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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...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...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 ...
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...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...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 ...
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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 ... an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 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®...
... 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 ... an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 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®...
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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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... description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on the CD-ROM supplied with other...Setup Guide. Install those drivers by a firewall, and is unable to print, you are from Windows® XP. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you may need to... in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you only have to allow communication through port number 137. Ethernet ...
... description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on the CD-ROM supplied with other...Setup Guide. Install those drivers by a firewall, and is unable to print, you are from Windows® XP. Low Running Cost Whenever you run out of the model you may need to... in Specifications in the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you only have to allow communication through port number 137. Ethernet ...
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...you print from the Start menu on your PC. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to switch off , you... 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...
...you print from the Start menu on your PC. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to switch off , you... 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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From the drop-down list choose the size of paper you see on your output. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. You can also choose the borderless setting ...
From the drop-down list choose the size of paper you see on your output. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. You can also choose the borderless setting ...
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...position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on one in the application. 11 Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your print size and ...prints the document in poster print mode. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can...
...position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on one in the application. 11 Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your print size and ...prints the document in poster print mode. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can...
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... all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can print the watermark in the background of the watermark. Print Watermark...
... all pages On first page only From second page Custom 17 In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can print the watermark in the background of the watermark. Print Watermark...
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...SE, see Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal ...protocol for more . 22 Windows® XP users can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 29). Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and ...
...SE, see Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal ...protocol for more . 22 Windows® XP users can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 29). Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and ...
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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. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft...
.... 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. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft...
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.... b Adjust the following settings, if needed . 24 When scanning is used to preview an image and also lets you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you are satisfied you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left mouse button...
.... b Adjust the following settings, if needed . 24 When scanning is used to preview an image and also lets you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you are satisfied you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left mouse button...
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...the options available to web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 The default settings are listed in the table below: Image Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300...document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Note Skip this step if you want to its e Load your application window). g In the PaperPort® SE window, use the icon to restore the image to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. Resolution and Scan...
...the options available to web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 The default settings are listed in the table below: Image Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300...document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Note Skip this step if you want to its e Load your application window). g In the PaperPort® SE window, use the icon to restore the image to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. Resolution and Scan...
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...any other applications. d Click Scan. Note 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. You can choose... Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. 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 can...
...any other applications. d Click Scan. Note 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. You can choose... Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. 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 can...
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...of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your PC for the new settings to scan. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver... OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you want to set Legal size as the document is your application window). If you could lose your file. 33 You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility...
...of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your PC for the new settings to scan. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver... OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you want to set Legal size as the document is your application window). If you could lose your file. 33 You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility...
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... has an easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. Quick links to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. A typical use Windows® Explorer to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you double-click a folder, its ... on the Desktop. You can choose only a portion of the text to them. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of the Send To Bar is already on your PC, you...
... has an easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. Quick links to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. A typical use Windows® Explorer to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you double-click a folder, its ... on the Desktop. You can choose only a portion of the text to them. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of the Send To Bar is already on your PC, you...
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... choose the file type. The Save 'XXXXX' as dialog box is displayed. Uninstalling ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 For Windows® 98/98SE and Windows® Me 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click the Install/Uninstall tab. b Choose...as scanning items, you want to store the file. Exporting an image file 2 a Click File, then Save As in the PaperPort® SE window. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. b Choose ...
... choose the file type. The Save 'XXXXX' as dialog box is displayed. Uninstalling ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 For Windows® 98/98SE and Windows® Me 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click the Install/Uninstall tab. b Choose...as scanning items, you want to store the file. Exporting an image file 2 a Click File, then Save As in the PaperPort® SE window. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. b Choose ...
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... which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your choice. (1) b Access to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 ControlCenter3 has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail...
... which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your choice. (1) b Access to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 ControlCenter3 has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail...
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Modern 7 1, 2 3 4 5 6 ControlCenter3 3 8 3 Classic 3 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note • To be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have the MFL-Pro Suite Software installed on your PC for that model. • For the Modern user interface, you can download the latest Flash Player. • The Modern user interface is not supported in Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 45
Modern 7 1, 2 3 4 5 6 ControlCenter3 3 8 3 Classic 3 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note • To be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have the MFL-Pro Suite Software installed on your PC for that model. • For the Modern user interface, you can download the latest Flash Player. • The Modern user interface is not supported in Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. 45
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... preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN ...ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray.
... preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN ...ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray.
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... the PC-FAX Receive option from the control panel menu of the Brother machine. (See PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) on page 89.) Address Book Lets you open the Brother PC-FAX address book. (See Brother Address Book on page 82.) Setup Lets you configure the...open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button...
... the PC-FAX Receive option from the control panel menu of the Brother machine. (See PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) on page 89.) Address Book Lets you open the Brother PC-FAX address book. (See Brother Address Book on page 82.) Setup Lets you configure the...open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button...