User manual BROTHER DCP-1200

[. . . ] , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , DCP 1200 , , , , , , , , , OWNER'S MANUAL ® If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: DCP 1200 ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ * The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this manual with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of a theft, fire or warranty service. Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd. , this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication. © 1996­1999 Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother Numbers Brother fax-back system Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. [. . . ] The installer automatically sets the printer port to the parallel interface, LPT1 (for Windows ® 3. 1x) and BRMFC (for Windows® 95/98) and BMFC (for Windows NT® Workstation 4. 0). During this installation, changes have been made to the SYSTEM. INI file. It is necessary to restart Windows ® so the changes become effective and the installed bi-directional parallel communications device driver can take effect. s s s IMPORTANT Please see the README. WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM (or floppy disk) for last-minute important installation and troubleshooting information. To uninstall PaperPort®, select Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add/ Remove Programs. Then select Visioneer PaperPort ® 6. 1 and click the Add/Remove button. 4 - 14 CONNECTING TO A PC For Apple ® New Power Macintosh ® G3 or iMacTM Using a USB Cable with Mac OS 8. 5/8. 6 The connection, installation and operation instructions are available on the bundled CD-ROM for your USB equipped Apple Macintosh or iMac with Mac OS 8. 5/8. 6. Before You Install the Brother Drivers 1 Make sure the copier/printer is working properly. 2 Unplug the Brother machine's AC power cord and turn off the AC power to your Macintosh or iMac. 3 Connect a standard USB cable to both the copier/printer and the Macintosh or iMac. Installing Brother Printer and Scanner Drivers 1 Turn on the power to your Macintosh G3 or iMac and Wait for the startup process to be completed. 2 Plug in the DCP power cord to turn it on. 3 Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM icon will appear on the desktop. 4 Double-click the Start Here icon in the CD-ROM's folder. The installer screen will appear: 5 Click Install DCP Printer Driver to begin the installation. 6 Click Install DCP Scanner Driver to begin the installation. CONNECTING TO A PC 4 - 15 7 After you have installed the Drivers, click View On-Line Documentation for operation instructions. Restart your Macintosh/iMac so it recognizes the new driver. To Access the On-Line Documentation After you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your model and operating system, click View On-Line Documentation for operation instructions. To Look For Software Updates at www. brother. com 1 Select your country and click Go!!3 Click Windows 3. 1/95/98/NT 4. 0. 4 Select the application or product category you want. 4 - 16 CONNECTING TO A PC 5 Printing Special Printing Features For Windows® Only: Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver and TrueTypeTM compatible fonts for Microsoft® Windows® 3. 1x, 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4. 0 are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your machine (see "Installing the Printer and Scanner Drivers" Chapter 4). You can install them easily into your Windows® system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows ® applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size. Popular Printer Emulation The machine supports HP LaserJet IIP printer emulation mode. If you use DOS application software, or Windows ® 3. 0 or earlier, you can use HP LaserJet IIP emulation mode for printer operations. (Use the Remote Printer Console program to set the printer emulation. ) Remote Printer Console Program for DOS The Brother CD-ROM supplied with your copier/printer includes the utility program Remote Printer Console (RPC). When you operate your computer in the Disk Operating System (DOS) environment, RPC lets you easily change the Brother machine's default settings (such as fonts, page setup, emulations, etc. ). RPC also provides a status monitor Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) program. It runs in the background and monitors the printer status as it reports the current status or errors on your PC screen. Bi-directional Parallel Interface The Brother machine's parallel interface enables it to send memory and printer setup information to the computer. Enhanced Memory Management The copier/printer has its own Data Compression Technology, which automatically compresses graphic data and downloads font data efficiently into the machine's memory. With the machine's standard memory, you can avoid memory errors and print most full-page, 600 dpi graphic and text data, including larger fonts. PRINTING 5-1 For Apple® New Power Macintosh® G3 or iMacTM Only: If you have an Apple New Power Macintosh G3 or iMac, you will use the Brother HL-1200/MFL Pro series printer driver. After you choose it with the Chooser, you can access the Brother printer driver from within your standard application software. Printing From Your PC Choosing Acceptable Paper We recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes and types of paper) on the machine before purchasing large quantities. s Avoid feeding labels with carrier sheets exposed, or your machine will be damaged. For optimum printing, use a recommend type of paper, especially plain paper and transparencies. For more information on paper specifications, consult your nearest authorized sales representative or the place where you purchased your machine. s s s s s Use label or transparencies that are designed for use in laser printers. If you are using special paper, and the paper has problems feeding from the paper cassette, try again using the manual feed slot. [. . . ] 45 seconds at 73. 4° F (23° C) 15 seconds (using Letter size paper in paper cassette) 120V AC 50/60Hz (Canadian Version Only) Operating (Copying); 850 W or less (25° C) Sleep Mode:14 W or less Stand by: 30 W or less (25° C) Operating: 50 dB A or less Stand by: 39 dB A or less Operating: 20 to 80% (without condensation) Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation) 19. 4 x 18. 0 x 16. 8 inches/(492 x 456 x 429 mm) 35. 2 lbs/(17 kg) Noise Humidity Dimensions Weight Printer Brother Printing System for Windows ® and emulation mode of HP LaserJet IIP (PCL level 4) Printer Driver Windows ® 3. 1x, Windows® 95/98 and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4. 0 driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode and bi-directional capability Interface Bi-directional parallel (IEEE-1284); USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Using Windows ® 98 Only: Memory Capacity 8 MB Print Method Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning Resolution 600 dots/inch Print Quality Normal printing mode Economy printing mode (saves up to 50% of the normal toner usage) Print Speed Up to 12 pages/minute (when loading letter size or A4 paper from paper cassette) Emulation 12 - 2 SPECIFICATIONS True Type Fonts on CD-ROM TrueType compatible soft-fonts for Windows ® are on the bundled CD-ROM. Resident Fonts The following bitmapped fonts are resident in the machine. Brougham 10 (12 point) upright/normal Brougham 12 (10 point) Letter Gothic 16. 66 (8. 5 point) upright/normal upright/normal (Portrait and Landscape are available for the above. ) Symbol Sets/Character Sets *HP mode · ISO14 JIS ASCII · Roman 8 · ISO57 Chinese · ISO Latin 1 · ISO11 Swedish (ECMA-94) · HP Spanish · ISO60 Norwegian 1 · ISO17 Spanish · ISO61 Norwegian 2 · ISO10 Swedish · ISO4 UK · ISO16 Portuguese · ISO25 French · ISO84 Portuguese · ISO69 French · ISO85 Spanish · HP German · PC-8 · ISO21 German · PC-8 D/N · ISO15 Italian · PC-8 Turkish · ISO6 ASCII · PC-850 · Legal · PC-852 · ISO2 IRV · PC-860 · PC-863 · PC-865 If you want to know which characters are in each symbol/character set, print the CHARSETS. PRN file from "The Print Form" option in the Direct Access Menu of the Remote Printer Console Program. SPECIFICATIONS 12 - 3 HP LaserJet IIP The following table shows characters available only in the corresponding character set. The numbers at the top of the table are code values with which characters are to be replaced in the Roman 8 character set. For other characters, see character set of Roman 8. 12 - 4 SPECIFICATIONS Interface Parallel Interface Interface Connector Printer Side: Amphenol FCN-685J036-L/X or equivalent A shielded cable should be used. Pin Assignment Pin No. [. . . ]