Brother MFC 297C User Manual
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Specifications 131 D Computer requirementsD SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS Computer Platform & Operating System VersionSupported PC Software FunctionsPC InterfaceProcessor Minimum SpeedMinimum RAMRecommended RAMHard Disk Space to install For DriversFor Applications Windows® Operating System 1 2000 Professional 5 Printing, PC Fax Send 4, Scanning, Removable Disk USB Intel® Pentium ® II or equivalent64 MB 256 MB 110 MB 340 MB XP Home25 XP Professional 25 128 MB 110 MB 340 MB XP Professional x64 Edition 2 64-bit (Intel®64 or AMD64) supported CPU256 MB 512 MB 110 MB 340 MB Windows Vista ®2Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent 64-bit (Intel®64 or AMD64) supported CPU 512 MB 1 GB 600 MB 530 MB Macintosh® Operati ng System 6 Mac OS® X 10.2.4 - 10.4.3Printing, PC Fax Send 4, Scanning, Removable Disk USB3PowerPC G4/G5 PowerPC G3 350MHz128 MB 256 MB 80 MB 400 MB Mac OS® X 10.4.4 or greaterPowerPC G4/G5 Intel ® Core™ Processor512 MB 1 GB Conditions: 1Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.5 or greater. 2For WIA, 1200 x 1200 resolution. Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 x 19200 dpi. 3Third party USB ports are not supported. 4PC Fax supports black and white only.5PaperPort™ 11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or higher for Windows® 2000 and SP2 or higher for XP.6Presto! PageManager on the CD-ROM supports Mac OS® X 10.3.9 or higher. For Mac OS® X 10.2.4-10.3.8 Presto! PageManager is available as a download from the Brother Solutions Center. For the latest driver updates, visit http://solutions.brother.com/. All trademarks, brand and product names are property of their respective companies.
132 Consumable itemsD InkThe machine uses individual Black, Yellow, Cyan and Magenta ink cartridges that are separate from the print head assembly. Service Life of Ink CartridgeThe first time you install a set of ink cartridges the machine will use an amount of ink to fill the ink delivery tubes for high quality print outs. This process will only happen once. With all following ink cartridges you can print the specified number of pages. The cartridges provided with your machine have a lower yield than standard cartridges (65%). Replacement Consumables LC980BK, LC980C, LC980M, LC980Y Black - Approximately 300 pages 1 Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 260 pages1 1Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. For more information about the replacement consumables, visit us at http://www.brother.com/pageyield . What is Innobella™? Innobella™ is a range of genuine consumables offered by Brother. The name Innobella™ derives from the words Innovation and Bella (meaning Beautiful in Italian) and is a representation of the innovative technology providing you with beautiful and long lasting print results. When you print photo images, Brother recommends Innobella™ glossy photo paper (BP71 series) for high quality. Brilliant prints are made easier with Innobella™ Ink and paper.
133 E This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of these features depends on the model you purchased. E GlossaryE ADF (automatic document feeder) The document can be placed in the ADF and scanned one page at a time automatically. Auto Reduction Reduces the size of incoming faxes. Automatic fax transmission Sending a fax without picking up the handset of an external telephone. Automatic Redial A feature that enables your machine to redial the last fax number after five minutes if the fax did not go through because the line was busy. Backup Print Your machine prints a copy of every fax that is received and stored in memory.This is a safety feature so you will not lose messages during a power failure. Beeper Volume Volume setting for the beep when you press a key or make an error. Brightness Changing the Brightness makes the whole image lighter or darker. Broadcasting The ability to send the same fax message to more than one location. Caller ID A service purchased from the telephone company that lets you see the number (or name) of the party calling you. CNG tones The special tones (beeps) sent by fax machines during automatic transmission to tell the receiving machine that a fax machine is calling.Coding method Method of coding the information contained in the document. All fax machines must use a minimum standard of Modified Huffman (MH). Your machine is capable of greater compression methods, Modified Read (MR), Modified Modified Read (MMR) and JPEG, if the receiving machine has the same capability. Communication error (Comm. Error) An error during fax sending or receiving, usually caused by line noise or static. Compatibility group The ability of one fax unit to communicate with another. Compatibility is assured between ITU-T Groups. Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light documents, by making faxes or copies of dark documents lighter and light documents darker. Dual Access Your machine can scan outgoing faxes or scheduled jobs into memory at the same time it is sending a fax from memory or receiving or printing an incoming fax. ECM (Error Correction Mode) Detects errors during fax transmission and resends the pages of the fax that had an error. Extension telephone A telephone using the same line as your fax but plugged into a separate wall socket. External telephone A TAD (telephone answering device) or telephone that is connected to your machine.
134 F/T Ring Time The length of time that the Brother machine rings (when the Receive Mode setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up a voice call that it answered. Fax Detect Enables your machine to respond to CNG tones if you interrupt a fax call by answering it. Fax Journal Lists information about the last 200 incoming and outgoing faxes. TX means Transmit. RX means Receive. Fax tones The signals sent by sending and receiving fax machines while communicating information. Fax/Tel You can receive faxes and telephone calls. Do not use this mode if you are using a telephone answering device (TAD). Fine resolution Resolution is 203 × 196 dpi. It is used for small print and graphs. Greyscale The shades of grey available for copying, scanning and faxing photographs. Group number A combination of Speed Dial numbers that are stored in a Speed Dial location for Broadcasting. Help list A printout of the complete Menu table that you can use to program your machine when you do not have the Users Guide with you. Innobella™ Innobella™ is a range of genuine consumables offered by Brother. For best quality results Brother recommends Innobella™ Ink and Paper.Journal Period The pre-programmed time period between automatically printed Fax Journal Reports. You can print the Fax Journal on demand without interrupting the cycle. LCD (liquid crystal display) The display screen on the machine that shows interactive messages during On-Screen Programming and shows the date and time when the machine is idle. Manual fax When you lift the handset of your external telephone you can hear the receiving fax machine answer before you press Mono Start or Colour Start to begin sending. Menu mode Programming mode for changing your machines settings. OCR (optical character recognition) The bundled ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR or Presto! PageManager software application converts an image of text to text you can edit. Out of Paper Reception Receives faxes into the machines memory when the machine is out of paper. Overseas Mode Makes temporary changes to the fax tones to accommodate noise and static on overseas telephone lines. Pause Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in the dialling sequence while you are dialling using the dial pad or you are storing Speed Dial numbers. Press Redial/Pause as many times as needed for longer pauses. Photo resolution (Mono only) A resolution setting that uses varying shades of grey for the best representation of photographs.
Glossary 135 E PhotoCapture Center™ Allows you to print digital photos from your digital camera at high resolution for photo quality printing. PictBridge Allows you to print photos directly from your digital camera at high resolution for photo quality printing. Pulse A form of rotary dialling on a telephone line. Quick Dial List A listing of names and numbers stored in Speed Dial memory, in numerical order. Real Time Transmission When memory is full, you can send faxes in real time. Remaining jobs You can check which jobs are waiting in memory and cancel jobs individually. Remote Activation Code Press this code (l 5 1) when you answer a fax call on an extension or external telephone. Remote Deactivation Code (For Fax/Tel mode only) When the machine answers a voice call, it pseudo/double-rings. You can pick up at an extension telephone by pressing this code (# 5 1). Resolution The number of vertical and horizontal lines per inch. See: Standard, Fine, Super Fine and Photo. Ring Delay The number of rings before the machine answers in Fax Only and Fax/Tel mode. Ring Volume Volume setting for the machines ring.Scan to Media You can scan a monochrome or colour document into a memory card or USB Flash memory drive. Monochrome images will be in TIFF or PDF file format and colour images may be in PDF or JPEG file format. Scanning The process of sending an electronic image of a paper document into your computer. Search An electronic, numerical or alphabetical listing of stored Speed Dial and Group numbers. Speed Dial A pre-programmed number for easy dialling. You must press the (Speed Dial), #, and the two digit code, and Mono Start or Colour Start to start the dialling process. Standard resolution 203 × 97 dpi. It is used for regular size text and quickest transmission. Station ID The stored information that appears on the top of faxed pages. It includes the senders name and fax number. Super Fine resolution (Mono only) 392 × 203 dpi. Best for very small print and line art. TAD (telephone answering device) You can connect an external TAD to your machine. Temporary settings You can choose certain options for each fax transmission and copy without changing the default settings. Tone A form of dialling on the telephone line used for Touch Tone telephones.
136 Transmission The process of sending faxes over the telephone lines from your machine to the receiving fax machine. User Settings A printed report that shows the current settings of the machine. Xmit Report (Transmission Verification Report) A listing for each fax sent, that shows its date, time and number.
Index 137 F F A ADF (automatic document feeder) .... 17, 26 Answering machine (TAD) ....................... 39 connecting ............................................ 40 Apple® Macintosh® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Automatic fax receive ............................................ 32 Fax Detect ......................................... 35 B Broadcasting ............................................ 27 setting up Groups for ............................ 46 C Caller ID ................................................... 38 print list ................................................. 39 view list ................................................. 38 Cancelling jobs awaiting redial ............................... 31 Cleaning paper pick-up roller ............................. 104 print head ............................................ 105 printer platen ....................................... 104 scanner ............................................... 103 Connecting external TAD ......................................... 39 external telephone ................................ 41 Consumable items ................................. 132 Control panel overview .............................. 6 ControlCenter See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Copy Enlarge/Reduce .................................... 52 enter Copy mode .................................. 50 key ........................................................ 51 multiple ................................................. 50 paper ..................................................... 56 single .................................................... 50 sort ........................................................ 55 temporary settings ................................ 51 using ADF ............................................. 17 using scanner glass .............................. 17Copy Options key (copying) paper size ............................................. 56 paper type ............................................ 56 Cordless telephone ................................. 42 Custom telephone features on a single line ........................................................... 89 D Dialling a pause ................................................ 45 access codes and credit card numbers ......................................... 45, 46 manual ................................................. 44 Direct printing from a non-PictBridge camera ............. 70 from a PictBridge camera ..................... 68 Dual Access ............................................ 30 E Envelopes ....................................10, 15, 16 Error messages on LCD .......................... 92 B&W Print Only .................................... 92 Cannot Detect ...................................... 93 Cannot Print ......................................... 93 Comm. Error ......................................... 93 Ink Low ................................................. 94 No Cartridge ......................................... 94 No Paper Fed ....................................... 94 Not Registered ............................... 44, 95 Out of Memory ............................... 30, 95 Unable to Clean ................................... 93 Unable to Init. ....................................... 94 Unable to Print ..................................... 95 Unable to Scan ..................................... 95 Extension telephone, using ............... 41, 42 External telephone, connecting ............... 41
138 F Fax codes changing ............................................... 43 Remote Activation Code ................ 35, 41 Remote Deactivation Code ............ 41, 42 Fax Detect ................................................ 35 Fax, from PC See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Fax, stand-alone receiving ................................................ 32 at end of conversation ........................ 33 difficulties .................................... 86, 88 F/T Ring Time, setting ........................ 34 from extension telephone ............ 41, 42 Receive Mode, choosing .................... 32 reducing to fit on paper ...................... 35 Ring Delay, setting ............................. 34 telephone line interference ................. 91 sending ................................................. 26 Broadcasting ...................................... 27 Cancelling from memory .................... 31 contrast .............................................. 29 enter Fax mode .................................. 26 from ADF (MFC-290C and MFC-297C only) ...... 26 from memory (Dual Access) .............. 30 from scanner glass ............................. 26 manual ............................................... 31 overseas ............................................ 31 Real Time Transmission .................... 30 Resolution .......................................... 29 telephone line interference ................. 91 Fax/Tel mode answering at extension telephones ..................................... 41, 42 Fax Receive Code ......................... 41, 42 Ring Delay ............................................ 34 Telephone Answer Code ............... 41, 42 G Greyscale ...................................... 123, 128 Groups for Broadcasting .......................... 46 H Help LCD messages ................................... 110 using menu keys ............................. 110 Menu Table ................................ 110, 112 I Ink cartridges checking ink volume ........................... 107 ink dot counter .................................... 100 replacing ............................................. 100 Innobella™ ............................................ 132 J Jacks EXT external telephone ............................. 39 TAD (answering machine) ................. 39 Jams document .............................................. 96 paper .................................................... 97 L LCD (liquid crystal display) .................... 110 Contrast ................................................ 21 M Macintosh® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Maintenance, routine ............................. 100 replacing ink cartridges ...................... 100 Manual dialling .................................................. 44 receive .................................................. 32 transmission ......................................... 31 Memory Storage .................................... 110 Menu Table ........................................... 110 Mode, entering Copy ..................................................... 50 Fax ....................................................... 26 PhotoCapture ......................................... 6 Scan ....................................................... 6 Multi-line connections (PBX) ................... 40
139 F O Out of Memory message ............. 30, 31, 95 P Packing the machine .............................. 108 Paper .............................................. 13, 122 capacity ................................................. 16 document size ....................................... 26 loading .................................................... 8 size ................................................ 15, 19 size of document ................................... 17 type ................................................ 15, 19 PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM and Help in the PaperPort™ 11SE application to access How-to-Guides. ......................................... PhotoCapture Center™ Date Print .............................................. 65 DPOF printing ....................................... 63 from PC See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. ............................................... Memory Stick PRO™ ............................ 58 Memory Stick™ .................................... 58 Print settings Brightness .......................................... 64 Paper type & size ............................... 64 Scan to Media ....................................... 66 SecureDigital ........................................ 58 specifications ...................................... 126 xD-Picture Card™ ................................. 58 PictBridge DPOF Printing ....................................... 69 Power failure .......................................... 110 Print area ....................................................... 12 difficulties ....................................... 86, 88 drivers ................................................. 129 improving quality ................................. 105 paper jams ............................................ 97 photos ................................................... 62 reports ................................................... 48 resolution ............................................ 129 specifications ...................................... 129Printing on small paper ...................................... 11 photos .................................................. 62 See Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM. ................................................. Programming your machine .................. 110 Q Quick Dial access codes and credit card numbers ............................................... 46 Broadcasting ........................................ 27 using Groups ..................................... 27 Group dial changing ............................................ 45 setting up Groups for Broadcasting ... 46 Search .................................................. 44 Speed Dial changing ............................................ 45 setting up ........................................... 45 using .................................................. 44 R Receive Mode ......................................... 32 External TAD ........................................ 32 Fax Only ............................................... 32 Fax/Tel ................................................. 32 Manual ................................................. 32 Redial/Pause ........................................... 44 Reducing copies ................................................... 52 incoming faxes ..................................... 35 Reports .................................................... 47 Caller ID List ......................................... 39 Fax Journal .......................................... 48 Journal Period ................................... 47 Help List ............................................... 48 how to print ........................................... 48 Quick Dial List ...................................... 48 Transmission Verification ............... 47, 48 User Settings ........................................ 48 Resolution copy .................................................... 125 fax ...................................................... 123 print .................................................... 129 scan .................................................... 128 setting for next fax ................................ 29 Ring Delay, setting .................................. 34
140 S Safety Instructions ................................... 81 Scanner glass cleaning ............................................... 103 using ..................................................... 17 Scanning See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. .................................................. Serial Number how to find ............... See inside front cover Shipping the machine ............................ 108 Sleep Mode .............................................. 21 Speed Dial changing ............................................... 45 setting up .............................................. 45 T TAD (telephone answering device), external ............................................. 32, 39 connecting ...................................... 39, 40 receive mode ........................................ 32 recording OGM ..................................... 40 Tel/R key, using ......................................... 6 Telephone line connections ........................................... 40 difficulties .............................................. 88 interference ........................................... 91 multi-line (PBX) ..................................... 40 Temporary copy settings .......................... 51 Text, entering ......................................... 119 special characters ............................... 119 Transparencies .................. 13, 14, 16, 122 Troubleshooting ....................................... 86 checking ink volume ............................ 107 document jam ....................................... 96 error messages on LCD ........................ 92 if you are having difficulty copying ............................................... 90 incoming calls .................................... 89 PhotoCapture Center™ ..................... 91 printing ............................................... 86 printing received faxes ....................... 88 receiving faxes ................................... 88 scanning ............................................. 90 sending faxes ..................................... 89 software ............................................. 90 telephone line or connections ............ 88paper jam ............................................. 97 print quality ......................................... 105 TX Lock turning on/off ........................................ 23 V Volume, setting beeper .................................................. 20 ring ....................................................... 20 speaker ................................................. 20 W Windows® See Software Users Guide on the CD-ROM. ..................................................