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    F AX-1800C ® Printer & PC-F AX Manual[...]

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    i Table of Contents 1 Printer Driver Settings (Windows ® Only) .................................... 1-1 Using the Brother FAX-1800C Printer Driver ........................... 1-1 Paper Tab.................................................................................... 1-1 Paper Size .............................................................[...]

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    ii 2 Using the Brother Machine as a Printer ....................................... 2-1 Features ...................................................................................... 2-1 Printer Driver .............................................................................. 2-1 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper ...............................[...]

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    iii 4 Using the Brother Machine with a New Power Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™/iBook™ ............................................................. 4-1 Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5/8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1/9.2.1................................ 4-1 Using Brother Printer Driver with Yo[...]

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    iv Computer Requirements Processor Minimum Speed Minimum RAM Recommended RAM Available Hard Disk Space* Minimum System Requirements Computer Platform & Operating System Version 98, 98SE Me 2000 Professional XP Windows ® Operating Systems Apple iMac TM /iBook TM / G3/G4 Operating Systems Pentium 75MHz Pentium 150MHz Pentium 133MHz Pentium 233MH[...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 1 1 1 Printer Driver Settings (Windows ® Only) Using the Brother FAX-1800C 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. For more inform[...]

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    1 - 2 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Paper Size You can choose from a large selection of standard paper sizes or you can even create custom sizes ranging form 3.5" × 5" to 8.5" × 14". To select the paper size you want to use, click the icon. Orientation Orientation selects the layout of your document on the printed [...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 3 Paper Thickness This setting provides the best positioning of the paper for printing. Depending on the thickness of the paper you are using, you can improve the quality of your output by selecting the appropriate thickness: ■ Regular ■ Thin ■ Thick ■ Thicker For example if you are printing on [...]

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    1 - 4 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Quality/Color Tab The Quality/Color tab screen provides Quality, Media type, Document type, Color/Mono settings, Bi-directional Printing settings and Fast Draft Mode. All of these selections are designed to offer the best quality output for your document. Select the Apply button to apply your selected[...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 5 Media To achieve the best print results, select the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The Brother machine changes the way it places dots, depending on the selected media type. Document The printer driver will select the most suitable color matching method, depending on your docu[...]

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    1 - 6 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Color Matching You can select the color matching method yourself. Select the best one for your document. ■ Match Monitor Suitable for photographic images. Color is adjusted to get the closest color match to the PC monitor. ■ Vivid Color Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphs, and te[...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 7 ■ Cluster This is suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphs and drawings, since this creates sharper printouts. Moreover, the processing time is shorter. Color Enhance Selecting Color Enhance/True2Life ON enables the True2Life feature. This feature analyzes your image to improve quality [...]

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    1 - 8 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Color/Mono This selection allows a color document to be printed in mono only. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print head prints in both directions and offers faster print speeds. When it is not selected the print head prints in one direction only and provides high[...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 9 Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom In Background With the In background feature checked Watermark will print on the page behind your document. If this feature is not checked then the Wa[...]

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    1 - 10 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Device Options Set the Print Date & Time in Printer Function: Print Date & Time When enabled, the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time from your computer’s system clock on your document. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time Format, Position and Font. To i[...]

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    PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 1 - 11 Support The Support Tab provides driver version and setup information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Web Update Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and then it dow[...]

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    2 - 1 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 2 Using the Brother Machine as a Printer Features The FAX-1800C offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet printer. Fast Printing Speed —Using Draft mode, you can print up to 8 pages per minute in full color, and up to 10 pages per minute in black. Brilliant High Quality Output —P[...]

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    USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 - 2 Choosing the Right Kind of Paper To achieve high quality printing using your machine, it’s very important to select the right kind of paper. Be sure to read “ About Paper ” on page 3-1 of the Owner’s Manual before you select and purchase paper. Multi-purpose Sheet Feeder The multi-purpose sheet f[...]

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    2 - 3 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER Simultaneous Printing/Faxing Your machine can print data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax, or while scanning information into the computer. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then resumes printing when copying or f[...]

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    USING THE BROTHER MACHINE AS A PRINTER 2 - 4 Print Area The print area depends on the settings in the application you are using. The figures below show the unprintable areas on cut sheet paper and envelopes. (inches) Paper Type Paper Size Cut Sheet Letter, Legal Fax 0.12 0.43 0.25 0.25 Mono Copy Color Copy Printer Executive Printer 0.12 0.43 0.13 0[...]

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    3 - 1 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 3 Using PC-FAX (Windows ® Only) PC-FAX Sending The Brother PC-FAX feature allows you to use your PC to send a file. 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. All you have to do is set up the receiving parties as Members or Groups [...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 2 Setting Up Sending To access the Sending tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab. Outside Line Access If you need to enter a number to access an outside line, enter it here. This is sometimes required by the local PBX telephone system. Include Header To add header information to the t[...]

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    3 - 3 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) User Interface Select the User Interface in the Sending tab. You can choose the Simple Style or the Facsimile Style. Simple Style Facsimile Style[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 4 Setting Up Speed Dial Access the Speed Dial tab from the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box by clicking the Speed Dial tab. (To use this feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register any address or group on one of the ten Speed Dial buttons. To register an address in a Speed Dial loc[...]

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    3 - 5 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) The Address Book From the Start menu, select Programs , Brother , Brother MFL Pro Suite , and then click Address Book . The Brother Address Book dialog box will appear:[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 6 Setting Up a Member in the Address Book In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete stored information for members and groups. 1 In the Address Book dialog box, click the icon to add a member. The Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box will appear: 2 In the Brother Address Book Memb[...]

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    3 - 7 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) Setting Up a Group for Broadcasting If you repeatedly send the same PC-FAX to multiple recipients, you can combine members into a Group. 1 In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the icon to create a group. The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appears: 2 Type the name of the new group in the Gro[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 8 Deleting a Member or Group 1 Select the Member or Group you want to delete. 2 Click the delete icon. 3 Click OK when the Delete OK? dialog box appears. Exporting the Address Book You can export the Address Book to an ASCII text file (*.csv). If you wish, you can create a Vcard for selected members that will be a[...]

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    3 - 9 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 5 Type the name of the file, and then select Save . Importing to the Address Book You can import ASCII text files (*.csv) or Vcards (electronic business cards) into your Address Book. To import an ASCII text file: 1 From the Address Book select File , point to Import , and then click Text — OR —Click Vcard a[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 10 4 Select OK to import the data. 5 Type the name of the file, and then select Open . Setting Up a Cover Page Access the Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking . (See Sending a File as a PC-FAX Using the Facsimile Style , page 3-12.) The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog [...]

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    3 - 11 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) To You can enter information in each field. From You can enter information in each field. Comment Type the comment you want to add to the cover page. Select Cover Page Form Select the cover page form you want. Import BMP File You can insert a bitmap file, such as your company logo, in the cover page. Select the[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 12 Sending a File as a PC-FAX Using the Facsimile Style 1 Create a file in Word, Excel, Paint, Draw or any other application on your PC. 2 From the File menu, select Print . The Print dialog box will appear: 3 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK . The FAX Sending dialog box will appear:[...]

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    3 - 13 USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 4 Enter the fax number by using any of the following methods: a. Enter the number using the dial pad. b. Click any of the 10 Speed Dial buttons. c. Click the Address Book button, and then select a Member or Group from the Address Book. 5 To include a cover page, click Cover Page On , and then click the Cover Pa[...]

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    USING PC-FAX (WINDOWS ® ONLY) 3 - 14 3 Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK . The FAX Sending dialog box will appear: 4 In the To: field, type the fax number of the receiving party. You can also use the Address Book to select destination fax numbers. If you made a mistake entering a number, click the Clear button to clear all e[...]

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    4 - 1 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 4 Using the Brother Machine with a New Power Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac ™ /iBook ™ Set Up Your USB-Equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® G3, G4 or iMac™ or iBook™ with Mac OS 8.5/8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1/9.2.1 To work with your machine, your USB-Equipped App[...]

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    USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 2 To print the document: 3 From application software such as PaperPort ® , click File menu and select Page Setup . Change the settings for Paper Size , Paper Thickness , Paper Source , Orientation , and Scaling , and then click OK . 4 From application software s[...]

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    4 - 3 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ Sending a Fax from Your Macintosh ® Application You can send a fax directly from your Macintosh ® application using the following steps: 1 Create a document in a Macintosh application. 2 To begin the fax transmission, select Print from the File menu. The Prin[...]

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    USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 4 4 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 ; the right box will show the Destination Fax Numbers as you select them. 5 To address the fax, type a fax n[...]

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    4 - 5 USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ Setting Up Your Address Book You can add new members and groups to your Address Book, even while you are addressing a fax. Adding a New Member 1 To add a new member to the Address Book, in the Facsimile dialog box click Address . The Address Book dialog box app[...]

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    USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH ® G3, G4 OR IMAC™/IBOOK™ 4 - 6 Adding a New Group You can set up a group of multiple recipients. 1 Click Group . The Group Setting dialog box appears. 2 In the Group Name field, type a name for your Group. 3 From the Stored Fax Numbers box select the recipients for your Group, and then click[...]