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Enter Text on Your Brother Machine
- The characters that are available may differ depending on your country.
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 Ampliar/Reducir (Enlarge/Reduce), Número copias (Number of Copies) (DCP-T310), or Opciones de Copia / Escáner (Copy / Scan Options) 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.
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 Borrar/Atrás (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 Borrar/Atrás (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.
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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