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    Specifications93
    D
    ScannerD
    1Windows® XP in this User’s Guide includes Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, and Windows® 
    XP Professional x64 Edition.
    2Maximum 1200  × 1200 dpi scanning when using the WIA Driver for Windows® XP, and Windows Vista® 
    (resolution up to 19200  × 19200 dpi can be selected by using the Brother scanner utility)
    Colour /Monochrome Yes/Yes
    TWAIN Compliant Yes (Windows
    ® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 
    Edition/Windows Vista
    ®)
    Mac OS
    ® X 10.2.4 or greater
    WIA Compliant Yes (Windows
    ® XP1/Windows Vista®)
    Colour Depth 36 bit colour Processing (Input)
    (Actual Input: 30 bit colour/Actual Output: 24 bit colour)
    2
    24 bit colour Processing (Output)
    Resolution Up to 19200 × 19200 dpi (interpolated)
    2
    Up to 1200  × 2400 dpi (optical) (Scanner Glass)
    Up to 1200  × 600 dpi (optical) (ADF) (DCP-185C only)
    Scanning Speed Monochrome: Up to 3.44 sec.
    Colour: Up to 4.83 sec. 
    (A4 size in 100 × 100 dpi)
    Document Size   (DCP-185C only) ADF Width: 148 mm to 215.9 mm
    (DCP-185C only) ADF Length: 148 mm to 355.6 mm
    Scanner Glass Width: Max. 215.9 mm
    Scanner Glass Length: Max. 297 mm
    Scanning Width Up to 210 mm
    Greyscale 256 levels
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    PrinterD
    1Based on Brother standard pattern.
    A4 size in draft mode.
    2When you set the Borderless feature to On.
    3See Paper type and size for each operation  on page 15.
    Printer Driver
    Windows® 2000 Professional/XP/XP Professional x64 Edition/ 
    Windows Vista
    ® driver supporting Brother Native Compression 
    mode
    Mac OS
    ® X 10.2.4 or greater: Brother Ink driver
    Resolution Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi
    1200  × 2400 dpi
    1200  × 1200 dpi
    600  × 1200 dpi
    600  × 600 dpi
    600  × 300 dpi
    450  × 150 dpi (Mono)
    600  × 150 dpi (Colour)
    Print Speed (DCP-145C)
    Monochrome: Up to 27 pages/minute
    1
    Colour: Up to 22 pages/minute1
    (DCP-163C, DCP-165C, DCP-167C, and DCP-185C)
    Monochrome: Up to 30 pages/minute
    1
    Colour: Up to 25 pages/minute1
    Printing Width
    204 mm (210 mm)2 (A4 size)
    Borderless Letter, A4, A6, Photo (10x15 cm), Index Card, 
    Photo 2L (13x18 cm), Post Card
    3
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    D
    InterfacesD
    1Your 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.
    2Third party USB ports are not supported for Macintosh®.
    USB12A USB 2.0 interface cable that is no longer than 2.0 m.
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    Computer requirementsD
    SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS
    Computer Platform & Operating System 
    VersionSupported 
    PC Software 
    FunctionsPC 
    InterfaceProcessor  Minimum 
    SpeedMi nimum 
    RAMRecommended  RAMHard Disk Space to install
    For 
    DriversFor 
    Applications
    Windows® 
    Operating 
    System
    1
    2000 
    Professional
    4
    Printing,  
    Scanning, 
    Removable 
    Di skUSB Intel® 
    Pentium
    ®II 
    or equivalent 64 MB 256 MB 110 MB 340 MB
    XP Home24
    XP 
    Professional
    24
    128 MB 110 MB 340 MB
    Professional  
    x64 Edition
    264-bit (Intel®64 
    or AMD64) 
    supported CPU256 MB 512 MB 110 MB 340 MB
    Windows 
    Vista
    ®2Intel® Pentium® 
    4 or equivalent
    64-bit (Intel
    ®64 
    or AMD64) 
    supported CPU
    512MB 1GB 600MB 530MB
    Macintosh® 
    Operating 
    System
    5
    Mac OS® X 
    10.2.4 - 
    10.4.3Printing, 
    Scanning, 
    Removable 
    DiskUSB3PowerPC 
    G4/G5
    PowerPC 
    G3 350MHz 128 MB 256 MB 80 MB 400 MB
    Mac OS® X 
    10.4.4 or 
    greaterPrinting, 
    Scanning, 
    Removable 
    DiskUSB3PowerPC 
    G4/G5
    Intel
    ® 
    Core™ 
    Processor 512 MB 1 GB
    Conditions:
    1Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater.
    2For WIA, 1200x1200 resolution. Brother Scanner 
    Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 x 19200 dpi.
    3Third party USB ports are not supported.
    4PaperPort™ 11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or 
    higher for Windows® 2000 and SP2 or higher for XP.
    5Presto!® PageManager® on the CD-ROM supports 
    Mac OS® X 10.3.9 or higher.
    For Mac OS® X 10.2.4-10.3.8 Presto!® 
    PageManager® is available as a download from the 
    Brother Solutions Center. 
    For the latest driver updates, visit 
    http://solutions.brother.com
    .
    All trademarks, brand and product names are 
    property of their respective companies.
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    D
    Consumable itemsD
    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 The first time you install a set of ink cartridges the machine will use 
    an amount of ink to fill the ink delivery tubes for high quality 
    printouts. This process will only happen once. With all following ink 
    cartridges you can print the specified number of pages.
    The cartridges provided with your machine have a lower yield than 
    standard cartridges (65%).
    Replacement Ink Cartridge
    Ink cartridge
     (DCP-145C, DCP-163C, DCP-165C, DCP-167C)
    Black (LC980BK) Yellow (LC980Y) Cyan (LC980C) Magenta (LC980M)
          
    Black - Approximately 300 pages1
    Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 260 pages1
    Ink cartridge (DCP-185C)
    Black (LC1100BK) Yellow (LC1100Y) Cyan (LC1100C) Magenta (LC1100M)
          
    Black - Approximately 450 pages1
    Yellow, Cyan and Magenta - Approximately 325 pages1
    For more information about the replacement consumables, visit us at http://www.brother.com/pageyield.
    1Approx. cartridge yield is declared in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711.
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    What is Innobella™?
    Innobella™ is a range of genuine consumables offered by Brother. 
    The name Innobella™ derives from the words Innovation and 
    Bella (meaning Beautiful in Italian) and is a representation of the 
    innovative technology providing you with beautiful“and “long 
    lasting” print results.
    When you print photo images, Brother recommends Innobella™ 
    glossy photo paper (BP71 series) for high quality. Brilliant prints are 
    made easier with Innobella™ Ink and paper. 
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    E
    This is a comprehensive list of features and terms that appear in Brother manuals. Availability of 
    these features depends on the model you purchased.
    E
    GlossaryE
    ADF (automatic document feeder)The document can be placed in the ADF 
    and scanned one page at a time 
    automatically.
    Brightness Changing the Brightness makes the whole 
    image lighter or darker.
    Contrast Setting to compensate for dark or light 
    documents, by making copies of dark 
    documents lighter and light documents 
    darker.
    Colour Enhancement Adjusts the colour in the image for better 
    print quality by improving sharpness, 
    white balance and colour density.
    Greyscale The shades of grey available for copying 
    and scanning.
    Help list A printout of the complete Menu table that 
    you can use to program your machine 
    when you do not have the Users Guide 
    with you.
    Innobella™ Innobella™ is a range of genuine 
    consumables offered by brother. For best 
    quality results Brother recommends 
    Innobella™ Ink and Paper.
    LCD (liquid crystal display) The display screen on the machine that 
    shows interactive messages during On-
    Screen Programming and shows the date 
    and time when the machine is idle.
    Menu mode  Programming mode for changing your 
    machines settings. OCR (optical character recognition)
    The bundled ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 
    11SE with OCR or Presto!
    ® 
    PageManager
    ® software application 
    converts an image of text to text you can 
    edit. 
    PhotoCapture Center™ Allows you to print digital photos from your 
    digital camera at high resolution for photo 
    quality printing.
    PictBridge Allows you to print photos directly from 
    your digital camera at high resolution for 
    photo quality printing.
    Scan to Media You can scan a monochrome or colour 
    document into a memory card or USB 
    Flash memory drive. Monochrome images 
    can be in TIFF or PDF file format and 
    colour images can be in PDF or JPEG file 
    format.
    Scanning The process of sending an electronic 
    image of a paper document into your 
    computer.
    Temporary settings You can choose certain options for each 
    copy without changing the default 
    settings.
    User Settings A printed report that shows the current 
    settings of the machine.
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    Index
    100
    F
    A
    ADF (automatic document feeder) ........... 17
    Apple® Macintosh®
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     ..................................................
    C
    Cleaning paper pick-up roller
     ...............................73
    print head
     .............................................. 73
    printer platen
     .........................................72
    scanner
     ................................................. 72
    Consumable items
     ...................................97
    Control panel overview
     ..............................6
    ControlCenter
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     ..................................................
    Copy Enlarge/Reduce
     ....................................23
    keys
     .......................................................22
    multiple
     .................................................. 22
    paper
     ..................................................... 27
    Quality key
     ............................................23
    single
     ..................................................... 22
    sort
     ........................................................ 25
    temporary settings
     ................................22
    using scanner glass
     .............................. 18
    Copy Options key (copying) Paper Size
     ............................................27
    Paper Type
     ........................................... 27
    E
    Envelopes ................................... 10, 15, 16
    Error messages on LCD
     ..........................63
    B&W Print Only
     ..................................... 63
    Cannot Detect
     .......................................63
    Cannot Print
     ..........................................64
    Init. Unable
     ............................................64
    Ink Low
     .................................................. 64
    No Cartridges
     ........................................ 64
    No Paper Fed
     ........................................ 65
    Out of Memory
     ......................................65
    Print Unable
     ..........................................65
    Scan Unable
     .........................................65
    G
    Greyscale ................................................ 93
    H
    Help
    LCD messages
     ..................................... 79
    using menu keys
     ............................... 79
    Menu Table
     .......................................... 79
    I
    Ink cartridges checking ink volume
     ............................. 75
    ink dot counter
     ...................................... 69
    replacing
     ............................................... 69
    Innobella™
     .............................................. 98
    J
    Jams document
     .............................................. 66
    paper
     .................................................... 67
    L
    LCD (liquid crystal display) ...................... 79
    Contrast
     ................................................ 19
    Help List
     ............................................... 20
    Language
     ............................................. 19
    M
    Macintosh®
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     ..................................................
    Maintenance, routine
    replacing ink cartridges
     ........................ 69
    Menu Table
     ............................................. 79
    Mode, entering PhotoCapture
     ......................................... 7
    Scan
     ....................................................... 6
    O
    Out of Memory message ......................... 65
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    F
    P
    Paper ................................................ 13, 89
    capacity
     ................................................. 16
    loading
     .................................................... 8
    size
     ....................................................... 15
    size of document
     ................................... 17
    type
     ....................................................... 15
    PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM and PaperPort™ 11SE 
    with OCR How-to-Guides.
     .........................
    PhotoCapture Center™
    Borderless
     ............................................. 39
    Cropping
     ............................................... 39
    Date Print
     .............................................. 39
    DPOF printing
     ....................................... 35
    from PC See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     ...............................................
    Memory Stick Pro™
     .............................. 30
    Memory Stick® ...................................... 30
    Print settings
    Brightness
     .......................................... 37
    Colour density
     .................................... 38
    Contrast
     ............................................. 37
    Paper type & size
     ............................... 36
    Print speed & quality
     .......................... 36
    Quality
     ................................................ 36
    Sharpness
     .......................................... 38
    White Balance
     .................................... 37
    Printing images
     ..................................... 34
    Printing Index
     ........................................ 33
    Scan to Media
     ....................................... 40
    SD
     ......................................................... 30
    SDHC
     .................................................... 30
    specifications
     ........................................ 91
    xD-Picture Card™
     ................................. 30
    PictBridge
    DPOF Printing
     ....................................... 43
    Presto!® PageManager®
    See Help in Presto!® PageManager® to 
    access the User’s Guide.
     .......................... Print
    area
     ...................................................... 12
    difficulties
     ............................................. 59
    drivers
     .................................................. 94
    improving quality
     ............................ 73, 74
    paper jams
     ........................................... 67
    reports
     .................................................. 20
    resolution
     .............................................. 94
    specifications
     ........................................ 94
    Printing on small paper
     ...................................... 11
    Programming your machine
     .................... 79
    Q
    Quality key (copying) ............................... 22
    R
    Reducing copies
     ................................................... 23
    Reports
    Help List
     ............................................... 20
    how to print
     ........................................... 20
    User Settings
     ........................................ 20
    Resolution
    copy
     ...................................................... 90
    print
     ...................................................... 94
    scan
     ...................................................... 93
    S
    Safety Instructions ................................... 54
    Scanner glass cleaning
     ................................................ 72
    using
     ..................................................... 18
    Scanning
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     .................................................
    Serial Number how to find ...............See inside front cover
     
    Shipping the machine .............................. 76
    Sleep Mode
     ............................................. 19
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    T
    Temporary copy settings ..........................22
    Transparencies
     ................................. 16, 89
    Troubleshooting
     .......................................59
    checking ink volume
     .............................. 75
    document jam
     .......................................66
    error messages on LCD
     ........................ 63
    if you are having difficulty
    copying
     ...............................................61
    PhotoCapture Center™
     ..................... 62
    printing
     ...............................................59
    scanning
     .............................................61
    software
     .............................................62
    paper jam
     .............................................. 67
    print quality
     ..................................... 73, 74
    W
    Windows®
    See Software Users Guide on the 
    CD-ROM.
     ..................................................
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