Brother International MFC-7240 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
... 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 from the Brother...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 14
... Fax, Copy, Printer 1, Scanner 1 and PC-Fax 1. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, read the Advanced User's Guide and Software User's Guide 1, that are on the Documentation CD-ROM or the Installer CDROM.
1 For MFC-7240
Viewing Documentation (For FAX-2840 and FAX-2940)
1
a Turn on your computer. Insert the
Documentation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. For Windows...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 15
... language, then click Copy to local disk.
1 Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or greater.
Viewing Documentation (For MFC-7240)
1
Viewing Documentation (Windows®) 1
To view the documentation, from the Start menu, select All Programs, Brother, MFCXXXX (where XXXX is your model name) from the programs group, and then choose User's Guides.
If you have not installed the software, you can...
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)
1
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
6 Using PC-FAX (For MFC-7240) 6
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(FAX-2940 only) You can download PC-FAX Send software from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/.
PC-Fax Receive (For Windows® only)
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If you turn on the PC-Fax Receive feature your machine will store received faxes in memory and send them to your PC automatically. You can then use your PC to...
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
...(MFC-7240 only) 11
Before scanning 11
To use the machine as a scanner, install a scanner driver. Install the scanner drivers from the Installer CD-ROM. (See Quick 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...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 86
... PC (For MFC-7240)
B
You can transfer the faxes from your machine's memory to your PC.
a Make sure that you have installed
MFL-Pro Suite on your PC, and then turn on PC-Fax Receiving on the PC. (For details about PC-Fax Receive, see Software User's Guide: PC-FAX receiving.)
b Make sure that you have set PC Fax Receive on the...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 100
... and your computer. (See Quick Setup Guide.)
Check that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen.
Check to see if the LCD is showing an error message. (See Error and maintenance messages uu page 69.)
Check that the machine is online: (Windows® 7) Click the Start button and Devices and Printers. Right-click Brother MFC-XXXX Printer and click...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 101
... 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/download/brother/PM9SEInstaller_BR_multilang.dmg
Software difficulties (For MFC-7240)
Difficulties Cannot install software or print...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 102
... media uu page 16 and Software User's Guide: Basic tab (For 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...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 105
... you choose the 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 in a new toner...
Basic Users Guide - English - Page 111
... envelope levers 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
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Computer requirements (For MFC-7240) D
Minimum System Requirements and Supported PC Software Functions
Computer Platform & Processor
Operating System Minimum
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Windows® Operating System
Windows® XP Home 1 4 Windows...
Advanced Users Guide - English - Page 2
...'s Guide (MFC-7240 only)
What's in it?
Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety Instructions before you set up your machine. See this Guide for trademarks and legal limitations.
Follow the instructions for setting up your machine and installing the drivers and software for the operating system (MFC7240 only) and connection type you are using.
Learn the basic Fax, Copy and Scan (MFC-7240 only...
Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 13
...; Macintosh USB
18 Choose your Operating System
These installation instructions are for Windows® XP Home/Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, and Mac OS X (versions 10.5.8, 10.6.x, 10.7.x).
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• You can visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/ where you can get product support, the latest driver updates and...
Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 14
...system.
Note
The installer CD-ROM includes Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE. This software supports Windows® XP (SP3 or greater), XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or greater), Windows Vista® (SP2 or greater) and Windows® 7. Update to the latest Windows® Service Pack before installing MFL-Pro Suite.
b Turn off the machine and make sure the USB interface cable is NOT connected...
Quick Setup Guide - English - Page 15
.../All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX (where MFCXXXX is your model name).
• Depending on your security settings, a Windows® Security or antivirus software window may appear when using the machine or its software. Please allow or permit the window to continue.
Finish The installation is now complete.
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