ADVANCED USER’S GUIDE MFC-J615W MFC-J630W Version 0 USA/CAN
User's Guides and where do I find it? Which manual? What's in it? Where is it? Safety and Legal Please read the Safety Instructions before you set up your machine. Printed / In the box Quick Setup Guide Read this Guide first. Follow the instructions for setting up your machine and installing the drivers and software for the operating system and connection type you are using.
Table of Contents 1 General setup 1 Memory storage.....................................................................................................1 Volume Settings.....................................................................................................1 Ring Volume ....................................................................................................1 Beeper Volume................................................................................................
Receiving a fax 15 Memory Receive (Black & White only) ................................................................15 Receiving faxes into memory when paper tray is empty ...............................15 Fax Forwarding..............................................................................................15 Paging ...........................................................................................................16 Fax Storage ..........................................................
7 Making copies 35 Copy settings ....................................................................................................... 35 Stop copying.................................................................................................. 35 Changing copy quality ...................................................................................35 Enlarging or reducing the copied image ........................................................ 35 Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) .
9 Printing photos from a camera 55 Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera ...............................................55 PictBridge requirements ................................................................................55 Setting your digital camera ............................................................................55 Printing Images..............................................................................................56 DPOF printing ..................................
1 General setup Memory storage Even if there is a power failure, you will not lose the settings you have chosen using the Menu key because they are stored permanently. Also, you will not lose your settings in the FAX, COPY and PHOTO CAPTURE mode key menus if you have chosen Set New Default. You may have to reset the date and time. 1 1 1 Volume Settings 1 Ring Volume 1 You can choose a range of ring volume levels, from High to Off. While the machine is idle, press d or c to adjust the volume level.
Chapter 1 Beeper Volume When the beeper is on, the machine will beep when you press a key, make a mistake, or after you send or receive a fax. You can choose a range of beeper volume levels, from High to Off. a b c d e f 2 1 Speaker Volume You can choose a range of speaker volume levels, from High to Off. a b Press Menu. Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Volume. Press OK. Press Stop/Exit. Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK.
General setup Automatic Daylight Saving Time You can set the machine to change automatically for daylight saving time. It will reset itself forward one hour in the Spring and backward one hour in the Fall. Make sure you have set the correct date and time in the Date&Time setting. The factory setting is Off, so you will have to turn on Automatic Daylight Saving Time as follows. a b Press Menu.
Chapter 1 LCD screen Setting the backlight brightness 1 1 Press Menu. Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose LCD Settings. Press OK. d e Press a or b to choose Backlight. f Press d or c to choose Light, Med or Dark. Press OK. Press Stop/Exit. Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight 1 You can set how long the LCD backlight stays on after you go back to the Ready screen. a b Press Menu. Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK.
General setup Mode Timer 1 1 The machine has four temporary mode keys on the control panel: FAX, SCAN, COPY and PHOTO CAPTURE. You can change the amount of time the machine takes after the last Scan, Copy or PhotoCapture operation before it returns to Fax mode. If you choose Off, the machine stays in the mode you used last. a b c d e Press Menu. Press a or b to choose General Setup. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Mode Timer. Press d or c to choose 0Sec, 30Secs, 1Min, 2Mins, 5Mins or Off. Press OK.
2 Security features TX Lock TX Lock lets you prevent unauthorized access to the machine. You will not be able to continue to schedule Delayed Faxes or Polling jobs. However, any pre-scheduled Delayed Faxes will be sent even if you turn on TX Lock, so they will not be lost.
Security features Changing the password a b 2 Turning TX Lock on/off 2 Press Menu. Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Miscellaneous. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Press OK. e Turning TX Lock on a b 2 2 Press Menu. Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Miscellaneous. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Set Password. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose TX Lock. Press OK. f Enter a 4-digit number for the current password.
3 Sending a fax Additional sending options Sending faxes using multiple settings When you send a fax you can choose any combination of these settings: resolution, contrast, scan size, etc. a Press (FAX). The LCD shows: Fax FAX Press Start Enter Number Fax Resolution Contrast Speed Dial b Standard Auto Press a or b to choose a setting you want to change. c Press d or c to choose an option. Press OK. d Repeat steps b to c to change more settings.
Sending a fax Changing fax resolution The quality of a fax can be improved by changing the fax resolution. a Press b Press a or b to choose Fax Resolution. c Press d or c to choose the resolution you want. Press OK. (FAX). 3 Setting your changes as the new default You can save the fax settings for Fax Resolution, Contrast, Real Time TX and Glass ScanSize you use most often by setting them as default. These settings will stay until you change them again.
Chapter 3 Additional sending operations Sending a fax manually d e 3 To send a multiple page fax, use the ADF. Press b c Load your document. d e f (FAX). a Broadcasting (Black & White only) If you picked up the handset of the external telephone, replace it. b Press c Load your document. 10 If the Out of Memory message appears while scanning a document, press Stop/Exit to cancel or Black Start to send the scanned pages. When you hear the fax tone, press Black Start or Color Start.
Sending a fax d You can add numbers to the broadcast in the following ways: Press a or b to choose Add Number and enter a number using the dial pad. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Speed Dial and OK. Press a or b to choose Alphabetic Order or Numeric Order and OK. Press a or b to select a number and OK. e After you have entered all the fax numbers by repeating step d, press a or b to choose Complete. Press OK. f Press Black Start. Canceling a Broadcast in progress a b Press Menu.
Chapter 3 Real Time Transmission 3 When you are sending a fax, the machine will scan the document into the memory before sending it. Then, as soon as the telephone line is free, the machine will start dialing and sending. Sometimes, you may want to send an important document immediately, without waiting for memory transmission. You can do this by turning on Real Time TX. a Press b c Press a or b to choose Real Time TX. (FAX). Press d or c to choose On (or Off). Press OK.
Sending a fax Delayed Batch Transmission (Black & White only) e Press b c Press a or b to choose Batch TX. d To cancel, press 1 to choose Yes. 3 If you want to cancel another job go to step d. Before sending the delayed faxes, your machine will help you economize by sorting all the faxes in the memory by destination and scheduled time. All delayed faxes that are scheduled to be sent at the same time to the same fax number will be sent as one fax to save transmission time.
Chapter 3 Polling overview h 3 Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, so you pay for the call. The polling feature needs to be set up on both machines for this to work. Not all fax machines support polling.
4 Receiving a fax Memory Receive (Black & White only) Fax Forwarding 4 You can only use one Memory Receive operation at a time: Fax Forwarding Paging Fax Storage PC-Fax Receive Off You can change your selection at any time. If received faxes are still in the machine’s memory when you change the Memory Receive operation, a question will appear on the LCD. (See Changing Memory Receive operations on page 19.
Chapter 4 Paging 4 g If you are programming your cell phone number and do not need to enter a PIN, press OK. When you choose Paging, your machine dials the cell phone or pager number you have programmed. This activates your cell phone or pager so you will know that you have a fax message in the memory. If your pager needs a PIN, enter the PIN, press #, press Redial/Pause, and then enter your fax number followed by # #.
Receiving a fax c Press a or b to choose Setup Receive. Press OK. PC-Fax Receive (Windows® only) d Press a or b to choose Memory Receive. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Fax Storage. Press OK. If you turn on the PC-Fax Receive feature your machine will store received faxes in memory and send them to your PC automatically. You can then use your PC to view and store these faxes.
Chapter 4 h i Press a or b to choose Backup Print:On or Backup Print:Off. Press OK. f The LCD shows the message Run PC-Fax on your computer. Press OK. g Press a or b to choose Change. Press OK. h Press a or b to choose , or the PC you want to receive faxes. Press OK. i Press a or b to choose Backup Print:On or Backup Print:Off. Press OK. j Press Stop/Exit. Press Stop/Exit. Note • PC-Fax Receive is not supported in the Mac OS.
Receiving a fax Turning off Memory Receive operations a b c d 4 Press Menu. Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Setup Receive. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Memory Receive. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Off. Press OK. f Press Stop/Exit. Note The LCD will give you more options if there are received faxes still in the machine’s memory. (See Changing Memory Receive operations on page 19.
Chapter 4 Remote Retrieval 4 You can call your machine from any touch-tone telephone or fax machine and then use the remote access code and remote commands to retrieve fax messages. Setting a Remote Access Code The remote access code lets you access the remote retrieval features when you are away from your machine. Before you can use the remote access and retrieval features, you have to set up your own code. The factory default code is the inactive code (--- ). a b Press Menu.
Receiving a fax Remote Fax commands 4 Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you call the machine and enter your remote access code (3 digits followed by ), the system will give two short beeps and you must enter a remote command. Remote commands 95 Change the Fax Forwarding, Paging or Fax Storage settings 1 OFF You can choose Off after you have retrieved or erased all your messages. 2 Fax Forwarding One long beep means the change is accepted.
Chapter 4 Retrieving fax messages 4 You can call your machine from any touch-tone telephone and have your fax messages sent to a machine. Before you use this feature, you have to turn on Fax Storage. a b Dial your fax number. c d Changing your Fax Forwarding number You can change the default setting of your fax forwarding number from another touch-tone telephone or fax machine. a b Dial your fax number. When you hear two short beeps, press 9 6 2. c When you hear two short beeps, press 9 5 4.
Receiving a fax Additional receiving operations Printing a reduced incoming fax If you choose On, the machine automatically reduces each page of an incoming fax to fit on one page of Letter, Legal or A4 size paper. The machine calculates the reduction ratio by using the page size of the fax and your Paper Size setting. (See Paper Size in chapter 2 in the Basic User’s Guide.) a b Press Menu. Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Setup Receive. Press OK.
Chapter 4 Polling overview e Press a or b to choose Add Number and enter the number using a dial pad. Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, so you pay for the call. The polling feature needs to be set up on both machines for this to work. Not all fax machines support polling. Polling receive Press OK. Press a or b to choose Speed Dial and OK.
5 Dialing and storing numbers Voice operations 5 Voice calls can be made either with an external telephone, by dialing manually, or by using Quick Dial numbers. Tone or Pulse (Canada only) 5 b Pick up the handset of an external telephone or press Hook. 5 The Caller ID feature lets you use the Caller ID subscriber service offered by many local telephone companies. Call your telephone company for details.
Chapter 5 Setting up your area code (USA only) 5 When returning calls from the Caller ID history your machine will automatically dial “1” plus the area code for all calls. If your local dialing plan requires that the “1” not be used for calls within your area code enter your area code in this setting. With the area code setting, calls returned from the Caller ID history to your area code will be dialed using 10 digits (area code + 7-digit number).
Dialing and storing numbers Triplex Adapter 5 RJ14 d Plug one end of the second telephone line cord for your TAD into the L2 jack of the two-line TAD. Plug the other end into the EXT. jack on the left side of the machine. 1 RJ11 2 RJ14 Installing machine, external two-line TAD and two-line telephone When you are installing an external two-line telephone answering device (TAD) and a two-line telephone, your machine must be isolated on one line at both the wall jack and at the TAD.
Chapter 5 Additional dialing operations Outgoing Call The last 30 numbers you sent a fax to will be stored in the outgoing call history. You can choose one of these numbers to fax to, add to Speed Dial, or delete from the history. a Press Redial/Pause. You can also choose Outgoing Call by pressing (FAX). b Press a or b to choose the number you want. Press OK. c Do one of the following: To send a fax, press a or b to choose Send a fax.
Dialing and storing numbers Note • (USA only) If you redial from the Caller ID history outside your area code, you must set up your AREA CODE in advance. (See Setting up your area code (USA only) on page 26.) Press a or b to choose Search. Press OK. f g Enter 02. Press Black Start or Color Start. You will dial “555-7000”. To temporarily change a number, you can substitute part of the number with manual dialing using the dial pad.
Chapter 5 Additional ways to store numbers Storing Speed Dial numbers from Outgoing Calls You can also store Speed Dial numbers from the Outgoing Call history. a Press Redial/Pause. You can also choose Outgoing Call by pressing (FAX). b Press a or b to choose the name or number you want to store. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Add SpeedDial. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose the 2-digit Speed Dial location where you want to store the number. Press OK.
Dialing and storing numbers g Do one of the following: e If you want to change the Group name, press a or b to choose Change Group Name and press OK. Then enter the new Group name and press OK. f Press a or b to choose Add Number. Press OK. g To add numbers to the group, press a or b to choose Alphabetic Order or Numeric Order and OK. Press a or b to select a number and OK. h Do one of the following: Enter a second fax or telephone number (up to 20 digits). Press OK.
Chapter 5 Changing a Group name a b Press 5 Deleting a number from a Group 5 a Press Press a or b to choose Setup Groups. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose Setup Groups. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose the Group name you want to change. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose the Group you want to change. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Change Group Name. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose the number you want to delete. Press OK. Press 1 to confirm.
6 Printing reports Fax reports 6 e 6 You need to set up the Transmission Verification Report and Journal Period using the Menu keys. Transmission Verification Report 6, 12, 24 hours, 2 or 7 days The machine will print the report at the chosen time and then erase all jobs from its memory. If the machine's memory becomes full with 200 jobs before the time you chose has passed, the machine will print the Journal early and then erase all jobs from the memory.
Chapter 6 Reports The following reports are available: Transmission Prints a Transmission Verification Report for your last transmission. Help List A help list showing how to program your machine. Quick Dial Lists names and numbers stored in the Speed Dial memory, in alphabetical or numerical order. Fax Journal Lists information about the last incoming and outgoing faxes. (TX: Transmit.) (RX: Receive.) User Settings Lists your settings. Network Config Lists your Network settings.
7 Making copies Copy settings 7 7 Changing copy quality You can choose from a range of quality. The factory setting is Normal. You can change the copy settings temporarily for the next copy. These settings are temporary, and the machine returns to its default settings 1 minute after copying, unless you have set the Mode Timer to 30 seconds or less. (See Mode Timer on page 5.) Fast To change a setting, press COPY and then press a or b to scroll through the copy settings.
Chapter 7 g a Press b c d Load your document. If you do not want to change additional settings, press Black Start or Color Start. Enter the number of copies you want. Note e f (COPY). Press a or b to choose Enlarge/Reduce. Press d or c to choose 100%, Enlarge, Reduce, Fit to Page or Custom(25-400%). Do one of the following: If you chose Enlarge or Reduce, press OK and press d or c to choose the enlargement or reduction ratio you want. Press OK.
Making copies Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) e Press d or c to choose Off(1 in 1), 2 in 1 (P), 2 in 1 (L), 4 in 1 (P), 4 in 1 (L) or Poster(3 x 3). Press OK. f If you do not want to change additional settings, press Black Start or Color Start to scan the page. If you placed the document in the ADF or are making a poster, the machine scans the pages and starts printing. 7 The N in 1 copy feature can help you save paper by letting you copy two or four pages onto one printed page.
Chapter 7 Adjusting Density 4 in 1 (P) 7 You can adjust the copy density to make copies darker or lighter. 4 in 1 (L) Poster(3 x 3) You can make a poster size copy of a photograph. a Press b c d e Load your document. f If you do not want to change additional settings, press Black Start or Color Start. (COPY). Enter the number of copies you want. Press a or b to choose Density. Press c to make the copy darker or d to make the copy lighter. Press OK.
Making copies Ink Save Mode: On 7 Book Copy 7 Book copy corrects dark borders and skew when copying from the scanner glass. Your machine can correct the data automatically or you can make specific corrections. a Press b c d Load your document. (COPY). a Press b c d e Load your document. (COPY). Enter the number of copies you want. Press a or b to choose Book Copy. Do one of the following: If you want to correct the data yourself, press d or c to choose On(Preview).
Chapter 7 Watermark Copy 7 You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the template watermarks, data from your media cards or USB Flash memory drive, or scanned data. Note • Fit to Page, Page Layout, Ink Save Mode and Book Copy are not available with Watermark Copy. Inc. a Press b c d Load your document. e f Press b c d Load your document. 7 Press d or c to choose On. Press a or b to choose Current Setting. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Template.
Making copies Using a scanned paper document as your watermark a Press b c Enter the number of copies you want. d e f g h i j (COPY). Press a or b to choose Watermark Copy. Press OK. 7 Setting your changes as the new default 7 You can save the copy settings for Quality, Enlarge/Reduce, Density, Ink Save Mode and Page Layout that you use most often by setting them as the default settings. These settings will stay until you change them again.
8 PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive PhotoCapture Center® operations Memory cards, USB Flash memory drive and folder structures Please be aware of the following: 8 (memory card users) 8 Your machine is designed to be compatible with modern digital camera image files, memory cards and USB Flash memory drive; however, please read the points below to avoid errors: The image file extension must be .JPG (other image file extensions like .JPEG, .TIF, .
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Movie printing 8 You can print images from movie files that are stored on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive. A movie file is automatically divided into 9 parts by movie recording times and is placed in 3 lines, then you can see and print the scenes that have been automatically divided. Print Images 8 Print Index (Thumbnails) 8 The PhotoCapture Center® assigns numbers for images (such as No.1, No.2, No.
Chapter 8 c Press a or b to choose Layout Format. Press d or c to choose 6 Images/Line or 5 Images/Line. Press OK. 6 Images/Line Do one of the following: Press OK. Press a or b to choose Paper Size and press d or c to choose the paper size you are using, Letter or A4. Press OK. a Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot. Press (PHOTO CAPTURE). b Print the Index. (See Print Index (Thumbnails) on page 43.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Print All Photos 8 Auto Correct 8 You can print all the photos on your memory card or USB Flash memory drive. Auto Correct is available for most photos. The machine decides the suitable effect for your photo. a Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot. Press (PHOTO CAPTURE). a Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot.
Chapter 8 Enhance Skin-Tone 8 Enhance Skin-Tone is best used for adjusting portrait photographs. It detects human skin color in your photos and adjusts the image. a b c d Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot. Press (PHOTO CAPTURE). Press a or b to choose Enhance Photos. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose Enhance Photos. Press OK. c Press d or c to choose your photo or picture. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Enhance Scenery. Press OK.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive b Press a or b to choose Enhance Photos. Press OK. c Press d or c to choose your photo or picture. Press OK. c Press d or c to choose your photo or picture. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Monochrome. Press OK. e Press OK and enter the number of copies you want using the dial pad. f Do one of the following: d Press a or b to choose Remove Red-Eye. Press OK. Press OK and change the print settings.
Chapter 8 Search by Date You can find your photos based on date. a b c d Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot. Press (PHOTO CAPTURE). Press a or b to choose Search by Date. Press OK. Press a or b to choose the date that you want to search from. Press OK. Press d or c to choose your photo or picture. Note You can view photos with other dates by pressing d or c continuously. Press d to view an older photo and c to view a more recent photo.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Trimming 8 You can trim your photo and print a part of the image. Note If your photo is very small or an irregular shape you may not be able to trim the photo. The LCD will show Image Too Small. or Image Too Long. a Make sure you have put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the proper slot. Press (PHOTO CAPTURE). b Press a or b to choose Trimming. Press OK. c Press d or c to choose your photo or picture.
Chapter 8 PhotoCapture Center® print settings Paper options 8 Paper Type You can change the print settings temporarily for the next printing. a b These settings are temporary, and the machine returns to its default settings 3 minutes after printing, unless you have set the Mode Timer to 2 minutes or less. (See Mode Timer on page 5.) Note c You can save the print settings you use most often by setting them as the default. (See Setting your changes as the new default on page 52.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Adjusting Brightness, Contrast and Color Brightness a b c c Press a or b to choose White Balance, Sharpness or Color Density. d Press d or c to adjust the degree of the setting. Press OK. e Do one of the following: 8 8 Press a or b to choose Brightness. Press d to make a darker print or press c to make a lighter print. Press OK.
Chapter 8 Cropping 8 If your photo is too long or wide to fit the available space on your chosen layout, part of the image will automatically be cropped. c Press a or b to choose Cropping. Press d or c to choose Off (or On). Press OK. a b Press a or b to choose Print Date. c If you do not want to change additional settings, press Color Start to print. Press d or c to choose On (or Off). Press OK. Note If you do not want to change additional settings, press Color Start to print.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Restoring all settings to the factory settings You can restore the PhotoCapture settings Print Quality, Paper Type, Paper Size, Brightness, Contrast, Cropping, Borderless, and Print Date, that you have changed, to the factory settings. a Press a or b to choose Factory Reset. Press OK. b c Press 1 to choose Yes. Press Stop/Exit.
Chapter 8 c Press d Press a or b to choose Scan to Media. Press OK. e f Press a or b to choose Auto Crop. g (SCAN). Press d or c to choose On. Press OK. If you do not want to change additional settings, press Black Start or Color Start to start scanning. h The number of the scanned documents appears on the LCD. Press OK. i Press d or c to preview each document data.
9 Printing photos from a camera Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera 9 Setting your digital camera 9 9 Make sure your camera is in PictBridge mode. The following PictBridge settings may be available from the LCD of your PictBridge compatible camera. Depending on your camera some of these settings may not be available. Your Brother machine supports the PictBridge standard, allowing you to connect to and print photos directly from any PictBridge compatible digital camera.
Chapter 9 When your camera does not have any menu selections, these settings are also used. IMPORTANT To prevent damage to your machine, do not connect any device other than a digital camera or USB Flash memory drive to the USB direct interface. The names and availability of each setting depends on the specification of your camera. Please refer to the documentation supplied with your camera for more detailed information on changing PictBridge settings.
Printing photos from a camera Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without PictBridge) a Make sure that your camera is turned off. Connect your camera to the USB direct interface (1) on the machine using the USB cable. 9 If your camera is using the USB Mass Storage standard, you can connect your camera in storage mode. This enables you to print photos from your camera. (If you would like to print photos in PictBridge mode, see Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera on page 55.
A Routine maintenance Cleaning and checking the machine Cleaning the outside of the machine b Wipe the outside of the machine with a dry, lint-free soft cloth to remove dust. c Lift the output paper tray cover and remove anything that is stuck inside the paper tray. d Wipe the inside and outside of the paper tray with a dry, lint-free soft cloth to remove dust. e Close the output paper tray cover and put the output paper tray firmly back in the machine. A A IMPORTANT • Use neutral detergents.
Routine maintenance Cleaning the scanner a A Lift the document cover (1). Clean the scanner glass (2) and the white plastic (3) with a soft lint-free cloth moistened with a non-flammable glass cleaner. 1 3 Cleaning the machine’s printer platen A CAUTION Be sure to unplug the machine from the AC power outlet before cleaning the printer platen to avoid electrical shock. a Lift the scanner cover until it locks securely in the open position.
Cleaning the paper pick-up rollers a Pull the paper tray completely out of the machine. b Unplug the machine from the AC power outlet and open the Jam Clear Cover (1) at the back of the machine. Cleaning the print head A To maintain good print quality, the machine will automatically clean the print head when needed. You can start the cleaning process manually if there is a print quality problem.
Routine maintenance Checking the print quality If faded or streaked colors and text appear on your output, some of the nozzles may be clogged. You can check this by printing the Print Quality Check Sheet and looking at the nozzle check pattern. a b i The LCD asks you if you want to start cleaning. Press 1 (Yes). The machine starts cleaning the print head. j After cleaning is finished, press Color Start. The machine starts printing the Print Quality Check Sheet again. Return to step f.
Checking the print alignment A Checking the ink volume You may need to adjust the print alignment after transporting the machine if your printed text becomes blurred or images become faded. Although an ink volume icon appears on the LCD, you can use the Menu key to see a large graph showing the ink that is left in each cartridge. a b Press Menu. a b Press Menu. c Press a or b to choose Test Print. Press OK. c d Press a or b to choose Alignment. Press OK. Press a or b to choose Ink Volume.
Routine maintenance Packing and shipping the machine IMPORTANT A When you transport the machine, use the packing materials that came with your machine. If you do not pack the machine properly, any damage that may occur in transit may not be covered by your warranty. • Make sure that the plastic tabs on both sides of the green protective part (1) have securely clicked into place (2). IMPORTANT It is important to allow the machine to “park” the print head after a print job.
d Lift the machine from the front and hook the tab of the green protective part into the keyed opening (1) on the bottom of the paper tray. Then latch the protective part over the raised portion of the paper tray (2). h Lift the scanner cover ( ) to release the lock. Gently push the scanner cover support down ( ) and close the scanner cover ( ) using both hands. 1 2 3 2 i 1 e Unplug the machine from the telephone wall jack and take the telephone line cord out of the machine.
Routine maintenance j Pack the machine and the printed materials in the original carton with the original packing material as shown below. Do not pack the used ink cartridges in the carton. Note If you are returning your machine to Brother as part of the Exchange Service, pack only the machine. Keep all separate parts and printed materials to use with your “Exchange” machine. A k Close the carton and tape it shut.
B Glossary B This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of these features depends on the model you purchased. ADF (automatic document feeder) The document can be placed in the ADF and scanned one page at a time automatically. Auto Reduction Reduces the size of incoming faxes. Automatic Redial A feature that enables your machine to redial the last fax number after five minutes if the fax did not go through because the line was busy.
Glossary Dual Access Your machine can scan outgoing faxes or scheduled jobs into memory at the same time it is sending a fax from memory or receiving or printing an incoming fax. Fax/Tel You can receive faxes and telephone calls. Do not use this mode if you are using a telephone answering device (TAD). Easy Receive Enables your machine to respond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax call by answering it. Fine resolution Resolution is 203 196 dpi. It is used for small print and graphs.
Memory Receive Receives faxes into the machine's memory when the machine is out of paper. Pulse (Canada only) A form of rotary dialing on a telephone line. Menu mode Programming mode for changing your machine's settings. Quick Dial List A listing of names and numbers stored in Speed Dial memory, in numerical order. OCR (optical character recognition) ScanSoft™ PaperPort™11SE with OCR or Presto! PageManager software application converts an image of text to text you can edit.
Glossary Speed Dial A pre-programmed number for easy dialing. You must press (Speed Dial), the two digit code, and Black Start or Color Start to start the dialing process. Standard resolution 203 97 dpi. It is used for regular size text and quickest transmission. User Settings A printed report that shows the current settings of the machine. WLAN Report A printed report that shows the result of the WLAN Connection. Station ID The stored information that appears on the top of faxed pages.
C Index A D Access codes, storing and dialing ............29 Apple Macintosh See Software User's Guide. Dialing access codes and credit card numbers ............................................... 29 Caller ID history .................................... 28 Groups .................................................. 10 Outgoing Call ........................................ 28 Direct printing from a non-PictBridge camera .............. 57 from a PictBridge camera ..................... 55 Dual Access .....
overseas ............................................12 Real Time Transmission ....................12 Resolution ............................................9 return to factory setting ........................9 set new default .....................................9 G Groups for Broadcasting ..........................31 I Ink cartridges checking ink volume .............................62 J Jacks Convert to RJ11 jack triplex adapter .....26 EXT TAD ....................................................
Print checking alignment ...............................62 checking quality ....................................61 fax from memory ...................................17 report .....................................................34 Printing See Software User's Guide. Q Quick Dial Access codes and credit card numbers ................................................29 Broadcasting .........................................10 using Groups ......................................10 Group dial changing ...........
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