Brother MFC 235C User Manual
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Glossary131 E F/T Ring TimeThe length of time that the Brother machine rings (when the Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up a voice call that it answered. Fax Detect Enables your machine to respond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax call by answering it. Fax Journal Lists information about the last 200 incoming and outgoing faxes. TX means Transmit. RX means Receive. Fax tones The signals sent by sending and receiving fax machines while communicating information. Fax/Tel You can receive faxes and telephone calls. Do not use this mode if you are using a telephone answering device (TAD). Fine resolution Resolution is 203 × 196 dpi. It is used for small print and graphs. Greyscale The shades of grey available for copying, scanning and faxing photographs. Group number A combination of Speed Dial numbers that are stored in a Speed Dial location for Broadcasting. 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. Journal Period The pre-programmed time period between automatically printed Fax Journal Reports. You can print the Fax Journal on demand without interrupting the cycle. 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. Manual fax When you lift the handset of your external telephone you can hear the receiving fax machine answer before you press Mono or Colour to begin sending. 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. Out of Paper Reception Receives faxes into the machines memory when the machine is out of paper. Overseas Mode Makes temporary changes to the fax tones to accommodate noise and static on overseas telephone lines. Pause Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in the dialing sequence stored on Speed Dial numbers. Press Redial/Pause as many times as needed for longer pauses. Photo resolution (Mono only) A resolution setting that uses varying shades of grey for the best representation of photographs.
132 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. Pulse A form of rotary dialing on a telephone line. Quick Dial List A listing of names and numbers stored in Speed Dial memory, in numerical order. Real Time Transmission When memory is full, you can send faxes in real time. Remaining jobs You can check which jobs are waiting in memory and cancel jobs individually. Remote Activation Code Press this code ( l 5 1 ) when you answer a fax call on an extension or external telephone. Remote Deactivation Code (For Fax/Tel mode only) When the machine answers a voice call, it pseudo/double-rings. You can pick up at an extension telephone by pressing this code ( # 5 1 ). Resolution The number of vertical and horizontal lines per inch. See: Standard, Fine, Super Fine and Photo. Ring Delay The number of rings before the machine answers in Fax Only and Fax/Tel mode. Ring Volume Volume setting for the machines ring. Scanning The process of sending an electronic image of a paper document into your computer. Search An electronic, numerical or alphabetical listing of stored Speed Dial and Group numbers. Speed Dial A pre-programmed number for easy dialing. You must press the Speed Dial, # , and the two digit code, and Mono or Colour to start the dialing process. Standard resolution 203 × 97 dpi. It is used for regular size text and quickest transmission. Station ID The stored information that appears on the top of faxed pages. It includes the senders name and fax number. Super Fine resolution (Mono only) 392 × 203 dpi. Best for very small print and line art. TAD (telephone answering device) You can connect an external TAD to your machine. Temporary settings You can choose certain options for each fax transmission and copy without changing the default settings. Tone A form of dialing on the telephone line used for Touch Tone telephones. Transmission The process of sending faxes over the telephone lines from your machine to the receiving fax machine. User Settings A printed report that shows the current settings of the machine. Xmit Report (Transmission Verification Report) A listing for each fax sent, that shows its date, time and number.
Index 133 F F A ADF (automatic document feeder) ...... 6, 24 Answering machine (TAD) ....................... 38 connecting ............................................39 Apple® Macintosh® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Automatic fax receive ............................................30 Fax Detect .........................................33 B Broadcasting ............................................25 setting up Groups for ............................ 46 C Caller ID ...................................................37 print list ................................................. 38 view list ................................................. 38 Cancelling jobs awaiting redial ............................... 29 Cleaning paper pick-up roller ............................. 100 print head ............................................101 printer platen .......................................100 scanner ................................................. 99 Connecting external TAD .........................................38 external telephone ................................40 Consumable items ................................. 129 Control panel overview .............................. 4 ControlCenter See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Copy color adjustment ................................... 55 Enlarge/Reduce .................................... 52 enter Copy mode ..................................50 key ........................................................51 multiple ................................................. 50 paper .....................................................56 single .................................................... 50 sort ........................................................54 temporary settings ................................51 using ADF ............................................... 6 using scanner glass ................................ 7 Copy Options key (copying) paper size ............................................. 56 paper type ............................................ 56 Cordless telephone ................................. 42 Custom telephone features on a single line ............................................. 86 D Dialing a pause ................................................ 44 access codes and credit card numbers ......................................... 45, 46 Groups ................................................. 25 manual ................................................. 43 Direct printing from a non-PictBridge camera ............. 68 from a PictBridge camera ..................... 66 Dual Access ............................................ 28 E Envelopes ....................................10, 11, 14 Error messages on LCD .......................... 89 Comm. Error ......................................... 89 Init. Unable ........................................... 90 Ink Empty ............................................. 90 Near Empty .......................................... 90 No Paper Fed ....................................... 91 Not Registered ..................................... 43 Out of Memory ............................... 28, 91 Print Unable ......................................... 91 Scan Unable ......................................... 91 Extension telephone, using ............... 41, 42 External telephone, connecting ............... 40 F Fax codes changing ............................................... 42 Remote Activation Code ................ 33, 40 Remote Deactivation Code ............ 40, 42 Fax Detect ............................................... 33 Fax, from PC See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................
134 Fax, stand-alonereceiving ................................................30 at end of conversation ........................31 difficulties .................................... 83, 85 F/T Ring Time, setting ........................32 from extension telephone ............ 40, 42 Receive Mode, choosing ....................30 reducing to fit on paper ......................33 Ring Delay, setting .............................32 telephone line interference ................. 96 sending .................................................24 Broadcasting ......................................25 Cancelling from memory ....................29 contrast ..............................................27 enter Fax mode ..................................24 from ADF(MFC-260C only) ................24 from memory (Dual Access) ..............28 from scanner glass .............................24 manual ...............................................29 overseas ............................................29 Real Time Transmission ....................28 Resolution ..........................................27 telephone line interference ................. 96 Fax/Tel mode answering at extension telephones ..................................... 40, 42 double-ringing (voice calls) ................... 32 F/T Ring Time .......................................32 Fax Receive Code ......................... 40, 42 Ring Delay ............................................32 Telephone Answer Code ............... 40, 42 G Greyscale ...................................... 120, 125 Groups for Broadcasting .......................... 46 H Help LCD messages ...................................107 using menu keys ..............................107 Menu Table ................................ 107, 109 I Ink cartridges checking ink volume ............................103 ink dot counter ......................................96 replacing ...............................................96 Innobella™ .............................................129 J Jacks EXTexternal telephone ............................. 38 TAD (answering machine) ................. 38 Jams document .............................................. 93 paper .................................................... 93 L LCD (liquid crystal display) .................... 107 Contrast ................................................ 20 Help List ............................................... 48 M Macintosh® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Maintenance, routine ............................... 96 replacing ink cartridges ........................ 96 Manual dialing ................................................... 43 receive .................................................. 30 transmission ......................................... 29 Memory Storage .................................... 107 Menu Table ........................................... 107 Mode, entering Copy ..................................................... 50 Fax ....................................................... 24 PhotoCapture ......................................... 4 Scan ....................................................... 4 Multi-line connections (PBX) ................... 39 O Out of Memory message .............28, 29, 91 P Packing the machine ............................. 104 Paper ................................................. 8, 119 capacity ................................................ 11 document size ...................................... 24 loading .................................................. 12 size ................................................. 10, 18 size of document .................................... 6 type ................................................. 10, 18
135 F PaperPort™ 11SE with OCRSee Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM and Help in the PaperPort™ 11SE application to access How-to-Guides. ......................................... PhotoCapture Center™ CompactFlash ® .....................................58 DPOF printing .......................................63 from PC See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. ............................................... Memory Stick Pro™ .............................. 58 Memory Stick® ...................................... 58 MultiMediaCard™ ................................. 58 Print settings Brightness .......................................... 64 Paper type & size ............................... 64 SecureDigital™ .....................................58 specifications ...................................... 123 xD-Picture Card™ ................................. 58 PictBridge DPOF Printing .......................................67 Power failure ..........................................107 Print area ....................................................... 16 difficulties ....................................... 83, 85 drivers .................................................126 images .................................................. 62 improving quality ................................. 101 paper jams ............................................93 reports ...................................................48 resolution ............................................126 specifications ...................................... 126 Printing images .................................................. 62 on small paper ...................................... 15 See Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Programming your machine ................... 107 Q Quick Dial access codes and credit card numbers ................................................46 Broadcasting .........................................25 using Groups .....................................25 Group dial changing ............................................45 setting up Groups for Broadcasting ...46 Search .................................................. 43 Speed Dial changing ............................................ 45 setting up ........................................... 45 using .................................................. 43 R Receive Mode ......................................... 30 External TAD ........................................ 30 Fax Only ............................................... 30 Fax/Tel ................................................. 30 Manual ................................................. 30 Redial/Pause ........................................... 44 Reducing copies ................................................... 52 incoming faxes ..................................... 33 Reports .................................................... 47 Caller ID List ......................................... 38 Fax Journal .......................................... 48 Journal Period ................................... 47 Help List ............................................... 48 how to print ........................................... 48 Quick Dial List ...................................... 48 Transmission Verification ............... 47, 48 User Settings ........................................ 48 Resolution copy .................................................... 122 fax ...................................................... 120 print .................................................... 126 scan .................................................... 125 setting for next fax ................................ 27 Ring Delay, setting .................................. 32 S Safety Instructions ................................... 78 Scanner glass cleaning ................................................ 99 using ....................................................... 7 Scanning See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. ................................................. Serial Number how to find .............................See inside front cover Shipping the machine ............................ 104 Speed Dial changing ............................................... 45 setting up .............................................. 45
136 T TAD (telephone answering device), external ............................................. 30, 38 connecting ...................................... 38, 39 receive mode ........................................30 recording OGM .....................................39 Telephone line connections ...........................................39 difficulties ..............................................85 interference ...........................................96 multi-line (PBX) .....................................39 Temporary copy settings .......................... 51 Text, entering .........................................116 special characters ...............................116 Transparencies ...................... 8, 9, 11, 119 Troubleshooting .......................................83 checking ink volume ............................103 document jam .......................................93 error messages on LCD ........................89 if you are having difficulty copying ...............................................87 incoming calls ....................................86 PhotoCapture Center™ .....................88 printing ...............................................83 printing received faxes .......................85 receiving faxes ...................................85 scanning .............................................87 sending faxes .....................................85 software .............................................87 telephone line or connections ............ 85 paper jam ..............................................93 print quality ..........................................101 TX Lock turning on/off .........................................22 V Volume, settingbeeper ...................................................19 ring ........................................................19 speaker .................................................19 W Windows® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. ..................................................
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