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Choosing a location
Place your machine on a flat, stable surface that is free of vibration 
and shocks, such as a desk. Put the machine near a standard, AC 
power outlet. Choose a location where the temperature remains 
between 50°F and 95°F (10° and 35°C).
Caution
■ Avoid placing your machine in a high-traffic area.
■ Avoid placing your machine on the carpet.
■ Do not place near heaters, air conditioners, water, chemicals, or 
refrigerators.
■ Do not expose the machine to direct sunlight, excessive heat, 
moisture, or dust.
■ Do not connect your machine to electrical outlets controlled by 
wall switches or automatic timers.
■ Disruption of power can wipe out information in the machine’s 
memory.
■ Do not connect your machine to electrical outlets on the same 
circuit as large appliances or other equipment that might disrupt 
the power supply.
 
						

							
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How to access the complete User’s 
Guide
This User’s Guide does not contain all the information about the 
machine such as how to use the advanced features of the Printer and 
Scanner. When you are ready to learn detailed information about 
these operations, read the complete User’s Guide that is on the 
CD-ROM.
To view Documentation (For Windows®) 
From the  Start menu, select  Brother, MFL Pro Suite DCP-XXXX  
(Where XXXX is your model name) from the Programs Group, and 
then select  User’s Guide .
— OR —
1Turn on your PC. Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled Windows® 
into your CD-ROM drive.
2If the model name screen appears, click your model name.
3If the language screen appears, click your language.
The CD-ROM main menu will appear.
4Click  Documentation .
If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run 
the setup.exe program from the root directory of the Brother 
CD-ROM.
 
						

							
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5Click the documentation you want to read.
■ Quick Setup Guide:  Setup and Software Installation 
Instructions
■ User’s Guide (2 manuals):  User’s Guide for Stand-alone 
operations and Software User’s Guide
■ PaperPort
® Users Guide:  Document Management 
Software
How to find Scanning instructions
There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the 
instructions as follows:
Software User’s Guide:
■ Scanning on page 2-1
(For Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and 
Windows®XP)
■ ControlCenter2 on page 3-1
(For Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and 
Windows®XP)
PaperPort
® User’s Guide
■ Instructions for scanning directly from ScanSoft
® PaperPort®
 
						

							
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To view Documentation (For Macintosh®) 
1Turn on your Macintosh®. Insert the Brother CD-ROM labeled 
Macintosh® into your CD-ROM drive. The following window will 
appear.
2Double-click the  Documentation icon.
3The select Language screen appears, double-click your 
language.
4Click the documentation you want to read.
■Quick Setup Guide:  Setup and Software Installation 
Instructions
■ User’s Guide (2 manuals):  User’s Guide for stand-alone 
operations and Software User’s guide
How to find Scanning instructions
There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the 
instructions as follows:
Software User’s Guide:
■ Scanning on page 9-1
(For Mac OS
® 9.1-9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
■ ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater) on page 10-1
Presto!
® PageManager® User’s Guide
■ Instructions for scanning directly from Presto!
® PageManager®
(Mac OS® X)
 
						

							
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How to access Brother Support 
(For Windows
®)
You can find all the contacts you will need, such as Web support 
(Brother Solutions Center), Customer Service and Brother 
Authorized Service Centers on page i and on the Brother CD-ROM.
■ Click  Brother Support  on the main menu.
The following screen will appear:
■ To access our web site (www.brother.com
), click  Brother Home 
Page .
■ To view all Brother Numbers, including Customer Service 
numbers for the USA and Canada, click  Support Information.
■ To access the USA Brother online shopping mall 
(www.brothermall.com
) for additional product and services 
information, click  Brother Mall.com .
■ For the latest news and product support information 
(http://solutions.brother.com
), click  Brother Solutions Center .
■ To return to the main page, click  Back—OR —If you have 
finished, click  Exit.
 
						

							
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Table of Contents
1Introduction .......................................................................... 1-1Using this Guide ............................................................... 1-1Finding information ..................................................... 1-1
Symbols used in this Guide ........................................ 1-1
Control panel overview ..................................................... 1-2 Warning LED indications ............................................ 1-4
Load documents ............................................................... 1-5 Using the ADF (automatic document feeder)  ............ 1-5
Using the scanner glass ............................................. 1-7
About paper ...................................................................... 1-8 Recommended Paper ................................................. 1-8
Handling and using special paper............................... 1-9Paper type and size for each operation ................ 1-10
Paper weight, thickness and capacity .................. 1-11
Paper capacity of the output paper tray ............... 1-11
Printable area ....................................................... 1-12
How to load paper, envelopes and post cards.......... 1-13 To load paper or other media ............................... 1-13
To load envelopes ................................................ 1-15
To load post cards ................................................ 1-16
2Making copies  ...................................................................... 2-1 Using the machine as a copier ......................................... 2-1Making a single copy .................................................. 2-1
Making multiple copies ............................................... 2-1
Stop copying ............................................................... 2-1
Using the Copy keys  ........................................................ 2-2 Setting copy quality..................................................... 2-3
Enlarging or reducing the copied image ..................... 2-4
Using the Copy Options key ....................................... 2-6Setting paper type .................................................. 2-7
Setting paper size ................................................... 2-7
Adjusting brightness ............................................... 2-8
Sorting copies using the ADF ................................. 2-8
Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout)......... 2-9
Changing the default copy settings................................. 2-12 Setting Paper Type ................................................... 2-12
Setting Paper Size .................................................... 2-13
Setting copy quality................................................... 2-13
Adjusting brightness ................................................. 2-14
Adjusting contrast ..................................................... 2-14
 
						

							
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Adjusting Color saturation ........................................ 2-15
Legal limitations .............................................................. 2-16
3Walk-Up PhotoCapture Center™ ......................................... 3-1
Introduction ....................................................................... 3-1 PhotoCapture Center
™ requirements ..................... 3-2
Getting started .................................................................. 3-3
Printing the Index (Thumbnails) ........................................ 3-5
Printing images ................................................................. 3-6 DPOF printing ............................................................. 3-8
Changing the default settings ........................................... 3-9 Setting print quality ..................................................... 3-9
Setting paper and size ................................................ 3-9
Adjusting brightness ................................................. 3-10
Adjusting contrast ..................................................... 3-10
Color enhancement (True2Life
®) .............................. 3-11
Cropping ................................................................... 3-12
Borderless ................................................................ 3-13
Scan to Card................................................................... 3-13 Changing the default quality ..................................... 3-14
Changing the default black & white file format ......... 3-15
Changing the default color file format ....................... 3-15
Understanding the Error Messages ................................ 3-16
Using PhotoCapture Center
™ from your PC ................... 3-16
4Software features ................................................................. 4-1
5Important information  ......................................................... 5-1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (USA only) .......... 5-1
Important ................................................................ 5-2
Industry Canada Compliance Statement  (Canada only) ......................................................... 5-2
International E
NERGY STAR ® 
Compliance Statement ........................................... 5-2
Important safety instructions....................................... 5-3
Trademarks ................................................................ 5-5
6Troubleshooting and routine maintenance  ....................... 6-1 Troubleshooting ................................................................ 6-1Error messages .......................................................... 6-1
Document jams........................................................... 6-3Document is jammed in the top of the ADF unit. .... 6-3
Document is jammed inside the ADF unit. ............. 6-3
 
						

							
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Printer jam or paper jam ............................................. 6-4Paper is jammed inside the paper tray ................... 6-4
Paper is jammed inside the machine...................... 6-5
If you are having difficulty with your machine ............. 6-7
How to change LCD language .................................. 6-10
How to improve the LCD viewing.............................. 6-10
Setting the Beeper Volume ....................................... 6-10
How to improve print quality ........................................... 6-11 Cleaning the print head............................................. 6-11
Checking the print quality ......................................... 6-12
Checking the printing alignment ............................... 6-14
Checking the ink volume................................................. 6-15
Packing and shipping the machine ................................. 6-16
Routine maintenance ...................................................... 6-19 Cleaning the scanner ................................................ 6-19
Cleaning the machine printer platen ......................... 6-20
Cleaning the Paper Pick-up Roller............................ 6-21
Replacing the ink cartridges ..................................... 6-22
AAppendix .............................................................................. A-1On-screen programming .................................................. A-1Menu table ................................................................. A-1
Printing reports .......................................................... A-1
Menu keys ....................................................................... A-2
SSpecifications ...................................................................... S-1 Product description .......................................................... S-1
General ............................................................................ S-1
Print media....................................................................... S-2
Copy ................................................................................ S-2
PhotoCapture Center
™.................................................... S-3
Scanner ........................................................................... S-4
Printer .............................................................................. S-5
Interfaces ......................................................................... S-5 Computer requirements ......................................... S-6
Consumable items ........................................................... S-7
7Index ....................................................................................... I-1
 
						

							
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Using this Guide
Thank you for buying a Brother Digital Copier/Printer (DCP). Your 
machine is simple to use, with LCD screen instructions to guide you 
through programming it. You can make the most of your machine by 
reading through this Guide.
Finding information
All the chapter headings and subheadings are listed in the Table of 
Contents. You will be able to find information about a specific feature 
or operation by checking the Index at the back of this Guide.
Symbols used in this Guide
Throughout this Guide you will see special symbols alerting you to 
important warnings, notes and actions. To make things clearer and 
to help you press the correct keys, we used special fonts and added 
some of the messages that will appear in the LCD.
Introduction
BoldBold typeface identifies specific keys on the machine 
control panel.
Italics Italicized typeface emphasizes an important point or 
refers you to a related topic.
Courier NewCourier New type face identifies the messages on the 
LCD of the machine.
Warnings inform you what to do to avoid possible personal 
injury.
Cautions specify procedures you must follow or avoid to 
prevent possible damage to the machine or other objects.
Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may 
arise or give tips about how the operation works with other 
features.
Improper Setup alerts you to devices and operations that are 
not compatible with the machine.
 
						

							
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Control panel overview
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1Copy keys
(Temporary settings):
Copy Options
You can quickly and easily select 
temporary settings for copying.
Enlarge/Reduce
Lets you enlarge or reduce copies 
depending on the ratio you select.
Copy Quality
Use this key to temporarily change 
the quality for copying.
Number of Copies
Use this key to make multiple 
copies.2Menu keys:
Menu
Lets you access the Menu to 
program.
 or 
Press to scroll through the menus 
and options.
Also you can use these keys to 
enter the number.
Set
Lets you store your settings in the 
machine.
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