Brother MFC 990CW User Manual

							Section IV
Direct Photo PrintingIV
Printing photos from a memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive
100
Printing photos from a camera116
Wireless photo printing (MFC-990CW only)120
 
						

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PhotoCapture Center™ 
Operations
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Printing from a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive 
without a PC13
Even if your machine is not connected to your 
computer, you can print photos directly from 
digital camera media or a USB Flash memory 
drive. (See Print Images  on page 103.)
Scanning to a memory card or 
USB Flash memory drive 
without a PC13
You can scan documents and save them 
directly to a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive. (See Scan to a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive  on page 112.) 
Using PhotoCapture Center™ 
from your computer13
You can access a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive that is inserted in the front of 
the machine from your computer.
(See PhotoCapture Center ™ for Windows
® 
or  Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center ™ 
for Macintosh
® in the Software Users Guide 
on the CD-ROM.)
Using a memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive13
Your Brother machine has media drives 
(slots) for use with the following popular 
digital camera media: CompactFlash
®, 
Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™, SD, 
SDHC, xD-Picture Card™ and USB Flash 
memory drives.
„ miniSD™ can be used with a miniSD™ 
adapter.
„ microSD can be used with a microSD 
adapter.
„ Memory Stick Duo™ can be used with a 
Memory Stick Duo™ adapter.
„ Memory Stick Pro Duo™ can be used with 
a Memory Stick Pro Duo™ adapter.
„ Memory Stick Micro(M2) can be used with 
a Memory Stick Micro(M2) adapter.
„ Adapters are not included with the 
machine. Contact a third party supplier for 
adapters.
The PhotoCapture Center™ feature lets you 
print digital photos from your digital camera at 
high resolution to get photo quality printing.
Printing photos from a memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive
13
   
CompactFlash®Memory Stick®
Memory Stick Pro™
  
SD, SDHC xD-Picture Card™
 
USB Flash memory 
drive
22 mm or less
11 mm or less
 
						

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Memory cards or USB Flash 
memory drive folder structure13
Your machine is designed to be compatible 
with modern digital camera image files, 
memory cards and USB Flash memory drive; 
however, please read the points below to 
avoid errors:
„ The image file extension must be .JPG 
(other image file extensions like .JPEG, 
.TIF, .GIF and so on will not be 
recognized).
„ PhotoCapture Center™ printing must be 
performed separately from PhotoCapture 
Center™ operations using the PC. 
(Simultaneous operation is not available.)
„ IBM Microdrive™ is not compatible with 
the machine.
„ The machine can read up to 999 files on a 
memory card or USB Flash memory drive.
„ CompactFlash
® Type II is not supported.
„ This product supports xD-Picture Card™ 
Type M / Type M+ / Type H (Large Capacity).
„The DPOF file on the memory cards must 
be in a valid DPOF format. (See  DPOF 
printing on page 106.) Please be aware of the following:
„ When printing Print Index or Print Image, 
PhotoCapture Center™ will print all valid 
images, even if one or more images have 
been corrupted. Corrupted images will not 
be printed.
„ (memory card users)
Your machine is designed to read memory 
cards that have been formatted by a digital 
camera.
When a digital camera formats a memory 
card it creates a special folder into which it 
copies image data. If you need to modify 
the image data stored on a memory card 
with your PC, we recommend that you do 
not modify the folder structure created by 
the digital camera. When saving new or 
modified image files to the memory card 
we also recommend you use the same 
folder your digital camera uses. If the data 
is not saved to the same folder, the 
machine may not be able to read the file or 
print the image.
„ (USB Flash memory drive users)
This machine supports USB Flash 
memory drives that have been formatted 
by Windows
®.
 
						

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Getting started13
Firmly put a memory card or USB Flash 
memory drive into the correct slot.
 
1 USB Flash memory drive
2 CompactFlash
®
3 SD, SDHC
4Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™
5 xD-Picture Card™
CAUTION 
The USB direct interface supports only a 
USB Flash memory drive, a PictBridge 
compatible camera, or a digital camera that 
uses the USB mass storage standard. Any 
other USB devices are not supported.
 
Photo Capture  key indications:
 
„Photo Capture  light is on, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is 
correctly inserted.
„ Photo Capture  light is off, the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is not 
correctly inserted. „
Photo Capture  light is blinking, memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive is being 
read or written to.
CAUTION 
DO NOT unplug the power cord or remove 
the media from the media drive (slot) or 
USB direct interface while the machine is 
reading or writing to the media (the 
Photo Capture  key is blinking).  You will 
lose your data or damage the card.
 
The machine can only read one device at a 
time.
Entering PhotoCapture mode13
After you insert the memory card or USB 
Flash memory drive, press the 
(Photo Capture ) key to illuminate it in 
blue and the LCD displays the PhotoCapture 
options.
The LCD shows:
 
„ Press  View Photos  if you want to 
quickly view and print your photos. See 
View Photos  on page 103.
„ Press  Enhance Photos  if you want to 
add special effects to your photos. See 
Enhance Photos  on page 105.
„ Press  Index Print  if you want to print 
an Index page (Thumbnails). You can also 
print photos using the image numbers of 
the Index page (Thumbnails). See  Print 
Index (Thumbnails)  on page 103.
Note
If your digital camera supports DPOF 
printing, see DPOF printing on page 106.
 
Press the option you want to set.
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View 
Photos Enhance 
Photos Index 
Print
PhotoCaptureP h o t o C a p t u r e
 
						

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Print Images13
View Photos13
You can preview your photos on the LCD 
before you print them. If your photos are large 
files there may be a delay before each photo 
is displayed on the LCD.
aMake sure you have put a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive in the 
correct slot.
Press (Photo Capture). 
bPress View Photos .
Do one of the following:
„ If you want to choose photos to print 
or print more than one for an image, 
go to step c.
„ If you want to print all photos, 
press .
Press  Yes to confirm.
Go to step f.
Note
• Six thumbnails are displayed at a time with 
the current page number and total number 
of pages listed above the thumbnails.
• Press  d or  c repeatedly to select each 
photo, or hold down to scroll through all 
photos.
• Press  to start Slide Show.
 
cPress a photo from the thumbnail.
dEnter the number of copies you want 
either by pressing the number box 
directly and enter the number you want 
or pressing  + or  -.
Press  OK.
eRepeat step c andd until you have 
chosen all the photos that you want to 
print.
fAfter you have chosen all the photos, 
press  OK. You now have the following 
options:
„ To add the  Auto Correct  effect to 
your chosen photos, press  . 
(See page 105.)
„ If you want to change the print 
settings, press  Print Setting . 
(See page 107.)
„ If you do not want to change any 
settings, press OK and then 
Colour Start  to print.
Print Index (Thumbnails)13
The PhotoCapture Center™ assigns 
numbers for images (such as No.1, No.2, 
No.3, and so on).
 
The PhotoCapture Center™ uses these 
numbers to identify each picture. You can 
print a thumbnail page to show all the pictures 
on the memory card or USB Flash memory 
drive.
Note
Only file names that are 8 characters or 
less will be printed correctly on the index 
sheet.
 
aMake sure you have put the memory 
card or USB Flash memory drive in the 
correct slot.
Press (Photo Capture ). 
bPress Index Print .
 
						

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cPress  Index Sheet  and choose 
6 Images/Line  or 5 Images/Line .
Print time for  5 Images/Line  will be 
slower than  6 Images/Line , but the 
quality is better.
dDo one of the following:
„ Press  Print Setting  to change 
the paper type or the paper size you 
are using.
„ If you do not want to change the 
paper settings, go to  g.
ePress Paper Type .
Choose the paper type you are using, 
Plain Paper , Inkjet Paper , 
Brother BP71  or Other Glossy .
fPress Paper Size .
Choose the paper size you are using, 
Letter or A4.
gPress  Colour Start  to print.
Printing Photos13
Before you can print an individual image, you 
have to know the image number.
aMake sure you have put a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive in the 
correct slot.
Press (Photo Capture ). 
bPrint the Index. (See  Print Index 
(Thumbnails)  on page 103.)
cPress Index Print .
dPress Print Photos .
eEnter the image number that you want to 
print from the Index page (Thumbnails).
After you have chosen the image 
numbers, press OK.
Note
• You can enter multiple numbers at one 
time by using a comma or a hyphen. For 
example, Enter 1, 3, 6 to print images 
No.1, No.3 and No.6. Enter 1-5 to print 
images No.1 to No.5.
• You can enter up to 12 characters  (including commas) for the image 
numbers you want to print.
 
fEnter the number of copies you want 
either by pressing the number box 
directly and enter the number you want 
or pressing  + or  -.
gDo one of the following:
„ Press  Print Setting  to change 
the print settings. (See page 107.)
„ If you do not want to change any 
settings, press  Colour Start to print.
   
6 Images/Line 5 Images/Line
 
						

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Enhance Photos13
You can edit and add effects to your photos 
and view them on the LCD before printing.
Note
The Enhance Photos feature is supported 
by technology from Reallusion, Inc. 
 
aMake sure you have put a memory card 
or USB Flash memory drive in the 
correct slot.
Press (Photo Capture). 
bPress Enhance Photos .
Note
• Six thumbnails are displayed at a time with 
the current page number and total number 
of pages listed above the thumbnails.
• Press  d or  c repeatedly to select each 
photo, or hold down to scroll through all 
photos.
• Press  to start Slide Show.
 
cPress a photo from the thumbnails.
dPress  Enhance or  Trim. You can also 
choose both together. Press  OK.
eDo one of the following:
„ If you chose  Enhance, go to step f.
„ If you chose  Trim, go to step g.
fPress the effect you wish to add.
Press OK.
Go to step h.
Note
• You have 7 ways to add effects to your 
photo.
• There are some cases when red-eye may  not be removed.
• When the face is too small in the  image.
• When the face is turning too far up,  down, left or right.
• After adding each effect, you can enlarge  the view of the image by pressing . To 
go back to the original size, press .
 (Auto Correct )
The machine decides the suitable 
effect for your photo.
 ( Enhance Skin )
Best used for adjusting portrait 
photographs. It adjusts human skin 
colour. Press  d or c  to adjust the level 
of contrast.
 ( Enhance Scenery )
Best used for adjusting landscape 
photographs. It highlights green and 
blue areas in your photo. Press  d or  c 
to adjust the level of contrast.
 ( Remove Red-Eye)
The machine will attempt to remove 
red-eye from your photo. If red-eye 
detection fails, you can press the 
Try Again button to re-detect.
 ( Monochrome)
You can convert the colour of your 
photo to monochrome.
 ( Sepia)
Adds a sepia tone (shades of brown) 
effect to your photo.
 ( Auto Correct  
Remove Red-Eye)
The machine decides the suitable 
effects for your photo. Also, it will 
attempt to remove red-eye from your 
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• While the image is enlarged, you can  move around the image with  up (), 
down  ( ), left ( ) and right  ().
• Press  Cancel to return to the list of 
effects.
 
gAdjust the red frame around your photo.
The part inside of the red frame will be 
printed.
„ Press  + or - to enlarge or reduce the 
frame size.
„ Press  a,  b, d or  c to move the 
position of the frame.
„ Press  to rotate the frame.
Press  OK when you have finished 
adjusting the frame setting.
Press  OK to confirm.
Note
If your photo is very small or has irregular 
proportions you may not be able to trim 
the photo. The LCD will display 
Image Too Small.  or 
Image Too Long.
 
hEnter the number of copies you want 
either by pressing the number box 
directly and enter the number you want 
or pressing  + or - .
Press  OK.
iDo one of the following.
„ Press  Print Setting  and change 
the print settings. (See page 107.)
„ If you do not want to change any 
settings, press Colour Start  to print.
DPOF printing13
DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format.
Major digital camera manufacturers (Canon 
Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Fuji Photo 
Film Co. Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial 
Co. Ltd. and Sony Corporation) created this 
standard to make it easier to print images 
from a digital camera.
If your digital camera supports DPOF 
printing, you will be able to choose on the 
digital camera display the images and 
number of copies you want to print.
When the memory card (CompactFlash
®, 
Memory Stick
®, Memory Stick Pro™, SD, 
SDHC or xD-Picture Card™) with DPOF 
information is put into your machine, you can 
print the chosen image easily.
aMake sure you have put a memory card 
in the correct slot.
The machine will ask you if you want to 
use DPOF setting.
The DPOF file on the memory card must 
be in a valid DPOF format.
bPress  Yes.
cDo one of the following:
„ Press  Print Setting  to change 
the print settings. (See page 107.)
„ If you do not want to change any 
settings, press  Colour Start to print. 
Note
A DPOF File error can occur if the print 
order that was created on the camera has 
been corrupted. Delete and recreate the 
print order using your camera to correct 
this problem. For instructions on how to 
delete or recreate the print order, refer to 
your camera manufacturers support 
website or accompanying documentation.
 
 
						

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PhotoCapture Center™ print settings13
You can change the print settings temporarily for the next print. 
The machine returns to its default settings after 3 minutes, or if the Mode Timer returns the 
machine to Fax mode. (See Mode Timer on page 25.)
Note
You can save the print settings you use most often by setting them as the default. (See  Setting 
your changes as a new default  on page 112.)
 
 
Menu SelectionsOptions 1Options 2Page
Print Quality
(Does not appear for 
DPOF printing) Normal/
Photo — 108
Paper Type Plain Paper /Inkjet Paper/ 
Brother BP71/ Other Glossy —
108
Paper Size 10x15cm/ 13x18cm/A4/ Letter (When A4 or Letter is chosen)
8x10cm/ 9x13cm/
10x15cm/ 13x18cm/
15x20cm/ Max. Size 109
Brightness
(Does not appear 
when 
Enhance Photos is 
chosen.) —
109
Contrast
(Does not appear 
when 
Enhance Photos is 
chosen.) —
109
Print SettingP r i n t   S e t t i n g
Photo
Print Quality
Other Glossy
Paper Type
10x15cm
Paper Size
 0
Dark Light
 0
 
						

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Print Speed and Quality13
aPress  Print Setting .
bPress aor b to display 
Print Quality .
cPress Print Quality .
dPress Normal or  Photo.
eIf you do not want to change additional 
settings, press .
Press Colour Start  to print.
Paper options13
Paper Type13
aPress Print Setting .
bPress aor b to display  Paper Type .
cPress Paper Type .
dPress the paper type you are using, 
Plain Paper , Inkjet Paper , 
Brother BP71  or Other Glossy .
eIf you do not want to change additional 
settings, press .
Press Colour Start  to print.
Color Enhance
(Does not appear 
when 
Enhance Photos is 
chosen.) On/
Off
White Balance  
 
Sharpness  
 
Color Density   — 110
Cropping On/Off — 111
Borderless On /Off — 111
Date Print
(Does not appear 
when DPOF print is 
chosen) On/
Off — 111
Set New Default Yes No —
112
Factory Reset Yes No —
112
Menu SelectionsOptions 1Options 2Page
0
0
0