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PictBridgeD
Compatibility  Supports the Camera & Imaging Products Association 
PictBridge standard CIPA DC-001.
VIsit http://www.cipa.jp/pictbridge for more information.
Interface USB direct interface
 
						

							
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ScannerD
1Windows® XP in this User’s Guide includes Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® 
XP Professional x64 Edition.
2Maximum 1200  × 1200 dpi scanning when using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ (resolution 
up to 19200  × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the Brother scanner utility)
Color/Black Yes/Yes
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 
Edition/Windows Vista™)
Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
® XP1/Windows Vista™)
Color Depth 36 bit color Processing (Input)
24 bit color Processing (Output)
(Actual Input: 30 bit color/Actual Output: 24 bit color)
Resolution Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)
2
Up to 600  × 2400 dpi (optical)
Scanning Speed Black: Up to 3.59 sec.
Color: Up to 5.66 sec. 
(Letter size at 100 × 100 dpi)
Document Size   ADF Width: 5.8 in. to 8.5 in. (148 mm to 215.9 mm)
ADF Height: 5.8 in. to 14 in. (148 mm to 355.6 mm)
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 8.5 in. (215.9 mm)
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 11.7 in. (297 mm)
Scanning Width 8.26 in. (210 mm)
Gray Scale 256 levels
 
						

							
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PrinterD
1Output image quality varies based on many factors including, but not limited to input image resolution and quality and 
print media.
2Based on Brother standard pattern.
Letter size in draft mode.
3When you set the Borderless feature to On.
4See Paper type and size for each operation  on page 13.
5When printing on letter 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 
1
1200  × 2400 dpi
1200  × 1200 dpi
600  × 600 dpi
600  × 300 dpi
600  × 150 dpi
Print Speed Up to 30 pages/minute (Black)
2
Up to 25 pages/minute (Color)2
Printing Width8.26 in. [8.5 in. (borderless)3]5 
210 mm [216 mm (borderless)
3]5
Disk-Based Fonts 35 TrueType (Windows® only)
Borderless Letter, A4, A6, Photo 4×6, Index Card, 
Photo L 3.5 ×5, Photo 2L 5 ×7, Post Card
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InterfacesD
1Your machine has a USB 2.0 Full-speed interface. This interface is compatible with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed; however, the 
maximum data transfer rate will be 12 Mbits/s. 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.
USB
A USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 6 feet (2.0 m).12
LAN cable3Ethernet 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/g
Intel® 
Pentium II
® 
or equivalent 64MB 256MB 150MB 330MB
XP Home®25
XP 
Professional
25
128 MB 150MB 330MB
XP 
Professional  
x64 Edition
2
64-bit (Intel®64 
or AMD64) 
supported CPU256 MB 512MB 150MB 330MB
Windows 
Vista™
2Intel® Pentium® 
4 or equivalent
64-bit (Intel®64 
or AMD64) 
supported CPU
512MB 1GB 500MB 520MB
Macintosh® 
Operating 
System
6
Mac OS® X 
10.2.4 - 10.4.3Printing, 
PC Fax
4, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk USB
3, 
10/100
BaseTx 
(Ethernet), 
Wireless 
802.11b/gPowerPC 
G4/G5
PowerPC 
G3 350MHz 128 MB 256MB 80 MB 480MB
Mac OS® X 
10.4.4 or 
greaterPrinting, 
PC Fax
4, 
Scanning, 
Removable 
Disk USB
3, 
10/100
BaseTx 
(Ethernet), 
Wireless 
802.11b/gPowerPC 
G4/G5
Intel
® 
Core™ 
Processor 512MB 1GB
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 www.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 the ink cartridges the machine will use extra 
ink to fill the ink delivery tubes. This is a one-time process that 
enables high quality printing. Afterward, replacement ink cartridges 
will print the specified number of pages.
Replacement Ink Cartridges
Standard Black - Approximately 500 pages at 5% coverage
Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 400 pages at 5% 
coverage
The above figures are based upon the following assumptions:
„ Continuous printing at a resolution of 600  × 600 dpi in normal 
mode after installing new ink cartridge;
„ The printing frequency;
„ The number of pages printed;
„ Periodic, automatic, print head assembly cleaning (Your 
machine will clean the print head assembly periodically. This 
process will use a small amount of ink); and,
„ Ink remaining in cartridge identified as ‘empty’ (It is necessary to 
leave a small amount of ink in the ink cartridge to prevent air 
from drying out and damaging the print head assembly).
Replacement 
Consumables  LC51BK,  LC51C, 
 LC51M,  LC51Y
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 (BP61GL 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 189.
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 and PC Fax Receive
1 
(Windows
® only). 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 Name 
Resolution, WINS DNS Resolver, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw 
Port/Port9100, FTP Server, mDNS, Web Services, TELNET, 
SNMP, TFTP, LLTD
Network Security SSID/ESSID, 128 (104) / 64 (40) bit WEP, WPA/WPA2- PSK 
(TKIP/AES)
SecureEasySetup™  Yes (simple setup with your SecureEasySetup™-capable access 
point/router)
AOSS  Yes (simple setup with your AOSS™-capable access 
point/router)
 
						

							
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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.
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 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.
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.
Distinctive Ring A subscriber service purchased from the 
telephone company that gives you 
another telephone number on an existing 
telephone line. The Brother machine uses 
the new number to simulate a dedicated 
fax line.
 
						

							
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Dual AccessYour 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.
Easy Receive Enables your machine to respond to CNG 
tones if you interrupt a fax call by 
answering it.
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 jack.
External telephone A telephone that is plugged into the EXT 
jack of 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.
Fax Forwarding  Sends a fax received into the memory to 
another pre-programmed fax number.
Fax Receive Code Press this code ( l 5  1 ) when you answer 
a fax call on an extension or external 
telephone.
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.
Gray Scale The shades of gray 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.
Fax Journal Lists information about the last 200 
incoming and outgoing faxes. TX means 
Transmit. RX means Receive.
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 Depending on your model, you can lift the 
handset, cordless handset, or handset of 
the  external telephone or you can press 
Hook  or Speaker Phone   to hear the 
receiving fax machine answer before you 
press  Black Start  or Color Start  to begin 
sending.
 
						

							
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Menu mode Programming mode for changing your 
machines settings.
OCR (optical character recognition) The bundled ScanSoft
® PaperPort® SE 
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.
Paging This feature enables your machine to call 
your pager when a fax is received into its 
memory. The machine will also page for 
voice messages.
Pause Allows you to place a 3.5 second delay in 
the dialing sequence stored on 
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 (B&W only) A resolution setting that uses varying 
shades of grayfor 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 (Canada only) 
A form of rotary dialing 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 (--- l) that allows 
you to call and access your machine from 
a remote location.
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.
Scan to Media You can scan a black &  white or color 
document into a memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive. Black &  white 
images can be in TIFF or PDF file format 
and color images can be in PDF or JPEG 
file format.