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Web Connect Guide

HL-L9200CDW

HL-L9200CDWT

HL-L9300CDW

HL-L9300CDWT

HL-L9300CDWTT

DCP-L8400CDN

MFC-L8600CDW

MFC-L8850CDW

MFC-L9550CDW

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Applicable Models

Definitions of Notes

Trademarks

Important Note

Applicable Models

This User's Guide applies to the following models:

Printer models: HL-L9200CDW/HL-L9200CDWT/HL-L9300CDW/HL-L9300CDWT/HL-L9300CDWTT DCP and MFC models: DCP-L8400CDN/MFC-L8600CDW/MFC-L8850CDW/MFC-L9550CDW

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Definitions of Notes

We use the following symbol and convention throughout this User's Guide:

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 and the Flickr logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks 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 and Internet Explorer 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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Important Note

Go to your model's Manuals page on the Brother Solutions Center at http://support.brother.com to download the other manuals.

This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that country.

Not all models are available in all countries.

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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-L8850CDW are used unless otherwise specified.

If the LCD messages, control panel key names, and other indications are different depending on the country, the indications for each country will be shown.

©2014 Brother Industries, Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Home > Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents

 

Before You Use Brother Web Connect................................................................................................

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What Is Brother Web Connect? .....................................................................................................................

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Accessible Services .......................................................................................................................................

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Conditions for Using Brother Web Connect ...................................................................................................

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Service Account ...................................................................................................................................

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Internet Connection ..............................................................................................................................

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Brother Software Installation ................................................................................................................

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Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Your Brother Machine's Control Panel .............................

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Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management ..............................................

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Set Up Brother Web Connect.......................................................................................................................

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Brother Web Connect Setup Overview...............................................................................................

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Create an Account for Each of the Desired Services .........................................................................

13

Apply for Brother Web Connect Access .............................................................................................

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Register an Account on Your Brother Machine ..................................................................................

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Delete an Account on Your Brother Machine .....................................................................................

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Set Up Brother Web Connect for Brother CreativeCenter..................................................................

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Scan and Upload .................................................................................................................................

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Scan and Upload Documents Using Brother Web Connect.........................................................................

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Scan Settings ...............................................................................................................................................

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Change Scan Type.............................................................................................................................

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Change Resolution .............................................................................................................................

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Change Scan Size..............................................................................................................................

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Change 2-sided Scan Settings...........................................................................................................

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Download and Print ............................................................................................................................

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Download and Print Documents Using Brother Web Connect.....................................................................

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Download and Print Using Picasa Web Albums, Flickr®, Facebook, Google Drive,

 

Evernote®, Dropbox, OneDrive and Box ............................................................................................

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Download and Print Brother CreativeCenter Templates.....................................................................

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Print Settings ......................................................................................................................................

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About Outline, Scan, and Copy or Cut..............................................................................................

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Outline, Scan, and Copy or Cut Parts of Your Documents ..........................................................................

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Outline and Scan a Document to a Web Service ...............................................................................

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Copy or Cut an Outlined Section........................................................................................................

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NotePrint and NoteScan .....................................................................................................................

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NotePrint and NoteScan Overview ..............................................................................................................

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Print Note Sheet and Note Folder Templates.....................................................................................

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Scan a Note Sheet to a Web Service .................................................................................................

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Web Connect Shortcut Settings ........................................................................................................

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Add Web Connect Shortcuts........................................................................................................................

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Add Apps Shortcuts .....................................................................................................................................

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Change Web Connect Shortcuts..................................................................................................................

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Edit Web Connect Shortcut Names .............................................................................................................

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Delete Web Connect Shortcuts....................................................................................................................

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Use a Web Connect Shortcut.......................................................................................................................

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Troubleshooting for Brother Web Connect ......................................................................................

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Error Messages When Using the Brother Web Connect Feature ................................................................

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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

(For the following services: Picasa Web Albums, Flickr®, Facebook, Google Drive, Evernote®, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box)

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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: http://picasaweb.google.com

Google Drive

An online document storage, editing, sharing and file synchronization service.

URL: http://drive.google.com

Flickr®

An online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared with other users.

URL: http://www.flickr.com

Facebook

A social networking service that also allows images to be uploaded and shared with other users. URL: http://www.facebook.com

Evernote®

An online file storage and management service.

URL: http://www.evernote.com

Dropbox

An online file storage, sharing and synchronization service.

URL: http://www.dropbox.com

OneDrive

An online file storage, sharing and synchronization service.

URL: https://onedrive.live.com

Box

An online document editing and sharing service.

URL: http://www.box.com

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)

http://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

Picasa Web Albums

Google Drive

Brother CreativeCenter

Services

Flickr®

Evernote®

 

 

 

 

Facebook

Dropbox

 

 

 

OneDrive

 

 

 

Box

 

Download and print

JPEG

JPEG/PDF/DOC/DOCX/XLS/

(Print only)

images

 

XLSX/PPT/PPTX

 

 

 

 

 

Upload scanned

JPEG

JPEG/PDF/DOCX/XLSX/

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images

 

PPTX

 

 

 

 

 

(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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Service Account

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.

You do not need to create an account to use Brother CreativeCenter.

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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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Brother Software Installation

The initial installation of Brother Web Connect requires a computer that has access to the Internet and has Brother 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 http:// support.brother.com.

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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-L9200CDW/HL-L9200CDWT/HL-L9300CDW/HL-L9300CDWT/HL-L9300CDWTT

>>DCP-L8400CDN/MFC-L8600CDW/MFC-L8850CDW/MFC-L9550CDW

HL-L9200CDW/HL-L9200CDWT/HL-L9300CDW/HL-L9300CDWT/HL-L9300CDWTT

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-L8400CDN/MFC-L8600CDW/MFC-L8850CDW/MFC-L9550CDW

1.Press > 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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Configure the Proxy Server Settings Using Web Based Management

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

We recommend Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8.0/9.0/10.0 for Windows® and Safari 5.0/6.0 for Macintosh. Make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always enabled in whichever browser you use. If a different web browser is used, 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 Setting.

8.Enter the proxy server information.

9.Click Submit.

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Set Up Brother Web Connect

(For the following services: Picasa Web Albums, Flickr®, Facebook, Google Drive, Evernote®, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box)

Brother Web Connect Setup Overview

Create an Account for Each of the Desired Services

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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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 desired service.

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 desired services.

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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Create an Account for Each of the Desired Services

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 desired online service, 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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Apply for Brother Web Connect Access

To use Brother Web Connect to access online services, you must first apply for Brother Web Connect access using a computer that has the Brother Software installed.

1. Access the Brother Web Connect application web page.

Option

Windows® XP

Windows Vista®

Windows® 7

Windows® 8

Description

Click (Start) > All Programs > Brother > Brother Utilities, and then click the drop-

down list and select your model name (if not already selected). Click Use More in the left navigation bar, and then click Brother Web Connect.

Click (Brother Utilities), and then click the drop-down list and select your model

name (if not already selected). Click Use More in the left navigation bar, and then click

Brother Web Connect.

Macintosh

 

Click Go in the Finder bar, Applications > Brother > Utilities > Brother Web Connect.

 

 

 

You can also access the page directly:

Type http://bwc.brother.com into your web browser's address bar.

The web browser will access the application page. 2. Select the service you want to use.

3.Follow the on-screen instructions and apply for access. When finished, your temporary ID will be displayed.

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