Brother DCP-J515W, DCP-J715W Advanced User Guide

ADVANCED
USER’S GUIDE

DCP-J515W
DCP-J715W

Version 0

UK/IRE/GEN

User's Guides and where do I find it?

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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 This Guide provides more advanced

information for configuring the Ethernet and
Wireless network connections. In addition, find
information about network utilities, network
printing, troubleshooting tips and supported
network specifications.

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Table of Contents

1 General setup 1

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

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

LCD display ...........................................................................................................2

Changing LCD language .................................................................................2

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

Sorting copies using the ADF (DCP-J715W only) ...........................................7

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

Ink Save Mode.................................................................................................8

Book Copy .......................................................................................................9

Watermark Copy.............................................................................................. 9

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................11

Restoring all settings to the factory settings .................................................. 11

4 Printing photos from a memory card or

USB Flash memory drive 12

PhotoCapture Center™ operations .....................................................................12

Memory cards or a USB Flash memory drive folder structure....................... 12

Movie printing ................................................................................................ 13

Print Images.........................................................................................................13

Print Index (Thumbnails) ...............................................................................13

Printing Photos .............................................................................................. 14

Print All Photos .............................................................................................. 14

Enhance Photos ............................................................................................15

Search by Date .............................................................................................. 18

Slide show ..................................................................................................... 18

Trimming........................................................................................................ 19

DPOF printing ................................................................................................ 19

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PhotoCapture Center™ print settings.................................................................. 20

Print Quality ................................................................................................... 20

Paper options ................................................................................................20

Adjusting Brightness, Contrast and Colour....................................................21

Cropping ........................................................................................................22

Borderless printing.........................................................................................23

Date Print.......................................................................................................23

Setting your changes as a new default..........................................................23

Restoring all settings to the factory settings .................................................. 23

Scan to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive ..........................................24

Auto Crop ......................................................................................................24

How to set a new default ............................................................................... 25

How to reset to factory settings .....................................................................25

5 Printing photos from a camera (DCP-J715W only) 26

Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera...............................................26

PictBridge requirements ................................................................................ 26

Setting your digital camera ............................................................................ 26

Printing Images..............................................................................................27

DPOF printing ................................................................................................27

Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without PictBridge)......................28

Printing Images..............................................................................................28

A Routine maintenance 29

Cleaning and checking the machine....................................................................29

Cleaning the outside of the machine ............................................................. 29

Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ...........................................................30

Checking the ink volume ...............................................................................30

Packing and shipping the machine......................................................................31

B Glossary 33

C Index 34

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General setup 1

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Memory storage 1

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Sleep Mode 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.

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.
d Press d or c 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.

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Chapter 1

LCD display 1

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.

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.
e Press d or c to choose 10Secs,

20Secs, 30Secs or Off.
Press OK.

f Press Stop/Exit.

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Printing reports 2

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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

Lists your Network settings.

 WLAN Report

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.

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c Press a or b to choose the report you

want.
Press OK.

d Press Mono Start.
e Press Stop/Exit.

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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 11.)

Stop copying 3

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).

Even if you set this option the copy
speed will be slower with

Ink Save Mode, Book Cop y or
Watermark Cop y turned on.

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.

To stop copying, press Stop/Exit.

a Load your document.
b Enter the number of copies you want.
c Press a or b to choose Quality.
d Press d or c to choose Fast, Normal or

Best.
Press OK.

e If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start.

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Making copies

Note

OK

OK

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.

d Press d or c to choose 100%, Enlarge,

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

e Do one of the following:

 If you choose Enlarge or Reduce

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

 If you choose Custom(25-400%),

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

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

 If you choose 100% or

Fit to Page, press OK. Go to

step f.

198% 10x15 cmiA4

186% 10x15 cmiLTR

142% A5 iA4

100%

97% LTR iA4

93% A4 iLTR

(DCP-J515W)

83%

(DCP-J715W)

83% LGL iA4

69% A4 iA5

47% A4 i10x15cm

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.

• Page Layout, Book Copy, Sort and
Watermark Copy are not available with
Fit to Page.

• Fit to Page does not work properly 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.

• (DCP-J715W only)
Fit to Page is not available when
using the ADF.

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Chapter 3

IMPORTANT

Note

Note

Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout) 3

The N in 1 copy feature can help you save
paper by letting you copy two or four pages
onto one printed page.

You can also produce a poster. When you
use the poster feature your machine divides
your document into sections, then enlarges
the sections so you can assemble them into a
poster. If you want to print a poster, use the
scanner glass.

• Make sure the paper size is set to A4 or
Letter.

• You cannot use the Enlarge/Reduce
and Stack/Sort settings (DCP-J715W)
with the N in 1 and Poster features.

• If you are producing multiple colour
copies, N in 1 copy is not available.

• (P) means Portrait and (L) means
Landscape.

e If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start to scan the page.

If you are making a poster the machine
scans the pages and starts printing.
Go to step f.
If you placed the document in the ADF
(DCP-J715W) or are making a poster,
the machine scans the pages and starts
printing.

If you are using the scanner glass, go
to step f.

f After the machine scans the page, press

+ (Yes) to scan the next page.

g Place the next page on the scanner

glass.
Press OK.
Repeat steps f and g for each page of
the layout.

h After all the pages have been scanned,

press - (No) to finish.

• You can only make one poster copy at a
time.

Watermark Copy, Book Copy,
Ink Save Mode, Stack/Sort and
Enlarge/Reduce are not available with
Page Layout.

a Load your document.
b Enter the number of copies you want.
c Press a or b to choose Page Layout.
d Press d or c to choose Off(1 in 1),

2in1(P), 2in1(L),
4in1(P), 4in1(L) or
Poster(3 x 3).

Press OK.

If photo paper has been chosen in the
Paper Type setting for N in 1 copies, the
machine will print the images as if plain
paper had been chosen.

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Making copies

Note

Place your document face down in the
direction shown below.

 2in1(P)

 2in1(L)

 4in1(P)

 4in1(L)

 Poster(3 x 3)

You can make a poster size copy of a
photograph.

Sorting copies using the ADF (DCP-J715W only) 3

You can sort multiple copies. Pages will be
sorted in reverse order 3 2 1, 3 2 1, 3 2 1,
and so on.

a Load your document.

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b Enter the number of copies you want.
c Press a or b to choose Stack/Sort.
d Press d or c to choose Sort.

Press OK.

e If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start.

Fit to Page, Page Layout and
Book Copy are not available with Sort.

Adjusting Density 3

You can adjust the copy density to make
copies darker or lighter.

a Load your document.
b Enter the number of copies you want.
c Press a or b to choose Density.
d Press d or c to make a lighter or darker

copy.
Press OK.

e If you do not want to change additional

settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start.

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Chapter 3

Note

Ink Save Mode 3

Ink Save Mode can help you save ink. The
machine prints the colours lighter and
emphasises the outlines of the images as
shown below.

The amount of ink saved will vary depending
on the document.

Ink Save Mode: Off

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e If you do not want to change any

additional settings, press Mono Start or
Colour Start.

• Watermark Copy, Book Copy and
Page Layout are not available with
Ink Save Mode.

• Ink Save Mode may make your
printouts look different from your original
document.

•The Ink Save Mode feature is
supported by technology from Reallusion,

Inc.

Ink Save Mode: On 3

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

Ink Save Mode.

d Press d or c to choose On (or Off).

Press OK.

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