Printing Directly From Other Applications; Setting The Printer Driver - Brother TD-4000 Software User's Manual

Printing directly from other applications

You can use this machine to print directly from most Windows
Because the paper size for this machine is different from other regular printers, you may not be able to
print even after installing the driver and application software, unless the application software allows the
correct label size to be set.

Setting the Printer Driver

In the following steps, you will see XX-XXXX. Read "XX" as your printer name. The printer names in the
following screens may differ from your purchased printer name.
The screens may vary depending on the model. The following is the example for Windows Vista
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For Windows Vista
From [Control Panel], go to [Hardware and Sound] and open [Printers].
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For Windows
From [Control Panel], go to [Printers (2000) / Printers and Faxes (XP)].
For details, see Windows
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For Windows Vista
Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", and click
[Select printing preferences].
The [Brother XX-XXXX printing preferences]
dialog box appears.
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For Windows
Choose "Brother XX-XXXX", and click
[File] - [Printing Preferences]
The [Printer Properties] dialog box appears.
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Choose each item and click
• [Basic] Tab
The paper size can be selected.
If the size of paper to be used is not listed in the
[Paper Size] list, a new paper size can be
added. For details, see "Add new paper format"
on page 5.
Then, select the paper size from (Paper Size)
list.
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