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Introduction
Even if your machine is not connected to your computer, you can 
print photos directly from your digital camera media. Your Brother 
machine includes five media drives (slots) for use with popular digital 
camera media: CompactFlash
®, SmartMedia®, Memory Stick®, 
Memory Stick Pro™, SecureDigital™ (SD Card),MultiMediaCard™ 
and xD-Picture Card™.
The PhotoCapture Center
™ feature lets you print digital photos from 
your digital camera at high resolution to get photo quality printing.
Walk-Up PhotoCapture  Center
™
CompactFlash®
(Type I only) SmartMedia
®Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro™SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™xD-Picture Card™
■
miniSD™ can be used with miniSD™ adapter.
■ Memory Stick Duo
™ can be used with Memory Stick Duo™ 
adapter.
■ Memory Stick Pro Duo
™ can be used with Memory Stick Pro 
Duo™ adapter.
■ Adapters are not included with the machine. Contact a third 
party supplier for adapters.
 
						

							
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PhotoCapture Center™ requirements
To avoid error conditions, please remember:
■The DPOF file on the media card must be in a valid format. 
(See  DPOF printing  on page 3-8.)
■ The image file extension must be .JPG (Other image file 
extensions .JPEG, .TIF, .GIF and so on will not be recognized).
■ Walk-up PhotoCapture Center
™ printing must be performed 
separately from PhotoCapture Center™ operations using the PC.
(Simultaneous operation is not available.)
■ IBM Microdrive
™ is not compatible with the machine.
■ The machine can read up to 999 files in a media card.
■ Use only Smart media cards with a 3.3v voltage rating.
■ CompactFlash
® Type  II is not supported.
■ xD-Picture Card
™ Type M (Large Capacity) is supported.
When printing the INDEX or IMAGE, the PhotoCapture Center™ 
will print all the valid images, even if one or more images have 
been corrupted. A portion of the corrupted image may be 
printed.
Your machine is designed to read media cards that have been 
formatted by a digital camera.
When a digital camera formats a media card it creates a special 
folder into which it copies image data. If you need to modify the 
image data stored on a media card with your PC, we 
recommend that you do not modify the folder structure created 
by the digital camera. When saving new or modified image files 
to the media card we also recommend you use the same folder 
your digital camera uses. If the data is not saved to the same 
folder the machine may not be able to read the file or print the 
image.
 
						

							
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Getting started
Firmly insert the card into the appropriate slot.
PhotoCapture key indications:
■
PhotoCapture light is ON, the media card is 
inserted properly.
■
PhotoCapture  light  is OFF, the media card 
is not properly inserted.
■
PhotoCapture  light  is BLINKING, the media 
card is being read or written to.
The machine can only read one media card at a time so do not insert 
more than one card.
Do NOT unplug the power cord or remove the media card from 
the media drive (slot) while the machine is reading or writing to 
the card (the 
PhotoCapture key is blinking).  You will lose 
your data or damage the card.
xD-Picture Card™
SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™
Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro™
CompactFlash®
SmartMedia®
 
						

							
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The steps below give a brief outline of the Direct Printing 
feature. Please see the remaining pages of this chapter for more 
detailed instructions.
1Insert the media card firmly into the media drive (slot).
When you insert your media card 
into the proper slot, the LCD shows:
2Press  (PhotoCapture ).
If your digital camera supports DPOF printing, see  DPOF 
printing  on page 3-8.
3Print the index that shows thumbnail views of the photos stored 
on your media card. Your machine will assign an image number 
to each thumbnail.
Press   or   to select  Print Index and then press 
Set.
Press 
Color Start to start printing index sheet.
(See  Printing the Index (Thumbnails)  on page 3-5.)
4To print the images, press   or   to select  Print Images 
and then press 
Set.
Enter image number and press 
Set.
Press 
Color Start to start printing.
(See  Printing images  on page 3-6.)
The media active message will be shown for 60 seconds and 
then disappear. Even in that case, you can enter the 
PhotoCapture mode by pressing 
PhotoCapture.
You can change the settings for printing images, such as the 
Paper Type & Paper Size, Print Size and Number of Copies. 
(See Printing images  on page 3-6.)
C.Flash Active
Press PhotoCapture key...
 
						

							
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Printing the Ind ex (Thumbnails)
The PhotoCapture Center™ assigns numbers for images (such as 
No.1, No.2, No.3, and so on).
It does not recognize any other numbers or file names that your 
digital camera or PC have used to identify the pictures. You can print 
a thumbnail page (Index page with 6 or 5 images per line). This will 
show all the pictures on the media card.
1Make sure you have inserted the media card.
Press 
 ( PhotoCapture ). (See page 3-3.)
2Press   or   to select 
Print Index .
Press 
Set.
3Press   or   to select 
6 Images/Line  or 
5 Images/Line .
Press 
Set.
4Press Color Start to start printing.
Index Index
5 Images/Line 6 Images/Line
Print time for 5 Images/Line will be slower than 6 Images/Line, 
but the quality is better. To print an image, see  Printing images 
on page 3-6.
Print Index
6 Images/Line
 
						

							
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Printing images
Before you can print an individual image, you have to know the 
image number.
1Print the Index first. 
(See  Printing the Index (Thumbnails)  on page 3-5.)
2Make sure you have inserted the media card.
Press 
 (PhotoCapture ). (See page 3-3.)
3Press   or   to select 
Print Images .
Press 
Set.
4Press   repeatedly to enter the 
image number that you want to print 
from the Index page (Thumbnails).
Press 
Set.
Repeat this step until you have entered all the image numbers 
that you want to print.
5After you have selected all the image numbers, press Set again, 
and go to Step 6.
— OR —
If you have finished choosing settings, press 
Color Start.
If your media card contains valid DPOF information, the LCD 
shows  DPOF Print:Yes , please go to DPOF printing  on page 
3-8.
■ Press   to decrease the image number.
■ You can enter a range of numbers by using the 
Copy Options key for a hyphen.
(For example, Enter 
1, Copy Options, 5 to print images 
No.1 to No.5).
Print Images
No.:1,3,6
 
						

							
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Paper Type & Paper Size
6Press   or   to select the type of paper you are using 
(Letter Glossy , 4x 6 Glossy , 5x 7 Glossy , 
A4 Glossy , Letter Plain , A4 Plain , Letter Inkjet , 
A4 Inkjet  or 4x 6 Inkjet ).
Press 
Set.
If you selected A4 or Letter, go to Step 7.
If you selected another size, go to Step 8.
— OR —
If you have finished choosing settings, press 
Color Start.
Print Size
7If you selected A4 or Letter, press   or   to select the print 
size ( 4x 3 , 5x 3.5 , 6x 4 , 7x 5 , 8x 6 or 
Max. Size ).
Press 
Set, and go to Step 8.
— OR —
If you have finished choosing settings, press 
Color Start.
Printed Position for Letter paper
Number of Copies
8Press   to enter the number of copies you want.
Press 
Set.
9Press Color Start to print.
1  
4”x3” 2
 
5”x 3.5” 3
 
6”x 4”
4 
7”x 5”
5 
8”x 6”
6  
Max. Size
(Letter/A4)
Press   to decrease the number of copies.
Your temporary settings will be kept until you take out the media 
card from the drive (slot), print images or press 
Stop/Exit.
 
						

							
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DPOF printing
DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format.
Major Digital Camera manufacturers (Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak 
Company, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. 
Ltd. and Sony Corporation.) created this standard to make it easier 
to print images from a digital camera.
If your digital camera supports DPOF printing, you will be able to 
select on the Digital Camera display the images and number of 
copies you want to print.
When the memory card (CompactFlash
®, SmartMedia®, 
Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro™, SecureDigital™ , 
MultiMediaCard™ and xD-Picture Card™) containing DPOF 
information is put into your machine, you can print the selected 
image easily.
1Insert your media card into the 
proper drive (slot).
2Press  ( PhotoCapture ).
3Press   or   to select  Print Images.
Press 
Set.
4If there is a DPOF file on the card, 
the LCD shows:
5Press   or   to select  DPOF Print:Yes.
Press 
Set.
6Press   or   to select 
Letter Glossy , 4x 6 Glossy
5x 7 Glossy , A4 Glossy , Letter Plain , A4 Plain , 
Letter Inkjet , A4 Inkjet  or 4x 6 Inkjet .
Press 
Set.
If you selected Letter or A4, 
press   or   to select the print 
size ( 4x 3 , 5x 3.5 , 6x 4 , 7x 5 , 8x 6  or 
Max. Size ).
Press 
Set.
7Press Color Start to print.
The media active message will be shown for 60 seconds and 
then disappear. Even in that case, you can enter the 
PhotoCapture mode by pressing 
PhotoCapture.
C.Flash Active
DPOF Print:Yes
 
						

							
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Changing the default settings
You can save the PhotoCapture Center™ settings you use most often 
by setting them as default. These settings will remain until you 
change them again.
Setting print quality
1Press Menu.
2Press   or   to select  2.PhotoCapture.
Press 
Set.
3Press   or   to select  1.Print Quality.
Press 
Set.
4Press   or   to select  Normal or Photo .
Press 
Set.
5Press Stop/Exit.
Setting paper and size
1Press Menu.
2Press   or   to select  2.PhotoCapture.
Press 
Set.
3Press   or   to select  2.Paper & Size.
Press 
Set.
4Press   or   to select  Letter Glossy, 4x 6 Glossy , 
5x 7 Glossy , A4 Glossy , Letter Plain , A4 Plain , 
Letter Inkjet , A4 Inkjet  or 4x 6 Inkjet .
Press 
Set.
5If you selected  A4 or  Letter , press   or   to select the print 
size ( 4x 3 , 5x 3.5 , 6x 4 , 7x 5 , 8x 6 or 
Max. Size ).
Press 
Set.
6Press Stop/Exit.
 
						

							
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Adjusting brightness
1Press Menu.
2Press   or   to select  2.PhotoCapture.
Press 
Set.
3Press   or   to select  3.Brightness.
Press 
Set.
4Press   to make a lighter print.
— OR —
Press   to make a darker print.
Press 
Set.
5Press Stop/Exit.
Adjusting contrast
You can choose the contrast setting. More contrast will make an 
image look sharper and more vivid.
1Press Menu.
2Press   or   to select  2.PhotoCapture.
Press 
Set.
3Press   or   to select  4.Contrast.
Press 
Set.
4Press   to increase the contrast.
— OR —
Press   to decrease the contrast.
Press 
Set.
5Press Stop/Exit.