Printing; Using The Brother Printer Driver - Brother MFC-9010CN Software User's Manual

1

Printing

Note
• The screens in this section are from Windows
operating system.
• 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. (See Firewall settings (For Network users)
on page 103.)

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:
®
Windows Printing
The dedicated printer drivers for Microsoft
®
Windows Vista /Windows Server
with your Brother device. You can install them easily into your Windows
The drivers support our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows
allows you to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size.
1 ®
Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server
®
XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
http://solutions.brother.com
® ®
Windows 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/
® 1
2003 /Windows Server
®
2008 are available for network printing only.
® 1
2008 are available on the CD-ROM supplied
®
system using our installer program.
1
1
1
®
applications, and
2