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Table of Contents 1 Using the machine as a printer 1-1 Using the Brother MFC printer driver 1-1 Features 1-1 Choosing the right type of paper 1-2 How to print your original 1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing 1-3 Clearing data from the memory 1-3 Checking the Print Quality 1-3 Printer operation keys 1-3 Job Cancel (MFC-3420C only 1-3 Printer driver settings (Windows® only 1-4 How to access...
Table of Contents 1 Using the machine as a printer 1-1 Using the Brother MFC printer driver 1-1 Features 1-1 Choosing the right type of paper 1-2 How to print your original 1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing 1-3 Clearing data from the memory 1-3 Checking the Print Quality 1-3 Printer operation keys 1-3 Job Cancel (MFC-3420C only 1-3 Printer driver settings (Windows® only 1-4 How to access...
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...; (Mac OS® 8.6-9.2 9-2 Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X 9-4 Choosing page setup options 9-4 Choosing printing options 9-5 Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application 9-6 For Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2 users 9-6 Sending a Network PC-FAX from your Macintosh® application (MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only 9-7 For Mac...
...; (Mac OS® 8.6-9.2 9-2 Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X 9-4 Choosing page setup options 9-4 Choosing printing options 9-5 Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application 9-6 For Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2 users 9-6 Sending a Network PC-FAX from your Macintosh® application (MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only 9-7 For Mac...
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...on glossy paper gives you will only have supplied. Plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and envelopes. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 1 1 Using the machine as a printer Using the Brother MFC printer driver A Printer Driver is software that 's empty. Fast Printing Speed-Using Fast mode... what kinds of paper. The printer drivers are on page S-6 in black. Install the drivers first by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. Low Running Cost-Whenever you run out of a particular color ink, you highest resolution. (...
...on glossy paper gives you will only have supplied. Plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and envelopes. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 1 1 Using the machine as a printer Using the Brother MFC printer driver A Printer Driver is software that 's empty. Fast Printing Speed-Using Fast mode... what kinds of paper. The printer drivers are on page S-6 in black. Install the drivers first by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. Low Running Cost-Whenever you run out of a particular color ink, you highest resolution. (...
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...Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin printing. (Windows® Only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 9-4. 2 Your computer sends a print command and data to read Chapter ...before you select and purchase paper for the machine. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model name) as your printer driver from your computer, it 's very important to select the right type of paper. The LCD ...
...Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin printing. (Windows® Only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 9-4. 2 Your computer sends a print command and data to read Chapter ...before you select and purchase paper for the machine. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model name) as your printer driver from your computer, it 's very important to select the right type of paper. The LCD ...
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...current print job and clear the data from memory. However, when the machine is left in the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. Checking the Print Quality If you can clear the data that is copying ...page 13-11 in memory, or while scanning an original into the computer. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 3 Clearing data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide. Fax sending... will not be stopped during PC printing. Printer operation keys Job Cancel (MFC-3420C only) You can print from the memory If the LCD shows...
...current print job and clear the data from memory. However, when the machine is left in the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. Checking the Print Quality If you can clear the data that is copying ...page 13-11 in memory, or while scanning an original into the computer. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 3 Clearing data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide. Fax sending... will not be stopped during PC printing. Printer operation keys Job Cancel (MFC-3420C only) You can print from the memory If the LCD shows...
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...Color Matching/Halftone ■ Color Enhancement (True2Life®) ■ Scaling ■ Watermark ■ Print Date & Time ■ Quick Print Setup How to the other machines. 1 - 4 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER These descriptions also apply to access the printer driver settings 1 Select Print from the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer... in this section are based on the MFC-3220C. Printer driver settings (Windows® only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS...
...Color Matching/Halftone ■ Color Enhancement (True2Life®) ■ Scaling ■ Watermark ■ Print Date & Time ■ Quick Print Setup How to the other machines. 1 - 4 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER These descriptions also apply to access the printer driver settings 1 Select Print from the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer... in this section are based on the MFC-3220C. Printer driver settings (Windows® only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS...
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Basic tab * 1 2 3 1 Select the Media Type and Quality. 2 Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 5 To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the Apply button. *This area shows the current settings of Copies and the page order. 3 Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings.
Basic tab * 1 2 3 1 Select the Media Type and Quality. 2 Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 5 To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the Apply button. *This area shows the current settings of Copies and the page order. 3 Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings.
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... Black ink is used when you are related. Quality The quality selection allows you want for proofing. 1 - 6 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Good print quality with typical print speed. ■ Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. Print quality and speed are using repels the black ink, ...select Glossy Paper (3 color), which simulates black ink by combining the three ink colors. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper (4 color) Glossy Paper (3 color) Transparencies The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy paper you select...
... Black ink is used when you are related. Quality The quality selection allows you want for proofing. 1 - 6 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Good print quality with typical print speed. ■ Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. Print quality and speed are using repels the black ink, ...select Glossy Paper (3 color), which simulates black ink by combining the three ink colors. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper (4 color) Glossy Paper (3 color) Transparencies The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy paper you select...
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... one direction to provide higher quality printouts. Media Type Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Plain Paper Color/Grayscale Fast, Normal, Fine, S.Fine Inkjet Paper Color Fine, S.Fine, Photo Grayscale Fine, S.Fine, Photo Glossy Paper (4 or 3 color) Color S.Fine, Photo Grayscale S.Fine, Photo Transparencies Color/Grayscale Fine, S.Fine The factory settings are shown in bold. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER...
... one direction to provide higher quality printouts. Media Type Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Plain Paper Color/Grayscale Fast, Normal, Fine, S.Fine Inkjet Paper Color Fine, S.Fine, Photo Grayscale Fine, S.Fine, Photo Glossy Paper (4 or 3 color) Color S.Fine, Photo Grayscale S.Fine, Photo Transparencies Color/Grayscale Fine, S.Fine The factory settings are shown in bold. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER...
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... on multiple sheets of paper. Select the proper paper thickness to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can enter custom size by selecting User Defined. Border Line When printing multiple pages on the sheet. 1 ...- 8 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Paper Size The Paper Size selection provides a large selection of your output. If you are using . From the drop-down box, select the Paper Size...
... on multiple sheets of paper. Select the proper paper thickness to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can enter custom size by selecting User Defined. Border Line When printing multiple pages on the sheet. 1 ...- 8 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Paper Size The Paper Size selection provides a large selection of your output. If you are using . From the drop-down box, select the Paper Size...
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... prints the pages of the original is not selected, then each page will be printed (1 to 999). USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your original will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Orientation Orientation selects the position of how your original will be...
... prints the pages of the original is not selected, then each page will be printed (1 to 999). USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your original will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Orientation Orientation selects the position of how your original will be...
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Advanced tab 1 234 To return to the default settings, click the Default button. Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1.Color 2.Scaling 3.Watermark 4.Device Options 1 - 10 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
Advanced tab 1 234 To return to the default settings, click the Default button. Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1.Color 2.Scaling 3.Watermark 4.Device Options 1 - 10 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
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... halftone method, manually select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select this mode. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and... photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type. ■ Photo: Select...
... halftone method, manually select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select this mode. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and... photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type. ■ Photo: Select...
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Match Monitor Color is adjusted to get the closest color match to print a more vivid color. 1 - 12 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER The color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for photographic images. Select the best one for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for your original. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually.
Match Monitor Color is adjusted to get the closest color match to print a more vivid color. 1 - 12 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER The color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for photographic images. Select the best one for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for your original. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually.
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...two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to make halftones. Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. This method of Media Type and Quality selections. Some halftone settings cannot... that have delicate shades and graphics. ■ Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 13 Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots are placed at random to create the halftones.
...two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to make halftones. Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. This method of Media Type and Quality selections. Some halftone settings cannot... that have delicate shades and graphics. ■ Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 13 Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots are placed at random to create the halftones.
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...to pure white. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can correct this effect and bring the white areas back to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of a picture may take several minutes ...depending on the size of the image and the specifications of color in the image. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables...
...to pure white. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can correct this effect and bring the white areas back to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of a picture may take several minutes ...depending on the size of the image and the specifications of color in the image. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables...
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...To lighten or darken the image move the scroll bar to the left or right. ■ Contrast This setting adjusts the contrast of the Blue color to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. Increase the contrast when you want an image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter.... USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 15 Decrease the contrast when you can not see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. ■ Auto Image Enhance ...
...To lighten or darken the image move the scroll bar to the left or right. ■ Contrast This setting adjusts the contrast of the Blue color to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. Increase the contrast when you want an image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter.... USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 15 Decrease the contrast when you can not see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. ■ Auto Image Enhance ...
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Scaling You can change the print size of your original with the Scaling feature. ■ Check Off if you want to print the original as it appears on your screen. ■ Check Fit to Paper Size, if your original has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper. ■ Check Free if you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right. 1 - 16 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
Scaling You can change the print size of your original with the Scaling feature. ■ Check Off if you want to print the original as it appears on your screen. ■ Check Fit to Paper Size, if your original has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper. ■ Check Free if you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right. 1 - 16 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
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You can select one of the watermark. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use a bitmap file or text file that you only want to ... feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17 In background Check In background with the Watermark to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can place a logo or text into...
You can select one of the watermark. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use a bitmap file or text file that you only want to ... feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17 In background Check In background with the Watermark to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can place a logo or text into...
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... size of your bitmap image in the field. ■ Watermark Text Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box, and then select the Font, Size, Color and Style. ■ Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of the image. ■ Position This setting offers you like in the File box... you the control for the file location. Watermark Style You can change the Watermark's size and position on the page. 1 - 18 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER
... size of your bitmap image in the field. ■ Watermark Text Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box, and then select the Font, Size, Color and Style. ■ Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of the image. ■ Position This setting offers you like in the File box... you the control for the file location. Watermark Style You can change the Watermark's size and position on the page. 1 - 18 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER