Brother DCP 117C User Manual

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 3
Copy
Colour/Black Colour/Black
Copy Speed Black
Up to 17 pages/minute (A4 paper)*
Colour Up to 11 pages/minute (A4 paper)*
* Does not include the time it takes to feed the paper.
Based on Brother standard pattern. (Fast mode)
Copy speeds vary with the complexity of the document.
Multiple Copies Stacks up to 99 pages
Sorts up to 99 pages (DCP-120C only)
Enlarge/Reduce 25% to 400% (in increments of 1%)
Resolution Plain, inkjet or glossy paper:
Scans up to 600 x 600 dpi
Prints up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (Black & White)
Prints up to 600 x 1200 dpi (Colour)
OHP/transparency: Scans up to 600 x 600 dpi
Prints up to 1200 x 1200 dpi
Document Size
(DCP-115C, DCP-117C, 
DCP-315CN) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Document Size
(DCP-120C) ADF Width: 147 mm to 216 mm
ADF Height:  147 mm to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width 210 mm
 
						

							S - 4   SPECIFICATIONS
PhotoCapture Center™
Available Media CompactFlash®
(Type I only)
(Microdrive™ is not compatible)
(Compact I/O card such as Compact LAN card 
and Compact Modem card are not supported.)
SmartMedia
® (3.3V)
(Not available for use with ID)
Memory Stick
®
Memory Stick Pro™
(Not available for music data with MagicGate™)
SecureDigital™
MultiMediaCard™
xD-Picture Card™
* xD-Picture Card™ Type M support
File Extension
(Media Format)
(Image Format) DPOF, EXIF, DCF
Photo Print: JPEG*
Scan to Card: JPEG, PDF (Colour)
TIFF, PDF (Black)
* Progressive JPEG format is not supported.
Number of Files Up to 999 files in the media card
Folder Files must be in the 3rd folder level of the media 
card.
Borderless A4, Letter, Photo Card
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 5
Scanner
Colour/Black Colour/Black
TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP)
Mac OS® 9.1-9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.
WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
® XP)
Colour Depth 36 bit colour processing (Input)
24 bit colour processing (Output)
Resolution Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)
Up to 600  × 2400 dpi (optical)
Scanning Speed Colour: up to 5.93 sec.
Black: up to 3.76 sec.
(A4 size in 100 × 100 dpi)
Document Size
(DCP-115C, DCP-117C, 
DCP-315CN) Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Document Size
(DCP-120C) ADF Width: 147 mm to 216 mm
ADF Height:  147 mm to 356 mm
Scanner Glass Width: Max. 216 mm
Scanner Glass Height: Max. 297 mm
Scanning Width 210 mm
Gray Scale 256 levels
 
						

							S - 6   SPECIFICATIONS
Printer
Interfaces
Printer Driver Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP 
driver supporting Brother Native Compression 
mode and bi-directional capability
Brother Ink Driver
For Mac OS
® 9.1-9.2/Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Resolution Up to 1200 x 6000 dots per inch (dpi)*
1200 x 1200 dots per inch (dpi)
600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi)
600 x 150 dots per inch (dpi)
* Output image quality varies based upon many factors including 
but not limited to input image resolution and quality and print 
media.
Print Speed (DCP-115C, DCP-120C, DCP-315CN)
Up to 20 pages/minute (Black)*
Up to 15 pages/minute (Colour)*
(DCP-117C)
Up to 18 pages/minute (Black)*
Up to 13 pages/minute (Colour)*
* Based on Brother standard pattern.
A4 size in draft mode.
Does not include the time it takes to feed the paper.
Printing Width 204 mm (216mm)*
* When you set the Borderless feature to On.
Disk-Based Fonts35 TrueType
Borderless Letter, A4, A6, Photo Card, Index Card, Post Card, 
Envelop
USB A full-Speed USB 2.0 cable that is no longer than 
2.0 m.*
LAN Cable 
(DCP-315CN only) Ethernet UTP cable category 5 or greater
* Your machine has a Full-Speed USB 2.0 interface. This 
interface is compatible with Hi-Speed USB 2.0; however, the 
maximum data transfer rate will be 12 Mbits/s. The machine can 
also be connected to a computer that has a USB 1.1 interface.
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 7
Computer requirements
Minimum System Requirements
Computer Platform & Operating 
System Version Minimum 
ProcessorMinimum 
RAM
Recommended 
RAMAvailable Hard Disk 
Space
for 
Drivers
for 
Applications
Windows® 
Operating 
System 98, 98SE Pentium II 
or 
equivalent32 MB 64 MB 90 MB 130 MB
Me
2000 
Professional 64 MB 128 MB
XP 128 MB 256 MB 150 MB 220 MB
XP Professional 
x64 Edition 
(Download from 
http://solutions.
brother.com) Athlon
®64 
Opteron 
Xeon
®& 
Pentium®4 
including 
Intel 
EM64T 256 MB 512 MB 150 MB 220 MB
Apple
® 
Macintosh® 
Operating 
System Mac OS
® 
9.1-9.2(Printing, 
Scanning*
1 and 
Removable 
Disk) All base models meet 
minimum Requirements64 MB 80 MB 200 MB
Mac OS
® X 
10.2.4 or greater 128 MB 160 MB
NOTE:  All registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies.
For the latest drivers updates, see the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
*
1Dedicated “Scan” key and direct Network Scanning (DCP315CN) supported in Mac® Operating Systems 
Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater.
 
						

							S - 8   SPECIFICATIONS
Consumable items
Ink The machine uses individual Black, Yellow, Cyan 
and Magenta ink cartridges that are separate from 
the print head assembly.
Service Life of Ink 
Cartridge Black - Approximately 500 pages at 5% coverage 
Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 400 
pages at 5% coverage
 The above figures assume continuous printing at 
a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi in normal mode after 
installing new ink cartridge.
 The number of pages a cartridge will print may  change depending on how often you use the 
machine and how many pages you print with 
each use.
 The machine will automatically and periodically  clean the print head assembly, a process that 
uses a small amount of ink.
 The first time you install a set of ink cartridges the  machine will use a small amount of ink to fill and 
prime the ink delivery tubes. This process will 
only happen once.
 When the machine identifies a cartridge as empty  there may be a small amount of ink left in it. This 
is necessary to prevent air from drying out and 
damaging the print head assembly.
Replacement 
Consumables  LC900BK
 LC900C
 LC900M
 LC900Y
 
						

							SPECIFICATIONS   S - 9
Network (LAN) (DCP-315CN only)
LAN You can connect your machine to a network for 
Network Printing, Network Scanning. Also included 
is Brother BRAdmin Professional Network 
Management software.
Support for: Windows
® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP
Mac OS® 9.1-9.2, Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater
Ethernet 10/100 BASE-TX Auto Negotiation
Protocols TCP/IP
ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA, NetBIOS, 
WINS, LPR/LPD, Port9100, mDNS, FTP, TELNET, 
SNMP, TFTP, Scanner port
Included Utilities:
BRAdmin Professional (Windows
®)
■ BRAdmin Professional is not supported in Mac 
OS®.
■ BRAdmin Light is available for Mac OS® X 
10.2.4 or greater users. For more information, 
please visit the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com).
■ Network Scanning is available for 
Mac OS
® X 10.2.4 or greater.
 
						

							I - 1   INDEX
Index
A
ADF (automatic document 
feeder) .............................. 1-5
ADF cover  .......................... 6-3
C
Cleaning
Paper Pick-up Roller ...... 6-21
print head ....................... 6-11
printer platen .................. 6-20
scanner .......................... 6-19
Computer requirements ...... S-7
Consumable items .............. S-8
Control panel overview  ....... 1-2
Copy brightness ........................ 2-8
Colour adjustment  ......... 2-15
contrast .......................... 2-14
default settings  .............. 2-12
Enlarge/Reduce ............... 2-4
keys ................................. 2-2
multiple ............................ 2-1
Page Layout  .................... 2-9
paper ............................... 2-7
Quality key  ....................... 2-3
quality setting ................. 2-13
single copy ....................... 2-1
Sort (ADF only)  ................ 2-8
temporary settings  ........... 2-2
E
Envelopes ......................... 1-12
Error messages on LCD  ..... 6-1
Ink Empty ......................... 6-1
No Paper Fed  .................. 6-2
Out of Memory  ................. 6-2
Unable to Change ............ 6-2 Unable to Clean  ............... 6-2
Unable to Init.  ................... 6-2
Unable to Print  ................. 6-2
Unable to Scan  ................ 6-2
G
Gray scale ........................... S-5
H
HELP
Help List  ........................... A-1
I
Ink cartridgeschecking ink volume ....... 6-15
Ink Dot Counter  .............. 6-22
replacing ........................ 6-22
J
Jams
document ......................... 6-3
paper ................................ 6-4
L
LCDimprove viewing  ............. 6-10
M
Maintenance, routine  ........ 6-19
Menu Selection Table  ......... A-1
O
Options key (copying)Brightness ........................ 2-8
Paper Size  ....................... 2-7
Paper Type  ...................... 2-7
 
						

							INDEX   I - 2
P
Paper .......................... 1-8, S-2
Size ................................ 2-13
size of document  .............. 1-5
Type ............................... 2-12
PhotoCapture ...................... 3-1
PhotoCapture Center™
Borderless ...................... 3-13
Colour enhancement  ...... 3-11
CompactFlash
® ................ 3-1
Cropping ......................... 3-12
Default Settings  ................ 3-9
DPOF printing  .................. 3-8
Memory Stick
® .................. 3-1
MultiMediaCard™ ............ 3-1
paper and size ......... 3-9, 3-15
Printing images  ................ 3-6
Printing Index  ................... 3-5
quality ............................. 3-14
SmartMedia
® .................... 3-1
specifications ....................S-4
xD-Picture Card™  ............ 3-1
Print area ................................ 1-12
difficulties ......................... 6-7
drivers ..............................S-6
improving quality  ............ 6-11
resolution ..........................S-6
specifications ....................S-6
Q
Quality key (copying)  .......... 2-2
R
Reducing
copies ............................... 2-4
Reports Help List  ...........................A-1
how to print .......................A-1
Network Configuration ......A-1 User Settings  ................... A-1
Resolution
copy ................................. S-3
print .................................. S-6
scan ................................. S-5
S
Safety Instructions  .......... iii, 5-2
Shipping the machine  ........6-16
T
Temporary copy settings  .....2-2
Troubleshooting ...................6-1checking ink volume  .......6-15
document jam  ...................6-3
error messages on LCD  ..... 6-1
if you are having difficultyCopying Difficulties  ........6-8
Network Difficulties  ........6-9
PhotoCapture Center™ Difficulties .....................6-9
Printing Difficulties  .........6-7
Scanning Difficulties  ......6-8
Software Difficulties  .......6-9
print quality  .....................6-11
 
						

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