Brother ADS-1500W User Manual

Web Connect Guide

Version A

USA

Applicable models

This User’s Guide applies to the following models: ADS-1500W.

Definitions of notes

We use the following note style throughout this user’s guide:

NOTE

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give
tips about how the operation works with other features.

Trademarks

The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

Brother is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

FLICKR and the FLICKR Dots logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

GOOGLE DRIVE and PICASA WEB ALBUMS are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject
to Google Permissions.

EVERNOTE and the Evernote Elephant logo are trademarks of Evernote Corporation and used under a
license.

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and SKYDRIVE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.

Each company whose software title is mentioned in this manual has a Software License Agreement specific
to its proprietary programs.

Any trade names and product names of companies appearing on Brother products, related
documents and any other materials are all trademarks or registered trademarks of those respective
companies.

IMPORTANT NOTE

 Please go to the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/ and click Manuals on your model

page to download the other manuals, including the Quick Setup Guide and User’s Guide, for your model.

© 2013 Brother Industries, Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

Brother Web Connect ................................................................................................................................1

Accessible services ...................................................................................................................................2

Conditions for using Brother Web Connect ...............................................................................................4

Service account ...................................................................................................................................4

Internet connection ..............................................................................................................................4

MFL-Pro Suite installation ...................................................................................................................4

Proxy server settings ...........................................................................................................................4

Setting up Brother Web Connect ...............................................................................................................6

Step-by-step overview .........................................................................................................................6

How to create an account for each of the desired services.................................................................7

How to apply for Brother Web Connect access...................................................................................7

How to register and delete accounts on the machine..........................................................................9

2 Scan and Upload 12

Scanning and uploading documents........................................................................................................12

How to change scan settings.............................................................................................................13

3 Outline and Scan 14

Scanning parts of your documents ..........................................................................................................14

How to outline and scan a document ................................................................................................14

4 Shortcut Settings 16

Adding Web Connect Shortcuts...............................................................................................................16

How to change Shortcuts ..................................................................................................................17

How to edit Shortcut names ..............................................................................................................17

How to delete Shortcuts ....................................................................................................................17

How to use a Shortcut .......................................................................................................................17

A Troubleshooting 18

Error messages .......................................................................................................................................18

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Introduction 1

Brother Web Connect 1

Certain websites provide services that allow users to upload and view images and files on the website. Your
Brother machine can scan images and upload them to many of these services.

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Scanning

Web service

1 Photos, images, documents, and other files

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Introduction

Accessible services 1

The following services can be accessed from your Brother machine:

 PICASA WEB ALBUMS™

PICASA WEB ALBUMS™ is an online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into
albums, and shared with other users.

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URL: http://picasaweb.google.com/

 GOOGLE DRIVE™

GOOGLE DRIVE™ is an online document editing and sharing service.

URL: http://drive.google.com/

 FLICKR

®

FLICKR® is an online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared
with other users.

URL: http://www.flickr.com/

 FACEBOOK

FACEBOOK is a social networking service that also allows images to be uploaded and shared with other
users.

URL: http://www.facebook.com/

 EVERNOTE

®

EVERNOTE® is an online file storage and managing service.

URL: http://www.evernote.com/

 DROPBOX

DROPBOX is an online file storage, sharing and file synchronization service.

URL: http://www.dropbox.com/

 SKYDRIVE

®

SKYDRIVE® is an online file storage, sharing and managing service.

URL: http://skydrive.live.com/

 BOX

BOX is an online document editing and sharing service.

URL: http://www.box.com/

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Introduction

For more information about any of these services, refer to the respective service’s website.

The following table describes which file types can be used with each Brother Web Connect feature:

GOOGLE DRIVE™

Accessible Services

PICASA WEB ALBUMS™

FLICKR

®

FACEBOOK

EVERNOTE

DROPBOX

SKYDRIVE

BOX

Upload scanned images JPEG JPEG/PDF/DOCX/XLSX/PPTX

®

®

NOTE

(For Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea)

Brother Web Connect supports only file names written in English. Files named in the local language will
not be uploaded.

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Introduction

Conditions for using Brother Web Connect 1

Service account 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect, you must have an account with the desired service. If you do not
already have an account, use a computer to access the service’s website and create an account.

Internet connection 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect, your Brother machine must be connected to a network that has access
to the Internet through a wireless connection. For more information on connecting and configuring your
machine, see the Quick Setup Guide included with your machine.

For network setups that use a proxy server, the machine must also be configured to use a proxy server (see Proxy server settings on page 4). If you are not sure, check with your network administrator.

NOTE

A proxy server is a computer that serves as an intermediary between computers without a direct Internet
connection, and the Internet.

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MFL-Pro Suite installation 1

The initial installation of Brother Web Connect requires a computer that has access to the Internet and has
Brother MFL-Pro Suite installed. Follow the steps outlined in the Quick Setup Guide to install MFL-Pro Suite
(from the supplied installer DVD-ROM), and configure the machine to be able to scan over your wireless
network.

Proxy server settings 1

If the network uses a proxy server, the following proxy server information must be configured on the machine.
If you are not sure, check with your network administrator.

 Proxy server address

 Port number

 User name

 Password

1 Press .
2 Press a or b to display Network.

Press Network.

3 Press a or b to display Web Connect Settings.

Press Web Connect Settings.

4 Press Proxy Settings.

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