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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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... 20 pages per minute in full color, and up to 1200 x 6000 dpi on a network. Low Running Cost-Whenever you will only have supplied. Network Standard models only. Brilliant High Quality Output-Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many ...features you can use 2 in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to 15 pages per minute in Specifications ...
... 20 pages per minute in full color, and up to 1200 x 6000 dpi on a network. Low Running Cost-Whenever you will only have supplied. Network Standard models only. Brilliant High Quality Output-Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many ...features you can use 2 in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to 15 pages per minute in Specifications ...
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... connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to select the right type of paper and envelopes. 1 From your computer select the Print command. The LCD shows Receiving Data. 3 When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows ... many types of paper. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper 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®...
... connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to select the right type of paper and envelopes. 1 From your computer select the Print command. The LCD shows Receiving Data. 3 When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows ... many types of paper. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper 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®...
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...the LCD shows Data Remains, you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve print quality in the User's Guide. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 3 Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in ...the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can stop the current print job and clear the data from memory. Fax sending will ...
...the LCD shows Data Remains, you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve print quality in the User's Guide. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 3 Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in ...the printer memory by pressing Stop/Exit. Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can stop the current print job and clear the data from memory. Fax sending will ...
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... up your computer. There are three ways to display the status monitor on your computer-in the task bar, in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX on your computer, the resident icon will appear on the desktop. 1 - 4 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can check the ...jam or ink empty. For more devices, allowing 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. Red icon means a printing error has occured. Green icon means the normal stand-by double-clicking the icon...
... up your computer. There are three ways to display the status monitor on your computer-in the task bar, in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX on your computer, the resident icon will appear on the desktop. 1 - 4 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can check the ...jam or ink empty. For more devices, allowing 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. Red icon means a printing error has occured. Green icon means the normal stand-by double-clicking the icon...
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... 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 printer... settings when you access the printer driver settings depends on your operating system and software applications. ■ The screens shown in this section are from the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC...
... 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 printer... settings when you access the printer driver settings depends on your operating system and software applications. ■ The screens shown in this section are from the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC...
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..., the processing time, data transfer time and print time will take to print precise images such as photographs. Good print quality with the type of the text. Better print quality than Fast mode and faster print speed than Photo. ■ Enhance Normal Printing: 750 x 750 dpi. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Select...
..., the processing time, data transfer time and print time will take to print precise images such as photographs. Good print quality with the type of the text. Better print quality than Fast mode and faster print speed than Photo. ■ Enhance Normal Printing: 750 x 750 dpi. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Select...
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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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... the True2Life® feature. Overall print quality is improved, but print speed is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is slightly slower than in the image. Enhanced Normal Printing Use this mode only when printing on some types of color in one direction to improve a washed out...
... the True2Life® feature. Overall print quality is improved, but print speed is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is slightly slower than in the image. Enhanced Normal Printing Use this mode only when printing on some types of color in one direction to improve a washed out...
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...adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is similar to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you want ...white. ■ Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of the whole image. Lighting, camera settings and other color. By using this effect and bring the white areas back to the left or right. ■ Contrast... This setting adjusts the contrast of the Blue color to be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences will make the image bluer. Increase the ...
...adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is similar to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you want ...white. ■ Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of the whole image. Lighting, camera settings and other color. By using this effect and bring the white areas back to the left or right. ■ Contrast... This setting adjusts the contrast of the Blue color to be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences will make the image bluer. Increase the ...
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Page Layout The Page Layout selection can choose to be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 13 Orientation The Orientation selects the position of paper. If you can reduce ... have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on multiple sheets of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not available...
Page Layout The Page Layout selection can choose to be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 13 Orientation The Orientation selects the position of paper. If you can reduce ... have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on multiple sheets of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not available...
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...printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is not selected, then each page will be printed and then repeated for Paper Size setting. Reverse Order Reverse Order prints... the pages of your document will feed the paper when printing. You can only use... allows the printer driver to 999). Paper Tray (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 the ...
...printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is not selected, then each page will be printed and then repeated for Paper Size setting. Reverse Order Reverse Order prints... the pages of your document will feed the paper when printing. You can only use... allows the printer driver to 999). Paper Tray (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 the ...
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Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type. ■ Photo: Select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select ... ■ 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 matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to select the color matching and halftone method, select this mode. 1...
Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ■ Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type. ■ Photo: Select this mode for photographic images. ■ Graphics: Select ... ■ 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 matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color document to select the color matching and halftone method, select this mode. 1...
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Select the best one for photographic images. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. Match Monitor Color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for your document. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to get the closest color match to print a more vivid color. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17
Select the best one for photographic images. The color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. Match Monitor Color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for your document. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to get the closest color match to print a more vivid color. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 17
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...are some predefined patterns set for this and you can use for your document. Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of printing is more suitable to create the halftones. There are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. 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 methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to express halftones. Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots...
...are some predefined patterns set for this and you can use for your document. Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of printing is more suitable to create the halftones. There are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. 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 methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to express halftones. Select the appropriate method. ■ Diffusion: Dots...
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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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... outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can place a logo or text into your document. Watermark You can use . Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom 1 - 20 USING THE MACHINE AS A...Outline Text if you only want to use a bitmap file or text file that you want to print the watermark image in the background of your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the watermark. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you have created. If this ...
... outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can place a logo or text into your document. Watermark You can use . Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: ■ On all pages ■ On first page only ■ From second page ■ Custom 1 - 20 USING THE MACHINE AS A...Outline Text if you only want to use a bitmap file or text file that you want to print the watermark image in the background of your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the watermark. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you have created. If this ...
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... retrieved from your computer's system clock. The actual Date and Time printed on your document from the settings of the Date and Time background. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your computer. 1 - 22 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER... When Opaque is selected, you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will be printed. To include a background with the...
... retrieved from your computer's system clock. The actual Date and Time printed on your document from the settings of the Date and Time background. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your computer. 1 - 22 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER... When Opaque is selected, you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will be printed. To include a background with the...