COMMENTS

easy to use, but getting info for using the scanner is challenging, it's ok. Great product, very good machine seems to have lasted a long time with no breakdowns, great printer. I've been using this fax/copy/printer machine for the last 4 years, and i've been pretty satisfied using it. , works well but lost the manual. It prints globss of black ink. when i think i have solved the problem, it starts leaving globes of black ink on the print paper again when printing., it keeps putting globs of ink on the pages. i think i fix it, then it happens again., excellent product; reliable., excellent printer for the small office.

overall it is a good machine., a good machine, sturdy, good value. Just started with it, autofeed is problematic after very many documents, i love it. i just need to know how to scan a legal size document.
. Very good printer
, long lasting all-in-one printer i've had.. Good. presto page manager sucks!, i like it but it seems to go through toner really fast. now the drum needs to be replaced, have to find out how to do that., how do i scan?, great machine.

greta little printer and easy to use, excellent little laser printer, with a scanner thrown in as a bonus.. Not bad, not user friendly, this is a fine machine but the drum needs to be replaced too soon. One of the best tech products ever!, it's ok. Good machine!, its good, it goes through drums rather quickly, like it.

its ok, why would i be here if it worked. Ok machine although scanning is very slow, just now starting to use - no opinion yet, scanning instructions would be nice.. Fair quality for light use, advanced features are not well documented. Good all in one
Manual abstract: user guide BROTHER MFC-7420
Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE
DCP-7020 MFC-7220 MFC-7225N MFC-7420 MFC-7820N
Version A
Table of Contents
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Using the machine as a printer
Using the Brother printer driver ...............................................................................1-1 How to print your document.....................................................................................1-1 Printing from the manual feed slot......................................................................1-2 Manual Duplex Printing ......................................................................................1-3 Simultaneous printing and faxing ............................................................................1-3 Printer operation key ...............................................................................................1-3 Job Cancel .........................................................................................................1-3 Popular Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)...........1-4 Printing the Internal Font List .............................................................................1-4 Printing the Print Configuration List....................................................................1-5 Restoring default settings...................................................................................1-5 Printer driver settings (For Windows®) ....................................................................1-6 How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®) ......................................1-6 Features in the PCL printer driver (For Windows®) .................................................1-7 Basic tab.............................................................................................................1-7 Advanced tab .....................................................................................................1-9 Print Quality......................................................................................................1-10 Duplex ..............................................................................................................1-11 Watermark........................................................................................................1-12 Page Setting.....................................................................................................1-13 Device Options .................................................................................................1-13 Support tab.......................................................................................................1-17 Features in the PS (PostScript®) Brother printer driver (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) (For Windows®).........................................1-18 Ports tab ...........................................................................................................1-18 Layout tab.........................................................................................................1-19 Paper / Quality tab............................................................................................1-19 Advanced Options ............................................................................................1-19 Status Monitor (Windows® only)............................................................................1-20 How to turn on the status monitor ....................................................................1-20 Monitoring and viewing the machine's status...................................................1-20
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How to scan using Windows®
Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows® XP only)...........................2-2 WIA compliant ....................................................................................................2-2 How to access the scanner ................................................................................2-2 Scanning a document into the PC (For MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) ...............2-3 Scanning a document into the PC (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only)..............................................2-4 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................2-7
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TWAIN compliant ...............................................................................................2-7 How to access the Scanner................................................................................2-7 Scanning a document into the PC......................................................................2-8 Settings in the Scanner window .......................................................................2-10 Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)..........................................2-13 Scan to E-mail ..................................................................................................2-13 Scan to Image ..................................................................................................2-14 Scan to OCR ....................................................................................................2-14 Scan to File ......................................................................................................2-14 Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR ..................................2-15 Viewing items ...................................................................................................2-16 Organizing your items in folders.......................................................................2-16 Quick links to other applications.......................................................................2-17 ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit...................................................................................................2-17 Importing items from other applications ...........................................................2-17 Exporting items in other formats.......................................................................2-18 How to Uninstall PaperPort® 9.0SE and ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR ............2-18
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Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows®)
ControlCenter2.0 .....................................................................................................3-1 How to turn off the AutoLoad feature in ControlCenter2.0 .................................3-2 SCAN .................................................................................................................3-2 CUSTOM SCAN.................................................................................................3-2 COPY .................................................................................................................3-3 PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)................................................................3-3 DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020)...............................................3-3 SCAN.......................................................................................................................3-4 Image (example: Microsoft Paint).......................................................................3-4 OCR (Word Processing program) ......................................................................3-5 E-mail .................................................................................................................3-5 File attachments .................................................................................................3-6 File......................................................................................................................3-6 CUSTOM SCAN ......................................................................................................3-7 Customizing a user-defined button.....................................................................3-8 COPY ....................................................................................................................3-11 PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)...................................................................3-12 Send .................................................................................................................3-12 Receive / View Received..................................................................................3-12 Address Book ...................................................................................................3-13 Setup ................................................................................................................3-13 DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020) ..................................................3-14 Remote Setup ..................................................................................................3-14 Quick-Dial.........................................................................................................3-14
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Using MFC Remote Setup (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020)
MFC Remote Setup.................................................................................................4-1
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Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020)
PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................5-1 Setting up user information ................................................................................5-1 Sending setup ....................................................................................................5-2 User interface .....................................................................................................5-3 Address Book .....................................................................................................5-4 Setting up a Cover Page ....................................................................................5-5 Entering Cover Page Information .......................................................................5-5 Speed-Dial setup .....................................................................................................5-6 Brother Address Book ........................................................................................5-6 Setting up a Member in the Address Book.........................................................5-7 Setting up a Group for Broadcasting ..................................................................5-7 Editing Member information ...............................................................................5-7 Deleting a Member or Group..............................................................................5-8 Exporting the Address Book...............................................................................5-8 Importing to the Address Book ...........................................................................5-9 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface...............5-10 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface...................5-11 Setting up PC-FAX receiving.................................................................................5-12 Running PC-FAX Receiving .............................................................................5-12 Setting up your PC ...........................................................................................5-12 Viewing new PC-FAX messages......................................................................5-13
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Network Scanning (For Windows®) (MFC-7225N, MFC-7820N or models with the optional NC-2200w Only)
Network License.................................................................................................6-1 Registering your PC with the machine for scanning...........................................6-1 Using the Scan key..................................................................................................6-3 Scan to E-mail ....................................................................................................6-3 Scan to Image ....................................................................................................6-4 Scan to OCR ......................................................................................................6-5 Scan to File ........................................................................................................6-6
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Using your machine with a Macintosh®
Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®.................................................7-1 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) ...........7-2 Choosing page setup options.............................................................................7-2 Specific settings .................................................................................................7-3 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2).............................................................. ...