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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 Monitoring the machine's......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 a document using the ...
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 Monitoring the machine's......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 a document using the ...
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...-equipped Apple® 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 ...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 ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC...
...-equipped Apple® 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 ...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 ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan to Image ...114 Scan to OCR ...114 Scan to File...115 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC...
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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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... on the operating system you are installed. 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. As default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when...
... on the operating system you are installed. 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. As default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when...
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... drop-down list. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click File, then 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...
... drop-down list. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. b Click File, then 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...
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...return to crop an image when scanning. Pre-Scanning an image - When you are satisfied you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. to crop a portion you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you ...select a document size, you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size c...
...return to crop an image when scanning. Pre-Scanning an image - When you are satisfied you can scan a whole page, or a portion of the page by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. to crop a portion you want to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you ...select a document size, you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size c...
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... Skip this step if you want to its e Load your application window). This time only the chosen area of the default settings. 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 icon, and then use the options available...
... Skip this step if you want to its e Load your application window). This time only the chosen area of the default settings. 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 icon, and then use the options available...
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...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. Or click the Scan button. 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. b Click File, then Scan. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort...
...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. Or click the Scan button. 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. b Click File, then Scan. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort...
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... Advanced Properties. 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 greater than 1200... increase. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the PaperPort® SE window (or your file. 33 If you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for ...Click OK after you want to set Legal size as the document is scanned and you are trying to scan. Scanning f If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi and for the ...
... Advanced Properties. 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 greater than 1200... increase. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the PaperPort® SE window (or your file. 33 If you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for ...Click OK after you want to set Legal size as the document is scanned and you are trying to scan. Scanning f If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi and for the ...
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... use of the text) into text you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can quickly convert the text on your PC. Scanning Organizing your items in folders 2 PaperPort® SE has an easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. This sample Send To ...; PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on a ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE item (which comes with...
... use of the text) into text you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can quickly convert the text on your PC. Scanning Organizing your items in folders 2 PaperPort® SE has an easy-to-use filing system for those linked applications. This sample Send To ...; PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. If PaperPort® SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on a ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE item (which comes with...
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... 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. Scanning You can import items from other applications 2 As well as scanning items, you want to store the file.... c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control...
... 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. Scanning You can import items from other applications 2 As well as scanning items, you want to store the file.... c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control...
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... the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you quickly and easily access your device. (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... your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your often used applications. ControlCenter3 has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your ...
... the Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 Custom Scan buttons let you quickly and easily access your device. (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... your device. (5) f Access the settings available to configure your often used applications. ControlCenter3 has the following operations: a Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your ...
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... Receive (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you 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.) ... activating PC-FAX option, the icon name changes 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 from the PC using...
... Receive (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you 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.) ... activating PC-FAX option, the icon name changes 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 from the PC using...
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Choose File Type from the Target Application drop-down list. The window may vary depending on the function. 50 ControlCenter3 Change the other settings, if needed. You can also find the application location by clicking the Delete ... clicking the icon. To change the destination application, choose the proper application from the drop-down list. Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. You can add an application to the list by clicking the Add button. 3 Enter the Application...
Choose File Type from the Target Application drop-down list. The window may vary depending on the function. 50 ControlCenter3 Change the other settings, if needed. You can also find the application location by clicking the Delete ... clicking the icon. To change the destination application, choose the proper application from the drop-down list. Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to 30 characters) and the Application Location. You can add an application to the list by clicking the Add button. 3 Enter the Application...
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...png) PDF (*.pdf) 52 Uncompressed (*.tif) TIFF - You can choose from the following list of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. File attachments 3 You can also change the E-mail application, choose your default E-mail application, ...from the drop-down list the type of compatible E-mail applications will appear in . Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF - ControlCenter3 E-mail 3 Scan to E-mail lets you scan a document to your preferred E-mail application from the E-mail Application drop-down list. To ...
...png) PDF (*.pdf) 52 Uncompressed (*.tif) TIFF - You can choose from the following list of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. File attachments 3 You can also change the E-mail application, choose your default E-mail application, ...from the drop-down list the type of compatible E-mail applications will appear in . Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF - ControlCenter3 E-mail 3 Scan to E-mail lets you scan a document to your preferred E-mail application from the E-mail Application drop-down list. To ...
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You can save the file to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the Destination Folder, or choose your preferred folder by clicking the icon. ControlCenter3 File 3 The Scan to File button lets you scan an image to the default folder shown in the file attachment list. If... Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 Choose the file type for the saved image from the File Type drop-down list. To let you scan, check the Show Save as Window box. To display where the scanned image is saved when scanning is finished, check the Show Folder box.
You can save the file to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the Destination Folder, or choose your preferred folder by clicking the icon. ControlCenter3 File 3 The Scan to File button lets you scan an image to the default folder shown in the file attachment list. If... Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 Choose the file type for the saved image from the File Type drop-down list. To let you scan, check the Show Save as Window box. To display where the scanned image is saved when scanning is finished, check the Show Folder box.
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ControlCenter3 Customizing a user-defined button 3 To configure a button, right-click the button, then click the ControlCenter Configuration button to 30 characters). Scan to Image 3 General tab 3 To create the button name, enter a name in the Please enter a name for the Custom Button text field (up to see the configuration window. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 55
ControlCenter3 Customizing a user-defined button 3 To configure a button, right-click the button, then click the ControlCenter Configuration button to 30 characters). Scan to Image 3 General tab 3 To create the button name, enter a name in the Please enter a name for the Custom Button text field (up to see the configuration window. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 55
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...the type of the scanned image after scanning. Check Show Folder to the default folder which is saved after every scan. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 58 ControlCenter3 Scan to File 3 ...132; General tab To create the button name, enter a name in the Destination Folder box or choose your preferred folder by clicking the icon. Check Show Save As Window...
...the type of the scanned image after scanning. Check Show Folder to the default folder which is saved after every scan. Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 58 ControlCenter3 Scan to File 3 ...132; General tab To create the button name, enter a name in the Destination Folder box or choose your preferred folder by clicking the icon. Check Show Save As Window...
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...and then click Apply. 69 The Network Scanner Properties dialog box appears. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Configuring Network Scanning If you are using a different machine than the one that was originally registered to your machine by address Enter IP address of MFL-...Pro Suite software (see the Quick Setup Guide), follow the steps below. a For Windows® XP, click the ...
...and then click Apply. 69 The Network Scanner Properties dialog box appears. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Configuring Network Scanning If you are using a different machine than the one that was originally registered to your machine by address Enter IP address of MFL-...Pro Suite software (see the Quick Setup Guide), follow the steps below. a For Windows® XP, click the ...
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..., and you can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanner window 9 Resolution 9 You can choose and the available colors. Settings in the application window. Higher resolutions take more memory and... transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. Resolution 100 × 100 dpi 150 × 150...
..., and you can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanner window 9 Resolution 9 You can choose and the available colors. Settings in the application window. Higher resolutions take more memory and... transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. Resolution 100 × 100 dpi 150 × 150...