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PRODUCT REVIEW 

 

 

BROTHER MFC9650 & NC-8000 PRODUCT OVERVIEW, PAGE 1

 

Brother MFC9650 Series 

Product Overview 

 
PRODUCT OVERVIEW FOR THE BROTHER MFC9650 MULTI FUNCTION CENTRE  
 

This document is designed to explain in greater detail some of the more sophisticated / unique 
features that are included with the MFC9650. This document is split into different sections FAX, 
PRINTER, SCANNER, COPIER and PC FAX, additionally, features of the optional NC-8000 
Network Interface Card. For convenience, the first section gives a brief overview of the 
MFC9650’s stronger features; it is followed by a more in-depth discussion of the features listed 
in the first section. First section text is placed in a box, for example: 
 
 

1. 600dpi Printing

 This is followed by a second section (a more detailed explanation) which is 

underlined: 

1. 600dpi printing 

 

MFC9650 Images

 

 

 

 
 
 
Brother MFC9650 Multi Function Centre 

 

Brother MFC9650 with optional lower cassette 
(LT-400). 
 
The bypass try is so that letter headed, different 
coloured paper, etc. can be easily fed. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for MFC9650 Series

Page 1: ...y features of the optional NC 8000 Network Interface Card For convenience the first section gives a brief overview of the MFC9650 s stronger features it is followed by a more in depth discussion of the features listed in the first section First section text is placed in a box for example 1 600dpi Printing This is followed by a second section a more detailed explanation which is underlined 1 600dpi...

Page 2: ...tibility throughout the telecommunications industry This recommendation is named the T 37 Recommendation and incorporates some fascinating new features regarding Local Area Network LAN and Internet development Few can equal the Brother MFC9650 for speed quality features and Network connectivity creating a one stop communication centre for all your needs MFC9650 Features 1 PLAIN PAPER FAX 2 LASER P...

Page 3: ...cess memory can process different jobs at the same time allowing you to send and receive faxes at the same time You can also print documents while the machine is printing documents 4 Memory Reception An excellent feature that ensures important communications are never lost when the MFC9650 is out of paper or consumables require replacing the MFC9650 cleverly receives documents into memory to be pr...

Page 4: ...ast to the Group by simply selecting the relevant One Touch Key 3 Dual Access Memory There is 4MB on board Random Access Memory RAM that cleverly allows the MFC9650 to simultaneously send or receive faxes or scan while printing a document When the MFC9650 is printing a document from the PC it pauses the print job and prints out the received fax and then resumes printing the document The fax sendin...

Page 5: ... the MFC9650 produces exceptional print quality at up to 12ppm 2 Platform Support and Emulation Support The MFC9650 printer is compliant with all popular Windows environments including Windows 3 1x Windows 95 98 and Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 In addition to Brother s own Printer drivers a LaserjetIIP driver can be used from DOS applications Also included is Remote Printing Console a utility p...

Page 6: ...ets to 500 sheets 5 Technical Support The MFC9650 and NC 8000 discussed in this guide have various levels and methods of product support and technical support 6 Printer Driver The MFC9650 is supplied with Brother s own dedicated Printer Driver and True Type Fonts for Windows 95 98 and Windows NT4 There is alternate Emulation support with HPLaserjetllP for printing in DOS mode A utility program Rem...

Page 7: ...s have run out Incoming FAX MFC Memory Flash ROM is further upgradable by the optional ME2050 2MB or ME4050 4MB This option is simple to install and offers a total Flash memory capability of 6MB or the equivalent to 380 pages out of paper reception 8 Additional Software When the optional NC 8000 is purchased additional LPR software is supplied Peer to Peer printing software Our peer to peer printi...

Page 8: ...0 Emulation PCL4 Resident Fonts 24 Bitmap PCL4 Comp Fonts Disk Based Yes 35 TrueType Paper Handling Size LTR A4 B5 A5 EXE Multi Purpose Tray Custom Size 2 75x5 8 5x14 Envelop DL C5 CM10 Mona Printer Driver Win3 1x 9x and NT4 0 Driver With Auto Installer Program Utility Software Yes Remote Printer Console for PCL4 Toner Life High Yield 6 000 pages Toner Life Standard 3 000 pages Drum Life TBD Up to...

Page 9: ...all the driver from a Microsoft NT 4 based server A USB Universal Serial Bus interface is included as standard for additional support in a Windows 98 Environment The USB is an easy no hassle way to connect your MFC9650 to your PC offering Plug and Play capabilities and making the whole process automatic 3 Network Control and Support The MFC9650 gains advanced TCP IP network capabilities when the o...

Page 10: ...Type for Manual Pass Letter Legal A4 B5 Executive Envelopes Transparencies Laser label sheets Custom Size 2 75 x 5 to 8 5 x 14 5 Technical Support Included with MFC9650 is a comprehensive User Guide which contains all setup procedures troubleshooting information and regular maintenance guide In addition to this there is information regarding printer driver updates and firmware updates on Brother s...

Page 11: ...per Traditionally the only way to do this would be by buying an optional duplex unit and then letting the duplex unit take care of the paper handling printing on both sides of the paper Brother s MFC9650 Multi Function Centre tackle this problem in a unique way When manual duplexing is enabled within the printer driver the printer will print the pages in a particular order Going back to our 10 pag...

Page 12: ...u will be prompted to re insert the paper again and this time the printer will print the odd pages Figure 3 Manual Duplex Second Dialog Two in One Printing Two in one printing is a useful feature that allows multi page documents to be scaled down to individual pages On the MFC9650 a 2 in 1 printing mode can be enabled a 2 page document is scaled down to fit on one single A4 Letter sized page ...

Page 13: ...erstand that not all users on a network access a file server many smaller networks use Microsoft s built in network capabilities for file sharing However those users who wish to access a printer over a network will encounter a problem when trying to access a printer which is connected to the network using the same Ethernet cabling and hub that are being used by the other PCs in the network To make...

Page 14: ...tion setting There are two ways to make multiple copies on your MFC9650 You can select whether all the copied documents will be stacked all copies of page 1 then all copies of page 2 etc or whether the documents will be sorted collated 2 Zoom The MFC9650 supports an enlargement and reduction facility for the documents you wish to copy 3 Automatic Document Feeder The automatic document feeder allow...

Page 15: ...e set accordingly There is a separate button for photographic quality copying Sorting increases the use of the MFC9650 s memory as all the whole document is scanned into memory before copying 2 Zoom With the MFC9650 it is possible to Enlarge or Reduce the copied image to suit your needs The documents can be increased or reduced from 50 of the original upto 200 in increments of 1 3 Automatic Docume...

Page 16: ...1200 x 1200dpi producing finely detailed high quality images 2 OCR Software Included Included with the MFC9650 is a software utility that contains Optical Character Recognition using Scansoft Textbridge software Scanned text images can be converted into a ready to use editable format 3 Compatibility Ease of use from a Twain Compatible product ...

Page 17: ...uments apart from the smallest text documents Documents to be converted by the OCR Optical Character Recognition are best scanned at 300x300dpi and black and white selected 2 Optical Character Recognition OCR option included in the TWAIN complaint driver is a very useful software utility that allows you to scan text documents and convert them via OCR back to text Therefore reducing the need to ret...

Page 18: ...software that is included as standard Now you can send a fax from any application directly from your PC This feature improves transmission times and the legibility of the transmitted fax 2 PC Fax Receive This feature lets you receive all incoming faxes directly to your PC allowing central administration of all incoming faxes Faxes can be read before printing or forwarded to other fax machines 3 Ad...

Page 19: ...he application converts the data to fax data and starts the Uni Message Pro software Here the user just enters the fax number and the document is transmitted directly to the receiving fax machine Direct PC faxing also improves transmission times by upto 20 and there is an increase in the quality of the transmitted image 2 PC Fax Receive This efficient feature allows the MFC9650 to direct all incom...

Page 20: ...ments to be transmitted over the LAN or the Internet to other Internet Fax machines 3 Scan to E mail Network Scanner Transmit your documents as e mail attachments to other users on your LAN or the Internet The ITU T T 37 Simple Mode recommendation supports Tiff f file attachments that can be viewed with the Imaging software included with Windows 95 98 and NT4 or the Tiff f viewer supplied on the N...

Page 21: ...includes Brother s own Network Management tool BRAdmin32 This allows all Fax Printer and Network functions to be configured via an explorer style window 7 Relay Broadcasting Relay Broadcasting is similar to the Fax function Broadcast but Relay Broadcasting allows you to transmit the first part of the broadcast over an IP network and the second part of the Broadcast over conventional analogue land ...

Page 22: ...solution 200x100 200x200 204x97 204x194dpi Coding System MH Width 1728 dot Fax Forward Paging Some Brother models may not support this feature Refer to the Operations Manual for your Brother model to verify if this feature is available Internet FAX Relay E mail Relay Broadcast Relay Computer Requirements for drivers BRAdmin32 Peer to Peer software etc CPU Pentium 75 or Higher RAM 8MB or greater 16...

Page 23: ...ion are not required The documents are converted into a Tiff f file format at a default resolution of 200x100dpi and transmitted across the LAN or the Internet to another Fax Machine with Internet Capability ITU T T 37 The receiving Fax must support Network connectivity and the ITU T T 37 Simple Mode recommendation 3 Network Scanner Scan to E mail Another advantage of the optional NC 8000 and func...

Page 24: ...agement Manage the printer using your favourite web browser No special Brother software is necessary as the built in network solution of the printer acts as a min web server Allowing Windows and non Windows users alike to manage their MFC Figure 4 MFC9650 Homepage Figure 5 Fax Settings ...

Page 25: ...ter settings in an easy to use Explorer style user interface Figure 5 Actual BRAdmin32 Screenshot showing the MFC9650 NC 8000 BRAdmin32 Brother s 32 bit Windows management application allows system administrators to view the status of their networked Brother printers To configure a networked printer simply launch the BRAdmin32 application When your printer appears you will be able to configure pri...

Page 26: ... status simply launch the BRAdmin32 software and select the Control option and View Status option Each Brother network ready model is supported by BRAdmin32 Brother MFC9650 in Sleep mode ready to print a document MFC9650 no Paper in the paper cassette MFC9650 with Front Cover open ...

Page 27: ...he addressing scheme of your network is simplicity itself simply select the Setup Unconfigured Devices option in BRAdmin32 after Search Active device action and enter the IP address that you wish to use For those people in a DHCP or BOOTP environment the printer will automatically retrieve an IP address providing your server is configured correctly Launch Local Web Server For those printers that o...

Page 28: ...ernet LAN Internet FAX G3 FAX G3 TX G3 TX G3 TX E Mail G3 TX G3 TX G3 TX Mfc brother usa com Mfc brother uk com From the illustration above we can send an e mail from any user connected to the LAN across the Internet which is then relayed to upto 48 different G3 fax machines In order to stop unauthorised relaying of messages the Internet fax machine that is to relay the information needs to be con...

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