Brother DCP-J172W Assembly instructions

Advanced User’s Guide
DCP-J172W
Version 0
ARL/NZ

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User's Guides and where do I find them?
1Visit us at http://solutions.brother.com/.
Which Guide? What's in it? Where is it?
Product Safety Guide Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety
Instructions before you set up your machine. See
this Guide for trademarks and legal limitations.
Printed / In the box
Quick Setup Guide Follow the instructions for setting up your machine
and installing the drivers and software for the
operating system and connection type you are
using.
Printed / In the box
Basic User’s Guide Learn the basic Copy and Scan operations, and how
to replace consumables. See troubleshooting tips.
Printed / In the box
Advanced User’s Guide Learn more advanced operations: Copy, printing
reports, and performing routine maintenance.
PDF file / CD-ROM
Software and Network
User’s Guide
This Guide provides instructions for Scanning,
Printing and other operations that can be performed
by connecting your Brother machine to a computer.
You can also find useful information about using the
Brother ControlCenter utility, using your machine in
a network environment, and frequently used terms.
HTML file/CD-ROM
Web Connect Guide This Guide provides useful information about
accessing Internet services from the Brother
machine, as well as downloading images, printing
data and uploading files directly to Internet services.
PDF file / Brother
Solutions Center 1
AirPrint Guide This Guide provides information for using AirPrint to
print from OS X v10.7.x, 10.8.x and your iPhone,
iPod touch, iPad, or other iOS device to your Brother
machine without installing a printer driver.
PDF file / Brother
Solutions Center 1
Google Cloud Print
Guide
This Guide provides details on how to use Google
Cloud Print™ services for printing over the Internet.
PDF file / Brother
Solutions Center 1
Mobile Print/Scan Guide
for Brother iPrint&Scan
This Guide provides useful information about
printing from your mobile device and scanning from
your Brother machine to your mobile device when
connected to a Wi-Fi network.
PDF file / Brother
Solutions Center 1

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Table of Contents
1 General setup 1
Memory Storage ....................................................................................................1
Sleep Mode ...........................................................................................................1
Auto Power Off ......................................................................................................2
Touchscreen LCD..................................................................................................2
Changing the Touchscreen language..............................................................2
Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight ...........................................................3
2 Printing reports 4
Reports ..................................................................................................................4
How to print a report ........................................................................................4
3 Making copies 5
Copy options..........................................................................................................5
Stop copying....................................................................................................5
Changing copy speed and quality ...................................................................5
Enlarging or reducing copies ...........................................................................6
Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) ............................................. 7
2 in 1 ID copy (Page Layout) ...........................................................................9
Sorting copies..................................................................................................9
Adjusting Density ........................................................................................... 10
Remove Background Colour ......................................................................... 10
Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................11
Restoring all settings to the factory default.................................................... 11
A Routine maintenance 12
Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................12
Cleaning the outside of the machine ............................................................. 12
Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ........................................................... 13
Cleaning the paper feed rollers .....................................................................14
Cleaning the paper pick-up rollers.................................................................14
Checking the ink volume ...............................................................................16
Packing and shipping the machine......................................................................16
B Glossary 19
C Index 20

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Memory Storage 1
Your menu settings are stored permanently,
and in the event of a power failure, will not be
lost. Temporary settings (for example, Page
Layout) will be lost. If you have chosen
Set New Default for your preferred Copy
settings, those settings will not be lost.
However you may have to reset the date and
time.
Sleep Mode 1
You can choose how long the machine will
remain idle before it goes into Sleep Mode
(up to 60 minutes). The timer will restart if any
operation is carried out on the machine.
aPress (Settings).
bPress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display General Setup.
cPress General Setup.
dPress sor tto display Sleep Mode.
ePress Sleep Mode.
fPress sor tto display 1Min, 2Mins,
3Mins, 5Mins, 10Mins, 30Mins or
60Mins, which is the length of time the
machine must be idle before entering
Sleep Mode. Press the option you want
to set.
gPress .
General setup 1

Chapter 1
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Auto Power Off 1
The Auto Power Off feature will turn off the
machine after it has been in Sleep Mode for
the number of hours you set. When this
feature is Off, the machine will remain in
Sleep Mode and not turn itself off.
The default setting is 1h.
NOTE
The machine will not power off
automatically when:
• the machine is connected to a wireless
network
•WLAN Enable is set to On.
aPress (Settings).
bPress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display General Setup.
cPress General Setup.
dPress sor tto display
Auto Power Off.
ePress Auto Power Off.
fPress sor tto display 1h, 2h, 4h, 8h
or Off, and then press the option you
want to set.
gPress .
Touchscreen LCD 1
Changing the Touchscreen
language 1
You can change the Touchscreen language.
aPress (Settings).
bPress sor tto display
Initial Setup.
cPress Initial Setup.
dPress sor tto display
Local Language.
ePress Local Language.
fPress your language.
gPress .

General setup
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Setting the Dim Timer for the
backlight 1
You can set how long the Touchscreen LCD
backlight stays on after the last finger press.
aPress (Settings).
bPress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display General Setup.
cPress General Setup.
dPress sor tto display
LCD Settings.
ePress LCD Settings.
fPress Dim Timer.
gPress sor tto display 10Secs,
20Secs, 30Secs or Off, and then
press the option you want.
hPress .

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Reports 2
The following reports are available:
User Settings
Prints a list of your settings.
Network Config
Prints a list of your Network settings.
WLAN Report
Prints a WLAN connection report.
How to print a report 2
aPress (Settings).
bPress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display Print Reports.
cPress Print Reports.
dPress sor tto display the report you
want to print, and then press it.
ePress Start.
fPress .
Printing reports 2

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Copy options 3
You can change the copy settings temporarily
for the next copy.
The machine returns to its default settings
after being idle for one minute.
To change a setting, press Copy, press
Options, and then press sor ton the
Touchpanel to scroll through the copy
settings. When the setting you want is
displayed, press it and choose your preferred
option.
When you are finished choosing settings,
press Mono Start or Colour Start.
NOTE
You can save some of the settings you
use most often by setting them as the
default settings. These settings will
remain until you change them again. (See
Setting your changes as a new default
on page 11.)
Stop copying 3
To stop copying, press .
Changing copy speed and
quality 3
You can choose different settings to change
the speed and quality of your copies. The
factory default is Normal.
If you choose Normal, you can only choose
Plain Paper in Paper Type.
Normal
Normal is the recommended mode for
ordinary print outs. This produces good
copy quality with good copy speed.
Best
Use Best mode to copy precise images
such as photographs. This provides the
highest resolution and slowest speed.
aLoad your document.
bPress (Copy).
cEnter the number of copies you want.
dPress Options.
ePress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display Quality.
fPress Quality.
gPress Normal or Best.
hPress OK.
iIf you do not want to change additional
settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start.
jPress .
Making copies 3

Chapter 3
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Enlarging or reducing copies 3
You can choose an enlargement or reduction
ratio. If you choose Fit to Page, your
machine will adjust to the size you set in
Paper Size.
aLoad your document.
bPress (Copy).
cEnter the number of copies you want.
dPress Options.
ePress sor ton the Touchpanel to
display Enlarge/Reduce.
fPress Enlarge/Reduce.
gPress sor tto display the available
options, and then press the option you
want to change.
hDo one of the following:
If you chose Enlarge or Reduce,
press the enlargement or reduction
ratio you want to use.
If you chose Custom(25-400%),
enter an enlargement or reduction
ratio from 25% to 400%.
Press OK.
If you chose 100% or Fit to Page,
go to step i.
iPress sor tto review and confirm the
displayed list of settings for this copy.
If you do not want to change additional
settings, press OK.
jPress Mono Start or Colour Start.
kPress .
NOTE
•Page Layout is not available with
Enlarge/Reduce.
•Page Layout, Sort and
Remove Background are not available
with Fit to Page.
•Fit to Page does not work correctly
when the document on the scanner glass
is skewed by more than three degrees.
Using the document guidelines on the left
and top, place your document in the
upper-left corner, with the document face
down on the scanner glass.
198% 10x15cmiA4
186% 10x15cmiLTR
141% A5iA4
100%
97% LTRiA4
93% A4iLTR
83%
69% A4iA5
47% A4i10x15cm
Fit to Page
Custom(25-400%)