Brother MFC 295CN User Manual

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The PhotoCapture Center® feature lets you 
print digital photos from your digital camera at 
high resolution to get photo quality printing.
Memory cards, USB Flash 
memory drive and folder 
structures11
Your machine is designed to be compatible 
with modern digital camera image files, 
memory cards and a USB Flash memory 
drive; 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).
„Direct PhotoCapture Center
® printing 
must be performed separately from 
PhotoCapture Center
® operations using 
the PC. (Simultaneous operation is not 
available.)
„The machine can read up to 999 files on a 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive.
„The DPOF file on the memory cards must 
be in a valid DPOF format. (See DPOF 
printing on page 71.)Please be aware of the following:
„When printing an index or image, the 
PhotoCapture Center
® will print all valid 
images, even if one or more images have 
been corrupted. Corrupted images 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 proper slot.
 
1 USB Flash memory drive
2 SD, SDHC
3 Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™
4 xD-Picture Card™
IMPORTANT
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 Photo Capture key lights
 
„Photo Capture light is on, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is 
properly inserted.
„Photo Capture light is off, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is not 
properly inserted.
„Photo Capture light is blinking, the 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive 
is being read or written to.
IMPORTANT
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 
Photo Capture 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 machine at the same time.
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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 following message:
 
M.Stick Active
 
Press PhotoCa...
bPress (Photo Capture). For 
DPOF printing, see DPOF printing 
on page 71.
cPress aorb to choose Print Index. 
Press OK.
dPress Color Start to start printing the 
index sheet. Make a note of the image 
number you want to print. See Print 
Index (Thumbnails) on page 69.
eTo print images press aorb to choose 
Print Images in stepc and then 
press OK. (See Printing Photos 
on page 70.)
fEnter the image number and press OK.
gPress Color Start to start printing.
Print Index (Thumbnails)11
The PhotoCapture Center® assigns numbers 
for images (such as NO.1, NO.2, NO.3, and 
so on).
 
The PhotoCapture Center® does not 
recognize any other numbers or file names 
that your digital camera or computer has 
used to identify the pictures. You can print a 
thumbnail page. This will show all the pictures 
on the memory card or USB Flash memory 
drive.
Note
Only file names that are 8 characters or 
less will be printed correctly on the Index 
sheet.
 
aMake sure you have put the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive in the 
proper slot.
Press (Photo Capture). 
bPress aorb 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.
  
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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.
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 page 69.)
Press (Photo Capture). 
cPress aorb to choose Print Images. 
Press OK.
Note
If your memory card contains valid 
DPOF information, the LCD will show 
DPOF Print:Yes. See DPOF printing 
on page 71.
 
dEnter the image number that you want to 
print from the thumbnail index. 
Press OK.
 
No.:1,3,6,
Note
• Multiple numbers can be entered by using 
the l key to separate numbers. For 
example press 1, l, 3, l, 6 would print 
images 1, 3 and 6.
The # key can be used to print a range of 
numbers, for example press 1, #, 5 would 
print all images from 1 to 5.
• You can enter up to 12 characters 
(including commas) for the image 
numbers you want to print.
 
eDo one of the following:
„After you have chosen all the images 
you want to print, press OK to 
choose your settings. Go to stepf.
„If you do not want to change any 
settings, press Color Start.
fPress aorb to choose the type of paper 
you are using, Plain Paper, 
Inkjet Paper, Brother BP71 or 
Other Glossy. 
Press OK.
gPress aorb to choose the paper size 
you are using, Letter, A4, 4x 6 or 
5x 7.
Press OK.
„If you choose Letter or A4, go to 
steph.
„If you choose another size, go to 
stepi.
„If you have finished choosing 
settings, press Color Start.
hPress a or b to choose the print size 
(3x 4, 3.5x 5, 4x 6, 
5x 7, 6x 8 or Max. Size). 
Press OK.
 
						

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iDo one of the following:
„To choose the number of copies go 
to stepj.
„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 
Corporation, Panasonic Corporation 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 a memory card (Memory Stick™, 
Memory Stick PRO™, SD, SDHC or 
xD-Picture Card™) containing DPOF 
information is put into your machine, you can 
print the chosen image easily.
aFirmly insert the memory card into the 
proper slot. 
 
SD Card Active
Press (Photo Capture). 
bPress aorb to choose Print Images. 
Press OK.
cIf there is a DPOF file on the card, the 
LCD will show:
 
DPOF Print:Yese
dPress aorb to choose 
DPOF Print:Yes. Press OK.
ePress aorb to choose the type of paper 
you are using, Plain Paper, 
Inkjet Paper, Brother BP71 or 
Other Glossy. 
Press OK.
1
3x 42
3.5x 53
4x 6
   
4
5x 75
6x 86
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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 
stepg.
„If you chose another size, go to 
steph.
„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 error can occur if the 
print order that was created on the camera 
has been corrupted. Delete and recreate 
the print order using your camera to 
correct this problem.
For instructions on how to delete or 
recreate the print order, refer to your 
camera manufacturer’s support web site 
or accompanying documentation.
 
PhotoCapture Center® 
print settings
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These settings will remain until you change 
them again.
Print Quality11
aPress Menu, 4, 1.
bPress aorb to choose Normal or 
Photo.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Paper Options11
Paper Type11
aPress Menu, 4, 2.
bPress aorb to choose Plain Paper, 
Inkjet Paper, Brother BP71 or 
Other Glossy.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Paper Size11
aPress Menu, 4, 3.
bPress aorb to choose the paper size 
you are using, Letter, A4, 4x 6 or 
5x 7. 
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
 
						

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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 a to make a lighter copy or 
pressb to make a darker copy.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Contrast11
You can choose the contrast setting. More 
contrast will make an image look sharper and 
more vivid.
aPress Menu, 4, 6.
bPress a to increase the contrast or 
pressb to decrease the contrast.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
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. If 
you are also using the Borderless setting, 
turn Borderless to Off. (See Borderless 
printing on page 73.)
aPress Menu, 4, 7.
bPress aorb to choose Cropping:On 
(or Cropping:Off).
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Cropping: On
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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 aorb to choose 
Borderless:On 
(or Borderless:Off).
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
 
						

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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 Date:On 
(or Date:Off).
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Note
The DPOF setting on your camera must 
be turned off to use the Print Date 
feature.
 
Scan to a memory card 
or USB Flash memory 
drive
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You can scan black & white and color 
documents into a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive. Black and white documents 
will be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF (*.TIF) 
file formats. Color documents may be stored 
in PDF (*.PDF) or JPEG (*.JPG) file formats. 
The default setting is Color 150 dpi and 
the default file format is PDF. The machine 
automatically creates file names based on 
the current date. (For details, see the Quick 
Setup Guide.) For example, the fifth image 
scanned on July 1, 2009 would be named 
07010905.PDF. You can change the color 
and quality. 
aMake sure you have put the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive in the 
proper slot.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT take out the memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive while 
Photo Capture is blinking to avoid 
damaging the card, USB Flash memory 
drive or the data stored on them.
 
bLoad your document.
cPress (Scan).
dPress a
 or b
 to choose 
Scan to Media.
QualitySelectable File 
Format
Color 150 dpi PDF / JPEG
Color 300 dpi PDF / JPEG
Color 600 dpi PDF / JPEG
B/W 200x100 dpi TIFF / PDF
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eDo one of the following:
„To change the quality press OK and 
go to stepf.
„To start scanning press Black Start 
or Color Start.
fPress a or b to choose the quality, and 
then press OK.
Do one of the following:
„To change the file type, go to stepg.
„To start scanning press Black Start 
or Color Start.
gPress a or b to choose the file type, 
choose one of the options below:
„To change the file name press OK 
and go to steph.
„To start scanning press Black Start 
or Color Start.
hThe file name is set automatically. 
However, you can set a name of your 
choice using the dial pad. You can only 
change the first 6 digits.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
Changing the image quality11
aPress Menu, 4, 0, 1.
bPress a or b to choose 
B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, 
Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi or 
Color 600 dpi.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Changing the black & white 
file format11
aPress Menu, 4, 0, 2.
bPress a or b to choose TIFF or PDF.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Changing the color file format11
aPress Menu, 4, 0, 3.
bPress a or b to choose PDF or JPEG.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
 
						

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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 clear this error, take 
out the memory card.
„No File
This message will appear if you try to 
access a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive 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.
This message will also appear when a 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive 
you are using does not have enough 
space available for the scanned 
document.
„Media is Full.
This message will appear if you are trying 
to save more than 999 files in a memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive.„Unusable Device
This message will appear if a USB device 
or USB Flash memory drive that is not 
supported has been connected to the USB 
direct interface. (For more information, 
visit us at http://solutions.brother.com
.) 
This message will also appear if you 
connect a broken device to the USB direct 
interface.