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Brother FAX-1800C Manual

Brother FAX-1800C Manual

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  • Page 1 Printer & PC-FAX Manual FAX-1800C ®...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Printer Driver Settings (Windows Using the Brother FAX-1800C Printer Driver ... 1-1 Paper Tab... 1-1 Paper Size ... 1-2 Orientation... 1-2 Copy/Page Order ... 1-2 Copies ... 1-2 Collate ... 1-2 Reverse Order ... 1-2 Paper Thickness... 1-3 Scaling ...
  • Page 3 Using the Brother Machine as a Printer ... 2-1 Features ... 2-1 Printer Driver... 2-1 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper ... 2-2 Multi-purpose Sheet Feeder ... 2-2 Simultaneous Printing/Faxing ... 2-3 The Ink Key... 2-3 Stop/Exit Key ... 2-3 Checking the Print Quality ...
  • Page 4 Using the Brother Machine with a New Power Macintosh G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook™ ... 4-1 Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple G3, G4 or iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5/8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1/9.2.1... 4-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh Setting Up Your Address Book...

  • Page 5: Computer Requirements

    * You may need more hard disk space depending on what you want to do. Printer Driver and PC-FAX Driver can be downloaded from http://solutions. brother. com Note: All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.

  • Page 6: Printer Driver Settings (Windows ® Only)

    The paper tab screen allows you to set up the Paper Size, Paper Source, Paper Thickness, Orientation, Scaling, and Copy/Page Order. To access the Brother printer driver, select Print from the File menu. In the Print dialog box, select Brother FAX1800C from the Name drop down list. Click the Properties button.

  • Page 7: Paper Size

    Paper Size You can choose from a large selection of standard paper sizes or you can even create custom sizes ranging form 3.5" × 5" to 8.5" × 14". To select the paper size you want to use, click the icon. Orientation Orientation selects the layout of your document on the printed page (Portrait or Landscape).

  • Page 8: Paper Thickness

    Paper Thickness This setting provides the best positioning of the paper for printing. Depending on the thickness of the paper you are using, you can improve the quality of your output by selecting the appropriate thickness: Regular Thin Thick Thicker For example if you are printing on thin paper, select Thin as the Paper Thickness to get the best paper handling and output for that paper type.

  • Page 9: Quality/Color Tab

    Quality/Color Tab The Quality/Color tab screen provides Quality, Media type, Document type, Color/Mono settings, Bi-directional Printing settings and Fast Draft Mode. All of these selections are designed to offer the best quality output for your document. Select the Apply button to apply your selected settings. To return to the default settings, click the Default button, and then click the Apply button.

  • Page 10: Media

    Media To achieve the best print results, select the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The Brother machine changes the way it places dots, depending on the selected media type. Paper Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper...

  • Page 11: Color Matching

    Enhance/True2Life. Halftone Pattern The Brother machine can use several methods to arrange where to place dots to express halftones. There are some predefined patterns for placement of dots and you can select which one is used for your document. Select the appropriate method.

  • Page 12: Color Enhance

    Cluster This is suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphs and drawings, since this creates sharper printouts. Moreover, the processing time is shorter. Color Enhance Selecting Color Enhance/True2Life ON enables the True2Life feature. This feature analyzes your image to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density.

  • Page 13: Color/Mono

    Color/Mono This selection allows a color document to be printed in mono only. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print head prints in both directions and offers faster print speeds. When it is not selected the print head prints in one direction only and provides higher print quality.

  • Page 14: Print Watermark

    Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom In Background With the In background feature checked Watermark will print on the page behind your document. If this feature is not checked then the Watermark will print on top of your document.

  • Page 15: Device Options

    Device Options Set the Print Date & Time in Printer Function: Print Date & Time When enabled, the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time from your computer’s system clock on your document. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time Format, Position and Font. To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque.

  • Page 16: Support

    Brother Solutions Center and Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Web Update Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and then it downloads and updates the printer driver on your computer. Brother Solutions Center...

  • Page 17: Using The Brother Machine As A Printer

    Using the Brother Machine as a Printer Features The FAX-1800C offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet printer. Fast Printing Speed—Using Draft mode, you can print up to 8 pages per minute in full color, and up to 10 pages per minute in black.

  • Page 18: Choosing The Right Kind Of Paper

    Choosing the Right Kind of Paper To achieve high quality printing using your machine, it’s very important to select the right kind of paper. Be sure to read “About Paper” on page 3-1 of the Owner’s Manual before you select and purchase paper. Multi-purpose Sheet Feeder The multi-purpose sheet feeder can feed plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and envelopes.

  • Page 19: Simultaneous Printing/Faxing

    Simultaneous Printing/Faxing Your machine can print data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax, or while scanning information into the computer. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then resumes printing when copying or fax receiving is finished.

  • Page 20: Print Area

    Print Area The print area depends on the settings in the application you are using. The figures below show the unprintable areas on cut sheet paper and envelopes. Cut Sheet Paper Paper Type Paper Size Cut Sheet Letter, Legal Executive Envelopes Printer depends on the Printer Driver.

  • Page 21: Using Pc-Fax (Windows ® Only)

    (Windows PC-FAX Sending The Brother PC-FAX feature allows you to use your PC to send a file. You can create a file in any application on your PC, and then send it as a PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page note. All you have to do is set up the receiving parties as Members or Groups in your PC-FAX Address Book.

  • Page 22: Setting Up Sending

    Setting Up Sending To access the Sending tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab. Outside Line Access If you need to enter a number to access an outside line, enter it here. This is sometimes required by the local PBX telephone system.

  • Page 23: User Interface

    User Interface Select the User Interface in the Sending tab. You can choose the Simple Style or the Facsimile Style. Simple Style Facsimile Style ® 3 - 3 U S I N G P C - F A X ( W I N D O W S O N L Y )

  • Page 24: Setting Up Speed Dial

    Setting Up Speed Dial Access the Speed Dial tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box by clicking the Speed Dial tab. (To use this feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register any address or group on one of the ten Speed Dial buttons.

  • Page 25: The Address Book

    The Address Book From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, Brother MFL Pro Suite, and then click Address Book. The Brother Address Book dialog box will appear: ® 3 - 5 U S I N G P C - F A X ( W I N D O W S...

  • Page 26: Setting Up A Member In The Address Book

    Setting Up a Member in the Address Book In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete stored information for members and groups. In the Address Book dialog box, click the The Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box will appear: In the Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box, type the member’s...

  • Page 27: Setting Up A Group For Broadcasting

    If you repeatedly send the same PC-FAX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group. In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appears: Type the name of the new group in the Group Name field.

  • Page 28: Deleting A Member Or Group

    Deleting a Member or Group Select the Member or Group you want to delete. Click the delete Click OK when the Delete OK? dialog box appears. Exporting the Address Book You can export the Address Book to an ASCII text file (*.csv). If you wish, you can create a Vcard for selected members that will be attached to all the sender’s outgoing e-mail;...

  • Page 29: Importing To The Address Book

    Type the name of the file, and then select Save. If you selected Vcard in Step 1, the Save as type: will be Vcard (*.vcf). Note Importing to the Address Book You can import ASCII text files (*.csv) or Vcards (electronic business cards) into your Address Book.

  • Page 30: Setting Up A Cover Page

    If you selected a text file in Step 1, the Files of type: will be Text file (*.csv). Note Setting Up a Cover Page Access the Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking . (See page 3-12.)

  • Page 31: From

    You can enter information in each field. If you are sending a fax to multiple recipients, the recipient information will not Note be printed on the Cover Page. From You can enter information in each field. Comment Type the comment you want to add to the cover page. Select Cover Page Form Select the cover page form you want.

  • Page 32: Sending A File As A Pc-Fax Using The Facsimile Style

    From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box will appear: Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The FAX Sending dialog box will appear: U S I N G P C - F A X ( W I N D O W S ®...

  • Page 33: Redial

    Enter the fax number by using any of the following methods: a. Enter the number using the dial pad. b. Click any of the 10 Speed Dial buttons. c. Click the Address Book button, and then select a Member or Group from the Address Book.
  • Page 34 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The FAX Sending dialog box will appear: In the To: field, type the fax number of the receiving party. You can also use the Address Book to select destination fax numbers. If you made a mistake entering a number, click the Clear button to clear all entries.

  • Page 35: Using The Brother Machine With A New Power Macintosh G3, G4 Or Imac /Ibook

    Note a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet (1.8 meters). To work with your machine, your USB-Equipped Apple set up with Mac OS 8.5/8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1/9.2.1. Using Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple ® Macintosh To select the Printer: From the Apple menu, open the Chooser.
  • Page 36 To print the document: From application software such as PaperPort Setup. Change the settings for Paper Size, Paper Thickness, Paper Source, Orientation, and Scaling, and then click OK. From application software such as PaperPort, click File menu and select Print. Click Print to start printing.

  • Page 37: Sending A Fax From Your Macintosh Application

    Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh Application You can send a fax directly from your Macintosh following steps: Create a document in a Macintosh application. To begin the fax transmission, select Print from the File menu. The Printer dialog box appears: When Printer is selected, the top button shows Print and the Address button is grayed.
  • Page 38 Click Send Fax. The Send Fax dialog box appears: The Send Fax dialog box has two list boxes. The left box shows all the previously Stored Fax Numbers; the right box will show the Destination Fax Numbers as you select them. To address the fax, type a fax number in the Input Fax Number box.

  • Page 39: Setting Up Your Address Book

    Setting Up Your Address Book You can add new members and groups to your Address Book, even while you are addressing a fax. Adding a New Member To add a new member to the Address Book, in the Facsimile dialog box click Address.

  • Page 40: Adding A New Group

    Adding a New Group You can set up a group of multiple recipients. Click Group. The Group Setting dialog box appears. In the Group Name field, type a name for your Group. From the Stored Fax Numbers box select the recipients for your Group, and then click Your selection will appear in the box under the Group Name field.

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