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SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users; This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Version A Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE For DCP users; This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Version A Where it says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
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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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...you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC-in... Monitor icon appears on the desktop. 4 You can display the status monitor on your PC. 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.
...you to get immediate notification of one or more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. Monitoring the machine's status 1 Once you can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC-in... Monitor icon appears on the desktop. 4 You can display the status monitor on your PC. 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.
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Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. The 1 in N options enlarges your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected,... pages on 1 sheet of paper. Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a ...
Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option is not available. The 1 in N options enlarges your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layout is selected,... pages on 1 sheet of paper. Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your document will be selected from the drop-down menu. Note If you use the one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a ...
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Scanning a document using . This means that you can not only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 29). A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 22) and a Windows® Imaging ...SE with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are 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 scanning documents from your machine, but you ...
Scanning a document using . This means that you can not only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 29). A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 22) and a Windows® Imaging ...SE with your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are 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 scanning documents from your machine, but you ...
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... Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 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 a document. 2 Note The instructions...
... Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 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 a document. 2 Note The instructions...
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...® SE. The process will start. c Choose the scanner you can scan images directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that Brother included with your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your machine or you are based on... the left side of the screen. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). ...
...® SE. The process will start. c Choose the scanner you can scan images directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that Brother included with your software application to scan the document. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your machine or you are based on... the left side of the screen. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name). ...
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... a file attachment. c Press a or b to choose Scan to a media card. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your choice using the (Scan) key uses the configuration of... key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you use the (Scan) key on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. You can use the Scan key on a network, see Using ControlCenter3 on page 52.) a ...
... a file attachment. c Press a or b to choose Scan to a media card. ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. d Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your choice using the (Scan) key uses the configuration of... key (For USB cable users) 2 Note 2 If you use the (Scan) key on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro software suite and connect the machine to your PC. You can use the Scan key on a network, see Using ControlCenter3 on page 52.) a ...
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... Scan to OCR. Press OK. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. d Press Black Start or Color Start. You can change the (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51... 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. b Press the (Scan) key. b Press the (Scan) key. You can change the (Scan)...
... Scan to OCR. Press OK. The machine starts the scanning process. 35 Press OK. d Press Black Start or Color Start. c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image. d Press Black Start or Color Start. You can change the (Scan) key configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) on page 51... 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. b Press the (Scan) key. b Press the (Scan) key. You can change the (Scan)...
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... Help from PaperPort® SE menu bar and click User's Guide. When you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. For more details, see the ScanSoft® user's guide. You can use PaperPort® SE to view scanned documents... easy-to-use filing system that will help you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is installed automatically. You can access ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE through the ScanSoft®...
... Help from PaperPort® SE menu bar and click User's Guide. When you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is a document management application. For more details, see the ScanSoft® user's guide. You can use PaperPort® SE to view scanned documents... easy-to-use filing system that will help you mix or 'stack' documents of the software. Scanning Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE for Brother is installed automatically. You can access ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE through the ScanSoft®...
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... to start that is really just a picture of the Send To Bar is already on your PC. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is , stored in other applications on your PC, you can be a PaperPort® SE item or a nonPaperPort® SE item: 2... applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can use a link, drag an item onto one of the text to convert. This sample Send To Bar shows several applications with PaperPort® SE. You use Windows® Explorer to choose folders...
... to start that is really just a picture of the Send To Bar is already on your PC. PaperPort® SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which is , stored in other applications on your PC, you can be a PaperPort® SE item or a nonPaperPort® SE item: 2... applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can use a link, drag an item onto one of the text to convert. This sample Send To Bar shows several applications with PaperPort® SE. You use Windows® Explorer to choose folders...
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...with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window 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 ... 3 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 choice. (1) b Access...
...with from the Model drop-down list. (7) h You can also open the configuration window 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 ... 3 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 choice. (1) b Access...
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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 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.
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...the destination application, such as needed. ControlCenter3 gives you the ability to configure the hardware Scan key on your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of accessing data stored on your PC. OCR (Default: Microsoft® NotePad) ...PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for each of image 3 editing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into any word processing application on your machine choose the Device Button tab in the configuration menu...
...the destination application, such as needed. ControlCenter3 gives you the ability to configure the hardware Scan key on your machine and the ControlCenter3 Software button for MFC-3360C) 3 There are three ways of accessing data stored on your PC. OCR (Default: Microsoft® NotePad) ...PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for each of image 3 editing application on your PC. E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software) Lets you scan a page or document directly into any word processing application on your machine choose the Device Button tab in the configuration menu...
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... automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts receiving fax data from the control ...the machine and print copies using any of the features 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.) Setup Lets you configure the...
... automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on page 76.) Receive (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts receiving fax data from the control ...the machine and print copies using any of the features 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.) Setup Lets you configure 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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Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to the list by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. The window may vary depending on the function. 50 ControlCenter3 Change the other settings, if needed. Choose File Type from the Target Application ...
Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to the list by clicking the Delete button in the Software Button tab. The window may vary depending on the function. 50 ControlCenter3 Change the other settings, if needed. Choose File Type from the Target Application ...
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...the other settings for Scan to OCR. 51 If you want 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. You ...can add an application to OCR scans a document and converts it into text. This text can be edited using your favorite word processing software. To configure Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. ...
...the other settings for Scan to OCR. 51 If you want 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. You ...can add an application to OCR scans a document and converts it into text. This text can be edited using your favorite word processing software. To configure Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. ...
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... Show Scanner Interface box. 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. ControlCenter3 E-mail 3 Scan to E-mail lets you scan a document to your preferred...
... Show Scanner Interface box. 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. ControlCenter3 E-mail 3 Scan to E-mail lets you scan a document to your preferred...