Brother FAX-1820C Safety guide

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1 Table of Contents
1 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................................................1-3
Printer driver settings (Windows®only) ............................1-4
How to access the printer driver settings..........................1-4
Basic tab...........................................................................1-5
Media Type.................................................................1-6
Quality ........................................................................1-6
Bi-Directional Printing.................................................1-7
Paper Size..................................................................1-8
Page Layout ...............................................................1-8
Border Line.............................................................1-8
Orientation..................................................................1-9
Copies ........................................................................1-9
Collate ....................................................................1-9
Reverse Order........................................................1-9
Advanced tab..................................................................1-10
Colour.......................................................................1-11
Colour/Grayscale..................................................1-11
Image Type ..........................................................1-11
Custom Image Type.............................................1-12
Halftone Pattern ...................................................1-13
Colour Enhancement ...........................................1-14
Scaling......................................................................1-16
Watermark............................................................1-17
In background.......................................................1-17
In Outline Text
(Windows®2000 Professional/XP Only)..............1-17
Print Watermark ...................................................1-17
Watermark Style...................................................1-18

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Device Options .........................................................1-19
Print Date & Time .................................................1-19
Quick Print Setup..................................................1-20
Support tab...............................................................1-21
Brother Solutions Center ......................................1-21
Web Update..........................................................1-21
Check Setting .......................................................1-21
2 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.....................................................2-4
Include header............................................................2-4
Address Book file........................................................2-4
User interface .............................................................2-5
Simple style ............................................................2-5
Facsimile style........................................................2-5
Speed-Dial setup..............................................................2-6
The Address Book......................................................2-7
Setting up a Member in the Address Book.................2-8
Setting up a Group for Broadcasting ..........................2-9
Editing Member information......................................2-10
Deleting a Member or Group....................................2-10
Exporting the Address Book.....................................2-10
Importing to the Address Book .................................2-12
Setting up a Cover Page...........................................2-14
Entering Coverpage Information...............................2-15
Sending a file as a PC-FAX
using the Facsimile style user interface....................2-16
Redial ...................................................................2-17
Sending a file as a PC-FAX
using the Simple style user interface........................2-17

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3 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®Macintosh®(Mac OS®X) ......................3-4
Choosing page setup options.....................................3-4
Choosing printing options...........................................3-5
Sending a fax from your Macintosh®application ..............3-6
For Mac OS®8.6 - 9.2 users.......................................3-6
For Mac OS®X users .................................................3-8
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS®X Address Book
application ................................................................3-10
Index...............................................................................I-1

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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.
ThelatestprinterdriveristobedownloadedfromtheBrotherSolutions
Center at:
Features
This machine offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet
printer.
Fast Printing Speed
— Using Fast mode, you can print up to 12
pages per minute in full colour, and up to 14 pages per minute in
black.
Brilliant High Quality Output
— Printing at up to 4800 x 1200
optimized dpi on glossy paper gives you highest resolution. (See
Resolution on page S-6 in the User’s Guide.)
Beautiful Elaborate Output
— You can use 2 in 1, Watermark
(Windows®Only) printing, other features to get high quality printouts.
Low Running Cost
— Whenever you run out of a particular colour
ink, you will only have to replace the cartridge that’s empty.
USB
— Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication
with your computer.
Straight Paper Path
— The machine can print on many types of
paper. Plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and
envelopes. Use the appropriate type of paper to avoid paper jams.
Using the machine as a
printer
For complete information about what kinds of paper to use with
the machine, read Chapter 2 Paper in the User’s Guide.
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Choosing the right type of paper
To get high quality printing usingyour machine, it’s very important to
select the right type of paper. Be sure to read Chapter 2 Paper in the
User’s Guide before you select and purchase paper for the machine.
How to print your 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.
1 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
menuinyoursoftware application,andthen clickonOKtobegin
printing. (Windows®only)
2 Your computer sends a print command and data to the machine.
The LCD shows Receiving Data.
3 When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows
the date and time.
Ifyourapplication softwaredoesnotsupport yourcustompaper size,
select the next larger paper size.
Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in
your application software.
For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with
Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 3-4.
You can select the paper size, and orientation in your
application software.

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Simultaneous printing and faxing
Yourmachinecanprintfromyourcomputerwhilesendingorreceiving
a faxin memory, or whilescanning a document into thecomputer. 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.
Clearing data from the memory
If the LCD shows Data Remains, you can clear the data that is left
in the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit.
Checking the Print Quality
If you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it,
See How to improve print quality on page 12-11 in the User’s Guide.

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Printer driver settings
(Windows®only)
You can change the following printer settings when you print from
your computer:
■Media Type/Quality (Speed)
■Page Layout
■Colour Matching/Halftone
■Colour Enhancement
■Scaling
■Watermark
■Print Date & Time
■Quick Print Setup
How to access the printer driver settings
1 Select Print from the File menu in your application software.
2 Select Brother FAX-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your
model name) as your printer and click Properties. The Printer
dialog box will appear.
For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with
Your Apple®Macintosh®(Mac OS®X) on page 3-4.
■The way you access the printer driver settings depends on
your operating system and software applications.
■The screens shown in this section are from Windows®XP.
The screens on your Computer may vary depending on your
Windows Operating System.
■Descriptions in this chapter are based on the FAX-1820C.
These descriptions also apply to the other machines.

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Basic tab
1 Select the Media Type and Quality.
2 Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any),
Orientation, number of Copies and the page order.
3 Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings.
To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then
click the Apply button.
This area shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size,
Page Layout, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and
Colour/Grayscale.
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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
Quality
The quality selection allows you to choose the print resolution you
want for your document. Print quality and speed are related. The
higher the quality the longer it will take to print the document. The
quality selections that are available will vary depending on the media
type you select.
■Photo: Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi. (See Resolution on
page S-6 in the User’s Guide.) Use this mode to print precise
images such as photographs. This is the highest resolution and
slowest speed.
■S.Fine (Super Fine):1200 x 1200 dpi. Use this mode to print
precise text and photographs. Since the print data is much larger
than normal mode, the processing time, data transfer time and
print time will be longer.
■Fine: 600 x 600 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and
faster print speed than Super Fine.
■Normal: 600 x 300 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed.
■Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest ink
consumption. Use this mode to print large volume documents or
a document for proofing.
The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy
paper you are using. Black ink is used when you select Glossy
Paper (4 colour). If the glossy paper you are using repels the
black ink, select Glossy Paper (3 colour), which simulates black
ink by combining the three ink colours.

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Bi-Directional Printing
When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print heads print in
both directions and offer faster print speeds. When not selected, the
print heads will only print in one direction to provide higher quality
printouts.
Media Type Colour/Grayscale Print Quality Selection
Plain Paper Colour/Grayscale Fast, Normal, Fine, S.Fine
Inkjet Paper ColourFine, S.Fine, Photo
Grayscale Fine, S.Fine, Photo
Glossy Paper (4 or 3 colour) ColourS.Fine, Photo
Grayscale S.Fine, Photo
Transparencies Colour/Grayscale Fine, S.Fine
The factory settings are shown in bold.

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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. Select the
proper paper thickness to improve the quality of your output.
Page Layout
The Page Layout selection can reduce the image size of a page
allowing multiple pages to be printed on one sheet of paper or
enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of
paper.
Border Line
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout
feature, you can choose to have a solid border, dashed border or no
border around each page on the sheet.
If you are using Windows®98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not
available.

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Orientation
Orientationselectsthepositionofhowyourdocumentwillbeprinted
(Portrait or Landscape).
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. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each
page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page
of the document is printed.
Reverse Order
Reverse Order prints the pages of your document in the opposite order.
Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal)

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Advanced tab
Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons:
1.Colour
2.Scaling
3.Watermark
4.Device Options
To return to the default settings, click the Default button.
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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.
■Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type.
■Photo: Select this mode for photographic images.
■Graphics: Select this mode for documents that contain text or
business graphics (charts or clip art).
■Custom: If you want to select the colour matching and halftone
method, manually select this mode.

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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.
■Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics
and text. The colour is adjusted to give more vivid colour.

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Halftone Pattern
The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange
wheretoplace dotsto expresshalftones.There aresomepredefined
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.
This method of printing is more suitable for printing photographs
that have delicate shades and graphics.
■Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make
halftones. This type of printing is more suitable to printing
graphics that have definite colour boundaries or for printing
charts such as business charts.
Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain
combinations of Media Type and Quality selections.

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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.
■White Balance
This setting adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image.
Lighting, camera settings and other influences will effect the
appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly
pink, yellow or some other colour. By using this adjustment you
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■ 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
neighboring pixels in the document.
■Brightness
This setting adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten
or darken the image move the scroll bar to the left or right.
■Contrast
This setting adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make
darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the
contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the
contrast when you want an image to be more subdued.
■Red
Increasesthe intensity ofthe Red colourtomake the image more
red.
■Green
Increase the intensity of the Green colour to make the image
greener.
■Blue
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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.
■Check Free if you want to reduce the size.
■Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.