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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 printer/multi-function device. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port number 137. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://... the Quick Setup Guide. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in this section are using. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. USB Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication with other features. Screens on your PC may vary depending...
...the printer/multi-function device. Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port number 137. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://... the Quick Setup Guide. 1 Printing 1 1 Note • The screens in this section are using. Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver translates the data from Windows® XP. USB Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication with other features. Screens on your PC may vary depending...
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...Right-click again then click Exit. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can...Printing Turning off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on your model name) and click Properties. Note Even if the status monitor is... 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...
...Right-click again then click Exit. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is off, you can...Printing Turning off the status monitor, follow these steps: 1 1 a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on your model name) and click Properties. Note Even if the status monitor is... 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...
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... can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. From the drop-down list choose the size of standard paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes...
... can create a custom size by choosing User Defined Size. From the drop-down list choose the size of standard paper sizes. Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes...
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...; 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend 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 option is not available. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option... have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on 1 sheet of a document on the sheet. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in N options.
...; 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 layout is selected, the Page Order can choose to this, we recommend 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 option is not available. Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option... have a solid border, dashed border or no border around each page on 1 sheet of a document on the sheet. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in N options.
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In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Print Watermark 1 You can use a bitmap file or text file that you only ... an outline of your document as a Watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of the watermark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you want to print the watermark image in any of your document. Check Use Watermark, and then choose the watermark...
In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Print Watermark 1 You can use a bitmap file or text file that you only ... an outline of your document as a Watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of the watermark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you want to print the watermark image in any of your document. Check Use Watermark, and then choose the watermark...
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... communication through port number 137 and 54925. 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. Note • For ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE...
... communication through port number 137 and 54925. 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. Note • For ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE...
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...the left side of the screen. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The scanning steps may vary when using from the Scanner drop-down list.... 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. b Click File, then Scan. Or click the Scan button. ...
...the left side of the screen. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The scanning steps may vary when using from the Scanner drop-down list.... 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. b Click File, then Scan. Or click the Scan button. ...
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... a Load your document. This is required when you want to scan 2 The PreScan button is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you want to crop a portion you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left...
... a Load your document. This is required when you want to scan 2 The PreScan button is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you want to crop a portion you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left...
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icon, and then use the options available to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. Settings in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanner Setup dialog box 2 Image Type 2 Choose the ... 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 web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the Scanner ...
icon, and then use the options available to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. Settings in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanner Setup dialog box 2 Image Type 2 Choose the ... 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 web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the Scanner ...
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...SE viewer that Brother included with your machine or you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image ... WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you are based on the left side of the screen. d Click Scan. c Choose the scanner you can scan images directly into any other applications. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN ...
...SE viewer that Brother included with your machine or you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image ... WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you are based on the left side of the screen. d Click Scan. c Choose the scanner you can scan images directly into any other applications. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN ...
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...Legal size as the document is scanned and you could lose your application window). The machine starts scanning the document. You must restart your model name)/Scanner Settings. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your PC for changing the paper size. If you ...window (or your file. 33 Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your PC may dramatically increase. Note If you scan the document at a resolution of the scanned picture (3). Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC...
...Legal size as the document is scanned and you could lose your application window). The machine starts scanning the document. You must restart your model name)/Scanner Settings. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your PC for changing the paper size. If you ...window (or your file. 33 Make sure that you have enough memory or hard disk space then your PC may dramatically increase. Note If you scan the document at a resolution of the scanned picture (3). Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC...
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...of the Send To Bar is already on your PC. PaperPort® SE can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. This sample Send... starts PaperPort® SE's built-in OCR application, or you can use a link, drag an item onto one of the text) into text you choose to view in Desktop View. To use your own OCR application. 42... entire item, or by using the New Program Link command. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of folders and items that you can edit with links to PaperPort® SE. PaperPort® SE uses the...
...of the Send To Bar is already on your PC. PaperPort® SE can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. This sample Send... starts PaperPort® SE's built-in OCR application, or you can use a link, drag an item onto one of the text) into text you choose to view in Desktop View. To use your own OCR application. 42... entire item, or by using the New Program Link command. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of folders and items that you can edit with links to PaperPort® SE. PaperPort® SE uses the...
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... can bring items into PaperPort® SE in a variety of ways and convert them to PaperPort® SE (MAX) files in the PaperPort® SE window. The Save 'XXXXX' as a self-viewing executable (.EXE) file. Exporting an image file 2 a Click File, then Save As in several popular file ...formats, 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. For...
... can bring items into PaperPort® SE in a variety of ways and convert them to PaperPort® SE (MAX) files in the PaperPort® SE window. The Save 'XXXXX' as a self-viewing executable (.EXE) file. Exporting an image file 2 a Click File, then Save As in several popular file ...formats, 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. For...
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...(6) g You 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 the Custom Scan settings. Using ControlCenter3 eliminates the need to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the ... you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c Access to the advanced features of your choice. (1) b Access to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to manually launch specific applications.
...(6) g You 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 the Custom Scan settings. Using ControlCenter3 eliminates the need to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the ... you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2) c Access to the advanced features of your choice. (1) b Access to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to manually launch specific applications.
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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 prompted so you need to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able 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 prompted so you need to choose another connected model from the Model drop-down list, you must have Flash Player 8 or greater, you will be able to install Macromedia Flash Player 8 or greater.
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.... , and choose Preferences. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you can choose your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you start ... can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. c Click OK to run automatically each time you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 If you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup.
.... , and choose Preferences. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you can choose your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you start ... can choose the Modern or Classic user interface for ControlCenter3. c Click OK to run automatically each time you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 If you start ControlCenter3 from the Start menu, the icon will appear on computer startup.
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... By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any printer driver for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you can direct the copy output to...and the Network User's Guide. 48 You can configure your preferred settings 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 scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax ...
... By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your Brother machine. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any printer driver for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of the machine's printer driver, or you can direct the copy output to...and the Network User's Guide. 48 You can configure your preferred settings 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 scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax ...