Brother DCP-J172W

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Table of Contents
(Basic User’s Guide)
1 General information 1
Using the documentation .......................................................................................1
Symbols and conventions used in the documentation ....................................1
Accessing Brother Utilities (Windows
®
8) ............................................................. 2
Accessing the Advanced User’s Guide and Software and
Network User’s Guide.........................................................................................2
Viewing User’s Guides ....................................................................................2
How to access Guides for Advanced Features......................................................4
Accessing Brother Support (Windows
®
)................................................................5
Accessing Brother Support (Macintosh) ................................................................ 5
Control panel overview ..........................................................................................6
1.8"(44.9 mm) Touchscreen LCD ....................................................................8
Basic Operations .............................................................................................8
Shortcut Settings ...................................................................................................9
Adding Shortcuts .............................................................................................9
Changing Shortcuts .......................................................................................10
Deleting Shortcuts .........................................................................................11
Using Shortcuts .............................................................................................11
Volume Settings...................................................................................................11
Beep Volume .................................................................................................11
Touchscreen LCD ................................................................................................12
Setting the backlight brightness..................................................................... 12
2 Loading paper 13
Loading paper and other print media...................................................................13
Loading envelopes ........................................................................................15
Unprintable area ............................................................................................17
Paper settings......................................................................................................18
Paper Type ....................................................................................................18
Paper Size .....................................................................................................18
Acceptable paper and other print media..............................................................19
Recommended print media ...........................................................................19
Handling and using print media .....................................................................19
Choosing the right print media.......................................................................21
3 Loading documents 22
How to load documents .......................................................................................22
Using the scanner glass ................................................................................22
Unscannable area .........................................................................................23