Brother DCP 8045D User Manual

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Support tab
The Support tab provides driver version and setting information. In 
addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the 
Driver Update Web sites.
Click the Support tab to display the following screen:
Brother Solutions Center
The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information 
about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked 
Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your 
DCP.
Web Update
Web Update checks...

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Features in the PS printer driver 
(For Windows
®)
The Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows 
NT® 4.0 utilizes BR-Script 3(PostScript® 3™ language emulation) 
driver.
To install the PS driver
If you have already installed the printer driver following the instruction 
in the Quick Setup Guide, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive 
on your PC and click Install Software. Choose MFL-Pro Suite and 
follow the on-screen instructions.  When the Select...

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Ports tab
Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the 
network printer you are using.
 

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Device Settings tab
Select the options you installed.
 

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Layout tab
You can change the Layout setting by selecting the setting in the 
Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
Booklet (For DCP-8045D) (For Windows® 2000/XP)
You can print a booklet by selecting Booklet from Pages Per Sheet 
list.
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Layout tab by clicking Printing Preferences... 
in the General tab of the Brother DCP-8045D BR-Script3 
Properties screen.
 

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Paper/Quality tab
Select the Paper Source.
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Layout tab by clicking Printing Preferences... 
in the General tab of the Brother DCP-8045D BR-Script3 
Properties screen.
 

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Advanced Options
1Select the Paper Size and Copy Count.
2Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting.
3You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer 
Features list:
■Media Type 
■Toner Save 
■BR-Script Level 
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Advanced Options tab by clicking Advanced... 
button in the Layout tab or the Paper/Quality tab.
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8 - 1   HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®
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Scanning a document 
TWAIN compliant
The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant 
scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol 
for communicating between scanners and software applications. 
This means that not only can you scan images directly into the 
PaperPort
® viewer that Brother included with your DCP, but you can 
also scan images directly into hundreds of other software 
applications that support TWAIN scanning. These...

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How to access the Scanner
1Open the software application (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan 
a document.
2Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan 
button.
3Select Brother DCP-8045D (if using a parallel interface), 
Brother DCP-8045D USB or Brother DCP-8045D LAN from 
the Scanner drop-down list box.
4Click Scan.
If the DCP is connected via:
Parallel
—use ‘Brother DCP-8045D’
USB—use ‘Brother DCP-8045D USB’
LAN—u se ‘Brother DCP-8045D LAN’
The Brother...

8 - 3   HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®
Scanning a document into the PC
You can scan a whole page
—OR—
Scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document.
Scanning a whole page
1Place the original face up in the ADF (automatic document 
feeder), or face down on the scanner glass.
2Adjust the following settings, if required, in the Scanner window:
■Image Type 
■Resolution 
■Scan Type 
■Brightness 
■Contrast 
■Document Size 
See Settings in the Scanner window on page 8-6.
3Click the Start button in the...