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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 ...3 Status Monitor...4 ...; 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 a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant...22 Accessing the Scanner......
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 ...3 Status Monitor...4 ...; 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 a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant...22 Accessing the Scanner......
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...Macintosh 98 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 98 Clearing data from the 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 ...a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning 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...
...Macintosh 98 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 98 Clearing data from the 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 ...a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning 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...
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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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...connected on your operating system. • If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to print, you are from Windows® XP. You will find appropriate drivers on glossy paper to replace the empty cartridge. Ethernet The Ethernet interface lets your machine ...translates the data from the Brother Solutions Center at up to allow communication through port number 137. This feature is available for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in Infrastructure...
...connected on your operating system. • If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to print, you are from Windows® XP. You will find appropriate drivers on glossy paper to replace the empty cartridge. Ethernet The Ethernet interface lets your machine ...translates the data from the Brother Solutions Center at up to allow communication through port number 137. This feature is available for Wireless Network Standard models only. 2 Fast Printing Speed See the User's Guide for the rated print speeds of a particular ink color, you will find in Infrastructure...
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...name) and click Properties. 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 your ...application. Printer driver settings 1 You can change the following printer settings when you can check the machine's status at any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color...
...name) and click Properties. 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 your ...application. Printer driver settings 1 You can change the following printer settings when you can check the machine's status at any time by clicking Status Monitor from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color...
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...). 10 To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size 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. Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes...
...). 10 To do borderless printing 1 From the Paper Size pull down list, choose the Paper Size 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. Paper Size 1 The Paper Size selection includes...
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... print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The 1 in N options enlarges 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 Portrait or Landscape). Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets 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 choose to have a solid border,...
... print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of paper. The 1 in N options enlarges 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 Portrait or Landscape). Printing Page Layout 1 1 The Page Layout option lets 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 choose to have a solid border,...
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... choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of your document. In Outline Text (Windows...
... choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you only want to use. 1 1 In background 1 Check In background to print an outline of the watermark. If this feature is unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of your document. In Outline Text (Windows...
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...through port number 137 and 54925. 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 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 ...
...through port number 137 and 54925. 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 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 ...
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Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. The scanning steps may vary ... software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to scan a document. 2 Note The instructions 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.
Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. The scanning steps may vary ... software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to scan a document. 2 Note The instructions 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.
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... Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box to crop an image when scanning. When scanning is used 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. to crop a portion you want to scan the...
... Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box to crop an image when scanning. When scanning is used 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. to crop a portion you want to scan the...
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...Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300 × 300 dpi Use for attaching the scanned image to its e Load your application window). The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in step a. d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the... 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 web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the Scanner...
...Type Photo Web Text Resolution Use for scanning photo images 300 × 300 dpi Use for attaching the scanned image to its e Load your application window). The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in step a. d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the... 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 web pages 100 × 100 dpi Use for each of the Scanner...
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...appears: 29 Or click the Scan button. d Click Scan. 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. 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. b Click File, then...
...appears: 29 Or click the Scan button. d Click Scan. 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. 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. b Click File, then...
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...and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. Note If you scan the document at a resolution of the document appears in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to change the setting. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the... PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your application window). Scanning f If you need to scan. You must restart your PC may dramatically increase....
...and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. Note If you scan the document at a resolution of the document appears in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is used to change the setting. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the... PaperPort® SE window (or your model name)/Scanner Settings. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is your application window). Scanning f If you need to scan. You must restart your PC may dramatically increase....
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...174; SE files) appear on your PC and creates a 'working link' to start that is already on the Desktop. You can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. Scanning Organizing your items in folders 2 PaperPort® SE has an easy-to...Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of the text to convert. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the text) into text you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can be 'nested'-that application. PaperPort® SE can convert...
...174; SE files) appear on your PC and creates a 'working link' to start that is already on the Desktop. You can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. Scanning Organizing your items in folders 2 PaperPort® SE has an easy-to...Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The filing system consists of the text to convert. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the text) into text you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can be 'nested'-that application. PaperPort® SE can convert...
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... Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click the Install/Uninstall tab. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Add/Remove. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. c Enter.... Scanning You can import items from other applications 2 As well as scanning items, you want to PaperPort® SE without saving it. For Windows® 2000 Professional 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click...
... Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click the Install/Uninstall tab. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Add/Remove. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. c Enter.... Scanning You can import items from other applications 2 As well as scanning items, you want to PaperPort® SE without saving it. For Windows® 2000 Professional 2 a Click the Start button, Settings, Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click...
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...has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice. (1) b Access 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 ...(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. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to manually launch specific applications.
...has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice. (1) b Access 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 ...(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. 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to manually launch specific 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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...interface for ControlCenter3. a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. If you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 c Click OK to run automatically each time you start your PC; b Uncheck... Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN SELECT. b ...
...interface for ControlCenter3. a Right-click the ControlCenter3 icon in the tasktray The ControlCenter3 preference window appears. , and choose Preferences. If you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46 c Click OK to run automatically each time you start your PC; b Uncheck... Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. ControlCenter3 Switching the user interface You can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN SELECT. b ...
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...the Software User's Guide and the Network User's Guide. 48 Before using any of the features of the Brother machine. (See PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) on page 89.) ...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 ...from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of Remote Setup. (See...
...the Software User's Guide and the Network User's Guide. 48 Before using any of the features of the Brother machine. (See PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) on page 89.) ...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 ...from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of Remote Setup. (See...