Brother MFC 297C User Manual

Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
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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 
correct slot. The LCD will show the 
following message (for example):...

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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, A4 or Letter. 
Press OK.
fPress Colour 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 
correct slot.
bPrint the index first. (See Print Index 
(Thumbnails) on page 61.)
Press...

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jEnter the number of copies you want. 
Press OK.
kPress Colour Start to print.
The printing positions when using A4 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...

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PhotoCapture Center™ 
print settings
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These settings will remain until you change 
them again.
Print speed and 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, 10x15cm or 
13x18cm. 
Press...

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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. If 
you are also using the Borderless setting, 
turn Borderless to Off. (See Borderless 
printing on page 65.)
aPress Menu, 4, 7.
bPress aorb to choose Off (or On).
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Cropping:...

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Scan to a memory card 
or USB Flash memory 
drive
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You can scan monochrome and colour 
documents onto a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive. Monochrome documents will 
be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF (*.TIF) file 
formats. Colour 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...

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11 Changing the monochrome 
file format11
aPress Menu, 4, 0, 2.
bPress a or b to choose TIFF or PDF.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
Changing the colour file 
format11
aPress Menu, 4, 0, 3.
bPress a or b to choose JPEG or PDF.
Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
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...

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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 70.) 
PictBridge requirements12
To avoid errors, remember the following...

Printing photos from a camera
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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...

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Printing photos 
directly from a digital 
camera (without 
PictBridge)
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If your camera supports the USB Mass 
Storage standard, you can connect your 
camera in storage mode. This enables you to 
print photos from your camera.
(If you would like to print photos in PictBridge 
mode, see Printing photos directly from a 
PictBridge camera on page 68.) 
Note
The name, availability and operation differ 
among digital cameras. Please refer to the 
documentation supplied with your camera 
for...