Brother DCP-8020- Manuals

iii Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada) BROTHER’S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER’S LICENSOR) MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICUL...

iv Brother ® Three-Year Limited Warranty and Exchange Service For DCP-8020 and DCP-8025D (USA only) Who is covered: • This limited warranty (“warranty”) is given only to the original end-use/retailpurchaser (referred to in this warranty as“Original Purchaser”) of the accompanyingproduct, consumables...

vii BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER/FACSIMILE MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only) Pursuant to this limited warranty of 1 year from the date of purchase for labour and parts,Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. (“Brother”), or its Authorized ServiceCenters, will repair this DCP/Facsimile m...

viii 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. Do not handle the plug with wet hands...

x Choosing a location Place your DCP on a flat, stable surface that is free of vibration and shocks, such as a desk. Put the DCP near a telephone jack and a standard, grounded power outlet. Choose a location where the temperature remains between 50°F and 95.5°F (10°-32.5°C). Caution ■ Do not place n...

xi Table of Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................... 1-1 Using this Guide ............................................................... 1-1 Finding information ................................................. 1-1Symbols used in this Guide ...

xiii The multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For DCP-8025D) ............................................... 6-9 Printing on envelopes ............................................... 6-11 Printer operation keys ..................................................... 6-16 Job Cancel..............................

xiv Scanning a whole page .......................................... 8-3Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan ... 8-4 Settings in the Scanner window.................................. 8-6 Image Type............................................................. 8-6Resolution.....................

xv Copy operations ......................................................... 9-4Scanner settings for Scan and Copy buttons ............. 9-5Global settings ............................................................ 9-5Setting up the scanner configurations ........................ 9-6Perform an ope...

xvi Scan to File ................................................................... 10-15Scan to E-mail .............................................................. 10-17 File attachments ..................................................... 10-19Scanner settings ....................................

INTRODUCTION 1 - 1 1 Using this Guide Thank you for buying a Brother Digital Copier Printer (DCP). Your DCP-8020 or DCP-8025D is simple to use, with LCD screen instructions to guide you through programming it. You can make the most of your DCP by taking a few minutes to read this Guide. Finding info...

1 - 2 INTRODUCTION On-line Registration (USA and Canada) 1 Insert the MFL-Pro Suite CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Click Online Registration to register your product.

INTRODUCTION 1 - 3 DCP part names and operations ■ Front view No. Name Description 1 (DCP-8020) Manual Feed Tray (DCP-8025D) Multi-purpose Tray (MP Tray) Load paper here. 2 Front Cover Release Button Press it to open the front cover. 3 Face-down Output Tray Support Flap with Extension (Support Flap)...

1 - 4 INTRODUCTION ■ Back view No. Name Description 12 Paper Adjustment Lever for Duplex Printing (DCP-8025D) Use to match your paper size for duplex printing. 13 Duplex Tray (DCP-8025D) Slide out to remove paper jammed inside the DCP. 14 AC Power Connector Connect the AC Power Connector here. 15 Fa...

1 - 6 INTRODUCTION Control panel overview DCP-8020 and DCP-8025D have similar control panel keys. 9 2 1 3 1 Print keys: Secure Lets you print out data saved in memory by entering your four-digit password. Job Cancel Clears data from the printer memory. 2 Status LED (Light-Emitting Diode) The LED wil...

1 - 8 INTRODUCTION Status LED indications The Status LED (Light Emitting Diode) will flash and change color depending on the DCP status. The LED indications shown in the table below are used in the illustrations in this chapter. LED LED status LED is off. Green Yellow Red LED is on. Green Yellow Red...

1 - 10 INTRODUCTION Inserting originals for copying (and scanning) You can copy from either the ADF (automatic document feeder) or from the scanner glass. Using the ADF (automatic document feeder) The automatic document feeder (ADF) can hold up to 50 pages, feeding each one individually through the ...

INTRODUCTION 1 - 11 4 Adjust the paper guides to fit the width of your originals. 5 Press Start . The DCP starts scanning the first page. ADF Document Output Support Flap The documents are Face Upin the ADF

1 - 12 INTRODUCTION Using the scanner glass You can use the scanner glass to copy one page at a time, or pages of a book. To use the scanner glass, the ADF must be empty. You can make multiple copies; however, if you want them sorted you must use the ADF. 1 Lift the document cover. 2 Using the docum...

PAPER 2 - 1 2 About paper Type and size of paper The DCP loads paper from the installed paper tray, manual feed tray, multi-purpose tray or optional lower tray. Recommended paper ■ Before you buy a large amount of paper, please test some to make sure that the paper is suitable. ■ Use paper that is m...

2 - 2 PAPER Caution Do not use ink jet paper. It may cause a paper jam and damage your DCP. Choosing acceptable paper We recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes and types of paper) on the DCP before purchasing large quantities. ■ Avoid feeding label sheets that are partly used or you...

PAPER 2 - 3 Paper capacity of the paper trays Paper size Number of sheets Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (DCP-8025D) Width: 2.75 to 8.66 in. (69.8 to 220 mm) Height: 4.57 to 16.0 in. (116 to 406.4 mm) 50 sheets (20 lb or 80 g/m 2 ) Manual feed tray (DCP-8020) Width: 2.75 to 8.66 in. (69.8 to 220 mm) H...

2 - 4 PAPER Paper specifications for each paper tray *1 Up to 3 envelopes *2 Up to 10 sheets Model DCP-8020 DCP-8025D Paper types Multi-purpose tray N/A Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, Envelope *1 , Labels *2 , and Transparency *2 Manual feed tray Plain paper, Bond paper, Recycled paper, En...

PAPER 2 - 5 How to load paper To load paper or other media in the paper tray 1 Pull the paper tray completely out of the DCP. 2 While pressing the paper guide release lever, slide the adjusters to fit the paper size. Check that the guides are firmly in the slots. For Legal size paper, press the univ...

2 - 6 PAPER 3 Fan the stack of paper well to avoid paper jams and misfeeds. 4 Put paper in the paper tray. Check that the paper is flat in the tray, below the maximum paper mark, and that the paper guide is flush against the paper stack. 5 Put the paper tray firmly back in the DCP and unfold the sup...

2 - 8 PAPER When you put paper in the manual feed tray, please remember the following ■ The side to be printed on must be face up. ■ Put the leading edge (top of the paper) in first and push it gently into the tray. ■ Make sure that the paper is straight and in the proper position on the manual feed...

PAPER 2 - 9 To load paper or other media in the multi-purpose tray (MP tray) (For DCP-8025D) 1 Open the MP tray and lower it gently. 2 Pull out and unfold the MP tray support flap. 3 When loading paper in the MP tray, make sure it touches the back of the tray. When printing envelopes and labels you ...

2 - 10 PAPER 4 While pressing the paper-guide release lever, slide the paper guide to fit the paper size. You can place up to 3 envelopes or up to 50 sheets of 80 g/m 2 or 20 lb paper in the MP tray. When you put paper in the MP tray, please remember the following: ■ The side to be printed on must b...

PAPER 2 - 11 To use Automatic Duplexing for copy and print operations (For DCP-8025D) If you want to print on both sides of the paper using the Duplex feature for copy or print, you will need to set the Paper Adjustment Lever to the size of paper you are using. This feature is available for A4, Lett...

3 - 1 ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING 3 User-friendly programming Your DCP is designed to be easy to use with LCD on-screen programming using the navigation keys. User-friendly programming helps you take full advantage of all the menu selections your DCP has to offer. Since your programming is done on the LCD...

ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING 3 - 2 Navigation keys You can access the menu mode by pressing Menu . When you enter the menu, the LCD scrolls. Press 1 for General Setup menu — OR — Press 2 for Copy menu — OR — Press 3 for Printer menu — OR — Press 4 for LAN menu (Only for the optional LAN board (NC-9100h) is...

3 - 3 ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING The LCD will then show the next menu level. Press or to scroll to your next menu selection. Press Set . When you finish setting an option, the LCD shows Accepted . Use to scroll backward if you passed your choices or want to save keystrokes.The current setting is always t...

ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING 3 - 4 Main Menu Submenu Menu Selections Options Descriptions Page 1 . General Setup 1 . Paper Type 1 . MP Tray (DCP-8025D) Thin Plain Thick Thicker Transparency Sets the type of paper in the Multi-purpose tray. 4-1 2 . Tray #1 (This menu only appears if you have the optional tr...

ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING 3 - 10 Key Operations table You can use the keys on the control panel to conveniently choose temporary copy settings and access the scanning operations. The Key Operations Table below will help you understand the options they provide. ■ XXX* is the paper size you set. ■ #2 XXX*...

4 - 1 GETTING STARTED 4 General Setup Setting the Paper Type To get the best print quality, set the DCP for the type of paper you are using. For DCP-8020 1 Press Menu , 1 , 1 . — OR — If you have the optional paper tray, press Menu , 1 , 1 , 1 to set the paper type for Tray #1 or Menu , 1 , 1 , 2 to...

4 - 3 GETTING STARTED Setting the Paper Size You can use eight sizes of paper for printing copies: A4, letter, legal, executive, A5, A6, B5 and B6. When you change the size of paper in the DCP, you will need to change the setting for Paper Size at the same time so your DCP can fit reduced copy on th...

GETTING STARTED 4 - 4 Setting the Beeper Volume You can change the beeper volume. The default setting is Med . When the beeper is on, the DCP beeps every time you press a key or make a mistake. 1 Press Menu , 1 , 3 . 2 Press or to select your option.( Low , Med , High or Off ) Press Set . 3 Press St...

4 - 5 GETTING STARTED Sleep Time Setting the Sleep Time reduces power consumption by turning off the fuser inside the DCP, while it is idle. You can choose how long the DCP is idle (from 00 to 99 minutes) before it goes into sleep mode. The timer is automatically reset when the DCP receives PC data,...

GETTING STARTED 4 - 6 Setting the Tray Use for Copy mode DCP-8020 The default setting of Auto allows * 1 your DCP to choose the optional Tray #2 when paper is out in Tray #1 or * 2 when the size of the original will fit best on the paper in Tray #2. 1 Press Menu , 1 , 5 . 2 Press or to select Tray#1...

4 - 7 GETTING STARTED Setting the LCD Contrast You can change the contrast to help the LCD look lighter or darker. 1 (DCP-8020)Press Menu , 1 , 5 . (DCP-8025D)Press Menu , 1 , 6 . — OR — If you have the optional Tray #2, press Menu , 1 , 6 . 2 Press to increase the contrast. — OR — Press to decrease...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 1 5 Using the DCP as a copier Your DCP can make up to 99 copies at a time. Printable area The printable area of your DCP begins at approximately 0.14 in. (3.64 mm) on both sides and 0.12 in. (3 mm) on the top and bottom of the paper. Making copies Unprintable area 0.12" (3mm) 0...

5 - 2 MAKING COPIES Temporary copy settings You can improve your copies by using the temporary copy keys ( Copy ): Enlarge/Reduce , Contrast , Quality , Tray Select , Sort and N in 1 (For DCP-8020) or Duplex/N in 1 (For DCP-8025D). These settings are temporary , and the DCP returns to its default se...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 3 Making a single copy from the ADF 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. 2 Press Start . Do NOT pull on the original while copying is in progress. Making multiple copies from the ADF 1 Insert the original face up in the ADF. 2 Use the Numeric keys to enter the number of copies ...

5 - 4 MAKING COPIES Single or multiple copies using the scanner glass You can make multiple copies using the scanner glass. Multiple copies will be stacked (all copies of page 1, then all copies of page 2, and so on). Use the Temporary Copy keys to choose more settings. (See Using the copy keys (tem...

5 - 6 MAKING COPIES Enlarge/Reduce You can select the following enlargement or reduction ratios. Auto sets the DCP to calculate the reduction ratio that fits the size of your paper. Custom allows you to enter a ratio from 25% to 400%. 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scan...

5 - 8 MAKING COPIES Quality (type of original) You can select the Quality for your type of original. The default setting is Auto , which is used for originals that contain both text and photographs. Text is used for originals containing only text. Photo is used for copying photographs. 1 Place the o...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 9 Contrast You can adjust the copy contrast to make copies darker or lighter. 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Use the numeric keys to enter the number of copies you want (up to 99). 3 Press Contrast . 4 Press to make a copy lighter — OR...

5 - 10 MAKING COPIES Tray Select You can change the tray use only for the next copy. 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Use the numeric keys to enter the number of copies you want (up to 99). 3 Press Tray Select . 4 Press or to select the tray usage. Press ...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 11 Duplex/N in 1 ‘Duplex’ prints on both sides of the paper. Temporary Key Level 1 Level 2 Option Original Finished Layout Press Duplex/N in 1 (DCP-8025D) N in 1 (DCP-8020) N in 1 — 2 in 1 (P) 2 in 1 (L) 4 in 1 (P) 4 in 1 (L) Duplex(1 in 1) (DCP-8025D) Portrait1 — Portrait2 Single ...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 13 10 After all the pages of the original have been scanned,select 2 and press Set , or press 2 , to print the copies. Poster You can make a poster size copy of a photograph. You must use the scanner glass. 1 Place the original face down on the scanner glass. 2 Press Duplex/N in 1 ...

5 - 14 MAKING COPIES Duplex (1 in 1) (For DCP-8025D) Making a double-sided copy from a single-sided original 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Use the numeric keys to enter the number of copies you want (up to 99). 3 Press Duplex/N in 1 and or to select Du...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 15 Making a double-sided copy from a double-sided original(Not available for multiple copies) 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. 2 Press Duplex/N in 1 and or to select Duplex(1 in 1) . Press Set . 3 Press or to select Portrait2 or Landscape1 . Press Set . 4 Press or to select...

5 - 16 MAKING COPIES Duplex (2 in 1) and Duplex (4 in 1) (For DCP-8025D) 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Use the numeric keys to enter the number of copies you want (up to 99). 3 Press Duplex/N in 1 and or to select Duplex(2 in 1) or Duplex(4 in 1) . Pre...

MAKING COPIES 5 - 17 Changing the default copy settings You can adjust the copy settings that are shown in the chart. These settings will stay until you change them again. Quality 1 Press Menu , 2 , 1 . 2 Press or to select Text , Photo or Auto . Press Set . 3 Press Stop/Exit . Contrast You can chan...

6 - 1 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 Using the Brother DCP-8020, DCP-8025D 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. The printer dr...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 2 How to print your document When the DCP 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 con...

6 - 3 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER Simultaneous printing and scanning Your DCP can print from your computer while scanning an original into the computer. Two-sided printing (Duplex Printing) The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. (For more information, see Duplex Printing on page 7-7.) ...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 4 Manual Duplex Printing The DCP prints all the even-numbered 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. Ver...

6 - 5 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER Printing on plain paper The manual feed tray (For DCP-8020) 1 Select the Paper Size , Media Type , Paper Source , and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type : Plain Paper Paper Source : Manual 2 Send the print data to the DCP. 3 Open the manual feed tray. S...

6 - 7 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER Printing on thicker paper and card stock When the back output tray is pulled down, the DCP has a straight paper path from the manual feed tray or the MP tray through to the back of the DCP. Use this paper feed and output method when you want to print on thicker paper...

6 - 11 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER Printing on envelopes To print on envelopes use manual feed tray or multi-purpose tray. 1 Select the Paper Size , Media Type , Paper Source , and other settings in the printer driver. Media Type : Envelope, Env.thin or Env.thick For DCP-8020: 2 Open the back output ...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 12 3 Open the manual feed tray. Slide the paper guides to fit the envelope size. 4 Using both hands put the envelope in the manual feed tray until the front edge of the envelope touches the paper feed roller. Hold the envelope in this position until the DCP automatical...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 14 4 Pull out the MP tray support flap. 5 Put the envelopes in the MP tray so that they touch the back of the tray. Do not put more than 3 envelopes in the MP tray at any one time, or it may cause a jam. If envelopes are creased after they have been printed: At the bac...

6 - 15 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 Press and slide the paper-width guide to fit the envelope size. 7 Send the print data to the DCP. 8 After you finish the print job, close the back output tray. When you put envelopes in the MP tray, please remember the following; ■ During printing, the inside tray...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 16 Printer operation keys Job Cancel You can clear data from the memory by pressing the Job Cancel key. Secure key Secured data is password protected. Only those people that know the password will be able to print the data. The DCP will not print secure data until the ...

6 - 17 USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 4 Enter your password using the numeric keys. Press Set . 5 Press or to select Print . Press Set . The DCP prints the data. — OR — If you want to delete the secured data press or to select Delete . Press Stop/Exit . Setting the Emulation Selection This DCP has an Au...

USING THE DCP AS A PRINTER 6 - 18 Printing the Internal Font List You can print a list of the DCP’s internal (or resident) fonts to see how each font looks before you select it. 1 Press Menu , 3 , 2 , 1 . 2 Press Start . The DCP prints the list. 3 Press Stop/Exit . Printing the print configuration l...

7 - 1 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 Printer driver settings You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer: ■ Media Type ■ Multiple Page ■ Duplex ■ Watermark * 1 * 2 ■ Scaling * 2 ■ Print Date & Time * 1 * 2 ■ Quick Print Setup * 1 * 2 ■ Secure Print * 1 * 1 These se...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 2 Features in the Brother Native Driver The Brother Native driver is a printer driver developed exclusively by Brother. This driver includes more features than the Microsoft ® Windows ® Universal printer driver. Basic tab 1 Select the Paper Size , Multiple Page , Border L...

7 - 3 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Paper Size From the drop-down box select the Paper Size you are using. Multiple Page The Multiple Page 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...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 4 Copies The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed. 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,...

7 - 5 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Advanced tab Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Print Quality Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: ■ HQ 1200 ■ 600 dpi ■ 300 dpi To return to the default s...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 6 Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, which reduces the print density. Print Setting For Windows ® 95/98/98SE/Me Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for the type of original being printed (Photos, Graphics or S...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 8 Binding Offset Check the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm]. Watermark You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the preset Waterm...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 10 Page Setting 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 pap...

7 - 11 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Device Options Lets you set the following Printer Functions: Secure Print Secure documents are documents that are password protected when they are sent to the DCP. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are secured at the ...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 12 Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view setting, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options section. Administrator (For Windows ® 95/98...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 14 Accessories tab The Accessories Tab includes the settings for configuring the printer driver for the size of paper loaded in each paper source. This tab also installs any additional options into the driver settings. Paper Source Setting To configure the paper size for ...

7 - 15 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Available Options In order to access the optional 2nd paper tray the option must be installed in the driver. Highlight the model number from the Available Options list and click Add . The optional tray will then be listed in the Installed box, Paper Source Setting list...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 16 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 Solutio...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 18 Ports tab Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using.

7 - 19 PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS Device Settings tab Select the options you installed.

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 20 Layout tab You can change the Layout setting by selecting the setting in the Orientation , Page Order and Page Per Sheet . Booklet (For DCP-8025D) (For Windows ® 2000/XP) You can print a booklet by selecting Booklet from Pages Per Sheet list. If you are using Windows N...

PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS 7 - 22 Advanced Options 1 Select the Paper Size and Copy Count . 2 Set the Print Quality , Scaling and TrueType Font setting. 3 You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list: ■ Media Type ■ Toner Save ■ BR-Script Level If you are using Windows ...

8 - 1 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 Scanning a document TWAIN compliant The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software 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...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 2 How to access the Scanner 1 Open the software application (ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® ) to scan a document. 2 Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. 3 Select Brother DCP-8025D (if using a parallel interface), Brother DCP-8025D USB or Brother...

8 - 3 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Scanning a document into the PC You can scan a whole page — OR — Scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document. Scanning a whole page 1 Place the original face up in the ADF (automatic document feeder), or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Adjust the fo...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 4 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the image. 1 Place the origin...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 6 Settings in the Scanner window Image Type Select the image type of output from Photo , Web or Text . Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each default setting. The default settings are: Resolution You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution dr...

8 - 7 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Scan Type Brightness Adjust this settings (-50 to 50) to obtain the best image. The default value is 0, representing an ‘average’. You can set the level by dragging the slide bar to the right or left to lighten or darken the image. You can also type a value in the b...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 8 Document Size Set the Size to one of the following: ■ Letter (8 1/2 × 11 in.) ■ A4 (210 × 297 mm) ■ Legal (8 1/2 × 14 in.) ■ A5 (148 × 210 mm) ■ B5 (182 × 257 mm) ■ Executive (7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.) ■ Business Card (90 × 60 mm) ■ Photo 3.5 × 5 in. (9 × 13cm) ■ Photo 5 ...

8 - 9 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® ■ Width : shows the width of scanning area ■ Height : shows the height of scanning area ■ Data Size : shows the approximate data size calculated in a Bitmap format. The size will be different for other file formats such as JPEG. You can see the actual paper size you...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 10 Scanning a document (For Windows ® XP only) WIA compliant Windows ® XP uses Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the DCP. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort ® viewer that Brother included with your DCP or you can scan images directl...

8 - 11 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Scanning a document into the PC These are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can either use the ADF or the Flatbed scanner glass. If you would like to scan and then crop a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document you will need to use the sc...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 12 5 If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness , Contrast , Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties . Click the OK button after you choose your settings. 6 To start scan...

8 - 13 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Scan button from the scanner window to scan ...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 14 6 If you require advanced settings, click Picture Type from the Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Advanced Properties . Click the OK button after you choose your settings. 7 To start scanning your doc...

8 - 15 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Brother Scanner Utility The Brother Scanner Utility is used for configuring the scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200dpi and for changing the paper size.If you want to set Legal size as the default size, change the setting using this utility. You must re...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 16 Using the scan key (For USB or Parallel interface cable users) You can use Scan on the control panel to scan originals into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications or your computer folder. The advantage of using Scan is that you avoid the mouse clicks...

8 - 17 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Scan to E-mail You can either scan a black and white or color original into your E-mail application as a file attachment. You can change the Scan configuration. (See Scan to E-mail on page 9-10 to 9-11) (For Windows ® XP: See Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to ...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 18 Scan to OCR If your original is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft ® TextBridge ® to an editable text file and then have the result displayed in your word processing application for viewing and editing. You can change the Scan configuration. (See Scan to O...

8 - 19 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Using ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® and TextBridge ® OCR ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® for Brother is a document management application. You will use PaperPort ® to view scanned documents. PaperPort ® has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, filing system that will help you organiz...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 20 Viewing items ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® provides several ways to view items: Desktop View displays a thumbnail (a small graphic that represents each item in a Desktop or folder). Items in the selected folder appear on the PaperPort ® Desktop. You can see PaperPort ® i...

8 - 21 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® Organizing your items in folders PaperPort ® has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you select to view in Desktop View. An item can be a PaperPort ® item or a non-PaperPort ® item: ■ Folders ...

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 8 - 22 ScanSoft ® TextBridge ® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit ScanSoft ® TextBridge ® OCR is installed automatically with PaperPort ® when you install MFL-Pro Suite on your computer. ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® can quickly convert the text on a ScanSoft...

8 - 23 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® You can Export items in other formats You can export or save PaperPort ® items in several popular file formats, such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, or self-viewing. For example, to create a file for an Internet Web site, export it as a JPEG file. Web pages often use JPEG file...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 1 9 Brother MFL-Pro Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PC screen whenever paper is put in the ADF of the DCP. This allows you to quickly and w...

9 - 2 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) AutoLoad the Brother Control Center The Control Center is loaded every time Windows ® is started. When the Control Center is loaded, the Control Center icon will appear on the task bar.If y...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 3 Brother Control Center features Auto Configuration During installation the Control Center will check your system to set up the default applications for E-mail, word processing and the graph...

9 - 4 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Scan key operations Scan to File —Lets you scan directly to a file on your computer. You can change the file type and directory for the document you are scanning. Scan to E-mail —Lets you s...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 5 Scanner settings for Scan and Copy buttons When the Pop-Up screen appears, you can access the Scanner Settings window. Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother Control Cen...

9 - 6 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Setting up the scanner configurations The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each time you scan an original, you can choose the most appropriate scanning mode from th...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 7 Perform an operation from the Control Center screen If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Control Center window without first placing an original in the ADF. Plac...

9 - 8 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Scan to File To access Scan to File Configurations screen 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. 2 Right-click Scan to File and click on Con...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 9 Destination folder PaperPort Folder —Select this checkbox to scan the original into your PaperPort folder. Other Folder —Select this checkbox, to scan the original as another file type or t...

9 - 10 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Scan to E-mail To access Scan to E-mail Configurations screen 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. 2 Right-click the E-mail application b...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 11 E-mail application E-mail Application —From the pull-down list, select your E-mail application. E-mail Settings —Click the E-Mail Settings button to set up links. The Send To Options windo...

9 - 12 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Scan to OCR (Word Processor) To access Scan to OCR Configurations screen 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. 2 Right-click the word proc...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 13 Word Processor Word Processor —From the pull-down list, select the word processor you want to use. Click the Link Settings button to display the screen to set up the document format you wa...

9 - 14 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) Scan to Image To access Scan to Image Configurations screen 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. 2 Right-click the graphic application bu...

USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® 95/98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT ® WS 4.0) 9 - 15 Copy To access the Copy Configurations screen 1 Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. 2 Right-click the Copy and click on Configuration . Cl...

10 - 1 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 Brother SmartUI Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that allows you to quite easily, with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently used scanning applications. Using the Control...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 2 AutoLoad the Brother Control Center The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each time Windows ® is started. When the Control Center is loaded the Control Center icon will appear in the task b...

10 - 3 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Brother Control Center features The SmartUI control center gives you the ability to configure the hardware Scan key on your DCP such as “Scan to File”. The “Scan to File” feature allows you to scan a document directl...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 4 Auto Configuration During the installation process the Control Center checks your system to determine the default applications for E-mail, word processing and graphics viewer/editor. For example , if you are using Ou...

10 - 5 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration When the SmartUI Control Center is displayed, you can access the Hardware Section window to reconfigure the Scan button on your DCP. Click the Hardware Sect...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 6 Scan to E-mail To configure the Scan to E-mail feature left-click on the Scan to E-mail button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration that includes the destination E-ma...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 8 Scan to Image To configure the Scan to Image feature left-click on the Scan to Image button and the following screen will appear. You can change the configuration, which includes the destination image format or docum...

10 - 9 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) To change the default settings of the scan, click on the Scan Settings tab. You can set the Color Mode to Black & White, 8-bit Gray or 24-bit Color. The resolution can be changed from 100 to 1200 dpi. You can def...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 10 Scan to OCR To configure the Scan to OCR feature left-click on the Scan to OCR button and the following screen will appear. You can change the configuration, which includes the destination applications.

10 - 11 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) You have the option to send your scan as a different file type. You can select the application from the File Type window according to your needs. You have the option to choose your OCR setting from Single column out...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 12 Software Section The Software Section contains three groups of scan to buttons. Each section has a number of different buttons which are predefined for the most frequently used applications. The Scan section contain...

10 - 15 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Scan to File The Scan to File button allows you to scan an image and save it in a specific file type to any directory on your hard disk. This allows you to easily archive your paper documents. To configure the file ...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 16 To change the configuration click on the Configuration tab. Select the file type for the saved image by selecting from the Format pull down list. You can save the file to the default PaperPort folder so the file app...

10 - 17 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Scan to E-mail The Scan To E-mail is automatically configured to your default E-mail application. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, right-click on the E-mail button and select “Config...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 18 To change the file type of the attachment click the Link Preferences button to set up links. Check the Convert attachment to specified file type box and then select the appropriate file type from the pull down list.

10 - 19 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) File attachments Items are mailed as file attachments using the file type you have selected. Convert attachments to specified file type —Click this check box if you want to change the file type of attachments. All d...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 22 To change the program link preferences click the Link Preferences button. File Type —From the pull-down list, select the file format you want to use for documents. OCR —Select the OCR application from the OCR pull d...

10 - 23 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Scan to Graphics application (example: Microsoft Paint) The Scan to Graphics Application allows you to scan an image so you can edit the image. To change the default graphics application right-click on the button an...

10 - 27 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) Custom: User-defined buttons There are up to three Custom buttons on the Brother SmartUI Control Center. (NOTE: The number of Custom buttons depends on which Brother model you purchased.) You can set your own prefer...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 28 2. Select Configuration for the Scan Type. To configure the scan operation click on the Configuration Tab. Depending upon which Scan Type button you selected you will see a different Configuration Tab list of settin...

USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) 10 - 30 OCR: Select the destination word processing application program from the pull down list. Click on Link Preferences and select the destination Application from the scroll menu on the left. Select the File Type from t...

10 - 31 USING THE WINDOWS ® -BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS ® XP) E-mail: Select the destination E-mail application program from the pull down list. Click on the Link Preferences button to configure the Send To E-mail options. You can select the File type and Quick Send E-mail add...

11 - 1 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 Setting up your USB-equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® The features supported by the DCP will depend on the operating system you are using. The chart below shows which features are supported. *1 For Mac OS ® X 10.2 users, please upgrade to Mac OS ® X 10.2.1 or g...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 2 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple ® Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® 8.6 - 9.2) To select a Printer: 1 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu. 2 Click the Brother Laser icon. On the right side of the Chooser window, click the printer you want to print to. C...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 4 Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple ® Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® X) Choosing page setup options 1 From application software such as Presto! ® PageManager ® , click the File menu and select Page Setup . Make sure DCP-8020 or DCP-8025D is selected in th...

11 - 5 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Specific settings Set the Media Type , Resolution , Toner Save , and other settings. Press Copies & Pages to select settings you want to change. Duplex Automatic Duplex is only available with the DCP-8025D.

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 6 Printer settings

11 - 7 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Using the PS driver with your Apple ® Macintosh ® For Mac OS ® 8.6 to 9.2 users 1 For Mac OS ® 8.6 to 9.04 Users: Open the Apple Extras folder. Open the Apple LaserWriter Software folder. For Mac OS ® 9.1 to 9.2 Users: Open the Applications (Mac OS ® 9) folde...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 8 2 Open the Desktop Printer Utility icon. 3 Select Printer (USB) , and then click OK .

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 10 6 Click Create... . 7 Enter your DCP name (DCP-8025D), and then click Save . 8 Select Quit from the File menu.

11 - 11 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 9 Click the DCP-8025D icon on the Desktop. 10 Select Set Default Printer from the Printing menu. For Mac OS ® X users You need to install the PS driver using the following instructions. 1 Select Applications from the Go menu. ■ If you use a USB cable and you...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 12 2 Open the Utilities folder. 3 Open the Print Center icon. 4 Click Add Printer… .

11 - 13 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 5 Select USB . 6 Select DCP-8025D , and then click Add . 7 Select Quit Printer Center from the Print Center menu.

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 14 Using the Brother TWAIN scanner driver with your Macintosh ® The Brother DCP software includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for Macintosh ® . You can use this Macintosh ® TWAIN Scanner driver with any applications that support the TWAIN specifications. Accessing t...

11 - 15 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Scanning an image into your Macintosh ® You can scan a whole page— OR — scan a portion after prescanning the document. Scanning a whole page 1 Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Adjust the following settings, if neede...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 16 Pre-Scanning an image Pre-Scanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area . This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look. The PreScan button will allow you to crop...

11 - 17 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Settings in the Scanner window Image Resolution From the Resolution pop-up menu choose the scanning resolution. Higher resolutions use more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image.

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 18 Color Type Black & White —Set the image Type to Black and White for text or line art. For photographic images, set the image type to Gray (Error diffusion) or True Gray. Gray (Error Diffusion) —is used for documents with photographic images or graphics. ...

11 - 19 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Scanning Area Set the Size to one of the following: ■ Letter (8.5 × 11 in.) ■ A4 (210 × 297 mm) ■ Legal (8 1/2 × 14 in.) ■ A5 (148 × 210 mm) ■ B5 (182 × 257 mm) ■ Executive (7.25 × 10.5 in.) ■ Business Card (90 × 60 mm) ■ Custom (User adjustable from 0.35 × ...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 20 Adjusting the Image Brightness Adjust the Brightness setting to get the best image. The Brother TWAIN Scanner driver offers 100 Brightness levels (-50 to 50). The default value is 0, representing an ‘average’ setting. You can set the Brightness level by drag...

11 - 21 USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® Using Presto! ® PageManager ® Presto! ® PageManager ® is application software for managing the documents in your computer. Since it is compatible with most image editors and word processing programs, Presto! ® PageManager ® gives you unmatched control over y...

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH ® 11 - 22 System requirements ■ PowerPC processor ■ System 8.6, 9X, 10.1, or greater ■ CD-ROM drive ■ Hard disk drive with at least 120 MB of free disk space Recommended: ■ 8-bit Color or higher video adapter. ■ Eudora Mail, or Outlook Express electronic mail software...

12 - 1 NETWORK SCANNING (WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND XP ONLY) 12 To use the DCP as a Network Scanner, the NC-9100h Network board should be installed into the DCP and configured with TCP/IP. You can set or change NC-9100h settings from the control panel or with the BRAdmin Professional...

NETWORK SCANNING (WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND XP ONLY) 12 - 2 Right-click Scanner Device icon and select properties to view the Network Scanner Properties dialog box. 2 Click the Network Setting tab in the dialog box and select a method to specify the DCP as a Network scanner for your...

NETWORK SCANNING (WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND XP ONLY) 12 - 4 3 Click the Scan To Button tab in the dialog box and enter your PC Name in the Display Name field. The DCP's LCD displays the Name you enter. Default setting is your PC Name. You can enter a name if you like. 4 You can avoi...

12 - 5 NETWORK SCANNING (WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND XP ONLY) Using the Scan key Scan to E-mail (PC) When you select Scan to E-mail (PC) your original will be scanned and sent directly to the PC you designated on your network. The Brother SmartUI will activate the default E-mail appli...

12 - 7 NETWORK SCANNING (WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND XP ONLY) Scan to OCR When you select Scan to OCR your original will be scanned and sent directly to the PC you designated on your network. The Brother SmartUI will activate ScanSoft ® TextBridge ® and convert your original into text...

13 - 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION 13 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (USA only) declares, that the products Product Name: DCP-8020, DCP-8025D comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 13 - 2 WARNING ■ This DCP has been certified to comply with FCC standards, which are applied to the USA only. A grounded plug should be plugged into a grounded AC outlet after checking the rating of the local power supply for the DCP to operate properly and safely. ■ For protec...

13 - 3 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Industry Canada Compliance Statement (Canada only) This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. For your safety To ensure safe operation the three-pin plug supplied must b...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 13 - 4 Laser safety This equipment is certified as a Class I laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This means that the equipment does not p...

13 - 5 IMPORTANT INFORMATION WARNING Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Brother Industries, Ltd. may void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Internal laser radiation Max. Radiation Power Wave Length Laser Class 5 mW 760 - 810 nm Class IIIb (Accordance with 21 CFR Part 104...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 13 - 6 Important safety instructions 1 Read all of these instructions. 2 Save them for later reference. 3 Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 4 Before cleaning, turn off the DCP’s power switch and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. Do not use li...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 13 - 8 Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Multi-Function Link is a registered trademark of Brother International Corporation. © Copyright 2003 Brother Industries, Ltd. A...

14 - 1 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 Troubleshooting Error messages As with any sophisticated office product, errors may occur. If this happens, your DCP identifies the problem and displays an error message. The most common error messages are shown below. You can correct most problems b...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 4 Original jams Based upon where the original is jammed, follow the appropriate set of instructions to remove it. Original is jammed in the top of the ADF unit. 1 Take out any paper from the ADF that is not jammed. 2 Lift the ADF cover. 3 Pull the jammed ...

14 - 5 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Paper jams To clear paper jams, please follow the steps in this section. WARNING After you have just used the DCP, some parts inside the DCP are extremely hot. When you open the front cover or back output tray of the DCP, never touch the shaded parts sh...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 8 WARNING After you have just used the DCP, some internal parts of the DCP are extremely HOT! Wait for the DCP to cool down before you touch the internal parts of the DCP. 6 Open the jam clear cover (fuser cover). Pull the jammed paper out of the fuser un...

14 - 9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 8 Push the lock lever down and take the toner cartridge out of the drum unit. Take out the jammed paper if there is any inside the drum unit. Then put the toner cartridge back in the drum unit. 9 Put the drum unit assembly back in the DCP. 10 Put the pa...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 10 3 Put the duplex tray and paper tray back into the DCP. ■ The Jam Duplex message appears if you remove a sheet of paper from the Face Down Output Tray after only one side has printed. ■ If the Paper Adjustment Lever for Duplex Printing is not set corre...

14 - 11 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE If you are having difficulty with your DCP If the copy looks good, the problem is probably not your DCP. Check the chart below and follow the troubleshooting tips. DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS Printing Condensed print and horizontal streaks or the top and bo...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 14 Improving the print quality This section provides information on the following topics: Examples of poor print quality Recommendation Faint Check the printer’s environment. Conditions such as humidity, high temperatures, and so on may cause this print f...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 18 Packing and shipping the DCP Whenever you transport the DCP, use the packing materials that came with your machine. If you do not pack the DCP correctly, you may void your warranty. 1 Turn the DCP power switch off. 2 Unplug the DCP from the AC outlet. ...

14 - 19 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 5 Remove the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly. Leave the toner cartridge installed in the drum unit. 6 Place the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly into the plastic bag and seal the bag. 7 Close the front cover. Fold down the face-down output...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 20 9 Pack the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly, AC cord and printed materials in the original carton as shown below: 10 Close the carton and tape it shut. If you are returning the DCP to Brother as part of the Exchange Service, pack only the DCP. Ke...

14 - 21 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Routine maintenance Cleaning the scanner Turn the DCP power switch off and lift the document cover. Clean the scanner glass and glass strip with dry cloth and the white film with isopropyl alcohol on a lint free cloth. If the screen still displays a sc...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 22 Cleaning the printer Caution ■ Do not use isopropyl alcohol to remove dirt from the control panel. It may crack the panel. ■ Do not use isopropyl alcohol to clean the laser scanner window. ■ Do not touch the scanner window with your finger. ■ The drum ...

14 - 23 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Cleaning the drum unit We recommend placing the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly on a cloth or large disposable paper to avoid spilling and scattering toner. 1 Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the blue tab from...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 24 Replacing the toner cartridge The DCP can print up to 6,500 pages using a high yield toner cartridge. When the toner cartridge is running low, the LCD shows Toner Low . The DCP is supplied with a standard toner cartridge that must be replaced after app...

14 - 25 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE How to replace the toner cartridge WARNING Just after you use the DCP, some internal parts of the machine will be extremely HOT! So, never touch the shaded parts shown in the illustration. 1 Open the front cover and pull out the drum unit. HOT!

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 28 4 Gently rock the toner cartridge from side to side five or six times to distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge. 5 Remove the protective cover. 6 Insert the new toner cartridge in the drum unit until it clicks into place. If you put it in pro...

14 - 29 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 7 Clean the primary corona wire inside the drum unit by gently sliding the blue tab from right to left several times. Return the blue tab to the Home position ( ▼ ) before reinstalling the drum unit and toner cartridge assembly. 8 Reinstall the drum un...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 30 Replacing the drum unit The DCP uses a drum unit to create print images on paper. If the LCD shows Change Drum Soon , the drum unit is near the end of its life and it is time to purchase a new one. Even if the LCD shows Change Drum Soon , you may be ab...

14 - 31 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WARNING Just after you have used the DCP, some internal parts of the DCP are extremely HOT! So please be careful. Follow these steps to replace the drum unit: 1 Press the cover release button and then open the front cover. 2 Remove the old drum unit an...

TROUBLESHOOTING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 14 - 34 Checking the drum life You can see the percentage of the drum’s life that remains available. 1 (DCP-8020)Press Menu , 1 , 6 . — OR — If you have the optional tray #2, press Menu , 1 , 7 . (DCP-8025D)Press Menu , 1 , 7 . 2 For five seconds, the LCD show...

15 - 1 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 15 Memory board The memory board is installed on the main controller board inside the DCP. When you add the optional memory board, it increases the performance for both copier and printer operations. Optional accessories Model Name Optional Memory DCP-8020 (32 MB Standard...

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 15 - 2 Installing the optional memory board WARNING ■ DO NOT touch the surface of the main board within 15 minutes after turning off the power. 1 Turn the DCP power switch off, unplug the DCP power cord from the AC outlet, and then disconnect the interface cable. WARNING Turn th...

15 - 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES WARNING DIMM boards can be damaged by even a small amount of static electricity. Do not touch the memory chips or the board surface. Wear an antistatic wrist strap when you install or remove the board. If you do not have an antistatic wrist strap, frequently touch the bar...

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 15 - 4 8 Reconnect any additional interface cables that you removed. 9 Reconnect the power cable and then turn on the DCP power switch. WARNING If the Status LED turns Red for a Service Error, please coll Brother Custome Service at: 1-800-284-4329 (in USA), 1-877-BROTHER (in Can...

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 15 - 6 Before starting installation Be careful when handling the NC-9100h. There are many delicate electronic components that are susceptible to damage from static electricity. To avoid such damage, use the following precautions when handling the board. ■ Leave the NC-9100h in i...

15 - 7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES WARNING Turn the DCP power switch off, before installing (or removing) the NC-9100h board. 2 Remove the side cover. Loosen the two screws, and then remove the metal shield plate. 3 Loosen the two screws, and then remove the metal cover plate. Cover Plate

15 - 9 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Step 2: Connecting the NC-9100h to an Unshielded Twisted Pair 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX Ethernet Network To connect the NC-9100h to a 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX Network, you must have an Unshielded Twist Pair Cable. One side of the cable must be connected to a free port on your ...

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 15 - 10 Link/Speed LED is green: 10 BASE T Ethernet This Link/Speed LED will be green if the print server is connected to a 10 BASE T Ethernet. Active LED is yellow: The Active LED will blink if the print server is receiving or transmitting data. TEST SWITCH Short push: Prints t...

GLOSSARY G - 1 G ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) The original can be placed in the ADF and scanned one page at a time automatically. Beeper Volume Volume setting for the beep when you press a key or make an error. Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light originals, by making copies of dark o...

S - 1 SPECIFICATIONS S Product description The DCP-8020, DCP-8025D are 3 in 1 Multi-Function Centers: Printer, Copier and Color Scanner. The DCP-8025D includes Duplex Printing. General Specifications Memory Capacity 32 MB Optional Memory 1 DIMM slot; Memory expandable up to 160 MB Automatic Document...

SPECIFICATIONS S - 2 Print media General (continued) Weight Without Drum/Toner Unit: DCP-8020: 36.6 lb/16.6 kg DCP-8025D: 39.9 lb/18.1 kg Noise Operating: Standby: 53 dB A or less 30 dB A or less Temperature Operating: Storage: 50 - 90.5 °F (10 - 32.5 °C ) 32 - 104 °F (0 - 40 °C ) Humidity Operating...

S - 3 SPECIFICATIONS Copy Scanner Color/Monochrome Monochrome Copy Speed Up to 17 copies/minute (Letter paper) Multiple Copies Stacks or Sorts up to 99 pages Enlarge/Reduce 25% to 400% (in increments of 1%) Resolution Max. 1200 x 600 dpi Color/Monochrome Color/Monochrome TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows...

S - 5 SPECIFICATIONS Computer requirements Minimum System Requirements Computer Platform & Operating System Version Processor Minimum Speed Minimum RAM Recommended RAM Available Hard Disk Space Driver Application Software* 1 Windows ® Operating System 95, 98, 98SE Pentium 75MHz 24 MB 32 MB 80 MB...

SPECIFICATIONS S - 6 Consumable items Toner Cartridge Life Expectancy TN-530:Standard Toner Cartridge - Up to 3,300*pages TN-560:High Yield Toner Cartridge - Up to 6,500* pages *(when printing letter size or A4 paper at 5% print coverage) Toner life expectancy will vary depending upon the type of av...

INDEX I - 1 Index A Accessories and supplies ........iiADF (automatic document feeder), using .................. 1-10 ADF cover ......................... 14-4 B Brother accessories and supplies ......iiBrother numbers .................. iCustomer Service ................. ifax back system .............

I - 2 INDEX Out of Memory ............... 14-2 while scanning a document ................. 5-4 F FCC Notices (USA) ............................. 13-1 to 13-2 G gray scale ........................... S-3 J jams original ........................... 14-4paper ............................. 14-5 L LAN Co...

These machines are made for use in the USA and Canada only. We cannot recommend using them overseas because the power requirements of your Digital Copier/Printer may not be compatible with the power available in foreign countries. Using USA or Canada models overseas is at your own risk and may void ...

2 Setting Up the Machine Do NOT connect the interface cable.Connecting the interface cable is done when installing the driver. 1 Open the ADF cover. 2 Slide ADF support into the groove on ADF. 3 Close the ADF cover. 1 Open the front cover by pressing the front cover release button. 2 Unpack the drum...

3 S e tti n g Up th e M a c h in e W in dow s ® USB W indow s ® Pa ra lle l W indo w s NT ® 4. 0 Pa ra lle l M a ci nt osh ® USB M a c int osh ® Ne tw o rk W in dow s ® Ne two rk Fo r A d mi n is tra to rs 3 Rock it from side to side several times to distribute the toner evenly inside the assembly. ...

5 S e tti n g Up th e M a c h in e W in dow s ® USB W indow s ® Pa ra lle l W indo w s NT ® 4. 0 Pa ra lle l M a ci nt osh ® USB M a c int osh ® Ne tw o rk W in dow s ® Ne two rk Fo r A d mi n is tra to rs Do not connect the Parallel or USB cable yet. 1 Make sure that the power switch is off.Connect...

6 Installing the Driver & Software You can find a variety of information on the CD-ROM. Install Software You can install printer, scanner drivers and the various utility items, including PaperPort ® and TextBridge ® OCR. On-Line Registration You will be pointed to the Brother Product Registratio...

8 Installing the Driver & Software Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 2 - 5. 1 Switch off and unplug the DCP from the AC outlet and disconnect it from your computer, if you already connected an interface cable. 2 Turn on your computer...

10 Installing the Driver & Software D When the Brother Software License Agreement window appears, click Yes. E Select Local Interface, and then click Next. F Select Standard, and then click Next.The application files will be copied and installed to your computer. For USB Interface Cable Users (F...

11 Make sure that you followed the instructions in 1 to F on pages 8 - 10. G When this screen appears, connect the USB interface cable to your PC, and then connect it to the DCP.Turn on the DCP by plugging in the power cord. Turn the power switch on. It will take a few seconds for the installation s...

12 Installing the Driver & Software L The README.WRI file will be displayed.Please read this file for troubleshooting information and then close the file to continue installation. M Click Finish to restart your computer. N After the computer restarts, click Yes to have the Control Center load ea...

14 Installing the Driver & Software K After the computer restarts, click Yes to have the Control Center load each time Windows ® is started. The Control Center will appear as an icon in the task tray.If you click No the Scan keys on the DCP will be disabled. . A Basic Universal printer driver wa...

16 Installing the Driver & Software V Select Yes and Next to print a test page. W When this screen appears, click Finish. X If the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears, click Yes. Y If the test page printed, click OK. The Brother Native Drivers have been installed and the installation ...

23 Make sure that you followed the instructions in 1 to F on pages 20 - 22. G When this screen appears, connect the parallel interface cable to your PC, and then connect it to the DCP.Turn on the DCP by plugging in the power cord. Turn the power switch on. . H Click Next. I The README.WRI file will ...

24 Installing the Driver & Software Make sure that you followed the instructions in 1 to F on pages 20 - 22. G When this screen appears, connect the parallel interface cable to your PC, and then connect it to the DCP.Turn on the DCP by plugging in the power cord. Turn the power switch on. . H Cl...

25 M Click Yes to have the Control Center loaded each time Windows ® is started. The Control Center will appear as an icon in the task tray.If you click No the Scan keys on the DCP will be disabled. A Basic Universal printer driver was installed with the MFL-PRO Software Suite which is certified for...

31 Make sure that you followed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 2 - 5. 1 Turn on your computer.You must be logged on as the Administrator. 2 Connect the parallel interface cable to your computer, and then connect it to the DCP. 3 Make sure you turn on the DCP by pluggin...

36 Installing the Driver & Software E When the Brother Software License Agreement window appears, click Yes. F Select Network Interface, and then click Next. G Select Standard, and then click Next.The application files will be copied to your computer. H Select Search the network for devices and ...

38 Installing the Driver & Software Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 2 - 5. 1 Switch off and unplug the DCP from the AC outlet and disconnect it from your Macintosh if you already connected an interface cable. 2 Turn on your Macinto...

39 A Click the Brother Laser icon you installed. On the right side of the Chooser, select the printer to which you want to print. Close the Chooser. The Brother Printer and Scanner drivers have been installed. B To install Presto! PageManager ® , click the Presto! PageManager ® icon and follow on th...

40 Installing the Driver & Software Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 2 - 5. 1 Switch off and unplug the DCP from the AC outlet and disconnect it from your Macintosh if you already connected an interface cable. 2 Turn on your Macinto...

41 A Open the Printer Center icon. B Click Add Printer.... C Select USB. D Select DCP-8020/8025D, and then click Add. E Select Quit Printer Center from the Printer Center menu. The Brother Printer driver and Scanner driver have been installed and the installation is now complete. F To install Presto...

42 Installing the Driver & Software Make sure that you have completed the instructions from Step 1 “Setting Up the Machine” on pages 2 - 5. 1 Make sure that the NC-9100h (Network Print/Fax Server) is installed into the DCP. (See Optional accessories in Chapter 15 of the User's Guide.) 2 Switch o...

45 A Open the Utilities folder. B Open the Print Center icon. C Click the Add Printer... button. D Select AppleTalk. E Select BRN_xxxxxx_P1 1 , and then click the Add button. 1 xxxxxx are the last six digits of the Ethernet address. F Select Quit Printer Center from the Printer Center menu. The setu...

47 The BRAdmin Professional software utility is designed to manage your Brother network connected devices such as network-ready printers and/or network-ready Multifunction devices in a Local Area Network (LAN) environment.BRAdmin Professional can also be used to manage devices from other manufacture...

49 The DCP has the following optional accessories. You can expand the capabilities of the DCP by adding these items. Options Lower Tray Unit DIMM Memory Network Print/Fax Server LT-5000 NC-9100h The second lower paper tray expands input capacity by up to an additional 250 sheets for a total input ca...