Brother MFC 260C User Manual

							
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Copy options10
When you want to quickly change the copy 
settings temporarily  for the next copy, use the 
Copy Options  key.
 
The machine returns to its default settings 1 
minute after it finishes copying, or if the mode 
timer returns the machine to Fax mode. For 
more information see  Mode 
Timer on page 18.
Note
You can save the copy settings you use 
most often by setting them as default. You 
can find instructions on how to do this in 
the section for each feature. 
 
PressMenu 
selectionOptionsPage
Press
 
Quality Normal
Fast
Best 52
Enlarge
/Reduce 50%
/69% /78% / 
83% /93% /97% /
100% /104% /
142% /186% /
198% /200% /
Custom(25-400%)
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Paper TypePlain Paper
Inkjet Paper
Brother Photo
Other Photo
Transparency 56
Paper SizeLetter
Legal
A4
A5
10(W) x 15(H)cm
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Brightness- 
nnonn  +55
Stack/SortStack
Sort 54
Page LayoutOff(1 in 1)
2in1(P)
2in1(L)
4in1(P)
4in1(L)
Poster(3 x 3)
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No. of
Copies
No. of Copies: 
01
(01 - 99)
 
						

							
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Changing copy speed and 
quality10
You can choose from a range of quality 
settings. The default setting is  Normal.
To  temporarily  change the quality setting, 
follow the instruction 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  Quality .
Press  OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose  Normal, Best  or 
Fast  quality. Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start  or Colour Start .To change the default setting, follow the 
instruction below:
aPress 
Menu, 3, 1. 
1.Quality
bPress  a or  b to choose  Normal, Best  or 
Fast  quality. Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Enlarging or reducing the 
image copied10
You can choose the following enlargement or 
reduction ratios:
Custom(25-400%)  allows you to enter a 
ratio from 25% to 400%.
Auto sets the machine to calculate the 
reduction ratio that best fits the size of paper.
To enlarge or reduce the next copy follow the 
instruction below:
aMake sure you are in Copy mode  .
bLoad your document.
cUse the dial pad to enter the number of 
copies (up to 99).
Press 
 
Normal Normal is the 
recommended 
mode for ordinary 
print outs. This 
produces good copy 
quality with good 
copy speed.
Fast Fast copy speed 
and lowest ink 
consumption. Use to 
save time printing 
documents to be 
proof-read, large 
documents or many 
copies.
Best Use best mode to 
copy precise images 
such as 
photographs. This 
provides the highest 
resolution and the 
slowest speed.
Press 
 
Custom(25-400%)
200%
198% 10x15cm iA4
and then  a or  b to 
choose 
Enlarge/Reduce 186%10x15cm
iLTR
142% A5 iA4
104% EXE iLTR
100%
97% LTR iA4
93% A4 iLTR
83% LGL iA4
78% LGL iLTR
69% A4 iA5
50%
 
						

							
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dPress Copy Options  and a or  b to 
choose  Enlarge/Reduce .
Press  OK.
eDo one of the following:
„ Press  a or  b to choose the 
enlargement or reduction ratio you 
want. Press  OK.
„ Press  a or  b to choose 
Custom(25-400%) . Press OK. Use 
the dial pad to enter an enlargement 
or reduction ratio from  25% to 400% . 
(For example, press  5 3  to enter 
53% .) Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start  or Colour Start .
Note
Page Layout Options are  not available 
with  Enlarge/Reduce .
 
Making N in 1 copies or a 
poster10
The N in 1 copy feature can help you save 
paper by letting you copy two or four pages 
onto one printed page. 
You can also produce 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 print a poster, use the 
scanner glass.
Important10
„Please make sure paper size is set to 
Letter , Legal  or A4.
„ You cannot use the Enlarge/Reduce 
setting with the N in 1 and Poster features.
„ N in 1 colour copies are not available.
„ (P ) means Portrait and ( L) means 
Landscape.
„ You can only make one poster copy at a 
time.
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  Page Layout .
Press  OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose   Off(1 in 1) , 
2in1(P) , 2in1(L) , 
4in1(P) , 4in1(L)  or 
Poster(3 x 3) .
Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start  to scan the 
document. You can also press 
Colour Start  if you are using Poster 
layout.
If you are making a poster or placed the 
document in the ADF, the machine 
scans the pages and starts printing.
If you are using the scanner glass, go 
to  g.
gAfter the machine scans the page, press 
1 to scan the next page.
 
Next Page?
 
1.Yes 2.No
hPut the next document on the scanner 
glass. Press  OK.
Repeat  g and  h for each page of the 
layout.
 
Set Next Page
 
Then Press OK
iAfter all the pages have been scanned, 
press  2 to finish.
 
						

							
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Place your document face down in the 
direction shown below: „ 2 in 1 (P)
 
„2 in 1 (L)
 
„4 in 1 (P)
 
„4 in 1 (L)
 
„Poster (3x3)
You can make a poster size copy of a 
photograph.
 
Sorting copies using the ADF 
(Monochrome only) 
(MFC-260C only)10
You can sort multiple  copies. Pages will be 
sorted in the order 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, and so 
on.
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  Stack/Sort .
Press  OK.
ePress  a or  b to choose  Sort. 
Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start .
Note
Page Layout Options are  not available 
with  Stack/Sort .
 
 
						

							
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Adjusting Brightness, 
Contrast and Colour10
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.
 
-nnonn +    e
ePress  a or  b to make a lighter or darker 
copy. Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start  or Colour Start .
To change the default setting follow the 
instructions below:
aPress  Menu, 3, 2 .
bPress  a or  b to make a lighter or darker 
copy. Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Contrast10
Adjust the contrast to help an image look 
sharper and more vivid.
aPress Menu, 3, 3 . 
3.Contrast
bPress  a or  b to change the contrast. 
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit .
Colour saturation10
aPress Menu, 3, 4 . 
4.Color Adjust
bPress  a or  b to choose  1.Red, 2.Green  
or  3.Blue . Press OK.
cPress  a or  b to change the colour 
saturation. Press  OK.
dDo one of the followings:
„ Return to  b to choose the next 
colour.
„ 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  Mono Start  or Colour Start .
Note
To change the default paper type setting 
see Paper Type on page 18.
 
Paper size10
If copying on paper other than A4 size, you 
will need to change the paper size setting. 
You can copy on Letter, Legal, A4, A5 or 
Photo [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  10(W) x 15(H)cm . 
Press  OK.
fPress  Mono Start  or Colour Start .
Note
To change the default paper size setting 
see Paper Size on page 18.
 
 
						

							
Section IV
Direct Photo PrintingIV
Printing photos from a memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive
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Printing photos from a camera66
 
						

							
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Note
The MFC-235C only supports a USB 
Flash memory drive.
 
PhotoCapture Center™ 
Operations
11
Printing from a memory card 
or 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 media or USB Flash Memory 
drive. (See How to print from a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive on page 61.)
Using PhotoCapture Center™ 
from your computer11
You can access a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive that is inserted in 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 memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive11
Your Brother machine has media drives 
(slots) for use with popular digital camera 
media: CompactFlash
®, Memory Stick®, 
Memory Stick Pro™, SecureDigital™, 
MultiMediaCard™, xD-Picture Card™ and a 
USB Flash memory drive.
„ 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.
Printing photos from a memory
card or USB Flash memory drive
11
   
CompactFlash®Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro™
  
SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™ xD-Picture Card™
 
USB Flash memory 
drive
22 mm or less
11 mm or less
 
						

							
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Memory cards or a USB Flash 
memory drive folder structure11
Your machine is designed to be compatible 
with modern digital camera image files and 
memory cards; however, please read the 
points below to avoid errors:
„ The image file extension must be .JPG 
(Other image file extensions like .JPEG, 
.TIF, .GIF and so on will not be 
recognized).
„ 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 on a 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive.
„ CompactFlash
® Type II is not supported.
„ This product supports xD-Picture Card™ 
Type M / Type H.
„ The DPOF file on the memory cards must 
be in a valid format. (See  DPOF 
printing on page 63.) 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.
„ (memory card users)
Your machine is designed to read memory 
cards that have been formatted by a digital 
camera.
When a digital camera formats a memory 
card it creates a special folder into which it 
copies image data. If you need to modify 
the image data stored on a memory 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 memory 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.
„ (USB Flash memory drive users)
This machine supports USB Flash 
memory drives that have been formatted 
by Windows
®.
 
						

							
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Getting started11
Firmly put a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive into the correct slot.
 
1 USB Flash memory drive
2 CompactFlash
®
3 SecureDigital™, MultiMediaCard™
4 Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™
5 xD-Picture Card™
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 indications
 
„PhotoCapture  light is on, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is 
properly inserted.
„ PhotoCapture  light is off, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is not 
properly inserted.
„ PhotoCapture  light is blinking, the 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive 
is being read or written to.
CAUTION 
DO NOT unplug the power cord or remove 
the memory card or USB Flash memory 
drive from the media drive (slot) or USB 
direct interface while the machine is 
reading or writing to the memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive (the 
PhotoCapture  key is blinking).  You will 
lose your data or damage the card.
 
The machine can only read one device at a 
time so do not put more than one device in 
the slot.
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