Brother DCP 8020 User Manual

							GLOSSARY   G - 1
G
ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)  The original can be placed in 
the ADF and scanned one page at a time automatically.
Beeper Volume  Volume setting for the beep when you press a key 
or make an error.
Contrast  Setting to compensate for dark or light originals, by 
making copies of dark originals lighter and light originals darker.
Drum Unit  A printing device for the DCP.
Gray scale  The shades of gray available for copying photographs.
LCD (liquid crystal display)  The display screen on the DCP that 
shows interactive messages during On-Screen Programming.
Menu mode  Programming mode for changing your DCP’s settings.
MFL-Pro Suite  Turns your DCP into a printer and a scanner using 
the DCP.
OCR (optical character recognition)  The bundled ScanSoft
® 
TextBridge® software application converts an image of text to text 
you can edit.
Photo mode  A resolution setting that uses varying shades of gray 
for the best representation of photographs.
Scanning  The process of sending an electronic image of a paper 
document into your computer.
Toner cartridge   An accessory that holds toner for the drum unit on 
Brother laser models.
Toner Save   A process that causes less toner to be affixed to the 
page to extend the life of the toner assembly. This will make the 
printing document significantly lighter.
True Type fonts  The fonts that are used in the Windows
® operating 
systems. If you install the Brother True Type fonts, more types of 
fonts will be available for Windows
® applications.
User Settings  A printed report that shows the current settings of 
your DCP.
Glossary
 
						

							S - 1   SPECIFICATIONS
S
Product description
The DCP-8020, DCP-8025D are 3 in 1 Multi-Function Centers: 
Printer, Copier and Color Scanner. The DCP-8025D includes Duplex 
Printing.
General
Specifications
Memory Capacity32 MB 
Optional Memory1 DIMM slot; Memory expandable up to 160 MB
Automatic Document 
Feeder (ADF)Up to 50 pages
Temperature: 68
°F - 86°F (20°C - 30°C)
Humidity: 50% - 70%
Paper: 20 lb or 75 g/m
2 Letter size
Paper Tray250 Sheets (20 lb/80 g/m
2)
Manual Feed TraySingle sheet (20 lb/80 g/m
2) (DCP-8020 only)
Multi-Purpose TrayUp to 50 Sheets (20 lb/80 g/m
2) (DCP-8025D only)
Printer TypeLaser
Print MethodElectrophotography by semiconductor laser beam 
scanning
LCD (Liquid Crystal 
Display)22 characters 
× 5 lines
Warm-upMax. 18 seconds at 73.4
°F (23°C)
Power Source120V AC 50/60Hz (USA, Canadian Version Only)
Power ConsumptionAverage Operating (Copying): 440W or less (25
°C)
Peak: 
Sleep: 
Standby: 1090W or less
14W or less
16W or less (When Network LAN board 
(NC-9100h) is installed.)
75W or less (25
°C)
Dimensions21.28 x 17.76 x 18.76 (in.)
532
 × 444 × 469 (mm)
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 2
Print mediaGeneral (continued)
WeightWithout Drum/Toner Unit:
DCP-8020: 36.6 lb/16.6 kg
DCP-8025D: 39.9 lb/18.1 kg
NoiseOperating:
Standby: 53 dB A or less
30 dB A or less
TemperatureOperating:
Storage:50 - 90.5
°F (10 - 32.5°C)
32 - 104
°F (0 - 40°C)
HumidityOperating:
Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
10 to 90% (without condensation)
Paper Input  Paper Tray
■Paper type:
Plain paper, recycled paper and 
transparencies, envelopes (Manual 
Feed/Multi-purpose Tray)
■Paper size:
A4, Letter, Legal, B5 (ISO), B5 (JIS), 
Executive, A5, A6, B6 (ISO)
Weight: 16 - 28 lb (60 - 105 g/m
2) (Paper Tray)
For more details, see Paper specifications for 
each paper tray
 on page 2-4.
■Maximum paper tray capacity: Approx. 250 
sheets of 20 lb (80 g/m2) plain paper
■Maximum multi-purpose tray capacity: Approx. 
50 sheets of 20 lb (80 g/m2) plain paper
(DCP-8025D only)
Manual Feed Tray/Multi-Purpose Tray
■Paper size:
Width: 2.75 -  8.66 (69.8 - 220.0 mm)
Hight: 4.60 - 16.00 (116.0 - 406.4 mm)
Weight: 16 - 43 lb (60 - 161 g/m
2)
Paper OutputUp to 150 sheets of plain paper (Face up print 
delivery to the output paper support)
 
						

							S - 3   SPECIFICATIONS
Copy
Scanner
Color/MonochromeMonochrome
Copy SpeedUp to 17 copies/minute (Letter paper)
Multiple CopiesStacks or Sorts up to 99 pages
Enlarge/Reduce25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)
ResolutionMax. 1200 x 600 dpi
Color/MonochromeColor/Monochrome
TWAIN Compliant
Yes (Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional 
and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0)
Mac OS 8.6-9.2/OS X 10.2.1 or greater
WIA CompliantYes (Windows® XP)
ResolutionUp to 9,600 
× 9,600 dpi (interpolated)*
Up to 600 
× 2,400 dpi (optical)
* Maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi scanning with 
Windows
® XP (resolution up to 9600 x 9600 dpi 
can be selected by using the Brother scanner 
utility)
Document SizeADF Width: 5.8 to 8.5 (148 mm to 216 mm)
ADF  Height: 5.8 to 14.0 (148 mm to 356 mm)
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 8.5 (216 mm)
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 14.0 (356 mm)
Scanning Width8.35 inches (212 mm)
Gray Scale256 levels
Scanning SpeedColor:  1.80 msec/line (Up to 300 x 300 dpi)
3.60 msec/line (400 x 400 dpi or higher)
Monochrome:  0.84 msec/line (ADF)
1.01 msec/line (Scanner Glass)
■Scanning directly to a networked PC is available with 
Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP.
■OS X scanning is supported in OS X 10.2.1 or greater.
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 4
Printer
Interfaces
EmulationPCL6 (Brother Printing System for Windows® 
emulation mode of HP LaserJet) and BR-Script 
(PostScript
®) Level 3
Printer DriverWindows
® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP 
and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver 
supporting Brother Native Compression mode and 
bi-directional capability
Apple
® Macintosh® QuickDraw® Driver and 
PostScript (PPD) for OS 8.6-9.2/OS X 10.1/10.2.1 
or Greater
ResolutionHQ1200 (Max. 2400 
× 600 dots/inch)
Print QualityNormal printing mode
Economy printing mode (saves toner usage)
Print SpeedUp to 17 pages/minute letter size
(when loading paper from paper tray)
Duplex Printing
Up to 8.5 pages/minute: (DCP-8025D only)
(8.5 sides per minute, 4.25 sheets per minute)
First PrintUp to 12 seconds (using letter size paper in paper 
tray)
Interface Recommended Cable
ParallelA bi-directional shielded parallel cable that is 
IEEE 1284 compliant and not longer than
6 feet (2 m).
USBA Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable that is not longer than
6 feet (2 m).
■Please make sure that you use a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified 
cable if your computer uses a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.
■Even if your computer has a USB 1.1 interface you can 
connect the DCP.
 
						

							S - 5   SPECIFICATIONS
Computer requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Computer Platform & 
Operating System Version
Processor 
Minimum 
Speed Minimum 
RAMRecommended 
RAMAvailable Hard Disk 
Space
Driver
Application 
Software*1
Windows® 
Operating 
System95, 98, 98SE Pentium 
75MHz24 MB 32 MB 80 MB 100 MB
Me Pentium 150 
MHz32 MB 64 MB
NT
® Workstation 
4.0Pentium 
75MHz
2000 
ProfessionalPentium 
133MHz64 MB 128 MB
XP Pentium 
233MHz180 MB
Apple
® 
Macintosh® 
Operating 
SystemOS 8.6 - 9.2 
(Printing and 
Scanning Only)All base 
models meet 
minimum 
Requirements
32 MB 64 MB 50 MB 200 MB
Mac OS X 
10.1/10.2.1 or 
greater 
(Printing and 
Scanning*
2 Only)128 MB 160 MB
NOTE: USB is not supported under Windows
® 95 or Windows NT® WS 4.0. 
All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.
For the latest drivers, access the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/
*1Application Software is different for Windows® and 
Macintosh®
*2Scanning is supported in 10.2.1 or greater.
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 6
Consumable items
Toner Cartridge Life 
ExpectancyTN-530:
Standard Toner Cartridge - Up to 3,300*
pages
TN-560:
High Yield Toner Cartridge - Up to 6,500* pages
*(when printing letter size or A4 paper at 5% print 
coverage)
Toner life expectancy will vary depending upon the 
type of average print job.
Drum Unit Life 
ExpectancyDR-500:
Up to 20,000 pages/drum unit
There are many factors that determine the actual 
drum life, such as temperature, humidity, type of 
paper, toner you use and number of pages per print 
job.
 
						

							S - 7   SPECIFICATIONS
Network (LAN) board (NC-9100h)
DCP-8020 (Option)
DCP-8025D (Option)When you add the optional Network (LAN) Board 
(NC-9100h), you can connect your DCP into the 
network to use the Network Scanner, Network 
Printer and Network Management software 
operations for small workgroups.
Support for:
Windows
® 95/98/Me/NT® 4.0/2000/XP
Novell NetWare 3.X, 4.X, 5.X
Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2, X 10.0-10.2.1 or Greater
Ethernet 10/100 BASE-TX Auto Negotiation
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk, DLC/LLC,NetBIOS
RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, WINS
LPR/LPD, Port9100, SMTP/POP3
SMB(NetBIOS/ IP), IPP, SSDP, Rendezvous, FTP
SNMP, MIBII as well as Brother private MIB
TELNET, HTTP, TFTP
Included Utilities:
BRAdmin Professional and Web Based 
Management
■Scanning directly to a networked PC is not 
supported in Windows® 95, NT® and Mac OS.
■BRAdmin Professional is not supported in Mac 
OS.
 
						

							INDEX   I - 1
Index
A
Accessories and supplies ........ii
ADF (automatic document 
feeder), using  .................. 1-10
ADF cover  ......................... 14-4
B
Brother
accessories and supplies ......ii
Brother numbers  .................. i
Customer Service ................. i
fax back system  ...................ii
frequently asked questions 
(FAQs) ................................ i
product support  .................... i
warranties .................. iii, iv, vii
Brother Control Center
using and configuring  ....... 9-1
C
cleaning (routine maintenance)
drum unit  ...................... 14-23
printer ........................... 14-22
scanner ........................ 14-21
computer requirements  .......S-5
control panel, overview  ....... 1-6
copy
contrast .......................... 5-17
default settings, changing 
...................................... 5-17
Duplex/N in 1 ...... 5-11 to 5-16
Enlarge/Reduce ............... 5-6
keys .................................. 5-5
multiple ............................. 5-4
paper  ...................... 2-1 to 2-4
Quality (type of original) ..... 5-8single ........................ 5-3, 5-4
Sort (ADF only)  .................5-8
specifications ................... S-3
temporary settings ..... 5-2, 5-5
Tray Select  .....................5-10
tray use  .............................4-6
using ADF  .........................5-3
using scanner glass  ..........5-4
D
drivers
printer
Macintosh
® ...................11-1
Windows® .............. 6-1, 7-1
scanner
Macintosh
® .................11-14
Windows® ......................8-1
drum unit
checking remaining life ...14-34
replacing .......................14-30
Duplex, setting up
paper adjustment lever .....2-11
Duplex/N in 1 key  ... 5-11 to 5-16
Duplex/1 in 1 ...................5-14
Duplex/2 in 1 ...................5-16
Duplex/4 in 1 ...................5-16
E
ecology
scanner lamp  ....................4-5
Sleep Time  .......................4-5
Toner Save  .......................4-4
Enlarge/Reduce key  ............5-6
envelopes ............................2-3
error messages on LCD ......14-1
Check Paper  ...................14-1
Machine Error  .................14-2
 
						

							I - 2   INDEX
Out of Memory  ............... 14-2
while scanning 
a document  ................. 5-4
F
FCC Notices (USA) 
............................. 13-1 to 13-2
G
gray scale  ........................... S-3
J
jams
original ........................... 14-4
paper ............................. 14-5
L
LAN Configuration  ....... 3-7, 3-8
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
LCD Contrast  ................... 4-7
M
maintenance, routine ...... 14-21
manual feed tray .......... 6-5, 6-7
memory (option)
adding ............................ 15-8
installing ......................... 15-2
memory is full see Error 
messages on LCD
memory security 
(Secure key)  ................... 6-16
Menu table .......................... 3-1
multi-purpose tray 
(MP tray)  ........................... 2-1
O
OCR, changing settings 
............................ 10-10, 10-21
P
Page Counter .................. 14-34
Paper .................................. S-2
capacity ............................ 2-3
jam ................................. 14-4
labels ................................ 2-1
loading ............................. 2-5
size, setting  ...................... 4-3
transparency .................... 2-1
PaperPort
®
accessing ......................... 8-2
exporting ........................ 8-23
importing ........................ 8-22
print
area .................................. 5-1
canceling jobs  ................ 6-16
difficulties ..................... 14-11
drivers ..................... 7-1, 7-17
Duplex (two-sided)  ........... 6-3
emulation
Windows
® ............. 6-1, 7-17
Emulation Selection  ....... 6-17
envelopes ....................... 6-11
improving the print quality 
.................................... 14-14
jams ............................... 14-5
jobs ................................ 6-16
manual feed tray  .............. 6-5
media ........................2-1, S-2
multi-purpose tray  ............ 6-6
on thick paper  .................. 6-7
reports and lists .............. 6-18
resolution ......................... S-4
Secure key  ..................... 6-16
specifications ................... S-4
Q
Quality key (copying)  .......... 5-5