Brother International IntelliFax-2840 driver and firmware
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Basic Users Guide - English - Page 3
... your Fax Machine/Multi-Function Center needs. You can download the latest software and utilities and read FAQs and troubleshooting tips to learn how to get the most from your Brother product.
http://solutions.brother.com/
Note
You can check here for Brother driver updates. To keep your machine's performance up to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 6
... these instructions for Printing, Scanning, Remote Setup, PC-Fax and using the Brother ControlCenter utility.
Where is it? Printed / In the Box
Printed / In the Box
Printed / In the Box
(For FAX-2840 and FAX-2940) PDF file / Documentation CD-ROM / In the Box (For MFC-7240) PDF file / Installer CD-ROM / In the Box PDF file / Installer CD-ROM / In the Box
Download optional software...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 16
... User's Guide can be viewed from the Help selection in the Presto! PageManager application.
Accessing Brother Support (Windows®) (MFC-7240 only)
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You can find all the contacts you will need, such as Web support (Brother Solutions Center), Customer Service and Brother Authorized Service Centers in Brother numbers uu page i and on the Installer CD-ROM. Click Brother Support on the...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 43
... connected and turned on. (For details, see Software User's Guide: PC-FAX receiving.)
• If your machine has a problem and is unable to print faxes in memory, you can use this setting to transfer your faxes to a PC. (For details, see Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal report uu page 74.)
• PC-Fax Receive is not supported in Mac OS.
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Basic Users Guide - English - Page 58
... machine can receive data from your computer and print it. To print from a computer, install the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Printing for Windows® or Printing and Faxing for Macintosh in Software User's Guide for details about the print settings.)
a Install the Brother printer driver from the
Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick Setup Guide.)
b From your application, choose the Print...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 59
...Setup Guide: Install MFL-Pro Suite.)
Note
(For FAX-2940) You can download the scanner driver without the Brother ControlCenter from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/. Please note that FAX-2940 does not support the scanning function for Mac OS X 10.5.8 users.
Scanning a document as a PDF file using ControlCenter4 (Windows®)
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(For detailed information, see Software...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 101
..., click File, Select Source and choose the Brother TWAIN driver.
Mac OS X 10.6.x and 10.7.x users can also scan documents using the ICA Scanner Driver.
See Software User's Guide: Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x).
Try increasing the scanning resolution.
(Macintosh users) Make sure you have downloaded and installed Presto! PageManager from http://nj.newsoft.com.tw...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 102
... MFC-7240).)
If this problem occurs when making copies or printing received faxes, turn off Toner Save in the machine menu settings. (See Advanced User's Guide: Toner Save.)
(For MFC-7240) Uncheck Toner Save Mode in the Advanced tab in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Advanced tab.)
Adjust the Print Density by pressing...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 105
... appropriate media type in the printer driver (for MFC-7240) or in the machine's Paper Type menu setting. (See Acceptable paper and other print media
uu page 16 and (for MFC-7240) Software User's Guide: Basic tab.)
Ghost
(For MFC-7240) Choose Reduce Ghosting mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Improve Print Output.)
Put...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 111
... on the left and right hand sides are in the up position.
Poor fixing
(For MFC-7240) Choose Improve Toner Fixing mode in the printer driver. (See Software User's Guide: Other Print Options (for Windows®) or Print Settings (For Macintosh).) If this selection does not provide enough improvement, select Thicker Paper in Media Type...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 131
... dpi scanning with the WIA driver in Windows® XP, Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 (resolution up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be chosen by using the scanner utility)
Note
(FAX-2940 only) You can download the scanner driver from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/.
Please note that FAX-2940 does not support the scanning function for Mac OS...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 133
...7240) D
Minimum System Requirements and Supported PC Software Functions
Computer Platform & Processor
Operating System Minimum
Version
Speed
Minimum RAM
Recommended Hard Disk Space
RAM
to install
For
For
Drivers Applications
Supported PC Software Functions
Supported PC Interface 2
Windows® Operating System
Windows® XP Home 1 4 Windows® XP Professional 1
4
Intel®...
Advanced Users Guide - English - Page 2
... tips.
Learn more advanced operations: Fax, Copy, security features, printing reports and performing routine maintenance.
Follow these instructions for Printing, Scanning, Remote Setup, PC-Fax and using the Brother ControlCenter utility.
Where is it? Printed / In the Box
Printed / In the Box
Printed / In the Box
(For FAX-2840 and FAX-2940) PDF file / Documentation CD-ROM / In the Box (For MFC...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 2
... For FAX-2840 users: You can download printer drivers and Remote Setup from the Brother Solutions Center. For FAX-2940 users: You can download printer drivers, scanner drivers, PC-FAX Software and Remote Setup from the Brother Solutions Center. (Note that FAX-2940 does not support scanning using Mac OS X 10.5.8. Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x users can use the ICA driver for scanning.)
Windows...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 9
... this section are from Windows® XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
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operating system.
Using the Brother printer driver 2
A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into the format needed by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. The printer drivers are available from the download page for your...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 14
Printing
Accessing the printer driver settings
a (For Windows® XP)
Click Start, and then Printers and Faxes. (For Windows Vista®) Click the button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers. (For Windows® 7)
Click the button and then click Devices and Printers.
b (For Windows® XP and Windows Vista®)
Right-click the Brother FAX-XXXX Printer icon (where XXXX is ...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 32
... to get immediate notification of error messages such as paper empty or paper jam.
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You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/FAX-XXXX on your PC. (Windows® 7) If you have set the Enable Status Monitor...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 78
...does not support the scan function. Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x users can use the ICA driver for scanning.
Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x)
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You can scan a document using the ICA driver. If you installed available drivers and software from the
download page for your machine in the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/), the ICA
driver has been...
Software Users Manual - English - Page 83
... Version
Processor Minimum Speed
Minimum RAM
Recommended RAM
Hard Disk Space to install
For
For
Drivers Applications
Supported PC Software Functions
Windows® Operating System
Windows® XP Home 1 Windows® XP Professional
1
Intel® Pentium® II or equivalent
128 MB
256 MB
150 MB
500 MB
Printing, PC-Fax Send 3, Scanning 4
Supported PC Interface 2
USB
Windows...
Quick Setup Guide - Page 13
Other Information
Download optional software
You can download a printer driver, a scanner driver (FAX-2940 only 1) and PC-Fax Send software (FAX-2940 only) for free from the Brother Solutions Center, enabling you to use your Brother Fax machine as a printer or a scanner (FAX-2940 only 1), or send faxes from your computer (FAX-2940 only). Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
1 Not for Mac OS ...