User manual BROTHER DCP-1400

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL DCP-1400 If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: Serial Number*: Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this manual with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of theft, fire or warranty service. DCP-1400 ©1996-2001 Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother Numbers IMPORTANT For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the DCP. Calls must be made from within that country. Brother fax-back system Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. [. . . ] (See Acceptable Paper, page 2-5. ) Use the manual feed slot for envelopes, labels, transparencies, card stock or thicker paper. Two-Sided Printing (Manual Duplexing) The supplied printer drivers for Windows® 95/98/Me and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4. 0 enable manual duplex printing. (For more information, see the Help screen for the printer driver. ) The DCP prints all the evennumbered pages on one side of the paper first. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it well, or you may get a paper jam. Very thin or very thick paper is not recommended. 7-2 USING THE BROTHER DCP AS A PRINTER Caution When you use manual duplexing, it is possible that a paper jam may occur or the print quality might not be satisfactory. (See Paper is Jammed in the Paper Cassette, page 14-4. ) Front Output Bin The DCP ejects paper with printed surfaces face down into the output bin in the front of the DCP. Unfold the output bin extension to support the printed pages. To prevent the possibility of transparencies smudging as they stack in the output bin, remove each transparency after it exits. Manual Feed Slot Your DCP has a manual feed slot above the paper cassette. You can load envelopes and special print media one at a time into this slot. You do not have to remove paper from the paper cassette. (For information about Acceptable Paper, see page 2-5. ) Insert the sheet of paper with the side you wish to print on face up in the manual feed slot. Use the manual feed slot to print or copy on envelopes, labels, card stock or thicker paper. USING THE BROTHER DCP AS A PRINTER 7-3 Loading One Sheet of Paper You do not have to choose Manual Feed in the Setup dialog box of your printer driver. Insert the sheet of paper for Portrait (vertical) or Landscape (horizontal), with the side you wish to print on face up in the manual feed slot. 1 Align the paper at the center of the manual feed slot and insert it all the way. 2 Adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper. Manual Feed Slot Loading More than One Sheet of Paper 1 Open the Setup dialog box of the Windows® printer driver and select Manual Feed in the Paper Source section. Follow Steps 1 and 2 above to load the first page. The DCP starts printing automatically. 2 After the first page is printed, the LCD displays: Insert the next sheet of paper to resume printing. MANUAL FEED INSERT PAPER 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until you have finished printing. I To stop or clear the manual feed, turn the DCP offline by pressing the Reset key, --OR--Stop it with a PC command. If you do not select Manual Feed, and insert a page in the manual feed slot, the DCP will load the first page from the manual feed slot and subsequent pages from the paper cassette. 7-4 USING THE BROTHER DCP AS A PRINTER Printing on Thicker Paper and Card Stock When the rear cover is lifted up, the DCP has a straight paper path from the manual feed slot to the rear of the printer. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print on envelope, thicker paper or card stock. 1 Select manual feed mode in the printer driver. 3 Lift up the rear cover at the rear of the DCP. 4 Adjust the manual feed paper guides to the width of the paper you are using. 5 Insert a single sheet of paper into the manual feed slot until the front edge touches the paper feed rollers. Let go of the paper as the DCP pulls it into position. 6 After the DCP ejects the printed page, return to Step 5 to insert the next sheet of paper. The DCP will wait until you insert the next sheet of paper. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 for each page to be printed. 7 When you have finished printing, close the rear cover of the DCP. To prevent the possibility of transparencies smudging as they stack in the output bin, remove each transparency after it exits. USING THE BROTHER DCP AS A PRINTER 7-5 Simultaneous Operation Your DCP can print data from your computer while scanning information into the computer. [. . . ] ScanSoft® TextBridge® Optional Character Recognition (OCR) software that converts a scanned image of text into text you can edit in your word processing application. temporary settings You can select certain options for each copy you make without changing the default settings. Temporary copy settings remain for 45 seconds after copying so you won't have to set them again for additional copies. TrueType fonts The fonts that are used in the Windows® operating systems. [. . . ]