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  • Page 1

    Befo re you can use the machine, yo u must set up the hardware and install the software . Please read this “Qu ick Setup Guide” f or the correct setup proce dure and instal lation instru ctio ns. Keep this “Q uick S etup Guid e”, User ’s G uide and s uppl ied CD-ROM i n a conv eni ent pl ac e for quic k and easy referenc e at all times . [...]

  • Page 2

    Warn in g Imp r op er S et up Note Us er ’s G uid e Ind ic ate s warn in g s th at m us t be ob se rv ed to prevent poss ibl e personal inj ury. Alerts y ou to dev ices and operations that ar e not compati ble with the machine. Indic ates notes and useful tips to rem ember when using the machin e. Indic ates r efere nce t o the User’s G uide.[...]

  • Page 3

    1 Carton co mponent s may di ffer f rom on e coun try t o anot her. Save all pack ing materi als and the carton . Carton Compo ne nts Quic k Setup Gu ide CD-ROM s For Wi ndows ® For Macintosh ® User ’s G uide Drum Unit Assembly (includi ng Toner Car tri dge) AC Power Cord Telephone Line Cord The int erf ace cable is not a s tandar d accessory .[...]

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    2 MFC -7420 MFC -7820N Control Pane l 1 . On e Tou c h keys 2 . Sh ift ke y 3 . Job Cancel key 4 . C opy keys 5 . Li quid Crys tal Dis pl ay 6 . Reports key 7 . Dial Pad 8 . St op/Exit key 9 . St art key 10 . Na vigat ion key s 11 . Mode keys 12 . Fax and teleph one keys For the detai ls of the contr ol panel , see "Control pane l overvi ew&qu[...]

  • Page 5

    3 Table o f Cont ent s Settin g Up the Ma chine 1. In stal l the Dru m U nit A ssem bly ..... ... .... ....... .... ....... .... ....... .... .... ....... .... ....... .... . 4 2. Loa d P aper in t he Pape r Tr ay ........ ....... .... ....... .... ... ........ ... ........ ... ........ ... .... ..... 5 3. Install t he Pow er Cord a nd Phone Li ne [...]

  • Page 6

    4 Settin g Up the Mach ine Do NOT connect the inte rface cable. Connecting the interface cable is done during the soft ware installation proc ess. 1 Op en the fr ont cov e r of th e ma ch i ne . 2 Unpa ck th e dru m un i t as s emb ly . 3 Gently r ock it from side to side several times t o distr ibu te the to ner eve nly insi de the asse mbly. 4 Pu[...]

  • Page 7

    5 Setting Up the M ach ine Win dows ® USB Wi ndows ® Paralle l Wi ndo ws NT ® 4.0 Parallel Macint osh ® USB Mac intosh ® Net work Win dows ® Networ k For Networ k Users 1 Pull the pap er t ray c om plete ly out of the machin e. 2 W hile pr e ssi ng the pa per gui d e re lea s e leve r, s lide th e ad jus ter s t o fi t the pa per si ze . C h [...]

  • Page 8

    6 Do not connect the Paral lel or USB cab l e ye t. 1 Ma ke sur e th at the pow er swi tc h is off. Conn ec t th e AC po wer cor d t o th e mac h ine . 2 Pl ug th e AC po wer cor d in to an AC outl et. Turn th e po wer sw it ch on . 3 Conn ect on e en d of th e t ele ph on e li n e cor d to the so cket on the ma chine marke d LI N E and th e ot h e[...]

  • Page 9

    7 Setting Up the M ach ine Win dows ® USB Wi ndows ® Paralle l Wi ndows NT ® 4.0 Parallel Macint osh ® USB Mac intosh ® Net work Win dows ® Networ k For Networ k Users Th e mach ine disp lays th e dat e and ti me, an d prin ts it on ever y fax you send. 1 Pres s Menu/Set . 2 Pres s 0 . 3 Pres s 2 . 4 Enter the last tw o d igits of th e y ear [...]

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    8 Th ere are fo ur pos s ible r ec eive mode s; Fax Only , Fax/Te l , M anu al an d Ex ter nal TA D . Ch oos e th e Rece ive M ode which best suits your needs . 1 Press Menu/Set . 2 Press 0 . 3 Press 1 . 4 Press or to se lect the m ode. 5 Press Menu/Set . 6 Press Stop/Exit . 6 Se lect ing a R ece ive Mo de Are you connect ing an extern al tel ephon[...]

  • Page 11

    9 Setting Up the M ach ine Win dows ® USB Wi ndows ® Paralle l Wi ndows NT ® 4.0 Parallel Macint osh ® USB Mac intosh ® Net work Win dows ® Networ k For Networ k Users Yo u can ch an ge th e co n tr ast to hel p th e LCD lo ok li ghter or da r k er. 1 Pres s Menu/Set . 2 Pres s 1 . 3 Pres s 7 . 4 Press or to se lect Light or Dark . Pres s Men[...]

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    10 Installing the Drivers & Software The CD -ROM incl udes t he followi ng i tems : Install MFL-Pro Suite You can install t he MFL-Pro Suit e and multifunc tion driver s. Ins ta ll Opti on a l Appl ica ti on s You can install addi ti onal MFL-Pr o Suite softwar e utilit ies. Documentati on * 1 View the Us er’s G uide and ot her docum entati o[...]

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    11 Setting Up the M ach ine Win dows ® USB Wi ndows ® Paralle l Wi ndows NT ® 4.0 Parallel Macint osh ® USB Mac intosh ® Net work Win dows ® Networ k For Networ k Users I nstalli ng the D r ivers & Soft ware Follow the i nstructio ns on this page for your opera ting system and inter face cable. For th e latest driver s and to fi nd the be[...]

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    12 Make sur e th at you hav e co mple te d th e in stru ct ion s fro m Ste p 1 “S et ting Up the Ma ch in e” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis c onn ect th e ma c hin e fr om t he powe r s ocket and from your computer, if you have alre ad y co nn ec t ed a n in te rf ac e ca bl e . 2 T urn on yo ur compu ter. (For Wi ndow s ® 2000 P rof e ssio na l /XP[...]

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    13 9 W hen th is scr ee n ap pe ars , co nn ect th e USB inter face c abl e to y our PC, an d then conne ct it to th e mach ine. (For Wi ndows ® XP ) (For Win dows ® 98/98SE/Me/ 2000) . DO NOT conne ct the ma chi ne to a USB port on a k eyboard or a non- powered USB hub. 0 Pl ug in th e po w er co rd a nd t ur n on th e machine. It will take a fe[...]

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    14 B Click Finish to res tart your co m pu ter. (A fter rest arting the co m pu ter, for Wind ows ® 20 00 Pro f ess ion al /XP, y ou mus t be lo gg ed on wi t h Adm in i st rat or r igh ts .) The MFL-Pro Suite, Brother Printer Driver and Scanner driver hav e been in st al le d and the i n st al la ti o n is now com plete. For USB I nt er fa ce C a[...]

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    15 Ma ke sure th at you have comp le te d th e ins tru cti on s fr om S tep 1 “S ett in g Up the Ma ch ine ” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis conne ct t he m achin e from the po wer socket and from your comp uter, if you have al re ad y co nne c ted a n i nte r fac e cab l e. 2 Turn on yo ur c ompute r. (Fo r W ind ows ® 2000 Profe ssion al/X P, yo u [...]

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    16 7 When the B rot h er MFL - Pr o Su it e So f twa re Licen s e A gre eme nt wi nd ow ap pe ars , r e ad t he a gre emen t, then cli ck Y es i f you ag r e e to i ts t erm s . 8 Select Local Connection , and t he n c lic k Next . The installation will continue. 9 Whe n this scr een ap pears , con nec t the par a ll el inter face ca ble to yo ur P[...]

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    17 0 Plug in the power co rd an d tur n on the machin e. A Fo r Win dow s ® 98 /98S E/Me /200 0 Professional u sers, clic k Next . Fo r Win dow s ® XP users, wait f or a while sinc e th e ins tal lat i on of th e Br ot her dri vers wi l l au t oma tic a ll y s t art . The scr eens ap pe ar one aft er ano ther . DO NOT t ry t o ca nce l an y of t [...]

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    18 Make sur e th at you hav e co mple te d th e in stru ct ion s fro m Ste p 1 “S et ting Up the Ma ch in e” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 T urn on yo ur compu ter. Yo u must be lo gg ed on as t he Administra tor. DO NOT plug in the power cord before connecting the pa rallel int erf ace c able. It m ay ca us e damage to your m a chine. 2 Co nnec t the p[...]

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    19 7 Th e in st a llat i o n of Pa pe r Por t ® 9 .0SE will automaticall y start a nd is followed by the i nst al la t ion o f MF L -P ro S ui te. 8 W hen th e B rot he r MF L- Pro Sui te So ft wa re Li cen s e Ag re eme nt w ind ow ap pe ars , rea d the a g re eme nt, th en cl ick Ye s if yo u ag ree to it s te rm s. 9 Select Local Connection , a[...]

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    20 Make sur e th at you hav e co mple te d th e in stru ct ion s fro m Ste p 1 “S et ting Up the Ma ch in e” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Be fo re i ns t all a ti on , i f y o u a re u s ing Pe r son al F irew all so ftwa re, disa ble it. Once y ou are sure t hat yo u c an p rint, re -start your Personal Firewall software. Close any applications runnin[...]

  • Page 23

    21 0 Select Ne twork Connection an d t he n cl i ck Next . A The installatio n of the Brother drivers will aut om a ti cal l y sta rt . The i nst all ati on scree ns appea r one afte r another. P lease wa it, it will tak e a few seco nds fo r all the screen s to appe ar. DO NOT t ry t o ca nce l an y of t he screens during this installation. B If t[...]

  • Page 24

    22 Installing the Drivers & Software Make sur e th at you hav e co mple te d th e in stru ct ion s fro m Ste p 1 “S et ting Up the Ma ch in e” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis c onn ect th e ma c hin e fr om t he powe r soc ket an d f ro m th e M a ci nt o sh ® , if you have alre ad y co nn ec t ed a n in te rf ac e ca bl e . 2 T urn on yo ur Ma c[...]

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    23 9 Fr om th e Ap ple ® me nu , op en t he Chooser . 0 Click t he Brother Laser ic on. On the righ t side o f the Chooser , select the ma chi n e t o whi c h y ou want to prin t . Cl os e the Chooser . The MFL-Pro Suite, Printer driver and Scanner driver have be en installed. A To install Presto! ® Pag eMa na ger ® , click t he Presto! P ageMan[...]

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    24 Make sur e th at you hav e co mple te d th e in stru ct ion s fro m Ste p 1 “S et ting Up the Ma ch in e” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis c onn ect th e ma c hin e fr om t he powe r soc ket an d f ro m th e M a ci nt o sh ® , if you have alre ad y co nn ec t ed a n in te rf ac e ca bl e . 2 T urn on yo ur Ma cinto sh ® . 3 Insert the su pplied CD[...]

  • Page 27

    25 DO NOT conne ct the ma chi ne to a USB port on a k eyboard or a non- powered USB hub. 8 Plug in the power co rd an d tur n on the machin e. 9 Select USB and th en cl i ck OK . 0 Select Applications from the Go menu. A Open th e Utili ties folder. B Open th e Print Set up Ut ility icon. C Click Add . D Se le ct USB . For M ac O S ® 10 .2.x us er[...]

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    26 E Select M FC -XX XX (X XX X is y our mode l nam e), an d then c li ck Add . F Select Quit Print er Se tup Ut ility from the Prin te r Setup Util ity menu. The MFL-Pro Suite, Printer driver, Scanner d river and Control Center2.0 have been installed. G To in stall Pr esto! ® P ag eMa na ge r ® , click the Prest o! PageManager icon and follow th[...]

  • Page 29

    27 Ma ke sure th at you have comp le te d th e ins tru cti on s fr om S tep 1 “S ett in g Up the Ma ch ine ” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis conne ct t he m achin e from the po wer so c ket an d f rom th e M a ci ntos h ® , if you have al re ad y co nne c ted a n i nte r fac e cab l e. 2 Tur n on your M acint osh ® . 3 In sert the supplie d CD-ROM f[...]

  • Page 30

    28 0 Click the Brother Laser (IP ) ic o n, and th en select BRN_XXXXXX . Close the Chooser . The MFL-Pro Suite, Printer driver and Scanner d river have been ins talled. For Net wo rk I nt er fa ce Ca ble Us er s (M F C-7 82 0N on ly ) XXXXXX a re the last six dig its o f the Ether net ad dr ess. St ep 2 Installing the Drivers & Software[...]

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    29 Ma ke sure th at you have comp le te d th e ins tru cti on s fr om S tep 1 “S ett in g Up the Ma ch ine ” o n pa ge s 4 - 9. 1 Dis conne ct t he m achin e from the po wer so c ket an d f rom th e M a ci ntos h ® , if you have al re ad y co nne c ted a n i nte r fac e cab l e. 2 Tur n on your M acint osh ® . 3 In sert t he su pplied CD-ROM [...]

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    30 8 Pl ug i n th e powe r cord and turn on th e machine . 9 Select Ne two rk an d t hen c li ck OK . 0 Click Browse . A Se lec t yo ur m od el na me , a nd t he n c li ck OK . Click OK agai n to clo se t he De vi ceSe lect or . B Select Applications fr om the Go m enu . C Open the U tilitie s fol der . D Open the Pr int Se tup Utilit y ico n. E Cl[...]

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    31 F Make the selection shown b elow. G Select Brother MFC- XXXX ( XXX X is your mod el nam e) an d t hen cl ick th e Add butto n. H Select Quit P rinter S e tup U tili ty fro m th e Prin ter Set up Ut ilit y menu . The MFL-Pro Suite, Printer driver, Scanner driver and Cont rolCenter2.0 ha ve b een in sta lled . I To install Presto! ® Pag eMa na g[...]

  • Page 34

    32 ■ For N etwork User s The BR Admin Professional utility is d esigned to m anage your B rother network conn ected device s such as network-ready Mul tifu nction dev ices and/ or network-re ady printe rs in a Local Area Network ( LAN) envir onment. BRAdm in Pro fessiona l can also be used to manage devices from other manufactur ers whose product[...]

  • Page 35

    33 1 St ar t BR A dmi n Pr ofes si o na l, a nd s e lec t TCP/IP . 2 Select Sear ch Ac tive Devi ces from t he De vi ce s menu . BRAdmin will search for new devices auto m atica ll y . 3 Double-click the new device. 4 Ente r the IP Address , Sub net Ma sk and Gat eway , an d th en cl i ck the OK butt on. 5 The address informa tion will b e saved to[...]

  • Page 36

    34 ■ Options an d Consuma bles The ma chine has the f ollowing optional accesso ries. Y ou can e xpand the cap abilities of the machi ne by addi ng these i tems. When the time comes to replace consuma bles, an er ror message will be indicated on the LCD. For mo re informa tion about th e consumables f or yo ur printer, visi t http:// solutions.br[...]

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    Tr adem ark s The Br other logo is a regi ster ed tra demark of B rot her I ndust ries, Lt d. Broth er is a registe red tradem ark of Brother Indus tries, Ltd. Multi- Function Li nk is a reg is tered tr ademark of Brot her Internat iona l Co rpor ation. © 20 05 Brother Ind ustri es, Ltd. All ri ghts re served . Windows , Micros oft and Wind ows NT[...]

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