Brother MFC 215 User Manual

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Changing the temporary copy settings
Use the Copy Options key to quickly set the following copy 
settings temporarily for the next copy.
After you choose your settings by pressing 
Menu/Set, the LCD 
shows  Set temporarily .
Press 
Mono Start or Colour Start if you’re finished choosing 
settings.
— OR —
Press 
▲ or ▼ to select more settings.
Press 
Copy 
Options Menu Selections Options Factory 
SettingPage
Quality Fast /Normal /Best Normal 8-5
Enlarge/Reduce 50% /69% /78% /83% /
93%...

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Increasing copy speed or quality
You can select the copy quality. The default setting is  Normal.
1Press  (Copy) to illuminate it in green.
2Load your document.
3Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want 
(up to 99).
4Press Copy Options and ▲ or ▼ to select  Quality.
Press 
Menu/Set.
5Press ▲ or ▼ to choose the copy quality ( Fast, Normal  or 
Best ).
Press 
Menu/Set.
6Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
Normal
Recommended mode for ordinary printouts. Good 
copy quality...

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Enlarging or reducing the image copied
You can select the following enlargement or reduction ratios.
Custom(25-400%)  allows you to enter a ratio from 25% to 400%.
1Press  (Copy) to illuminate it in green.
2Load your document.
3Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want 
(up to 99).
4Press Copy Options and ▲ or ▼ to select Enlarge/Reduce .
Press 
Menu/Set.
Press 
Copy Options
and   or   to select 
Enlarge/Reduce Custom(25-400%)
200%
198% 10x15cm
→A4
186% 10x15cm →LTR...

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5Press ▲ or ▼ to select the enlargement or reduction ratio you 
want.
Press 
Menu/Set.
— OR —
You can select  Custom(25-400%)  and press 
Menu/Set.
Use the dial pad to enter an enlargement or reduction ratio from 
25%  to 400% .
Press 
Menu/Set.
(For example, press 
5 3 to enter  53%.)
6Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
(MFC-425CN only) Page layout options are not available with 
Enlarge/Reduce.
Setting paper type
If you are copying on special paper, be sure to select the type of...

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Setting paper size
If copying on paper other than A4 size, you will need to change the 
paper size setting.
1Press  (Copy) to illuminate it in green.
2Load your document. 
3Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want 
(up to 99).
4Press Copy Options and ▲ or ▼ to select Paper Size .
Press 
Menu/Set.
5Press ▲ or ▼ to select the size of paper you are using 
( Letter , Legal , A4 , A5  or  10(W) x 15(H)cm ).
Press 
Menu/Set.
6Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
Adjusting...

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Sorting copies using the ADF (MFC-425CN only)
You can sort multiple copies. Pages will be stacked in the order 321, 
321, 321, and so on.
1Press  (Copy) to illuminate it in green.
2Load your document.
3Use the dial pad to enter the number of copies you want 
(up to 99).
4Press Copy Options and ▲ or ▼ to select  Stack/Sort .
Press 
Menu/Set.
5Press ▲ or ▼ to select  Sort.
Press 
Menu/Set.
6Press Mono Start or Colour Start.
 

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Making N in 1 copies or  a poster (Page Layout) 
(MFC-425CN only)
You can reduce the number of pages for copies by using the N in 1 
copy feature. This allows you to copy two or four pages onto one 
page, allowing you to save paper. It is also possible to create a 
poster. When you use the Poster feature your machine divides your 
document into sections, then enlarges the sections so you can 
assemble them into a poster. If you want to make a poster, use the 
scanner glass.
1Press...

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9Put the next document on the 
scanner glass.
Press 
Menu/Set.
Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for each page of the layout.
10After all the pages of the document have been scanned,
press 
2 to end.
If  Glossy  has been selected in the Paper Type setting for N in 
1 copies, the machine will print the images as if Plain paper had 
been selected.
■ If you are producing multiple colour copies, N in 1 copies are 
not available.
■ For Poster copies, you cannot make more than one copy.
Set Next...

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Place each page face down in the direction and sequence shown
below.
2 in 1 (P)
4 in 1 (P)
Poster (3X3)
You can make a poster 
size copy of a 
photograph.
2 in 1 (L)
4 in 1 (L)
 

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Changing the defaul t copy settings
You can save the copy settings you use most often by setting them 
as default. These settings will remain until you change them again.
Increasing copy speed or quality
1Press Menu/Set, 3, 1.
2Press ▲ or ▼ to select Normal, Best  or Fast .
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit.
Adjusting brightness
1Press Menu/Set, 3, 2.
2Press ▲ to make a lighter copy.
— OR —
Press 
▼ to make a darker copy.
Press 
Menu/Set.
3Press Stop/Exit.
Adjusting contrast
You...