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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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... receiving (MFC-420CN, MFC-620CN, MFC-5440CN, MFC-5840CN and MFC-3340CN only 5-19 Running PC-FAX Receiving 5-19 Setting up your PC 5-19 Viewing new PC-FAX messages 5-20 Using the PhotoCapture Center™ from your PC (For Windows®) (not available for MFC-5440CN and MFC-3240C ...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® ...
... receiving (MFC-420CN, MFC-620CN, MFC-5440CN, MFC-5840CN and MFC-3340CN only 5-19 Running PC-FAX Receiving 5-19 Setting up your PC 5-19 Viewing new PC-FAX messages 5-20 Using the PhotoCapture Center™ from your PC (For Windows®) (not available for MFC-5440CN and MFC-3240C ...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® ...
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Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 20 pages per minute in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to replace the cartridge that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by following the ...
Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 20 pages per minute in 1, Watermark (Windows® Only) printing, Color Enhancement technology and other features to replace the cartridge that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by following the ...
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...; (Mac OS® X) on OK to begin printing. (Windows® only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your computer select the Print command. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to read... About paper in your software application, and then click on page 8-4. 2 Your computer sends the data to the machine. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper from the ...
...; (Mac OS® X) on OK to begin printing. (Windows® only) For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your computer select the Print command. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is very important to read... About paper in your software application, and then click on page 8-4. 2 Your computer sends the data to the machine. Then adjust the print area by picking up paper from the ...
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...the LCD shows Data Remains, you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can clear the data that is ...copying or receiving a fax on paper, it , See How to improve print quality in the User's Guide. Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a ...
...the LCD shows Data Remains, you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Printer operation key Job Cancel (MFC-5440CN only) You can clear the data that is ...copying or receiving a fax on paper, it , See How to improve print quality in the User's Guide. Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a ...
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...Watching the machine's status Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right click...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... located in the task tray or on the task bar. Yellow icon means the warning. Red icon means a printing error has occured. Status Monitor (Windows® only) The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that...
...Watching the machine's status Once you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right click...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... located in the task tray or on the task bar. Yellow icon means the warning. Red icon means a printing error has occured. Status Monitor (Windows® only) The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that...
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...: ■ Media 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 the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your operating system and...
...: ■ Media 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 the File menu in your application software. 2 Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your operating system and...
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...; Fine: 1200 x 1200 dpi. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Select Slow Drying Paper when printing with typical print speed. ■ Fast Normal: 600 x 300 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Normal. ■ Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest ink consumption...
...; Fine: 1200 x 1200 dpi. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper Transparencies Slow Drying Paper Select Slow Drying Paper when printing with typical print speed. ■ Fast Normal: 600 x 300 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Normal. ■ Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest ink consumption...
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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. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Enhanced Print Settings You have options for enhanced print settings from the Settings button.
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. USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER 1 - 9 Enhanced Print Settings You have options for enhanced print settings from the Settings button.
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... Drying Paper or Transparencies. When not selected, the print heads will only print in one direction to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Overall print quality is improved, but print speed is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables the True2Life® feature...
... Drying Paper or Transparencies. When not selected, the print heads will only print in one direction to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. Overall print quality is improved, but print speed is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds. Color Enhancement (True2Life®) Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life®) enables the True2Life® feature...
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... the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. ■ Auto Image Enhance Allows individual adjustment of picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you want an image to make the image greener. ■ Blue...be clearer. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. Lighting, camera settings and other color. If the image is similar to the left or right. ■ Contrast This setting adjusts the contrast of an image. ■ White Balance ...
... the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. ■ Auto Image Enhance Allows individual adjustment of picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in true focus and you want an image to make the image greener. ■ Blue...be clearer. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. Lighting, camera settings and other color. If the image is similar to the left or right. ■ Contrast This setting adjusts the contrast of an image. ■ White Balance ...
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Border Line When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not available. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) USING ... border, dashed border or no border around each page on multiple sheets of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on the sheet. Orientation The Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper. Page Layout The Page Layout selection can choose to be...
Border Line When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not available. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) USING ... border, dashed border or no border around each page on multiple sheets of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on the sheet. Orientation The Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed on one sheet of paper. Page Layout The Page Layout selection can choose to be...
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... Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document in Tray#2. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can only use plain paper sizes Letter, Legal or A4 in the opposite order. Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed and then repeated for the... number of copies you selected. Paper Tray (MFC-5840CN only) The Paper Tray selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will be...
... Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document in Tray#2. 1 - 14 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER You can only use plain paper sizes Letter, Legal or A4 in the opposite order. Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed and then repeated for the... number of copies you selected. Paper Tray (MFC-5840CN only) The Paper Tray selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will be...
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... 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 for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). ■ Custom: If you want to be printed in black and white using gray scale.
... 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 for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). ■ Custom: If you want to be printed in black and white using gray scale.
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Match Monitor Color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. 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. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for your document.
Match Monitor Color is adjusted to give more natural color. ■ Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. 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. Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. The color is adjusted to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for your document.
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... settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of printing is more suitable for printing charts such as business charts. This type of printing is more suitable to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing photographs that have delicate shades and graphics. ■...; Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to...
... settings cannot be selected with certain combinations of printing is more suitable for printing charts such as business charts. This type of printing is more suitable to printing graphics that have definite color boundaries or for printing photographs that have delicate shades and graphics. ■...; Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Halftone Pattern The machine can select which one to...
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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 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. Mirror Print is not available when you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
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 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. Mirror Print is not available when you want to reduce the size. ■ Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
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If this feature is not checked then the Watermark will be printed on top of the preset Watermarks, or 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 .... In Outline Text (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP Only) Check In Outline Text if you want to print the watermark image in the background of the watermark. Watermark You can select one of your document. You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. Check Use ...
If this feature is not checked then the Watermark will be printed on top of the preset Watermarks, or 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 .... In Outline Text (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP Only) Check In Outline Text if you want to print the watermark image in the background of the watermark. Watermark You can select one of your document. You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. Check Use ...
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To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will print the date and time on your computer. 1 - 22 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Click the Setting button to change the Date, Time, ... retrieved from your document is selected, you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will be printed. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your document from the settings of the Date and Time background.
To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque. The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will print the date and time on your computer. 1 - 22 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER Click the Setting button to change the Date, Time, ... retrieved from your document is selected, you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will be printed. Device Options Lets you can click on the Color button to change the color of your document from the settings of the Date and Time background.