Brother MFC 290C 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  aor b to choose the type of paper 
you are using,  Plain Paper , 
Inkjet Paper , Brother BP71  or 
Other Glossy . 
Press  OK.
ePress  aor b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter or A4. 
Press  OK.
fPress  Color Start  to print.
Printing Photos11
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...

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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, Fuji Photo 
Film...

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fPress  aor b to choose the paper size 
you are using,  Letter, A4 , 4x6  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
When using DPOF printing the print 
quality, brightness, contrast, cropping and 
borderless settings are not...

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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  aor b 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 
Contrast and Color11
Brightness11
aPress Menu, 4, 5 .
bPress  aor b to make a lighter or darker 
print.
Press  OK.
cPress  Stop/Exit...

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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  aor b 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  aor b to choose  On (or  Off )....

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dPress a or  b to choose 
Scan to Media , do one of the 
following:
„ To change the quality press  OK and 
go to step  e.
„ To start scanning press  Black Start 
or  Color Start .
ePress a or  b to choose the quality, and 
then press  OK. (See  Changing the 
image quality  on page 73.)
Do one of the following: „ To change the file type, go to step  f.
„ To start scanning press  Black Start 
or  Color Start .
fPress a...

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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...