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Specifications Computer requirements D SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS Computer Platform & Operating System Version Windows® Operating System Windows® XP Home 1 4 Windows® XP Professional 1 4 Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition 1 4 Windows Vista® 1 4 Windows® 7 1 4 Windows Server® 2003 (print only via network) Windows Server® 2003 x64 Edition (print only via network) Windows Server® 2003 R2 (print only via network) Windows Server® 2003 R2 x64 Edition (print only via network) Windows Server® 2008 (print only via network) Macintosh Operating System Windows Server® 2008 R2 (print only via network) Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x Mac OS X 10.6.x Supported PC Software Functions Printing, PC Fax 3, Scanning, Removable Disk 5 Printing Printing, PC Fax Send 3, Scanning, Removable Disk 5 PC Interface USB, Wireless 802.11b/g/n Wireless 802.11b/g/n USB 2, Wireless 802.11b/g/n Processor Minimum Speed Intel® Pentium® II or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU 64-bit (Intel® 64 or AMD64) supported CPU PowerPC® G4/G5 Intel® Processor Intel® Processor Hard Disk Space to install Minimum Recommended RAM RAM For For Drivers Applications 128 MB 256 MB 150 MB 1 GB 256 MB 512 MB 150 MB 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB 500 MB 1.3 GB 1 GB (32 bit) 2 GB (64 bit) 1 GB (32 bit) 2 GB (64 bit) 650 MB 1.3 GB 256 MB 512 MB 50 MB N/A 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 512 MB 1 GB 80 MB 550 MB 1 GB 2 GB Conditions: 1 For WIA, 1200  1200 resolution. Brother Scanner For the latest driver updates, visit us at Utility enables to enhance up to 19200  19200 dpi. (in USA) www.brother.com/ 2 3 Third party USB ports are not supported. PC Fax supports black and white only. (MFC-J280W: PC Fax Send is only supported.) (in Canada) www.brother.ca/ All trademarks, brand and product names are the D 4 PaperPort™12SE supports Windows® XP Home property of their respective companies. (SP3 or greater), XP Professional (SP3 or greater), XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or greater), Windows Vista® (SP2 or greater) and Windows® 7. 5 Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture Center™. (MFC-J625DW only) 129

Section	Page
BASIC USER’S GUIDE MFC-J280W MFC-J625DW	1
Brother numbers	3
Register your product	3
FAQs (frequently asked questions)	3
For Customer Service	3
Ordering accessories and supplies	4
Notice - Disclaimer of Warranties (USA and Canada)	6
Compilation and Publication Notice	7
User's Guides and where do I find it?	8
Table of Contents	9
1 General information	15
Using the documentation	15
Symbols and conventions used in the documentation	15
Accessing the Advanced User’s Guide, Software User’s Guide, Network User’s Guide, and Network Glossary	16
Viewing Documentation	16
Viewing Documentation (Windows®)	16
Viewing Documentation (Macintosh)	16
How to find Scanning instructions	17
How to find Network setup instructions	17
Accessing Brother Support (Windows®)	18
Accessing Brother Support (Macintosh)	19
Control panel overview	20
1.9\	22
Status LED (MFC-J625DW only)	23
Basic Operations	23
Favorite Settings	24
Registering Favorite Settings	24
Changing Favorite Settings	25
Deleting Favorite Settings	25
Recalling Favorite Settings	25
2 Loading paper	26
Loading paper and other print media	26
Loading envelopes and postcards	29
About envelopes	29
Loading envelopes and postcards	29
Loading photo paper (MFC-J625DW only)	31
Printable area	34
Paper settings	35
Paper Type	35
Paper Size	35
Acceptable paper and other print media	36
Recommended print media	36
Handling and using print media	37
Paper capacity of the output paper tray cover	37
Choosing the right print media	38
Paper type and size for each operation	38
Paper weight, thickness and capacity	39
3 Loading documents	40
How to load documents	40
Using the ADF (MFC-J625DW only)	40
Document Sizes and Weights	40
How to load documents	40
Using the scanner glass	41
Document Sizes Supported	41
How to load documents	41
Unscannable area	42
4 Sending a fax	43
How to send a fax	43
Stop faxing	45
Setting scanner glass size for faxing	45
Color fax transmission	45
Canceling a fax in progress	45
Transmission Verification Report	45
5 Receiving a fax	47
Receive Modes	47
Choose the correct Receive Mode	47
Using Receive Modes	49
Fax Only	49
Fax/Tel	49
Manual	49
External TAD	49
Receive Mode settings	50
Ring Delay	50
F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)	50
Easy Receive	51
If Easy Receive is On:	51
If Easy Receive is Off:	51
6 Telephone services and external devices	52
Telephone services	52
Voice Mail	52
Distinctive Ring	53
What does your telephone company's “Distinctive Ring” do?	53
What does Brother's “Distinctive Ring” do?	53
Do you have Voice Mail?	53
Before you choose the ring pattern to register	53
Registering the Distinctive Ring pattern	54
Turning off Distinctive Ring	54
Connecting an external TAD (telephone answering device)	55
Connections	56
Recording an outgoing message (OGM) on an external TAD	56
Multi-line connections (PBX)	57
External and extension telephones	57
Connecting an external or extension telephone	57
Using external and extension telephones	58
If you answer a call and no one is on the line:	58
Using a non-Brother cordless external telephone	58
Using remote codes	58
Fax Receive code	58
Telephone Answer Code	58
Changing the remote codes	59
7 Dialing and storing numbers	60
How to dial	60
Manual dialing	60
Speed Dialing	60
Fax Redial	60
Storing numbers	61
Storing a pause	61
Storing Speed Dial numbers	61
Changing Speed Dial names or numbers	62
8 Making copies	64
How to copy	64
Stop copying	64
Copy settings	65
Paper Options	65
Paper Type	65
Paper Size	66
9 PhotoCapture Center™: Printing photos from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive (MFC-J625DW only)	67
PhotoCapture Center™ operations (PHOTO mode)	67
Using a memory card or USB Flash memory drive	67
Getting started	68
Print Images	70
View Photos	70
PhotoCapture Center™ print settings	70
How to scan to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive	71
10 How to print from a computer	72
Printing a document	72
11 How to scan to a computer	73
Scanning a document	73
Scanning using the SCAN key	73
Scanning using a scanner driver	74
Scanning using the ControlCenter	74
A Routine maintenance	75
Replacing the ink cartridges	75
Cleaning and checking the machine	78
Cleaning the scanner	78
Cleaning the print head	79
Checking the print quality	79
Checking the print alignment	80
B Troubleshooting	81
Error and Maintenance messages	81
Error animation	89
Transferring your faxes or Fax Journal report (MFC-J625DW only)	89
Transferring faxes to another fax machine	89
Transferring faxes to your PC	89
Transferring the Fax Journal report to another fax machine	90
Document jam (MFC-J625DW)	90
Document is jammed in the top of the ADF unit	90
Document is jammed inside the ADF unit	91
Printer jam or paper jam	91
Paper is jammed at the front of the machine (MFC-J625DW)	91
Paper is jammed at the back of the machine (MFC-J625DW)	93
Paper is jammed at the front and back of the machine	94
Troubleshooting	97
If you are having difficulty with your machine	97
Dial Tone	107
Telephone line interference / VoIP	107
Machine Information	108
Checking the serial number	108
Reset functions	108
How to reset the machine	108
C Menu and features	109
On-screen programming	109
Menu table	110
Entering Text	132
Inserting spaces	132
Making corrections	132
Repeating letters	132
D Specifications	133
General	133
Print media	135
Fax	136
Copy	137
PhotoCapture Center™ (MFC-J625DW only)	138
PictBridge (MFC-J625DW only)	139
Scanner	140
Printer	141
Interfaces	142
Computer requirements	143
Consumable items	144
Network (LAN)	145
Index	146

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Computer requirements

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

Computer Platform &

Operating System Version

Supported

PC Software

Functions

Interface

Processor

Minimum

Speed

Minimum

RAM

Recommended

RAM

Hard Disk Space to install

For

Drivers

For

Applications

Windows

Operating

System

Windows

XP Home

Windows

Professional

Printing,

PC Fax

Scanning,

Removable

Disk

USB,

Wireless

802.11b/g/n

Intel

Pentium

or equivalent

128 MB

256 MB

150 MB

1 GB

Windows

XP Professional

x64 Edition

64-bit (Intel

64 or

AMD64) supported CPU

256 MB

512 MB

150 MB

1 GB

Windows Vista

®14

Intel

Pentium

or equivalent

64-bit (Intel

or AMD64)

supported CPU

512 MB

1 GB

500 MB

1.3 GB

Windows

1 GB

(32 bit)

2 GB

(64 bit)

1 GB

(32 bit)

2 GB

(64 bit)

650 MB

1.3 GB

Windows Server

2003

(print only via network)

Printing

Wireless

802.11b/g/n

Intel

Pentium

III

or equivalent

256 MB

512 MB

50 MB

N/A

Windows Server

2003

x64 Edition (print only

via network)

64-bit (Intel

or AMD64)

supported CPU

Windows Server

2003

R2 (print only via network)

Intel

Pentium

III

or equivalent

Windows Server

2003

R2 x64 Edition (print

only via network)

64-bit (Intel

or AMD64)

supported CPU

512 MB

1 GB

Windows Server

2008

(print only via network)

Intel

Pentium

4 or

equivalent 64-bit

(Intel

64 or AMD64)

supported CPU

2 GB

Windows Server

2008

R2 (print only via network)

64-bit (Intel

64 or

AMD64) supported CPU

Macintosh

Operating

System

Mac OS X

10.4.11, 10.5.x

Printing,

PC Fax

Send

Scanning,

Removable

Disk

USB

Wireless

802.11b/g/n

PowerPC

G4/G5

Intel

Processor

512 MB

1 GB

80 MB

550 MB

Mac OS X 10.6.x

Intel

Processor

1 GB

2 GB

Conditions:

For WIA, 1200



1200 resolution. Brother Scanner

Utility enables to enhance up to 19200



19200 dpi.

Third party USB ports are not supported.

PC Fax supports black and white only. (MFC-J280W:

PC Fax Send is only supported.)

PaperPort™12SE supports Windows

XP Home

(SP3 or greater), XP Professional (SP3 or greater),

XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or greater),

Windows Vista

(SP2 or greater) and Windows

Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture

Center™. (MFC-J625DW only)

For the latest driver updates, visit us at

(in USA)

www.brother.com/

(in Canada)

www.brother.ca/

All trademarks, brand and product names are the

property of their respective companies.