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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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...capability lets your machine communicate with your machine communicate with the machine. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's...fast communication with other features. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC is protected by following the Quick Setup Guide. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you only ...
...capability lets your machine communicate with your machine communicate with the machine. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User's...fast communication with other features. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from your PC is protected by following the Quick Setup Guide. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you only ...
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... you can clear the data that is left in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. However, when the machine is important to read About paper in the User's Guide before ...buying paper. Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine 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 is copying or receiving a fax on ...
... you can clear the data that is left in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. However, when the machine is important to read About paper in the User's Guide before ...buying paper. Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine 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 is copying or receiving a fax on ...
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... are two locations where you can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of error messages such ...as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about...
... are two locations where you can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of error messages such ...as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about...
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... 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 1 a Click File, then Print in your application. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the...
... 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 1 a Click File, then Print in your application. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the...
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... slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 Note This area (5) shows the current settings of text. b Choose Paper Size, ... Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Copies and the page order (2). 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 ...Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1). 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 ...
... slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 Note This area (5) shows the current settings of text. b Choose Paper Size, ... Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Copies and the page order (2). 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 ...Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1). 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 ...
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...print quality with typical print speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. 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...it will be selected in the User's Guide.) Use for printing precise images such as photographs. As print quality and speed are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the...
...print quality with typical print speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. 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...it will be selected in the User's Guide.) Use for printing precise images such as photographs. As print quality and speed are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the...
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... your image to see options for enhanced print settings. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) 1 Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. 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. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster...
... your image to see options for enhanced print settings. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) 1 Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. 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. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster...
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Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image. You can adjust those white areas. ... to improve a washed out or weak looking picture. White Balance Adjusts the hue of the white areas of color in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of white. This will effect the appearance of the whole image.... Increase the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in an image to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in the image. By adjusting the white balance...
Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image. You can adjust those white areas. ... to improve a washed out or weak looking picture. White Balance Adjusts the hue of the white areas of color in the document. Brightness Adjusts the brightness of white. This will effect the appearance of the whole image.... Increase the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in an image to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in the image. By adjusting the white balance...
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From the drop-down list choose the size of paper you want for specific paper sizes. If you want to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you see on your output. You can also ... pattern of the 1 fills 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 are different...
From the drop-down list choose the size of paper you want for specific paper sizes. If you want to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you see on your output. You can also ... pattern of the 1 fills 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 are different...
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...layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend you use the one in the application. 11 Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in 1 option is not available. Note 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. Portrait (...
...layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend you use the one in the application. 11 Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in 1 option is not available. Note 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. Portrait (...
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... will take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 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 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. If Collate...
... will take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 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 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 1. If Collate...
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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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... and half tone method, depending on your image type. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. 14 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...
... and half tone method, depending on your image type. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. 14 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...
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The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the PC monitor. • Natural: Use for your document. 1 1 Match Monitor Color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 Choose the best one for photographic images. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the PC monitor. • Natural: Use for your document. 1 1 Match Monitor Color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 Choose the best one for photographic images. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
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... that have delicate shades and graphics. • Dither: Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for your document has an unusual size, or if you only have standard size paper. Choose Free if ... Fit to Paper Size if your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Printing Halftone Pattern The machine can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are 1 some predefined patterns and you ...
... that have delicate shades and graphics. • Dither: Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for your document has an unusual size, or if you only have standard size paper. Choose Free if ... Fit to Paper Size if your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Printing Halftone Pattern The machine can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are 1 some predefined patterns and you ...
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... file or text file that you have created. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you want to print the watermark image in any of the following ways: On all pages On first page only From second page ... Custom 17 Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or text onto your document. You can choose one of your document as a Watermark.
... file or text file that you have created. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you want to print the watermark image in any of the following ways: On all pages On first page only From second page ... Custom 17 Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or text onto your document. You can choose one of your document as a Watermark.
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Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position Use this setting if you want to add a new watermark, click ... Bitmap in the File box, or click Browse to control the position of 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 Edit...
Printing Watermark Setting 1 You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position Use this setting if you want to add a new watermark, click ... Bitmap in the File box, or click Browse to control the position of 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 Edit...