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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...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 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...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 Scanning...
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...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 Address Book application 106 9 Scanning Scanning from a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window...
...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 Address Book application 106 9 Scanning Scanning from a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window...
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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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...the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for Network Standard models only. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. You will find appropriate drivers on the CD-ROM supplied with other features. Low ... by a firewall, and is available for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you may vary depending on a network. USB Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication...
...the Network User's Guide for details.) This feature is available for Network Standard models only. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. You will find appropriate drivers on the CD-ROM supplied with other features. Low ... by a firewall, and is available for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you may vary depending on a network. USB Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication...
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...; Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, then Print in 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...
...; Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File, then Print in 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...
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... To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you want for specific paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using.
... To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size you want for specific paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using.
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...When N in 1 option is not available. Note If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in the application. 11 The N in poster print mode. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to have ... page 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 N options. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you choose the...
...When N in 1 option is not available. Note If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in the application. 11 The N in poster print mode. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to have ... page 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 N options. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets you choose the...
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... background of your document as a Watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can choose one of the watermark. You can use a bitmap file or text...
... background of your document as a Watermark. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the preset Watermarks, or you can choose one of the watermark. You can use a bitmap file or text...
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..., but you can not only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. This means that you can select either driver... documents. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 22) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. 2 Scanning 2 Scanning operations ...
..., but you can not only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. This means that you can select either driver... documents. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 22) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. 2 Scanning 2 Scanning operations ...
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...-Pro Suite installation to scan a document. 2 Note The instructions 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. Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort®...
...-Pro Suite installation to scan a document. 2 Note The instructions 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. Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort®...
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... area further by pre-scanning the document. When scanning is used to scan the image. to crop a portion you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you crop any unwanted areas from the image. a Load your document.
... area further by pre-scanning the document. When scanning is used to scan the image. to crop a portion you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you crop any unwanted areas from the image. a Load your document.
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... Skip this step if you want to web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. Settings in the table below: Image Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300 × 300 dpi .... Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 g In the PaperPort® SE window, use the icon to restore the image to refine the image. d Press and hold down the left mouse button and...
... Skip this step if you want to web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. Settings in the table below: Image Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300 × 300 dpi .... Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for scanning text documents 200 × 200 dpi Scan Type 24 bit color 24 bit color Black & White 25 g In the PaperPort® SE window, use the icon to restore the image to refine the image. d Press and hold down the left mouse button and...
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... in this Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. d Click Scan. The process will start. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application... scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you are based on the left side of the screen. c Choose the scanner you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Or click the Scan button.
... in this Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. d Click Scan. The process will start. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application... scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you are based on the left side of the screen. c Choose the scanner you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Or click the Scan button.
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...can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions...after you want to set Legal size as the document is scanned and you are trying to change the setting. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your application window). Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your file. 33 Note If you need...
...can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions...after you want to set Legal size as the document is scanned and you are trying to change the setting. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your application window). Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your file. 33 Note If you need...
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...OCR application if it . A typical use of the Send To Bar is really just a picture of the text) into text you can also use Windows® Explorer to view in Desktop View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is to start that application. PaperPort®... is stored in that is already on your PC and creates a 'working link' to convert. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you can be 'nested'-that folder...
...OCR application if it . A typical use of the Send To Bar is really just a picture of the text) into text you can also use Windows® Explorer to view in Desktop View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is to start that application. PaperPort®... is stored in that is already on your PC and creates a 'working link' to convert. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you can be 'nested'-that folder...
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..., such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PDF or 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. d Click Save... from another application, such as Microsoft® Excel. Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or ...
..., such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PDF or 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. d Click Save... from another application, such as Microsoft® Excel. Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF). For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or ...
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...that lets you quickly and easily access your choice. (1) b Access to manually launch specific applications. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c ...can choose which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for each function and a link to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the model number of your often used applications.
...that lets you quickly and easily access your choice. (1) b Access to manually launch specific applications. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c ...can choose which machine ControlCenter3 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window for each function and a link to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the model number 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 able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not 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 able to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be prompted so you need to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater. If you do not 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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...If you start your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup. ControlCenter3 Switching...can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. c Click OK to run automatically each time you can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and...
...If you start your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup. ControlCenter3 Switching...can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. c Click OK to run automatically each time you can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and...
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...3 These buttons are for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts receiving fax data from your preferred settings on up to View Received which when clicked will open the Set Quick-Dial window 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 ...
...3 These buttons are for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts receiving fax data from your preferred settings on up to View Received which when clicked will open the Set Quick-Dial window 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 ...