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Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status Monitor...4 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning...tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 ...
Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status Monitor...4 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning...tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 ...
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...Clearing data from the memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the...to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...119 Features ...119 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 119 Technical support ...120 10...
...Clearing data from the memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the...to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...119 Features ...119 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 119 Technical support ...120 10...
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Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
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...Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC application, and using a page description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from Windows® XP. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color...network. You will find appropriate drivers on your operating system. • If your PC. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features 1 This machine offers many other wireless devices using . Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models...
...Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC application, and using a page description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from Windows® XP. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color...network. You will find appropriate drivers on your operating system. • If your PC. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features 1 This machine offers many other wireless devices using . Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models...
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... pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in the User's Guide. 3 Clearing data from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide before buying paper. Checking the print quality 1 If you can print from the memory 1 If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you... want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Be sure to choose the right type of paper. Fax sending will not...
... pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in the User's Guide. 3 Clearing data from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in the User's Guide before buying paper. Checking the print quality 1 If you can print from the memory 1 If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you... want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Be sure to choose the right type of paper. Fax sending will not...
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...indicates an error has occurred. You can display the status monitor on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray. A green icon...the desktop. 4 Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon ...and choose Help. Note For more devices, allowing you start up your PC. Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status...
...indicates an error has occurred. You can display the status monitor on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray. A green icon...the desktop. 4 Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon ...and choose Help. Note For more devices, allowing you start up your PC. Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status...
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...the status monitor is your model name) and click Properties. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the following printer settings when you print from the Start menu on Startup to switch off the status monitor,...132; Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, then Print in your PC. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you want to ...
...the status monitor is your model name) and click Properties. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the following printer settings when you print from the Start menu on Startup to switch off the status monitor,...132; Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, then Print in your PC. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you want to ...
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Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. d Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). This setting may cause some slight blurring ... This area (5) shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 Basic tab 5 Printing 1 1 1 2 4 3 a Choose your chosen settings. c Select the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only) Note If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from Tray 1 and when Tray 1 is empty, paper...
Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. d Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). This setting may cause some slight blurring ... This area (5) shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 Basic tab 5 Printing 1 1 1 2 4 3 a Choose your chosen settings. c Select the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only) Note If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from Tray 1 and when Tray 1 is empty, paper...
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...Normal. Fast 600 × 150 dpi. Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Transparencies Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ... For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to print the document. Use for printing large volume documents or documents for printing photographs. Good print quality with typical print speed. Fast ...
...Normal. Fast 600 × 150 dpi. Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Transparencies Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ... For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to print the document. Use for printing large volume documents or documents for printing photographs. Good print quality with typical print speed. Fast ...
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... see options for enhanced print settings. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster print speeds. This feature analyzes your PC. 8 Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. Printing 1 1 Bi-Directional Printing 1 When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in one direction giving higher quality...
... see options for enhanced print settings. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster print speeds. This feature analyzes your PC. 8 Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. Printing 1 1 Bi-Directional Printing 1 When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in one direction giving higher quality...
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Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of white. Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of an image. This will effect the appearance of color in the image. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to the left or right. Contrast Adjusts the contrast of... want an image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Decrease the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of an image. If the image is not in true focus and you want an...
Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of white. Lighting, camera settings and other color. The white areas of an image. This will effect the appearance of color in the image. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to the left or right. Contrast Adjusts the contrast of... want an image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Decrease the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of an image. If the image is not in true focus and you want an...
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Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you can also choose the borderless setting for this custom size. To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you are different from 3.5 × 5 in. (88.9 × 127.0 mm) to 8.5 × 14 in... are using. From the drop-down list choose the size of the 1 fills you want for specific paper sizes. Choose the correct paper thickness to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes a large selection of your PC. If you want, you want to ...
Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you can also choose the borderless setting for this custom size. To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you are different from 3.5 × 5 in. (88.9 × 127.0 mm) to 8.5 × 14 in... are using. From the drop-down list choose the size of the 1 fills you want for specific paper sizes. Choose the correct paper thickness to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes a large selection of your PC. If you want, you want to ...
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... options or the 1 in N options. Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application software contains a similar function to have a solid border, dashed border... 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in Portrait or Landscape). Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on 1 sheet of a document on...
... options or the 1 in N options. Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application software contains a similar function to have a solid border, dashed border... 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in Portrait or Landscape). Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on 1 sheet of a document on...
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... then reprinted according to the number of the document is printed. Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. Reverse Order 1 Reverse Order prints the pages of your document will be printed according to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray...
... then reprinted according to the number of the document is printed. Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. Reverse Order 1 Reverse Order prints the pages of your document will be printed according to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray...
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Advanced tab Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons: 123 4 Printing 1 1 Color (1) Scaling (2) Watermark (3) Device Options (4) Note To return to the default settings, click Default. 13
Advanced tab Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons: 123 4 Printing 1 1 Color (1) Scaling (2) Watermark (3) Device Options (4) Note To return to the default settings, click Default. 13
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... clip art). Custom If you want to be printed in black and white using grayscale. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. 14 Printing 1 1 1 Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your image...
... clip art). Custom If you want to be printed in black and white using grayscale. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. 14 Printing 1 1 1 Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your image...
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Choose the best one for your document. 1 1 Match Monitor Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the PC monitor. • Natural: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for photographic images. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
Choose the best one for your document. 1 1 Match Monitor Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the PC monitor. • Natural: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for photographic images. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
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...and graphics. • Dither: Dots are put at random to express halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing photographs that have standard size paper. Choose Free if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. Choose Fit to Paper Size ...if your document has an unusual size, or if you can change the print size of Media Type and Quality settings. Scaling 1 You can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to create the halftones. Use for...
...and graphics. • Dither: Dots are put at random to express halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing photographs that have standard size paper. Choose Free if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. Choose Fit to Paper Size ...if your document has an unusual size, or if you can change the print size of Media Type and Quality settings. Scaling 1 You can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to create the halftones. Use for...
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...document as a Watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of the watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. You can choose one of the following ways: On all pages On first ...page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can print the watermark in the background of your document. Check Use Watermark, and then...
...document as a Watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of the watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. You can choose one of the following ways: On all pages On first ...page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can print the watermark in the background of your document. Check Use Watermark, and then...
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...bitmap image in Watermark Style. Title Choose CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the title or enter a title you want to search for the file. Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position Use this setting if you like in the field. Watermark... Text Enter your watermark text into the Text Box, and then choose Font, Size, Color and Style. Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of the watermark on the page by choosing the watermark, and clicking the 1 ...
...bitmap image in Watermark Style. Title Choose CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the title or enter a title you want to search for the file. Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position Use this setting if you like in the field. Watermark... Text Enter your watermark text into the Text Box, and then choose Font, Size, Color and Style. Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of the watermark on the page by choosing the watermark, and clicking the 1 ...