Brother DCP-1518 User manual

User’s Guide
DCP-1518
MFC-1813
MFC-1818
Version 0
CHN-ENG

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User's Guides and where do I find them?
Which Guide? What's in it? Where is it?
Product Safety
Guide
Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety
Instructions before you set up your machine.
See this Guide for trademarks and legal
limitations.
For Chinese:
Printed / In the box
For Chinese English:
(Windows®only) PDF file /
Installer CD-ROM / In the box
Quick Setup Guide Follow the instructions for setting up your
machine and installing the drivers and
software for the operating system and
connection type you are using.
For Chinese:
Printed / In the box
For Chinese English:
(Windows®only) PDF file /
Installer CD-ROM / In the box
User’s Guide Learn the Fax (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818
only), Scan and Copy operations. See
troubleshooting tips and machine
specifications.
For Chinese:
Printed / In the box
For Chinese English:
(Windows®only) PDF file /
Installer CD-ROM / In the box
Software User’s
Guide
Follow these instructions for Printing,
Scanning, Remote Setup (MFC-1813 and
MFC-1818 only), PC-Fax (MFC-1813 and
MFC-1818 only), and using the Brother
ControlCenter utility.
(Windows®only) PDF file /
Installer CD-ROM / In the box

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Table of Contents
1 General information 1
Using the documentation.......................................................................................1
Symbols and conventions used in the documentation ....................................1
Accessing Brother Utilities (Windows®8)..............................................................2
Accessing the Software User’s Guide ...................................................................2
Viewing Documentation...................................................................................2
Control panel overview ..........................................................................................4
Menu and features for MFC models ......................................................................7
On-screen programming..................................................................................7
Menu table.......................................................................................................8
0.Initial Setup...................................................................................................9
1.General Setup ............................................................................................11
2.Fax..............................................................................................................12
3.Copy ...........................................................................................................19
4.Printer.........................................................................................................20
5.Print Reports...............................................................................................21
6.Machine Info ...............................................................................................21
Menu and features for DCP models ....................................................................23
On-screen programming................................................................................23
Menu table.....................................................................................................24
1.General Setup ............................................................................................24
2.Copy ...........................................................................................................26
3.Printer.........................................................................................................27
4.Machine Info ...............................................................................................27
Entering text (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) .....................................................29
Ecology features..................................................................................................30
Deep Sleep mode..........................................................................................30
Auto Power Off (DCP-1518 only) ..................................................................30
Toner Settings .....................................................................................................30
Toner Setting (Continue mode) .....................................................................30
Receiving faxes in Continue Mode (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818 only) ...........31
2 Paper Setting 32
Paper settings......................................................................................................32
Paper Type....................................................................................................32
Paper Size.....................................................................................................32
Acceptable paper.................................................................................................32
Recommended paper and print media ..........................................................32
Paper capacity of the paper tray....................................................................32
3 Loading documents 34
How to load documents .......................................................................................34
Using the automatic document feeder (ADF) (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818)...34
Using the scanner glass ................................................................................34
4 Sending a fax (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) 36

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How to send a fax ................................................................................................36
Cancelling a fax in progress ..........................................................................36
Broadcasting..................................................................................................37
5 Receiving a fax (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) 38
Fax Receive modes .............................................................................................38
6 Dialling and storing numbers (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) 39
Storing numbers ..................................................................................................39
Storing Speed Dial numbers..........................................................................39
Changing or Deleting Speed Dial numbers ...................................................39
How to dial ...........................................................................................................40
Manual dialling...............................................................................................40
Speed dialling ................................................................................................40
Search ...........................................................................................................40
Redial ............................................................................................................40
Caller ID feature ............................................................................................40
7 Using PC-FAX (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) 42
PC-FAX Receive
(For Windows®only).........................................................................................42
PC-FAX sending..................................................................................................43
Sending a file as a PC-FAX...........................................................................43
8 Making copies 45
How to copy .........................................................................................................45
ID COPY .............................................................................................................46
Double-sided ID copy ....................................................................................46
One-sided ID copy.........................................................................................47
Other copies .......................................................................................................48
9 How to scan to a computer 50
Scanning a document as a PDF file using ControlCenter4 .................................50
Scanning using the SCAN key.............................................................................53
SCAN key settings.........................................................................................53
A Troubleshooting and other information 55
Consumable items ...............................................................................................55
Identifying your problem ......................................................................................56
Error and maintenance messages.......................................................................57
If you are having difficulty with your machine ......................................................59
Telephone and Fax problems (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) ..........................59
Improving the print quality....................................................................................61
Document Jams (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) ....................................................66
Paper Jams..........................................................................................................67
Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal report (MFC-1813 and MFC-1818) ........69

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Transferring faxes to another fax machine ....................................................69
Transferring faxes to your PC........................................................................69
Transferring the Fax Journal report to another fax machine .........................70
Cleaning and Checking the machine...................................................................70
B Specifications 71
General................................................................................................................71
Document Size ....................................................................................................73
Print media...........................................................................................................74
Fax.......................................................................................................................75
Copy ....................................................................................................................76
Scanner ...............................................................................................................77
Printer ..................................................................................................................78
C Index 79

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1
1
Using the
documentation 1
Thank you for buying a Brother machine!
Reading the documentation will help you
make the most of your machine.
Symbols and conventions
used in the documentation 1
The following symbols and conventions are
used throughout the documentation.
Follow all warnings and instructions marked
on the product.
NOTE
Most of the illustrations in this User's
Guide show the MFC-1813.
General information 1
WARNING indicates a potentially
hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injuries.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT indicates a potentially
hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in damage to property or loss of
product functionality.
NOTE
Notes tell you how you should respond to a
situation that may arise or give tips about
how the current operation works with other
features.
Prohibition icons indicate actions
that must not be performed.
Electrical Hazard icons alert you to a
possible electrical shock.
Hot Surface icons warn you not to
touch machine parts that are hot.
Fire hazard icons alert you to the
possibility of fire.
WARNING
Bold Bold style identifies keys on the
machine's control panel or on
the computer screen.
Italics Italicized style emphasizes an
important point or refers you to
a related topic.
Courier
New
Courier New font identifies the
messages shown on the LCD
of the machine.

Chapter 1
2
Accessing Brother
Utilities (Windows®8) 1
If you are using a tablet running Windows®8,
you can make your selections either by
tapping the screen or by clicking with your
mouse.
After the printer driver is installed, the
(Brother Utilities) appears on both
the Start screen and the desktop.
aTap or click Brother Utilities either on
the Start screen or the desktop.
bSelect your machine.
cChoose the function you want to use.
Accessing the
Software User’s Guide 1
This User’s Guide does not contain all the
information about the machine such as how
to use the advanced features for Printer,
Scanner and PC-Fax 1. When you are ready
to learn detailed information about these
operations, read the Software User’s Guide
that is on the installer CD-ROM for Windows®
users.
Macintosh users can read the
Software User’s Guide by downloading it
from the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com/).
1MFC-1813 and MFC-1818
Viewing Documentation 1
Viewing Documentation (Windows®)1
(Windows®7/Windows Vista®/Windows®
XP)
To view the documentation, from the
(Start) menu, select All Programs, Brother,
MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX (where XXXX is
your model name) from the programs list, and
then choose User’s Guides.
(Windows®8)
Click (Brother Utilities), and then
click the drop-down list and select your model
name (if not already selected). Click Support
in the left navigation bar, and then click
User’s Guides.
If you have not installed the software, you can
find the documentation on the installer
CD-ROM by following the instructions below:

General information
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1
aTurn on your computer. Insert the
installer CD-ROM into your CD-ROM
drive.
NOTE
If the Brother screen does not appear, go
to Computer (My Computer). (For
Windows®8: Click the (File
Explorer) icon on the taskbar, and then
go to Computer.) Double-click the CD-
ROM icon, and then double-click
start.exe.
bIf the model name screen appears, click
your model name.
cIf the language screen appears, click
your language. The CD-ROM Top Menu
will appear.
dClick User’s Guides.
eClick PDF/HTML documents. If the
country screen appears, choose your
country, and then click the document
you want to read.

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Control panel overview 1
The illustrations of the control panel in this User’s Guide show the MFC-1813.
1 On/Off
Press to turn the machine on. Press and
hold down to turn the machine off.
2 Hook (For MFC-1813 only) or Hook/Hold
(For MFC-1818 only)
Press before dialling if you want to make sure
a fax machine will answer, and then press
Start.
(MFC-1818 only)
Lets you place telephone calls on hold.
Redial
You can redial the last 20 numbers called.
Pause
Inserts a 3.5 second pause when programming
speed dial numbers or when dialling a number
manually.
Fax Auto/Manual
Switches the receive mode between
Fax Auto or Manual.
3 Mode keys:
FAX
Puts the machine in FAX mode. Fax mode is
the default mode.
SCAN
Puts the machine in SCAN mode.
COPY
Puts the machine in COPY mode.
4LCD
Displays messages to help you set up and use
your machine.
52in1(ID)Copy
You can copy your Identification card both
sides onto one page with the original size.
6CopyOptions
You can quickly and easily choose temporary
settings for copying.
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Fax Auto Fax

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7 Menu keys:
Clear
Deletes entered data or lets you cancel the
current setting.
Menu
Lets you access the Menu to program your
settings in the machine.
OK
Lets you store your settings and confirm LCD
messages on the machine.
Volume keys:
dor c
Press to scroll backwards or forwards through
menu selections. Press to change the volume
when in fax or standby mode.
aor b
Press to scroll through the menus and options.
Address Book
Lets you access speed dial numbers directly.
8Dialpad
Use these keys to dial telephone and fax
numbers and as a keyboard for entering
information into the machine.
(MFC-1818 only)
The #key temporarily switches the dialling
mode from Pulse to Tone during a telephone
call.
9Stop/Exit
Stops an operation or exits from a menu. Press
this key to cancel the print job.
10 Start
Lets you start sending faxes, scanning or
making copies.
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DCP-1518
1LCD
Displays messages to help you set up and use
your machine.
2 Menu keys:
Menu
Lets you access the Menu to program your
settings in the machine.
Clear
Deletes entered data or lets you cancel the
current setting.
OK
Lets you store your settings and confirm LCD
messages on the machine.
bor a
Press to scroll through the menus and options.
3 SCAN
Puts the machine in SCAN mode.
4On/Off
Press to turn the machine on. Press
and hold down to turn the machine
off.
5Stop/Exit
Stops an operation or exits from a menu. Press
this key to cancel the print job.
6Start
Lets you start making copies or scanning.
7CopyOptions
You can quickly and easily choose temporary
settings for copying.
82in1(ID)Copy
You can copy your Identification card both
sides onto one page with the original size.
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Stack Copies：01
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Menu and features for
MFC models 1
On-screen programming 1
Your machine has been designed to be easy
to use. The LCD provides on-screen
programming using the menu keys.
How to access the menu mode 1
aPress Menu.
bChoose an option.
Press 0for Initial Setup menu.
Press 1for General Setup menu.
Press 2for Fax menu.
Press 3for Copy menu.
Press 4for Printer menu.
Press 5for Print Reports menu.
Press 6for Machine Info. menu.
Press 9for Service menu. 1
1This will appear only when the LCD shows an
error message.
You can also scroll through each menu
level by pressing aor bfor the direction
you want.
cPress OK when the option you want
appears on the LCD.
The LCD will then show the next menu
level.
dPress aor bto scroll to your next menu
selection.
ePress OK.
When you have finished setting an
option, the LCD will show Accepted.
fPress Stop/Exit to exit Menu mode.

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Menu table 1
Using the menu table, you can change the settings in your machine by pressing the number keys
or aand band OK.
Press Menu, and then according to what is shown on the LCD, press the number keys or aand b
to highlight different menu options. Press OK to select an option.
In the below example, the ring volume setting is changed from Med to Low.
aPress Menu.
bPress 1to choose General Setup.
cPress 3to choose Volume.
dPress 1to choose Ring.
ePress aor bto display Low.
fPress OK.
gPress Stop/Exit.
1.General Setup
Level 2
3.Volume 1.Ring Low
Med*
High
Off
Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options
Adjust the ring
volume.

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0.Initial Setup 1
0.Initial Setup
Level 2 Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options Descriptions 2 Page
1.Date&Time — Puts the date and
time on the LCD and
in headings of faxes
you send if you set up
the station ID.
Year:20 Enter the last two
digits of the year on
the dial pad, and then
press OK.
Month: Enter the two digits
for the month on the
dial pad, and then
press OK. (e.g. Enter
0, 1 for January.)
Day: Enter the two digits
for the day on the dial
pad, and then press
OK. (e.g. Enter 0, 1
for 1st.)
Time: Enter the time in 24-
hour format on the
dial pad, and then
press OK. (e.g. Enter
1, 5, 2, 5 for 15:25.)
2.Station ID — Sets up your name
and fax number to
appear on each page
you fax.
Fax: Enter your fax
number (up to 20
digits) on the dial
pad, and then press
OK.
Tel: Enter your telephone
number (up to 20
digits) on the dial
pad, and then press
OK. If your telephone
number and fax
number are the
same, enter the
same number again.
Name: Use the dial pad to
enter your name (up
to 20 characters),
and then press OK.
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3.Tone/Pulse — Chooses the dialling
mode.
Tone*Your machine comes
set for Tone dialling
service.
Pulse If you have Pulse
dialling service
(rotary), you need to
change the dialling
mode.
The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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4.Dial Tone — You can shorten the
dial tone detect
pause.
Detection Your machine will
dial as soon as it
detects a dial tone.
No Detection*When you send a fax
automatically, by
default your machine
will wait for a fixed
amount of time
before it starts to dial
the number.
5.Dial Prefix — Sets a prefix number
that will always be
added before the fax
number every time
you dial.
— Enter the prefix
number (up to 5
digits) on the dial
pad, and then press
OK.
The dial prefix setting
will automatically dial
a predefined number
before every fax
number you dial. For
example: If your
phone system
requires a 9 to dial an
outside number this
setting will
automatically dial 9
for every fax you
send.
6.Reset 1.Address &
Fax
Restores all stored
phone numbers and
fax settings.
1.Reset
2.Exit Cancel restore and
exit the menu.
2.All
Settings
Restores all the
machine settings to
factory default.
1.Reset
2.Exit Cancel restore and
exit the menu.
0.Local
Language
— Allows you to change
the LCD language. * Changes the LCD language to Chinese.
English Changes the LCD
language to English.
0.Initial Setup (continued)
Level 2 Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options Descriptions 2 Page
The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.
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1.General Setup 1
1.General Setup
Level 2 Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options Descriptions 2 Page
1.Mode Timer — You can set how
much time the
machine takes after
the last Copy or Scan
operation to return to
Fax mode.
0 Sec Return to the fax
mode at once.
30 Secs Return to the fax
mode after the time
you choose.
1 Min
2 Mins*
5 Mins
Off The machine will stay
in the mode you used
last.
2.Paper 1.Paper Type Plain*
Recycled Paper
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2.Paper Size Sets the size of the
paper in the paper
tray.
A4*
Letter
Legal
Folio
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3.Volume 1.Ring Adjusts the ring
volume.
Low
Med*
High
Off
2.Beeper When the beeper is
on,the machine will
beep when you press
a key, make a
mistake, or after you
send or receive a fax.
Low
Med*
High
Off
3.Speaker Adjusts the speaker
volume.
Low
Med*
High
Off
4.Ecology 1.Toner Save You can save toner
using this feature.
On Increases the page
yield of the toner
cartridge. When you
set Toner Save to
On, print appears
lighter.
Off*
The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.

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2.Fax 1
5.LCD
Contrast
— Adjusts the contrast
of the LCD.
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Press cto make the
LCD darker, or press
dto make the LCD
lighter.
6.Scan Size — Adjusts the scan area
to the size of the
document.
A4*
Letter
7.Replace
Toner
— Sets the machine to
continue or stop
printing after the LCD
shows Replace
Toner.
Continue The machine will
continue printing.
Replace the toner
cartridge with a new
one after the LCD
shows Toner
Ended.
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Stop*The machine will stop
printing. Replace the
toner cartridge with a
new one.
2.Fax
Level 2 Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options Descriptions 2 Page
1.Setup
Receive
(In FAX mode
only)
1.Receive
Mode
You can choose the
receive mode that
best suits your
needs.
Fax Auto*Your machine
automatically
answers every call as
a fax. However, you
can answer the call
within the number of
rings. Fax Auto is
displayed on the LCD
when set.
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Fax/Tel Your machine
controls the line and
automatically
answers every call. If
the call is not a fax,
the phone will ring for
you to pick up the
call. Fax/Tel is
displayed on the LCD
when set.
The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.
1.General Setup (continued)
Level 2 Level 3 Descriptions 1 Options Descriptions 2 Page
The factory settings are shown in Bold with an asterisk.