Brother MFC 230C User Manual

							
Making copies55
10
Adjusting Brightness, 
Contrast and Color10
Brightness10
To temporarily change the brightness setting, 
follow the instructions below:
aMake sure you are in Copy mode  . 
bLoad your document.
cUse the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
dPress 
Copy Options  and a or  b to 
choose  Brightness .
Press  OK.
 
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ePress  a to make a lighter copy or press 
b  to make a darker copy. Press  OK.
fPress  Black Start  or Color Start .
To change the default setting follow the 
instructions below:
aPress  Menu, 3, 2 .
bPress  a to make a lighter copy or press 
b  to make a darker copy.
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Contrast10
Adjust the contrast to help an image look 
sharper and more vivid.
The contrast can only be changed through 
the default setting.
aPress Menu, 3, 3 . 
3.Contrast
bPress  a or  b to change the contrast. 
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Color saturation10
The color saturation can only be changed 
through the default setting.
aPress Menu, 3, 4 . 
4.Color Adjust
bPress  a or  b to choose  1.Red, 
2.Green  or 3.Blue . Press OK.
cPress  a to increase the color saturation 
or press  b to decrease the color 
saturation. Press  OK.
dDo one of the followings:
„ Return to  b to choose the next color.
„ Press  Stop/Exit .
 
						

							
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Paper options10
Paper type10
If you are copying on special paper, set the 
machine for the type of paper you are using to 
get the best print quality.
aMake sure you are in Copy mode  . 
bLoad your document.
cUse the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
dPress  Copy Options  and a or  b to 
choose  Paper Type .
Press  OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose the type of 
paper you are using ( Plain Paper, 
Inkjet Paper , Brother Photo, 
Other Photo  or Transparency ). 
Press  OK.
fPress  Black Start  or Color Start .
Note
To change the default paper type setting 
see Paper Type on page 18.
 
Paper size10
If copying on paper other than Letter size, you 
will need to change the paper size setting. 
You can copy on Letter, Legal, A4, A5 or 
Photo [4in. (W)  × 6in. (H) or 10cm(W)  × 15cm 
(H)] paper.
aMake sure you are in Copy mode  .
bLoad your document.
cUse the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
dPress  Copy Options  and a or  b to 
choose  Paper Size .
Press  OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose the size of 
paper you are using  Letter, Legal , 
A4 , A5  or  4(W)x 6(H) . 
Press  OK.
fPress  Black Start  or Color Start .
Note
To change the default paper type setting 
see Paper Size on page 18.
 
 
						

							
Section IV
Walk-up Photo PrintingIV
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing photos from a 
USB Flash memory drive
58
Printing photos from a camera65
 
						

							
58
11
PhotoCapture Center® 
Operations
11
Printing from a USB Flash 
memory drive without a PC11
Even if your machine is not connected to your 
computer, you can print photos directly from 
digital camera or USB Flash Memory drive. 
(See  How to print from a USB Flash memory 
drive on page 60.)
Using PhotoCapture Center® 
from your computer11
You can access a USB Flash memory drive 
that is inserted in the front of the machine 
from your PC.
(See PhotoCapture Center
® for Windows® or 
Remote Setup  & PhotoCapture Center
® for 
Macintosh
® in the Software Users Guide on 
the CD-ROM.)
Using a USB Flash memory 
drive11
Your Brother machine has a USB direct 
interface for use with a USB Flash memory 
drive. „
Adapters are not included with the 
machine. Contact a third party supplier for 
adapters.
The PhotoCapture Center
® feature lets you 
print digital photos from your digital camera at 
high resolution to get photo quality printing.
USB Flash memory drive 
folder structure11
To avoid errors, remember the following 
points:
„ The image file extension must be .JPG 
(Other image file extensions like .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.)
„ The machine can read up to 999 files 
(including the folder inside media) on a 
USB Flash memory drive.
„ The DPOF file on the USB Flash memory 
drive must be in a valid format. (See 
DPOF printing on page 62.)
Please be aware of the following: „ When printing the INDEX or IMAGE, the 
PhotoCapture Center
® will print all the 
valid images, even if one or more images 
have been corrupted. The corrupted 
image will not be printed.
„ This machine supports USB Flash 
memory drives that have been formatted 
by Windows
®.
PhotoCapture Center®: Printing 
photos from a USB Flash 
memory drive
11
 
USB Flash memory drive
22 mm or less
11 mm or less
 
						

							
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11
Getting started11
Firmly put a USB Flash memory drive into the 
USB direct interface.
 
1 USB Flash memory drive
CAUTION 
The USB direct interface supports only a 
USB Flash memory drive, a PictBridge 
compatible camera, or a digital camera that 
uses the USB mass storage standard. Any 
other USB devices are not supported.
 
The PhotoCapture  key lights
 
„PhotoCapture  light is on, the USB Flash 
memory drive is properly inserted.
„ PhotoCapture  light is off, the USB Flash 
memory drive is not properly inserted.
„ PhotoCapture  light is blinking, the USB 
Flash memory drive is being read or 
written to.
CAUTION 
DO NOT unplug the power cord or remove 
the USB Flash memory drive from the USB 
direct interface while the machine is 
reading or writing to the USB Flash memory 
drive (the  PhotoCapture  key is blinking). 
You will lose your data or damage the 
card.
 
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Chapter 11
60
How to print from a 
USB Flash memory 
drive
11
Before printing a photo you must first print a 
thumbnail index to choose the number of the 
photo you want to print. Follow the 
instructions below to start printing directly 
from your USB Flash memory drive:
aMake sure you have put the USB Flash 
memory drive in the USB direct 
interface. The LCD will show the 
following message:
 
USB Mem. Active
 
Press PhotoCa...
bPress  PhotoCapture . For DPOF 
printing, see  DPOF printing on page 62.
cPress a or  b to choose  Print Index . 
Press  OK.
dPress  Color Start  to start printing the 
index sheet. Make a note of the image 
number you want to print. See  Print 
Index (Thumbnails) on page 60.
ePress a or  b to choose  Print Images  
and then press  OK. See  Printing 
Images on page 61.
fEnter the image number and press  OK.
gPress  Color Start  to start printing.
Print Index (Thumbnails)11
The PhotoCapture Center® assigns numbers 
for images (such as No.1, No.2, No.3, and so 
on).
 
The PhotoCapture Center® does not 
recognize any other numbers or file names 
that your digital camera or PC has used to 
identify the pictures. You can print a 
thumbnail page (Index page with 5 images 
per line). This will show all the pictures on the 
USB Flash memory drive.
 
aMake sure you have put the USB Flash 
memory drive in the USB direct 
interface.
Press ( PhotoCapture ). 
bPress a or  b to choose  Print Index .
Press  OK.
cPress  a or  b to choose the type of paper 
you are using,  Plain Paper , 
Inkjet Paper , Brother Photo  or 
Other Photo . 
Press  OK.
dPress  a or  b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter or A4. 
Press  OK.
ePress  Color Start  to print.
 
						

							
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Printing Images11
Before you can print an individual image, you 
have to know the image number.
aMake sure you have put the USB Flash 
memory drive in the USB direct 
interface.
bPrint the index first. (See Print Index 
(Thumbnails) on page 60.)
Press ( PhotoCapture ). 
cPress a or  b to choose  Print Images . 
Press  OK.
Note
If your USB Flash memory drive 
contains valid DPOF information, the 
LCD will show  DPOF Print:Yes . See 
DPOF printing on page 62.
 
dEnter the image number that you want to 
print from the thumbnail index. 
Press OK.
 
No.:1,3,6
Multiple numbers can be entered by 
using the  OK key to separate numbers. 
For example  1, OK , 3 , OK , 6  would print 
images 1,3 and 6.
The  # key can be used to print a range 
of numbers, for example  1, #, 5  would 
print all images from 1 to 5.
eAfter you have chosen all the images 
you want to print, press  OK to choose 
your settings.
If you have already chosen your 
settings, press  Color Start.
fPress a or  b to choose the type of paper 
you are using,  Plain Paper , 
Inkjet Paper , Brother Photo  or 
Other Photo . 
Press  OK.
gPress  a or  b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter, A4 , 4x 6  or 
5x 7 .
„ If you choose Letter or A4, go to  h.
„ If you choose another size, go to  i.
„ If you have finished choosing 
settings, press  Color Start.
hPress a or  b to choose the print size 
( 4x 3 , 5x 3.5 , 6x 4 , 
7x 5  or 8x 6 ). 
Press  OK.
iDo one of the following:
„ To choose the number of copies go 
to  j.
„ If you have finished choosing 
settings, press  Color Start.
jEnter the number of copies you want. 
Press OK.
kPress  Color Start  to print.
The printing positions when using Letter are 
shown below.
1
4x 3 2
5x 3.53
6x 4
 
  
4
7x 55
8x 6
 
 
 
						

							
Chapter 11
62
DPOF printing11
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 choose on the 
digital camera display the images and 
number of copies you want to print.
To print directly from a USB Flash memory 
drive with DPOF information on it follow the 
instructions below:
aFirmly insert the USB Flash memory 
drive into the USB direct interface. 
 
USB Mem. Active
Press ( PhotoCapture ). 
bPress a or  b to choose  Print Images . 
Press  OK.
cIf there is a DPOF file on the USB Flash 
memory drive, the LCD will show:
 
DPOF Print:Yes e
dPress a or  b to choose 
DPOF Print:Yes . Press OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose the type of paper 
you are using,  Plain Paper , 
Inkjet Paper , Brother Photo  or 
Other Photo . 
Press  OK.
fPress  a or  b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter, A4 , 4x 6  or 
5x 7 .
„ If you chose Letter or A4, go to  g.
„ If you chose another size, go to  h.
„ If you have finished choosing 
settings, press  Color Start.
gPress a or  b to choose the print size 
( 4x 3 , 5x 3.5 , 6x 4 , 
7x 5  or 8x 6 ). 
Press  OK.
hPress  Color Start  to print.
Note
When using DPOF printing the print 
quality, brightness, contrast, cropping and 
borderless settings are not available.
 
 
						

							
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PhotoCapture Center® 
print settings
11
These settings will remain until you change 
them again.
Print quality11
aPress  Menu, 4, 1 .
bPress  a or  b to choose  Normal or 
Photo .
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Paper Options11
Paper Type11
aPress Menu, 4, 2 .
bPress  a or  b to choose  Plain Paper , 
Inkjet Paper , Brother Photo  or 
Other Photo .
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Paper Size11
aPress Menu, 4, 3 .
bPress  a or  b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter, A4 , 4x 6  or 
5x 7 . 
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Print Size11
This setting is available only when you 
choose Letter or A4 in the paper size setting.
aPress Menu, 4, 4 .
bPress  a or  b to choose the print size you 
are using,  4x 3, 5x 3.5 , 
6x 4 , 7x 5  or 8x 6 . 
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Adjusting Brightness and 
Contrast11
Brightness11
aPress Menu, 4, 5 .
bPress  a or  b to make a lighter or darker 
print.
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Contrast11
You can choose the contrast setting. More 
contrast will make an  image look sharper and 
more vivid.
aPress  Menu, 4, 6 .
bPress  a or  b to increase or decrease the 
contrast.
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
 
						

							
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Cropping11
If your photo is too long or wide to fit the 
available space on your chosen layout, part 
of the image will be automatically cropped.
The default setting is  On. If you want to print 
the whole image, turn this setting to  Off.
aPress  Menu, 4, 7.
bPress  a or  b to choose  Off (or On).
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Cropping : On
  11
Cropping: Off  11
Borderless printing11
This feature expands the printable area to the 
edges of the paper. Printing time will be 
slightly slower.
aPress  Menu, 4, 8.
bPress  a or  b to choose  Off (or On).
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Understanding the 
Error Messages
11
Once you are familiar with the types of errors 
that can occur while you are using 
PhotoCapture Center
®, you can easily 
identify and troubleshoot any problems.
„ Hub is Unusable .
This message will appear if a Hub or USB 
Flash memory drive with a Hub has been 
put into the USB direct interface.
„ No File
This message will appear if you try to 
access a USB Flash memory drive in the 
USB direct interface that does not contain 
a .JPG file.
„ Out of Memory
This message will appear if you are 
working with images that are too large for 
the machines memory.
„ Unusable Device
This message will appear if a USB device 
or USB Flash memory drive that is not 
supported has been connected to the USB 
direct interface. (For more information, 
visit us at http://solutions.brother.com.) 
This message will also appear if you 
connect a broken device to the USB direct 
interface.