Introduction

The Brother FAX-4100e is a high-performance laser fax machine that was intended specifically for use in businesses that are small to medium in size. By virtue of its extensive capabilities, which include high-speed faxing, laser printing, and copying capabilities, it guarantees effective communication and administration of documents. Because of its user-friendly interface, high-quality output, and numerous connectivity choices, the FAX-4100e is an excellent option for businesses that are looking for fax solutions that are dependable and effective. The Brother FAX-4100e driver ensures a smooth integration with your computer, which guarantees that the device will function without any hiccups and that all of its functions will be utilized to their maximum potential.

Detailed Specifications

The Brother FAX-4100e is equipped with a 35-page automated document feeder (ADF), a paper capacity of 250 sheets, and a multi-purpose tray that can hold up to 50 sheets. The printer has a maximum printing speed of 23 pages per minute (ppm) for black and white documents, and 20 ppm for color documents. The device is compatible with both conventional and wireless connections, such as Ethernet, USB, and Wi-Fi Direct. The printer has a maximum resolution of 6000 x 1200 dpi for color printing and 1200 x 1200 dpi for black printing.

Printer Driver Settings 

(For Windows Only)

Using the Brother FAX-4100/4100e Printer Driver

A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by a particular printer. A driver uses a printer command language or page description language. The latest printer driver can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com.

Features in the Printer Driver

The screens shown in this section are from FAX-4750e Windows® 98. The screens on your PC may vary depending on your Windows® Operating System. For more detailed information, please see the on-line Help in the printer driver. You can also change settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the tab screen.

Basic Tab

1. Select the Paper size, Multiple Page, and Orientation.
2. Select the number of Copies and Media Type.
3. Select Paper Source, First Page, and Other Pages.

Paper Size
From the drop-down box, select the Paper Size you are using.

Multiple Page
The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page, allowing multiple pages to be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.

Border Line
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature, you can select to have a solid border, dash border, or no border around each page on the sheet.

Orientation
Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape).

Copies
The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.

Collate
The collate selection is active if more than one copy is selected. With the collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the collate check box is not selected, then each page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page in the document is printed.

Media Type
You can use the following types of media in your printer. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use.

• Plain Paper
• Thin Paper
• Thick Paper
• Thicker Paper
• Bond Paper
• Transparencies

When using ordinary plain paper, select Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper, envelopes, or rough paper, select Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, select Bond Paper, and for OHP transparencies, select Transparencies.

Advanced Tab

Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons:

1. Print Quality
2. Duplex Printing
3. Watermark
4. Page Setting
5. Device Option

Print Quality

• Resolution: You can change the resolution as follows: 300 dpi or 600 dpi.
• Toner Save: You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, which reduces the print density.
• Print Setting (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Only): Print Setting is used for optimizing your print quality for the type of document being printed (Photos, Graphics, or Scanned Images). When you choose Auto (Recommended), the printer automatically prints with the most suitable print settings. With the Print Setting set to Manual, you can change the Brightness, Contrast, and Graphics Quality options manually.

Duplex Printing
Choosing the Duplex Printing icon displays the Manual Duplex features available.

• Manual Duplex: Check the Manual Duplex box, and there are six types of duplex directions available for each orientation. In this mode, the MFC prints all the even-numbered pages first. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to reinstall the paper. When you click OK, the odd-numbered pages are printed.
• Binding Offset: Check the Binding Offset option, and you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm].

Watermark
You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark by using a bitmap file as your source file or select one of the preset Watermarks.

• Print Watermark: The Print Watermark feature offers printing choices of:
  • On all pages
  • On first page only
  • From second page
  • Custom
• In Background: With the In Background feature checked, the Watermark will print behind your document on the page. If this feature is not checked, then the Watermark will print on top of your document.
• Watermark Text: Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box and select the Font, Size, Darkness, and Style.

• Watermark Bitmap: Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box or Browse for the file location. You can also set the scaling size of the image.

  

• Position: The position settings offer controls on where the Watermark can be positioned on the page.

Page Setting
You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature.

1. Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen.
2. Check Fit to Paper Size if your document has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper.

3. Check the Free box if you want to reduce or enlarge the output.

   

You can also use the Mirror or Reverse Print feature for your page setting.

Device Options
Set one of the following Printer Functions:

Quick Print Setup

Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Only)

Print Date & Time

• Quick Print Setup: The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options section.

  

• Administrator (For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Only): The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling, and Watermark features to be locked and password protected. 

  

  Record your password and keep it in a safe place for future reference. If you forget your password, these settings cannot be accessed.

• Print Date & Time
  When enabled, the Print Date and Time feature will automatically print the date and time from your computer's system clock on your document. 

  

  Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time Format, Position, and Font. To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque. When Opaque is selected, you can set the Darkness of the Date and Time background by changing the percentage.

Note: The Date and Time indicated in the selection box represents the format that will be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is automatically retrieved from the settings of your computer.

Accessories Tab

The Accessories Tab includes the settings for configuring the printer driver for what size paper is being used for each paper source. This tab also installs any additional options into the driver settings.

• Paper Source Setting
  To configure the paper size for each paper source, highlight the source from the Paper Source Setting list. Select the Paper Size from the pull-down box and click Update. (The Paper Source Setting is used when selecting Auto Select in the Basic Tab.)

• Default Source
  The Default Source allows you to choose which paper source will be used when the paper size of the document being sent does not match the Paper Source Settings.

  

• Available Options
  In order to access the optional 2nd paper tray, the option must be installed in the driver. Highlight the model number from the Available Options list and click Add. The optional tray will then be listed in the Installed box, Paper Source Setting list, and the screen illustration will display the 2nd tray.

  

Support

The Support Tab provides driver version information and setting information. In addition, there are links to the Brother Solution Center and Driver Update websites.

• Brother Solutions Center
  The Brother Solutions Center is a website offering information about your Brother product, including FAQs, User Guides, Driver updates, and Tips for using your machine.

• Check Setting
  The Check Setting selection displays a list of your current driver's settings.

  

Description

For frequent printing and scanning jobs, go no farther than the Brother FAX-4100e, a powerful all-in-one printer. Its multi-purpose tray lets you print on a wide range of media kinds and sizes, and its automated document feeder makes scanning multi-page documents a breeze. You may print from any location with your smartphone or tablet thanks to the machine's built-in wireless capabilities and mobile printing features.

Features in the Printer Driver 

(For Windows 2000)

The Windows 2000 printer driver utilizes Microsoft’s uni-driver architecture. The following section describes the driver features and selections available for Windows® 2000.

General Tab

Printing Preferences
In the General tab, click the Printing Preferences... button to access the Layout tab.

Layout Tab

1. Orientation: Select the Orientation, which is how your document will be positioned on the paper (Portrait or Landscape).

   

2. 2Pages Per Sheet: You can select 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 pages to be printed on one sheet of paper. The image of each page will be reduced as needed to fit on the paper.

   

Paper/Quality Tab

1. Paper Source: Possible paper sources are: Automatically Select, Auto, Upper Paper Tray, Lower Paper Tray (optional cassette #2), and Manual Feed Slot. When “Automatically Select” is chosen, the machine will automatically choose the cassette with the appropriate size of paper.

   Note: The paper size for each paper source must be set in the Device Settings tab for the Automatically Select feature to work properly. The “Auto” option is for machines that can automatically detect the size of paper that is loaded in the paper source; Auto is not active for your machine.

2. Media: For the best print quality, select the type of media you are using:
   • Regular
   • Thick Paper
   • Thicker Paper
   • Transparency

When using ordinary plain paper, select Regular. When using heavier weight paper, envelopes, or rough paper, select Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For OHP transparencies, select Transparency.

Advanced Options

Click the Advanced... button in the Paper/Quality tab to access the screen below:

1. Paper/Output
   • Paper Size: Select the paper size of the document you are printing. This size should be the same as the paper size that is set in your application software.
   • Copy Count: Type the number of copies you want.
2. Graphic
   • Print Quality: You can change the resolution as follows: 600 × 600 dots per inch or 300 × 300 dots per inch.
3. Document Options
   • Advanced Printing Features: You can Enable or Disable Advanced Printing Features from this selection. If you disable it, Page Order, Pages Per Sheet, Copy, and Collate will be disabled.
   • Halftoning: This selection is for changing the dither pattern to achieve the best print results when printing graphics. The choices are as follows:
     • Auto Select
     • Super Cell
     • Dither 6 × 6
     • Dither 8 × 8

Device Settings Tab

• Form To Tray Assignment: This selection assigns the paper size to each paper source. For auto paper selection (Automatically Select) to work properly, the paper size set for each source must match the actual size of paper loaded. The available options are:
  • A4
  • A5
  • B5 (JIS)
  • Executive
  • Legal
  • Letter
• Installable Options
  • Printer Memory: If you installed optional memory in your machine, you must select the correct size of total memory in the machine for the driver to access the additional memory.
  • Lower Tray: If an optional lower tray is installed, this selection must be set to ON to enable access to the lower tray.

How to Print, Fax and Scan Using Apple Macintosh

For FAX-4100/4100e: Set up Your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh with Mac OS 8.5-9.2

Before you can connect the Brother machine to your Macintosh, you must purchase a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet (1.8 meters). To work with your Brother machine, your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh must be set up with Mac OS 8.5-9.2.

How to Print Using Brother Printer Driver

To select the Printer

1. From the Apple menu, open the Chooser. 

   

2. Click HL-1200/MFL Pro icon. On the right side of the Chooser, click the printer to which you want to print. Close the Chooser.
   To print the document

3. From application software such as PaperPort, click File menu and select Page Setup. You can change the settings for Paper Size, Orientation, and Scaling, and then click OK. 

   

4. From application software such as PaperPort, click File menu and select Print. Click Print to start printing.

   

   
   Note: If you want to change Copies, Pages, Resolution, Paper Source, and Media Type, select your settings before clicking Print. 
   Option Setup allows you to select Duplex.

   

Setup Guide

To set up the Brother FAX-4100e, follow these steps:

1. Unpack the machine and remove any protective materials.
2. Connect the power cord and turn on the machine.
3. Install the ink cartridges and alignment page.
4. Load paper in the paper tray.
5. Install the Brother printer driver and software on your computer.
6. Connect the machine to your network using Ethernet or Wi-Fi Direct.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues with the Brother FAX-4100e, try these solutions:

• Check the power cord and make sure it's plugged in securely.
• Ensure the ink cartridges are installed correctly and not empty.
• Check the network connection and make sure the machine is connected to the same network as your computer.
• Verify that the paper is loaded correctly and not jammed.
• Restart the machine and try again.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• High-volume printing and scanning capabilities
• Automatic document feeder for easy scanning
• Wireless connectivity and mobile printing
• Affordable price range

Cons

• May be too large for some home offices
• Ink cartridges can be expensive to replace

Customer Reviews

Customers love the Brother FAX-4100e for its high-volume printing capabilities, automatic document feeder, and wireless connectivity. However, some have complained about the ink cartridges' cost and the machine's large size. Overall, it has received positive reviews for its affordability and versatility.