Brother DCP-T420W User Manual

Table of Contents
Before You Use Your Machine ............................................................................................................. 1
Definitions of Notes ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Trademarks .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Important Notes.............................................................................................................................................. 4
Introduction to Your Machine............................................................................................................... 5
Before Using Your Machine ........................................................................................................................... 6
Control Panel Overview ................................................................................................................................. 7
LED Patterns and Indications ........................................................................................................................ 9
Access Brother Utilities (Windows) .............................................................................................................. 10
Uninstall the Brother Software and Drivers (Windows) ...................................................................... 11
USB Port Location on Your Brother Machine ............................................................................................... 12
Paper Handling.................................................................................................................................... 13
Load Paper................................................................................................................................................... 14
Load Paper in the Paper Tray ............................................................................................................ 15
Load Paper in the Manual Feed Slot.................................................................................................. 28
Unprintable Area ................................................................................................................................ 31
Paper Settings.................................................................................................................................... 32
Acceptable Paper and Other Print Media........................................................................................... 34
Load Documents .......................................................................................................................................... 41
Load Documents on the Scanner Glass ............................................................................................ 42
Unscannable Area.............................................................................................................................. 43
Print ...................................................................................................................................................... 44
Print from Your Computer (Windows)........................................................................................................... 45
Print a Photo (Windows)..................................................................................................................... 46
Print a Document (Windows).............................................................................................................. 47
Cancel a Print Job (Windows) ............................................................................................................ 48
Print More Than One Page on a Single Sheet of Paper (N in 1) (Windows)...................................... 49
Print as a Poster (Windows)............................................................................................................... 50
Print on Both Sides of the Paper Manually (Manual 2-sided Printing) (Windows) ............................. 51
Print as a Booklet Manually (Windows).............................................................................................. 54
Print a Colour Document in Greyscale (Windows) ............................................................................. 56
Prevent Smudged Printouts and Paper Jams (Windows) .................................................................. 57
Use a Preset Print Profile (Windows) ................................................................................................. 58
Change the Default Print Settings (Windows) .................................................................................... 61
Print Settings (Windows) .................................................................................................................... 62
Print Using Brother iPrint&Scan (Windows/Mac) ......................................................................................... 66
Print Photos or Documents Using Brother iPrint&Scan (Windows/Mac)............................................ 67
Print More Than One Page on a Single Sheet of Paper Using Brother iPrint&Scan (N in 1)
(Windows) .......................................................................................................................................... 69
Print a Colour Document in Greyscale Using Brother iPrint&Scan (Windows/Mac) .......................... 70
Print an Email Attachment............................................................................................................................ 71
Scan...................................................................................................................................................... 72
Scan Using the Buttons on Your Brother Machine....................................................................................... 73
Scan Using the Buttons on Your Brother Machine ............................................................................. 74
Scan to an Editable Text File Using OCR........................................................................................... 77
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Brother DCP-T420W Specifications

General

Duplex printing	Yes
Print technology	Inkjet
Maximum resolution	6000 x 1200 DPI
Duplex printing mode	Manual
Time to first page (black, normal)	10 s
Print speed (black, draft quality, A4/US Letter)	28 ppm
Print speed (color, draft quality, A4/US Letter)	11 ppm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	16 ppm
Print speed (color, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	9 ppm
Envelopes sizes	C5, Com-10, DL, Monarch
Maximum print size	216 x 356 mm
Paper tray media types	-
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5, A6
Photo paper sizes (imperial)	3.5x5, 4x6, 5x7, 5x8 \
Borderless printing media sizes	Letter
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Ethernet LAN	No
Wi-Fi standards	802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Mobile printing technologies	Apple AirPrint, Brother iPrint & Scan, Mopria Print Service
Copier resize	25 - 400 %
Maximum copy resolution	1800 x 1200 DPI
Maximum number of copies	99 copies
N-in-1 copy function (N=)	2, 4
Copy speed (black, normal quality, A4)	8 cpm
Copy speed (color, normal quality, A4)	3 cpm
Internal memory	64 MB
Scan to	E-mail, Image, OCR
Scanner type	Flatbed scanner
Input color depth	30 bit
Maximum scan area	216 x 297 mm
Output color depth	24 bit
Input grayscale depth	10 bit
Output grayscale depth	8 bit
Maximum scan resolution	19200 x 19200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution	2400 x 1200 DPI
Optical scanning resolution (black)	2400 x 1200 ppi
Display	LED
Control type	Buttons
Product color	Gray
Market positioning	Home & office
Power consumption (average operating)	- W
Mac operating systems supported	Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
Server operating systems supported	Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Windows operating systems supported	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Printing colors	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Maximum duty cycle	2500 pages per month
Recommended duty cycle	50 - 1000 pages per month
Number of print cartridges	4
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Package depth	470 mm
Package width	505 mm
Package height	218 mm
Package weight	7480 g
Total input capacity	150 sheets
Total output capacity	50 sheets
Total number of input trays	1
Cables included	USB
Included cartridge capacity (CMY)	3 pages
Included cartridge capacity (black)	1 pages

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	359 mm
Width	435 mm
Height	159 mm
Weight	6400 g