Brother Mfc 490cw User Manual

							
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PrinterD
1Based on Brother standard pattern.
A4 size in draft mode.
2When you set the Borderless feature to On.
3See Paper type and size for each operation  on page 17.
4When printing on A4 size paper.
Printer Driver
Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 
Edition/Windows Vista
® driver supporting Brother 
Native Compression mode
Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater: Brother Ink Driver
Resolution Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi
1200  × 2400 dpi
1200  × 1200 dpi
600  × 1200 dpi
600  × 300 dpi
600  × 150 dpi (Colour)
450  × 150 dpi (Mono)
Print Speed Up to 33 pages/minute (Mono)
1
Up to 27 pages/minute (Colour)1
Printing Width204 mm (210 mm)24
BorderlessLetter, A4, A6, Photo (10×15 cm), Index Card, 
Photo L (89 ×127 mm), Photo 2L (13 ×18 cm), 
PostCard
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InterfacesD
1Your machine has a Hi-speed USB 2.0 interface. The machine can also be connected to a computer that has a USB 
1.1 interface.
2Third party USB ports are not supported for Macintosh®.
3See the Network Users Guide  for detailed network specifications.
USB12A USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 2.0 m.
LAN cable
3Ethernet UTP cable category 5 or greater.
Wireless LAN Your machine supports IEEE 802. 11b/g wireless communication 
with your wireless LAN using Infrastructure mode or a wireless 
Peer-to-Peer connection in Ad-hoc Mode.
 
						

							
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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
4, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk
USB, 
10/100
BaseTx 
(Ethernet), 
Wireless 
802.11b/gIntel® 
Pentium
® II 
or equivalent 64 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® 
Operating 
System
6
Mac OS® X 
10.2.4 - 10.4.3Printing, PC 
Fax Send
4, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk
USB3, 
10/100
BaseTx 
(Ethernet), 
Wireless 
802.11b/gPowerPC 
G4/G5
PowerPC 
G3 350MHz 128 MB 256 MB 80 MB 400 MB
Mac OS® X 
10.4.4 or 
greaterPrinting, PC 
Fax Send
4, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk
USB3, 
10/100
BaseTx 
(Ethernet), 
Wireless 
802.11b/gPowerPC 
G4/G5
Intel
® 
Core™ 
Processor 512 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.
 
						

							
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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 
Cartridge The 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 
printouts. 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  LC67BK,  LC67C, 
LC67M,  LC67Y
Black - Approximately 450 pages
1
Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 325 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.
 
 
						

							
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Network (LAN)D
1See the Computer Requirements chart on page 181.
2If you require more advanced printer management, use the latest Brother BRAdmin Professional utility version that is 
available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com
.
LAN You can connect your machine to a network for Network Printing, 
Network Scanning, PC Fax Send, PC Fax Receive (Windows
® only) 
and Remote Setup
1. Also included is Brother BRAdmin Light2 
Network Management software.
Support for Windows
® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 
Edition/Windows Vista®
Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Ethernet 10/100 BASE-TX Auto Negotiation (Wired LAN)
IEEE 802.11 b/g (Wireless LAN)
Protocols TCP/IP: ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA 
(Auto IP), NetBIOS/WINS, LPR/LPD, 
Custom Raw Port/Port9100, DNS Resolver, 
mDNS, FTP Server, TELNET, SNMPv1, 
TFTP, Scanner Port, LLTD responder, 
Web Services
Network Security SSID/ESSID, 128 (104) / 64 (40) bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK 
(TKIP/AES)
Setup Support Utility SecureEasySetup™  Yes (simple setup with your 
SecureEasySetup™-capable access 
point/router)
AOSS™  Yes (simple setup with your AOSS™-capable 
access point/router)
WPS Yes (simple setup with your Wi-Fi Protected 
Setup™-capable access point/router)
 
						

							
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Wireless one-push configurationD
If your wireless access point supports either SecureEasySetup™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ 
(PBC
1) or AOSS™, you can configure the machine easily without a computer. By pushing a 
button on the wireless LAN router / access point and the machine, you can set up the wireless 
network and security settings. See the users guide for your wireless LAN router / access point for 
instructions on how to access one-push mode.
1Push Button Configuration
Note
Routers or access points that support SecureEasySetup™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ or 
AOSS™ have the symbols shown below.
 
 
 
 
 
						

							
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This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of 
these features depends on the model you purchased.
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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.
Batch Transmission (Black and white faxes only) As a cost 
saving feature, all delayed faxes to the 
same fax number can be sent as one 
transmission.
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.
Colour Enhancement Adjusts the colour in the image for better 
print quality by improving sharpness, 
white balance and colour density.
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.
Delayed Fax  Sends your fax at a specified time later.
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.
 
						

							
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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.
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.
FaxAbility A subscriber service purchased from the 
telephone company that provides another 
phone number on an existing phone line. 
The Brother fax machine uses the new 
number to simulate a dedicated fax line.
Fax Detect Enables your machine to respond to CNG 
tones if you interrupt a fax call by 
answering it.
Fax Forwarding  Sends a fax received into the memory to 
another pre-programmed fax number.
Fax Journal Lists information about the last 
200 incoming and outgoing faxes. TX 
means Transmit. RX means Receive.
Fax Storage You can store received faxes in memory.
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 the fax.
 
						

							
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Memory ReceiveReceives faxes into the machines 
memory when the machine is out of paper.
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. 
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 while you are 
storing Speed Dial numbers. Press 
Redial/Pause  as many times as needed 
for longer pauses.
PhotoCapture Center™ Allows you to print digital photos from your 
digital camera at high resolution for photo 
quality printing.
Photo resolution (Mono only) A resolution setting that uses varying 
shades of grey for the best representation 
of photographs.
PictBridge Allows you to print photos directly from 
your digital camera at high resolution for 
photo quality printing.
Polling The process of a fax machine calling 
another fax machine to retrieve waiting fax 
messages.
Pulse (Not available in New Zealand) 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 Access Code Your own four-digit code (--- ) that allows 
you to call and access your machine from 
a remote location.
Remote Activation Code Press this code ( l 5  1  ( l 9  1  for New 
Zealand)) 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  ( #9  1  for New Zealand)).
Remote Retrieval Access The ability to access your machine 
remotely from a touch tone telephone.
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  
modes.
Ring Volume Volume setting for the machines ring.
Scanning The process of sending an electronic 
image of a paper document into your 
computer.
 
						

							
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Scan to MediaYou 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.
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  ( Speed Dial), 
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 (Not available in New Zealand) A form of dialling on the telephone line 
used for Touch Tone telephones.
Transmission The process of sending faxes over the 
phone lines from your machine to the 
receiving fax machine.
Transmission Verification Report A listing for each fax sent, that shows its 
date, time and number. User Settings
A printed report that shows the current 
settings of the machine.