Brother DCP-130C Safety guide

SOFTWARE
USER’S GUIDE
ForDCPusers;Thisdocumentationisfor
both MFC and DCP models. Where it
says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please
read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
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Table of Contents
Section I Windows®
1Printing
Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2
Features ....................................................................................................................................................2
Choosing the right type of paper................................................................................................................3
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing..............................................................................................3
Clearing data from the memory.................................................................................................................3
Checking the print quality ..........................................................................................................................3
Status Monitor............................................................................................................................................4
Monitoring the machine’s status..........................................................................................................4
Turning off the status monitor..............................................................................................................5
Printer driver settings.................................................................................................................................5
Accessing the printer driver settings..........................................................................................................5
Basic tab....................................................................................................................................................6
Media Type..........................................................................................................................................7
Quality .................................................................................................................................................7
Enhanced Print Settings......................................................................................................................8
Improve Pattern Printing (Windows®2000/XP only) .........................................................................10
Paper Size.........................................................................................................................................10
Page Layout ......................................................................................................................................11
Orientation.........................................................................................................................................11
Copies ...............................................................................................................................................12
Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) ...................................................................................................12
Advanced tab...........................................................................................................................................13
Color..................................................................................................................................................14
Scaling...............................................................................................................................................16
Watermark.........................................................................................................................................17
Device Options..................................................................................................................................19
Support tab..............................................................................................................................................21
2Scanning
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................22
TWAIN compliant...............................................................................................................................22
Accessing the Scanner......................................................................................................................23
Scanning a document into the PC.....................................................................................................24
Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box..........................................................................................25
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows®XP only)...........................................................29
WIA compliant ...................................................................................................................................29
Accessing the scanner ......................................................................................................................29
Scanning a document into the PC.....................................................................................................30
Using the Scan key (For USB cable users).............................................................................................34
Scan to E-mail...................................................................................................................................34
Scan to Image ...................................................................................................................................35
Scan to OCR .....................................................................................................................................35
Scan to File........................................................................................................................................36

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Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C)..........................................................36
Using ScanSoft®PaperPort®SE with OCR ............................................................................................40
Viewing items ....................................................................................................................................41
Organizing your items in folders........................................................................................................42
Quick links to other applications........................................................................................................42
ScanSoft®PaperPort®SE with OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit...................42
You can import items from other applications ...................................................................................43
You can export items into other formats............................................................................................43
Uninstalling ScanSoft®PaperPort®SE with OCR.............................................................................43
3 ControlCenter3
Using ControlCenter3..............................................................................................................................44
Switching the user interface ..............................................................................................................46
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.......................................................................................................46
SCAN.................................................................................................................................................47
CUSTOM SCAN................................................................................................................................47
PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C)........................................................47
COPY ................................................................................................................................................48
PC-FAX (MFC models only)..............................................................................................................48
DEVICE SETTING.............................................................................................................................48
SCAN.......................................................................................................................................................49
Image (example: Microsoft®Paint)....................................................................................................49
OCR (Word Processing program) .....................................................................................................51
E-mail ................................................................................................................................................52
File attachments................................................................................................................................52
File.....................................................................................................................................................53
CUSTOM SCAN......................................................................................................................................54
Customizing a user-defined button....................................................................................................55
PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C)..............................................................59
Open PCC Folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center®).............................................................................59
Copy From PCC................................................................................................................................59
Copy To Application ..........................................................................................................................60
COPY ......................................................................................................................................................61
PC-FAX (MFC models only)....................................................................................................................63
Send..................................................................................................................................................63
Receive/View Received (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) .........................................64
Address Book ....................................................................................................................................65
Setup.................................................................................................................................................65
DEVICE SETTING...................................................................................................................................66
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) .......................................................66
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)..............................................................67
Ink Level............................................................................................................................................67
User’s Guide......................................................................................................................................67
4 Network Scanning
(For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning..............................................................................................................68
Network license.................................................................................................................................68
Configuring Network Scanning..........................................................................................................69
Using the Scan key..................................................................................................................................71
Scan to E-mail (PC)...........................................................................................................................71

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Scan to Image ...................................................................................................................................72
Scan to OCR .....................................................................................................................................72
Scan to File........................................................................................................................................73
5 Remote Setup
(Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)
Remote Setup..........................................................................................................................................74
6 Brother PC-FAX Software
(MFC models only)
PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................................................76
Setting up user information................................................................................................................77
Sending setup....................................................................................................................................78
Setting up a cover page.....................................................................................................................79
Entering cover page information........................................................................................................79
Address Book ....................................................................................................................................80
Speed Dial setup .....................................................................................................................................81
Brother Address Book .......................................................................................................................82
Setting up a member in the Address Book........................................................................................82
Setting up a group for broadcasting ..................................................................................................83
Editing member information...............................................................................................................83
Deleting a member or group..............................................................................................................83
Exporting the Address Book..............................................................................................................84
Importing to the Address Book..........................................................................................................85
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface................................................86
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface....................................................87
PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C).........................................................89
Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine .............................................................90
Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC.......................................................................91
Setting up your PC ............................................................................................................................91
Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings.......................................................................92
Viewing new PC-FAX messages.......................................................................................................93
7 PhotoCapture Center®
(Not available for MFC-3360C)
For USB cable users................................................................................................................................94
For network users (For models with built-in network support).................................................................96

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Section II Apple®Macintosh®
8 Printing and Faxing
Setting up your USB-equipped Apple®Macintosh®................................................................................98
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing......................................................................................98
Clearing data from the memory.........................................................................................................98
Checking the print quality..................................................................................................................98
Status Monitor ...................................................................................................................................99
Using the Brother Ink driver...................................................................................................................100
Choosing page setup options..........................................................................................................100
Choosing printing options................................................................................................................101
Media Type......................................................................................................................................101
Quality .............................................................................................................................................102
Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only).....................................................................................................103
Sending a fax (MFC models only) .........................................................................................................104
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS®X Address Book application........................................................106
9Scanning
Scanning from a Macintosh®.................................................................................................................107
Accessing the scanner ....................................................................................................................107
Scanning an image into your Macintosh®.......................................................................................108
Pre-Scanning an image...................................................................................................................108
Settings in the Scanner window ......................................................................................................109
Using the Scan key (For USB cable users)...........................................................................................113
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................113
Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................114
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................114
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................115
Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C)........................................................115
Using Presto!®PageManager®.............................................................................................................119
Features ..........................................................................................................................................119
System requirements for Presto!®PageManager®.........................................................................119
Technical support............................................................................................................................120
10 ControlCenter2
Using ControlCenter2............................................................................................................................122
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................123
SCAN...............................................................................................................................................123
CUSTOM SCAN..............................................................................................................................124
COPY / PC-FAX..............................................................................................................................124
DEVICE SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................124
SCAN.....................................................................................................................................................125
Image (example: Apple®PreView)..................................................................................................125
OCR (word processing application).................................................................................................127
E-mail ..............................................................................................................................................128
Supported file types.........................................................................................................................128
File...................................................................................................................................................129
CUSTOM SCAN....................................................................................................................................130
User-defined button.........................................................................................................................130

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Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................131
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................132
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................133
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................134
COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX is not available for DCP models).................................................................135
DEVICE SETTINGS ..............................................................................................................................136
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) .....................................................136
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)............................................................137
Ink Level..........................................................................................................................................137
11 Network Scanning
(For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning............................................................................................................138
Configuring network scanning.........................................................................................................138
Using the Scan key................................................................................................................................140
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................140
Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................141
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................141
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................142
12 Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center®
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)............................................................143
PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C).........................................................................145
For USB cable users .......................................................................................................................145
For network users (For models with built-in network support).........................................................147
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Section I
Windows® I
Printing 2
Scanning 22
ControlCenter3 44
Network Scanning (For models with built-in
network support) 68
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and
MFC-240C) 74
Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76
PhotoCapture Center®(Not available for MFC-3360C) 94

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Note
• The screens in this section are from Windows®XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
operating system.
• If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to print, you may need to configure the firewall settings
to allow communication through port number 137. Visit the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com) for more information.
Using the Brother printer driver 1
A printer driver translates the data from your PC application, and using a page description language, converts
it into a format that can be understood by the printer/multi-function device.
You willfind appropriate drivers on the CD-ROM suppliedwith the machine. Installthose drivers by following
the Quick Setup Guide. You can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at:
http://solutions.brother.com
Features 1
This machine offers many features you will find in a high quality ink jet printer.
Fast Printing Speed
See the User’s Guide for the rated print speeds of the model you are using.
Brilliant High Quality Output
Printing at up to 1200 ×6000 dpi on glossy paper to get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in
Specifications in the User’s Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color
Enhancement technology and many other features.
Low Running Cost
Whenever you run out of a particular ink color, you only have to replace the empty cartridge.
USB
Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication with your PC.
Ethernet
The Ethernet interface lets your machine communicate with multiple PCs connected on a network. This
feature is available for Network Standard models only.
Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models only)
The wireless LAN capability lets your machine communicate with other wireless devices using the
IEEE802.11b/g wireless standard in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. (See the Network User’s Guide for
details.) This feature is available for Wireless Network Standard models only.
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Choosing the right type of paper 1
For high quality printing, it is important to choose the right type of paper. Be sure to read About paper in the
User’s Guide before buying paper.
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1
Your machine can print from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a
document into the PC. Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing.
However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and
then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.
Clearing data from the memory 1
If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the memory by pressing the
Stop/Exit key on the control panel.
Checking the print quality 1
If you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it, see Improving print quality in the User’s
Guide.

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Status Monitor 1
The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices,
allowing you to get immediate notification of error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty.
You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing
Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC.
Note
For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and
choose Help.
Monitoring the machine’s status 1
Once you start up your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray.
A green icon indicates the normal stand-by condition.
A yellow icon indicates a warning.
A red icon indicates an error has occurred.
There are two locations where you can display the status monitor on your PC—in the tasktray or on the
desktop.

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Turning off the status monitor 1
If you want to switch off the status monitor, follow these steps:
aRight-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to clear the
check mark.
bRight-click again then click Exit.
Note
Even if the statusmonitoris off,you can check themachine’s status at anytime byclicking Status Monitor
from the Start menu on your PC.
Printer driver settings 1
You can change the following printer settings when you print from your PC:
Media Type/Quality (Speed)
Paper Size
Page Layout
Color Matching/Halftone
Color Enhancement
Scaling
Watermark
Print Date & Time
Quick Print Setup
Accessing the printer driver settings 1
aClick File, then Print in your application.
bChoose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your model
name) and click Properties.
The printer properties dialog box appears.

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Basic tab 1
aChoose your setting for Slow Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1).
Note
Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. This setting may
cause some slight blurring of text.
bChoose Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation,
number of Copies and the page order (2).
cSelect the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only)
Note
If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from Tray 1 and when Tray 1 is empty, paper will
automatically be pulled from Tray 2.
dClick OK (3) to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3).
Note
This area (5) shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation,
Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale.
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Media Type 1
To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine
changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type.
Plain Paper
Inkjet Paper
Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Other Photo Paper
Transparencies
Quality 1
The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution. As print quality and speed are related, the higher
the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are available will vary
depending on the media type you choose.
Highest
Up to 1200 ×6000 dpi. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User’s Guide.) Use for printing precise
images such as photographs. This is the highest resolution and slowest speed.
Photo
Up to 1200 ×2400 dpi. Use for printing photographs. Since the print data is much larger than a normal
document, the processing time, data transfer time and print time will be longer.
Fine
1200 ×1200 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Photo.
Normal
600 ×600 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed.
Fast Normal
600 ×300 dpi. Better print quality than Fast mode and faster print speed than Normal.
Fast
600 ×150 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. Use for printing large volume
documents or documents for proofing.
Note
• The default settings are shown in bold.
• For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is not available if you choose
borderless printing.
Media Type Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection
Plain Paper Color/Grayscale Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine
Inkjet Paper Color/Grayscale Fine, Photo
Brother Premium Glossy Photo
Paper or Other Photo Paper Color/Grayscale Fine, Photo, Highest
Transparencies Color/Grayscale Normal, Fine

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Enhanced Print Settings 1
Click the Settings button to see options for enhanced print settings.
Bi-Directional Printing 1
When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in both directions offering faster printspeeds.
When unchecked, the print head will only print in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower
printing speeds.
Color Enhancement (True2Life®)1
Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®)option enables the True2Life®feature. This feature analyzes
your image toimproveits sharpness, white balance andcolor density.Thisprocessmay take severalminutes
depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your PC.

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Color Density
Adjusts the total amount of color in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of color in an
image to improve a washed out or weak looking picture.
White Balance
Adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. Lighting, camera settings and other influences will effect
the appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other color. By
adjusting the white balance you can adjust those white areas.
Sharpness
Enhances the detail of an image, similar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true
focus and you cannot see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness.
Auto Image Enhance
Allows alteration of individual picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from
surrounding or neighboring pixels in the document.
Brightness
Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to the left
or right.
Contrast
Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the
contrastwhen you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more
subdued.
Red
Increases the intensity of Red in the image to make the image redder.
Green
Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make the image greener.
Blue
Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to make the image bluer.

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Improve Pattern Printing (Windows®2000/XP only)
Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are different from the pattern of the
fills you see on your PC.
Paper Size 1
The Paper Size selection includes a large selection of standard paper sizes. If you want, you can create a
custom size ranging from 3.5 ×5 in. (88.9 ×127.0 mm) to 8.5 ×14 in. (215.9 ×355.6 mm). You can also
choose the borderless setting for specific paper sizes. From the drop-down list, choose the Paper Size you
are using.
You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. Specify the Width and Height values, and
enter any name you want for this custom size. Choose the correct paper thickness to improve the quality of
your output.
To do borderless printing 1
From the Paper Size pull down list choose the size of paper you want to print such as Letter (borderless).

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Page Layout 1
The Page Layout option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2,
4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. The 1 in N options enlarges your print size and prints
the document in poster print mode.
Note
If you are using Windows®98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is not available.
Page Order (Windows®2000/XP only) 1
When N in 1 option is selected, the Page Order can be selected from the drop-down menu.
Border Line 1
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can choose to have a solid
border, dashed border or no border around each page on the sheet.
Orientation 1
Orientation chooses the position your document will be printed (in Portrait or Landscape).
Note
If your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one in the
application.
Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal)

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Copies 1
The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed (1 to 999).
Collate 1
With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then reprinted according to
the number of copies you choose. If Collate is unchecked, then each page will be printed according to the
number of copies chosen before the next page of the document is printed.
Reverse Order 1
Reverse Order prints the pages of your document in the opposite order.
Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1
The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will feed the paper when printing. If
you choose Auto Select, the machine will take paper from Tray 1. When Tray 1 is empty, Auto Select allows
the machine take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that is the same type and size.
Note
• You can only use Plain Paper for Media Type, and Letter, Legal, A4, Executive or B5 for Paper Size in
Tray 2.
• Tray 2 does not support Borderless printing.

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Advanced tab 1
Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following icons:
Color (1)
Scaling (2)
Watermark (3)
Device Options (4)
Note
To return to the default settings, click Default.
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Color 1
Color/Grayscale 1
This selection allows a color document to be printed in black and white using grayscale.
Image Type 1
The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your
image type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed
softly.
Auto
The printer driver automatically chooses the image type.
Photo
Use for photographic images.
Graphics
Use for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art).
Custom
If you want to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode.