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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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...132; A yellow 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 error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. Note For more devices, allowing you start up... A green icon indicates the normal stand-by choosing Status Monitor located in the tasktray or on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 You can display the status monitor on your PC. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate ...
...132; A yellow 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 error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty. Note For more devices, allowing you start up... A green icon indicates the normal stand-by choosing Status Monitor located in the tasktray or on your PC-in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on the desktop. 4 You can display the status monitor on your PC. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you to get immediate ...
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... position your print size and prints the document in Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application software contains a similar function 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... N options. Note If you can be printed (in poster print mode. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The N in the application. 11
... position your print size and prints the document in Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Note If your application software contains a similar function 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... N options. Note If you can be printed (in poster print mode. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The N in the application. 11
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...ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with your machine, but you can select either driver when scanning documents. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) on... 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. This means that you may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port...
...ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with your machine, but you can select either driver when scanning documents. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) on... 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. This means that you may need to configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port...
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... 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 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to scan...
... 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 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to scan...
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...the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. The process will start. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when ...scanning images. d Click Scan. Scanning Scanning a document using from other applications that Brother included with your software application to scan the document....
...the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. The process will start. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). • If you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when ...scanning images. d Click Scan. Scanning Scanning a document using from other applications that Brother included with your software application to scan the document....
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...can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to launch the application of the ControlCenter3 software. (See SCAN on page 49.) For ... Note 2 If you use the Scan key on a network, see Using ControlCenter3 on page 44. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. Scanning using the (Scan) key, see Using the Scan key on page 52.) a Load your document. d Press Black Start or...
...can scan either a black and white or color document into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to launch the application of the ControlCenter3 software. (See SCAN on page 49.) For ... Note 2 If you use the Scan key on a network, see Using ControlCenter3 on page 44. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. Scanning using the (Scan) key, see Using the Scan key on page 52.) a Load your document. d Press Black Start or...
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... (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. d Press Black Start or Color Start. d Press Black Start or Color Start. b Press the (Scan) key. Press OK. 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 scan the document and convert it into a text file which can scan a color picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 c Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR...
... (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51.) a Load your document. d Press Black Start or Color Start. d Press Black Start or Color Start. b Press the (Scan) key. Press OK. 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 scan the document and convert it into a text file which can scan a color picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 c Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR...
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Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use PaperPort® SE to view scanned documents. 2 Not just viewing, PaperPort® SE has a sophisticated yet easy-to-...; PaperPort® SE User's Guide, choose Help from PaperPort® SE menu bar and click User's Guide. When you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. It lets you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for...
Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use PaperPort® SE to view scanned documents. 2 Not just viewing, PaperPort® SE has a sophisticated yet easy-to-...; PaperPort® SE User's Guide, choose Help from PaperPort® SE menu bar and click User's Guide. When you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. It lets you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for...
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...® SE item: 2 Folders are arranged in a 'tree' structure in the Folder View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is really just a picture of the text) into text that you can manually create a link using the Copy Text command, you choose ...easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. You use a link, drag an item onto one of the icons to PaperPort® SE. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on a ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE item (which comes with PaperPort® ...
...® SE item: 2 Folders are arranged in a 'tree' structure in the Folder View. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is really just a picture of the text) into text that you can manually create a link using the Copy Text command, you choose ...easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. You use a link, drag an item onto one of the icons to PaperPort® SE. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on a ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE item (which comes with PaperPort® ...
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... the Copy features available via your PC. (4) e Access the 'PC-FAX' applications available for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you quickly and easily access your often used applications. 3 ControlCenter3...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 device. (6) ...
... the Copy features available via your PC. (4) e Access the 'PC-FAX' applications available for each function and a link to the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you quickly and easily access your often used applications. 3 ControlCenter3...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 device. (6) ...
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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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...scan directly to configure the hardware Scan key on your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into a word processing application. To configure the Software button in ControlCenter3 choose the Software Button tab in the configuration menu for each of these buttons to ... you scan a page directly into any word processing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of the SCAN buttons. You can change the file type and destination folder, as Microsoft® ...
...scan directly to configure the hardware Scan key on your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into a word processing application. To configure the Software button in ControlCenter3 choose the Software Button tab in the configuration menu for each of these buttons to ... you scan a page directly into any word processing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of the SCAN buttons. You can change the file type and destination folder, as Microsoft® ...
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.... (See Remote Setup on page 74.) Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open an application and display the received faxes. Before using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for enhanced copy operations....Guide. 48 After activating PC-FAX option, the icon name changes to any printer driver for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 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 standard printer driver installed on the...
.... (See Remote Setup on page 74.) Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open an application and display the received faxes. Before using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for enhanced copy operations....Guide. 48 After activating PC-FAX option, the icon name changes to any printer driver for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) 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 standard printer driver installed on the...
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... to Image feature lets you want to File applications. 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...
... to Image feature lets you want to File applications. 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...
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... and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. You can delete an application that you have added by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can also find the application location by clicking the Add button. 3 Enter the Application Name (up to OCR. To change the destination...
... and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. You can delete an application that you have added by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can also find the application location by clicking the Add button. 3 Enter the Application Name (up to OCR. To change the destination...
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...document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. To delete an application, click the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can be edited using your favorite word processing software. This text can also configure the other settings for Scan to OCR. 51 If you want to OCR... and converts it into text. You can add an application 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. To ...
...document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. To delete an application, click the Delete button in the Software Button tab. You can be edited using your favorite word processing software. This text can also configure the other settings for Scan to OCR. 51 If you want to OCR... and converts it into text. You can add an application 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. To ...
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... when saving to a folder. 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.
... when saving to a folder. 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.