Printing From A Usb Flash Drive Or Digital Camera Supporting Mass Storage; Creating A Prn File For Direct Printing - Brother MFC-L8600CDW Basic User's Manual

Printing from a USB flash drive
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or digital camera supporting
mass storage
With the Direct Print feature, you do not need
a computer for printing. You can print by just
plugging your USB flash drive into the
machine's USB direct interface. You can also
connect and print directly from a camera set
to USB mass storage mode.
You can use a USB flash drive that has the
following specifications:
USB Class USB Mass Storage Class
USB Mass Storage SCSI or SFF-8070i
Sub Class
Transfer protocol Bulk transfer Only
FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
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Format
Sector size Max. 4096 Byte
Encryption Encrypted devices are
not supported.
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NTFS format is not supported.
NOTE
• Some USB flash drives may not work with
the machine.
• If your camera is in PictBridge mode, you
cannot print from it. See the
documentation supplied with your camera
to switch from PictBridge mode to mass
storage mode.
Creating a PRN file for
direct printing
NOTE
The screens in this section may vary
depending on your application and
operating system.
a
From the menu bar of an application,
click File, then Print.
b
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (1)
and check the Print to file box (2).
Click Print.
c
Choose the folder you want to save the
file to and enter the file name if
prompted.
If you are prompted for a file name only,
you can also specify the folder you want
to save the file in by entering the
directory name. For example:
C:\Temp\FileName.prn
If a USB flash drive is connected to your
computer, you can save the file directly
to the USB flash drive.
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