Brother MFC-9870 manual Bi-directional Parallel Ports nibble and byte modes

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Problem Using Applications which Use Special Comms Drivers, such as the HP Pavilion PC and the “HP DEMO” Screen Saver

Some applications may use custom comm. drv files which will conflict with the files used by MFL Unimessage Pro. In such a case it will be necessary to edit the SYSTEM. INI file as outlined below:

Installing the “HP Demo” screen saver on your HP Pavilion PC after you have installed the MFL Unimessage Pro software will overwrite the SYSTEM. INI file and you cannot use the Brother MFC to print, scan or for Remote Set up. Then you will have to edit the SYSTEM. INI file as follows:

[boot]

;comm.drv=comm115.drv

comm.drv=brmfcomm.drv

[386Enh]

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Bi-Di.386

If you do not want to edit the SYSTEM. INI file, please change the screen saver and Re-install MFL Unimessage Pro again.

Bi-directional Parallel Ports (nibble and byte modes)

The machine supports both nibble (AT) and byte (Bi-directional) mode parallel ports. If your PC supports byte mode, scanning and fax reception will be at a faster speed. To verify or change the parallel port mode, please check your system BIOS in the CMOS Setup or contact your computer manufacturer for assistance.

Some older PC models support only nibble mode. Generally, newer models support both nibble and byte modes.