Brother DCP-8250DN Assembly instructions

Advanced User’s Guide

DCP-8250DN

Version 0

UK/IRE

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Product Safety

Guide

Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety

Instructions before you set up your machine.

See this Guide for trademarks and legal

limitations.

Printed / In the box

Quick Setup Guide Follow the instructions for setting up your

machine and installing the drivers and

software for the operating system and

connection type you are using.

Printed / In the box

Basic User's Guide Learn the basic Copy, Scan and Direct Print

operations and how to replace

consumables. See troubleshooting tips.

PDF file / Installer CD-ROM /

In the box

Advanced User's

Guide

Learn more advanced operations: Copy,

security features, printing reports and

performing routine maintenance.

PDF file / Installer CD-ROM /

In the box

Software User's

Guide

Follow these instructions for Printing,

Scanning, Network Scanning and using the

Brother ControlCenter utility.

PDF file / Installer CD-ROM /

In the box

Network User's

Guide

This Guide provides useful information

about wired network settings and security

settings using the Brother machine. You can

also find supported protocol information for

your machine and detailed troubleshooting

tips.

PDF file / Installer CD-ROM /

In the box

Google Cloud Print

Guide

This Guide provides details on how to

configure your Brother machine to a Google

account and use Google Cloud Print

services for printing over the Internet from

devices using Gmail™ for mobile, GOOGLE

DOCS™ for mobile and applications for the

Chrome OS.

PDF file / Brother Solutions

Center 2

Mobile Print/Scan

Guide for Brother

iPrint&Scan

This Guide provides useful information

about printing JPEG and PDF 1files from

your mobile device and scanning from your

Brother machine to your mobile device when

connected on a Wi-Fi network.

PDF file / Brother Solutions

Center 2

Web Connect Guide This Guide provides details about how to

configure and use your Brother machine to

scan, load and view images and files on

certain websites that provide these services.

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Center 2

Table of Contents

1 General Setup 1

Memory storage.....................................................................................................1

Automatic Daylight Saving Time............................................................................ 1

Ecology features.................................................................................................... 2

Toner Save ...................................................................................................... 2

Sleep Time ...................................................................................................... 2

Deep Sleep mode............................................................................................ 3

Power Down mode .......................................................................................... 3

Quiet mode feature................................................................................................4

Quiet mode ...................................................................................................... 4

LCD screen............................................................................................................4

Setting the backlight brightness....................................................................... 4

Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight ........................................................... 4

2 Security features 5

Secure Function Lock 2.0......................................................................................5

Setting and changing the Administrator Password.......................................... 6

Setting up and changing the Public user mode ...............................................7

Setting up and changing restricted users ........................................................7

Turning Secure Function Lock on/off...............................................................9

Switching Users.............................................................................................10

Setting Lock.........................................................................................................11

Setting up the password ................................................................................11

Changing your Setting Lock password ..........................................................12

Turning Setting Lock on/off............................................................................12

3 Using Address Book 13

Additional ways to store numbers........................................................................13

Setting up Groups for Broadcasting ..............................................................13

Options for Setting Up Groups ......................................................................15

Changing Group E-mail addresses ...............................................................16

Deleting Group numbers ............................................................................... 17

4 Printing reports 18

Reports ................................................................................................................18

How to print a report ......................................................................................18

iii

5 Making copies 19

Copy settings .......................................................................................................19

Stop copying..................................................................................................19

Improving copy quality ...................................................................................19

Enlarging or reducing the image copied ........................................................20

Duplex (2-sided) Copying ..............................................................................21

Tray selection ................................................................................................22

Adjusting Brightness and Contrast ................................................................22

Sorting copies................................................................................................23

Making N in 1 copies (page layout) ...............................................................23

2 in 1 ID Copy................................................................................................25

Setting your changes as the new default.......................................................26

Restoring all copy settings to the factory settings .........................................26

Setting your favourites ...................................................................................26

A Routine maintenance 28

Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................28

Checking the Page Counters.........................................................................29

Checking the remaining life of parts ..............................................................29

Replacing periodic maintenance parts.................................................................30

Packing and shipping the machine ......................................................................31

BOptions 34

Optional paper tray (LT-5400) .............................................................................34

Memory board......................................................................................................34

SO-DIMM Types ............................................................................................34

Installing extra memory .................................................................................35

C Glossary 37

D Index 38

Memory storage 1

Your menu settings are stored permanently,

and in the event of a power failure will not be

lost. Temporary settings (for example,

Contrast) will be lost. Also, during a power

failure the machine will retain the date and

time for up to 60 hours.

Automatic Daylight

Saving Time 1

You can set the machine to change

automatically for Daylight Saving Time. It will

set itself forward one hour in the Spring, and

back one hour in the Autumn.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

Initial Setup.

Press Initial Setup.

cPress Date&Time.

dPress Auto Daylight.

ePress On or Off.

fPress Stop/Exit.

General Setup 1

Chapter 1

Ecology features 1

Toner Save 1

You can save toner using this feature. When

you set Toner Save to On, prints appear

lighter. The default setting is Off.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Ecology.

Press Ecology.

dPress Toner Save.

ePress On or Off.

fPress Stop/Exit.

Note

We do not recommend Toner Save for

printing Photo or Greyscale images.

Sleep Time 1

The Sleep mode setting can reduce power

consumption. When the machine is in Sleep

mode (Power Save mode) it acts as though it

is turned off. The machine will wake up and

start printing when it receives a print job.

You can choose how long the machine must

be idle before it goes into Sleep mode.

The timer will restart if any operation is

carried out on the machine, such as receiving

a print job or making a copy. The default

setting is 3 minutes.

When the machine goes into Sleep mode, the

LCD backlight turns off.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Ecology.

Press Ecology.

dPress Sleep Time.

eUsing the dial pad on the Touchscreen,

enter the length of time (0-90 minutes)

the machine will remain idle before

entering Sleep mode.

Press OK.

fPress Stop/Exit.

General Setup

Deep Sleep mode 1

If the machine is in Sleep mode and does not

receive any jobs for a certain length of time,

the machine will go into Deep Sleep mode

automatically. Deep Sleep mode uses less

power than Sleep mode. The machine will

wake up when it receives a print job.

When the machine is in Deep Sleep mode,

the LCD backlight is Off and the Home key is

dimmed.

If the machine has secure print data it will not

enter Deep Sleep mode.

Power Down mode 1

If the machine is in Deep Sleep mode for

4 hours, it will then go into Power Down mode

automatically and the Home key will

illuminate pale green. Power Down mode is

the lowest power consumption mode, which

achieves a power consumption of

approximately 0.45 W. To wake up the

machine, press the Touchscreen.

You can enable or disable the Power Down

mode feature by following these steps:

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Ecology

Press Ecology.

dPress Auto Powerdown.

ePress On or Off.

fPress Stop/Exit

Note

The machine does not go into Power

Down mode when the machine is

connected to a wired network or has

secure print data in the memory.

Chapter 1

Quiet mode feature 1

Quiet mode 1

The Quiet mode setting can reduce noise

while printing. When Quiet Mode is turned On,

the print speed becomes slower. The default

setting is Off.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Quiet Mode.

Press Quiet Mode.

dPress On or Off.

ePress Stop/Exit.

LCD screen 1

Setting the backlight

brightness 1

You can adjust the brightness of the LCD

backlight. If you are having difficulty reading

the LCD, try changing the brightness setting.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display LCD Settings.

Press LCD Settings.

dPress Backlight.

ePress Light, Med or Dark.

fPress Stop/Exit.

Setting the Dim Timer for the

backlight 1

You can set how long the LCD backlight stays

on after you go back to the Ready screen.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display LCD Settings.

Press LCD Settings.

dPress Dim Timer.

ePress 10 Secs, 20 Secs, 30 Secs or

Off.

fPress Stop/Exit.

Secure Function Lock 2.0

Secure Function Lock lets you restrict Public

access to the following machine functions:

Copy

Scan 1

Direct Print

Print 2

Page Limit 3

Web Connect

1Scan includes scan jobs sent via Brother

iPrint&Scan.

2Print includes print jobs via Google Cloud Print and

Brother iPrint&Scan.

3Page Limit is configured using Web Based

Management.

This feature also prevents users from

changing the default settings of the machine

by limiting access to the user-defined Menu

settings.

Before using the security features you must

first enter an administrator password.

Access to restricted operations can be

enabled by creating a restricted user.

Restricted users must enter a password to

use the machine.

Make a careful note of your password. If you

forget it, you will have to reset the password

stored in the machine. For information about

how to reset the password call Brother

Customer Service.

Note

• Secure Function Lock can be set manually

at the control panel, or by using Web

Based Management or BRAdmin

Professional 3 (Windows®only). We

recommend using Web Based

Management or BRAdmin Professional 3

(Windows®only) to configure this feature.

(uu Network User's Guide)

• Only administrators can set limitations

and make changes for each user.

Security features 2

Chapter 2

Setting and changing the

Administrator Password 2

Setting up the password 2

The password you set in these steps is for the

administrator. This password is used to set

up users and to turn the Secure Function

Lock on or off. (See Setting up and changing

restricted users uu page 7 and Turning

Secure Function Lock on/off uu page 9.)

Note

Make a careful note of the administrator

password. If you enter the wrong

password, the LCD will show

Wrong Password. Re-enter the correct

password. If you forget it, please call your

Brother dealer for service.

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Security.

Press Security.

dPress Function Lock.

eEnter a four-digit number for the

password by pressing the buttons on the

Touchscreen.

Press OK.

fRe-enter the password when the LCD

shows Verify:.

Press OK.

gPress Stop/Exit.

Changing the password 2

aPress Menu.

bPress aor bto display

General Setup.

Press General Setup.

cPress aor bto display Security.

Press Security.

dPress Function Lock.

ePress Set Password.

fEnter the registered four-digit password

by pressing the buttons on the

Touchscreen.

Press OK.

gEnter a four-digit number for the new

password by pressing the buttons on the

Touchscreen.

Press OK.

hRe-enter the password when the LCD

shows Verify:.

Press OK.

iPress Stop/Exit.

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