Brother FAX-1820C Software User's Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Brother Manuals
  4. All in One Printer
  5. FAX-1820C
  6. Software user's manual
Brother FAX-1820C Software User's Manual

Brother FAX-1820C Software User's Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for FAX-1820C:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual See also: Service Manual, Software User Manual
®
FAX-1820C
®

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Related Manuals for Brother FAX-1820C

Summary of Contents for Brother FAX-1820C

  • Page 1 ® FAX-1820C ®...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Using the machine as a printer........1-1 Using the Brother printer driver ........1-1 Features ................1-1 Choosing the right type of paper ........1-2 How to print your document..........1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing ........1-3 Clearing data from the memory ........1-3 Checking the Print Quality ..........
  • Page 3 Quick Print Setup..........1-20 Support tab ............... 1-21 Brother Solutions Center ........1-21 Web Update............1-21 Check Setting ............1-21 Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows ) ..2-1 ® PC-FAX sending ............... 2-1 Setting up user information......... 2-2 Sending setup............. 2-3 Outside line access.............
  • Page 4 Using your machine with a Macintosh .....3-1 ® Setting up your USB-equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® ..3-1 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple ® Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® 8.6-9.2) ....3-2 Using the Brother printer driver with Your Apple ®...

  • Page 5: Using The Machine As A Printer

    A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. The latest printer driver is to be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet...

  • Page 6: Choosing The Right Type Of Paper

    From your computer select the Print command. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother FAX-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin ®...

  • Page 7: Simultaneous Printing And Faxing

    Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.

  • Page 8: Printer Driver Settings (Windows Only)

    How to access the printer driver settings Select Print from the File menu in your application software. Select Brother FAX-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model name) as your printer and click Properties. The Printer dialog box will appear.

  • Page 9: Basic Tab

    Basic tab Select the Media Type and Quality. Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Copies and the page order. Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings. To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the Apply button.

  • Page 10: Media Type

    Media Type To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints, depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper (4 colour) Glossy Paper (3 colour) Transparencies The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy...

  • Page 11: Bi-Directional Printing

    Media Type Colour/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Plain Paper Colour/Grayscale Fast, Normal, Fine, S.Fine Inkjet Paper Colour Fine, S.Fine, Photo Grayscale Fine, S.Fine, Photo Glossy Paper (4 or 3 colour) Colour S.Fine, Photo Grayscale S.Fine, Photo Transparencies Colour/Grayscale Fine, S.Fine The factory settings are shown in bold. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds.

  • Page 12: Paper Size

    Paper Size The Paper Size selection provides a large selection of standard paper sizes. If you wish, you can create a custom size ranging from 88.9 101.6 mm to 215.9 355.6 mm. From the drop-down box, select the Paper Size you are using. You can enter custom size by selecting User Defined.

  • Page 13: Orientation

    Orientation Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed (1 to 999). Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected.

  • Page 14: Advanced Tab

    Advanced tab 1 2 3 4 To return to the default settings, click the Default button. Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1.Colour 2.Scaling 3.Watermark 4.Device Options USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 10...

  • Page 15: Colour

    Colour Colour/Grayscale This selection allows a colour document to be printed in black and white using gray scale. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable colour matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly.

  • Page 16: Custom Image Type

    Custom Image Type You can select the colour matching method manually. Select the best one for your document. Match Monitor Colour is adjusted to get the closest colour match to the PC monitor. Natural: Suitable for photographic images. The colour is adjusted to print a more natural colour.

  • Page 17: Halftone Pattern

    Halftone Pattern The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to express halftones. There are some predefined patterns set for this and you can select which one to use for your document. Select the appropriate method. Diffusion: Dots are placed at random to create the halftones.

  • Page 18: Colour Enhancement

    Colour Enhancement This feature analyzes your image to improve quality sharpness, white balance and colour density. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your computer. Colour Density This setting adjusts the total amount of colour in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of colour in an image to improve a washed out or weak picture.
  • Page 19 Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of an image. It is similar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true focus and you can not see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. Auto Image Enhance Allows individual adjustment of picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or...

  • Page 20: Scaling

    Scaling You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature. Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. Check Fit to Paper Size, if your document has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper.

  • Page 21: Watermark

    Watermark You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use.

  • Page 22: Watermark Style

    Watermark Style You can change the Watermark’s size and position on the page by selecting the Watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to add a new Watermark, click the New button, and then select Text or Bitmap in the Watermark Style. Titile You can select the CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the standard title or enter a title you like in the field.

  • Page 23: Device Options

    Device Options Lets you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system clock. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time format, and the Position and the Font.

  • Page 24: Quick Print Setup

    Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options.

  • Page 25: Support Tab

    Support tab The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information...

  • Page 26: Using Brother Pc-Fax Software

    PC-FAX sending The Brother PC-FAX software lets you send a file from your PC. 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.

  • Page 27: Setting Up User Information

    PC-FAX Setup. The Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box will appear: You must enter this information to create the Fax Header and Cover Page. Click OK to save the User Information. ® 2 - 2 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS...

  • Page 28: Sending Setup

    Sending setup From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab to display the screen below. The include header option sends an additional page of information along with fax or E-mail data which contains user and subject information.

  • Page 29: Outside Line Access

    To select you must enter the path and file name of the database file which contains the address book information. —OR— Use the Browse button to find the database to select. ® 2 - 4 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS...

  • Page 30: User Interface

    User interface In the Sending tab, select user interface you wish to use. You can choose the Simple Style or the Facsimile Style. Simple style Facsimile style ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 5...

  • Page 31: Speed-Dial Setup

    Speed-Dial setup From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Speed-Dial tab. (To use this feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register a Member or Group on each of the ten Speed-Dial buttons. To register an address in a Speed-Dial button: Click the Speed-Dial button you want to program.

  • Page 32: The Address Book

    From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite FAX-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name), and then click PC-FAX Address Book. The Brother Address Book dialog box will appear: ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 7...

  • Page 33: 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 of Members and Groups. In the Address Book dialog box, click the icon to add a Member.

  • Page 34: Setting Up A Group For Broadcasting

    Setting up a Group for Broadcasting If you often send the same PC-FAX to several recipients, you can combine them in to a Group. In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the icon to create a Group. The Group Setup dialog box appears: Type the name of the new Group in the Group Name field.

  • Page 35: Editing Member Information

    Select the items in the order you want them listed. If you are exporting to an ASCII file, select the Divide Character - Tab or Comma. This selects between a Tab or Comma to separate the data fields. ® 2 - 10 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS...
  • Page 36 Select OK to save the data. Type the name of the file, and then select Save. ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 11...

  • Page 37: Importing To The Address Book

    Import text file. Select the Divide Character - Tab or Comma based on the file format you are importing. To import the data click OK. ® 2 - 12 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS...
  • Page 38 Type the name of the file, and then select Open. If you selected a text file in Step 1, the Files of type: will be Text file (*.csv). ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 13...

  • Page 39: Setting Up A Cover Page

    Setting up a Cover Page From the PC-FAX dialog box click , to access the PC-Fax Cover page setup screen. The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog box will appear: ® 2 - 14 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS...

  • Page 40: Entering Coverpage Information

    When the Count Cover Page box is checked, the Cover Page will be included in the page numbering. When this box is not checked, the Cover Page will not be included. ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 15...

  • Page 41: Sending A File As A Pc-Fax Using The Facsimile Style User Interface

    From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box will appear: Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The Facsimile style user interface will appear, if it does not check the user interface selection setting as detailed on page 2-3.

  • Page 42: Redial

    Create a file in Word, Excel, Paint, Draw or any other application on your PC. From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box will appear: ® USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE (FOR WINDOWS ) 2 - 17...
  • Page 43 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The Simple style user interface will appear, if it does not check the user interface selection setting as detailed on page 2-3. In the To: field, type the fax number of the recipient. You can also use the Address Book to select destination fax numbers by clicking the To: button.

  • Page 44: Using Your Machine With A Macintosh

    Descriptions in this chapter are based on the FAX-1820C. These descriptions also apply to the other machines. To use this feature, you can download the printer driver from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com ® USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH...

  • Page 45: Using The Brother Printer Driver With Your Apple Macintosh (Mac Os 8.6-9.2)

    8.6-9.2) To select a Printer: Open the Chooser from the Apple menu. Click the Brother Ink icon. On the right side of the Chooser window, click the printer you want to print to. Close the Chooser. To print a document: ®...
  • Page 46 ® From application software such as Presto! PageManager , click the File menu and select Print. Click Print to start printing. If you want to change Copies, Pages, Quality, Media Type and Colour/Grayscale, select your settings before clicking Print. Click the Option button to change Document and Printing Options.

  • Page 47: Using The Brother Printer Driver With Your Apple Macintosh (Mac Os X)

    Using the Brother printer driver with ® ® ® Your Apple Macintosh (Mac OS Choosing page setup options ® From application software such as Presto! PageManager , click the File menu and select Page Setup. Make sure FAX-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name) is selected in the Format for pop-up menu.

  • Page 48: Choosing Printing Options

    Choosing printing options To control special printing features, choose Print Settings in the Print dialog box. You can change Quality, Media Type, Colour/Grayscale, Paper Thickness and Bi-Directional Printing settings. See Resolution on page S-6 in the User’s Guide. ® USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH 3 - 5...

  • Page 49: Sending A Fax From Your Macintosh Application

    ® Sending a fax from your Macintosh application ® For Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2 users ® You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh application. Create a document in a Macintosh application. To send a fax, select Print from the File menu. The Printer dialog box will appear: When Printer is selected, the top button shows Print and the Address button is grayed.
  • Page 50 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 and the right box shows the Destination Fax Numbers as you select them. To address the fax, type a fax number in the Input Fax Number box.

  • Page 51: Users

    ® For Mac OS X users ® You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh application. Create a document in a Macintosh application. To send a fax, select Print from the File menu. The Printer dialog box will appear: Select Send Fax from the pull-down menu.
  • Page 52 Select Facsimile from the Output pull-down menu. To address the fax, type a fax number in the Input Fax Number box, and the click Print. If you want to send a fax to more than one number, click Add after entering the first fax number. The destination fax numbers will be listed in the dialog box.

  • Page 53: Drag A Vcard From The Mac Os

    ® Drag a vCard from the Mac OS X Address Book application You can address the fax number using a vCard (an electronic ® business card) from Mac OS application to the destination fax number field. Click Address Book button. ®...
  • Page 54 The vCard used must contain a work fax or home fax number. When you choose work fax or home fax from the Stored Fax Numbers pull-down list, only the fax number stored in the ® Mac OS X Address Book for the selected category will be ®...

  • Page 55: Index

    PC-FAX (Windows®) ..2-1 sending address book ....2-7 cover page ....2-14 facsimile style ..... 2-16 group ......2-9 simple style ....2-17 Print Macintosh® Brother driver .. 3-2, 3-4, 3-6 Windows® driver settings ....1-4 I - 1 INDEX...
  • Page 56 This machine is approved for use in the country of purchase only, local Brother companies or their dealers will only support machines purchased in their own countries. UK/IRE/SAF/PAN NORDIC...

Table of Contents