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... 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 Status Monitor...3 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning off the status monitor...4 Printer driver settings...5 Accessing the printer driver settings...5... Basic tab ...6 Media Type...6 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing...10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...10 Orientation ...11 Copies ...11 Advanced tab...12 Color ...12 ...
... 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 Status Monitor...3 Monitoring the machine's status ...4 Turning off the status monitor...4 Printer driver settings...5 Accessing the printer driver settings...5... Basic tab ...6 Media Type...6 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...8 Improve Pattern Printing...10 Paper Size ...10 Page Layout ...10 Orientation ...11 Copies ...11 Advanced tab...12 Color ...12 ...
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... compliant...28 Accessing the Scanner...28 Scanning a document into the PC ...29 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 31 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista 35 WIA compliant ...35 Accessing the scanner ...35 Scanning a document into the PC ...36 Scanning a document using ... users 44 Scan to E-mail ...44 Scan to Image ...44 Scan to OCR ...45 Scan to File...45 Scan to Media (Not available for MFC-230C 46 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR by NUANCE 49 Viewing items ...50 Organizing your items in folders ...51 Quick links to other...
... compliant...28 Accessing the Scanner...28 Scanning a document into the PC ...29 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 31 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows® XP/Windows Vista 35 WIA compliant ...35 Accessing the scanner ...35 Scanning a document into the PC ...36 Scanning a document using ... users 44 Scan to E-mail ...44 Scan to Image ...44 Scan to OCR ...45 Scan to File...45 Scan to Media (Not available for MFC-230C 46 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR by NUANCE 49 Viewing items ...50 Organizing your items in folders ...51 Quick links to other...
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... data from the memory ...113 Checking the print quality ...113 Status Monitor ...114 Using the Brother Ink driver ...115 Choosing page setup options ...115 Choosing printing options ...116 Media Type...117 Quality ...117 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...118 Drag a Vcard from the Mac OS® X Address Book application ...Scan to E-mail ...126 Scan to Image ...127 Scan to OCR ...127 Scan to File...128 Scan to Media (Not available for MFC-230C 128 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...131 Features ...131 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 131 Technical support ...132 iv
... data from the memory ...113 Checking the print quality ...113 Status Monitor ...114 Using the Brother Ink driver ...115 Choosing page setup options ...115 Choosing printing options ...116 Media Type...117 Quality ...117 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...118 Drag a Vcard from the Mac OS® X Address Book application ...Scan to E-mail ...126 Scan to Image ...127 Scan to OCR ...127 Scan to File...128 Scan to Media (Not available for MFC-230C 128 Using Presto!® PageManager® ...131 Features ...131 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager 131 Technical support ...132 iv
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... N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you may vary depending on your operating system. • If your machine communicate with the machine. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you only have to configure the firewall settings. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from...
... N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you may vary depending on your operating system. • If your machine communicate with the machine. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you only have to configure the firewall settings. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from...
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b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your application. The printer properties dialog box appears. 1 1 1 5 Printing Printer driver settings You can change the following printer settings when you print 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 a Click File, then Print in your model name) and click Properties.
b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your application. The printer properties dialog box appears. 1 1 1 5 Printing Printer driver settings You can change the following printer settings when you print 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 a Click File, then Print in your model name) and click Properties.
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...slowly. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on should be selected in the driver. Basic tab 5 Printing 1 1 1 2 4 3 a Choose your chosen settings. Note ...way it prints depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies 6 This setting... may cause some slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color...
...slowly. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on should be selected in the driver. Basic tab 5 Printing 1 1 1 2 4 3 a Choose your chosen settings. Note ...way it prints depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies 6 This setting... may cause some slight blurring of Quality, Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and Color...
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...one for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). Custom If you want to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. Auto The printer driver... automatically chooses the image type. Photo Use for photographic images. Graphics Use for your 1 image type. Printing Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, ...
...one for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art). Custom If you want to choose the color matching and halftone method, choose this mode. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly. Auto The printer driver... automatically chooses the image type. Photo Use for photographic images. Graphics Use for your 1 image type. Printing Image Type 1 The printer driver will choose the most suitable color matching and half tone method, ...
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Set Quick Print Setup to use the photo paper tray when you quickly choose driver settings. To view and change settings, click the tasktray icon. Photo Bypass Tray Help (Not available for MFC-230C) 1 Set the Photo Bypass Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to On and choose the function which should be displayed in the Quick Print Setup icon. Quick Print Setup Printing 1 1 The Quick Print Setup feature lets you select Photo or Photo L paper. 19
Set Quick Print Setup to use the photo paper tray when you quickly choose driver settings. To view and change settings, click the tasktray icon. Photo Bypass Tray Help (Not available for MFC-230C) 1 Set the Photo Bypass Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to On and choose the function which should be displayed in the Quick Print Setup icon. Quick Print Setup Printing 1 1 The Quick Print Setup feature lets you select Photo or Photo L paper. 19
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... display the following screen: Printing 1 1 Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a website offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine. Genuine Supplies Website The Genuine Supplies Website offers information about your Brother genuine supplies. Check Setting You...
... display the following screen: Printing 1 1 Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a website offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User's Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine. Genuine Supplies Website The Genuine Supplies Website offers information about your Brother genuine supplies. Check Setting You...
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f Click Print in the Print settings dialog box and your Brother machine. a Open the photo data. c Auto Red eye Detection finds all ... d Click OK. 26 a Open the photo data. Printing 1 Note If you reduce red-eye in the printer driver dialog. Smart Portrait 1 The Smart Portrait function detects faces in the image and marks them as dotted boxes. Click OK.... Red-eye Reduction 1 The Red-eye Reduction function lets you want to adjust the color of the skin tone automatically. b Click the Smart Portait icon to reduce red eye automatically. You can ...
f Click Print in the Print settings dialog box and your Brother machine. a Open the photo data. c Auto Red eye Detection finds all ... d Click OK. 26 a Open the photo data. Printing 1 Note If you reduce red-eye in the printer driver dialog. Smart Portrait 1 The Smart Portrait function detects faces in the image and marks them as dotted boxes. Click OK.... Red-eye Reduction 1 The Red-eye Reduction function lets you want to adjust the color of the skin tone automatically. b Click the Smart Portait icon to reduce red eye automatically. You can ...
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...is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you may vary when using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. These applications include popular programs, such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe® PageMaker®, CorelDraw... compliant on page 28) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using . This means that you can not only scan images directly into the PaperPort™ 11SE viewer that Brother included with OCR by NUANCE™ on page 49. • If your...
...is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you may vary when using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. These applications include popular programs, such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe® PageMaker®, CorelDraw... compliant on page 28) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using . This means that you can not only scan images directly into the PaperPort™ 11SE viewer that Brother included with OCR by NUANCE™ on page 49. • If your...
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... compliant 2 2 For Windows® XP/Windows Vista™ you can scan images directly into any other applications that Brother included with your model name). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Available Scanners list. b Click File, then Scan or Get Photo. c Click Select button...
... compliant 2 2 For Windows® XP/Windows Vista™ you can scan images directly into any other applications that Brother included with your model name). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Available Scanners list. b Click File, then Scan or Get Photo. c Click Select button...
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Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze and you could lose your model name)/Scanner ... You must restart your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the Scan dialog box. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your file. Running the utility You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced ...
Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may freeze and you could lose your model name)/Scanner ... You must restart your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the Scan dialog box. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your file. Running the utility You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced ...
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...the document. The Scan dialog box appears: Go to Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways to scan a whole page. b Do one of a page after pre-scanning the document, you want to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File... Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass on page 41 Scanning a document into the PC on page 42.) Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Vista™ Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your document. 41 d Click Import. If ...
...the document. The Scan dialog box appears: Go to Scanning a document into the PC 2 There are two ways to scan a whole page. b Do one of a page after pre-scanning the document, you want to scan and then crop a portion of the following: For Windows Photo Gallery Click File... Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass on page 41 Scanning a document into the PC on page 42.) Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Vista™ Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) 2 2 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your document. 41 d Click Import. If ...
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...correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. Scanning using the (Scan) key, see Using the Scan key on page 58.) For details about how to configure the scan settings and to launch the application of the Device Button tab, Black Start or Color Start do not change between color and...Scan key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. Before you can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed. Press OK...
...correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. Scanning using the (Scan) key, see Using the Scan key on page 58.) For details about how to configure the scan settings and to launch the application of the Device Button tab, Black Start or Color Start do not change between color and...Scan key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. Before you can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed. Press OK...
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... USB Flash memory drive or the memory card directly to a specific application. FaceFilter Studio Lets you use the PC and any standard printer driver installed on page 21.) COPY 3 Lets you copy the files on the USB Flash memory drive or the memory card and launch the FaceFilter Studio... buttons. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you can direct the copy output to any printer driver for enhanced copy operations. PHOTOCAPTURE 3 There are four ways of accessing data stored on a USB Flash memory drive or a...
... USB Flash memory drive or the memory card directly to a specific application. FaceFilter Studio Lets you use the PC and any standard printer driver installed on page 21.) COPY 3 Lets you copy the files on the USB Flash memory drive or the memory card and launch the FaceFilter Studio... buttons. You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the machine's printer driver, or you can direct the copy output to any printer driver for enhanced copy operations. PHOTOCAPTURE 3 There are four ways of accessing data stored on a USB Flash memory drive or a...
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...to 30 characters) and choose Copy Ratio. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings to display the printer driver settings. 72 Enter a name in Please enter a name for the Copy Button text field (up to let you use advanced copy functions such as N... in 1 printing. 3 To use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by right-clicking the button and choosing the ControlCenter Configuration. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can be used.
...to 30 characters) and choose Copy Ratio. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings to display the printer driver settings. 72 Enter a name in Please enter a name for the Copy Button text field (up to let you use advanced copy functions such as N... in 1 printing. 3 To use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by right-clicking the button and choosing the ControlCenter Configuration. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 The Copy1 to Copy4 buttons can be used.
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ControlCenter3 3 In the printer driver settings dialog box, you have chosen. 73 Note • You must configure each of the copy buttons before they can be used. • The Print Options screen will vary depending on the model of printer you can choose advanced settings for printing.
ControlCenter3 3 In the printer driver settings dialog box, you have chosen. 73 Note • You must configure each of the copy buttons before they can be used. • The Print Options screen will vary depending on the model of printer you can choose advanced settings for printing.
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b From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to print such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK. You can change the settings for pop-up menu, choose the size of paper you want to start printing. 9 To do borderless printing 9 From the Paper Size pop-up menu. Printing and Faxing Using the Brother Ink driver 9 Choosing page setup options 9 a From an application such as Letter (borderless). 115
b From an application such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Print to print such as Apple® TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK. You can change the settings for pop-up menu, choose the size of paper you want to start printing. 9 To do borderless printing 9 From the Paper Size pop-up menu. Printing and Faxing Using the Brother Ink driver 9 Choosing page setup options 9 a From an application such as Letter (borderless). 115
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...speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 dpi. 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 Note The default settings are related. Printing and Faxing Media Type 9 For the... Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies Quality 9 The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution you choose. Highest Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi. (See Resolution in the driver. Better print quality than ...
...speed. Fast Normal 600 × 300 dpi. 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 Note The default settings are related. Printing and Faxing Media Type 9 For the... Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper Other Photo Paper Transparencies Quality 9 The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution you choose. Highest Up to 1200 × 6000 dpi. (See Resolution in the driver. Better print quality than ...