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Question posted by geertbaekelandt on July 16th, 2012

Brother Mfc-9160 : How To Scan In Windows 7 ?

Brother MFC-9160 : in Windows 7: no problem to print. But which software should I use for scanning ? And which version of that software ?

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Answer #1: Posted by bargeboard on July 27th, 2012 9:11 AM

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Follow the instructions at the Brother support site here:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/as/hk/en/faq/faq/000000/002600/000020/faq002620_003.html?reg=as&c=hk&lang=en&prod=mfc9160_as

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Owners Manual - Page 4

... Copy Setting 14 Changing Default Settings 19 PRINTER/SCANNER Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Using the machine as a Printer Special Printing Features 21 Printing From Your PC 21 Simultaneous Printing 23 Printer Menu Functions 23 Acceptable Paper 24 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-9160 Printer Driver 25 Basic Tab 25 Advanced Tab 27 Support 34 iii

Owners Manual - Page 5

... Centre (For Windows® Only) Brother Control Centre 35 Using the Scan Key with Windows PC 36 Using the Control Panel Keys 37 Brother Control Centre Features 38 Scan to File 41 Scan to E-mail 42 Scan to Word Processor 44 User Defined Button 45 Copy 46 Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge® Using the Brother MFC with a New...

Owners Manual - Page 27

... in your PC. PRINTER/SCANNER 3 Using the machine as a Printer Special Printing Features Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional and Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 are more pages, the machine begins to simulate a Parallel port for Windows® GDI printing. MFC Software Suite and the Printer Driver...

Owners Manual - Page 31

... required by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. PRINTER/SCANNER 4 Printer Driver Settings (For Windows® Only) Using the Brother MFC-9160 Printer Driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the Brother Solutions Centre at http://solutions.brother.com Features in the Printer Driver (For Windows® Users Only) The screens...

Owners Manual - Page 41

...launch this software. If you don't want the Control Centre to load automatically, you to manually launch the specific applications. Copy functions. Using the Control Centre eliminates the need to access the most frequently used scanning applications only with a few mouse clicks. Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 35 The Brother Control Centre...

Owners Manual - Page 42

Using the Scan Key with Windows PC If you avoid the mouse clicks required to key will not work with your computer. (See Using the Brother MFC with a check box labelled "AutoLoad Pop-up" will appear: 3 Uncheck the AutoLoad Pop-Up option. The advantage of using the Scan to key is that you have connected a Macintosh, the Scan to scan from...

Owners Manual - Page 43

... is text, you can have connected the machine to your Windows® based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your version of Windows®. Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 37 Although the Brother Control Centre can be addressed. The machine will scan the original, create a file attachment, and launch your word...

Owners Manual - Page 45

... Configuration icon at the top right of the Brother MFC printer driver-OR-You can access the Scanner Settings window. button on the PC. You can scan the page on the Brother MFC and print the copies using any of the Configuration screens. PRINTER/SCANNER Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 39 Scanner Settings When the...

Owners Manual - Page 47

...scan the document into another file type and/or into your PaperPort folder. button. Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 41 Custom; Other Folder-Select this checkbox to scan...) PaperPort 5.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 4.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 3.0 Files (*.MAX) Windows Bitmap (*.BMP) PC Paintbrush (*.PCX) Multi-page PCX (*.DCX) JPEG Image Files (*.JPG...

Owners Manual - Page 49

...to combine all files of E-mail names and addresses for quick selection. Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 43 Convert all files into one file when possible-... so you can select stored names or create new ones: Highlight the name(s) you choose Scan to E-mail. The Conversion Options will not be displayed when you want to change the file...

Owners Manual - Page 51

... Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 45 PRINTER/SCANNER OCR Package-From the pull-down list, select TextBridge Classic OCR if you want to use for your word processor application to read the page as it is appropriate for the type of the settings for that was installed with the Brother MFC Software...

Owners Manual - Page 53

It allows you install MFC Software Suite, ScanSoft™ PaperPort® for printing or filing. When you to combine or "stack" documents of a single page and you can open it , you can also double-click a non-PaperPort® item to view scanned documents. Items in the Manuals section on it automatically. PaperPort® can see...

Owners Manual - Page 57

... best suit your needs. PRINTER/SCANNER Scan Type Black & White: Set the Scan Type to Black & White for Brother and ScanSoft™ TextBridge® 51 The Brother MFC Software Suite offers 100 brightness settings (-50 to...to the left) reveals more detail in the box to set the brightness level by using 24 Bit colour creates an image with the most accurate colours, the image file will...

Owners Manual - Page 59

On the right side of the Chooser, click the printer to print. To work with the machine, your USB-Equipped Apple® Macintosh® must purchase a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet (1.8 meters). Using the Brother MFC with your Macintosh®, you want to which you must be set up Your USB Equipped...

Owners Manual - Page 61

... box will appear in the scanner setup dialog box: Resolution Color Type Brightness Contrast Scanning Area 3 Click Start. PRINTER/SCANNER Using Brother TWAIN Scanner Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® The Brother MFC software suite includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for each document you use the Brother Twain driver, set it as default by choosing the Select Source...

Owners Manual - Page 63

... of the custom size. Click and hold the mouse button as you can adjust the scanning area. Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh® G3, G4 or iMac™ / iBook™ 57 When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics application, it is a good idea to try different...

Owners Manual - Page 65

... Brother MFC with the preview, click Start to preview an image for editing and refining the image as needed. 6 Click Start. The PreScan button is only a preview of the document will appear in the Scanning Area. 7 Use your Macintosh G3 or iMac and will appear in the Scanning Area. This is used to scan the image. 1 Insert...

Owners Manual - Page 69

... recording paper is used as Graphics" in the See Printer Jam or Paper Jam, machine. paper or other item, gently pull it . If the machine cannot reset itself and return to "Print as a printer.) - Reduce the print resolution or reduce the complexity of your application software. - If you have installed the Windows® driver, try...

Owners Manual - Page 82

... the toner life is shortened. • You can use only a genuine Brother toner cartridge (TN-8000 series), which is specially formulated to ensure top print quality. New Toner Cartridge Old Toner Cartridge Aluminum Bag...Gently rock the toner cartridge from side to local regulations. Place the used toner cartridge into the aluminium bag and discard it into the opening on the right side of ...

Owners Manual - Page 90

... Windows NT® Workstation Version 4.0 driver supporting Brother Native Compression mode and bi-directional capability Apple® Macintosh® QuickDraw® Driver for OS 8.5/8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.0.4/9.1 Bi-directional parallel cable (IEEE-1284) USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface 8 MB Electrophotography by semiconductor laser beam scanning 600 dots/inch Normal printing mode Economy printing...