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Advanced User’s Guide MFC-J4510DW MFC-J4710DW Version 0 UK/IRE/GEN...
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Table of Contents General setup IMPORTANT NOTE....................1 Memory Storage ....................1 Automatic Daylight Saving Time................1 Sleep Mode ......................2 Touchscreen LCD....................2 Setting the Dim Timer for the backlight ............2 Security features Secure Function Lock 2.0 ..................3 Before you begin to use Secure Function Lock 2.0.........3 Setting and changing the Administrator Password..........4 Setting up restricted users................4 Turning Secure Function Lock on/off...............5...
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Receiving a fax Memory Receive (Monochrome only)..............19 Fax Forwarding....................19 Fax Storage ....................19 Printing a fax from the memory ..............20 ® PC-Fax Receive (Windows only)..............20 Turning off Memory Receive operations............21 Changing Memory Receive operations ............22 Remote Retrieval ....................23 Setting a Remote Access Code..............23 Using your Remote Access Code..............23 Remote Fax commands ................24 Retrieving fax messages ................25...
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Ink Save Mode....................43 Thin Paper Copy.................... 43 Book Copy ..................... 44 Watermark Copy.................... 44 Remove Background Colour ................. 45 2-sided copying (MFC-J4510DW) ..............46 2-sided copying (MFC-J4710DW) ..............47 Saving copy options as a Shortcut ..............49 A3 Copy Shortcuts....................50 A3 Copy Shortcut ..................50...
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Printing photos from a camera Printing photos directly from a PictBridge camera ..........67 PictBridge requirements ................67 Setting your digital camera ................67 Printing Images....................68 DPOF printing ....................69 Printing photos directly from a digital camera (without PictBridge)......69 Printing Images....................70 Routine maintenance Cleaning and checking the machine ..............71 Cleaning the outside of the machine .............71 Cleaning the machine’s printer platen ............72 Cleaning the paper feed rollers ..............73...
General setup IMPORTANT NOTE Most of the illustrations in this User's Guide show the MFC-J4510DW. Memory Storage Automatic Daylight Saving Time Your menu settings are stored permanently, and, in the event of a power failure, will not be You can set the machine to change lost.
Chapter 1 Sleep Mode Touchscreen LCD You can choose how long the machine will Setting the Dim Timer for the remain idle before it goes into Sleep Mode backlight (up to 60 minutes). The timer will restart if any operation is carried out on the machine. You can set how long the LCD backlight stays on after the last finger press.
Start your Web browser. Copy Type “vmachine’s IP address/” into Scan your browser’s address bar (where PCC (PhotoCapture Center™) “machine’s IP address” is the Brother machine’s IP address). PC Print For example: Colour Print x192.168.1.2/ Page Limit ...
Chapter 2 Re-enter the password in the NOTE Retype Password box. If you are using a Web browser to configure the machine's settings for the Click Submit. first time, set a password. Changing the administrator password Click Please configure the password. Click Administrator.
Wrong Password. Enter the correct (where xxxxx is XXXXX password. If you forget it, please contact the user’s name). Brother customer service for support. Press Lock OniOff. Turning Secure Function Lock on Enter your four-digit administrator password using the keyboard on the Press Touchscreen.
Chapter 2 Restricting dialling Switching users This setting allows a restricted user to log on This feature is to prevent users from sending to the machine when the Secure Function a fax or call to a wrong number by mistake. Lock is turned on.
Security features Dial pad restriction Shortcut restriction Press Press Press All Settings. Press All Settings. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Fax. display Fax. Press Fax. Press Fax.
Sending a fax Additional sending Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display the setting you want to change. options When the setting is displayed, press it. Press the option you want to set. Sending faxes using multiple Go back to step d to change more settings settings.
Sending a fax Contrast Changing fax resolution If your document is very light or very dark, you The quality of a fax can be improved by may want to change the contrast. For most changing the fax resolution. documents, the factory setting Auto can be Load your document.
Chapter 3 Setting your changes as a NOTE new default You can choose four different resolution settings for monochrome faxes and two for colour. You can save the settings for the fax options you use most often by setting them as the default settings, such as Fax Resolution, Monochrome Contrast, Glass Scan Size, Preview,...
Sending a fax Restoring fax options to the Press Options. factory default Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Fax Resolution, You can restore all the fax options you have , Contrast, Preview, 2-sided Fax changed back to the factory default. These Colour Setting, Real Time TX, settings will remain until you change them Overseas Mode or...
Chapter 3 Additional sending If your document is flipped on the Short edge, press operations 2-sided Scan: Short Edge. Short edge Sending a 2-sided fax from Portrait Landscape the ADF (MFC-J4710DW) You can send 2-sided documents up to Legal size from the ADF.
Sending a fax Broadcasting When you hear the fax tones, press Fax Start. (Monochrome only) If you are using the scanner glass, press Send on the Touchscreen to send the Broadcasting is when the same fax message fax. is automatically sent to more than one fax number.
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Chapter 3 You can add numbers to the broadcast Press Fax Start. in the following ways: NOTE Press Add Number and enter a Broadcasting is not available when you number using the keyboard on the select Colour in Colour Setting. Touchscreen.
Sending a fax Cancelling a Broadcast in progress Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Real Time TX. Press Press Real Time TX. Do one of the following: Press On (or Off). To cancel the entire broadcast, press Press OK.
Chapter 3 Press OK. NOTE Delayed Fax is not available when you Enter the fax number. select Colour in Colour Setting. Press Fax Start. Delayed Batch Transmission Delayed Faxing (Monochrome only) (Monochrome only) Before sending the delayed faxes, your You can store up to 50 faxes in the memory machine will help you economize by sorting to be sent within 24 hours.
Sending a fax Polling overview Checking and cancelling waiting jobs Polling lets you set up your machine so other people can receive faxes from you, but they You can check which jobs are still waiting in pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody the memory to be sent, or cancel a job.
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Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get the documents you set up to be polled. Secure Polling only works with Brother fax machines. If another person wants to retrieve a fax from your machine, they will have to enter the secure code.
Receiving a fax Memory Receive Press Fax Forward. (Monochrome only) Enter the forwarding number (up to 20 digits) using the keyboard on the Touchscreen. You can only use one Memory Receive Press OK. operation at a time: Fax Forwarding If Fax Preview is set to Off, press Backup Print: On or ...
Chapter 4 PC-Fax Receive Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Setup Receive. ® (Windows only) Press Setup Receive. If you turn on the PC-Fax Receive feature, your machine will store received faxes in the Swipe up or down, or press a or b to memory and send them to your PC display Memory Receive.
Receiving a fax Turning off Memory Receive Press <USB> or the name of the PC you want to receive faxes if you are on a operations network. Press OK. Press If Fax Preview is set to Off, press Backup Print: On or Press All Settings.
Chapter 4 Changing Memory Receive If unprinted faxes remain in the memory operations Print all faxes? If there are received faxes in your machine’s • If you press Yes, faxes in the memory memory when you change the Memory will be printed before the setting Receive operations, the Touchscreen will ask changes.
Receiving a fax Remote Retrieval NOTE You can change your code at any time by You can call your machine from any entering a new one. If you want to make touch-tone telephone or fax machine and your code inactive, press and hold then use the remote access code and remote step g to restore the inactive setting (---l) commands to retrieve fax messages.
Chapter 4 Remote Fax commands Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you call the machine and enter your remote access code (3 digits followed by ), the system will give two short beeps and you must enter a remote command. Remote commands Operation details Change the Fax Forwarding or Fax...
Receiving a fax Retrieving fax messages Changing your Fax Forwarding number You can call your machine from any touch-tone telephone and have your fax You can change the default setting of your fax messages sent to another machine. Before forwarding number from another touch-tone you use this feature, you have to turn on Fax telephone or fax machine.
Fax Start. the fax and your Paper Size setting. (MFC-J4510DW: See Basic User’s Guide: Press Receive to receive the fax. Paper Size.) Replace the handset of the external (MFC-J4710DW: See Basic User’s Guide:...
Receiving a fax Temporary Fax Backup Printing temporarily stored faxes While the faxes are in the memory, you can When Memory Receive is turned off, your print them as many times as you wish without machine has a safety feature called deleting them.
It also lets you call somebody Secure Polling only works with Brother fax else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it, machines. If you want to get a fax from a so you pay for the call.
Receiving a fax Setup to receive delayed polling Sequential polling (Monochrome only) Delayed polling lets you set the machine to begin polling receive at a later time. You can Sequential polling lets you request only set up one delayed polling operation. documents from several fax machines in one operation.
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Chapter 4 Cancelling a Sequential Polling Job You can add numbers to the broadcast in the following ways: Press Press Add Number and enter a number using the keyboard on the Do one of the following: Touchscreen. Press OK. ...
Dialling and storing numbers Voice operations To enable the machine to work with BT Call Sign (with your external telephone only) You can use your extension or external telephone to dial voice calls. Press BT Call Sign (U.K. only) Press All Settings. This feature of the machine lets you use the Swipe up or down, or press a or b to BT Call Sign subscriber service which allows...
(See Basic User’s Guide: Storing Address Book numbers.) For example, you might have stored ‘01632’ on Address Book: Brother 1 and ‘960555’ on Address Book: Brother 2. You can use them both to dial ‘01632-960555’ as shown in the following example: Press Fax.
Dialling and storing numbers Additional ways to Storing Address Book numbers from the Caller ID store numbers history Storing Address Book If you have the Caller ID subscriber service numbers from Outgoing Calls from your telephone company, you can also store Address Book numbers from incoming calls in the Caller ID history.
Chapter 5 Setting up Groups for NOTE Broadcasting You can print a list of all the Address Book numbers. (See Reports on page 37.) A Group, which can be stored on Address Book, allows you to send the same fax Changing a Group name message to many fax numbers by pressing Fax, Address Book, Apply and...
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Dialling and storing numbers Deleting a Group Adding or Deleting a number in a Group Press Fax. Press Fax. Press Address Book. Press Address Book. Press Edit. Press Edit. Press Delete. Press Change. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display the Group you want to delete.
Printing reports Fax reports Swipe up or down, or press a or b to choose an interval. If you choose Every 50 Faxes, go to step m. Press on the Touchscreen to set up the Transmission Verification Report and the ...
Printing reports Reports How to print a report The following reports are available: Press XMIT Verify Prints a Transmission Verification Report Press All Settings. for your last transmission. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to Address Book display Print Reports.
Making copies Copy options Changing copy speed and quality You can change the copy settings temporarily for the next copy. You can choose from the speed and quality. The factory default is Normal. The machine returns to its default settings after being idle for 1 minute.
Making copies Enlarging or reducing the 198% 10x15cm i A4 copied image 186% 10x15cm i Letter 141% A4iA3, A5iA4 You can choose an enlargement or reduction ratio. If you choose Fit to Page, your 100% machine will adjust the size automatically to 97% Letter i A4 the paper size you set.
Chapter 7 Making N in 1 copies or a Read and confirm the displayed list of settings you have chosen, and then poster (Page Layout) press OK. The N in 1 copy feature can help you save If you do not want to change additional paper by letting you copy two or four pages settings, press Mono Start or onto one printed page.
Making copies Place the document face down in the Poster(3x3) direction shown below: 2in1(Portrait) 2in1(Landscape) 4in1(Portrait) 2 in 1 ID Copy (Page Layout) You can copy both sides of your identification card onto one page, keeping the original card size.
Chapter 7 Swipe up or down, or press a or b to Press Sort. display Page Layout. Read and confirm the displayed list of Press Page Layout. settings you have chosen, and then press OK. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display 2in1(ID).
Making copies Ink Save Mode Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Ink Save Mode. Ink Save Mode can help you save ink. The Press Ink Save Mode. machine prints the colours lighter and emphasises the outlines of the images as Read and confirm the displayed list of shown below: settings you have chosen, and then...
Chapter 7 Watermark Copy Press Mono Start or Colour Start. NOTE You can place text into your document as a Fit to Page, Page Layout, Watermark. You can select one of the Ink Save Mode, Book Copy, template watermarks. Watermark Copy and Remove Background Colour are not NOTE available with Thin Paper Copy.
Making copies Remove Background Colour Watermark Copy Settings Remove Background Colour removes the Option1 Option2 Option3 background colour of the document when Watermark Text CONFIDENTIAL* copying. This can save ink and help you read Copy DRAFT the document clearly. COPY NOTE IMPORTANT This function is for use only when making...
Chapter 7 2-sided copying NOTE (MFC-J4510DW) • 2in1(ID), Poster, Book Copy and Fit to Page are not available with You can reduce the amount of paper used for 2-sided Copy. copies by copying on both sides of the paper. • You can use only A4, A5 or Letter size plain paper.
Making copies 2-sided copying The Touchscreen shows: (MFC-J4710DW) Turn over the document (or Flip the book), then You can reduce the amount of paper used for press [Scan]. When you copies by copying on both sides of the paper. finish, press [Complete]. We recommend you load your document in the ADF for 2-sided copying.
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Chapter 7 2-sided copying type Press Mono Start or Colour Start. If you placed the document in the ADF, 1 sided i 2 sided the machine scans the pages and starts (Long edge flip) printing. Portrait If you are using the scanner glass, go to step m.
Making copies Saving copy options as a 2 sided i 2 sided Shortcut Portrait You can store the copy options you use frequently by saving them as a Shortcut. Press Copy. Press Options. Landscape Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Quality, Paper Type, Paper Size, Tray Select Enlarge/Reduce, Density,...
Chapter 7 A3 Copy Shortcuts A4 Centre A3 Copy Shortcut You can copy your document in A3 or Ledger size paper with a format such as Note style. Also you can make 2 in 1 and enlarged copies. A4 i A3 ...
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Making copies Enter the number of copies you want. Do one of the following: If you want to change more settings, go to step h. If you do not want to change further settings, go to step l. Press Options.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive PhotoCapture Center™ Please be aware of the following: When printing an index or image, the operations PhotoCapture Center™ will print all the valid images, even if one or more images have been corrupted.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Print Images Movie printing You can print images from movie files that are Print Index (Thumbnails) stored on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive. The PhotoCapture Center™ assigns Movie files are automatically split by duration numbers for images (such as No.1, No.2, into 9 parts, and placed in 3 rows so you can...
• You can enter the numbers at one time by Press Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper, using a comma or a hyphen. For example, Brother BP71 or Other Glossy. Enter 1,3,6 to print images No.1, No.3 and No.6. Enter 1-5 to print images No.1 to Press Paper Size.
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Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive NOTE (Remove Red-Eye) • Eight thumbnails are displayed at a time The machine will attempt to remove with the current page number and total red-eye from your photo. If red-eye number of pages listed above the detection fails, you can press Try Again to re-detect.
Chapter 8 Adjust the red frame around your photo. Press Slide Show. The part inside of the red frame will be Press OK. printed. Do one of the following: Press + or - to enlarge or reduce the If you want to change the time to frame size.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive PhotoCapture Center™ DPOF printing print settings DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format. Major digital camera manufacturers (Canon You can change the print settings temporarily Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, FUJIFILM for the next print job.
OK. Press OK. Press Print Settings. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display Paper Type. Press Paper Type. Press Plain Paper, Inkjet Paper, Brother BP71 or Other Glossy.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Adjusting Brightness, Swipe up or down, or press a or b to display 10x15cm, 13x18cm, A4, A3, Contrast and Colour Letter or Ledger. Press the option you want to set. Do one of the following: Brightness ...
Chapter 8 Contrast Colour Enhancement You can choose the contrast setting. You can turn on the colour enhancement Increasing the contrast will make an image feature to print more vivid images. Printing look sharper and more vivid. time will be slower with this feature and also, depending on the image you are printing, it Open the media slot cover.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Cropping Press d or c to adjust the degree of the setting. Press OK. If your photo is too long or too wide to fit the available space on your chosen layout, part Do one of the following: of the image will automatically be cropped.
Chapter 8 Cropping: On If you do not want to change additional settings, press or OK. Press Start to print. Date Print You can print the date if it is already in the Cropping: Off data on your photo. The date will be printed on the lower-right corner.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive Setting your changes as a Restoring all settings to the new default factory default You can save the print settings you use most You can restore the PhotoCapture settings often by setting them as the default settings, you have changed back to the factory default such as Print Quality, Paper Type,...
Chapter 8 Scan to a memory card Put the memory card or USB Flash memory drive in the correct slot. or USB Flash memory Press Scan to Media. drive Load your document. Auto Crop Press Options. Swipe up or down, or press a or b to You can scan multiple documents placed on display Auto Crop.
Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive How to set a new default NOTE • Auto Crop is available for paper with You can save the Scan to Media settings right angles of 90 degrees at all four (Scan Type, Resolution, File Type, corners.
Chapter 8 How to reset to the factory Saving scan options as a default Shortcut You can restore all the Scan to Media settings You can store the scan options you use (Scan Type, Resolution, File Type, frequently by saving them as a Shortcut. This section introduces how to add a Shortcut for Auto Crop, Skip Blank Page Scan to Media.
Camera Menu Options Selections Paper Size A3, A4, Ledger, Letter, Your Brother machine supports the 10 15 cm, PictBridge standard, allowing you to connect Printer Settings to and print photos directly from any (Default setting) PictBridge compatible digital camera.
Chapter 9 Printing Images Settings Options 10 15 cm Paper Size NOTE Paper Type Glossy Paper Remove any memory cards or USB Flash Layout Borderless: On memory drives from the machine before connecting a digital camera. Print Quality Fine Colour Enhancement Open the media slot cover.
Printing photos from a camera Printing photos DPOF printing directly from a digital DPOF stands for Digital Print Order Format. camera Major digital camera manufacturers (Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, FUJIFILM (without PictBridge) Corporation, Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation) created this standard to If your camera supports the USB Mass make it easier to print images from a digital Storage standard, you can connect your...
Chapter 9 Printing Images NOTE Remove any memory cards or USB Flash memory drives from the machine before connecting a digital camera. Open the media slot cover. Make sure that your camera is turned off. Connect your camera to the USB direct interface (1) on the machine using the USB cable.
The Touchscreen will show Shutting Down for a few seconds before the power goes off. (MFC-J4510DW) Pull the paper tray (1) completely out of • DO NOT use any type of liquid cleaners the machine. (including ethanol).
Cleaning the machine’s Wipe the outside of the machine with a dry, soft lint-free cloth to remove dust. printer platen WARNING Be sure to unplug the machine from the electrical socket before cleaning the printer platen to avoid an electrical shock. Using both hands, use the finger holds on each side of the machine to lift the Lift the output paper tray cover and...
Routine maintenance Lift the scanner cover to release the Clean the front side of the Paper Feed lock. Gently push the scanner cover Rollers (1) with a soft lint-free cloth support down and close the scanner slightly moistened with water, using a cover using both hands.
Put the paper tray firmly back in the Clean the Paper Pick-up Rollers (1) with machine. a soft lint-free cloth slightly moistened with water. Re-connect the power cord. Slowly turn the rollers so that the whole surface is cleaned. NOTE After cleaning, wipe the rollers with a Do not use the machine again until the dry, soft lint-free cloth to remove all...
Routine maintenance Cleaning the paper pick-up Checking the ink volume rollers for paper tray #2 Although an ink volume icon appears on the (MFC-J4710DW) Touchscreen, you can use the ink menu to see a large graph showing the ink that is left in each cartridge.
Packing and shipping Lift the scanner cover (1) to release the lock. Gently push the scanner cover the machine support down (2) and close the scanner cover (3) using both hands. When you transport the machine, use the packing materials that came with your machine.
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Routine maintenance Pack the machine and the printed IMPORTANT materials in the original carton with the • Make sure the plastic tab on the left side original packing material as shown of the orange protective part (1) clicks below. securely into place (2). •...
Glossary This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of these features depends on the model you purchased. 3.7" (93.4 mm) Touchscreen LCD and Batch Transmission Touchpanel (Monochrome faxes only) As a The Touchscreen LCD (Liquid Crystal...
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The pre-programmed time period F/T Ring Time between automatically printed Fax The length of time that the Brother Journal reports. You can print the Fax machine rings (when the Receive Mode Journal report on demand without setting is Fax/Tel) to notify you to pick up interrupting the cycle.
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Memory Receive Remote Access Code Receives faxes into the machine's Your own four-digit code (--- ) that allows memory when the machine is out of paper. you to call and access your machine from a remote location. OCR (optical character recognition) Remote Activation Code Nuance™...
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Glossary Settings Tables At-a-glance instructions that show all the settings and options that are available for setting up your machine. Standard resolution 203 98 dpi (monochrome). 203 196 dpi (colour). It is used for regular sized text and the quickest transmission.
Index Numerics Copy 2 in 1 ID ..........41 2-sided ..........46 2 in 1 ID Copy ..........41 A3 shortcut ........... 50 2-sided book ............44 copy ..........46 density ..........42 fax ............12 enlarge/reduce ........39 ink save mode ........43 page layout (N in 1) ......
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Fax codes Groups for Broadcasting ......34 changing ..........23 Remote Access Code ......23 Fax Forwarding ID Copy ........... 41 changing remotely ......24 programming a number ......19 Ink cartridges Fax Storage ..........19 checking ink volume ......75 printing from memory ......20 turning off ..........21 turning on ..........19 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
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Packing and shipping the machine ..76 Reducing PhotoCapture Center™ copies ........... 39 Adding Effect .........54 incoming faxes ........26 DPOF printing ........57 Remote Retrieval ........23 from PC commands ..........24 See Software User's Guide. getting your faxes ......... 25 Photo Effects remote access code ......
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