Table of Contents Using the machine as a printer ... 1-1 Using the Brother MFC printer driver... 1-1 Features ... 1-1 Choosing the right type of paper ... 1-2 How to print your original ... 1-2 Simultaneous printing and faxing ... 1-3 Clearing data from the memory ...
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Brother Solutions Center ... 1-21 Web Update... 1-21 Check Setting ... 1-21 How to scan using Windows Scanning an original (For Windows 2000 Professional only) ... 2-2 TWAIN compliant... 2-2 How to access the Scanner ... 2-3 Scanning an original into the PC ... 2-4 Scanning a whole page ...
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You can Export items in other formats ... 2-28 Exporting an image file ... 2-28 How to Uninstall PaperPort ScanSoft Using the Brother Control Center ... 3-1 Brother MFL-Pro Control Center ... 3-1 AutoLoad the Brother Control Center ... 3-2 How to turn off AutoLoad... 3-2 Brother Control Center features ...
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Scan to OCR (Word Processing program) ... 4-21 Scan to Graphics application (example: Microsoft Paint) ... 4-23 Copy ... 4-25 PC Fax setting (PC-FAX using the Brother Fax Driver).. 4-27 FAX settings ... 4-28 Custom: User-defined buttons ... 4-29 Customizing a user-defined button ... 4-29 1.
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Using Brother PC-FAX software ... 6-1 PC-FAX sending... 6-1 Setting up user information... 6-2 Sending setup... 6-3 Outside line access ... 6-4 Include header... 6-4 Address Book file... 6-4 User interface ... 6-5 Simple style ... 6-5 Facsimile style... 6-5 Speed-Dial setup ...
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Scan to OCR... 8-8 Scan to File... 8-9 Using your machine with a Macintosh Setting up your USB-equipped Apple Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple Macintosh Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple Macintosh Choosing page setup options ... 9-4 Choosing printing options ...
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Image ... 9-15 Scanning Area... 9-17 Business Card Size (MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN only) ... 9-17 Adjusting the Image... 9-18 Using Presto! PageManager Highlights... 9-19 System requirements for Presto! PageManager Technical Support... 9-20 MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS Using the PhotoCapture Center (MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only) ...
The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers first by following the Quick Setup Guide. Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com Features This machine offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet...
From your computer select the Print command. If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin printing.
Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning an original into the computer. Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.
The screens on your Computer may vary depending on your Windows Operating System. ■ Descriptions in this chapter are based on the MFC-3220C. These descriptions also apply to the other machines. 1 - 4 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER ®...
Basic tab Select the Media Type and Quality. Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any), Orientation, number of Copies and the page order. Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings. To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the Apply button.
Media Type To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints, depending on the selected media type. Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper (4 color) Glossy Paper (3 color) Transparencies The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy...
Media Type Plain Paper Inkjet Paper Glossy Paper (4 or 3 color) Transparencies The factory settings are shown in bold. Bi-Directional Printing When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print heads print in both directions and offer faster print speeds. When not selected, the print heads will only print in one direction to provide higher quality printouts.
Paper Size The Paper Size selection provides a large selection of standard paper sizes. If you wish, you can create a custom size ranging from 3.5" x 4" (88.9 × 101.6 mm) to 8.5" x 14" (215.9 × 355.6 mm). From the drop-down box, select the Paper Size you are using.
Orientation Orientation selects the position of how your original will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). Portrait (Vertical) Landscape (Horizontal) Copies The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed (1 to 999). Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your original will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected.
Advanced tab 1 2 3 4 To return to the default settings, click the Default button. Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1.Color 2.Scaling 3.Watermark 4.Device Options 1 - 10 USING THE MACHINE AS A PRINTER...
Color Color/Grayscale This selection allows a color original to be printed in black and white using gray scale. Image Type The printer driver will select the most suitable color matching and half tone method, depending on your image type. Generally, text and business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are printed softly.
Custom Image Type You can select the color matching method manually. Select the best one for your original. Match Monitor Color is adjusted to get the closest color match to the PC monitor. ■ Natural: Suitable for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print a more natural color.
Halftone Pattern The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange where to place dots to express halftones. There are some predefined patterns set for this and you can select which one to use for your original. Select the appropriate method. ■...
Color Enhancement (True2Life Selecting Color Enhancement (True2Life ® True2Life feature. This feature analyzes your image to improve quality sharpness, white balance and color density. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your computer. ■...
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■ Sharpness This setting enhances the detail of an image. It is similar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true focus and you can not see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness. ■...
Scaling You can change the print size of your original with the Scaling feature. ■ Check Off if you want to print the original as it appears on your screen. ■ Check Fit to Paper Size, if your original has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper.
Watermark You can place a logo or text into your original as a Watermark. You can select one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use.
Watermark Style You can change the Watermark’s size and position on the page by selecting the Watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to add a new Watermark, click the New button, and then select Text or Bitmap in the Watermark Style. ■...
Device Options Lets you set the following Printer Functions: Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will print the date and time on your original from your computer’s system clock. Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time format, and the Position and the Font.
Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device Options.
Support tab The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information...
® For ScanSoft , PaperPort Go to Using ScanSoft page 2-24. Descriptions in this chapter are based on the MFC-3220C and MFC-3420C. These descriptions also apply to the other machines. 2 - 1 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS ® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional ®...
98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional only) TWAIN compliant The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and software applications. This means that not only can you scan images directly into the ®...
Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. The Scan panel appears in the left panel. Select Brother MFC-XXXXC USB or Brother MFC-XXXXCN LAN from the Scanner drop-down list box. (Where XXXX is your model name.)
Scanning an original into the PC You can scan a whole page — — Scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the original. Scanning a whole page Load your original. Adjust the following settings, if required, in the Scanner window: ■...
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the image.
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Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. If you enlarge the image using button to restore the image to its former size. Load your original again. If your model is flatbed type, and you load the original on the scanner glass in step 1, please skip this step.
Settings in the Scanner window Image Type Select the image type of output from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each default setting. The default settings are: Image Type Photo Select for scanning photo images. Select for attaching the scanned image to web pages.
Scan Type Black & White: Set the Scan Type to Black & White for text or line art. Gray Scale: Set the Scan Type to Gray (Error Diffusion) or True Gray for photographic images. Colors: Set either: 256 Color, which scans up to 256 colors, or 24 bit Color which scans up to 16.8 million colors.
Document Size Set the Size to one of the following: ■ Letter (8 1/2 x 11 in.) ■ A4 (210 x 297 mm) ■ Legal (8 1/2 x 14 in.) ■ A5 (148 x 210 mm) ■ B5 (182 x 257 mm) ■...
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If you selected Custom as the size, The Custom Document Size dialog box will appear. Type the Name, Width and Height for the original. You can choose “mm” or “inch” as the unit for Width and Height. You can see the actual paper size you selected on the screen. ■...
You can scan images directly into the ® PaperPort viewer that Brother included with your machine or you can scan images directly into any other software application that supports WIA or TWAIN scanning. How to access the scanner Open your software application to scan an original.
Scanning an original into the PC (MFC-3220C and MFC-3320CN only) Load your original. Select the picture type (B). Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D). If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties.
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The scanner resolution you can select is up to 1200 × 1200 dpi. ■ For resolutions greater than 1200dpi, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility on page 2-18.) ■ You cannot select the Paper source (A) other than Document Feeder.
Scanning an original into the PC (MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN only) There are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the Flatbed scanner glass. If you would like to scan and then crop a portion of the page after pre-scanning the original, you will need to use the scanner glass (Flatbed).
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■ For resolutions greater than 1200dpi, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility on page 2-18.) To start scanning your original, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. 2 - 15 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS...
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass (MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN only) The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Scan button from the scanner window to scan the image.
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If you require advanced settings, click Picture Type from the Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose your settings. To start scanning your original, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box.
Brother Scanner Utility The Brother Scanner Utility is used for configuring the scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200dpi and for changing the paper size. If you want to set Legal size as the default size, change the setting using this utility. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take effect.
Windows When you are ready to use Brother Control Center application is running on your computer. For details about how to configure the Brother Control Center buttons to launch the application of your choice using Scan ), go to the appropriate chapter: ■...
Scan to E-mail You can either scan a black and white or color original into your E-mail application as a file attachment. You can change the Scan ) configuration. (See Scan to E-mail on page 3-10 to 3-11.) ® (For Windows XP: See Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration on page 4-5 to 4-11.) Load your original.
The file type and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the Scan to File screen of the Brother MFL-Pro Control Center. (See Scan to File on page 3-8 to 3-9.) (For Windows Changing the Scan to button configuration on page 4-5 to 4-11.)
Scan to Card (MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only) You can scan black and white and color originals into a media card. Black and white originals will be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF file formats (*.TIF). Color originals may be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or JPEG (*.JPG) file formats.
Press To change the file name, press —OR— To start scanning, press File name is automatically changed, but you can use the dial pad to enter the file name. (You can only change the first 6 digits.) Black Start Press Changing the default quality Menu/Set Press...
ScanSoft TextBridge If you are using Windows we recommend that you are logged on with administrator rights. ® PaperPort for Brother is a document management ® to view scanned originals. can be accessed through the ScanSoft ® PaperPort ®...
Viewing items ® ® ScanSoft PaperPort provides several ways to view items: Desktop View displays a thumbnail (a small graphic that represents each item in a Desktop or folder). ® Items in the selected folder appear on the PaperPort Desktop. You ®...
Organizing your items in folders ® PaperPort has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you select to view in Desktop View. An item can be a PaperPort ® non-PaperPort item: ■...
® ScanSoft TextBridge image text into text you can edit ® ® ScanSoft PaperPort ® PaperPort item (which is really just a picture of the text) into text that you can edit with a word processing application. ® PaperPort uses the optical character recognition application ®...
TextBridge ® For Windows 98/98SE and Windows Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and the Install/Uninstall tab. Select Brother Extensions for Paperport Add/Remove button. ® Select PaperPort 8.0 SE from the list and click the Add/Remove button. ® For Windows 2000 Professional: Select Start, Settings, Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs.
Brother MFL-Pro Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PC screen whenever paper is put in the ADF of the machine. This allows you to quickly and with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently used scanning applications.
Click Control Center button. A dialog box will appear: Uncheck the ‘AutoLoad’ Pop-Up check box. icon does not appear on icon on the desktop or USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 2 ® is started. ® ® PaperPort icon and click...
Control Center button to display Configurations and then click it. Select a different application. For example, you can change a scan button from MS Word Pad to MS Word by changing the application that is listed for the Word Processor. 3 - 3 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Copy—Allows you use the PC and any Windows printer driver for enhanced copy operations. You can scan the page on the Brother machine and print the copies using any of the features of the Brother machine printer driver. —OR— ®...
Click the Modify Settings button on any of the Configuration screens. Global settings AutoLoad Pop-Up—Select this checkbox if you want Brother MFL Control Center to load when you turn on your computer. 3 - 5 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Contrast—Slide the adjuster from 0% to 100% Click OK to save your changes. If you make a mistake or want the original default setting, just click the Restore Defaults button when the scanning mode is displayed. USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 6...
Control Center screen. If your machine is flatbed model (MFC-3420C or MFC-3820CN), and want to scan the original from the scanner glass, please use Scan ) on the control panel of the machine. 3 - 7 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Scan to File To access Scan to File Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click Scan to File and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
TIFF Multi-page - Class F (*.tif) Portable Network Graphics (*.png) FlashPix (*.fpx) To Search your system for the directory and folder you want, click the Browse button. Click OK to save your settings. 3 - 9 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Scan to E-mail To access Scan to E-mail Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click the E-mail application button and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
Combine items into single file, if possible—Combines all selected items into a single file that contains multiple pages. This option is available only when the file type supports multiple pages, such as multi-page TIFF. 3 - 11 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Scan to OCR (Word Processor) To access Scan to OCR Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click the word processor application button and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
■ Single column output—Click this checkbox if you want to remove columns from multi-column original s so that converted text appears in a one-column format. 3 - 13 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER ® Pro Millennium product.) ®...
Scan to Image To access Scan to Image Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click the graphic application button and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings. Target Application Application—From the pull-down list, select the application you want to add to this Pop-Up screen. Click the Custom Link Settings button to set up links for your user-defined application. 3 - 15 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Copy To access the Copy Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click the Copy and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings. Number of copies Copies—Enter the number of copies you want to print. To change the copy options, click the Copy Options button. Click OK to save your Copy settings. 3 - 17 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
Send a fax To access the Send a fax Configurations screen Load your original in the ADF. The Brother Control Center screen will pop up. Right-click the Send a fax and click on Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the Control Center.
For Windows 2000 Professional and XP Select the Paper Size and Orientation (Portrait or Landscape) and click OK. To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore Defaults or Default button. 3 - 19 USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER...
See Using the Brother Control Center on page 3-1 Brother SmartUI Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that allows you to quite easily, with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently used scanning applications. Using the Control Center eliminates the need to manually launch the specific applications and allows you to scan an original directly to a folder on your computer.
AutoLoad the Brother Control Center The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each ® time Windows is started. When the Control Center is loaded the Control Center don’t want the Control Center to load automatically, you can turn AutoLoad off.
Select the Configuration tab and from the Application pull down menu select a different application. For example, you can change the E-mail scan button from Outlook Express to Outlook by changing the application that is listed. ® 4 - 4 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
Click the Hardware Section tab at the top left of the SmartUI Control Center screen. (See Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) on page 2-19.) ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 5...
E-mail application, which is installed on your system. If you wish to change the attachment file type click on the Link Preferences button to display a list of file types. ® 4 - 6 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
You can save the file to the default PaperPort folder ® so the file appears in PaperPort or you can select another folder/directory by clicking the Browse button. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 7...
To configure the Scan to Image feature left-click on the Scan to Image button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination image format or document application. ® 4 - 8 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
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The resolution can be changed from 100 to 1200 dpi. You can define the size of the paper you’re using, and you can adjust the brightness and contrast of the image before scanning. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 9...
To configure the Scan to OCR feature left-click on the Scan to OCR button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination applications. ® 4 - 10 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
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File Type window according to your needs. You have the option to choose your OCR setting from Single column output to Auto orient page. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 11...
Scan to Image applications. The Copy section contains three buttons for N to 1 copying. The Fax section button is for sending faxes using the Brother PC-FAX application and the Custom section contains three buttons with which you can assign your own function.
PC including network printers. Four/Two to One Copy—enables you to use the Four/Two on One-page features of the Brother printer driver to copy four/two original pages onto a single output page. ® USING THE WINDOWS...
Send a Fax (Brother PC-FAX)—enables you to scan a page or original and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. Custom Scan to File—These buttons have been pre-programmed for the Scan to File feature. You can change the configuration of each of these buttons to meet your specific requirements by right-clicking on a button and following the configuration menus.
To configure the file type and save to directory right-click on the Scan to File button and click Configuration. The Scan Action tab is set to File and should not be changed. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 15...
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You can change the default setting by selecting the Other Folder button and then clicking Browse and selecting the folder in which you wish to save your files. ® 4 - 16 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
The Scan Action tab is set to E-mail and should not be changed. To change the E-mail application click on the Configuration tab. From the Application pull down list, select your preferred E-mail application. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 17...
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To change the file type of the attachment click the Link Preferences button to set up links. Check the Convert attachments to specified file type box and then select the appropriate file type from the pull down list. ® 4 - 18 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) PC Paintbrush (*.pcx) PCX Multi-page (*.dcx) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF-Uncompressed (*.tif) TIFF Group 4 (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page -Uncompressed (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page - Group 4 (*.tif) ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 19 ® MAX files.
Scanner settings You have the ability to change the scanner settings used to create the file attachments. Click on the Scan Settings tab and select the appropriate settings. ® 4 - 20 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
To change the word processing application click on the Configuration Tab. You can select the destination word processing application from the Application pull down list. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 21...
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To change the program link preferences click the Link Preferences button. File Type—From the pull-down list, select the file format you want to use for originals. OCR—Select the OCR application from the OCR pull down list. ® 4 - 22 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
Configuration. The Scan Action tab is set to Application and should not be changed. To change the configuration of the destination application click on the Configuration Tab. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 23...
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This option enables you to reduce image to screen resolution (96dpi), show a warning if the item has annotations, update the original item if sent item is modified, if needed. ® 4 - 24 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
Copy The copy buttons can be customized to allow you to take advantage of the features built into the Brother printer drivers to do advanced copy functions such as n-in-1 printing. The Copy buttons are automatically linked to the default Windows printer driver.
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As an example to configure the section Copy button to copy two pages to one you must select 2 in 1. You must configure each of the copy buttons before they can be used. 4 - 26 USING THE WINDOWS ® XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER (From MFC-3220C) (From MFC-3220C)
The machine includes a PC-Fax driver, which allows any Windows Application to send a Fax as simply as printing an original . The Brother SmartUI automatically configures the Fax button to use the Brother PC-FAX driver no user configuration is required.
Select the Paper Size, Orientation (Portrait or Landscape) and Resolution (200x200 dpi or 200x100 dpi), and click OK. To return to the factory default settings, click the Default button. ® 4 - 28 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
Custom: User-defined buttons There are up to three Custom buttons on the Brother SmartUI Control Center. You can set your own preferences and configuration to fit your required application. To configure a Custom button right click on the button and then click Configuration.
Select the destination application program from the pull down list. Click on Link Preferences to set the Send to options. You can select the application from the scroll menu on the left. ® 4 - 30 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
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® send the file to the default PaperPort directory or select your own destination directory by selecting Other Folder. Use the Browse button to select the destination directory. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 31...
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You can also choose another OCR application from the OCR pull down list if another is installed on you system. ® ® ® Scansoft TextBridge is installed as part of the PaperPort 8.0 SE application. ® 4 - 32 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
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Select the destination E-mail application program from the pull down list. Click on the Link Preferences button to configure the Send To E-mail options. You can select the File type and Quick Send E-mail address list. ® USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER 4 - 33...
You can select the scanner settings from each of the Scan Type options for the Custom buttons. You have the option to select Color Mode, Resolution, Paper Size and Brightness and Contrast settings. ® 4 - 34 USING THE WINDOWS XP-BASED BROTHER SMARTUI CONTROL CENTER...
You can't use the MFC Remote Setup application if your machine is connected via a Network. (For MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN Only) (See Network User’s Guide.) From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX, and then select MFC Remote Setup. (Where XXXX is your model name.)
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Apply button The Apply button uploads the data to the machine, but stays in the Remote Setup application so you can make more changes. Print button The Print button prints the selected items on the machine. You cannot print the MFC Remote Setup changes until you click the Apply button to upload the new data to the machine.
6-27. PC-FAX sending The Brother PC-FAX software lets you send a file from your PC. You can create a file in any application on your PC, and then send it as a PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page note.
From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name), and then select PC-FAX Setup. The Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box will appear: You must enter this information to create the Fax Header and Cover Page.
Sending setup From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab to display the screen below. The include header option sends an additional page of information along with fax or E-mail data which contains user and subject information.
Address Book file To select you must enter the path and file name of the database file which contains the address book information. —OR— Use the Browse button to find the database to select. 6 - 4 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
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Speed-Dial setup From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Speed-Dial tab. (To use this feature you must select the Facsimile Style user interface.) You can register a Member or Group on each of the ten Speed-Dial buttons. To register an address in a Speed-Dial button: Click the Speed-Dial button you want to program.
The Address Book From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name), and then click PC-FAX Address Book. The Brother Address Book dialog box will appear: USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 7...
Setting up a Member in the Address Book In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete stored information of Members and Groups. In the Address Book dialog box, click the Member. The Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box will appear: In the Member Setup dialog box, type the Member’s information.
Setting up a Group for Broadcasting If you often send the same PC-FAX to several recipients, you can combine them in to a Group. In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the create a Group. The Group Setup dialog box appears: Type the name of the new Group in the Group Name field.
Click Vcard and go to Step 5. From the Available Items column, select the data fields you wish to Export and then click Add >>. Select the items in the order you want them listed. 6 - 10 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE icon. icon.
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If you are exporting to an ASCII file, select the Divide Character - Tab or Comma. This selects between a Tab or Comma to separate the data fields. Select OK to save the data. Type the name of the file, and then select Save. USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 11...
From the Available Items list select the fields in the same order they are listed in the Import text file. Select the Divide Character - Tab or Comma based on the file format you are importing. To import the data click OK. 6 - 12 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
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Type the name of the file, and then select Open. If you selected a text file in Step 1, the Files of type: will be Text file (*.csv). USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 13...
Setting up a Cover Page From the PC-FAX dialog box click , to access the PC-Fax Cover page setup screen. The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog box will appear: 6 - 14 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
Count cover page When the Count Cover Page box is checked, the Cover Page will be included in the page numbering. When this box is not checked, the Cover Page will not be included. USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 15...
From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box will appear: Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The Facsimile style user interface will appear, if it does not check the user interface selection setting as detailed on page 6-3.
Create a file in Word, Excel, Paint, Draw or any other application on your PC. From the File menu, select Print. The Print dialog box will appear: Cover Page On, and then icon to enter or edit the Cover Page USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 17...
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Select Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click OK. The Simple style user interface will appear, if it does not check the user interface selection setting as detailed on page 6-3. In the To: field, type the fax number of the recipient. You can also use the Address Book to select destination fax numbers by clicking the To: button.
PC-FAX receiving is only available when using the USB connection, not the LAN connection. Running PC-FAX Receiving From the Start menu, select Programs, Brother, MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name) and then select ‘PC-FAX Receiving’. The PC-FAX ®...
Double-click any of the new faxes to open and view them. The title of your unread PC message will be the date and time until you assign a file name. For example “Fax 2-20-2002 16:40:21.tif” 6 - 20 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
Select the Start, Printer and Faxes. To activate Faxing receiving, click Set up faxing in the Printer Tasks menu. The FAX services will be installed on your PC. 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 21 ® 98/98SE/Me and...
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Enter your details, ensuring you specify the outside line access number if necessary and click OK. Select the My location radio button if it is not selected and then click OK. The Fax Configuration Wizard starts. Click Next. 6 - 22 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
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Enter the sender information, and then click Next. Select Brother MFC-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name) in the Please select the fax device pull-down list. Click to select the Enable Receive check box. Specify the number of rings before your machine will attempt to answer the fax and click Next.
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Enter the Transmitting Subscriber Identification (TSID), and then click Next. Enter the Called Subscriber Identification (CSID), and then click Next. 6 - 24 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
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Setup utility. To use Remote Setup, check off Enable Receive in Step 7. For information on how to use PC-FAX Sending and Receiving, please refer to Help in the Fax Console. The PC-FAX installation is now complete. USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 25...
The Inbox folder contains faxes that have been received. ■ The Outbox folder contains faxes that are scheduled to be sent. ■ The Sent Items folder contains faxes that have been successfully sent. 6 - 26 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
The items described in this chapter are specific items relating to the Network version of PC-FAX software. Brother Network PC-FAX can be configured through the PC-FAX Setup, Sending tab. USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE 6 - 27...
PC, and then send it as a Network PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page note. All you have to do is set up the receiving parties as Members or Groups in your Brother PC-FAX Address Book or simply enter the destination address or fax number into the User Interface.
(MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only) In order to use the full functionality of Network PC-FAX you must enable the Network PC-FAX option on the Sending tab of Brother PC-FAX Setup. Access the Sending Tab from the PC-FAX dialog box by clicking —OR—...
If you wish to send an original to this contact by more than one method you must create a second contact and select a different option, Fax, E-Mail or MFC Address. To use the machine for Network PC-FAX, see Using Brother PC-FAX software on page 6-1. 6 - 30 USING BROTHER PC-FAX SOFTWARE...
Using the PhotoCapture Center (For Windows only) Do NOT start your computer with your media cards inserted into the media drive of the machine. You could lose your data or damage the card. For USB cable users ® For Windows 2000 users, to access the PhotoCapture ™...
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You can edit the file and save it to another drive on your PC. When you take out a media card, do the following to prevent damage to the media card: In the My Computer window, right-click the removable disk icon and select “Eject”...
For Network cable users Insert a SmartMedia SecureDigital card into your machine. If more than two media cards are inserted at the same time, the PhotoCapture Center first. To have access to another card, you must first take out all the cards, and then put in the media card you wish to access.
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™ While the machine is printing from the PhotoCapture Center ™ your PC cannot access the PhotoCapture Center for any other operation. Magic Gate Memory Stick can be used, but any music data that is stored on the stick can not be read. ™...
NL-5 which is a multiple PC license agreement pack for up to an additional 5 Users. To purchase NL-5, please contact your Brother Sales Office. Registering your PC with the machine If you need to change the machine that was registered to your PC during the installation of MFL-Pro Suite (see Quick Setup Guide), follow the steps below.
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Right-click Scanner Device icon and select properties to view the Network Scanner Properties dialog box. Click the Network Setting tab in the dialog box and select a method to specify the machine as a Network scanner for your < 8 - 2 NETWORK SCANNING (MFC-3320CN AND MFC-3820CN ONLY)
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Specify your machine by address Enter the actual IP address of the machine in the IP Address field. Click Apply and then OK. Specify your machine by Name Enter the machine Node name in the Node Name field. Click Apply and then OK. Search from a list of available device Click Browse and select the appropriate device you want to use.
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Click the Scan To Button tab in the dialog box and enter your PC Name in the Display Name field. The machine's LCD displays the Name you enter. Default setting is your PC Name. You can enter any name that you like. You can avoid receiving unwanted documents by setting a 4-digit PIN Number.
PC as an attachment. For Network Scanning the Brother Control Center (SmartUI) selections are used only for configuring the Scan button. You will not be able to initiate a network scan from the Brother Control Center (SmartUI). You can change the 98/Me/2000: (See Scan to E-mail on page 3-10 to 3-11.) (For...
Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) When you select Scan to E-mail (E-mail server) you can scan a black and white or color original and send it directly to an E-mail address from the machine. Your original is sent as an E-mail attachment in a TIFF or PDF format for Black and White or you can choose PDF or JPEG for color.
Scan to Image When you select Scan to Image your original will be scanned and sent directly to the PC you designated on your network. The Brother SmartUI will activate the default graphics application on the designated PC. You can change the ®...
Changing the Scan to button configuration on page 4-5 to 4-11.) For Network Scanning the Brother Control Center (SmartUI) selections are used only for configuring the Scan button. You will not be able to initiate a network scan from the Brother Control Center (SmartUI). Load your original.
4-5 to 4-11.) For Network Scanning the Brother Control Center (SmartUI) selections are used only for configuring the Scan button. You will not be able to initiate a network scan from the Brother Control Center (SmartUI). Load your original.
X 10.2 user, please upgrade to Mac OS or greater. (The latest information for Mac OS http://solutions.brother.com) Descriptions in this chapter are based on the MFC-3220C. These descriptions also apply to the other machines. 9 - 1 USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH ®...
8.6-9.2) To select a Printer: Open the Chooser from the Apple menu. Click the Brother Ink icon. On the right side of the Chooser window, click the printer you want to print to. Close the Chooser. To print an original: From the application software such as Presto! PageManager click the File menu and select Page Setup.
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® From application software such as Presto! PageManager , click the File menu and select Print. Click Print to start printing. If you want to change Copies, Pages, Quality, Media Type and Color/Mono, select your settings before clicking Print. Click the Option button to change Document and Printing Options.
Using the Brother Printer Driver with ® Your Apple Choosing page setup options From application software such as Presto! PageManager the File menu and select Page Setup. Make sure MFC-XXXX (Where XXXX is your model name) is selected in the Format for pop-up menu.
Choosing printing options To control special printing features, choose Print Settings in the Print dialog box. You can change Quality, Media Type, Color/Mono and Bi-Directional Printing settings. See Resolution on page S-6 in the User’s Guide. ® 9 - 5 USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH...
Sending a fax from your Macintosh application ® For Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2 users You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh Create an original in a Macintosh application. To send a fax, select Print from the File menu. The Printer dialog box will appear: When Printer is selected, the top button shows Print and the Address button is grayed.
Click Send Fax. The Send Fax dialog box appears: The Send Fax dialog box has two list boxes. The left box shows all the previously Stored Fax Numbers and the right box shows the Destination Fax Numbers as you select them. To address the fax, type a fax number in the Input Fax Number box.
® For Mac OS X users You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh Create an original in a Macintosh application. To send a fax, select Print from the File menu. The Printer dialog box will appear: Select Send Fax from the pull-down menu. USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH ®...
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Select Facsimile from the Output pull-down menu. To address the fax, type a fax number in the Input Fax Number box, and the click Print. If you want to send a fax to more than one number, click Add after entering the first fax number. The destination fax numbers will be listed in the dialog box.
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS application You can address the fax number using a vCard (an electronic business card) from Mac OS number field. Click Address Book button. Drag a vCard from the Mac OS to the Destination Fax Numbers filed. When you are finished addressing your fax, click Print.
The vCard used must contain a work fax or home fax number. When you choose work fax or home fax from the Stored Fax Numbers pull-down list, only the fax number stored in the ® Mac OS X Address Book for the selected category will be used.
Accessing the scanner ® Run your Macintosh first time you use the Brother TWAIN driver, set it as the default by choosing Select Source (or the other menu name to select the device). Afterwards, for each original you scan choose Acquire Image or Scan.
Scanning an image into your Macintosh You can scan a whole page —OR— scan a portion after pre-scanning the original. Scanning a whole page Load your original in the ADF. If your model is a flatbed type, you can also place your original on the scanner glass.
Pre-Scanning an image Pre-Scanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look. The PreScan button will allow you to crop unwanted areas from the images.
Settings in the Scanner window Image Resolution From the Resolution pop-up menu choose the scanning resolution. Higher resolutions use more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. Resolution Black & White / Gray (Error Diffusion) 100 x 100 dpi 150 x 150 dpi 200 x 200 dpi 300 x 300 dpi...
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Color Type Black & White—Set the image Type to Black and White for text or line art. For photographic images, set the image type to Gray (Error diffusion) or True Gray. Gray (Error Diffusion)—is used for originals with photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images by placing black dots instead of the true gray dots in a specific matrix instead of true gray dots.) True Gray—is used for originals with photographic images or...
Scanning Area Set the Size to one of the following: ■ Letter 8.5 x 11 in ■ A4 210 x 297 mm ■ Legal 8.5 x 14 in ■ A5 148 x 210 mm ■ B5 182 x 257 mm ■...
Adjusting the Image Brightness Adjust the Brightness setting to get the best image. The Brother TWAIN Scanner driver offers 100 Brightness levels (-50 to 50). The default value is 0, representing an ‘average’ setting. You can set the Brightness level by dragging the slide bar to the right to lighten the image or to the left to darken the image.
Using Presto! PageManager Presto! PageManager originals in your computer. Since it is compatible with most image editors and word processing programs, Presto! PageManager gives you unmatched control over your computer files. You can easily manage your originals and edit your E-mail and files and read originals with the OCR software built into Presto! PageManager If you use the machine as a scanner, we recommend that you install Presto! PageManager...
System requirements for Presto! PageManager ■ PowerPC processor ■ System 8.6-9.X, OS10.1, or greater ■ CD-ROM drive ■ Hard disk drive with at least 120 MB of free disk space Recommended: ■ 8-bit Color or higher video adapter. ■ Eudora Mail, or Outlook Express electronic mail software Technical Support [For US] Company name: NewSoft America Inc.
The ‘machine Remote Setup’ application icon is in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utility. This starts the process of uploading the data to the machine and exiting the remote setup program. If an error message is displayed enter the correct data again.
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Print This command prints the selected items on the machine. You cannot print the data until it is uploaded to the machine. Click Apply to upload the new data to the machine and click Print. Export This command saves the current configuration settings to a file. Import This command reads the settings from a file.
Using the PhotoCapture Center a Macintosh (MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only) You can access the Media Card inserted into the machine from a ® Macintosh ® For Mac OS 8.6 only You have to download “USB Mass Storage Support 1.3.5” software from the web site of Apple Insert a SmartMedia SecuredDigital card into your machine.
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While the machine is printing from the PhotoCapture Center ® the Macintosh cannot access the PhotoCapture Center another operation. Magic Gate Memory Stick can be used, but the music data that is stored on the stick can not be read. USING YOUR MACHINE WITH A MACINTOSH ™...
... 6-16 group ... 6-9 simple style ... 6-17 PhotoCapture Center Macintosh Windows Print Macintosh Brother driver ...9-2, 9-4, 9-6 Windows driver settings ... 1-4 keys on control panel ... 1-3 True2Life Scan Macintosh Network ... 9-11 Scan key ... 2-19 Windows into PC ...
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