Brother Intellifax 4100 E Manual

							S - 2   FAX
Fax
* Using standard 17 lb to 24 lb paper.
**“Pages” refers to the “Brother Standard Chart No.1” with MMR Coding 
System and Standard Resolution.
***“Pages” refers to the “Brother Standard Chart No.1” with JBIG Coding 
System and Standard Resolution.
Specifications and printed materials are subject to change without prior notice. CompatibilityITU-T Group 3
Coding SystemMH/MR/MMR (FAX-4100e)
MH/MR/MMR/JBIG (FAX-4750e, FAX-5750e)
Modem Speed33600/31200/28800/26400/24000/19200/16800/14400/
12000/9600/7200/4800/2400
Automatic Fallback:
Document Input Width5.8 inches to 8.5 inches (148 mm to 216 mm)
Document Input Length3.9 inches to 14.1 inches (100 mm to 360 mm)
Printing Width8.2 inches (208 mm)
Scanning Width8.15 inches (207 mm)
Automatic Document
Feeder (ADF)Up to 30 pages*
With Conditions: Up to 50 pages*
Paper Cassette250 sheets (20 lb)
Gray Scale64 levels
Polling TypesStandard or Sequential
Contrast ControlAutomatic/Super Light/Super Dark 
(Manual setting using control panel keys)
Resolution• Horizontal
• Vertical203 dot/inch (8 dot/mm)
Standard—98 line/inch (3.85 line/mm)
Fine, Photo—196 line/inch (7.7 line/mm)
Superfine, Photo—392 line/inch (15.4 line/mm)
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)16 characters × 2 Lines
One Touch dial32 stations
Speed Dial100 stations (FAX-4100e)
200 stations (FAX-4750e, FAX-5750e)
Broadcasting
Up to 182 locations; Up to 6 Groups  (FAX-4100e)
Up to 282 locations; Up to 6 Groups 
(FAX-4750e, FAX-5750e)
Memory TransmissionUp to 400 pages**
Up to 500 pages***
Automatic Redial3 times at 5 minute intervals
Out of Paper Reception
Up to 500 pages** (FAX-4100e)
Up to 600 pages***  (FAX-4750e, FAX-5750e)
Speaker TypeMonitor
Auto Answer0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 rings 
						

							SCANNER (NOT AVAILABLE FOR FAX-4100E. OPTION FOR FAX-4750E. STANDARD FOR 5750E.)   S - 3
Scanner (Not available for FAX-4100e. 
Option for FAX-4750e. Standard for 5750e.)
  
Consumable Items
Toner cartridge Life Expectancy:
Up to 6,000 pages/high yield toner cartridges
Up to 3,000 pages/standard toner cartridges
(when printing letter size or A4 paper at 5% print coverage)
Electrical and Environment
Scanner operations are not available for FAX-4100e.
Download the Scanner Driver for FAX-4750e from: 
http://solutions.brother.com
TWAIN CompliantYes
Document SizeADF Width: 5.8 to 8.5 (148 mm to 216 mm)
ADF Length: 3.9 to 14.1 (100 mm to 360 mm)
ResolutionUp to 9,600 × 9,600 (interpolated)
Up to    300 × 600 (optical)
Scanning/Printing Width8.15 inches (208 mm)
Automatic Document 
Feeder (ADF)Up to 30 pages*
With Conditions: Up to 50 pages*
Gray Scale256 levels
Toner life expectancy will vary depending upon the type of average print job.
Drum Unit Life Expectancy: up to 20,000 pages
There are many factors that determine the actual drum life, such as temperature, 
humidity, type of paper, toner you use and number of pages per print job.
TemperatureOperating 50 - 90.5° F (10 - 32.5° C)
Storage 32 - 104° F (0 - 40° C)
HumidityOperating: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Storage: 20 to 80% (without condensation)
Warm-UpMax. 25 seconds at 73.4° F (23° C)
First Print15 seconds (using Letter size paper in paper 
cassette)
Power Source120V AC 50/60Hz (USA and Canadian Version 
Only) 
						

							S - 4   PRINTER
Printer
Power ConsumptionAverage Operating (Copying): 350 W (25° C)
Peak: 940 W
Sleep Mode: 10 W or less
Stand by: 70 W or less (25° C)
NoiseOperating: 53 dB A or less
Stand by: 30 dB A or less
DimensionsFAX-4100e and FAX-4750e:
17.1 × 17.4 × 12.7 inches (435 × 442 × 323 mm)
FAX-5750e:
17.1 × 17.4 × 17 inches (435 × 442 × 432 mm)
WeightFAX-4100e and FAX-4750e:
26.4 lbs/(12.0kg) (Without Carton)
FAX-5750e:
34.3 lbs/(15.5 kg) (Without Carton)
Emulation
All models
FAX-5750eBrother Printing System for Windows
® 
PCL 5e (Emulation mode of HP LaserJet 5P)
Printer DriverWindows
® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP and 
Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver 
supporting Brother Native Compression mode 
and bi-directional capability
Apple
® Macintosh® QuickDraw® Driver for 
OS 8.5-9.2/OS X v.10/10.1
InterfaceBi-directional parallel (IEEE-1284); 
USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1
Print MethodElectrophotography by semiconductor laser 
beam scanning
Resolution600 dots/inch
Print QualityNormal printing mode
Economy printing mode (saves up to 50% of the 
normal toner usage)
Print SpeedUp to 15 pages/minute (when loading letter size 
paper from paper cassette)
Output Tray Paper Capacity150 sheets
Manual Feed SlotCustom size paper (2.75” × 5 to 8.5” × 14”)
Envelopes (DL, C5, Com10, Monarch)
Handles these Paper 
Sizes and TypesLetter, Legal, A4, B5, A5, Executive, OHP
Envelopes, Labels, Organizer 
						

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TrueType Fonts on CD-ROM
35 TrueType compatible soft-fonts for Windows® on the bundled CD-ROM.
(Available only for FAX-5750e.)
Computer Requirements
Processor 
Minimum SpeedMinimum 
RAMRecommended 
RAMAvailable Hard 
Disk Space Minimum System Requirements
Computer Platform 
& Operating System Version
95, 98, 98SE
Me
NT
® Workstation 4.0
2000 Professional
XP
1
OS 8.5 – 8.51 (Printing Only)
OS 8.6 – 9.2 
(Printing and Scanning)
Mac OS X v.10/10.1 (Printing Only) 
2
Windows® 
Operating 
Systems
Apple
® 
Macintosh®Operating 
Systems3
Pentium 75MHz
Pentium 150MHz
Pentium 75MHz
Pentium 133MHz
Pentium 233MHz24MB
32MB
64MB
All base models meet minimun requirements32MB
64MB
128MB50MB
50MB
NOTE: USB is not supported under Windows
® 95 or Windows NT® 4.0
All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. 
1Printer Driver and Scanner Driver can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com2Printer Driver can be downloaded from http://solutions.brother.com3Third party USB ports are not supported. 
						

							S - 6   PRINTER
Parallel Interface Specifications
Interface Connector Printer Side: Amphenol FCN-685J036-L/X or equivalent
A shielded cable should be used.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Specifications
Pin Assignment
Pin No. Signal Direction Pin No. Signal Direction
1
DATA STROBEInput 19 0V(S.G.) -
2 DATA 1 Input 20 0V(S.G.) -
3 DATA 2 Input 21 0V(S.G.) -
4 DATA 3 Input 22 0V(S.G.) -
5 DATA 4 Input 23 0V(S.G.) -
6 DATA 5 Input 24 0V(S.G.) -
7 DATA 6 Input 25 0V(S.G.) -
8 DATA 7 Input 26 0V(S.G.) -
9 DATA 8 Input 27 0V(S.G.) -
10 ACKNLG Output 28 0V(S.G.) -
11 BUSY Output 29 0V(S.G.) -
12 PE Output 30 0V(S.G.) -
13 SLCT Output 31
INPUT PRIMEInput
14 AUTO FEED Input 32 FAULT Output
15 N.C. - 33 N.C. -
16 0V (S.G.) - 34 N.C. -
17 0V (S.G.) - 35 N.C. -
18 +5V - 36 SLCT IN Input
Pin Assignment
Pin No. Signal
1 Vol (+5V)
2 - Data Serial Data -
3 + Data Serial Data +
4 Ground 
						

							PRINTER   S - 7
Resident Fonts (For FAX-5750e Only)
The following bitmapped fonts are resident in the machine.
Brougham 10 (12 point) upright/normal
Brougham 12 (10 point) upright/normal
Letter Gothic 16.66 (8.5 point) upright/normal
(Portrait and Landscape are available for the above.)
Symbol Sets/Character Sets
*HP mode
• ISO14 JIS ASCII• Roman 8
• ISO57 Chinese• ISO Latin 1
• ISO11 Swedish (ECMA-94)
• HP Spanish• ISO60 Norwegian 1
• ISO17 Spanish• ISO61 Norwegian 2
• ISO10 Swedish• ISO4 UK
• ISO16 Portuguese• ISO25 French
• ISO84 Portuguese• ISO69 French
• ISO85 Spanish• HP German
• PC-8• ISO21 German
• PC-8 D/N• ISO15 Italian
• PC-8 Turkish• ISO6 ASCII
• PC-850• Legal
• PC-852• ISO2 IRV
• PC-860• PC-863
• PC-865
If you want to know which characters are in each symbol/character set, print the 
CHARSETS.PRN file from “The Print Form” option in the Direct Access 
Menu of the Remote Printer Console Program. 
						

							S - 8   PRINTER
The following table shows characters available only in the corresponding 
character set. The numbers at the top of the table are code values with which 
characters are to be replaced in the Roman 8 character set. For other characters, 
see character set of Roman 8. 
						

							INDEX   I - 1
Index
A
access codes for dialing, storing   7-7
accessories and supplies   ii
ADF (automatic document feeder)   6-1
assembly   2-3
document tray   2-4
document wire   2-4
drum unit   2-3
grounded three-prong plug   2-9
handset   2-9
loading paper   2-7
power cord   2-9
telephone line code   2-9
Toner Cartridge   2-3
automatic
dialing   7-5
fax receive   5-1
fax redial   6-2
transmission   6-2
automatic fax receive   5-1
B
Backup Print   9-3
Broadcasting   7-6
setting up Groups for   7-3
Brother
accessories and supplies   ii
Brother numbers   i
Brother Solutions Center   i
Customer Service   i
fax back system   ii
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)   i
on the World Wide Web   i
product Support   i
Test Sheet, sending   1-2
warranties
Canada   vi
Notice-Disclaimer of Warranties   iii
USA   iv,   v
C
Caller ID   8-3
canceling
fax forwarding   9-1,   9-5,   9-6
fax jobs in memory   5-8
jobs awaiting redial   6-4
paging   9-5
cleaning (routine maintenance)
drum unit   13-19
printer   13-18
scanner   13-18
computer requirements   S-5
Connecting
external answering machine   2-10
external telephone   2-10
control panel keys   1-3
converting telephone wall outlets   2-12
copy
contrast   11-4,   11-8
default settings   11-7
enlarging   11-3
keys   11-1
multiple   11-1
photographs   11-4,   11-7
quality   13-12
reducing   11-3
scannable area   11-1
single   11-1
sorting   11-5
temporary settings   11-2
using ADF   6-1
cover page
composing   6-6
custom comments   6-7
for all faxes   6-8
for next fax only   6-7
printed form   6-8
credit card numbers, storing   7-7
custom telephone features   2-14,   13-8
Customer Service   i 
						

							I - 2   INDEX
D
date and time, setting   4-2
dialing
access codes   7-7
automatic fax redial   6-2
credit card numbers   7-7
fax redial   7-7
Groups   7-6
manually   7-4
mode (for Canada)   4-8
One Touch numbers   7-5
Search   7-4
Speed Dial numbers   7-5
drum unit
checking life remaining   13-24
installing   2-3
replacing   13-23
Dual Access   6-3
E
ECM (Error Correction Mode)   1-6
emergency numbers   14-1
entering text   4-4
error messages on LCD   13-1
CHECK PAPER   13-1
COMM. ERROR   13-1
NOT REGISTERED   13-2
OUT OF MEMORY   13-2
extension telephones, using   5-5
external answering machine   2-11
external telephone connecting   2-10
F
fax
codes
Fax Receive Code   5-5
Remote Retrieval Access Code   9-4
Telephone Answer Code   5-5
Fax Forwarding
changing remotely   9-5,   9-6
programming a number   9-1
setting up at machine   9-1fax receive   5-1
Fax Storage
printing from   5-6
setting   9-3
fax, stand-alone
receiving   5-1
difficulties   13-6
erasing from memory   9-5
forwarding   9-1,   9-5
polling   5-7
printing from memory   5-6
reducing to fit on paper   5-3
retrieving from a remote site   9-6
sending   6-5
automatic fax redial   6-2
automatic transmission   6-2
Broadcasting   7-6
canceling jobs in memory   6-4
contrast   6-5
delayed   6-10
from memory (Dual Access)   6-3
in real time   6-3
manual transmission   6-2
overseas   6-9
polling   6-11
resolution   6-5
timer for delayed sending   6-9
using multiple settings   6-2
FAX/TEL mode   5-1,   5-2
answering at extension phones   5-5
double-ringing (voice calls)   5-2
Easy Receive   5-3
FAX Receive Code   5-5
receiving faxes   5-5
Setting F/T Ring Time   5-2
Setting Ring Delay   5-2
Telephone Answer Code   5-5
FCC Notices   14-1
G
Groups
dialing   7-6 
						

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J
jacks
converting telephone wall outlets   2-12
EXT. jack on machine
TAD (answering machine)   2-10
EXT. jack on machine external telephone 
  2-10
triplex adapter   2-12
L
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)   3-1
M
maintenance, routine   13-18
manual
mode   5-1
sending   6-2
manual feed slot   2-6
Memory Security   5-6
Menu mode
programming at a glance   3-1
Menu table   3-3
O
One Touch numbers
accessing with Shift key   7-1
changing   7-2
dialing   7-5
listing   10-2
storing   7-1
optional accessories   12-1
memory   12-1
Network LAN board   12-4
Paper Cassette #2   12-4
P
packing list   2-1
Paging, programming a number   9-2
paper
casssette   2-8
jams   13-4
loading   2-7size   2-6,   4-1
specifications   S-2
phone line
connection   2-9
difficulties   13-7,   13-8
multi-line (PBX)   2-14
roll-over lines   2-12
two-line system   2-12,   2-13
polling
receiving   5-7
sending   6-11
sequential receiving   5-8
power
cord   2-9
electrical outlet   2-9
failure   4-7
Print
density   5-4
difficulties   13-10
envelopes   2-6
quality   13-12,   13-13,   13-14
resolution   S-4
Specifications   S-4
Speed   S-4
printer
cleaning   13-18
jam   13-4
R
Real Time Transmission   6-3
Receive Mode   5-1
FAX   5-1
FAX/TEL   5-1
MANUAL   5-1
TAD, external   2-10,   5-1
redial   6-2,   7-7
remote fax options   9-1
Remote Retrieval   9-4
access code, using   9-4
commands   9-5
getting your faxes   9-6
reports   10-1
HELP (programming at-a-glance)   10-2