User manual BROTHER DCP-4020C

[. . . ] USER'S GUIDE DCP-4020C Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd. , this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication. i ii Safety Precautions To Use the DCP Safely Save these instructions for later reference. WARNING There are high voltage electrodes inside the DCP. Before you clean the DCP or clear a paper jam, make sure you have unplugged the power cord from the power outlet. [. . . ] You can select one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use. In background Check In background with the Watermark to print the watermark image in the background of your document. If this feature is not checked then the Watermark will be printed on top of your document. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP Only) Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark. Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 8 - 16 Watermark Style You can change the Watermark's size and position on the page by selecting the Watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to add a new Watermark, click the New button, and then select Text or Bitmap in the Watermark Style. Watermark Text Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box, and then select the Font, Size, Colour and Style. Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box, or Browse for the file location. You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position This setting offers you the control for where the Watermark is to be positioned on the page. 8 - 17 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Device Options Lets you set the following Printer Functions: PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 8 - 18 Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time on your document from your computer's system clock. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time format, and the Position and Font. To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque. When Opaque is selected, you can click on the Colour button to change the colour of the Date and Time background. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is automatically retrieved from the settings of your computer. 8 - 19 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view the settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options. PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 8 - 20 Support tab The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your machine. Web Update Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and automatically downloads and updates the printer driver on your computer. Check Setting The Check Setting selection displays a list of your current driver settings. 8 - 21 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 9 How to scan using Windows® The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your operating system. For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional The DCP uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning documents from your applications. (See Scanning a document (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional) on page 9-2 and TWAIN compliant on page 9-2. ) For Windows® XP Use Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for scanning documents. (See Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only) on page 9-11. ) For ScanSoft®, PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR (See Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR on page 9-23. ) HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 9 - 1 Scanning a document (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional) TWAIN compliant The Brother MFL-Pro Suite includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and software applications. This means that not only can you scan images directly into the PaperPort® viewer that Brother included with your DCP, but you can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications include popular programs like Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe® PageMaker®, CorelDraw® and many more. 9 - 2 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® How to access the Scanner 1 Open the software application (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan a document. The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® 8. 0 SE. 2 3 4 Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. [. . . ] 15-17 L LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6, 3-1 contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 D Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 drivers Macintosh® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]