How to Enter Text on Your Brother Machine
DCP-L2531DW/DCP-L2535DW/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 or 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-L2710DW/MFC-L2713DW/MFC-L2715DW/MFC-L2716DW
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 once between numbers. To enter a space in a name, press twice between characters.
- Making corrections
If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press or 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 to move the cursor right before pressing the button again.
- Special symbols and characters
Press *, # or 0, then press or 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-L2751DW/MFC-L2770DW/MFC-L2771DW
- 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.
- Press to cycle between letters, numbers and special characters.
- Press to cycle between lowercase and uppercase letters.
- To move the cursor to the left or right, press or .
- Inserting spaces
- To enter a space, press [Space].
- Making corrections
- If you entered a character incorrectly and want to change it, press or to move the cursor to the incorrect character and press . Enter the correct character.
- To insert a character, press or to move the cursor to the correct place, and then enter the character.
- Press for each character you want to erase, or press and hold to erase all the characters.