Printing; Using The Brother Printer Driver; Printing A Document - Brother MFC 9420CN - Color Laser - All-in-One User 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 computer into the format required
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 first by following the Quick Setup
Guide. Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:
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Windows Printing
The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft
workstation 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. You can install them easily
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into your Windows system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode
to enhance printing speed in Windows
economy printing mode and custom paper size.

Printing a document

When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper
tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User's Guide for information
about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.)
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From your application, select the Print command.
If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, select Brother MFC-9420CN (XXX)* Printer
as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click
OK to begin printing.
*(Select Brother MFC-9420CN Printer if you are using a parallel cable or if you are connecting your
machine via Network. Select Brother MFC-9420CN USB Printer if you are using a USB cable.)
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For Macintosh users, see Using the Brother Color Driver (Mac OS
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Color Driver (Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2) on page 7-13.
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Your computer sends the data to the machine.
The LCD shows Receiving Data .
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When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows the machine status.
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Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT
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applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including
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