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Version A Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'. This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users;
Version A Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'. This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users;
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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 Book...
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 Book...
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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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.... 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 choosing Status Monitor located in the tasktray or on the ... 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 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 choosing Status Monitor located in the tasktray or on the ... 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.
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... 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose... to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one in N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on the sheet. The N in poster print mode. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal...
... 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can be printed (in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose... to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on one in N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on the sheet. The N in poster print mode. Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal...
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...174; SE with your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to allow communication through port number 137 and 54925. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. This means that you may need to configure the firewall settings to scan, you can select... a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from 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.
...174; SE with your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to allow communication through port number 137 and 54925. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. This means that you may need to configure the firewall settings to scan, you can select... a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from 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.
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...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. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to ... for scanning in the left side of the screen. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. b Click File, then Scan. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 The scanning steps may vary...
...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. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to ... for scanning in the left side of the screen. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. b Click File, then Scan. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 The scanning steps may vary...
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... machine or you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name...). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down...
... machine or you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name...). • If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down...
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... have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to launch the application of your PC. b Press the (Scan) key. Press OK. Scanning using the (Scan) key uses the configuration of the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 software. (See SCAN on...file attachment, and launches your E-mail application as a file attachment. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. You can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a media card. Before you can use the ...
... have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to launch the application of your PC. b Press the (Scan) key. Press OK. Scanning using the (Scan) key uses the configuration of the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 software. (See SCAN on...file attachment, and launches your E-mail application as a file attachment. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. You can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a media card. Before you can use the ...
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...: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts the scanning process. 2 2 Scan to OCR 2 If your original document is text, you can use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE to...b Press the (Scan) key. Scanning Scan to Image You can scan a color picture into a text file which can then be edited in your favorite word processing software. c Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR. d Press Black Start or Color Start. You can change the (Scan) key configuration. (See OCR (Word...
...: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts the scanning process. 2 2 Scan to OCR 2 If your original document is text, you can use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE to...b Press the (Scan) key. Scanning Scan to Image You can scan a color picture into a text file which can then be edited in your favorite word processing software. c Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR. d Press Black Start or Color Start. You can change the (Scan) key configuration. (See OCR (Word...
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... text documents. Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. For more details, see the ScanSoft® user's guide. When you install MFL-...Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is installed automatically. To view the complete ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE User's Guide, choose Help from PaperPort...system that will help you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. It lets you organize your PC. 40
... text documents. Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. For more details, see the ScanSoft® user's guide. When you install MFL-...Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is installed automatically. To view the complete ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE User's Guide, choose Help from PaperPort...system that will help you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. It lets you organize your PC. 40
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...® SE item: 2 Folders are arranged in a 'tree' structure in the Folder View. To use a link, drag an item onto one of the applications on your PC. Quick links to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you double...can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is to choose an item and then fax it is , stored in other applications on your PC, you can manually create...
...® SE item: 2 Folders are arranged in a 'tree' structure in the Folder View. To use a link, drag an item onto one of the applications on your PC. Quick links to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you double...can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is to choose an item and then fax it is , stored in other applications on your PC, you can manually create...
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...with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Using ControlCenter3 eliminates the need to the Custom Scan settings. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note ...The features available to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the model number of your machine. 3 Using ControlCenter3 3 ControlCenter3 is a software utility that lets you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c Access to the advanced features of your often used applications....
...with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Using ControlCenter3 eliminates the need to the Custom Scan settings. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note ...The features available to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the model number of your machine. 3 Using ControlCenter3 3 ControlCenter3 is a software utility that lets you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c Access to the advanced features of your often used applications....
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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 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 If you do not have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater.
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 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 If you do not have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater.
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... destination folder, as needed. You can configure the button name and settings for each of these buttons to meet your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are four scan options: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to a disk file....; NotePad, Microsoft® Word, Corel® WordPerfect® or any word processing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into an E-mail application as Microsoft® Paint, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Adobe® PhotoShop...
... destination folder, as needed. You can configure the button name and settings for each of these buttons to meet your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are four scan options: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to a disk file....; NotePad, Microsoft® Word, Corel® WordPerfect® or any word processing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into an E-mail application as Microsoft® Paint, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Adobe® PhotoShop...
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...the PC using any standard printer driver installed on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. You can direct the copy output to View Received which when clicked will open an application ... on up to four buttons. 3 PC-FAX (MFC models only) 3 These buttons are for sending or receiving faxes using the Brother PC-FAX application. Send Lets you can scan a page on the machine and print copies using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on the PC including ...
...the PC using any standard printer driver installed on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. You can direct the copy output to View Received which when clicked will open an application ... on up to four buttons. 3 PC-FAX (MFC models only) 3 These buttons are for sending or receiving faxes using the Brother PC-FAX application. Send Lets you can scan a page on the machine and print copies using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on the PC including ...
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To change the default settings, right-click the Image button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. ControlCenter3 SCAN 3 There are four scan options: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to scan and then crop a ...
To change the default settings, right-click the Image button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. ControlCenter3 SCAN 3 There are four scan options: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to scan and then crop a ...
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... can also find the application location by clicking the icon. You can add an application to the list by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. To change the destination...
... can also find the application location by clicking the icon. You can add an application to the list by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. To change the destination...
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...document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. If you want to OCR, right-click the OCR button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the word processing application, choose the destination word processing application from the Target Application drop-down list. You can... add an application to the list by clicking the Add button. To delete an application, click the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can also configure the other settings for Scan to OCR scans a document and converts it into text. ControlCenter3 OCR (...
...document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. If you want to OCR, right-click the OCR button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the word processing application, choose the destination word processing application from the Target Application drop-down list. You can... add an application to the list by clicking the Add button. To delete an application, click the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can also configure the other settings for Scan to OCR scans a document and converts it into text. ControlCenter3 OCR (...
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... application from the list. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, right-click the E-mail button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the other settings used to create the file attachments. You can send the scanned job as an attachment. File attachments 3 You...
... application from the list. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, right-click the E-mail button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the other settings used to create the file attachments. You can send the scanned job as an attachment. File attachments 3 You...