Chapter 1
2
Accessing Brother 
Utilities (Windows
®
 8) 1
If you are using a tablet running Windows
®
 8, 
you can make your selections either by 
tapping the screen or by clicking with your 
mouse.
After the printer driver is installed, the 
 (Brother Utilities) appears on both 
the Start screen and the desktop.
a Tap or click Brother Utilities either on 
the Start screen or the desktop.
 
b Select your machine.
 
c Choose the function you want to use.
Accessing the 
Software User’s Guide 1
This User’s Guide does not contain all the 
information about the machine such as how 
to use the advanced features for Printer, 
Scanner and PC-Fax
1
. When you are ready 
to learn detailed information about these 
operations, read the Software User’s Guide 
that is on the installer CD-ROM for Windows
®
 
users. 
Macintosh users can read the 
Software User’s Guide by downloading it 
from the Brother Solutions Center 
(http://solutions.brother.com/
).
1
MFC-1810, MFC-1811 and MFC-1815
Viewing Documentation 1
Viewing Documentation (Windows
®
) 1
(Windows
®
 7/Windows Vista
®
/Windows
®
 
XP)
To view the documentation, from the   
(Start)  menu, select All Programs, Brother, 
MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX (where XXXX is 
your model name) from the programs list, and 
then choose User’s Guides.
(Windows
®
 8)
Click  (Brother Utilities), and then 
click the drop-down list and select your model 
name (if not already selected). Click Support 
in the left navigation bar, and then click 
User’s Guides.
If you have not installed the software, you can 
find the documentation on the installer 
CD-ROM by following the instructions below: