Brother MFC-235C, mfc-260c Comput er requiremen ts

Specifications

135

D

Computer requirements D

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

Operating Systems

Supported

Functions

Interface Minimum

Processor

Recommended

RAM

Required

HARD Disk

Space

Windows®1,5

2000

Professional

Printing,

PC-FAX

Send 4

Scanning,

Removable

Disk

3

USB Intel®

Pentium®II or

AMD equivalent

256MB 480MB

XP Home

XP Professional

XP Professional

x64 Edition

AMD Opteron™

AMD Athlon™ 64

Intel

®

Xeon™ with

Intel

®

EM64T

Intel

®

Pentium

®

4

with Intel

®

EM64T

512MB

Windows

Vista™

1GHz 32-bit

(x86) or 64-bit

(x64) processor

1GB 1.1GB

Mac®6 OS X 10.2.4

or greater

Printing,

PC-FAX

Send 4

Scanning,

Removable

Disk

3

USB 2

PowerPC

G4/G5, Intel

®

Core

™

Solo/Duo

PowerPC G3

350MHz

256MB 480MB

Conditions:

1Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater.

2Third party USB ports are not supported.

3Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture

Center™.

4PC Fax supports black and white faxing 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.

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property of their respective companies.

Contents

Main If you need to call Customer Service http://www.brother.com/registration/ Approval Information and Compilation and Publication Notice APPROVAL INFORMATION Compilation and Publication Notice Table of Contents Section I General 1 General Information 2 2 Loading documents and paper 6 3 General setup 17 Section II Fax 5 Sending a fax 24 6 Receiving a Fax 30 7 Telephone and External devices 35 8 Dialling and storing numbers 47 Section III Copy 10 Making copies 54 Section IV Direct Photo Printing 11 Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive 62 13 Software features 76 12 Printing photos from a camera 70 Section V Software Section VI Appendixes A Safety and Legal 78 B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 90 C Menu and Features 114 Page Page Section I Genera l Using the documen tation Symbols and conventions used in the do cu menta tio n Accessing the Software Us ers Guide Vie w ing D oc ume nt ati on Genera l I nform ation d e How to find Scanning ins tructions Viewing Documentation (For Macintosh)1 a b c d MF C-260 C Contr ol panel overv iew The MFC-235C and MFC-260C have the same control panel keys. Most of the illustrations in this Users Guide show the MFC-260C. Page Loading docum ents Using the ADF (MF C-2 60C on ly) Document Size s Supported Recommended envir onment Loadin g do cumen ts and pap er Us ing th e scan n er g lass Document Size s Supported How t o l o ad d ocu ment s a b c Sca nn abl e ar ea Acceptable paper and other med ia Rec omm ende d me dia Brother paper Ha ndl ing an d us in g me di a Paper capacity of the output paper tr ay Ch oosi ng t he r igh t medi a Paper t ype and size for e ach operation Paper weight , thicknes s and capacity Loading paper and other med ia a b c d e f g h Loading envelopes and post car d s Loading e nvelopes a b a b c Removing small printouts fr om the ma chi ne Pr intab le ar ea 3 Power Save mo de Putting your machine in Po wer Save mode a Ge neral s etup Mo de Ti mer a b Paper sett ings Pape r Type a b Volume Setti ngs Ring Volume Setting the Ring Volume from the men u a b Be ep er V olum e Setting Daylight Savings Time LCD display Security featur es 4 TX Lock Setting and changing the TX lock pa sswo rd f b c Turning TX Lock off a b Section II Fax S endi ng a fa x Entering Fa x mode Faxing from the ADF (MF C-2 60C on ly ) b c Broadcasting (Monochrom e o nly) c d e Additional sending operations Contras t c d Ch ang in g fax r esolu tio n To change the fax resolution for the next fax 5 c To change t he default fax re solution b c Sending in real time for the next fax only b c d c d Checking and cancelling wait ing j obs a b c Receivin g a Fax Manual 12/10 11:53 Fax12/10 11:53 Fax 6 Using recei ve modes Fax on ly Fax/ Tel Manua l Externa l T AD Receive mode settings Ring Delay a b F/T Ring Time (Fax /T el mod e only) a b Additional receiving operations Printing a reduced incoming fax b c Re cei ving fa xes in to m emo ry b c Te lephon e and Extern al devices Voice Op eratio ns Tone or pulse (Not available in New Zealan d) a b Telephone Service for Australia Tel stra (Di sti n ct ive Ri ng ) What is the Advantage of using Telstra FaxStream Duet Function?7 How does Telstra FaxStream Duet Wor k? Registering the Distinctive Ring pa tte rn b Turning off Di s tinct ive Ring b Caller ID Adva n tag es o f Cal l er ID How Doe s the Calle r ID Work? The Caller ID Appears on the Display When Your Te lephone Rings The Caller ID is Stored in Your Mach in e Memo ry Telephone Service for New Zealan d Fax Abi lity How Will the Fax Machine Treat All Ot he r Num ber s? What is the Advantage of Using the FaxAbili ty Function? How Does FaxAbil ity Work? b c Caller ID Adva nt age s of Call er ID Ho w Do es the C al ler ID Work? The Caller ID Appears on the Display When Your Tele phone Rings Telephone Service for Some Countrie s Distinctive Ring (For Sing ap ore an d H ong Ko ng) Registering the Distinctive Ring patte rn b Turning of f Distin ctive Ring Caller ID (For Singapore and Hong Kong) Connecting an external TAD (telephone an sw erin g d evi ce) Connections a b c d External and extension telephone s Connecting an external or exte nsi on te leph one Operation from extension t eleph ones If you answer a call and no one is on the line: Usin g re mote c odes a b c d e Dial ling and stor ing nu mb ers Fax R e dial Storing num bers Stori n g a paus e 8 St ori ng Spe ed Di al n umb ers a b c Changing Speed Dial num bers a b a b c d e Pri nting R epo rts 9 Fax reports Transmission Verification Report a b Reports How t o pr int a r eport a b Page How to c opy Ente ring C opy mo de Ma ki ng a sin g le co py c M aki n g co pi es Copy options Changing copy speed and qua lity c d f e a c 10 d f Making N in 1 copies or a post er Important c d e f g h c d e f Page Page Page PhotoCapture Center Operatio ns Printing from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive wi thou t a PC Using PhotoCapture Center fr om your comput er Using a memory card or USB Fla sh m emory d riv e Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memor y drive Memory cards or a USB Flash memory driv e folde r stru ctur e Getting starte d 1 2 3 4 5 How to print from a memory card or USB Flash me mory drive a e b c a b c d e a b c d e PhotoCapture Center print settin gs Crop ping a b Bor der le ss pr in ting Understanding the Error Mes sages Printing photos directly from a PictBridg e camer a Pi ctBr idg e requ ir emen ts Sett ing y our di gita l came ra P rint ing ph oto s fr om a cam era 12 Pr intin g Imag es a b c DPOF print ing Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without PictBridge) Pr intin g Imag es a b c Understanding the Error Mes sages Page Page Softwa re features a b c a Appendix es A Choosing a location Sa fety and Le gal To use the ma chine sa fely Page Page IMPORTANT- For You r Safety Disconnect de vice Importa nt Informatio n for Aust ralia I mpo rtan t s af ety in st ruct io ns Imp ortant I nforma tion fo r New Zeal and Im por tant Sa fe ty Inst ru ct i ons Page Important I nforma tion fo r Some Countries Im po rt ant Sa fe ty In st ru ct i ons Page Legal li mitations for copy ing Trade marks B Troublesh ooting If yo u are ha ving dif fi culty wit h your m achi ne Troubleshooting and Routine Ma in ten a nc e Printing Printing (continued) Printing Received Faxes Telephone Line or Connections Receiving Faxes Sending Faxes Handling Incoming Calls Menu Setting Difficulties Sending Faxes (continued) Copying Difficulties Scanning Difficulties Software Difficulties PhotoCapture Center Difficulties Error messages Page Page Transferring your faxes or Fax Jo urnal repor t Transferring faxes to another fax mach ine a b Transferring the Fax Journal report to another f a x m achine Page b c d e f g Di al To ne d et ec t io n a b Routine ma intenance Rep lac ing th e i nk ca rtr idg es a b c M d e g Cleaning the outside of the machin e a b c d e a b Cleaning the machine printer plat en a Cleaning the Paper Pick-up Rolle r b c d e f Cl eani ng the prin t he ad c Ch eckin g the p rint q ualit y b c d e f g h i j b c h e f b c Machine Information Ch ecki ng th e ser ia l num ber b a Packing and shipping the mach ine c d e f g Page C On-screen programmin g Menu t able a b c Mem o ry st orag e Page Menu T able Page Page Page Page Page Page Entering Tex t D Gen eral Specifications Page Print media Fax Memory Transmission Up to 200 2/170 3 pages Out of Paper Reception Up to 200 2/170 3 pages Copy PhotoCapture Ce nter Page Scanner Printer Interfa ces USB A USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 2.0 m. 12 Comput er requiremen ts Consumab le items E Glossar y Page Page Page Index F G H I J L P Q R S T V W For Australia Only: