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How to Enter Text on Your Brother Machine

HL-L2390DW/DCP-L2550DW

When text is required, enter characters on the machine. The characters that are available may differ depending on the operation you perform.

  • Hold down or repeatedly press image or image to select a character from this list:

    0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ(space)!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_

  • Press OK when the character or symbol you want is displayed, and then enter the next character.
  • Press Clear to delete characters entered incorrectly.

MFC-L2690DW/MFC-L2690DWXL/MFC-L2710DW/MFC-L2717DW

When text is required, enter characters on the machine. The characters that are available may differ depending on the operation you perform.

The buttons 0, # and * are used for special characters.

(For Cyrillic letters) The buttons # and * 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

    1

    @

    .

    /

    1

    @

    .

    /

    1

    @

    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

    For options that do not allow lower case characters, use the following table:

    Press button

    One time

    Two times

    Three times

    Four times

    Five times

    2

    A

    B

    C

    2

    A

    3

    D

    E

    F

    3

    D

    4

    G

    H

    I

    4

    G

    5

    J

    K

    L

    5

    J

    6

    M

    N

    O

    6

    M

    7

    P

    Q

    R

    S

    7

    8

    T

    U

    V

    8

    T

    9

    W

    X

    Y

    Z

    9

    (For Cyrillic letters)

    Press button

    One time

    Two times

    Three times

    Four times

    Five times

    Six times

    Seven times

    Eight times

    Nine times

    2

    A

    B

    C

    А

    Б

    В

    Г

    2

    A

    3

    D

    E

    F

    Д

    Е

    Ё

    Ж

    3

    D

    4

    G

    H

    I

    З

    И

    Й

    К

    4

    G

    5

    J

    K

    L

    Л

    М

    Н

    О

    5

    J

    6

    M

    N

    O

    П

    Р

    С

    Т

    6

    M

    7

    P

    Q

    R

    S

    У

    Ф

    Х

    Ц

    7

    8

    T

    U

    V

    Ч

    Ш

    Щ

    Ъ

    Ы

    8

    9

    W

    X

    Y

    Z

    Ь

    Э

    Ю

    Я

    9

  • Inserting spaces

    To enter a space in a fax number, press image once between numbers. To enter a space in a name, press image twice between characters.

  • Making corrections

    If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press image or image to move the cursor to the incorrect character, and then press Clear.

  • Repeating letters

    To enter a letter on the same button as the previous letter, press image to move the cursor right before pressing the button again.

  • Special symbols and characters

    Press *, # or 0, then press image or image to move the cursor to the symbol or character you want. Press OK to select it. The symbols and characters that are available on dial pad buttons are shown in the table.

    Press *

    (space) ! " # $ % & ’ ( ) * + , - . / €

    Press #

    : ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _ \ ~ ‘ | { }

    Press 0 (Not available for Cyrillic letters)

    Á À Ã Â Ç É È Ê Ë Í Î Ï Ó Õ Ô Ö Ú Ù 0

HL-L2395DW/MFC-L2730DW/MFC-L2750DW/MFC-L2750DWXL

  • When you must enter text on your Brother machine, a keyboard appears on the LCD.
  • The characters that are available may differ depending on your country.
  • The keyboard layout may differ depending on the operation you perform.
image
  • Press image to cycle between letters, numbers and special characters.
  • Press image to cycle between lowercase and uppercase letters.
  • To move the cursor to the left or right, press image or image.
  • Inserting spaces
  • To enter a space, press [Space].
  • Making corrections
  • If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press image or image to move the cursor to the incorrect character and press image. Enter the correct character.
  • To insert a character, press image or image to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
  • Press image for each character you want to erase, or press and hold image to erase all the characters.
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