Microsoft®Windows®95and3.1areavailableon thefloppydisksupplied with your MFC. You can easily install them into your Windows® system usingourinstallerprogram.Thedriversupportsouruniquecompression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications, and allows you to set various printer settings including economy printing mode and custompapersize.

Remote Printer Console Program for DOS

(Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC)

Theutilityprogram,RemotePrinterConsole(RPC),isavailableonafloppy disk (Disk#6) supplied with your MFC. When you operate your computer in the DOS (Disk Operating System) environment, this program allows you toeasilychangethedefaultsettingsoftheprintersuchasfonts,pagesetup, emulations and so on.

The RPC program also provides a status monitor program, which is a Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. It can monitor the printer statuswhilerunninginthebackgroundandwillreportthecurrentstatus orerrorsonyourcomputerscreen.

Popular Printer Emulation Support (Only for MFC 6550MC/7550MC)

This MFC supports the printer emulation mode, HP LaserJet IIP. When youuseDOSapplicationsoftwareor Windows®version3.0orearlier,you can use the emulation mode of HP LaserJet IIP to operate the printer. To set the printer emulation, use the Remote Printer Console Program.

Bidirectional Parallel Interface

The parallel interface of this MFC allows bidirectional communication withacomputer.Thisinterfaceallowstheprintertocommunicatebackto the computer useful information such as the amount of memory installed, andotherprintersetupconditions.AsthesuppliedRemotePrinterConsole, Windows® 95 or 3.1 driver both support the bidirectional mode, they can bothreporttheprinterstatus.

Enhanced Memory Management

The MFC has its own Data Compression Technology, which automatically compressgraphicdataanddownloadfontdataefficientlyintotheprinter’s memory. You can avoid memory errors and print most full page 600 dpi graphicandtextdata,includinglargerfonts,withtheprinter’sstandard memory.

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