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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 ... ...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 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant......
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 ... ...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 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant......
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... the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on glossy paper to get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features... by a firewall, and is available for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in a high quality ink jet printer. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Low Running Cost Whenever you run out...
... the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on glossy paper to get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features... by a firewall, and is available for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in a high quality ink jet printer. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Low Running Cost Whenever you run out...
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...; 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. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the...
...; 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. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the...
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... 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 automatically be pulled from Tray 2. This setting may cause some slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 To...
... 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 automatically be pulled from Tray 2. This setting may cause some slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 To...
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...ink used. Use for printing large volume documents or documents for proofing. 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, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ...longer. Fine 1200 × 1200 dpi. As print quality and speed are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi. (...
...ink used. Use for printing large volume documents or documents for proofing. 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, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ...longer. Fine 1200 × 1200 dpi. As print quality and speed are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is the highest resolution and slowest speed. Photo Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi. (...
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... 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. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density.
... 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. Enhanced Print Settings Click the Settings button to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density.
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...pixels in the image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Lighting, camera settings and other color. Increase the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in the image. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences... will make the image bluer. 9 Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of color in an image to improve a washed out or weak looking picture. White Balance Adjusts the hue of the white areas of...
...pixels in the image to make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Lighting, camera settings and other color. Increase the contrast when you can increase or decrease the amount of color in the image. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other influences... will make the image bluer. 9 Printing 1 Color Density Adjusts the total amount of color in an image to improve a washed out or weak looking picture. White Balance Adjusts the hue of the white areas of...
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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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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 type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ... 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
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 type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. ... 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 your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings cannot be chosen with .... Check Mirror Printing to reverse the data from left to create the halftones. Note Mirror Printing is not available when you can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to make halftones. There are 1 some predefined patterns and you choose Transparencies as business charts...
Use for printing photographs that have definite color boundaries or for your document. • Diffusion: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to express halftones. Note Some halftone settings cannot be chosen with .... Check Mirror Printing to reverse the data from left to create the halftones. Note Mirror Printing is not available when you can choose which one to use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to make halftones. There are 1 some predefined patterns and you choose Transparencies as business charts...
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... 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...
... 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...
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... Printer Functions: Printing 1 1 Print Date & Time 1 When the Print Date & Time feature is automatically retrieved from your PC. 19 Device Options You can click the Color button to be printed. To include a background with the Date and Time, choose Opaque. Click the Setting button to change the... color of Date and Time to change the Date, Time, Position and Font. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is enabled, the date ...
... Printer Functions: Printing 1 1 Print Date & Time 1 When the Print Date & Time feature is automatically retrieved from your PC. 19 Device Options You can click the Color button to be printed. To include a background with the Date and Time, choose Opaque. Click the Setting button to change the... color of Date and Time to change the Date, Time, Position and Font. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is enabled, the date ...
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... Scanner Setup dialog box. Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 f Click Start. icon, and then use the options available to its e Load your application window). Note Skip this step if you...
... Scanner Setup dialog box. Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 f Click Start. icon, and then use the options available to its e Load your application window). Note Skip this step if you...
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... dots. Higher resolutions take more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of gray. 256 Color Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image. 24 bit Color Uses up to 16.8 million colors to give a gray appearance.) True Gray Use for photographic images or graphics. The following table ... has the longest transfer time. 26 Black dots are put in a specific pattern to scan the image. Scanning Resolution 2 You can choose and the available colors. 2 Resolution 100 × 100 dpi 150 × 150 dpi 200 × 200 dpi 300 × 300 dpi 400 × 400 dpi 600 × 600 ...
... dots. Higher resolutions take more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of gray. 256 Color Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image. 24 bit Color Uses up to 16.8 million colors to give a gray appearance.) True Gray Use for photographic images or graphics. The following table ... has the longest transfer time. 26 Black dots are put in a specific pattern to scan the image. Scanning Resolution 2 You can choose and the available colors. 2 Resolution 100 × 100 dpi 150 × 150 dpi 200 × 200 dpi 300 × 300 dpi 400 × 400 dpi 600 × 600 ...
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... When scanning photographs or other graphics application, try different settings for most images. If the image is usually suitable for the Resolution, Color Type, Brightness and Contrast to Gray or True Gray. Note The Contrast setting is too light, set a higher Brightness level and scan...emphasizes dark and light areas of the scanner glass. Photo 4 × 6 in. Index Card 5 × 8 in gray areas. Document Size 2 Choose one of the following sizes: A4 210 × 297 mm JIS B5 182 × 257 mm Letter 8 1/2 × 11 in. ...
... When scanning photographs or other graphics application, try different settings for most images. If the image is usually suitable for the Resolution, Color Type, Brightness and Contrast to Gray or True Gray. Note The Contrast setting is too light, set a higher Brightness level and scan...emphasizes dark and light areas of the scanner glass. Photo 4 × 6 in. Index Card 5 × 8 in gray areas. Document Size 2 Choose one of the following sizes: A4 210 × 297 mm JIS B5 182 × 257 mm Letter 8 1/2 × 11 in. ...
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to 215.9 × 355.6 mm.) If you chose on the type of file, resolution and number of colors used. 28 or 8.9 × 8.9 mm to 8.5 × 14 in . Note You can choose 'mm' or 'inch' as the size, the Custom Document Size dialog box ...
to 215.9 × 355.6 mm.) If you chose on the type of file, resolution and number of colors used. 28 or 8.9 × 8.9 mm to 8.5 × 14 in . Note You can choose 'mm' or 'inch' as the size, the Custom Document Size dialog box ...
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You can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on your PC or to a media card...application as a file attachment. Scanning Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. Scan to E-mail 2 You can use the Scan key on a...on the control panel, you use the (Scan) key on page 71. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your document.
You can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on your PC or to a media card...application as a file attachment. Scanning Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. Scan to E-mail 2 You can use the Scan key on a...on the control panel, you use the (Scan) key on page 71. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your document.
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...change the (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. Press OK. Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 b Press the (Scan) key. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. c Press a or b to ...change the (Scan) key configuration. (See OCR (Word Processing program) on page 49.) a Load your document. Scanning Scan to Image You can scan a color picture into a text file which can then be edited in your favorite word processing software. b Press the (Scan) key.
...change the (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. Press OK. Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 b Press the (Scan) key. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. c Press a or b to ...change the (Scan) key configuration. (See OCR (Word Processing program) on page 49.) a Load your document. Scanning Scan to Image You can scan a color picture into a text file which can then be edited in your favorite word processing software. b Press the (Scan) key.
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... 53.) 2 a Load your document. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the Scan to File configuration screen of the ControlCenter3 configuration screen. (See File on... For example, the fifth image scanned on page 53.) Scan to File. Scanning Scan to File 2 You can scan a black and white or a color document into your machine. 1 This product also supports CompactFlash® type1. 2 MagicGate Memory Stick® and Memory Stick Pro™ can be used,...
... 53.) 2 a Load your document. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the Scan to File configuration screen of the ControlCenter3 configuration screen. (See File on... For example, the fifth image scanned on page 53.) Scan to File. Scanning Scan to File 2 You can scan a black and white or a color document into your machine. 1 This product also supports CompactFlash® type1. 2 MagicGate Memory Stick® and Memory Stick Pro™ can be used,...