Brother DCP-L5650DN, MFC-L5700DW, MFC-L5800DW, MFC-L5850DW, MFC-L6750DW Web Connect Guide
Web Connect Guide
Before You Use Your Brother Machine
• Applicable Models
• Definitions of Notes
• Trademarks
• Important Note
Applicable Models
This User's Guide applies to the following models:
1.8 inch Touchscreen LCD Printer models: HL-L6300DW/HL-L6400DW/HL-L6400DWT
DCP and MFC models: DCP-L5500DN/DCP-L5600DN/DCP-L5650DN/MFC-L5700DW/MFC-L5800DW/
MFC-L5850DW/MFC-L5900DW/MFC-L6700DW/MFC-L6750DW/MFC-L6800DW/MFC-L6900DW
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Definitions of Notes
We use the following symbol and convention throughout this User's Guide:
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in
damage to property or loss of product functionality.
Tips icons provide helpful hints and supplementary information.
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Trademarks
BROTHER is either a trademark or a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.
Flickr is a registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc.
Google Drive and Picasa Web Albums are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks 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, Internet Explorer, OneNote and OneDrive are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Macintosh and Safari are trademarks 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.
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• Go to your model's Manuals page on the Brother Solutions Center at support.brother.com to download the
other manuals.
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• Not all models are available in all countries.
• Windows® XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64
Edition and Windows® XP Home Edition.
• In this manual, the LCD messages of the MFC-L6900DW are used unless otherwise specified.
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Table of Contents
Before You Use Brother Web Connect................................................................................................ 1
What Is Brother Web Connect? ..................................................................................................................... 2
Accessible Services ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Conditions for Using Brother Web Connect ................................................................................................... 5
Service Account ................................................................................................................................... 6
Internet Connection .............................................................................................................................. 7
Brother Software Installation ................................................................................................................ 8
Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Your Brother Machine's Control Panel............................. 9
Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management .............................................. 10
Set Up Brother Web Connect....................................................................................................................... 11
Brother Web Connect Setup Overview............................................................................................... 12
Create an Account for Each of the Services You Want to Use........................................................... 13
Apply for Brother Web Connect Access ............................................................................................. 14
Register an Account on Your Brother Machine ..................................................................................17
Delete an Account on Your Brother Machine .....................................................................................19
Set Up Brother Web Connect for Brother CreativeCenter.................................................................. 21
Scan and Upload ................................................................................................................................. 22
Scan and Upload Documents Using Brother Web Connect......................................................................... 23
Download and Print ............................................................................................................................ 25
Download and Print Documents Using Brother Web Connect.....................................................................26
Download and Print Using Picasa Web Albums™, Flickr®, Facebook, Google Drive™,
Evernote®, Dropbox, OneDrive® and Box.......................................................................................... 27
Download and Print Brother CreativeCenter Templates..................................................................... 29
FaxForward.......................................................................................................................................... 30
FaxForward to Cloud or E-mail .................................................................................................................... 31
Turn On FaxForward....................................................................................................................................32
Turn Off FaxForward....................................................................................................................................33
Outline, Scan, and Copy or Cut ......................................................................................................... 34
Outline, Scan, and Copy or Cut Parts of Your Documents .......................................................................... 35
Outline and Scan a Document to the Cloud ....................................................................................... 37
Copy an Outlined Section................................................................................................................... 38
Cut an Outlined Section ..................................................................................................................... 39
NotePrint and NoteScan ..................................................................................................................... 40
NotePrint and NoteScan Overview .............................................................................................................. 41
Print Note Sheet and Folder Templates .............................................................................................43
Scan a Note Sheet to the Cloud......................................................................................................... 44
Web Connect Shortcut Settings ........................................................................................................ 45
Add Web Connect Shortcuts........................................................................................................................46
Add Apps Shortcuts ..................................................................................................................................... 47
Change Web Connect Shortcuts.................................................................................................................. 48
Edit Web Connect Shortcut Names ............................................................................................................. 49
Delete Web Connect Shortcuts....................................................................................................................50
Use a Web Connect Shortcut....................................................................................................................... 51
Troubleshooting for Brother Web Connect ...................................................................................... 52
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Before You Use Brother Web Connect
• What Is Brother Web Connect?
Certain websites provide services that allow users to upload and view images and files on the websites. Your Brother
machine can scan images and upload them to these services, and also download and print images that are already
uploaded to these services.
• Accessible Services
Use Brother Web Connect to access services from your Brother machine:
• Conditions for Using Brother Web Connect
• Set Up Brother Web Connect
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What Is Brother Web Connect?
Certain websites provide services that allow users to upload and view images and files on the websites. Your
Brother machine can scan images and upload them to these services, and also download and print images that
are already uploaded to these services.
1. Printing
2. Scanning
3. Photos, images, documents and other files
4. Web Service
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Accessible Services
Use Brother Web Connect to access services from your Brother machine:
Printer models support Google Drive™, Dropbox, OneDrive® and Box only.
Picasa Web Albums
™
An online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared with other
users.
URL: picasaweb.google.com
Google Drive
™
An online document storage, editing, sharing and file synchronization service.
URL: drive.google.com
®
Flickr
An online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared with other
users.
URL: www.flickr.com
Facebook
A social networking service that also allows images to be uploaded and shared with other users.
URL: www.facebook.com
Evernote
®
An online file storage and management service.
www.evernote.com
URL:
Dropbox
An online file storage, sharing and synchronization service.
URL: www.dropbox.com
OneDrive
®
An online file storage, sharing and managing service.
onedrive.live.com
URL:
Box
An online document editing and sharing service.
URL: www.box.com
OneNote
®
An online document editing and sharing service.
www.onenote.com
URL:
Brother CreativeCenter
A website that offers various templates, such as greeting cards, brochures and calendars that you can print on
your Brother machine (available only for certain countries).
www.brother.com/creativecenter
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:
Printer models do not support the scanning feature.
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Accessible
Services
Picasa Web
Flickr
™
®
Albums
Facebook
Google Drive
Evernote
®
Dropbox
OneDrive
Box
™
®
OneNote
®
Brother CreativeCenter
Download and
print images
JPEG JPEG/PDF/DOC/
DOCX/XLS/
- (Print only)
XLSX/PPT/PPTX
Upload
scanned
images
FaxForward to
JPEG
JPEG/PDF 1/DOCX/
XLSX/PPTX/
JPEG/PDF 1/DOCX/
XLSX/PPTX/TIFF/XPS
TIFF/XPS
JPEG JPEG/PDF/TIFF JPEG/PDF/TIFF the online
services
(available only
for certain
models)
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For upload scanned images, PDF includes Searchable PDF, Signed PDF, Secure PDF, PDF/A and High Compression PDF.
(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 downloaded.
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Conditions for Using Brother Web Connect
• Service Account
• Internet Connection
• Brother Software Installation
• Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Your Brother Machine's Control Panel
• Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management
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Account
Service Account
To use Brother Web Connect, you must have an account with the online service you want to use. If you do not
already have an account, use a computer to access the service's website and create an account.
You do not need to create an account to use Brother CreativeCenter.
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Home > Before You Use Brother Web Connect > Conditions for Using Brother Web Connect > Internet
Connection
Internet Connection
To use Brother Web Connect, your Brother machine must be connected to a network that has access to the
Internet, through either a wired or wireless connection.
For network setups that use a proxy server, the machine must also be configured to use a proxy server. If you
are unsure of your network configuration, check with your network administrator.
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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Software Installation
Brother Software Installation
The initial installation of Brother Web Connect requires a computer that has access to the Internet and has the
Brother machine's software installed.
For Windows®:
To install the Brother Software and configure the machine to be able to print over your wired or wireless network,
see the Quick Setup Guide included with your Brother machine.
For Macintosh:
To install the Brother Software, go to your model's Downloads page on the Brother Solutions Center at
support.brother.com.
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the Proxy Server Settings Using Your Brother Machine's Control Panel
Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Your Brother Machine's Control Panel
If your network uses a proxy server, the following proxy server information must be configured on the machine:
• Proxy server address
• Port number
• User Name
• Password
>> HL-L6300DW/HL-L6400DW/HL-L6400DWT
>> DCP-L5500DN/DCP-L5600DN/DCP-L5650DN/MFC-L5700DW/MFC-L5800DW/MFC-L5850DW/
MFC-L5900DW/MFC-L6700DW/MFC-L6750DW/MFC-L6800DW/MFC-L6900DW
HL-L6300DW/HL-L6400DW/HL-L6400DWT
1. Press [Settings] > [Network] > [Web Connect Settings] > [Proxy Settings] > [Proxy
Connection] > [On].
2. Press the option that you want to set, and then enter the proxy server information.
3. Press
.
DCP-L5500DN/DCP-L5600DN/DCP-L5650DN/MFC-L5700DW/MFC-L5800DW/
MFC-L5850DW/MFC-L5900DW/MFC-L6700DW/MFC-L6750DW/MFC-L6800DW/
MFC-L6900DW
1. Press [Settings] > [All Settings] > [Network] > [Web Connect Settings] > [Proxy
Settings] > [Proxy Connection] > [On].
2. Press the option that you want to set, and then enter the proxy server information.
3. Press .
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the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management
Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management
If your network uses a proxy server, the following proxy server information must be configured using Web Based
Management:
• Proxy server address
• Port number
• User Name
• Password
• We recommend Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8.0/10.0/11.0 for Windows®, and Safari 8.0 for Macintosh.
Make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always enabled in whichever browser you use. If you use
different web browser, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
1. Start your web browser.
2. Type "http://machine's IP address" in your browser's address bar (where "machine's IP address" is the
machine's IP address).
For example:
http://192.168.1.2
3. No password is required by default. Type a password if you have set one, and then click .
4. Click the Network tab.
5. Click Protocol in the left navigation bar.
6. Make sure the Proxy check box is selected, and then click Submit.
7. In the Proxy field, click Advanced Settings.
8. Enter the proxy server information.
9. Click Submit.
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Set Up Brother Web Connect
• Brother Web Connect Setup Overview
• Create an Account for Each of the Services You Want to Use
• Apply for Brother Web Connect Access
• Register an Account on Your Brother Machine
You must enter your Brother Web Connect account information and configure your machine so that it can use Brother Web
Connect to access the service you want.
• Delete an Account on Your Brother Machine
• Set Up Brother Web Connect for Brother CreativeCenter
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Setup Overview
Brother Web Connect Setup Overview
Configure the Brother Web Connect settings using the following procedure (when using Brother CreativeCenter,
this procedure is not necessary):
Step 1: Create an account with the service you want to use.
Access the service's website using a computer and create an account. (If you already have an account, there
is no need to create an additional account.)
1. User registration
2. Web Service
3. Obtain account
Step 2: Apply for Brother Web Connect access.
Start Brother Web Connect access using a computer and obtain a temporary ID.
1. Enter account information
2. Brother Web Connect application page
3. Obtain temporary ID
Step 3: Register your account information on your machine so you can access the service you want to
use.
Enter the temporary ID to enable the service on your machine. Specify the account name as you would like it
to be displayed on the machine, and enter a PIN if you would like to use one.
1. Enter temporary ID
2. Web Service
Your Brother machine can now use the service.
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Each of the Services You Want to Use
Create an Account for Each of the Services You Want to Use
To use Brother Web Connect to access an online service, you must have an account with that online service. If
you do not already have an account, use a computer to access the service's website and create an account.
After creating an account, log on and use the account once with a computer before using the Brother Web
Connect feature. Otherwise, you may not be able to access the service using Brother Web Connect.
If you already have an account, there is no need to create an additional account.
After you finish creating an account with the online service you want to use, apply for Brother Web Connect
access.
You do not need to create an account if you use the service as a guest. You can use only certain services
as a guest. If the service you want to use does not have a guest-user option, you must create an account.
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