Brother MFC 240C User Manual

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Paper options10
Paper type10
If you are copying on special paper, be sure 
to choose the type of paper you are using so 
you will 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 19.
 
Paper size10
If copying on paper other than Letter or A4 
size, you will need to change the paper size 
setting. You can copy on Letter, Legal, A4, A5 
or Photo (4”(W) × 6”(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)×6”(H). 
Press OK.
fPress Black Start or Color Start.
Note
To change the default paper type setting 
see Paper Size on page 19.
 
 
						

							Section IV
Walk-up Photo PrintingIV
PhotoCapture Center®58
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PhotoCapture Center® 
Operations
11
Printing from a media card 
without a PC11
Even if your machine is not connected to your 
computer, you can print photos directly from 
digital camera media. (See How to print from 
a media card on page 60.)
Using PhotoCapture Center® 
from your computer
You can access the media card that is in the 
media drive (slot) 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 media cards11
Your Brother machine includes media drives 
(slots) for use with popular digital camera 
media: CompactFlash
®, Memory Stick® 
Memory Stick Pro™, SecureDigital™, 
MultiMediaCard™ and xD-Picture Card™.
„miniSD™ can be used with a miniSD™ 
adapter.
„Memory Stick Duo™ can be used with a 
Memory Stick Duo™ adapter.
„Memory Stick Pro Duo™ can be used with 
a Memory Stick Pro Duo™ adapter.
„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.
Firmly put the card into the proper slot.
 
PhotoCapture Center®11
  
CompactFlash®Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro™
  
SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™xD-Picture Card™
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1 CompactFlash®
2 SecureDigital™, MultiMediaCard™
3Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™
4 xD-Picture Card™
The PhotoCapture key will light to show the 
media card status. It can be on, off or blinking. 
See the table below for what the light means.
 
„On
A media card is inserted correctly.
„Off
No media card is present, or it is 
incorrectly inserted.
„Blinking
The inserted media card is being read, or 
is being written to.
CAUTION 
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.
 
The machine can only read one media card at 
a time so do not put more than one card in a 
slot.
Media card folder structure11
To avoid errors, remember the following points:
„The DPOF file on the media card must be 
in a valid format. (See DPOF printing on 
page 62.)
„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.)
„IBM Microdrive™ is not compatible with 
the machine.
„The machine can read up to 999 files 
(including the folder inside media) on a 
media card.
„CompactFlash
® Type II is not supported.
„This product supports xD-Picture Card™ 
Type M / Type H (Large Capacity).
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. 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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How to print from a 
media card
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 media card:
aMake sure you have put the media card 
in the proper slot. The LCD will show the 
following message:
 
C.Flash Active
 
Press PhotoCa...
bPress PhotoCapture. For DPOF 
printing, see DPOF printing on page 62.
cPress a or b to choose Print Index 
and then press OK.
dPress Color Start to start printing the 
index sheet. Make a note of the image 
number you want to print. See Printing 
the thumbnail index 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.
Printing the thumbnail index11
The PhotoCapture Center® assigns each of 
your images a number. It does not recognize 
any other numbers or file names that your 
digital camera or PC may have assigned to 
the images.
When you print a thumbnail page, it will show 
all of the pictures on your media card and the 
number assigned to it. Even corrupted 
images may have part of the image printed.
 
aMake sure you have put the media card 
in the proper slot.
Press (PhotoCapture). 
bPress a or b to choose Print Index.
Press OK.
cPress a or b to choose 
6 Images/Line or 5 Images/Line.
Press OK.
Print time for 5 Images/Line will be 
slower than 6 Images/Line, but the 
quality is better.
dPress 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 media card 
in the proper slot.
bPrint the index first. (See Printing the 
thumbnail index on page 60.)
Press (PhotoCapture). 
cPress a or b to choose 
Print Images. Press OK.
Note
If your media card 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 selected 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, 4×6 or 
5×7. 
„If you selected Letter or A4, go to h.
„If you selected another size, go to i.
„If you have finished choosing 
settings, press Color Start.
hPress a or b to choose the print size 
(4×3, 5×3.5, 6×4, 7×5 or 
8×6). 
Press OK.
iChoose one of the options below:
„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
4
×3
2
5
×3.5
3
6
×4
   
4
7
×5
5
8
×6
  
 
						

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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.
When the media card (CompactFlash
®, 
Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™, 
SecureDigital™ MultiMediaCard™ or xD-
Picture Card™) with DPOF information is put 
into your machine, you can print the chosen 
image easily.
To print directly from a media card with DPOF 
information on it follow the instructions below:
aFirmly insert the media card into the 
card slot. 
 
C.Flash Active
Press (PhotoCapture). 
bPress a or b to choose 
Print Images. Press OK.
cIf there is a DPOF file on the card, the 
LCD will show:
 
DPOF Print:Yes
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, 4”×6” or 
5”×7”.
„If you selected Letter or A4, go to g.
„If you selected another size, go to h.
„If you have finished choosing 
settings, press Color Start.
gPress a or b to choose the print size 
(4×3, 5×3.5, 6×4, 7×5, 
8×6 or Max. Size). 
Press OK.
hPress Color Start to print.
 
						

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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, 4×6 or 
5×7. 
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Print Size11
This setting is available only when you select 
Letter or A4 in the paper size setting.
aPress Menu, 4, 4.
bPress a or b to choose the print size 
you are using, 4×3, 5×3.5,6×4, 
7×5 or 8×6. 
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Adjusting Brightness and 
Contrast11
Brightness11
aPress Menu, 4, 5.
bPress a or b to make a darker or lighter 
copy.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Contrast11
You can select 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 the 
PhotoCapture Center
®, you can easily 
identify and troubleshoot any problems.
„Media Error
This message will appear if you put in a 
media card that is either bad or not 
formatted, or when there is a problem with 
the media drive. To clear this error, take 
out the media card.
„No File
This message will appear if you try to 
access a media card in the drive (slot) 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.
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Your Brother machine supports the 
PictBridge standard, allowing you to connect 
to and print photos directly from any 
PictBridge compatible digital camera.
Before Using 
PictBridge
12
PictBridge requirements12
To avoid errors, remember the following 
points:
„The machine and the digital camera must 
be connected using a suitable USB cable.
„The image file extension must be .JPG 
(Other image file extensions like .JPEG, 
.TIF, .GIF and so on will not be 
recognized).
„PhotoCapture Center operations are not 
available when using the PictBridge 
feature.
Using PictBridge12
Setting your digital camera12
Make sure your camera is in PictBridge 
mode. If your camera is set to use the printer 
settings, the following PictBridge settings are 
available for your PictBridge compatible 
camera. Depending on your camera some of 
these settings may not be available.
1Please See DPOF printing on page 66 for more 
details.
„The names and availability of each setting 
depends on the specification of your 
camera.
„The cropping setting is only available from 
the machine menu. (See Cropping on 
page 64.)
Please refer to the documentation supplied 
with your camera for more detailed 
information on changing PictBridge settings.
PictBridge12
Menu Selections Options
Paper Size Letter, A4, 4”×6”, 
Paper Type Plain Paper, Glossy 
Paper, Inkjet Paper
Layout Borderless: On, 
Borderless: Off
DPOF setting
1-
Print Quality Normal, Fine