For DCP users: This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Where it says ‘MFC’ in this user’s
guide, please read ‘MFC-xxxx’ as ‘DCP-xxxx’.
Version 0
CHN-ENG
Applicable models
CAUTION
This User’s Guide applies to the following models.
DCP-1519
MFC-1816/1819
Definitions of notes
We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide:
NOTE
CAUTION
may result in minor or moderate injuries.
Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips
about how the operation works with other features.
indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
IMPORTANT NOTE
This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the
country of purchase as it may violate the power regulations of that country.
For DCP users: In this manual, the screens in this manual are from MFC models, since DCP models and
MFC models have identical features. Where they display ‘MFC’ in this manual, please read ‘MFC-xxxx’ as
‘DCP-xxxx’.
For Macintosh users: Before using this manual, please be sure to install available drivers and software
from the download page for your machine at the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/
For DCP users: You can download a printer driver and scanner drivers from the Brother Solutions Center.
For MFC users: You can download a printer driver, scanner drivers, PC-FAX Software and Remote Setup
from the Brother Solutions Center.
Windows
Edition and Windows
Windows Vista
Windows
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XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64
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XP Home Edition.
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in this document represents all editions of Windows Vista®.
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7 in this document represents all editions of Windows® 7.
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Table of Contents
Section IWindows
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1Printing2
Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2
Printing a document...................................................................................................................................3
Paper Size ...........................................................................................................................................7
Support ....................................................................................................................................................21
Status Monitor..........................................................................................................................................24
Monitoring the machine’s status ........................................................................................................25
2Scanning26
Scanning a document using the WIA driver.............................................................................................26
Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................58
Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................58
Using Brother Solutions Center .........................................................................................................58
Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................58
Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode ...............................................................................................59
ControlCenter4 Features for Advanced Mode users .........................................................................60
Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................70
Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................70
Using Brother Solutions Center .........................................................................................................70
Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................70
Address Book ..........................................................................................................................................83
Brother Address Book .......................................................................................................................84
Setting up a member in the Address Book ........................................................................................85
Setting up a group for broadcasting ..................................................................................................86
Editing member information...............................................................................................................86
Deleting a member or group..............................................................................................................87
Exporting the Address Book ..............................................................................................................88
Importing to the Address Book ..........................................................................................................90
Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh ............................................................................................104
Status Monitor........................................................................................................................................105
Updating the machine’s status ........................................................................................................105
Hiding or showing the window .........................................................................................................105
Quitting the window .........................................................................................................................106
Sending a fax (For MFC models)...........................................................................................................107
7Scanning111
Scanning a document using the ICA driver ...........................................................................................111
Choosing your machine from Print & Scan......................................................................................115
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver......................................................................................116
Scanning a whole document into your Macintosh ...........................................................................116
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan............................................................................118
Settings in the Scanner window ......................................................................................................119
8ControlCenter2123
Using ControlCenter2 ............................................................................................................................123
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................124
The screens in this section are from Windows®7. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
operating system.
Printing1
Using the Brother printer driver1
A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into the format needed by a
particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language.
The printer drivers are on the installer CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers by following the Quick
Setup Guide. The latest printer drivers can also be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:
http://solutions.brother.com/
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Printing
NOTE
Printing a document1
When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper
tray. The paper tray can feed plain paper and recycled paper. (For information about the Paper Tray and
Recommended paper: See User’s Guide)
a From your application, choose the Print command.
If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, choose Brother MFC-XXXX* as your printer
driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click OK or Print to
begin printing.
*(Where XXXX is your model name.)
• You can choose the paper size and orientation in your application software.
• If your application software does not support your custom paper size, choose the next largest paper size.
Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software.
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Printing
2-sided printing1
The supplied printer driver supports manual 2-sided printing.
Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper1
If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.
If paper is curled, turn over the stack, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray.
If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled. Remove the paper, straighten it and turn over the
stack.
When you use the manual 2-sided function, it is possible that there may be paper jams or poor print quality.
If there is a paper jam: See User’s Guide: Paper Jams. If you have a print quality problem: See User’s
Guide: Improving the print quality.
The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Then, the printer driver
instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it well,
or you may get a paper jam. Very thin or thick paper is not recommended.
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Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing1
Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a
document into the computer. Fax sending will not be stopped during the computer printing. However, when
the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the computer printing operation, and then
continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.
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Printing
Printer driver settings1
You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer:
Paper Size
Orientation
Copies
Media Type
Print Quality
Print Settings
Multiple Page
2-sided / Booklet
Print Preview
Scaling
Reverse Print
Use Watermark
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Header-Footer Print
Toner Save Mode
Administrator
Density Adjustment
Improve Print Output
Skip Blank Page
Print Profiles
Print Text in Black
The following pages provide an overview of the printer driver settings. For more information, see the Help text
in the printer driver.
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Printing
Accessing the printer driver settings1
a (For Windows
Click Start, and then Printers and Faxes.
(For Windows Vista
Click , Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
(For Windows
Click , and then click Devices and Printers.
(For Windows
Move your mouse to the lower right corner of your desktop. When the menu bar appears, click Settings,
and then click Control Panel. In the Hardware and Sound group, click View devices and printers.
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b (For Windows
Right-click the Brother MFC-XXXX Printer icon (where XXXX is your model name) and select
Properties. The printer properties dialog box appears.
(For Windows
Right-click the Brother MFC-XXXX Printer icon (where XXXX is your model name) and select
Printer properties. If printer driver options appear, select your printer driver. The printer properties
dialog box appears.
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c Choose the General tab and then click Preferences... or Printing Preferences....
The printer driver dialog box appears.
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Printing
NOTE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Basic tab1
You can also change the Page Layout settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab.
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a Choose Paper Size, Orientation, Copies, Media Type, Print Quality and Print Settings (1).
b Choose Multiple Page and 2-sided / Booklet (2).
c Confirm your current settings in the window (3).
d Click OK to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default, then OK.
If you want to preview your document before printing, check the Print Preview check box (4).
Paper Size1
From the drop-down list choose the Paper Size you are using.
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Orientation1
Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape).
Portrait (Vertical)Landscape (Horizontal)
Copies1
The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed.
Collate
With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then
repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each page
will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is printed.
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Media Type1
You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media
that you wish to use.
Plain Paper
Recycled Paper
Print Quality1
You can choose the print quality as follows:
Draft
Normal
Fine
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Printing
Print Settings1
You can change the print settings as follows:
Graphics
This is the best mode for printing documents that contain graphics.
Text
This is the best mode for printing text documents.
Manual
You can change the settings manually by choosing Manual and clicking the Manual Settings... button.
You can set brightness, contrast and other settings.
Multiple Page1
The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on
one sheet of paper or enlarge the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper.
Page Order
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When the Nin1 option is selected, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list.
Border Line
When printing multiple pages onto one sheet, with the Multiple Page feature, you can choose to have a
solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on the sheet.
Print cut-out line
When the 1inNxNPages option is selected, the Print cut-out line option can be selected. This option
allows you to print a faint cut-out line around the printable area.
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Printing
2-sided / Booklet1
When you want to print a booklet or do 2-sided printing, use this function.
None
Disable 2-sided printing.
2-sided (Manual)
When you want to print on both sides of the paper, use this option.
• 2-sided (Manual)
The machine prints all the even-numbered pages first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the
instructions required to reload the paper. When you click OK the odd-numbered pages will be printed.
When you choose 2-sided (Manual), the 2-sided Settings... button becomes available to select. You can
set the following settings in the 2-sided Settings dialog box.
• 2-sided Type
There are four types of 2-sided binding directions available for each orientation.
• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimetres.
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Booklet (Manual)
Use this option to print a document in booklet format using 2-sided printing; it will arrange the document
according to the correct page numbers and allows you to fold at the centre of the print output without
having to change the order of the pages.
• Booklet (Manual)
The machine prints all the even-numbered sides first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the
instructions required to reload the paper. When you click OK the odd-numbered sides will be printed.
When you choose Booklet (Manual), the 2-sided Settings... button becomes available to select. You can
set the following settings in the 2-sided Settings dialog box.
• 2-sided Type
There are two types of 2-sided binding directions available for each orientation.
• Booklet Printing Method
When Divide into Sets is selected:
This option allows you to print the whole booklet into smaller individual booklet sets, it still allows you
to fold at the centre of the smaller individual booklet sets without having to change the order of the page
number. You can specify the number of sheets in each smaller booklet set, from 1 to 15. This option
can help when folding a printed booklet that has a large number of pages.
• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimetres.
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Printing
NOTE
Print Preview1
You can preview a document before it is printed. If you check the Print Preview check box, the
Print Preview Viewer window will open before printing starts.
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1PageListArea
The Page List Area displays the page numbers for the actual pages that will be printed. If you chose a
page in this list, a preview of the print results for the page will be displayed in the Preview Area.
If you do not want to print a page, clear the check mark.
2 Preview Area
The Preview Area displays a preview of the print results for the pages chosen in the Page List Area.
If the 2-sided (Manual) or Booklet (Manual) setting was chosen in the Printer driver settings, you cannot
use the Print Preview function.
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Printing
(1)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(6)
(5)
(7)
Advanced tab1
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Change the following settings in this tab:
Scaling (1)
Reverse Print (2)
Use Watermark (3)
Header-Footer Print (4)
Toner Save Mode (5)
Administrator (6)
Other Print Options (7)
Scaling1
You can change the print image scaling.
Reverse Print1
Check Reverse Print to reverse the data (flip it upside down).
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Printing
Use Watermark1
You can put a logo or text into your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks,
or you can use a bitmap file that you have created. Check Use Watermark and then click the Settings...
button.
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Printing
Watermark Settings1
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Select Watermark1
Choose the watermark you want to use.
To make an original watermark, click the Add button to add the watermark settings and then choose
Use Text or Use Bitmap File in Watermark Style.
You can change the watermark’s size and position on the page by selecting the watermark, and clicking the
Settings... button.
Title
Enter a suitable title into the field.
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Printing
NOTE
Text
Enter your Watermark Text into the Text box, and then choose the Font, Style, Size and Darkness.
Bitmap
Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box, or click Browse to search for the
file. You can also set the scaling size of the image.
Position
Use this setting if you want to control the position of the watermark on the page.
Bring to Front1
This option will overlay the selected characters or image onto your printed document.
In Outline Text1
Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark. It is only available when you
choose a text watermark.
Custom Settings1
You can choose which watermark to print on the first page or on the other pages.
Header-Footer Print1
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When this feature is enabled, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system
clock and the PC login user name or the text you entered. By clicking Settings, you can customize the
information.
ID Print
If you select Login User Name, your PC login user name will be printed. If you select Custom and enter
the text in the Custom edit box, the text you entered will be printed.
Toner Save Mode1
You can conserve toner use with this feature. When you set Toner Save Mode to on, print appears lighter.
The default setting is off.
• We do not recommend Toner Save Mode for printing photo or greyscale images.
• Toner Save Mode is not available when Fine is selected for Print Quality.
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Printing
NOTE
Administrator1
Administrators have the authority to limit access to functions such as Scaling and Watermark.
Password
Enter the password into this box.
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Click Set Password... to change the password.
Copies Lock
Lock the copy pages selection to prevent multiple copy printing.
Multiple Page & Scaling Lock
Lock the scaling setting and multiple page setting to prevent changes being made.
Watermark Lock
Lock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made.
Header-Footer Print Lock
Lock the current settings of the Header-Footer Print option to prevent changes being made.
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Printing
NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
Other Print Options1
You can set the following options in Printer Function:
Density Adjustment
Improve Print Output
Skip Blank Page
Print Text in Black
Density Adjustment1
Increase or decrease the print density.
Density Adjustment is not available when Fine is selected for Print Quality.
Improve Print Output1
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This feature allows you to improve a print quality problem.
Reduce Paper Curl
If you choose this setting, the paper curl may be reduced.
If you are printing only a few pages, you do not need to choose this setting.
This operation will decrease the temperature of the machine's fusing process.
Improve Toner Fixing
If you choose this setting, the toner fixing on paper may be improved.
This operation will increase the temperature of the machine's fusing process.
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Printing
NOTE
NOTE
Skip Blank Page1
If Skip Blank Page is checked, the printer driver automatically detects blank pages and excludes them from
printing.
This option does not work when you choose the following options:
• Use Watermark
• Header-Footer Print
• Nin1 or 1 in NxN Pages in Multiple Page
• 2-sided (Manual) or Booklet (Manual)
• Print Preview
Print Text in Black 1
This function enables all text to be printed in Black instead of grey scale.
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It may not work with certain characters.
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Printing
Print Profiles tab1
Print Profiles are editable presets designed to give you quick access to frequently used printing
configurations.
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(1)
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(2)
(4)
Print profile list box (1)
Delete Profile (2)
Always show Print Profiles tab first (3)
Add Profile (4)
Current print profile view (5)
(3)
a Choose your profile from the print profile list box.
b If you want to display the Print Profiles tab at the front of the window from the next time you print, check
Always show Print Profiles tab first.
c Click OK to apply your chosen profile.
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Printing
Add Profile1
The Add Profile dialog box appears by clicking Add Profile. You can add 20 new profiles with your preferred
settings.
a Enter the desired title in Name.
b Choose an icon you want to use from the Icon list, then click OK.
c The current settings shown on the left side of the printer driver window will be saved.
Delete Profile1
The Delete Profile dialog box appears by clicking Delete Profile. You can delete any of the profiles you have
added.
a Click Delete Profile.
b Choose a profile you want to delete and click Delete.
c Click Yes.
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d The selected profile will be deleted.
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Printing
Support1
Click Support... in the Printing Preferences dialog box.
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Printing
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Brother Solutions Center (1)
1
The Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/
) is a website offering information about your
Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for
using your machine.
Genuine Supplies Website (2)
You can visit our website for genuine Brother supplies by clicking this button.
Brother CreativeCenter (3)
You can visit our website for free and easy online solutions for business and home users by clicking this
button.
Check Setting (4)
You can check the current driver settings.
About (5)
This will list the printer driver files and version information.
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Printing
NOTE
NOTE
(1)
(2)
Device Settings tab1
To access the Device Settings tab, see Accessing the printer driver settings on page 6.
You can detect the serial number in the Device Settings tab as follows.
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Serial No. (1)
By clicking Auto Detect (2), the printer driver will probe the machine and display its serial number. If it fails
to receive the information, the screen will display “---------------”.
Auto Detect (2)
The Auto Detect function shows the available settings in the printer driver.
The Auto Detect (2) function is not available under the following machine conditions:
• The machine is powered off.
• The machine is connected to the print server using a USB cable in a network shared environment.
• The USB cable is not connected to the machine correctly.
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