1 General Information

Using the documentation

Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Reading the documentation will help you make the most of your machine.

Symbols and conventions used in the documentation

The following symbols and conventions are used throughout the documentation.

Bold

Bold typeface identifies specific

 

keys on the machine’s control

 

panel.

Italics

Italicized typeface emphasizes

 

an important point or refers you

 

to a related topic.

Courier

Text in Courier New font

New

identifies messages on the

 

LCD of the machine.

WARNING

Warnings tell you what to do to prevent possible personal injury.

CAUTION

Cautions specify procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent possible minor injuries.

IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT describes procedures you must follow or avoid to prevent possible machine problems or damage to other objects.

Electrical Hazard icons alert you to a possible electrical shock.

Hot Surface icons warn you not to touch machine parts that are hot.

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the current operation works with other features.

AccessingtheSoftware

User’s Guide and

Network User’s Guide

This User’s Guide does not contain all the information about the machine such as how to use the advanced features of the Printer, Scanner, PC Fax and Network. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, read the Software User’s Guide and Network User’s Guide that are on the CD-ROM.

Viewing DocumentationViewing Documentation (Windows®)

To view the documentation, from the Start menu, point to Brother, MFC-XXXX(where

XXXXis your model name) from the programs group, and then choose User’s Guides in HTML format.

If you have not installed the software, you can find the documentation by following the instructions below:

a Turn on your PC. Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Note

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.

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