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Version A This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users; Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
Version A This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users; Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
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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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... (PCC: PhotoCapture Center 59 Copy From PCC ...59 Copy To Application ...60 COPY ...61 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...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 Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Before using Network Scanning ......
... (PCC: PhotoCapture Center 59 Copy From PCC ...59 Copy To Application ...60 COPY ...61 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ...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 Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Before using Network Scanning ......
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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...... style user interface 86 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface 87 PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 89 Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine 90 Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC 91 Setting up your...
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...... style user interface 86 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface 87 PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C 89 Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine 90 Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC 91 Setting up your...
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... ...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®...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 ...
... ...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®...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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...-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 support) Before using Network Scanning ...138...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
...-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 support) Before using Network Scanning ...138...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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... on the desktop. 4 Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you start up your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the tasktray. A green icon indicates the normal stand-by condition. A yellow icon indicates a warning. A red icon indicates an error has... the status of error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. There are two locations where you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help.
... on the desktop. 4 Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you start up your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the tasktray. A green icon indicates the normal stand-by condition. A yellow icon indicates a warning. A red icon indicates an error has... the status of error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. There are two locations where you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help.
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... (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, then Print in your application. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor...
... (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, then Print in your application. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor...
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..., 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 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...
..., 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 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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...× 600 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 Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal..., Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, Highest Normal, Fine Note • The default settings are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C...
...× 600 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 Print Quality Selection Fast, Fast Normal, Normal..., Fine Fine, Photo Fine, Photo, Highest Normal, Fine Note • The default settings are shown in bold. • For DCP-130C and MFC-240C...
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Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will take paper from Tray 1. When Tray 1 is printed. If you ..., Auto Select allows the machine take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray 2 does not support Borderless printing. 12 Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies...
Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1 The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will take paper from Tray 1. When Tray 1 is printed. If you ..., Auto Select allows the machine take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that will be printed (1 to 999). 1 1 Collate 1 With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document in Tray 2. • Tray 2 does not support Borderless printing. 12 Printing Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies...
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.... The Scan panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. 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 Scan panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. 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...
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... The instructions for scanning in this Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you can... applications that support WIA or TWAIN scanning. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click File, then Scan. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan the document.
... The instructions for scanning in this Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you can... applications that support WIA or TWAIN scanning. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click File, then Scan. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan the document.
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... the utility You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you are trying to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the file you could lose... the paper size. Click OK after you need to scan. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your application window). Scanning f If you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in the Scan...
... the utility You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you are trying to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the file you could lose... the paper size. Click OK after you need to scan. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your application window). Scanning f If you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in the Scan...
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... configuration screen. (See File on page 53.) Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can scan black and white and color documents directly to a media card. b Press the (Scan) key. The machine starts the scanning process. Color documents may be read. 3 This product supports xD-Picture Card™ Type M/Type...
... configuration screen. (See File on page 53.) Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 2 You can scan black and white and color documents directly to a media card. b Press the (Scan) key. The machine starts the scanning process. Color documents may be read. 3 This product supports xD-Picture Card™ Type M/Type...
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...entered. You can creat a name of the following : To change the first 6 digits of the file name. (MFC models only) Press OK. b Load your data or damage the card. Press OK. Do one of your PC at once before the PC is flashing, you put in another media card before putting... Press Stop/Exit or Clear/Back to g. To start scanning without changing any settings, press Black Start or Color Start. If you must restart your choice using the dial pad. Do one of the following: To change the file name, go to choose the quality you cannot choose JPEG. d ...
...entered. You can creat a name of the following : To change the first 6 digits of the file name. (MFC models only) Press OK. b Load your data or damage the card. Press OK. Do one of your PC at once before the PC is flashing, you put in another media card before putting... Press Stop/Exit or Clear/Back to g. To start scanning without changing any settings, press Black Start or Color Start. If you must restart your choice using the dial pad. Do one of the following: To change the file name, go to choose the quality you cannot choose JPEG. d ...
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... Press Stop/Exit. 38 c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose 2.B/W File Type. 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. e Press a or b to choose 2.PhotoCapture. b Press a or...For DCP-130C) 2 a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi or 2 Color 600 dpi. Press OK. Scanning Changing the default quality 2 (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) 2 a Press Menu, 4, 9, 1. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose TIFF ...
... Press Stop/Exit. 38 c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose 2.B/W File Type. 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. e Press a or b to choose 2.PhotoCapture. b Press a or...For DCP-130C) 2 a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi or 2 Color 600 dpi. Press OK. Scanning Changing the default quality 2 (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) 2 a Press Menu, 4, 9, 1. Press OK. b Press a or b to choose TIFF ...
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Changing the default color file format (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) a Press Menu, 4, 9, 3. Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose PDF or JPEG. Press OK. f Press Stop/Exit. c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) a Press Menu. e Press a or b to Card. d Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. b Press a or b to choose 3.Color File Type. Scanning 2 2 2 2 39 b Press a or b to choose 2.PhotoCapture.
Changing the default color file format (For MFC-5460CN and 5860CN) a Press Menu, 4, 9, 3. Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose 0.Scan to choose PDF or JPEG. Press OK. f Press Stop/Exit. c Press Stop/Eixt. (For DCP-130C) a Press Menu. e Press a or b to Card. d Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG. b Press a or b to choose 3.Color File Type. Scanning 2 2 2 2 39 b Press a or b to choose 2.PhotoCapture.
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... Microsoft® Paint, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Adobe® PhotoShop®, or any graphic viewer/editor application. PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of accessing data stored on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document...
... Microsoft® Paint, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Adobe® PhotoShop®, or any graphic viewer/editor application. PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of accessing data stored on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document...