Brother MFC 250C User Manual

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How to print from a 
memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive
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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 memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive:
aMake sure you have put the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive in the 
proper slot. For example, the LCD will 
show the...

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dPress aorb to choose the type of paper 
you are using, Plain Paper, 
Inkjet Paper, Brother BP71 or 
Other Glossy. 
Press OK.
ePress aorb to choose the paper size 
you are using, Letter or A4. 
Press OK.
fPress Color Start to print.
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Before you can print an individual image, you 
have to know the image number.
aMake sure you have put the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive in the 
proper slot.
bPrint the index first. (See Print Index 
(Thumbnails) on page 67.)
Press...

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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.
DPOF printing11
DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format.
Major digital camera manufacturers (Canon 
Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, FUJIFILM...

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fPress aorb to choose the paper size 
you are using, Letter, A4, 4x 6 or 
5x 7.
Press OK.
„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 
(3x 4, 3.5x 5, 4x 6, 
5x 7, 6x 8 or Max. Size). 
Press OK.
hPress Color Start to print.
Note
An invalid DPOF file can occur if the print 
order that was created on the camera has 
been corrupted. Delete and recreate the 
print...

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Print Size11
This setting is available only when you 
choose Letter or A4 in the paper size setting.
aPress Menu, 4, 4.
bPress aorb to choose the print size you 
are using, 3x 4, 3.5x 5, 
4x 6, 5x 7, 6x 8 or 
Max. Size. 
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Adjusting Brightness and 
Contrast11
Brightness11
aPress Menu, 4, 5.
bPress aorb to make a lighter or darker 
print.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Contrast11
You can choose...

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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 aorb to choose Off (or On).
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Print Date11
You can print the date if it is already in the 
data on your photo. The date will be printed 
on the lower right corner. If the data doesn’t 
have the date information, you cannot use 
this function.
aPress Menu, 4, 9.
bPress aorb to choose On (or Off).
Press OK.
cPress...

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dPress a or b to choose 
Scan to Media.
eDo one of the following:
„To change the quality press OK and 
go to step f.
„To start scanning go to step j.
fPress a or b to choose the quality.
Press OK. (See Changing the image 
quality on page 73.)
gDo one of the following:
„To change the file type, go to step h.
„To start scanning go to step j.
hPress a or b to choose the file type.
Press OK. (See Changing the 
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Understanding the 
Error Messages
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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.
„Media Error
This message will appear if you put in a 
memory card that is either bad or not 
formatted, or when there is a problem with 
the media drive. To...

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Printing photos 
directly from a 
PictBridge camera
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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.
If your camera is using the USB Mass 
Storage standard, you can also print photos 
from a digital camera without PictBridge. 
(See Printing photos directly from a digital 
camera (without PictBridge) on page 77.) 
PictBridge requirements12
To avoid errors, remember the following...

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Printing Images12
Note
Remove any memory cards or USB Flash 
memory drive from the machine before 
connecting a digital camera.
 
aMake sure that your camera is turned 
off. Connect your camera to the USB 
direct interface (1) on the machine using 
the USB cable.
 
1 USB direct interface
bTurn on the camera.
When the machine has recognized the 
camera, the LCD shows the following 
message:
 
Camera Connected
cChoose the photo you want to print 
following the instructions from your 
camera....