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USER’S GUIDE
MFC-250C
MFC-290C
Version 0
USA/CAN
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: MFC-250C and MFC-290C (Circle your model number) 1 Serial Number: Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: 1 The serial number is on the back of the unit. Retain this User's Guide wit
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Brother numbers IMPORTANT For technical help, you must call the country where you bought the machine. Calls must be made from within that country. Register your product By registering your product with Brother International Corporation, you will be recorded as the original owner of the product. Your registration with Brother: may serve as confirmation of the purchase date of your product should you lose your receipt; may support an insurance claim by you in the event of product loss covere
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Ordering accessories and supplies For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, which are available at most Brother retailers. If you cannot find the accessory you need and you have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express credit card, you can order accessories directly from Brother. (You can visit us online for a complete selection of the Brother accessories and supplies that are available for purchase.) Note In Canada only Visa and MasterCard are accepted. In
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Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada) BROTHER'S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER'S LICENSOR) MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE SOFTWARE. BROTHER'S LICENSOR(S) DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTN
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® Brother One-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only) Who is covered: 3 Damage caused by another device or software used with this Product (including This limited warranty (“warranty”) is given but not limited to damage resulting from only to the original end-use/retail purchaser ® (referred to in this warranty as “Original use of non Brother -brand parts and Purchaser”) of the accompanying product, Consumable and Accessory Items); consumables and accessories (collectively
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® Brother One-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service (USA Only) discretion. Brother reserves the right to supply the product; or (iv) the warranty period on your a refurbished or remanufactured replacement original Product has expired or has not been Machine and/or accompanying Consumable sufficiently validated with a copy of the proof of and Accessory Items and use refurbished purchase (bill of sale). The replacement parts provided such replacement products Machine you receive (even if
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BROTHER MULTIFUNCTION CENTER / FAX MACHINE LIMITED WARRANTY (Canada only) Pursuant to the limited warranty of 1 year from the date of purchase for labour and parts, Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. (“Brother”), or its Authorized Service Centres, will repair or replace (at Brother's sole discretion) this MFC/Fax machine free of charge if defective in material or workmanship. This warranty applies only to products purchased and used in Canada. This limited Warranty does not include
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Table of Contents Section I General 1 General Information 2 Using the documentation.......................................................................................2 Symbols and conventions used in the documentation ....................................2 Accessing the Software User’s Guide ...................................................................2 Viewing Documentation...................................................................................2 ® Accessing Brother Support (
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4 Security features 23 TX Lock................................................................................................................23 Setting and changing the TX Lock password ................................................23 Turning TX Lock on/off ..................................................................................24 Section II Fax 5 Sending a Fax 26 Entering Fax mode ..............................................................................................26 Faxin
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7 Telephone Services and External devices 39 Voice Operations .................................................................................................39 Tone or pulse (Canada only) .........................................................................39 Fax/Tel mode when the power key is on.......................................................39 Fax/Tel mode when the power key is off.......................................................39 Telephone services.........................
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Section III Copy 10 Making copies 56 How to copy.........................................................................................................56 Entering Copy mode......................................................................................56 Making a single copy .....................................................................................56 Making multiple copies ..................................................................................56 Stop copying........
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12 Printing photos from a camera 75 Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera...............................................75 PictBridge requirements ................................................................................75 Setting your digital camera............................................................................75 Printing Images..............................................................................................76 DPOF printing...........................
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B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance 94 Troubleshooting...................................................................................................94 If you are having difficulty with your machine ................................................94 Dial Tone ....................................................................................................101 Telephone line interference .........................................................................101 Error and maintenance
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Section I General I General Information 2 Loading paper and documents 8 General setup 19 Security features 23
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General Information 1 1 Using the Accessing the documentation 1 Software User’s Guide 1 Thank you for buying a Brother machine! This User’s Guide does not contain all the Reading the documentation will help you information about the machine such as how make the most of your machine. to use Printer, Scanner and PC Fax. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, read the Software Symbols and conventions User’s Guide that is on the CD-ROM. used in the documentat
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General Information c If the language screen appears, click How to find Scanning instructions 1 your language. The CD-ROM Main There are several ways you can scan Menu will appear. 1 documents. You can find the instructions as follows: Software User’s Guide ® Scanning (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows ® Vista ) ® ControlCenter3 (For Windows 2000 ® Professional/Windows XP and Windows ® Vista ) ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides Note The complete S
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Chapter 1 Viewing Documentation How to find Scanning instructions 1 ® (For Macintosh ) 1 There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as ® a Turn on your Macintosh . Insert the follows: Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Software User’s Guide drive. The following window will appear. ® Scanning (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) ® ® Presto! PageManager User’s Guide ® ® The complete Presto! PageManager User’s
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General Information To visit our web site for original/genuine Accessing Brother Brother supplies (http://www.brother.com/original/), click Support 1 Supplies Information. ® (For Windows ) 1 To access the Brother CreativeCenter (http://www.brother.com/creativecenter/) You can find all the contacts you will need, for FREE photo projects and printable such as Web support (Brother Solutions downloads, click Brother Center), Customer Service and Brother CreativeCenter. Authorized Servi
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Chapter 1 MFC-290C Control panel overview 1 The MFC-250C and MFC-290C have the same control panel keys. 1098 12/10 11:53 Fax 12/10 11:53 Fax 1 23 Note Most of the illustrations in this User’s Guide show the MFC-290C. 1 Fax and telephone keys: Scan Redial/Pause Lets you access Scan mode. Redials the last number called. It also inserts a pause when programming quick dial numbers. Copy Hook Lets you access Copy mode. Press before dialing if you want to make Photo Capture sure a fax ma
