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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 ... ...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 ... ...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 ... 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 ... 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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.../g wireless standard in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you only have to replace the empty cartridge. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC. Brilliant High Quality Output...
.../g wireless standard in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you only have to replace the empty cartridge. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC. Brilliant High Quality Output...
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...to read About paper in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in memory, or while scanning a document into the PC. Checking the print quality 1 If you can print from the memory 1 If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you want to check the...find out how to choose the right type of paper 1 1 For high quality printing, it is important to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine can clear the data that is left in...
...to read About paper in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in memory, or while scanning a document into the PC. Checking the print quality 1 If you can print from the memory 1 If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you want to check the...find out how to choose the right type of paper 1 1 For high quality printing, it is important to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine can clear the data that is left in...
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... 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-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is...
... 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-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is...
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... 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 model name) and click Properties. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you..., you print from the Start menu on Startup to clear the check mark. b Right-click again then click Exit. Note Even if the status monitor is your application. The printer properties dialog box appears. 5 b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer...
... 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 model name) and click Properties. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you..., you print from the Start menu on Startup to clear the check mark. b Right-click again then click Exit. Note Even if the status monitor is your application. The printer properties dialog box appears. 5 b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer...
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... (4), then OK (3). To return to apply your setting for Slow Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1). 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 will ... current settings of text. This setting may cause some slight blurring 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. b Choose Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any),...
... (4), then OK (3). To return to apply your setting for Slow Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1). 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 will ... current settings of text. This setting may cause some slight blurring 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. b Choose Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any),...
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... will be selected in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the processing time, data transfer time and print time will vary depending on the media type you choose. ...1200 × 2400 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 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...
... will be selected in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the processing time, data transfer time and print time will vary depending on the media type you choose. ...1200 × 2400 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 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...
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... specifications of your image to see options for enhanced print settings. Printing 1 1 Bi-Directional Printing 1 When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower printing speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) 1 Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its...
... specifications of your image to see options for enhanced print settings. Printing 1 1 Bi-Directional Printing 1 When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower printing speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) 1 Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its...
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...the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. Auto Image Enhance Allows alteration of individual picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of an image, similar to ...when you want an image to be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image. You can adjust those white areas. Sharpness Enhances the detail of the whole ...
...the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. Auto Image Enhance Allows alteration of individual picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of an image, similar to ...when you want an image to be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image. You can adjust those white areas. Sharpness Enhances the detail of the whole ...
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... for specific paper sizes. You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you can also...
... for specific paper sizes. You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you can also...
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... 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in poster print mode. The 1 in N options enlarges your print size and prints the document in N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in the application. 11 Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in Portrait or ... If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The N 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...
... 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in poster print mode. The 1 in N options enlarges your print size and prints the document in N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in the application. 11 Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in Portrait or ... If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The N 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...
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... Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. Note • You can only use Plain Paper for Media Type, and Letter, Legal, A4, Executive or B5 for Paper Size in the opposite order. Reverse Order 1 Reverse Order prints the pages... the machine take paper from which the machine will be printed according to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray 2 does not support Borderless printing. 12 If you choose. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is...
... Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. Note • You can only use Plain Paper for Media Type, and Letter, Legal, A4, Executive or B5 for Paper Size in the opposite order. Reverse Order 1 Reverse Order prints the pages... the machine take paper from which the machine will be printed according to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray 2 does not support Borderless printing. 12 If you choose. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is...
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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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... 1 The printer driver will choose 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 chooses the image type. Photo Use... documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or 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
... 1 The printer driver will choose 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 chooses the image type. Photo Use... documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or 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
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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. 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.
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Use for printing photographs that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. Use for your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings ... document as the Media Type. 16 There are 1 some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to make halftones. Note Mirror Printing is not available when you choose Transparencies as it appears on your screen. Choose Fit to Paper Size...
Use for printing photographs that have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts. Use for your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings ... document as the Media Type. 16 There are 1 some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to make halftones. Note Mirror Printing is not available when you choose Transparencies as it appears on your screen. Choose Fit to Paper Size...
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... Watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use . 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to... print an outline of the following ways: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or ...
... Watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use . 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to... print an outline of the following ways: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or ...
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You can change the watermark size and position on the page. 18 Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the watermark on the page by choosing the watermark, and clicking the 1 Edit button. 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 your bitmap image in the File box, or click Browse to control the...
You can change the watermark size and position on the page. 18 Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the watermark on the page by choosing the watermark, and clicking the 1 Edit button. 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 your bitmap image in the File box, or click Browse to control the...