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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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Install those drivers by the printer/multi-function device. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you are from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on a network. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you only have to...
Install those drivers by the printer/multi-function device. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you are from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on a network. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you only have to...
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... from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in the User's Guide. 3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine can clear the data that is copying or receiving a fax on the control panel. 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 choose the right type of paper. Fax sending will not...
... from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in the memory by pressing the Stop/Exit key on paper, it , see Improving print quality in the User's Guide. 3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1 Your machine can clear the data that is copying or receiving a fax on the control panel. 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 choose the right type of paper. Fax sending will not...
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Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you start up your PC. There are two locations where 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 can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of error ...
Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you start up your PC. There are two locations where 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 can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the desktop. 4 Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of error ...
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b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor ... 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 model name) and click Properties. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you want to switch off...
b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor ... 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 model name) and click Properties. Printing Turning off the status monitor If you want to switch off...
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... your chosen settings. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. 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... Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 This setting may cause some slight blurring of text.
... your chosen settings. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. 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... Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 This setting may cause some slight blurring of text.
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...the processing time, data transfer time and print time will take to 1200 × 2400 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... in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to print the document. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Normal. Fast 600 ×...
...the processing time, data transfer time and print time will take to 1200 × 2400 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... in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to print the document. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Normal. Fast 600 ×...
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... analyzes your PC. 8 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. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster print speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®...
... analyzes your PC. 8 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. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. When unchecked, the print head will only print in both directions offering faster print speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®...
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... 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...the appearance of an image, similar to the left or right. Contrast Adjusts the contrast of color in the image to make the image greener. Blue Increases the intensity of the whole image. ...of a picture may be clearer. Lighting, camera settings and other color. Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image.
... 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...the appearance of an image, similar to the left or right. Contrast Adjusts the contrast of color in the image to make the image greener. Blue Increases the intensity of the whole image. ...of a picture may be clearer. Lighting, camera settings and other color. Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of an image.
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...215; 5 in. (88.9 × 127.0 mm) to 8.5 × 14 in. (215.9 × 355.6 mm). Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you see...includes a large selection of your PC. You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. Choose the correct paper thickness to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 You can also choose the borderless setting for this custom size. If you want to improve the quality ...
...215; 5 in. (88.9 × 127.0 mm) to 8.5 × 14 in. (215.9 × 355.6 mm). Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Specify the Width and Height values, and enter any name you want , you see...includes a large selection of your PC. You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. Choose the correct paper thickness to print such as Letter (borderless). 10 You can also choose the borderless setting for this custom size. If you want to improve the quality ...
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... 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. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in the application. 11 The 1 in N options enlarges your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If.../98SE/Me, the 4 in 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 choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application...
... 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. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in the application. 11 The 1 in N options enlarges your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If.../98SE/Me, the 4 in 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 choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application...
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...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 feed the paper when printing...opposite order. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is the same type and size. When Tray 1 is printed. If you... choose. If Collate is unchecked, then each page will be printed and then reprinted according to...from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 to the number of copies chosen before the next page ...
...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 feed the paper when printing...opposite order. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is the same type and size. When Tray 1 is printed. If you... choose. If Collate is unchecked, then each page will be printed and then reprinted according to...from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 to the number of copies chosen before the next page ...
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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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The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 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. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. • Vivid: Use for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors. 15 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. Printing Custom Image Type You can choose the color matching method manually.
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...one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings cannot be chosen with certain combinations of your document with the Scaling feature. Choose Off if you choose Transparencies as business charts. Note Mirror Printing... is not available when you want to print the document as it... You can change the print size of Media Type and Quality settings. Use for printing photographs that have delicate ...to reduce the size. Check Mirror Printing to reverse the data from left to create...
...one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings cannot be chosen with certain combinations of your document with the Scaling feature. Choose Off if you choose Transparencies as business charts. Note Mirror Printing... is not available when you want to print the document as it... You can change the print size of Media Type and Quality settings. Use for printing photographs that have delicate ...to reduce the size. Check Mirror Printing to reverse the data from left to create...
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...: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can use . 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you have created. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only...
...: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 Print Watermark 1 You can use . 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of your document. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you have created. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only...
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... or Bitmap 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 File box, or... the position of your bitmap image 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 Edit...
... or Bitmap 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 File box, or... the position of your bitmap image 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 Edit...