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... the most efficient way to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for the hearing-impaired) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) i Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you bought the machine. For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-800-284-4329 1-901-379-1215...country. You can check here for Brother driver updates. • To keep your machine performance up to register your new product, register on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for all your Fax ...
... the most efficient way to date, check here for the latest firmware upgrade (for the hearing-impaired) 1-877-BROTHER (514) 685-4898 (fax) i Your registration with Brother International Corporation, you bought the machine. For Customer Service In USA: In Canada: 1-800-284-4329 1-901-379-1215...country. You can check here for Brother driver updates. • To keep your machine performance up to register your new product, register on-line at http://www.brother.com/registration/ FAQs (frequently asked questions) The Brother Solutions Center is our one-stop resource for all your Fax ...
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Brother paper Paper Type Letter Plain Letter Glossy Photo Letter Inkjet (Matte) 4 × 6 in its original packaging, and keep it sealed. Avoid touching the shiny ...print on top of photo paper is shiny. Keep the paper flat and away from the output paper tray one page at once to avoid smudging. the surface may not be sure to 50 sheets of 20 lb Letter...capacity of the output paper tray 2 Up to choose the proper media in the 'Basic' tab of the printer driver or in the Paper Type setting of transparencies because they absorb water and perspiration easily, and this may stain your ...
Brother paper Paper Type Letter Plain Letter Glossy Photo Letter Inkjet (Matte) 4 × 6 in its original packaging, and keep it sealed. Avoid touching the shiny ...print on top of photo paper is shiny. Keep the paper flat and away from the output paper tray one page at once to avoid smudging. the surface may not be sure to 50 sheets of 20 lb Letter...capacity of the output paper tray 2 Up to choose the proper media in the 'Basic' tab of the printer driver or in the Paper Type setting of transparencies because they absorb water and perspiration easily, and this may stain your ...
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...the recommended types of paper you are having difficulty with your ink cartridges are fresh. Right-click and choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is between 68° F to 91° F (20° C to see ....) Check that the machine is plugged in your model name), and make sure that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. If you are empty. (See Replacing the ink cartridges on page 146...on page 23.) Make sure that the On/Off key is on. If you bought the machine. One or more ink cartridges are using. (See Printing for Windows® or Printing and Faxing for ...
...the recommended types of paper you are having difficulty with your ink cartridges are fresh. Right-click and choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is between 68° F to 91° F (20° C to see ....) Check that the machine is plugged in your model name), and make sure that the correct printer driver has been installed and chosen. If you are empty. (See Replacing the ink cartridges on page 146...on page 23.) Make sure that the On/Off key is on. If you bought the machine. One or more ink cartridges are using. (See Printing for Windows® or Printing and Faxing for ...
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Smudged stain at any one time. If you are using photo paper, make sure you are using the recommended types of the printer driver. Cannot perform '2 in 1 or 4 in the printer driver Basic tab. The highest resolution needs longer data processing, sending and printing time. Try the other media on page ... stacked. Stains appear on the CD-ROM.) True2Life® is loaded properly in the Basic tab of paper. (See Acceptable to '256 colors.' In the printer driver Basic tab, click Settings, and uncheck Bi-Directional Printing. Turn the borderless feature off. Use at least 24 bit...
Smudged stain at any one time. If you are using photo paper, make sure you are using the recommended types of the printer driver. Cannot perform '2 in 1 or 4 in the printer driver Basic tab. The highest resolution needs longer data processing, sending and printing time. Try the other media on page ... stacked. Stains appear on the CD-ROM.) True2Life® is loaded properly in the Basic tab of paper. (See Acceptable to '256 colors.' In the printer driver Basic tab, click Settings, and uncheck Bi-Directional Printing. Turn the borderless feature off. Use at least 24 bit...
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Vertical black line appear in copies. Suggestions Make sure the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver is chosen as the primary source. Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt ... the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass on the CD-ROM. Copying Difficulties Difficulty Suggestions Cannot make sure your Brother machine is turned On, and connected to your machine. This will repair and reinstall the software. Suggestions Run the Repair ...' Cannot print images from the CD-ROM supplied with OCR, click File, Scan and choose the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver.
Vertical black line appear in copies. Suggestions Make sure the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver is chosen as the primary source. Black vertical lines on copies are typically caused by dirt ... the scanner glass. (See Using the scanner glass on the CD-ROM. Copying Difficulties Difficulty Suggestions Cannot make sure your Brother machine is turned On, and connected to your machine. This will repair and reinstall the software. Suggestions Run the Repair ...' Cannot print images from the CD-ROM supplied with OCR, click File, Scan and choose the Brother TWAIN/WIA driver.
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... dpi (interpolated) 2 Up to 600 × 2400 dpi (optical) Black: Up to 215.9 mm) ADF Height: 5.8 in. Color: Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ (resolution up to 5.66 sec. (Letter size at 100 × 100... Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 2 Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning when using the Brother scanner utility) 186 to 14 in. (148 mm to 355.6 mm) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 8.5 in. (215.9 mm) Scanner Glass Height: Max. 11.7 in....
... dpi (interpolated) 2 Up to 600 × 2400 dpi (optical) Black: Up to 215.9 mm) ADF Height: 5.8 in. Color: Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ (resolution up to 5.66 sec. (Letter size at 100 × 100... Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 2 Maximum 1200 × 1200 dpi scanning when using the Brother scanner utility) 186 to 14 in. (148 mm to 355.6 mm) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 8.5 in. (215.9 mm) Scanner Glass Height: Max. 11.7 in....
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... Speed Printing Width Disk-Based Fonts Borderless Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista™ driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater : Brother Ink Driver Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi 1 1200 × 2400 dpi 1200 × 1200 dpi 600 ×...; 600 dpi D 600 × 300 dpi 600 × 150 dpi Up to 30 pages/minute (Black) 2 Up to 25 pages/minute (Color) 2 8.26 in. [8.5 in draft...
... Speed Printing Width Disk-Based Fonts Borderless Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/Windows Vista™ driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater : Brother Ink Driver Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi 1 1200 × 2400 dpi 1200 × 1200 dpi 600 ×...; 600 dpi D 600 × 300 dpi 600 × 150 dpi Up to 30 pages/minute (Black) 2 Up to 25 pages/minute (Color) 2 8.26 in. [8.5 in draft...
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...their respective companies. 3 Third party USB ports are Utility enables to enhance up to install Minimum Recommended RAM RAM For For Drivers Applications Windows® 2000 Printing, USB, Intel® 64MB 256MB 150MB 330MB Operating Professional 5 PC Fax 4, 10/100 ... or higher. For Mac OS® X 10.2.4-10.3.8 Presto!® PageManager® is available as a download from the Brother Solutions Center. 189 Specifications Computer requirements D SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS Computer Platform & Operating System Version Supported PC Software Functions...
...their respective companies. 3 Third party USB ports are Utility enables to enhance up to install Minimum Recommended RAM RAM For For Drivers Applications Windows® 2000 Printing, USB, Intel® 64MB 256MB 150MB 330MB Operating Professional 5 PC Fax 4, 10/100 ... or higher. For Mac OS® X 10.2.4-10.3.8 Presto!® PageManager® is available as a download from the Brother Solutions Center. 189 Specifications Computer requirements D SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS Computer Platform & Operating System Version Supported PC Software Functions...
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... Power failure 158 Presto!® PageManager® See Help in Presto!® PageManager® application Print checking alignment 152 checking quality 151 difficulties 132, 134 drivers 187 fax from memory 46 paper jams 143 report 84 resolution 187 specifications 187 Printing on small paper 19 See Software User's Guide on the...
... Power failure 158 Presto!® PageManager® See Help in Presto!® PageManager® application Print checking alignment 152 checking quality 151 difficulties 132, 134 drivers 187 fax from memory 46 paper jams 143 report 84 resolution 187 specifications 187 Printing on small paper 19 See Software User's Guide on the...
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... 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 Status Monitor...3 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning off the status monitor...4 Printer driver settings...5 Accessing the printer driver settings...5... Basic tab ...6 Media Type...6 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing...10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...10 Orientation ...11 Copies ...11 Advanced tab...12 Color ...12 ...
... 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 Status Monitor...3 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning off the status monitor...4 Printer driver settings...5 Accessing the printer driver settings...5... Basic tab ...6 Media Type...6 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing...10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...10 Orientation ...11 Copies ...11 Advanced tab...12 Color ...12 ...
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...28 Accessing the Scanner...28 Scanning a document into the PC ...29 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 31 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista 35 WIA compliant ...35 Accessing the scanner ...35 Scanning a document into the PC ...36 Scanning a ...ControlCenter3 ...53 Switching the user interface ...54 Turning the AutoLoad feature off...55 SCAN...55 CUSTOM SCAN ...56 PHOTOCAPTURE...56 COPY ...56 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...57 DEVICE SETTING...57 SCAN...58 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint)...58 OCR (Word Processing program) ...60 E-mail ...61 File...
...28 Accessing the Scanner...28 Scanning a document into the PC ...29 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 31 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista 35 WIA compliant ...35 Accessing the scanner ...35 Scanning a document into the PC ...36 Scanning a ...ControlCenter3 ...53 Switching the user interface ...54 Turning the AutoLoad feature off...55 SCAN...55 CUSTOM SCAN ...56 PHOTOCAPTURE...56 COPY ...56 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...57 DEVICE SETTING...57 SCAN...58 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint)...58 OCR (Word Processing program) ...60 E-mail ...61 File...
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...® ...105 For Network Users (For models with built-in network support 107 8 Firewall settings (For Network users) 108 Before using the Brother software ...108 For Windows®XP SP2 users ...108 For Windows Vista™ users ...110 Section II Apple® Macintosh® 9 Printing... from the memory ...113 Checking the print quality ...113 Status Monitor ...114 Using the Brother Ink driver ...115 Choosing page setup options ...115 Choosing printing options ...116 Media Type...117 Quality ...117 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...118 Drag a Vcard from the Mac OS® X Address Book ...
...® ...105 For Network Users (For models with built-in network support 107 8 Firewall settings (For Network users) 108 Before using the Brother software ...108 For Windows®XP SP2 users ...108 For Windows Vista™ users ...110 Section II Apple® Macintosh® 9 Printing... from the memory ...113 Checking the print quality ...113 Status Monitor ...114 Using the Brother Ink driver ...115 Choosing page setup options ...115 Choosing printing options ...116 Media Type...117 Quality ...117 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...118 Drag a Vcard from the Mac OS® X Address Book ...
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... the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models only) The wireless LAN capability lets your machine communicate with other wireless devices using the IEEE802.11b/g wireless standard in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement ... supplied with multiple PCs connected on page 108. Install those drivers by the printer/multi-function device. Ethernet The Ethernet interface lets your PC. You can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on...
... the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models only) The wireless LAN capability lets your machine communicate with other wireless devices using the IEEE802.11b/g wireless standard in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement ... supplied with multiple PCs connected on page 108. Install those drivers by the printer/multi-function device. Ethernet The Ethernet interface lets your PC. You can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on...
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b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your application. Printing Printer driver settings You can change the following printer settings when you print from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings a Click File, then Print in your model name) and click Properties. The printer properties dialog box appears. 1 1 1 5
b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your application. Printing Printer driver settings You can change the following printer settings when you print from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings a Click File, then Print in your model name) and click Properties. The printer properties dialog box appears. 1 1 1 5
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... Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. c Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). Media Type 1 To achieve the best print results, the media ... Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on should be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies 6 To...
... Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. c Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). Media Type 1 To achieve the best print results, the media ... Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on should be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies 6 To...
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...one for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). Custom If you want to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. Auto The printer driver... automatically chooses the image type. Photo Use for photographic images. Graphics Use for your 1 image type. Printing Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, ...
...one for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). Custom If you want to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. Auto The printer driver... automatically chooses the image type. Photo Use for photographic images. Graphics Use for your 1 image type. Printing Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, ...
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Quick Print Setup Printing 1 1 The Quick Print Setup feature lets you select Photo or Photo L paper. 19 Set Quick Print Setup to use the photo paper tray when you quickly choose driver settings. To view and change settings, click the tasktray icon. Photo Bypass Tray Help (Not available for MFC-230C) 1 Set the Photo Bypass Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to On and choose the function which should be displayed in the Quick Print Setup icon.
Quick Print Setup Printing 1 1 The Quick Print Setup feature lets you select Photo or Photo L paper. 19 Set Quick Print Setup to use the photo paper tray when you quickly choose driver settings. To view and change settings, click the tasktray icon. Photo Bypass Tray Help (Not available for MFC-230C) 1 Set the Photo Bypass Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to On and choose the function which should be displayed in the Quick Print Setup icon.
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... and Genuine Supplies websites. There are also links to display the following screen: Printing 1 1 Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a website offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine. Genuine Supplies Website The Genuine Supplies Website offers...
... and Genuine Supplies websites. There are also links to display the following screen: Printing 1 1 Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a website offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine. Genuine Supplies Website The Genuine Supplies Website offers...
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... 1 The Red-eye Reduction function lets you want to use the RedEye Threshold slider to adjust the color of the skin tone automatically. a Open the photo data. Smart Portrait 1 The Smart Portrait function ...Click Print Setting and choose your photo will print. f Click Print in the printer driver dialog. c You can use photo paper, click Properties and set the Media Type and Quality in ...the Print settings dialog box and your Brother machine. b Click the Red-eye Reduction icon to detect faces automatically. d Click OK....
... 1 The Red-eye Reduction function lets you want to use the RedEye Threshold slider to adjust the color of the skin tone automatically. a Open the photo data. Smart Portrait 1 The Smart Portrait function ...Click Print Setting and choose your photo will print. f Click Print in the printer driver dialog. c You can use photo paper, click Properties and set the Media Type and Quality in ...the Print settings dialog box and your Brother machine. b Click the Red-eye Reduction icon to detect faces automatically. d Click OK....
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... Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of other software applications. As default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you can also scan images directly... of the screen. 28 A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 28) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP/Windows Vista™ users...
... Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of other software applications. As default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you can also scan images directly... of the screen. 28 A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 28) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP/Windows Vista™ users...