Brother MFC-5840CN User Guide
1 - 2 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
Choosing the right type of paper
To get high quality printing using your machine, it is very important to
select the right type of paper. Be sure to read About paper in the
User’s Guide before you select and purchase paper for the machine.
select the right type of paper. Be sure to read About paper in the
User’s Guide before you select and purchase paper for the machine.
Printing a document
When the machine 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.
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 connected to any other printers, select
Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model
name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings
menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin
printing. (Windows
Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model
name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings
menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin
printing. (Windows
®
only)
2
Your computer sends the data to the machine.
The LCD shows Receiving Data.
3
When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows
the date and time.
the date and time.
If your application software does not support your custom paper size,
select the next larger paper size.
select the next larger paper size.
Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in
your application software.
your application software.
For Macintosh
®
You can select the paper size, and orientation in your
application software.
application software.