Brother MFC User Manual
SOFTWARE
USER’S GUIDE
For DCP u sers; Th is doc umentat ion is for
both MFC and DCP models. Where it
says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please
read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
Version A
Table of Contents
Section I Windows
1Printing
Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2
Features ....................................................................................................................................................2
Choosing the right type of paper................................................................................................................3
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing ..............................................................................................3
Clearing data fro m th e memo ry..................................................................................... ............. ...............3
Checking the pri n t qua lity.............................................................................................. ............................3
Status Monitor............................................................................................................................................4
Monitoring the machine’s status..........................................................................................................4
Turning off the status monitor..............................................................................................................5
Printer drive r se ttings......... .............. ..........................................................................................................5
Accessing the printer driver settings..........................................................................................................5
Basic tab....................................................................................................................................................6
Media Type..........................................................................................................................................7
Quality.................................................................................................................................................7
Enhanced Print Settings......................................................................................................................8
Improve P at tern Printing (Windows
Paper Size.........................................................................................................................................10
Page Layout ......................................................................................................................................11
Orientation.........................................................................................................................................11
Copies...............................................................................................................................................12
Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) ...................................................................................................12
Advanced tab...........................................................................................................................................13
Color..................................................................................................................................................14
Scaling...............................................................................................................................................16
Watermark .........................................................................................................................................17
Device Options..................................................................................................................................19
Support tab..............................................................................................................................................21
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2000/XP only) .........................................................................10
2Scanning
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................22
TWAIN compliant...............................................................................................................................22
Accessing the Scanner......................................................................................................................23
Scanning a document into the PC.....................................................................................................24
Settings i n the Scanner Setup dialog box....... .................................................. .................................25
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows
WIA compliant............................................................... ....................................................................29
Accessing the scanner ......................................................................................................................29
Scanning a document into the PC.....................................................................................................30
Using the Scan key (For USB c abl e user s).............................................................................................34
Scan to E-mail...................................................................................................................................34
Scan to Image...................................................................................................................................35
Scan to OCR.....................................................................................................................................35
Scan to File........................................................................................................................................36
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XP only) ...........................................................29
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Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C)..........................................................36
Using ScanSoft
Viewing ite ms.. ................................................................................................... ...............................41
Organizing your items in folders........................................................................................................42
Quick links to other applications........................................................................................................42
ScanSoft
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You can import items from other applications...................................................................................43
You can export items into other formats............................................................................................43
Uninstalling ScanSoft
3 ControlCenter3
Using ControlCenter3........ ....... ...............................................................................................................44
Switching the user interface ..............................................................................................................46
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.......................................................................................................46
SCAN.................................................................................................................................................47
CUSTOM SCAN................................................................................................................................47
PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C) ........................................................47
COPY ................................................................................................................................................48
PC-FAX (MFC models only).......................................................... ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ..............48
DEVICE SETTING.............................................................................................................................48
SCAN.......................................................................................................................................................49
Imag e (ex ample: Mi c rosoft
OCR (Word Processin g prog r a m).. .............................................................................. .....................51
E-mail................................................................................................................................................52
File attachments................................................................................................................................52
File.....................................................................................................................................................53
CUSTOM SCAN......................................................................................................................................54
Customizing a user-defined button....................................................................................................55
PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C)..............................................................59
Open PCC Folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center
Copy From PCC................................................................................................................................59
Copy To Application..........................................................................................................................60
COPY ......................................................................................................................................................61
PC-FAX (MFC models only)....................................................................................................................63
Send..................................................................................................................................................63
Receive/View Received (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) .........................................64
Address Book....................................................................................................................................65
Setup.................................................................................................................................................65
DEVICE SETTING...................................................................................................................................66
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) ...................... ....... ....... ..... ....... .......66
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)..............................................................67
Ink Level............................................................................................................................................67
User’s Guide......................................................................................................................................67
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PaperPort® SE with OCR............................................................................................40
PaperPort® SE with OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit...................42
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PaperPort® SE with OCR.............................................................................43
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Paint)....................................................................................................49
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4 Network Scanning
(For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning..............................................................................................................68
Network licens e........................................................................ .........................................................68
Configuring Network Scanning ..........................................................................................................69
Using the Scan key....... .............. .............................................................................................................71
Scan to E-mail (PC ).................................................. .........................................................................71
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Scan to Image...................................................................................................................................72
Scan to OCR.....................................................................................................................................72
Scan to File........................................................................................................................................73
5 Remote Setup
(Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)
Remote Setup..........................................................................................................................................74
6 Brother PC-FAX Software
(MFC models only)
PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................................................76
Setting up user information................................................................................................................77
Sending setup....................................................................................................................................78
Setting up a cover page ........................................................ .............................................................79
Entering cover p a ge information.. ........ ..............................................................................................79
Address Book....................................................................................................................................80
Speed Dial setup ........................................... ..... .. ..... ..... ....... .. ..... .. ..... ..... ....... .. ..... .. ..... ..........................81
Brother Addr e ss Bo ok.......................................................................................................................82
Setting up a member i n the Addre ss Book........................................................................................82
Setting up a group for broadcasting ............................................................................... ....... ............83
Editing member information...............................................................................................................83
Deleting a member or group..............................................................................................................83
Exporting the Address Book ..............................................................................................................84
Importing to the Address Book..........................................................................................................85
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface ................................................86
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface....................................................87
PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C).........................................................89
Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine .............................................................90
Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC.......................................................................91
Setting up your PC. .................................... .......................................................................................91
Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings.......................................................................92
Viewing new PC-FA X mes sa ges...................................................................... .................................93
7 PhotoCaptur e Center
(Not available for MFC-3360C)
For USB cable users ............................................................................................. ...................................94
For network users (For models with built-in network support) .................................................................96
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Section II Apple® Macintosh
8 Printing and Faxing
Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®................................................................................98
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing......................................................................................98
Clearing data fro m th e memo ry.................. .......................................................................................98
Checking the pri n t q ual ity..................................................................................................................98
Status Monitor...................................................................................................................................99
Using the Brother Ink driver...................................................................................................................100
Choosing page setup options..........................................................................................................100
Choosing printing options ................................................................................................................101
Media Type......................................................................................................................................101
Quality.............................................................................................................................................102
Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only).....................................................................................................103
Sending a fax (MFC models only) .........................................................................................................104
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS
9Scanning
Scanning from a Macintosh®.................................................................................................................107
Accessing the scanner ....................................................................................................................107
Scanning an image into your Macintosh
Pre-Scanning an image...................................................................................................................108
Settings in the Scanner window ............................................................................................ ..... .....109
Using the Scan key (For USB c abl e user s)...........................................................................................113
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................113
Scan to Image.................................................................................................................................114
Scan to OCR...................................................................................................................................114
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................115
Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C)........................................................115
Using Presto!
Features..........................................................................................................................................119
System requirements for Presto!
Technical support............................................................................................................................120
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PageManager®.............................................................................................................119
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X Address Book application...... .............. ....................................106
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PageManager®.........................................................................119
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10 ControlCenter2
Using ControlCenter2........ ....... .............................................................................................................122
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................123
SCAN...............................................................................................................................................123
CUSTOM SCAN..............................................................................................................................124
COPY / PC-FAX..............................................................................................................................124
DEVICE SETTINGS........................................................................................................................124
SCAN.....................................................................................................................................................125
Image (example: Apple
OCR (word processing application)........................................................... ....... ....... ............ ....... .....127
E-mail..............................................................................................................................................128
Supported file types.........................................................................................................................128
File...................................................................................................................................................129
CUSTOM SCAN....................................................................................................................................130
User-defined button.. .......................................................................................................................130
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PreView)............. ....... ..............................................................................125
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Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................131
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................132
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................133
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................134
COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX is not available for DCP models).................................................................135
DEVICE SETTINGS..............................................................................................................................136
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) .....................................................136
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)............................................................137
Ink Level.......... ..................... ...........................................................................................................137
11 Net work Scanning
(For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning............................................................................................................138
Configuring network scanning .........................................................................................................138
Using the Scan key....... .............. ...........................................................................................................140
Scan to E-mail.................................................................................................................................140
Scan to Image.................................................................................................................................141
Scan to OCR...................................................................................................................................141
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................142
12 Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C)............................................................143
PhotoCapture Center
For USB cable users. ....... ................................................................................................... ............145
For network users (For models with built-in network support).... .....................................................147
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(Not available for MFC-3360C).........................................................................145
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Section I
Windows
Printing 2
Scanning 22
ControlCenter3 44
Network Scanning (For models with built-in
network support)
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and
MFC-240C)
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Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) 76
PhotoCapture Center® (Not available for MFC-3360C) 94
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Note
• The screens in this section are from Windows
operating system.
• If your PC is pro te cte d b y a firewall, and is u nable to print, you ma y n eed to configure the fi r ewal l set ti ng s
to allow communication through port number 137. Visit the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com
Printing 1
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XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your
) for more in form ation.
Using the Brother printer driver 1
A printer driver translates the data from your PC application, and using a page description language, converts
it into a format that can be understood by the printer/multi-function device.
You will fin d appr opri ate dr ive rs on th e CD- ROM sup plied wit h the mac hine . Ins tall those dri vers by fol lowi ng
the Quick Setup Guide. You can also downlo ad the latest driv ers f rom the Brother Solutions C ent er at:
http://solutions.brother.com
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Features 1
This mac hine offers m any features yo u w ill f ind in a high qua lit y ink jet printer.
Fast Printing Speed
See the U s er’s Guide for the rat ed print speeds of th e m odel you are us ing.
Brilliant High Quality Output
Printing at up to 1200 × 6000 dpi on glossy paper to get the highest possible resolution. (See Resolution in
Specifications in the User’s Guide.) Th e printer drive r s upports N in 1, Wa te rmark printing, Color
Enhan c em ent technology and many other features .
Low Running Cost
Whenev er you run out of a particular ink color, you only hav e to replace the em pty cartridg e.
USB
Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication with your PC.
Ethernet
The Ethernet interface lets your machine communicate with multiple PCs connected on a network. This
feature is av ailable for Network Standa rd m odels only.
Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g) (For Wireless models only)
The wireless LAN capability lets your machine communicate with other wireless devices using the
IEEE802.11b/g wire less standar d in Infrastruct ure and Ad-hoc m odes. (See th e Network User’s Guide for
details .) Th is fe at ure is availab le f or W ireless Netw ork St andard models only.
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Printing
Choosing the right type of paper 1
For high quality printing, i t is impor tant to choose the right typ e of pape r. Be sure to read About paper in the
User’s Guide before buying paper.
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 1
Your machine can print from your PC while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a
document into the PC. 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.
Clearing data from the memory 1
If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the memory by pressing the
Stop/Exit key on the control panel.
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Checking the print quality 1
If you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it, see Improving pr int quality in the User’s
Guide.
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Printing
Status Monitor 1
The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices,
allowing you to get im m ediate notificat ion of error mess ages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink em pty.
You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing
Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your PC.
Note
For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Status Monitor icon and
choose Help.
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Monitoring the machine’s status 1
Once you start up your PC, the Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray.
A green ic on indicates th e normal stand- by c ondition.
A yellow ic on indicates a warning.
A red icon indicates an error has occurred.
There are two locations where you can display the status monitor on your PC—in the tasktray or on the
desktop.
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Turning off the status monitor 1
If you want to switch off the status monitor, follow these steps:
a Right-click the Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to clear the
check mark.
b Right-click again then click Exit.
Note
Even if the status monitor is off , you can check the machine’s status at any time by clickin g Status Monitor
from the Start menu on your PC.
Printer driver settings 1
You can change the following printer settings when you print from your PC:
Media Type/Quality (Speed)
Paper Size
Page Layout
Color Matching/Halftone
Color Enhancement
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Scaling
Watermark
Print Date & Time
Quick Print Setup
Accessing the printer driver settings 1
a Click File, then Print in your ap plication.
b Choose Brother MFC- XXXX USB Printer or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (whe re XXXX is yo ur model
name) and click Properties.
The printe r properties d ialog box appea rs .
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Basic tab 1
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a Choose your setting for Slow Drying Paper, Media Type and Quality (1).
Note
Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on w hich ink dries s low ly. This setting may
cause some slight blurring of text.
b Choose Paper Size, Page Layout, Page Order, Borderless, Border Line (if any), Orientation,
number of Copies and the page order (2).
c Select the Paper Source. (MFC-5860CN only)
Note
If you choose Auto Select, the machine will pull paper from T ray 1 and when Tra y 1 is empty, paper w ill
automatically be pulled from Tray 2.
d Click OK (3) to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default (4), then OK (3).
Note
This area (5) shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size , Page La yout, Page Order, Orientation,
Collate/Reverse Order an d Color/Grayscale.
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Media Type 1
To achie v e t he best print res ults, the media being printed on should be selected in the driv er. The mach ine
changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type.
Plain Paper
Inkjet Paper
Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Other Photo Paper
Transparencies
Quality 1
The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution. As print quality and speed are related, the higher
the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are available will vary
depend ing on the me dia type y ou choose.
Highest
Up to 120 0 × 6000 dpi. (See Resolution in Specifications in the User’s Guid e. ) U s e f or printing prec is e
images such as photographs. This is the highest resolution and slowest speed.
Photo
Up to 120 0 × 2400 dpi. Use f or printing photographs. S inc e the print data is m uch larger th an a normal
document, the processing time, data transfer time and print time will be longer.
Fine
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1200 × 1200 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Photo.
Normal
600 × 600 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed.
Fast Normal
600 × 300 dpi. Be t te r print quality than Fast mode and fas te r print speed than Normal.
Fast
600 × 150 dpi. The fastest print m ode and the lowest amount of ink us ed. Use for print ing large volum e
documents or documents for proofing.
Media Type Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection
Plain Paper Color/Grayscale Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fin e
Inkjet Paper Color/Grayscale Fine, Photo
Brother Premium Glossy Photo
Paper or Other Photo Paper
Transparencies Color/Grayscale Normal, Fin e
Color/Grayscale Fine, Photo, Highest
Note
• The de f ault settings are shown in bold.
• For DCP-130C and MFC-240C, the Highest Print Quality selection is not available if you choose
border les s printing.
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Enhanced Print Settings 1
Click the Settings button to see options for enhanced print settings.
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Bi-Directional Printing 1
When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print he ad prints in both dire ctions offerin g faster print speed s.
When unchecked, the print head will only print in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower
printing s peeds.
Color Enhancement (True2Life®) 1
Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. This feature analyzes
your image to imp rove its sharpness, white balance and color densit y. This pro cess may take several minute s
depen ding on the size of t he image and th e s pecifications of yo ur PC.
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Color Density
Adjusts the total amount of color in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of color in an
image t o im prove a washed out or wea k lo oking picture.
White Balance
Adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. Lighting, camera settings and other influences will effect
the appe ar anc e of wh it e. Th e whi t e are as o f a pi ct ur e may be s li gh tl y pi nk , yel l ow or som e ot her col or . B y
adjust ing the wh ite bal ance you ca n adjust those wh ite area s .
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Sharpness
Enhances the detail of an image, similar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true
focus and you canno t se e t he f ine details of th e picture, then adjust the sha rpness.
Auto Image Enhance
Allows alteration of individual picture settin gs to improve the printed image and analyzes data from
surrounding or neighboring pixels in the document.
Brightness
Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken th e image, move the scroll bar to the lef t
or right.
Contrast
Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter area s lighter. Increase th e
contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more
subdued.
Red
Increases the intensity of Red in the image to mak e the image re dder.
Green
Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make t he image greener.
Blue
Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to m ak e t he image bluer.
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Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only)
Printing
Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of print ed fills are different from the pat t ern of the
fills you see on your PC.
Paper Size 1
The Paper Size selection includes a large selection of standard paper sizes. If you want, you can create a
custom size ranging from 3.5 × 5 in. (88.9 × 127. 0 mm ) to 8.5 × 14 in. (215.9 × 355.6 mm). You can also
choose the borderless setting for specific paper sizes. From the drop-down list, choose the Paper Size you
are using.
You can create a custom size by choosing User De fined Size. Specify the Width and Height values, and
enter any name you want for this custom size. Choose the correct paper thickness to improve the quality of
your output.
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To do borderless printing 1
From the Paper Size pull down list choose the size of paper you want to print such as Letter (borderless).
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Page Layout 1
The Page Layout option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2,
4, 9 or 16 pages of a docum ent on 1 sheet of p aper. The 1 in N opt ions enlarge s your print size and prints
the doc um ent in poster print mode.
Note
If you are us ing Window s
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98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1, 9 in 1 and 16 in 1 layo ut is not av ailable.
Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1
When N in 1 option is selected, the Page Order can be selected from the drop-down menu.
Border Line 1
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Page Layout feature, you can choose to have a solid
border, dashed border or no border around each page on the sheet.
Orientation 1
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Orientation chooses the pos it ion your docume nt w ill be printed (in Portrait or Landscape).
Portrait (Vertical) Landsca pe ( Horizontal)
Note
If your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one in the
application.
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Copies 1
The Copies selection sets th e number of copies that will be printed (1 to 999).
Collate 1
With Collate checked, on e complete co py of y our documen t will be printed an d t hen reprinted according to
the number of copies you choose. If Collate is uncheck ed, then each p age will be print ed according to the
number of copies chosen before the next page of the document is printed.
Reverse Order 1
Reverse Order prints the pages of y our docume nt in t he opposite order.
Paper Source (MFC-5860CN only) 1
The Paper Source selection sets the paper tray from which the machine will feed the paper when printing. If
you choose Auto Select, the machine will take paper from Tray 1. When Tray 1 is empty, Auto Select allows
the machine take paper from Tray 2 if both trays are using paper that is the same type and size.
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Note
• You ca n only use Plain Pap er for Media Type, and Letter, Legal, A4, Executive or B5 for Paper Size in
Tray 2.
• Tray 2 does not support Borderless pr intin g.
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Advanced tab 1
Change the tab settin gs by c lic k ing one of the following icon s:
1 2 3 4
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Color (1)
Scaling (2)
Watermark (3)
Device Options (4)
Note
To return to the default settings, click Default.
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Color 1
Color/Grayscale 1
This selection allows a c olor document to be printed in blac k and white using grayscale.
Image Type 1
The print er driver will choose the most su it able color matc hing and half tone method, depending on y our
image type. Generally, text and bu si ness graphics are printed vivid ly and photographic images are printed
softly.
Auto
The printer driver automatically chooses the image type.
Photo
Use for photographic images.
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Graphics
Use for documents that contain text or business graphics (charts or clip art).
Custom
If you wa nt to ch oose the color m atching and halftone meth od, choose this m ode.
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Custom Image Type 1
You can choose the color matching method manually. Choose the best one for your document.
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Match Monitor
Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the PC monitor.
• Natural: Use for photogra phic images. Th e c olor is adjusted to print more na t ural colors.
• Vivid: Use for b u si ne ss g rap hics such as charts, graphics and text. Th e col or i s adjusted to p rin t mo re
vivid colors.
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Halftone Pattern
Printing
The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are
some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use for your document.
• Diffusion: Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing photographs that have
delicate shades and gr aphic s .
• Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern t o m ak e halftones. U s e fo r printing graph ic s th at
have definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts.
Note
Some halftone sett ings cannot be c hosen with certain combin at ions o f Media Type and Quality settings.
Scaling 1
You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature.
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Choose Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen.
Choose Fit to Paper Size if your document has an unusual size, or if you only have standard size paper.
Choose Free if you want to reduce the size.
Check Mirror Printing to reverse the data from left to right.
Note
Mirror P rinting is not available when you choose Transparencies as the Media Type.
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Watermark 1
You can print a logo or text onto your document as a Watermark. You can choose one of the preset
Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created.
Check Use Watermark, and then choo s e th e w atermark yo u w ant to use.
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In background 1
Check In background to print the watermark image in the background of your document. If this feature is
unchecked, the Watermark will be printed on top of your document.
In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP only) 1
Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark.
Print Watermark 1
You can print the watermark in any of the following ways:
On all pages
On first p ag e only
From second page
Custom
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Watermark Setting 1
You can change the watermark size and position on the page by choosing the watermark, and clicking the
Edit button. If you want to add a new watermark, click the New button, and then choose Text or Bitmap in
Watermark Style.
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Title
Choose CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the title or enter a title you like in the field.
Watermark Text
Enter your watermark text into the Text Box, and then choose Font, Size, Color and Style.
Watermark Bitmap
Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box, or click Browse to search for the
file. You can also set the scaling size of the image.
Position
Use this se t tin g if y ou w ant to contro l th e po s it ion of the water m ark on the page.
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Device Options 1
You can set the following Printer Functions:
Print Date & Time 1
When the Print Date & Time feature is enabled, the date and time will print on your document from your PC’s
system clock.
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Click the Setting button to change the Date, Time, Position an d Font. To include a background with the
Date and Time, choose Opaque. When Opaque is chosen, you can click the Color button to change the
color of the Date and Time backgr ound.
Note
The selection box shows the forma t of Date and Time to be pri nt ed. Th e ac tu al Date and Time printed on
your document is automatically retrieved from the settings on your PC.
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Quick Print Setup 1
The Quick Print Setup feature lets you quickly choose driver settings. Set Quick Print Setup to On and
choose the functi on wh i ch should b e displayed in the Q uick P rint S etup icon. To vie w a nd ch ange settings,
click the tasktray icon.
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Support tab 1
The Support tab shows the driver version and settings information. There are also links to the
Brother S olutions Center and driver upd ate web si t es.
Click the Support tab to display the following screen:
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Brother S olutions Center
The Brother S olutions Center is a web site offering information about your Brother product including
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine.
Web Update
You can check the Brother web site for automatic downloads to update the printer driver on your PC.
Check Setting
You can check current driver settings.
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Scanning operation s and the drivers us ed will differ depending on t he operating s yst em you are using. As
default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your applications.
For Windows
Two sca nner dr ive rs ar e ins tall ed. A TWAIN c ompl iant s cann er dri ver ( See TWAI N comp liant on page 22) and a Windows
(Windows
Windows
Note
• For ScanSoft
• If your PC is protecte d b y a fi r ewall a n d is u nable to scan, you may need to co nfig ure th e f ire wall se tti n gs
to allow communication through port number 137 and 54925. Visit the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com
Scanning 2
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XP
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Imaging Ac quisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the WIA driv er
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XP only) on page 29).
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XP users ca n s elect either driv er when scanning docum ents.
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Paper Port® SE, see Using ScanSoft® PaperP ort® SE with OCR on page 40.
) for more in form ation.
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 2
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TWAIN compliant 2
The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the
standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and applications. This means that you can
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not onl y sca n imag es di rect ly i nto t he Pape rPor t
can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that support TWAIN scanning.
These applications include popular programs, such as Adobe
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CorelDraw
and many mor e.
SE viewer that Brother included with your machine, but you
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Photoshop®, Adobe® PageMak er®,
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Scanning
Accessing the Scanner 2
a Start t he Scan Soft
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PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite insta l lati o n to
scan a do c um ent.
Note
The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft
steps may vary when using other software applications.
b Click File, then Scan. Or click the Scan button.
The Scan panel appears in the left side of the s c reen.
c Choose the scanner you are using from the Scanner drop-down list.
Note
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• For Windows
XP:
Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN.
• For other operating systems:
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN.
(Where XXXX is your model name)
d Click Scan.
The Scan ner Setup dialog box appea rs :
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Paper Port® SE. The scanning
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Scanning
Scanning a document into the PC 2
You can s c an a whole page, or a portion of the page by pre-scanning th e document.
Scanning a whole page 2
a Load your document.
b Adjust the f ollowing settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box:
Scan (Image Type)
Resolution
Scan Type
Brightness
Contrast
Document S ize
c Click Start.
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When scanning is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort
Note
After you select a document size, you can ad just the scanning area further by cli cking the left mouse button
and dragging it. This is required when you want to crop an image when scanning.
Pre-Scanning an image — to crop a portion you want to scan 2
SE window .
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The PreScan butt on is us ed t o prev iew an image and als o let s you c rop an y unwan ted ar eas f rom th e imag e.
When you are satisfied you are sca nni ng the correct are a, cl i ck the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog
box to scan the image.
a Load your document.
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b Choose the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and
Document S ize as needed.
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