DCP-T510W

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Enter Text on Your Brother Machine

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DCP-T310/DCP-T510W/DCP-T710W

You may need to enter text on your machine.
  • Entering numbers, letters and symbols
  • Press or repeatedly to select the number, letter or symbol you want to choose, and press OK to enter that character. Repeat for each character until the number or name is complete and then press OK.
  • Inserting spaces
  • To enter a space, press or repeatedly to select the space, and press OK.
  • Making corrections
  • If you entered an incorrect number or letter and want to change it, press Enlarge / Reduce or Number of Copies several times to move the cursor under the incorrect character. Then press or repeatedly to re-enter the correct letter.

MFC-T810W

When you are setting certain menu selections, such as the Station ID, you may need to enter text on your machine. Most dial pad buttons have three or four letters printed on the buttons. The buttons for 0, # and do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters.

Press the appropriate dial pad button the number of times shown in this reference table to access the character you want.

Press Button One Time Two Times Three Times Four Times Five Times Six Times Seven Times Eight Times Nine Times
2 A B C a b c 2 A B
3 D E F d e f 3 D E
4 G H I g h i 4 G H
5 J K L j k l 5 J K
6 M N O m n o 6 M N
7 P Q R S p q r s 7
8 T U V t u v 8 T U
9 W X Y Z w x y z 9
  • To move the cursor to the left or right, press or .
  • Inserting spaces
  • To enter a space in a name, press and then press OK.
  • Making corrections
  • If you entered an incorrect character and want to change it, press or to move the cursor under the incorrect character. Press Clear/Back, and then enter the correct character.
  • To insert a character, press or to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
  • To erase all the characters, press Clear/Back repeatedly.
  • Repeating letters
  • To enter a letter that is on the same button as the letter before, press to move the cursor to the right before you press the button again.

Special characters and symbols

Press , # or 0 repeatedly until you see the special character or symbol you want.

Press
Press #
Press 0

MFC-T910DW

When you are setting certain menu selections, such as the Station ID, you may need to enter text into the machine. Most dial pad buttons have three or four letters printed on the buttons. The buttons for 0, # and do not have printed letters because they are used for special characters.

Press the appropriate dial pad button the number of times shown in this reference table to access the character you want.

Press Button One Time Two Times Three Times Four Times Five Times Six Times Seven Times Eight Times Nine Times
2 A B C a b c 2 A B
3 D E F d e f 3 D E
4 G H I g h i 4 G H
5 J K L j k l 5 J K
6 M N O m n o 6 M N
7 P Q R S p q r s 7
8 T U V t u v 8 T U
9 W X Y Z w x y z 9
  • To move the cursor to the left or right, press , , or to select or , and then press OK.
  • Inserting spaces
  • To enter a space, press , , or to select , and then press OK.
  • Making corrections
  • If you entered an incorrect number or letter and want to change it, press , , or to select or . Press OK several times to move the cursor under the incorrect character. Then press , , or to select , and press OK. Re-enter the correct letter.

Special characters and symbols

Press , # or 0 repeatedly until you see the special character or symbol you want.

Press
Press #
Press 0

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Related Models

DCP-T510W, DCP-T710W, MFC-T810W, MFC-T910DW

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