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... 1-1 Using the Brother printer driver 1-1 Features 1-1 Choosing the right type of paper 1-2 Printing a document 1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing 1-3 Clearing data from the memory 1-3 Checking the Print Quality 1-3 Printer operation key 1-3 Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only 1-3 Status ...Print Settings 1-9 Bi-Directional Printing 1-10 Enhanced Normal Printing 1-10 Color Enhancement (True2Life 1-10 Paper Size 1-12 Page Layout 1-13 Border Line 1-13 Orientation 1-13 Copies 1-14 Collate 1-14 Reverse Order 1-14 Paper Tray (MFC-5840CN only 1-14 Advanced tab 1-15 Color 1-16 Color...
... 1-1 Using the Brother printer driver 1-1 Features 1-1 Choosing the right type of paper 1-2 Printing a document 1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing 1-3 Clearing data from the memory 1-3 Checking the Print Quality 1-3 Printer operation key 1-3 Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only 1-3 Status ...Print Settings 1-9 Bi-Directional Printing 1-10 Enhanced Normal Printing 1-10 Color Enhancement (True2Life 1-10 Paper Size 1-12 Page Layout 1-13 Border Line 1-13 Orientation 1-13 Copies 1-14 Collate 1-14 Reverse Order 1-14 Paper Tray (MFC-5840CN only 1-14 Advanced tab 1-15 Color 1-16 Color...
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...Print Date & Time 1-22 Quick Print Setup 1-23 Status Monitor 1-23 Support tab 1-24 Brother Solutions Center 1-24 Web Update 1-24 Check Setting 1-24 2 How to scan using Windows 2-1 Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only 2-2 WIA compliant 2-2 How to access the scanner 2-2 Scanning a document into the PC (MFC-3240C and MFC... 2-5 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass (not available for MFC-3240C and MFC-3340CN 2-7 Brother Scanner Utility 2-9 TWAIN compliant scanner driver for Windows® XP... 2-9 Scanning a document 2-10 TWAIN...
...Print Date & Time 1-22 Quick Print Setup 1-23 Status Monitor 1-23 Support tab 1-24 Brother Solutions Center 1-24 Web Update 1-24 Check Setting 1-24 2 How to scan using Windows 2-1 Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only 2-2 WIA compliant 2-2 How to access the scanner 2-2 Scanning a document into the PC (MFC-3240C and MFC... 2-5 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass (not available for MFC-3240C and MFC-3340CN 2-7 Brother Scanner Utility 2-9 TWAIN compliant scanner driver for Windows® XP... 2-9 Scanning a document 2-10 TWAIN...
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... Center™ from your PC (For Windows®) (not available for MFC-5440CN and MFC-3240C 6-1 For USB cable users 6-1 For Network cable users 6-3 Network Scanning (not available for MFC-3240C and MFC-210C 7-1 Network License 7-1 Registering your PC with the machine 7-2 Using...USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh 8-1 Media Type 8-2 Quality 8-2 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X 8-4 Choosing page setup options 8-4 Choosing printing options 8-5 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 8.6-9.2...
... Center™ from your PC (For Windows®) (not available for MFC-5440CN and MFC-3240C 6-1 For USB cable users 6-1 For Network cable users 6-3 Network Scanning (not available for MFC-3240C and MFC-210C 7-1 Network License 7-1 Registering your PC with the machine 7-2 Using...USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh 8-1 Media Type 8-2 Quality 8-2 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X 8-4 Choosing page setup options 8-4 Choosing printing options 8-5 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 8.6-9.2...
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...Setup Guide. Low Running Cost-Whenever you run out of the User's Guide.) You can print up to 15 pages per minute in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to get high quality printouts. Network Standard models only. Ethernet-... glossy paper gives you highest resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications of a particular color ink, you 'll find in a high quality ink jet printer. Brilliant High Quality Output-Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many features you will only have supplied. USING THE...
...Setup Guide. Low Running Cost-Whenever you run out of the User's Guide.) You can print up to 15 pages per minute in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to get high quality printouts. Network Standard models only. Ethernet-... glossy paper gives you highest resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications of a particular color ink, you 'll find in a high quality ink jet printer. Brilliant High Quality Output-Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many features you will only have supplied. USING THE...
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...also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to select the right type of paper. You can feed many types of paper and envelopes. 1 From your computer select the Print command. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper from the ... computer, it is your model name) as your printer driver from the Print or 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® ...
...also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to select the right type of paper. You can feed many types of paper and envelopes. 1 From your computer select the Print command. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper from the ... computer, it is your model name) as your printer driver from the Print or 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® ...
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... However, when the machine is left in the User's Guide. Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can clear the data that is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it , See How to improve print quality in the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 ...- 3 Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing. Checking the Print Quality If you can stop the current print job and clear the data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a document ...
... However, when the machine is left in the User's Guide. Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can clear the data that is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it , See How to improve print quality in the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 ...- 3 Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing. Checking the Print Quality If you can stop the current print job and clear the data from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a document ...
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Red icon means a printing error has occured. Yellow icon means the warning. You can check the device status at anytime by condition. Status Monitor (Windows® only) The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that allows you to monitor the status of one or more information about ...using the Status Monitor software, right click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Watching the machine's status Once you to display the status monitor on your computer-in the task bar, in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX...
Red icon means a printing error has occured. Yellow icon means the warning. You can check the device status at anytime by condition. Status Monitor (Windows® only) The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that allows you to monitor the status of one or more information about ...using the Status Monitor software, right click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Watching the machine's status Once you to display the status monitor on your computer-in the task bar, in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX...
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...application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your computer: ■ Media Type/Quality (Speed) ■ Page Layout ■ Color Matching/Halftone ■ Color Enhancement ■ Scaling ■ Watermark ■ Print Date & Time ■ Quick Print Setup How to access ...the printer driver settings 1 Select Print from Windows® XP. You can change the following...
...application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your computer: ■ Media Type/Quality (Speed) ■ Page Layout ■ Color Matching/Halftone ■ Color Enhancement ■ Scaling ■ Watermark ■ Print Date & Time ■ Quick Print Setup How to access ...the printer driver settings 1 Select Print from Windows® XP. You can change the following...
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... 150 dpi. Since the print data is the highest resolution and slowest speed. ■ Photo: 1200 x 2400 dpi. Good print quality with the type of plain paper on the selected media type. The quality selections that are related. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow... Drying Paper Select Slow Drying Paper when printing with typical print speed. ■ Fast Normal: 600 ...
... 150 dpi. Since the print data is the highest resolution and slowest speed. ■ Photo: 1200 x 2400 dpi. Good print quality with the type of plain paper on the selected media type. The quality selections that are related. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow... Drying Paper Select Slow Drying Paper when printing with typical print speed. ■ Fast Normal: 600 ...
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USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, Highest Normal, Fine Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine The factory settings are shown in bold. Enhanced Print Settings You have options for enhanced print settings from the Settings button.
USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, Highest Normal, Fine Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine The factory settings are shown in bold. Enhanced Print Settings You have options for enhanced print settings from the Settings button.
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... MACHINE AS A PRINTER This feature analyzes your computer. ■ Color Density This setting adjusts the total amount of color in one direction to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables the True2Life® feature. This prints at an increased resolution which helps to avoid banding on...
... MACHINE AS A PRINTER This feature analyzes your computer. ■ Color Density This setting adjusts the total amount of color in one direction to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables the True2Life® feature. This prints at an increased resolution which helps to avoid banding on...
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... adjustment of an image. If the image is similar to pure white. ■ Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you can correct this effect and bring the white areas back to...; White Balance This setting adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 11 Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of a picture may be more subdued. ■ Red Increases the intensity of the Red...
... adjustment of an image. If the image is similar to pure white. ■ Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you can correct this effect and bring the white areas back to...; White Balance This setting adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 11 Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of a picture may be more subdued. ■ Red Increases the intensity of the Red...
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Orientation The Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper. If you can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to have a solid border, dashed border or ...no border around each page on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows...
Orientation The Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper. If you can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to have a solid border, dashed border or ...no border around each page on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows...
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...MFC-5840CN only) The Paper Tray selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will be printed (1 to select automatically a suitable tray for all the copies selected before the next page of copies you selected. Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will feed the paper when printing...If the Collate check box is printed. Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document in Tray#2. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Reverse Order Reverse Order prints the pages of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number ...
...MFC-5840CN only) The Paper Tray selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will be printed (1 to select automatically a suitable tray for all the copies selected before the next page of copies you selected. Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will feed the paper when printing...If the Collate check box is printed. Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document in Tray#2. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Reverse Order Reverse Order prints the pages of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number ...
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Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to select the color matching and halftone method, select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select this mode. 1 - 16 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer ...Select this mode for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). ■ Custom: If you want to be printed in black and white using gray scale. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable...
Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to select the color matching and halftone method, select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select this mode. 1 - 16 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer ...Select this mode for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). ■ Custom: If you want to be printed in black and white using gray scale. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable...
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The color is adjusted to get the closest color match to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for photographic images. Match Monitor Color is adjusted to print a more vivid color. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17 Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for your document. Select the best one for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text.
The color is adjusted to get the closest color match to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for photographic images. Match Monitor Color is adjusted to print a more vivid color. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17 Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for your document. Select the best one for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text.
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... at random to express halftones. Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of... printing is more suitable to make halftones. This method of printing is more suitable for your document. This type of Media Type and Quality selections. 1 - 18 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to use two ...
... at random to express halftones. Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of... printing is more suitable to make halftones. This method of printing is more suitable for your document. This type of Media Type and Quality selections. 1 - 18 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to use two ...
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Mirror Print is not available when you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to Paper Size, if your document has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper. ■ Check Free if you select Transparency paper. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 19 Scaling You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature. ■ Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. ■ Check Fit to right.
Mirror Print is not available when you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to Paper Size, if your document has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper. ■ Check Free if you select Transparency paper. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 19 Scaling You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature. ■ Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. ■ Check Fit to right.
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Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you have created. You can select one of the watermark. In background Check In background to use a bitmap file or text file that you can place a logo or text ...into your document as a Watermark. Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■...
Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you have created. You can select one of the watermark. In background Check In background to use a bitmap file or text file that you can place a logo or text ...into your document as a Watermark. Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■...
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..., Time, the Position and the Font. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your computer's system clock. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will print the date and time on your document from the settings of the Date and... Time background. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is selected, you set the...
..., Time, the Position and the Font. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your computer's system clock. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will print the date and time on your document from the settings of the Date and... Time background. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is selected, you set the...