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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...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...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 ...
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...settings...5 Basic tab ...6 Media Type...7 Quality ...7 Enhanced Print Settings ...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 ...
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...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 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X ... 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-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager®...
...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 Sending a fax (MFC models only) ...104 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X ... 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-3360C 115 Using Presto!® PageManager®...
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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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...the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you will find in a high quality ink jet printer. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features 1 This machine offers many other wireless devices using the IEEE802... with your PC application, and using a page description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from Windows® XP. Install those drivers by a firewall, and is unable to print, you may vary depending on the CD-ROM supplied ...
...the User's Guide.) The printer driver supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many features you will find in a high quality ink jet printer. Brilliant High Quality Output Printing at : http://solutions.brother.com Features 1 This machine offers many other wireless devices using the IEEE802... with your PC application, and using a page description language, converts it into a format that can also download the latest drivers from Windows® XP. Install those drivers by a firewall, and is unable to print, you may vary depending on the CD-ROM supplied ...
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... to switch off , you print from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File...your application. b Right-click again then click Exit. 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 PC. Note Even if ...
... to switch off , you print from your PC: Media Type/Quality (Speed) Paper Size Page Layout Color Matching/Halftone Color Enhancement Scaling Watermark Print Date & Time Quick Print Setup Accessing the printer driver settings 1 a Click File...your application. b Right-click again then click Exit. 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 PC. Note Even if ...
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Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. You can create a custom size by choosing ...
Printing Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only) Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are using. You can create a custom size by choosing ...
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...N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you use the one in the application. 11 Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your print size and prints the document in poster print mode. Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option...1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. 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 this, we recommend you can...
...N options. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you use the one in the application. 11 Orientation 1 Orientation chooses the position your print size and prints the document in poster print mode. Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 When N in 1 option...1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. 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 this, we recommend you can...
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You can 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 ... page only From second page Custom 17 Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or text onto your document.
You can 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 ... page only From second page Custom 17 Printing Watermark You can print the watermark in the background of your document. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1 Check In Outline Text if you have created. Print Watermark 1 You can print a logo or text onto your document.
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...directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that support TWAIN scanning. 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 29). This means that you can not ...only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant ...
...directly into the PaperPort® SE viewer that support TWAIN scanning. 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 29). This means that you can not ...only scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your applications. 2 For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are using. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant ...
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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 Scan panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft...
Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The Scan panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft...
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... settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box 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...
... settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box 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...
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f Click Start. 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 d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you loaded the document on the scanner...enlarge the image using the original size. Settings in step a. The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Scanning c Click...
f Click Start. 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 d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you loaded the document on the scanner...enlarge the image using the original size. Settings in step a. The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your document again. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Scanning c Click...
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... Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. d Click Scan. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your...
... Guide are using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) 2 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows® XP you can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. d Click Scan. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your...
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Scanning f If you need to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the Scan dialog box. This time only the chosen area of the ...Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for the size of greater than 1200 dpi...
Scanning f If you need to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the document appears in the PaperPort® SE window (or your application window). You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in the Scan dialog box. This time only the chosen area of the ...Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. Click OK after you choose a setting. 2 g Click the Scan button in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is scanned and you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for the size of greater than 1200 dpi...
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... word-processing link icon starts PaperPort® SE's built-in OCR application, or you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can also use Windows® Explorer to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can be a PaperPort® ... You can convert the entire item, or by using the New Program Link command. An item can use a link, drag an item onto one of folders and items that folder. Folders can choose only a portion of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The ...
... word-processing link icon starts PaperPort® SE's built-in OCR application, or you can edit 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE can also use Windows® Explorer to other applications 2 ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE automatically recognizes many other folders. When you can be a PaperPort® ... You can convert the entire item, or by using the New Program Link command. An item can use a link, drag an item onto one of folders and items that folder. Folders can choose only a portion of the Desktop view shows icons for organizing your items. The ...
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...the file. c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. Uninstalling ScanSoft® 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. b ..., then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Change or Remove. The Save 'XXXXX' as dialog box is displayed. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. Exporting an image...
...the file. c Enter the new file name and choose the file type. Uninstalling ScanSoft® 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. b ..., then Add/Remove Programs. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Change or Remove. The Save 'XXXXX' as dialog box is displayed. For Windows® XP 2 a Click the Start button, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. Exporting an image...
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.... (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 Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the...
.... (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 Brother Solutions Center by clicking the Configuration button. (8) 44 3 ControlCenter3 3 Note The features available to you in ControlCenter3 may vary depending on the...
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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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... Preferences. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN SELECT. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. You can choose your PC; c Click OK to run automatically each time you start... user interface for ControlCenter3. If you start your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46
... Preferences. a To switch the user interface, click Configuration button and select SETUP then SKIN SELECT. b From the SKIN SELECT dialog, you can open the ControlCenter3 window by double-clicking the icon. b Uncheck Start ControlCenter on the tasktray. You can choose your PC; c Click OK to run automatically each time you start... user interface for ControlCenter3. If you start your preferred user interface. 3 3 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you do not want ControlCenter3 to close the window. 46
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... (Not available for enhanced copy operations. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any printer driver for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of Remote Setup. (See Remote Setup on page 74.) Ink Level Lets you check the ink status. User's ...the PC-FAX Receive option, 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 MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts...
... (Not available for enhanced copy operations. ControlCenter3 COPY 3 Lets you use the PC and any printer driver for DCP models and MFC-240C) Lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window of Remote Setup. (See Remote Setup on page 74.) Ink Level Lets you check the ink status. User's ...the PC-FAX Receive option, 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 MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) By clicking this button, the PC-FAX receive software is activated and your PC starts...