Brother DCP 150C User Manual

							
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ScannerD
1Windows® XP in this User’s Guide includes Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® 
XP Professional x64 Edition.
2Maximum 1200  × 1200 dpi scanning when using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP, and Windows Vista™ 
(resolution up to 19200  × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the Brother scanner utility)
Colour/Monochrome Yes/Yes
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 
Edition/Windows Vista™)
Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
® XP1/Windows Vista™)
Colour Depth 36 bit colour Processing (Input)
24 bit colour Processing (Output)
(Actual Input: 30 bit colour/Actual Output: 24 bit colour)
Resolution Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)
2
Up to 600  × 2400 dpi (optical)
Scanning Speed Monochrome: Up to 3.82 sec.
Colour: Up to 6.02 sec. 
(A4 size in 100 × 100 dpi)
Document Size   Scanner Glass Width: Max. 215.9 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width 210 mm
Greyscale 256 levels
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PrinterD
1Based on Brother standard pattern.
A4 size in draft mode.
2When you set the Borderless feature to On.
3See Paper type and size for each operation on page 12.
InterfacesD
1Your machine has a full-speed USB 2.0 interface. This interface is compatible with Hi-Speed USB 2.0; however, the 
maximum data transfer rate will be 12 Mbits/s. The machine can also be connected to a computer that has a USB 1.1 
interface.
2Third party USB ports are not supported for Macintosh®.
Printer Driver
Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ 
Windows Vista™ driver supporting Brother Native Compression 
mode
Brother Ink Driver
For Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater
Resolution Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi
1200  × 2400 dpi
1200  × 1200 dpi
600  × 600 dpi
600  × 300 dpi
600  × 150 dpi
Print Speed (DCP-135C)
Monochrome: Up to 25 pages/minute
1
Colour: Up to 20 pages/minute1
(DCP-150C, DCP-153C, and DCP-157C)
Monochrome: Up to 27 pages/minute
1
Colour: Up to 22 pages/minute1
Printing Width
204 mm (210 mm)2 (A4 size)
Disk-Based Fonts 35 TrueType (Windows
® only)
Borderless Letter, A4, A6, Photo Card, Index Card, Post Card
3
USBA USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 2.0m.1 2
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Computer requirementsD
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS
Operating Systems
Supported  FunctionsInterface Minimum 
ProcessorRecommended 
RAMRequired 
HARD Di sk 
Space
Windows®1,42000 
ProfessionalPrinting,  
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk
3
USB Intel® 
Pentium
®II or 
AMD equivalent 256MB 480MB
XP Home
XP Professional
XP Professional  
x64 Edition
AMD Opteron™
AMD Athlon™ 64
Intel® Xeon™  with 
Intel
® EM64T
Intel
® Pentium® 4 
with Intel
® EM64T
512MB
Windows 
Vista™ 1GHz 32-bit 
(x86) or 64-bit 
(x64) processor1GB 1.1GB
Mac
®5OS X 10.2.4 
or greater Printing, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk
3
USB2PowerPC 
G4/G5, Intel
® 
Core™ Solo/Duo
PowerPC G3 
350MHz 256MB 480MB
Conditions:
1Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater.
2Third party USB ports are not supported.
3Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture 
Center™.
4PaperPort™ 11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or 
higher for Windows® 2000 and SP2 or higher for 
XP.
5Presto!® PageManager® on the CD-ROM 
supports Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. For Mac OS 
X 10.2.4-10.3.8 Presto!
® PageManager® is 
available as a download from the Brother 
Solutions Center.
For the latest driver updates, visit www.brother.com.
All trademarks, brand and product names are 
property of their respective companies.
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Consumable itemsD
InkThe machine uses individual Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta ink 
cartridges that are separate from the print head assembly.
Service Life of Ink 
Cartridge Replacement Ink Cartridges
The first time you install the ink cartridges the machine will use extra 
ink to fill the ink delivery tubes. This is a one-time process that 
enables high quality printing. Afterward, replacement ink cartridges 
will print the specified number of pages.
Black - Approximately 350 pages at 5% coverage
Yellow, Cyan and Magenta  - Approximately 300 pages at 5% 
coverage
„ The above figures assume continuous printing at a resolution of 
600 x 600 dpi in normal mode after installing a new ink cartridge.
„ The number of pages a cartridge will print may change 
depending on how often you use the machine and how many 
pages you print with each use.
„ The machine will automatically  and periodically clean the print 
head assembly, a process that uses a small amount of ink.
„ When the machine identifies a cartridge as empty there may be 
a small amount of ink left in it. This is necessary to prevent air 
from drying out and damaging the print head assembly.
Replacement 
Consumables  LC970BK,  LC970Y,  LC970C, 
 LC970M
What is Innobella™?
Innobella™ is a range of genuine consumables offered by Brother. 
The name Innobella™ derives from the words Innovation and 
Bella (meaning Beautiful in Italian) and is a representation of the 
innovative technology providing you with beautiful“and “long 
lasting” print results.
When you print photo images, Brother recommends Innobella™ 
glossy photo paper (BP61GL series) for high quality. Brilliant prints 
are made easier with  Innobella™ Ink and paper.
 
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This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of 
these features depends on the model you purchased.
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GlossaryE
BrightnessChanging the Brightness makes the whole 
image lighter or darker.
Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light 
documents, by making faxes or copies of 
dark documents lighter and light 
documents darker.
Greyscale The shades of grey available for copying 
and scanning.
Help list A printout of the complete Menu table that 
you can use to program your machine 
when you do not have the Users Guide 
with you.
Innobella™ Innobella™ is a range of genuine 
consumables offered by brother.  For best 
quality results Brother recommends 
Innobella™ Ink and Paper.
LCD (liquid crystal display) The display screen on the machine that 
shows interactive messages during On-
Screen Programming and shows the date 
and time when the machine is idle.
Menu mode  Programming mode for changing your 
machines settings.
OCR (optical character recognition) The bundled ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 
11SE with OCR or Presto!
® 
PageManager
® software application 
converts an image of text to text you can 
edit.  PhotoCapture Center™
Allows you to print digital photos from your 
digital camera at high resolution for photo 
quality printing.
PictBridge Allows you to print photos directly from 
your digital camera at high resolution for 
photo quality printing.
Scan to Media You can scan a monochrome or colour 
document into a memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive.  Monochrome 
images can be in TIFF or PDF file format 
and colour images can be in PDF or JPEG 
file format.
Scanning The process of sending an electronic 
image of a paper document into your 
computer.
Temporary settings You can choose certain options for each 
copy without changing the default 
settings.
User Settings A printed report that shows the current 
settings of the machine.
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Index
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A
Apple® Macintosh®
See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 ..................................................
C
Cleaningpaper pick-up roller
 ...............................66
print head
 ..............................................67
printer platen
 .........................................66
scanner
 .................................................65
Consumable items
 ...................................86
Control panel overview
 ..............................6
ControlCenter See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 ..................................................
Copy colour adjustment
 ..................................24
Enlarge/Reduce
 ....................................21
keys
 .......................................................20
multiple
 ..................................................20
paper
 .....................................................24
Quality key
 ............................................21
single
 .....................................................20
temporary settings
 ................................20
using scanner glass
 ................................9
Copy Options key (copying) Paper Size
 ............................................25
Paper Type
 ...........................................24
E
Envelopes ......................................... 13, 16
Error messages on LCD
 .......................... 58
Init. Unable
 ............................................58
Ink Empty
 ..............................................58
Near Empty
 ...........................................58
No Paper Fed
 ........................................59
Out of Memory
 ......................................59
Print Unable
 ..........................................59
Scan Unable
 .........................................59
G
Greyscale .................................................83
H
Help LCD messages
 ..................................... 72
using menu keys
 ............................... 72
Menu Table
 .......................................... 72
I
Ink cartridges checking ink volume
 ............................. 69
ink dot counter
 ...................................... 63
replacing
 ............................................... 63
Innobella™
 .............................................. 86
J
Jams paper
 .................................................... 61
L
LCD (liquid crystal display) ...................... 72
Contrast
 ................................................ 60
Help List
 ................................................. 8
Language
 ............................................. 60
M
Macintosh®
See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 ..................................................
Maintenance, routine replacing ink cartridges
 ........................ 63
Menu Table
 ............................................. 72
Mode, entering PhotoCapture
 ......................................... 7
Scan
 ....................................................... 7
O
Out of Memory message ......................... 59
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P
Paper ................................................ 10, 79
capacity
 ................................................. 13
loading
 .................................................. 14
size
 ....................................................... 12
type
 ....................................................... 12
PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM and PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR 
How-to-Guides.
 .........................................
PhotoCapture Center™ Borderless
 ............................................. 36
CompactFlash® .....................................28
Cropping
 ............................................... 36
DPOF printing
 .......................................33
from PC See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 ...............................................
Memory Stick Pro™
 .............................. 28
Memory Stick® ...................................... 28
MultiMediaCard™
 ................................. 28
Print settings Brightness
 .......................................... 35
Colour enhancement
 .........................35
Contrast
 ............................................. 35
Paper type & size
 ............................... 34
Print speed & quality
 .......................... 34
Quality
 ................................................34
Printing images
 .....................................32
Printing Index
 ........................................ 31
Scan to Media
 .......................................37
SecureDigital™
 .....................................28
specifications
 ........................................ 81
xD-Picture Card™
 ................................. 28
PictBridge DPOF Printing
 .......................................40
Presto!® PageManager®
See Help in Presto!® PageManager® to 
access the User’s Guide.
 ..........................
Print area
 ....................................................... 18
difficulties
 ..............................................55
drivers
 ...................................................84
improving quality
 ............................ 67, 68
paper jams
 ............................................61
reports
 ..................................................... 8
resolution
 ..............................................84
specifications
 ........................................ 84 Printing
on small paper
 ...................................... 17
Programming your machine
 .................... 72
Q
Quality key (copying) ............................... 20
R
Reducing copies
 ................................................... 21
Reports Help List
 ................................................. 8
how to print
 ............................................. 8
User Settings
 .......................................... 8
Resolution copy
 ...................................................... 80
print
 ...................................................... 84
scan
 ...................................................... 83
S
Safety Instructions ................................... 50
Scanner glass cleaning
 ................................................ 65
using
 ....................................................... 9
Scanning See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 .................................................
Serial Number how to find  ..............See inside front cover
Shipping the machine
 .............................. 70
T
Temporary copy settings ......................... 20
Transparencies
 ........................................ 79
Troubleshooting
 ....................................... 55
checking ink volume
 ............................. 69
error messages on LCD
 ....................... 58
if you are having difficulty copying
 .............................................. 57
PhotoCapture Center™
 ..................... 57
printing
 .............................................. 55
scanning
 ............................................ 57
software
 ............................................. 57
paper jam
 ............................................. 61
print quality
 ..................................... 67, 68
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W
Windows®
See Software Users Guide on the 
CD-ROM.
 ..................................................
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