Printing; Using The Brother Printer Driver - Brother MFC-8460N Software User's Manual

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Printing

Using the Brother printer driver

A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into the format needed 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 by following the Quick Setup
Guide. The latest printer driver can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:
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Windows Printing
The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft
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and Windows Vista are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. You can install them
easily into your Windows
mode to enhance printing speed in Windows
including economy printing mode and custom paper size.
Note
If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to print, you may need to configure the firewall settings
to allow communication through port number 137. Visit the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com) for more information.
http://solutions.brother.com
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Windows
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system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression
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applications, and allows you to set various printer settings,
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98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/Windows NT
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