Brother 7420 Using the machine as a printer

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A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required

by a particular printer, us ing a printer command language or pa ge description language.

The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers first by following th e Quick Setup

Guide. Also, the latest pr inter driver can be downloaded fro m the Brother Solutions Center at :

The dedicated printer dri ver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT®

workstation 4.0 are avail able on the CD-ROM supplied wi th your Brother device. You c an install them easily

into your Windows® system using our installer program. The dri ver supports our unique compressio n mode

to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications, and allows you to set va rious printer settings, including

economy printing mode and cus tom paper size.

When the machine receives data from your computer, it begin s printing by picking up paper fr om the paper

tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User’s Guide for information

about the Paper Tray and Rec ommended paper.)

1From your application, sel ect the Print command.

If any other printer driver s are installed on your computer, sel ect Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX

(USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name. If you are u sing a USB cable to connec t your machine

then USB will be in the printer driver name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu

in your software application, and then click OK to begin print ing.

Note

For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver wi th your Apple® Macint osh® (Mac OS® X) on page

7-2 or Using the Brother printer driver w ith your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 7-4.

2Your computer sends the da ta to the machine.

The LCD shows Receiving Data.

3When the machine finishes pr inting all the data, the LCD shows th e date and time.

Note

You can select the paper size and orientation in your applicatio n software.

If your application soft ware does not support your custom pap er size, select the next larger paper size.

Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software.

Using the machine as a printer

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