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USER’S GUIDE
DCP-9040CN
DCP-9042CDN
Version 0
USA/CAN
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: DCP-9040CN and DCP-9042CDN (circle your model number) 1 Serial Number: Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: 1 The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this User’s Guid
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Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be made from within that country. Register your product By registering your product with Brother International Corporation, you will be recorded as the original owner of the product. Your registration with Brother: may serve as confirmation of the purchase date of your product should you lose your receipt; may support an insurance claim by you in the event of product loss covere
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Ordering accessories and supplies For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, which are available at most Brother retailers. If you cannot find the accessory you need and you have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express credit card, you can order accessories directly from Brother. (You can visit us online for a complete selection of the Brother accessories and supplies that are available for purchase.) Note In Canada only Visa and MasterCard are accepted. In
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Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada) BROTHER’S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER’S LICENSOR) MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE SOFTWARE. BROTHER’S LICENSOR(S) DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRE
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® Brother Color Laser One-Year On-Site Limited Warranty (USA only) Who is covered: What is NOT covered: This limited warranty (“warranty”) is given This warranty does not cover: only to the original end-user/retail 1 Physical damage to this Product; purchaser (referred to in this warranty as 2 Damage caused by improper installation, “Original Purchaser”) of the accompanying improper or abnormal use, misuse, neglect product, consumables and accessories or accident (including but not limited t
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® Brother Color Laser One-Year On-Site Limited Warranty (USA only) What Brother will do: Limitations: If the problem reported concerning your Brother is not responsible for damage to or Machine and/or accompanying Consumable loss of any equipment, media, programs or and Accessory Items is covered by this data related to the use of this Product. warranty and if you first reported the problem Except for the repair as described above, to Brother or an Authorized Service Center Brother shall not
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® BROTHER LASER PRINTER / MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX ON-SITE WARRANTY (Canada only) For a limited on-site warranty of 1 year labour and parts from the date of purchase, Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. (“Brother”), or its authorized on-site service providers, will repair or replace (at Brother’s sole discretion) this Laser Printer/MFC/Fax machine free of charge if defective in material or workmanship. This warranty applies only to products purchased and used in Canada. This limi
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Table of Contents Section I General 1 General information 2 Using the documentation....................................................................................... 2 Symbols and conventions used in the documentation .................................... 2 Accessing the User’s Guides.................................................................................2 Viewing documentation ................................................................................... 3 ® Accessing Brother
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Section II Copy 4 Making copies 26 How to copy .........................................................................................................26 LCD display for Copy mode...........................................................................26 Making a single copy .....................................................................................26 Making multiple copies ..................................................................................26 Stop copying.............
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BOption 46 Option ..................................................................................................................46 Memory board......................................................................................................47 Installing extra memory .................................................................................47 C Troubleshooting and routine maintenance 49 Troubleshooting................................................................................
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E Specifications 142 General..............................................................................................................142 Print media.........................................................................................................143 Copy ..................................................................................................................144 Scan...............................................................................................................
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Section I General I General information 2 Loading paper and documents 9 General setup 21
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General information 1 1 Using the Accessing the User’s documentation 1 Guides 1 Thank you for buying a Brother machine! This User’s Guide does not contain all the Reading the documentation will help you information about your machine. The make the most of your machine. advanced features of the Printer, Network and Scanner are explained in the Software and Network User’s Guides that you can find Symbols and conventions on the CD-ROM. used in the documentation 1 The following symbols and co
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General information e Click the documentation you want to Viewing documentation 1 read: 1 HTML documents (3 manuals): ® Viewing documentation (Windows ) 1 HTML User’s Guide for stand-alone operations, Software User’s Guide To view the documentation, from the Start and Network User’s Guide. menu, point to Brother, DCP-9040CN or DCP-9042CDN from the program group, and This format is recommended for then click User’s Guides in HTML format. viewing on your computer. If you have not installe
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Chapter 1 ® Viewing documentation (Macintosh ) 1 How to find scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you can scan ® a Turn on your Macintosh . documents. You can find the instructions as Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled follows: ® Macintosh into your CD-ROM drive. Software User's Guide: 1 b The following window will appear. Scanning in Chapter 9 Using ControlCenter2 in Chapter 10 Network Scanning in Chapter 11 ® ® Presto! PageManager User's Guide:1 Instructions for scanning dire
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General information Accessing Brother support 1 ® (for Windows ) 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 on page i and on the Brother CD-ROM. Click Brother Support on the main menu. The following screen will appear: To access our web site (http://www.brother.com/) click Brother Home Page. To view all Brother Numbers, including Customer Service numbers f
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Chapter 1 Control panel overview 1 DCP-9040CN and DCP-9042CDN have the same control keys. 12 34 6 5 1 Copy keys: OK Options Lets you store your settings in the machine. Lets you temporarily change multiple copy settings. d or c Enlarge/Reduce Press to scroll backwards or forwards through menu selections. Reduces or enlarges copies. a or b 2 LCD Press to scroll through the menus and Displays messages to help you set up and options. use your machine. 5 Print keys: 3 Data LED Secure The LED
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General information 1 78 9 7 Numeric keys Use to enter text. 8 Stop/Exit Stops an operation or exits from a menu. 9 Start: Color Lets you start making copies in full color. Black Lets you start making copies in black & white. 7
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Chapter 1 Data LED indications 1 The Data LED (light emitting diode) will flash and turn on or off depending on the machine’s status. LED LED Status Machine Status Description LED is off. Ready Mode The power switch is off or there is no print data in the machine. LED is on. Data Remaining in Memory Print data remains in the machine memory. LED is blinking. Receiving Data The machine is either receiving data from the computer, processing data in memory, or print data. 8
