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Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'. This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Version A SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users;
Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'. This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Version A SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users;
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Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status ... ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant......
Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status ... ...8 Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only 10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...11 Orientation ...11 Copies ...12 Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only 12 Advanced tab...13 Color ...14 Scaling ...16 Watermark ...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant......
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...the user interface ...46 Turning the AutoLoad feature off...46 SCAN...47 CUSTOM SCAN ...47 PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C 47 COPY ...48 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...48 DEVICE SETTING...48 SCAN...49 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint)...49 OCR (Word Processing program) ...51 ... ...63 Send ...63 Receive/View Received (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 64 Address Book ...65 Setup ...65 DEVICE SETTING...66 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 66 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 67 Ink Level ...67 User's Guide...67 4 Network ...
...the user interface ...46 Turning the AutoLoad feature off...46 SCAN...47 CUSTOM SCAN ...47 PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C 47 COPY ...48 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...48 DEVICE SETTING...48 SCAN...49 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint)...49 OCR (Word Processing program) ...51 ... ...63 Send ...63 Receive/View Received (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 64 Address Book ...65 Setup ...65 DEVICE SETTING...66 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 66 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 67 Ink Level ...67 User's Guide...67 4 Network ...
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Scan to Image ...72 Scan to OCR ...72 Scan to File...73 5 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Remote Setup...74 6 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) PC-FAX sending ...76 Setting up user information...77 Sending setup...78 Setting up a cover page...79 Entering cover ...page information...79 Address Book ...80 Speed Dial setup ...81 Brother Address Book ...82 Setting up a member in the Address...
Scan to Image ...72 Scan to OCR ...72 Scan to File...73 5 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Remote Setup...74 6 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) PC-FAX sending ...76 Setting up user information...77 Sending setup...78 Setting up a cover page...79 Entering cover ...page information...79 Address Book ...80 Speed Dial setup ...81 Brother Address Book ...82 Setting up a member in the Address...
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...memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X...Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...119 Features ...119 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 119 Technical support ...120 10 ...
...memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X...Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...119 Features ...119 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 119 Technical support ...120 10 ...
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... Scan to File...134 COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX is not available for DCP models 135 DEVICE SETTINGS ...136 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 136 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 137 Ink Level ...137 11 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network...141 Scan to OCR ...141 Scan to File...142 12 Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center® Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 143 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C 145 For USB cable users ...145 For network users (For models with built-in network support 147 I Index v
... Scan to File...134 COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX is not available for DCP models 135 DEVICE SETTINGS ...136 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 136 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 137 Ink Level ...137 11 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network...141 Scan to OCR ...141 Scan to File...142 12 Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center® Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C 143 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C 145 For USB cable users ...145 For network users (For models with built-in network support 147 I Index v
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Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
Section I Windows® I Printing 2 Scanning 22 ControlCenter3 44 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 68 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) 74 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76 PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
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Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you can ... PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray. A green icon indicates the normal stand-by choosing Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC-in the tasktray or by condition. A yellow icon indicates a warning. A red icon indicates an error has occurred...
Printing Status Monitor 1 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you can ... PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray. A green icon indicates the normal stand-by choosing Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC-in the tasktray or by condition. A yellow icon indicates a warning. A red icon indicates an error has occurred...
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...steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on your PC. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the following printer settings when you want to switch off the status monitor ... any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File...
...steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on your PC. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can change the following printer settings when you want to switch off the status monitor ... any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File...
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...Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 d Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). Note This area (5) shows the current settings of Copies and the... page order (2). c Select the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only) Note If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from Tray 1 and when Tray 1 is empty, paper will automatically...
...Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color/Grayscale. 6 d Click OK (3) to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3). Note This area (5) shows the current settings of Copies and the... page order (2). c Select the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only) Note If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from Tray 1 and when Tray 1 is empty, paper will automatically...
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...dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Transparencies Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ...Media Type 1 To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the processing time, data transfer time and print ...
...dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Transparencies Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, ...Media Type 1 To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is much larger than a normal document, the processing time, data transfer time and print ...
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...Paper Size in the opposite order. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is the same type and size. Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed according ...to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of the document is unchecked, then each page will take paper from which the machine will be printed and then reprinted according to...
...Paper Size in the opposite order. Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that is the same type and size. Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed according ...to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of the document is unchecked, then each page will take paper from which the machine will be printed and then reprinted according to...
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Or click the Scan button. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during .... The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 The Scan panel appears in this Guide are for when you are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click ...
Or click the Scan button. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during .... The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 The Scan panel appears in this Guide are for when you are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click ...
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...images. b Click File, then Scan. Or click the Scan button. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Accessing the scanner... scanning. c Choose the scanner you are based on the left side of the screen. Scanning Scanning a document using from other applications that Brother included with your software application to scan the document. You can scan images directly into any other applications.
...images. b Click File, then Scan. Or click the Scan button. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Accessing the scanner... scanning. c Choose the scanner you are based on the left side of the screen. Scanning Scanning a document using from other applications that Brother included with your software application to scan the document. You can scan images directly into any other applications.
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... machine starts scanning the document. You must restart your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in the PaperPort® SE window (or your PC ...for the new settings to set Legal size as the document is your file. 33 If you are trying to scan. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze as the...
... machine starts scanning the document. You must restart your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in the PaperPort® SE window (or your PC ...for the new settings to set Legal size as the document is your file. 33 If you are trying to scan. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze as the...
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...(*.PDF) or TIFF file formats (*.TIF). b Press the (Scan) key. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can change the color, quality and file name. The machine starts the scanning process. File names are based on the settings you want to change between... color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the scan type option on the Device Button tab...
...(*.PDF) or TIFF file formats (*.TIF). b Press the (Scan) key. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can change the color, quality and file name. The machine starts the scanning process. File names are based on the settings you want to change between... color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the scan type option on the Device Button tab...
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... card before putting the media card back in the resolution setting, you want . e Press a or b to choose the file type you cannot choose JPEG. Do one of the following: To change the first 6 digits of your data or damage the card. f Press a or b to choose the quality you can...only change the file type, go to e. To start scanning without changing any settings, press Black Start or Color Start. However, you want . You can creat a name of the file name. (MFC models only) Press OK. Note Press Stop/Exit or Clear/Back to Card. Scanning CAUTION DO NOT unplug the...
... card before putting the media card back in the resolution setting, you want . e Press a or b to choose the file type you cannot choose JPEG. Do one of the following: To change the first 6 digits of your data or damage the card. f Press a or b to choose the quality you can...only change the file type, go to e. To start scanning without changing any settings, press Black Start or Color Start. However, you want . You can creat a name of the file name. (MFC models only) Press OK. Note Press Stop/Exit or Clear/Back to Card. Scanning CAUTION DO NOT unplug the...
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... or PDF. f Press Stop/Exit. b Press a or b to choose B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi or Color 600 dpi. c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) 2 a Press Menu. Press OK. Changing the default black & white file format 2 (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) 2 a Press Menu, 4, 9, 2. d Press a or b to Card. Press OK. Press OK...
... or PDF. f Press Stop/Exit. b Press a or b to choose B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi or Color 600 dpi. c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) 2 a Press Menu. Press OK. Changing the default black & white file format 2 (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) 2 a Press Menu, 4, 9, 2. d Press a or b to Card. Press OK. Press OK...
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c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) a Press Menu. b Press a or b to Card. Press OK. Scanning 2 2 2 2 39 Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. Changing the default color file format (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) a Press Menu, 4, 9, 3. c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose 2.PhotoCapture. d Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. e Press a or b to choose 3.Color File Type. f Press Stop/Exit. b Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. Press OK.
c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) a Press Menu. b Press a or b to Card. Press OK. Scanning 2 2 2 2 39 Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. Changing the default color file format (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) a Press Menu, 4, 9, 3. c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose 2.PhotoCapture. d Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. e Press a or b to choose 3.Color File Type. f Press Stop/Exit. b Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. Press OK.
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... scan feature. These access methods are three ways of image 3 editing application on your machine choose the Device Button tab in the configuration menu for MFC-3360C) 3 There are only available when the machine is connected to the PC by right-clicking a button and following the configuration menus.
... scan feature. These access methods are three ways of image 3 editing application on your machine choose the Device Button tab in the configuration menu for MFC-3360C) 3 There are only available when the machine is connected to the PC by right-clicking a button and following the configuration menus.