Brother DCP 185C User Manual
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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 Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
94 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 Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
Specifications95 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. Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
96 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. Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
Specifications97
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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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98 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. Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
99 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. Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
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 Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
101 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 Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals
102 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. .................................................. Downloaded from ManualsPrinter.com Manuals