Using The Mfc As A Printer Features; Printer Driver; Choosing The Right Kind Of Paper; Multi-Purpose Sheet Feeder - Brother MFC-3100C Owner's Manual

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Using the MFC as a Printer
Features
The Multi-Function Centre offers you many features you'll find in a high quality ink jet printer.
Fast Printing Speed—Using Draft mode, you can print up to 8 pages per minute in full color, and
up to 10 pages per minute in black.
Brilliant High Quality Output—Printing at 2400 × 1200 dpi resolution on glossy paper gives you
highest resolution output.
Beautiful Elaborate Output—You can utilize 2 in 1, watermark printing, True2Life technology
and other features for making beautiful outputs.
Low Running Cost—Whenever you run out of a particular color ink, you'll replace only the
cartridge that's empty.
Bi-directional Parallel Interface—The parallel interface allows bi-directional
(IEEE 1284 compliant) communication with your computer.
USB—Universal Serial Bus Interface allows for fast comunication with your computer.
Straight Paper Path—The MFC can use various types of paper: plain paper, Ink Jet Paper, glossy
paper, transparencies, and envelopes. Using the appropriate paper reduces the occurrence of paper
jams. For complete information about what kinds of paper to use with the MFC, please read
Chapter 3 in this manual.

Printer Driver

You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer:
I Quality (Speed) /Media
I Color Matching
I Halftone
I Color Enhance/True2Life
I Fast Draft Mode
I Watermark
I Print Date & Time

Choosing the Right Kind of Paper

To achieve high quality printing using your MFC, it's very important to select the right kind of
paper. Be sure to read See Paper, page 149 of Chapter 21 in this manual before selecting and
purchasing paper for the MFC.

Multi-purpose Sheet Feeder

The multi-purpose sheet feeder can feed plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and
envelopes. When the MFC receives data from your computer, it begins the print process by loading
paper from the multi-purpose sheet feeder.
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Select the print command from your PC.
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Your PC sends a print command and data to the MFC. The LCD shows RECEIVING DATA.
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