Brother Mfc 5100c Multifunction Owners Manual

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Color/Mono
This selection allows a color document to be printed in mono only.
Bi-Directional Printing
When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print head prints in both directions 
and offers faster print speeds. When not selected the print head prints in one 
direction only and provides higher print quality.
Fast Draft Mode
You can print much more quickly than mono draft mode, by using both black 
and cyan ink.
Advanced Tab
Select the Apply...

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Watermark
To place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark, use a bitmap file or 
text you created as your source file or select one of the preset Watermarks.
Print Watermark
The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices:
On all pages
On first page only
From second page
Custom
In background
With the In background feature checked the Watermark will print on the page 
behind your document. If this feature is not checked...

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Position
The position settings offer controls for where the Watermark is positioned on 
the page.
Device Options
Set Print Date & Time as the Printer Function:
Print Date & Time
When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will automatically print the date 
and time from your computer’s system clock on your document.
Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time Format, Position and Font. To 
include a background with the Date and Time, select...

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Support
The Support Tab provides driver version information and setting information. In 
addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and Driver Update Web sites.
Click the Support tab to display the following screen:
Select the Apply button to apply your selected settings.
To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the Apply 
button.
Web Update
Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and...

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13
13Using the Windows®-Based 
Brother MFL-Pro Control 
Center
Brother MFL-Pro Control Center
The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PC screen 
whenever paper is placed in the automatic document feeder. This allows you to 
quite easily, with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently used 
scanning applications. Using the Control Center eliminates the need to manually 
launch the specific applications....

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How to Turn Off AutoLoad 
1Left click the Control Center   icon and click Show.
2When the Control Center icon appears, left click on the Smart Click   
Control Center button. A dialogue box with a check box labeled “AutoLoad 
Pop-up” will appear:
3Uncheck the AutoLoad Pop-Up option.
Using the Color Scan Key
You can use the Scan to key on the control 
panel to scan originals into your word 
processing, graphics or E-mail applications. 
The...

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Scan to E-mail
You can scan either a black and white or a color original into your E-mail 
application as a file attachment. Although the Brother Control Center can be 
configured to send only black and white or color file attachments at one time, 
you can easily change this setting. (For details see 
Scan to E-mail, pages 13-8 to 
13-10.)
1Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
2Press Scan to.
3Press...

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Brother Control Center Features
Auto Configuration
During the installation process the Control Center checks your system to 
determine the default applications for E-mail, word processing and graphics 
viewer/editor. For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail 
application, the Control Center automatically will create a link and a scanning 
application button for Outlook.
You can change a default application by right...

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Copy Operations
Copy—allows you to use the PC and any Windows® printer driver for enhanced 
copy functions. You can scan the page on the Brother MFC and print the copies 
using any of the features of the Brother MFC printer driver—OR—you can 
direct the copy output to any standard Windows
® printer driver installed on the 
PC.
PC Fax Operation
Send a Fax—allows you to scan a picture or text original and automatically send 
the image as a...

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Setting Up the Scanner Configurations
The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each time you 
scan an original, you will choose the most appropriate scanning mode from the 
following:
Faxing, Filing and Copying
Text for OCR
Photos
Photos (High Quality)
Photos (Quick Scan)
Custom
Draft Copy
Fine Copy
Each mode has its own set of stored settings. You can keep the factory default 
settings or change them at any time:...