Brother DCP-J125, DCP-J315W Advanced User Guide

ADVANCED USER’S GUIDE

DCP-J125 DCP-J315W

Version 0

UK/IRE/GEN

User's Guides and where do I find it?

Which manual? What's in it? Where is it?

Safety and Legal Please read the Safety Instructions before you

set up your machine.

Quick Setup Guide Read this Guide first. Follow the instructions for

setting up your machine and installing the drivers and software for the operating system and connection type you are using.

Basic User's Guide Learn the basic Copy, Scan and PhotoCapture

Center™ operations and how to replace consumables. See troubleshooting tips.

Advanced User's Guide Learn more advanced operations: Copy,

printing reports and performing routine maintenance.

Software User's Guide Follow these instructions for Printing, Scanning,

Network Scanning, PhotoCapture Center™, and using the Brother ControlCenter utility.

Network User's Guide (DCP

-J315W only)

This Guide provides more advanced information for configuring the Wireless network connections. In addition, find information about network utilities, network printing, troubleshooting tips and supported network specifications.

Printed / In the box

PDF file / Documentation CD-ROM

1 General setup 1

Memory storage ..................................................................................................... 1

Sleep Mode ...........................................................................................................1

LCD display ........................................................................................................... 1

Changing LCD language .................................................................................1

LCD Contrast ................................................................................................... 1

Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight .......................................................... 2

2 Printing reports 3

Reports ..................................................................................................................3

How to print a report ........................................................................................3

3 Making copies 4

Copy settings ......................................................................................................... 4

Stop copying.................................................................................................... 4

Changing copy speed and quality ...................................................................4

Enlarging or reducing the copied image..........................................................5

Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) ............................................. 6

Adjusting Density ............................................................................................. 7

Setting your changes as a new default............................................................7

Restoring all settings to the factory settings .................................................... 8

4 Printing photos from a memory card 9

PhotoCapture Center™ operations .......................................................................9

Memory cards folder structure ......................................................................... 9

Print Images.........................................................................................................10

Print Index (Thumbnails) ...............................................................................10

Printing Photos .............................................................................................. 10

Print All Photos .............................................................................................. 11

DPOF printing ................................................................................................ 11

PhotoCapture Center™ print settings.................................................................. 12

Print Quality ................................................................................................... 12

Paper options ................................................................................................ 12

Adjusting Brightness, Contrast and Colour....................................................13

Cropping ........................................................................................................13

Borderless printing......................................................................................... 14

Date Print....................................................................................................... 14

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................14

Restoring all settings to the factory settings .................................................. 14

Scan to a memory card........................................................................................ 15

How to set a new default ............................................................................... 15

How to reset to factory settings ..................................................................... 15

A Routine maintenance 16

Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................16

Cleaning the outside of the machine .............................................................16

Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ...........................................................17

Checking the ink volume ...............................................................................17

Packing and shipping the machine......................................................................18

B Glossary 20

C Index 21

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General setup 1

Memory storage 1

LCD display 1

Your menu settings are stored permanently, and in the event of a power failure will not be lost. If you have chosen Set New Default, settings in the PHOTO CAPTURE mode will not be lost. Temporary settings (for example, Contrast) will be lost.

Sleep Mode 1

You can choose how long the machine must be idle (from 1 to 60 minutes) before it goes into sleep mode. The timer will restart if any operation is carried out on the machine.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose

General Setup. Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose Sleep Mode.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose 1Min, 2Mins,

3Mins, 5Mins, 10Mins, 30Mins or 60Mins which is the length of time the

machine is idle before entering sleep mode. Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

Changing LCD language 1

You can change the LCD language.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose

Initial Setup. Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose

Local Language. Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose your language.

Press OK.

e Press Stop/Exit.

LCD Contrast 1

You can adjust the LCD contrast for a sharper and more vivid display. If you are having difficulty reading the LCD, try changing the contrast setting.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose

General Setup. Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose LCD Settings.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose LCD Contrast.

Press OK.

e Press d to decrease the contrast or

press c to increase the contrast. Press OK.

f Press Stop/Exit.

Chapter 1

Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight 1

You can set how long the LCD backlight stays on after you go back to the Ready screen.

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose

General Setup. Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose LCD Settings.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose Dim Timer.

Press OK.

e Press a or b to choose 10Secs,

20Secs, 30Secs or Off.

Press OK.

f Press Stop/Exit.

Printing reports 2

Reports 2

The following reports are available:

 Help List

A help list showing how to program your machine.

 User Settings

Lists your settings.

 Network Config (DCP-J315W only)

Lists your Network settings.

 WLAN Report (DCP-J315W only)

Prints a WLAN connection report.

How to print a report 2

a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose

Print Reports. Press OK.

c Press a or b to choose the report you

want. Press OK.

d Press Mono Start. e Press Stop/Exit.

Note

Making copies 3

Copy settings 3

You can change the copy settings temporarily for multiple copies.

The machine returns to its default settings after 1 minute.

To change a setting, press a or b to scroll through the copy settings. When the setting you want is highlighted, press OK.

When you are finished choosing settings, press Mono Start or Colour Start.

You can save some of the settings that you use most often by setting them as default. These settings will stay until you change them again. (See Setting your changes as a new default on page 7.)

Changing copy speed and quality 3

You can choose the copy quality. The factory setting is Normal.

Fast Fast copy speed and lowest

amount of ink used. Use this setting to save time (documents to be proof read, large documents or many copies).

Normal Recommended setting for ordinary

print outs. Good copy quality with adequate copy speed.

Best Use this setting to copy precise

images such as photographs. The highest resolution and slowest speed.

a Load your document.

Stop copying 3

To stop copying, press Stop/Exit.

b Enter the number of copies you want. c Press a or b to choose Quality.

Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose Fast, Normal or

Best.

Press OK.

e If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or Colour Start.

Making copies

Note

Enlarging or reducing the copied image 3

You can choose an enlargement or reduction ratio. If you choose Fit to Page, your machine will adjust the size automatically to the paper size you set.

a Load your document. b Enter the number of copies you want. c Press a or b to choose

Enlarge/Reduce. Press OK.

d Press a or b to choose 100%, Enlarge,

Reduce, Fit to Page, Custom(25-400%).

e Do one of the following:

 If you chose Enlarge or Reduce

press OK and press a or b to choose the enlargement or reduction ratio you want. Press OK and go to step f.

 If you chose Custom(25-400%),

press OK. Press a, b, d or c to select a number, and then press OK repeatedly until you complete to enter the number.

198% 10x15cmiA4

186% 10x15cmiLTR

142% A5iA4

100%

97% LTRiA4

93% A4iLTR

83%

69% A4iA5

47% A4i10x15cm

Fit to Page

Custom(25-400%)

f If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or Colour Start.

• Page Layout is not available with Enlarge/Reduce and Fit to Page.

• Fit to Page does not work correctly if the document on the scanner glass is skewed by more than 3 degrees. Using the document guidelines on the left and top, place your document in the upper left hand corner, with the document face down on the scanner glass.

Press a, b, d or c to select , and press OK. Go to step f.

 If you chose 100% or Fit to Page,

press OK. Go to step f.

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Brother DCP-J125, DCP-J315W Advanced User Guide

User's Guides and where do I find it?

Table of Contents

General setup 1

Memory storage 1

LCD display 1

Sleep Mode 1

Changing LCD language 1

LCD Contrast 1

Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight 1

Printing reports 2

Reports 2

How to print a report 2

Making copies 3

Copy settings 3

Changing copy speed and quality 3

Stop copying 3

Enlarging or reducing the copied image 3