Using The Machine As A Printer; Using The Brother Printer Driver - Brother MFC-8440 Software User's Manual

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Using the machine as a
printer

Using the Brother printer driver

A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used
by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, using
a printer command language or page description language.
The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the
drivers first by following the Quick Setup Guide. Also, the latest
printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center
at:
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Windows Printing
The dedicated printer driver and TrueType
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Microsoft Windows
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Windows NT workstation 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM
supplied with your machine. You can install them easily into your
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Windows system using our installer program. The driver supports
our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in
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Windows applications, and allows you to set various printer
settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size.
Popular Printer Emulation Support
The machine supports HP LaserJet (PCL level 6) and BR-Script 3
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(PostScript 3
software, you can use HP LaserJet (PCL level 6) and BR-Script 3
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(PostScript 3

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