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BASIC USER’S GUIDE
DCP-J515W
DCP-J715W
Version 0
ARL/ASA/NZ/SAF
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If you need to call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number: DCP-J515W, DCP-J715W (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 with your s
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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 Printed / In the box set up your machine. Quick Setup Guide Read this Guide first. Follow the instructions for Printed / In the box 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 Printed / In the box Center™ operati
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Table of Contents (BASIC USER’S GUIDE) 1 General information 1 Using the documentation.......................................................................................1 Symbols and conventions used in the documentation ....................................1 Accessing the Advanced User’s Guide, Software User’s Guide and Network User’s Guide.........................................................................................1 Viewing Documentation........................................
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5 Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive 25 PhotoCapture Center™ Operations.....................................................................25 Using a memory card or USB Flash memory drive .......................................25 Getting started .....................................................................................................26 Print Images.........................................................................................................28 Vi
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D Specifications 69 General ................................................................................................................69 Print media...........................................................................................................71 Copy ....................................................................................................................72 PhotoCapture Center™ .......................................................................................73 P
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Table of Contents (ADVANCED USER’S GUIDE) The Advanced User's Guide explains the following features and operations. You can view the Advanced User's Guide on the Documentation CD-ROM. 1 General setup Memory storage Sleep Mode LCD display 2 Printing reports Reports 3 Making copies Copy settings 4 Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive PhotoCapture Center™ operations Print Images PhotoCapture Center™ print settings Scan to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive 5 Printin
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General information 1 1 1 Notes tell you how you should Using the respond to a situation that may arise documentation 1 or give tips about how the operation works with other features. Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Electrical Hazard icons alert you to Reading the documentation will help you possible electrical shock. make the most of your machine. Symbols and conventions Accessing the used in the documentation 1 Advanced User’s The following symbols and conventions are Guide
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Chapter 1 c Click your country. How to find Scanning instructions 1 There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as follows: Software User’s Guide Scanning ControlCenter Network Scanning ScanSoft™ PaperPort™11SE with OCR d Point to your language, point to How-to-Guides (DCP-J715W only) View Guide, and then click the guide you want to read. The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™11SE with OCR How-to-Guides can be viewed from the Help selection in the
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General information Accessing Brother Accessing Brother Support Support 1 ® (Windows ) 1 (Macintosh) 1 You can find all the contacts you will need, You can find all the contacts you will need, such as Web support (Brother Solutions such as Web support (Brother Solutions Center) on the Installation CD-ROM. Center) on the Installation CD-ROM. Click Brother Support on the Top Menu. Double-click the Brother Support icon. The following screen will appear: The following screen will appear:
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Chapter 1 Control panel overview 1 The DCP-J515W and DCP-J715W have the same control panel keys. 87 6 5 Mem. COPY COPY 01 01 Quality Normal Enlarge/Reduce 100% Ratio: 13 2 4 1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 4 Start keys: Displays messages on the screen to help you Mono Start set up and use your machine. Also, you can adjust the angle of the LCD Lets you start making copies in screen by lifting it. monochrome. Also lets you start a scanning operation (in colour or mono, 2 Number of Copies
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General information 7 Mode keys: LCD display indications 1 SCAN The LCD display shows the mode the 1 Lets you access Scan mode. machine is in, the current settings, and the available ink volume. PHOTO CAPTURE Lets you access PhotoCapture Center™ 1 2 3 mode. Mem. COPY COPY 8 Warning LED 01 01 Turns orange and blinks when the LCD Quality Normal displays an error or an important status Enlarge/Reduce 100% message. Ratio: Note 1 Ink indicator Most of the illustrations in this User’s Guid
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Chapter 1 Basic Operations 1 Warning LED indications 1 The following steps show how to change a The Warning LED (light emitting diode) is a setting in the machine. In this example the light that shows the status of the machine, as Paper Type setting is changed from shown in the table. Plain Paper to Inkjet Paper. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose General Setup. OK Select & Press MENU MENU Ink Management OK General Setup Network LED DCP status Description Print Reports Ready The DCP
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General information LCD display 1 1 Setting the backlight brightness 1 If you are having difficulty reading the LCD, try changing the brightness 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 Backlight. e Press d or c to choose Light, Med or Dark. Press OK. f Press Stop/Exit. 7
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Loading paper 2 2 c With both hands, gently press and slide Loading paper and the paper side guides (1) and then the paper length guide (2) to fit the paper other print media 2 size. Make sure that the triangular marks (3) Note on the paper side guides (1) and paper To print on Photo (10 15 cm) or Photo L length guide (2) line up with the marks (89 127 mm) paper, you must use the for the paper size you are using. photo paper tray. (See Loading photo paper on page 12.) 1 a If t
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Loading paper e Gently put the paper into the paper tray Note print side down and top edge in first. When you use Legal size paper, press Check that the paper is flat in the tray. and hold the universal guide release button (1) as you slide out the front of the paper tray. 2 1 IMPORTANT Be careful that you do not push the paper in too far; it may lift at the back of the tray and cause feed problems. d Fan the stack of paper well to avoid paper jams and misfeeds. f Gently adjust t
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Chapter 2 g Close the output paper tray cover. Loading envelopes and postcards 2 About envelopes 2 Use envelopes that weigh between 80 to 95 gsm. Some envelopes need margin settings to be set in the application. Make sure you do a test print first before printing many envelopes. IMPORTANT h Slowly push the paper tray completely DO NOT use any of the following types of into the machine. envelopes, as they will cause paper feed problems: • That are of a baggy construction. • That a
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Loading paper b Put envelopes or postcards in the paper How to load envelopes and postcards2 tray with the address side down and the a Before loading, press the corners and leading edge (top of the envelopes) in sides of envelopes or postcards to make first. With both hands, gently press and them as flat as possible. slide the paper side guides (1) and paper length guide (2) to fit the size of 2 the envelopes or postcards. IMPORTANT If envelopes or postcards are “double-feeding”, put
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Chapter 2 If you have problems printing on Loading photo paper 2 envelopes with the flap on the short edge, try the following suggestions: 2 Use the photo paper tray which has been assembled on the top of the output paper tray a Open the envelope flap. cover to print on Photo (10 15 cm) and Photo L (89 127 mm) size paper. When you b Put the envelope into the paper tray with use the photo paper tray, you do not have to the address side down and the flap take out the paper that is in
