MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS
Using the PhotoCapture Center
X) ..................................9-22
™
from a Macintosh
®
(MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only) ......................9-24
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Index .......................................................................................I-1
1
Using the machine as a
printer
Using the Brother MFC printer driver
A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used
by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, using
a printer command language or page description language.
The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the
drivers first by following the Quick Setup Guide. Also, the latest printer
driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at:
http://solutions.brother.com
Features
This machine offers many features you’ll find in a high quality ink jet
printer.
Fast Printing Speed
pages per minute in full colour, and up to 14 pages per minute in
black.
Brilliant High Quality Output
optimised dpi on glossy paper gives you highest resolution. (See
Resolution on page S-6 in the User’s Guide.)
Beautiful Elaborate Output
(Windows
other features to get high quality printouts.
Low Running Cost
ink, you will only have to replace the cartridge that’s empty.
USB
with your computer.
Straight Paper Path
paper. Plain paper, inkjet paper, glossy paper, transparencies and
envelopes. Use the appropriate type of paper to avoid paper jams.
®
Only) printing, Colour Enhancement technology and
—
Universal Serial Bus Interface provides fast communication
—
Using Fast mode, you can print up to 12
—
Printing at up to 4800 x 1200
—
You can use 2 in 1, Watermark
—
Whenever you run out of a particular colour
—
The machine can print on many types of
For complete information about what kinds of paper to use with
the machine, read Chapter 2 Paper in MFC User’s Guide.
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Choosing the right type of paper
To get high quality printing using your machine, it’s very important to
select the right type of paper. Be sure to read Chapter 2 Paper in
MFC User’s Guide before you select and purchase paper for the
machine.
How to print your document
When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins
printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. The paper tray can
feed many types of paper and envelopes.
1
From your computer select the Print command.
If your computer is also connected to any other printers, select
Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your model
name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings
menu in your software application, and then click on OK to begin
printing. (Windows
®
Only)
For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother Printer Driver with
Your Apple
2
Your computer sends a print command and data to the machine.
The LCD shows
3
When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows
the date and time.
You can select the paper size, and orientation in your
application software.
If your application software does not support your custom paper size,
select the next larger paper size.
Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in
your application software.
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®
Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 9-4.
Receiving Data
.
Simultaneous printing and faxing
Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving
a fax in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Fax
sending will not be stopped during PC printing.
However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it
pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when
copying or fax receiving has finished.
Clearing data from the memory
If the LCD shows
in the printer memory by pressing
Data Remains
, you can clear the data that is left
Stop/Exit
.
Checking the Print Quality
If you want to check the print quality and find out how to improve it,
See How to improve print quality on page 12-11 in the User’s Guide.
Printer operation keys
Job Cancel (MFC-3420C only)
You can stop the current print job and
clear the data from memory.
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Printer driver settings
(Windows® only)
For Macintosh® users, see
Your Apple
You can change the following printer settings when you print from
your computer:
Media Type/Quality (Speed)
■
Page Layout
■
Colour Matching/Halftone
■
Colour Enhancement
■
Scaling
■
Watermark
■
Print Date & Time
■
Quick Print Setup
■
®
Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 9-4.
Using the Brother Printer Driver with
How to access the printer driver settings
1
Select Print from the File menu in your application software.
2
Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer (Where XXXX is your
model name) as your printer and click Properties. The Printer
dialog box will appear.
■
The way you access the printer driver settings depends on
your operating system and software applications.
■
The screens shown in this section are from Windows® XP.
The screens on your Computer may vary depending on your
Windows Operating System.
■
Descriptions in this chapter are based on the MFC-3220C.
These descriptions also apply to the other machines.
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Basic tab
*
1
Select the Media Type and Quality.
2
Select the Paper Size, Page Layout, Border Line (if any),
Orientation, number of Copies and the page order.
3
Click the Apply button to apply your selected settings.
To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then
click the Apply button.
1
2
3
This area shows the current settings of Quality, Paper Size,
*
Page Layout, Orientation, Collate/Reverse Order and
Colour/Grayscale.
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Media Type
To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should
be selected in the driver. The machine changes the way it prints,
depending on the selected media type.
Plain Paper
Inkjet Paper
Glossy Paper (4 colour)
Glossy Paper (3 colour)
Transparencies
The print quality of black ink depends on the type of glossy
paper you are using. Black ink is used when you select
Paper (4 colour). If the glossy paper you are using repels the
black ink, select Glossy Paper (3 colour), which simulates black
ink by combining the three ink colours.
Glossy
Quality
The quality selection allows you to choose the print resolution you
want for your document. 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 depending on the media
type you select.
■ Photo: Up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi. (See Resolution on
page S-6 in the User’s Guide.) Use this mode to print precise
images such as photographs. This is the highest resolution and
slowest speed.
S.Fine (Super Fine): 1200 x 1200 dpi. Use this mode to print
■
precise text and photographs. Since the print data is much larger
than normal mode, the processing time, data transfer time and
print time will be longer.
Fine: 600 x 600 dpi. Better print quality than Normal mode and
■
faster print speed than Super Fine.
Normal: 600 x 300 dpi. Good print quality with typical print speed.
■
Fast: 600 x 150 dpi. The fastest print mode and the lowest ink
■
consumption. Use this mode to print large volume documents or
a document for proofing.
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Media TypeColour/GrayscalePrint Quality Selection
Plain Paper Colour/GrayscaleFast, Norma l, Fine, S.Fine
Inkjet Paper
Glossy Paper (4 or 3 colour)
TransparenciesColour/Grayscale
Colour
GrayscaleFine, S.Fine, Photo
Colour
Grayscale
Fine, S.Fine, Photo
S.Fine, Photo
S.Fine, Photo
Fine, S.Fine
The factory settings are shown in bold.
Bi-Directional Printing
When Bi-Directional Printing is selected, the print heads print in
both directions and offer faster print speeds. When not selected, the
print heads will only print in one direction to provide higher quality
printouts.
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Paper Size
The Paper Size selection provides a large selection of standard
paper sizes. If you wish, you can create a custom size ranging from
×
88.9
select the Paper Size you are using.
101.6 mm to 215.9 × 355.6 mm. From the drop-down box,
You can enter custom size by selecting
proper paper thickness to improve the quality of your output.
User Defined
. Select the
Page Layout
The Page Layout selection can reduce the image size of a page
allowing multiple pages to be printed on one sheet of paper or
enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of
paper.
If you are using Windows® 98/98SE/Me, the 4 in 1 layout is not
available.
Border Line
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.
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Orientation
Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed
(Portrait or Landscape).
Portrait (Vertical)Landscape (Horizontal)
Copies
The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed
(1 to 999).
Collate
With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your
document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies
you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each
page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page
of the document is printed.
Reverse Order
Reverse Order prints the pages of your
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in the opposite order.
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Advanced tab
1234
To return to the default settings, click the Default button.
Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons:
1.Colour
2.Scaling
3.Watermark
4.Device Options
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Colour
Colour/Grayscale
This selection allows a colour document to be printed in black and
white using gray scale.
Image Type
The printer driver will select the most suitable colour matching and
half tone method, depending on your image type. Generally, text and
business graphics are printed vividly and photographic images are
printed softly.
Auto: The printer driver automatically selects the image type.
■
Photo: Select this mode for photographic images.
■
Graphics: Select this mode for documents that contain text or
■
business graphics (charts or clip art).
Custom: If you want to select the colour matching and halftone
■
method, manually select this mode.
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Custom Image Type
You can select the colour matching method manually. Select the
best one for your document.
Match Monitor
Colour is adjusted to get the closest colour match to the PC
monitor.
Natural: Suitable for photographic images. The colour is
■
adjusted to print a more natural colour.
Vivid: Suitable for business graphics such as charts, graphics
■
and text. The colour is adjusted to give more vivid colour.
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Halftone Pattern
The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange
where to place dots to express halftones. There are some predefined
patterns set for this and you can select which one to use for your
document. Select the appropriate method.
Diffusion: Dots are placed at random to create the halftones.
■
This method of printing is more suitable for printing photographs
that have delicate shades and graphics.
Dither: Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make
■
halftones. This type of printing is more suitable to printing
graphics that have definite colour boundaries or for printing
charts such as business charts.
Some halftone settings cannot be selected with certain
combinations of Media Type and Quality selections.
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Colour Enhancement
This feature analyzes your image to improve quality sharpness,
white balance and colour density. This process may take several
minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of
your computer.
Colour Density
■
This setting adjusts the total amount of colour in the image. You
can increase or decrease the amount of colour in an image to
improve a washed out or weak picture.
White Balance
■
This setting adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image.
Lighting, camera settings and other influences will effect the
appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly
pink, yellow or some other colour. By using this adjustment you
can correct this effect and bring the white areas back to pure white.
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Sharpness
■
This setting enhances the detail of an image. It is similar to adjusting
the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true focus and you
can not see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness.
Auto Image Enhance
■
Allows individual adjustment of picture settings to improve the
printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or
neighboring pixels in the original.
Brightness
■
This setting adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten
or darken the image move the scroll bar to the left or right.
Contrast
■
This setting adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make
darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the
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 the Red colour to make the image more
red.
Green
■
Increase the intensity of the Green colour to make the image
greener.
Blue
■
Increase the intensity of the Blue colour to make the image bluer.
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Scaling
You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling
feature.
■
Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your
screen.
■
Check Fit to Paper Size, if your document has an unusual size,
or if you have only the standard size paper.
■
Check Free if you want to reduce the size.
■
Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
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Watermark
You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark.
You can select one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a
bitmap file or text file that you have created.
Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to
use.
In background
Check In background with the Watermark to print the watermark
image in the background of your document. If this feature is not
checked then the Watermark will be printed on top of your document.
In Outline Text (Windows® 2000 Professional/XP Only)
Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark.
Print Watermark
The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices:
On all pages
■
On first page only
■
From second page
■
Custom
■
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Watermark Style
You can change the Watermark’s size and position on the page by
selecting the Watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to
add a new Watermark, click the New button, and then select Text or
Bitmap in the Watermark Style.
Titile
■
You can select the CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the
standard title or enter a title you like in the field.
Watermark Text
■
Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box, and then select the
Font, Size, Colour and Style.
Watermark Bitmap
■
Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File
box, or Browse for the file location. You can also set the scaling
size of the image.
Position
■
This setting offers you the control for where the Watermark is to
be positioned on the page.
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Device Options
Lets you set the following Printer Functions:
Print Date & Time
When enabled the Print Date and Time feature will print the date
and time on your document from your computer’s system clock.
Click the Setting button to change the Date and Time format, and
the Position and the Font. To include a background with the Date
and Time, select Opaque. When Opaque is selected, you can click
on the Colour button to change the colour of the Date and Time
background.
The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will
be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document
is automatically retrieved from the settings of your computer.
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Quick Print Setup
The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver
settings. To view settings, simply click your mouse button on the task
tray icon. This feature can be set to ON or OFF from the Device
Options.
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Support tab
The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In
addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Centre and the
Driver Update Web sites.
Click the Support tab to display the following screen:
Brother Solutions Centre
The Brother Solutions Centre is a Web site offering information
about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked
Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your
machine.
Web Update
Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and
automatically downloads and updates the printer driver on your
computer.
Check Setting
The Check Setting selection displays a list of your current driver
settings.
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2
How to scan using
Windows
The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending
on your operating system.
For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional
The machine uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning
documents from your applications. (See
(For Windows
TWAIN compliant on page 2-2.)
For Windows
The machine uses Windows
scanning documents. (See
Windows
For Macintosh
Go to Scanning from a Macintosh® on page 9-12.
®
98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional only),
®
XP
®
XP only)
®
®
®
Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for
Scanning a document (For
on page 2-11.)
Scanning a document
For ScanSoft®, PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR
®
Go to Using ScanSoft
page 2-24.
Descriptions in this chapter are based on the MFC-3220C and
MFC-3420C. These descriptions also apply to the other
machines.
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PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR on
®
Scanning a document (For Windows®
98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional
only)
TWAIN compliant
The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant
scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol
for communicating between scanners and software applications.
This means that not only can you scan images directly into the
PaperPort
can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software
applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications
include popular programs like Adobe
PageMaker
®
viewer that Brother included with your machine, but you
®
, CorelDraw® and many more.
For Windows® XP
The machine uses Windows
scanning documents. (See
Windows
®
XP only)
on page 2-11
®
Photoshop®, Adobe®
®
Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for
Scanning a document (For
.)
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How to access the Scanner
1
Open the software application (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan
a document.
The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use
ScanSoft
2
Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan
button. The Scan panel appears in the left panel.
3
Select Brother MFC-XXXX USB or
from the Scanner drop-down list box. (Where XXXX is your
model name.)
If the MFC is connected via:
USB-use Brother MFC-XXXX USB
LAN-use Brother MFC-XXXX LAN
(Where XXXX is your model name.)
4
Click Scan
The Scanner Setup dialog box will appear:
®
PaperPort® 8.0SE.
Brother MFC-
XXXX
LAN
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®
Scanning a document into the PC
You can scan a whole page
—OR—
Scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document.
Scanning a whole page
1
Load your document.
2
Adjust the following settings, if required, in the Scanner window:
Image Type
■
Resolution
■
Scan Type
■
Brightness
■
Contrast
■
Document Size
■
After you select a document size, you can adjust the scanning
area further by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it.
This is required when you want to crop an image when
scanning.
See Settings in the Scanner window on page 2-7.
3
Click the Start button in the scanner window.
When scanning is completed, click Cancel to return to the
PaperPort
®
window.
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Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan
The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any
unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the
preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the
image.
1
Load your document.
Scanning area
2
Select the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type,
Brightness, Contrast and Document Size, as needed.
3
In the Scanner Setup dialog box, click the PreScan button.
The entire document will be scanned into the PC and will appear
in the Scanning Area.
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Scanning area
®
4
Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse
button and dragging it.
If you enlarge the image using button, you can then use the
button to restore the image to its former size.
5
Load your document again.
If your model is flatbed type, and you load the
scanner glass in step 1, please skip this step.
6
Click Start.
This time only the selected area of the document will appear in
the PaperPort
7
In the PaperPort® window, use the options available to refine the
image.
®
window (or your software application window).
document
on the
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Settings in the Scanner window
Image Type
Select the image type of output from Photo, Web or Text.
Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each default setting.
The default settings are:
Image TypeResolutionScan Type
PhotoSelect for scanning photo images.300 x 300 dpi24-bit colour
WebSelect for attaching the scanned
image to web pages.
TextSelect for scanning text
documents.
Resolution
You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop
down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time,
but can achieve a finer scanned image. The following table shows
the resolution you can choose and the available colours.
100 x 100 dpi24-bit colour
200 x 200 dpiBlack & White
ResolutionBlack & White /
Gray
(Error Diffusion)
100 x 100 dpiYesYesYes
150 x 150 dpiYesYesYes
200 x 200 dpiYesYesYes
300 x 300 dpiYesYesYes
400 x 400 dpiYesYesYes
600 x 600 dpiYesYesYes
1200 x 1200 dpiYesNoYes
2400 x 2400 dpiYesNoYes
4800 x 4800 dpi
(For MFC-3420C
and MFC-3820CN
Only)
9600 x 9600 dpi
(For MFC-3420C
and MFC-3820CN
Only)
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YesNoYes
YesNoYes
256 colourTrue Gray /
®
24 bit colour
Scan Type
Black & White: Set the Scan Type to Black & White for text or line art.
Gray Scale:Set the Scan Type to Gray (Error Diffusion) or
True Gray for photographic images.
Colours:Set either:
256 Colour, which scans up to 256 colours, or 24
bit Colour which scans up to 16.8 million colours.
Although using 24 bit Colour creates an image
with the most accurate colours, the image file will
be approximately three times larger than a file
created with 256 Colour.
Brightness
Adjust this settings (-50 to 50) to obtain the best image. The default
value is 0, representing an ‘average’.
You can set the level by dragging the slide bar to the right or left to
lighten or darken the image. You can also type a value in the box for
the setting.
If the scanned image is too light, set a lower brightness value and
scan the document again. If the image is too dark, set a higher
brightness value and scan the document again.
It is only available when Black & White or Grey is selected.
Contrast
This setting is adjustable only when you have selected one of the
gray scale settings. It is not available when Black & White and
Colour settings are selected as the Scan Type.
You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slide
bar to the left or right. An increase emphasises dark and light areas
of the Image, while a decrease reveals more detail in gray areas. You
can also type a value in the box for the setting.
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Document Size
Set the Size to one of the following:
■
Letter (8 1/2 x 11 in.)
■
A4 (210 x 297 mm)
■
Legal (8 1/2 x 14 in.)
■
A5 (148 x 210 mm)
■
B5 (182 x 257 mm)
■
Executive (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
■
Business Card (90 x 60 mm)
(For MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN Only)
■
Photo 3.5 x 5 in. (9 x 13 cm)
■
Photo 5 x 7 in. (13 x 18 cm)
■
APS C 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm)
■
Custom (User adjustable from 0.35 x 0.35 in. to 8.5 x 14 in or
8.9 x 8.9 mm to 215.9 x 355.6 mm.)
If your machine is flatbed type (MFC-3420C or MFC-3820CN), you
can scan business cards. To scan business cards, select the
document size, and then place the document face down at the centre
of scanner glass.
When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor
or other graphics application. You should try different settings for the
contrast and resolution modes to see which best suits your needs.
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®
If you selected Custom as the size, The Custom Document Size
dialog box will appear.
Type the Name, Width and Height for the document.
You can choose “mm” or “inch” as the unit for Width and Height.
You can see the actual paper size you selected on the screen.
Width: shows the width of scanning area
■
Height: shows the height of scanning area
■
Data Size: shows the approximate data size calculated in a
■
Bitmap format. The size will be different for other file formats such
as JPEG.
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Scanning a document
(For Windows® XP only)
WIA compliant
Windows® XP uses Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning
images from the machine. You can scan images directly into the
PaperPort
can scan images directly into any other software application that
supports WIA or TWAIN scanning.
How to access the scanner
1
®
viewer that Brother included with your machine or you
Open your software application to scan a document.
The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use
ScanSoft
application may vary.
2
Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan
button.
The Scan panel appears in the left panel.
3
Select the scanner you are using from the Scanner drop-down
list box.
4
Click Scan.
The Scan dialog box will appear:
®
PaperPort® 8.0. The steps for scanning from another
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®
Scanning a document into the PC
(MFC-3220C and MFC-3320CN only)
1
Load your document.
A
B
C
D
2
Select the picture type (B).
3
Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D).
4
If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the
quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the
Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose
your settings.
5
To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the
Scan dialog box.
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■
The scanner resolution you can select is up to 1200 × 1200
dpi.
■
For resolutions greater than 1200dpi, use the Brother
Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility on page 2-18.)
■
You cannot select the Paper source (A) other than
Document Feeder.
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®
Scanning a document into the PC
(MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN only)
There are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can
either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the Flatbed
scanner glass.
If you would like to scan and then crop a portion of the page after
pre-scanning the document, you will need to use the scanner glass
(Flatbed). (See
page 2-5.)
Scanning a document using the ADF
1
Load your document.
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan
A
B
on
C
D
2
Select the Document Feeder from the Paper source
drop-down list box (A).
3
Select the picture type (B).
4
Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D).
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5
If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the
quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the
Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose
your settings.
■
The scanner resolution you can select is up to 1200 × 1200
dpi.
■
For resolutions greater than 1200dpi, use the Brother
Scanner Utility. (See
6
To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the
Scan dialog box.
Brother Scanner Utility
on page 2-18.)
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®
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the
scanner glass (MFC-3420C and MFC-3820CN only)
The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any
unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the
preview, click the Scan button from the scanner window to scan the
image.
1
Place the document face down on the scanner glass.
2
Make sure you selected Flatbed in the Paper source pull-down
box (A).
A
B
3
Select the picture type (B).
4
In the Scan dialog box, click the Preview button. The entire
document will be scanned into the PC and will appear in the
scanning area.
5
Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse
button and dragging it over the area.
Scanning area
Scanning area
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6
If you require advanced settings, click Picture Type from the
Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the
Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose
your settings.
C
7
To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the
Scan dialog box.
This time only the selected area of the document will appear in
the PaperPort
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®
window (or your software application window).
®
Brother Scanner Utility
The Brother Scanner Utility is used for configuring the scanner driver
for resolutions greater than 1200dpi and for changing the paper size.
If you want to set Legal size as the default size, change the setting
using this utility. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take
effect.
You can change the paper size setting with MFC-3420C and
MFC-3820CN only.
To run the utility:
You can run the utility by selecting the Scanner Utility located in the
Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXXC menu.
(Where XXXX is your model name.)
If you scan the document at resolution of greater than 1200dpi,
the file size maybe very large. Please make sure that you have
sufficient memory and hard disk space for the size of the file you
are trying to scan. If the memory and hard disk is not sufficient
then your computer may freeze and you could lose your file.
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Using the Scan key
(For USB cable users)
You can use (
into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications or your
computer folder. The advantage of using (
avoid the mouse clicks required to scan from your computer.
If you are using a Macintosh® computer the
will work only for Scan to Card. (For MFC-3220CN and
MFC-3820CN Only.)
Before you can use (
must have connected the machine to your Windows
computer and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your
version of Windows
When you are ready to use (
Brother Control Center application is running on your computer.
For details about how to configure the Brother Control Center
Scan
) on the control panel to scan documents
Scan
Scan
) on the control panel, you
®
.
Scan
), make sure the
) is that you
Scan
(
®
key
)
based
buttons to launch the application of your choice using
Scan
(
■
■
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), go to the appropriate chapter:
For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional, see
Using the Brother Control Center
For Windows® XP, see
Brother SmartUI Control Center on page 4-1.
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
Using the Windows
®
on page 3-1.
®
XP-Based
Scan to E-mail
You can either scan a black and white or colour document into your
E-mail application as a file attachment. You can change the
Scan
(
(For Windows
button configuration
) configuration. (See
®
XP: See Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to
on page 4-5 to 4-11.)
1
Load your document.
2
Press (
3
Press or to select
Press
The machine will scan the document, create a file attachment,
and launch your E-mail application, displaying the new message
waiting to be addressed.
Mono Start
Scan
Scan to E-mail
).
Scan to E-Mail
Colour Start
or
on page 3-10 to 3-11.)
Scan to E-mail
.
.
Scan to Image
You can scan a colour picture into your graphics application for
Scan
viewing and editing. You can change the (
configuration. (See Scan to Image on page 3-14.) (For Windows
XP: See
configuration on page 4-5 to 4-11.)
1
Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button
Load your document.
)
®
2
Press (
3
Press or to select
Press
The machine will start the scanning process.
Mono Start
Scan
or
).
Scan to Image
Colour Start
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Scan to Image
.
.
Scan to OCR
If your document is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft®
®
TextBridge
in your word processing application for viewing and editing. You can
to an editable text file and then have the result displayed
Scan
change the (
Processor) on page 3-12 to 3-13.) (For Windows
Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration
4-11.)
1
Load your document.
2
Press (
3
Press or to select
Press
The machine will start the scanning process.
Mono Start
Scan
) configuration. (See
).
Scan to OCR
Colour Start
or
Scan to OCR (Word
®
XP: See Hardware
on page 4-5 to
Scan to OCR
.
.
Scan to File
You can scan a black and white or a colour document into your
computer and save it as a file in the folder you choose. The file type
and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the
Scan to File screen of the Brother MFL-Pro Control Center. (See
Scan to File on page 3-8 to 3-9.) (For Windows
Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration on page 4-5 to
4-11.)
1
Load your document.
®
XP: See Hardware
2
Press (
3
Press or to select
Press
The machine will start the scanning process.
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Mono Start
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
Scan
).
Scan to File
Colour Start
or
®
Scan to File
.
.
Scan to Card
(MFC-3320CN and MFC-3820CN only)
You can scan black and white and colour originals into a media card.
Black and white originals will be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF file
formats (*.TIF). Colour originals may be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or
JPEG (*.JPG) file formats. The default setting is
and the default file format is PDF. File names default to the current
date. For example, the fifth image scanned on July 1, 2002 would be
named 07010205.PDF. You can change the colour, quality and file
name as you want.
QualitySelectable File FormatDefault File Format
B/W 200x100 dpi
B/W 200 dpi
Color 150 dpi
Color 300 dpi
Color 600 dpi
You can choose the default file format for Black & White or
colour files. (See Changing the default colour file format on page
2-23 and Changing the default Black & White file format on page
2-23.)
TIFF / PDFTIFF
TIFF / PDFTIFF
JPEG / PDFPDF
JPEG / PDFPDF
JPEG / PDFPDF
Color 150 dpi
1
Insert a SmartMedia®, CompactFlash®, Memory Stick® or
SecureDigital card into your machine.
Do not take out the media card while
to keep from damaging the card or data stored on the card.
2
Load your document.
3
Press (
4
Press or to select
To change quality, press
—OR—
Press
Changing any settings.
5
Press or to select the quality you want.
To change the file type, press
—OR—
To start scanning, press
Mono Start
Scan
or
).
Scan to Card
Menu/Set
Colour Start
Mono Start
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PhotoCapture
and go to Step 5.
to start scanning without
Menu/Set
or
.
and go to Step 6.
Colour Start
is blinking
.
6
Press or to select the file type you want.
To change the file name, press
—OR—
To start scanning, press
7
File name is automatically changed, but you can use the dial
pad to enter the file name. (You can only change the first 6
digits.)
Press
Mono Start
Mono Start
Colour Start
or
Menu/Set
Colour Start
or
to start scanning.
and go to Step 7.
Changing the default quality
.
1
Press
2
Press or to select
B/W 200x100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi, Color 150 dpi
Color 300 dpi
Press
3
Press
Menu/Set, 4, 7, 1
Color 600 dpi
or
Menu/Set
Stop/Exit
.
.
.
1.Quality
.
Changing the default Black & White file format
1
Press
2
Press or to select
or
Press
3
Press
Menu/Set, 4, 7, 2
PDF
.
Menu/Set
Stop/Exit
.
TIFF
.
.
2.B/W File Type
Changing the default colour file format
1
Press
2
Press or to select
JPEG
Press
3
Press
Menu/Set, 4, 7, 3
.
Menu/Set
Stop/Exit
.
.
.
PDF
or
3.ColorFile Type
,
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®
Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and
TextBridge® OCR
ScanSoft® PaperPort® for Brother is a document management
application. You will use PaperPort
PaperPort
®
has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, filing system that
®
to view scanned documents.
will help you organize your graphics and text documents. It allows
you to combine or “stack” documents of different formats for printing,
faxing or filing.
ScanSoft
PaperPort
See Documentation for ScanSoft
®
PaperPort® can be accessed through the ScanSoft®
®
program group.
®
PaperPort® on the CD-ROM.
®
The complete ScanSoft
ScanSoft
®
TextBridge® OCR, is in the Documentation on the
PaperPort® Users Guide, including
CD-ROM.
This chapter is only an introduction to the basic operations.
When you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft
and ScanSoft
®
TextBridge® OCR are installed automatically.
®
PaperPort® for Brother
If you are using Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 Professional,
we recommend that you are logged on with administrator rights.
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Viewing items
ScanSoft® PaperPort® provides several ways to view items:
Desktop View displays a thumbnail (a small graphic that represents
each item in a Desktop or folder).
Items in the selected folder appear on the PaperPort
can see PaperPort
®
items (MAX files) and non-PaperPort® items
(files created using other applications).
Non-PaperPort
®
items include an icon that indicates the application
that was used to create the item; a non-PaperPort
by a small rectangular thumbnail and not an actual image.
Desktop View displays items
as thumbnails
®
Desktop. You
®
item is represented
Page View displays a close-up of a single page and you can open a
PaperPort
®
item by double-clicking on it.
As long as you have the appropriate application on your computer to
®
display it, you can also double-click a non-PaperPort
Page View displays each item
as a full page
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®
item to open it.
Organizing your items in folders
PaperPort® has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your
items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you select
to view in Desktop View. An item can be a PaperPort
®
non-PaperPort
■
Folders are arranged in a “tree” structure in the Folder View.
item:
®
item or a
You use this section to select folders and view their items in
Desktop View.
■
You can simply drag and drop an item onto a folder.
When the folder is highlighted, release the mouse button and the
item is stored in that folder.
■
Folders can be “nested”—that is, stored in other folders.
■
When you double-click a folder, its items (both PaperPort® MAX
files and non PaperPort
■
You can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and
®
files) appear on the Desktop.
items shown in Desktop View.
Quick links to other applications
ScanSoft® PaperPort® automatically recognizes many other
applications on your computer and creates a “working link” to them.
The Send To Bar at the bottom of the Desktop view shows icons of
those linked applications.
To use a link, drag an item onto one of the icons to start the
application represented by the icon. A typical use of the Send To Bar
is to select an item and then fax it.
This sample
PaperPort
Send To
®
.
Bar shows several applications with links to
If PaperPort® does not automatically recognize one of the
applications on your computer, you can manually create a link using
the Add to Send To Bar... command.
(See PaperPort
®
in the Documentation section on the CD-ROM for
more information about creating new links.)
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ScanSoft® TextBridge® OCR lets you convert
image text into text you can edit
ScanSoft® PaperPort® can quickly convert the text on a ScanSoft®
®
PaperPort
item (which is really just a picture of the text) into text that
you can edit with a word processing application.
®
PaperPort
ScanSoft
—OR—
uses the optical character recognition application
®
TextBridge®, which comes with PaperPort
®
PaperPort® can use your prefered OCR application if it is already on
your computer. You can convert the entire item, or by using the Copy Text command, you can select only a portion of the text to convert.
Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts
PaperPort
®
’s built-in OCR application, or you can use your own
OCR application.
You can Import items from other applications
In addition to scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort® in
a variety of ways and convert them to PaperPort
several different ways:
■
Print to the Desktop View from another application, such as
Microsoft
■
Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap
®
Excel.
(BMP) or Tag Image File Format (TIFF).
®
(MAX) files in
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®
You can Export items in other formats
You can export or save PaperPort® items in several popular file
formats, such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, or self-viewing.
For example, to create a file for an Internet Web site, export it as a
JPEG file. Web pages often use JPEG files for displaying images.
Exporting an image file
1
Select the Save As command from the File pull-down menu in
the PaperPort
displayed.
2
Select the drive and directory where you want to store the file.
3
Enter the new file name and choose the file type or select a
name from the File Name text box. (You can scroll through the
Directories and File Name listing for prompting.)
4
Select the Save button to save your file, or Cancel to return to
the PaperPort
®
window. The Save ‘XXXXX’ as dialog box will be
®
without saving it.
How to Uninstall PaperPort® and ScanSoft®
TextBridge
For Windows® 98/98SE and Windows® Me:
Select Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs
and the Install/Uninstall tab.
Select Brother Extensions for PaperportAdd/Remove button.
Select PaperPort
For Windows
Select Start, Settings, Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs.
Select Brother Extensions for Paperport
Change/Remove button.
Select PaperPort
For Windows
Select Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs and the
Change or Remove Programs icon.
Select PaperPort
®
®
and click the
®
8.0 SE from the list and click the Add/Remove button.
®
2000 Professional:
®
and click the
®
8.0 SE from the list and click the Change button.
®
XP:
®
8.0 SE from the list and click the Change button.
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3
Using the Brother Control
Center
(For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional)
If you are using Windows® 2000 Professional, we recommend
that you are logged on with administrator rights.
Brother MFL-Pro Control Center
The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the
PC screen whenever paper is put in the ADF of the machine. This
allows you to quickly and with very few mouse clicks, access the
most frequently used scanning applications. Using the Control
Center stops the need to manually startup any specific applications.
The Brother Control Center provides three operations (Scan, Copy
and PC-Fax):
■
Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphic
application of your choice
■
Copy
■
PC Faxing using the Brother PC-FAX software
The Brother Control Center pops up on the screen when using
the USB connection, not the LAN connection.
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AutoLoad the Brother Control Center
The Control Center is loaded every time Windows® is started.
When the Control Center is loaded, the Control Center
icon will appear on the task bar.
If you don’t want the Control Center to load automatically, you can
turn off AutoLoad.
If the Control Center icon does not appear on
your task bar, you will have to launch the software.
Double-click the Control Center icon on the desktop or
®
from the Start menu, select Programs, ScanSoft
8.0, and then click Brother SmartUI POPUP.
PaperPort®
How to turn off AutoLoad
1
Left-click the Control Center icon and click
Show.
2
When the Control Center window appears, left click the
ConfigurationControl Center button.
A dialog box will appear:
3
Uncheck the ‘AutoLoad’ Pop-Up check box.
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Brother Control Center features
Auto Configuration
During installation the Control Center will check your system to set
up the default applications for E-mail, word processing and the
graphics viewer/editor.
For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail
application, the Control Center will create a link and a scanning
application button for Outlook.
You can change a default application. Right-click the appropriate
Control Center button to display Configurations and then click it.
Select a different application.
For example, you can change a scan button from MS Word Pad
to MS Word by changing the application
that is listed for the Word Processor.
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Scan to operations
Scan to File—Allows you to scan directly to a file on your computer.
You can change the file type and directory for the document you are
scanning.
Scan to E-mail—Allows you to scan a picture or text document
directly into an E-mail application as a standard attachment. You can
choose the file type and resolution for the attachment.
Scan to OCR (Word Processor)
document , run ScanSoft
®
—Allows you to scan a text
TextBridge® OCR, and insert the text
document (not a graphic image) into a word processing file. You can
choose the word processing application, such as Word Pad, MS
Word, and so on.
Scan to Image
—Allows you to scan an image directly into any
graphic viewer/editor application. You can choose the graphics
application, such as Microsoft Paint.
Copy operations
Copy—Allows you use the PC and any Windows
®
printer driver for
enhanced copy operations.
You can scan the page on the Brother machine and print the copies
using any of the features of the Brother machine printer driver.
—OR—
®
You can send the copy output to any standard Windows
printer
driver that is on your PC.
PC-Fax operation
Send a Fax
the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software.
—Allows you scan a picture or text document and send
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Scanner settings for Scan, Copy and PC-Fax buttons
When the Pop-Up screen appears, you can access the Scanner
Settings window.
Click the Configuration Control Center icon at the top right
of the Brother Control Center screen
—OR—
Click the Modify Settings button on any of the Configuration screens.
Global settings
AutoLoad Pop-Up—Select this checkbox if you want Brother MFL
Control Center to load when you turn on your computer.
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Setting up the scanner configurations
The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each
time you scan a document, you can choose the most appropriate
scanning mode from the following:
Faxing, Filing and Copying
Text for OCR
Photos
Photos (High Quality)
Photos (Quick Scan)
Custom
Draft Copy
Fine Copy
Each mode has its own set of stored settings. You can keep the
factory default settings or change them at any time:
Resolution—From the pull-down list, select the scanning
resolution you most often use.
Colour Mode—From the pull-down list, select the colour settings
you most often use.
Scan Size—From the pull-down list, select the scan size you
most often use.
Brightness
Contrast
Click OK to save your changes. If you make a mistake or want the
original default setting, just click the Restore Defaults button when
the scanning mode is displayed.
—Slide the adjuster from 0% to 100%
—Slide the adjuster from 0% to 100%
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Performing an operation from the Control Center
screen
If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Control
Center window without first placing a document in the ADF.
Place the document in the machine’s ADF, and then click OK to go
to the Control Center screen.
If your machine is flatbed model (MFC-3420C or MFC-3820CN),
and want to scan the document from the scanner glass, please
Scan
use (
) on the control panel of the machine.
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Scan to File
To access Scan to File Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click Scan to File and click on Configuration. Click the
Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the
Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR;
Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom;
Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for the mode, click Modify Settings.
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Destination folder
PaperPort® Folder—Select this checkbox to scan the document into
your PaperPort
Other Folder
®
folder.
—Select this checkbox, to scan the document as
another file type or to store it in another directory/folder.
File—If you selected Other folder from the pull-down list, select the
3.0 Image Item (*.max)
Windows Bitmap (*bmp)
PC Paintbrush (*.pcx)
PCX Multi-page (*.dcx)
JPEG (*.jpg)
TIFF-Uncompressed (*.tif)
TIFF-Group 4 (*.tif)
TIFF-Class F (*.tif)
TIFF Multi-page - Uncompressed (*.tif)
TIFF Multi-page - Group 4 (*.tif)
TIFF Multi-page - Class F (*.tif)
Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
FlashPix (*.fpx)
To Search your system for the directory and folder you want, click the
Browse button. Click OK to save your settings.
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Scan to E-mail
To access Scan to E-mail Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click the E-mail application button and click on
Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the
configuration screen of the Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR;
Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom;
Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
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E-mail application
E-mail Application—From the pull-down list, select your E-mail
application.
E-mail Settings—Click the E-Mail Settings button to set up links.
The Send To Options window will appear:
Send to Options
Convert attachments to specified file type—Converts items to the
type in the File type box. Clear this check box to keep files in their
source format; for example, to keep Word documents in the .doc
format and JPEG images in the .jpg format.
All documents and image items—Converts all items regardless of
the program in which the item was created; for example, converts all
Word (.doc) files and JPEG (.jpg) files to the file type.
PaperPort
image items (.max) files. PaperPort
®
image items (MAX) only—Converts only PaperPort
®
does not convert other file
types, such as JPEG images and Word documents.
File type—Identifies the format in which to convert items; for
example, JPEG or TIFF.
Combine items into single file, if possible—Combines all selected
items into a single file that contains multiple pages. This option is
available only when the file type supports multiple pages, such as
multi-page TIFF.
®
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Scan to OCR (Word Processor)
To access Scan to OCR Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click the word processor application button and click on
Configuration
configuration screen of the Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
. Click the Modify Settings button to view the
Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR;
Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom;
Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
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Word Processor
Word Processor—From the pull-down list, select the word processor
you want to use.
Click the Link Settings button to display the screen to set up the
document format you want to use and identify the OCR program:
File type
—From the pull-down list, select the file type you want to use
for your word processor or text documents.
OCR—Identify the OCR program to use to convert scanned
document images to editable documents. This option is available
only when you have an OCR program other than the one provided
with PaperPort
that is in ScanSoft
®
. (PaperPort® 8.0 SE uses the same OCR engine
®
's TextBridge® Pro Millennium product.)
Click the Settings button to choose how the OCR application will
read the pages that you scan into your word processor application.
The OCR Settings window will appear:
Select your setting and click OK.
Auto orient page
■
—Click this checkbox to automatically rotate
pages so that the text is upright.
Single column output
■
—Click this checkbox if you want to remove
columns from multi-column documents so that converted text
appears in a one-column format.
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Scan to Image
To access Scan to Image Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click the graphic application button and click on
Configuration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the
configuration screen of the Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
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Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR;
Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom;
Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
Target Application
Application—From the pull-down list, select the application you want
to add to this Pop-Up screen.
Click the Custom Link Settings button to set up links for your
user-defined application.
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Copy
To access the Copy Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click the Copy and click on Configuration. Click the
Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the
Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
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Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
Number of copies
Copies
To change the copy options, click the Copy Options button.
Click OK to save your Copy settings.
—Enter the number of copies you want to print.
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Send a fax
To access the Send a fax Configurations screen
1
Load your document in the ADF. The Brother Control Center
screen will pop up.
2
Right-click the Send a fax and click on
Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the
Control Center.
3
To save your settings, click OK.
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults button.
Configuration
. Click the
Scanner settings
From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate
for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR;
Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom;
Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
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PC-FAX settings
Brother PC-Fax
FAX Resolution
1
To change the fax options, click the FAX Options button.
The Brother PC-FAX Properties screen appears:
For Windows
—Fine (200
®
98/98SE and Me
×
200)
For Windows
2
Select the Paper Size and Orientation (Portrait or Landscape)
and click OK.
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore
Defaults or Default button.
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2000 Professional and XP
4
Using the Windows® XP-Based
Brother SmartUI Control Center
(For Windows® XP)
For Windows® 98/98SE/Me and 2000 Professional
See Using the Brother Control Center on page 3-1
Brother SmartUI Control Center
The Brother Control Center is a software utility that allows you to
quite easily, with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently
used scanning applications. Using the Control Center eliminates the
need to manually launch the specific applications and allows you to
scan a document directly to a folder on your computer. The Brother
Control Center provides four categories of operations:
1
Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics
application of your choice.
2
Enhanced copy functions, such as Four/Two or One-on-One
Copying.
3
PC Faxing using the Brother PC-Fax software.
4
Custom buttons allow you to configure a button to meet your
own application requirements.
In the Task Tray right-click on the Control Center icon and select
Show to have access to the Brother SmartUI Control Center window.
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AutoLoad the Brother Control Center
The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each
time Windows
Control Center icon will appear in the task bar. If you
don’t want the Control Center to load automatically, you can turn
AutoLoad off.
®
is started. When the Control Center is loaded the
How to turn off Auto Load
1
Right-click the Control Center icon in the Task
Tray and select Show.
2
The main SmartUI Control Center window appears. Please look
at the bottom of the window for a check box labelled “AutoLoad
Pop-up”.
3
Uncheck the AutoLoad Pop-Up option to prevent the SmartUI
from automatically loading every time Windows
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is started.
Brother Control Center features
The SmartUI control center gives you the ability to configure the
hardware
“Scan to File” feature allows you to scan a document directly to your
hard disk and choose the file format and destination folder without
having to run any other applications. Select which section you want
by clicking on the appropriate tab.
Scan
key on your machine such as “Scan to File”. The
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Auto Configuration
During the installation process the Control Center checks your
system to determine the default applications for E-mail, word
processing and graphics viewer/editor.
For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail
application, the Control Center automatically will create a link and a
scanning application button for Outlook.
You can change the default application by right-clicking on any of the
scan buttons in the Control Center and then clicking
Select the Configuration tab and from the Application pull down
menu select a different application. For example, you can change the
E-mail scan button from Outlook Express to Outlook by changing the
application that is listed.
Configuration
.
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Hardware Section: Changing the Scan
to button configuration
When the SmartUI Control Center is displayed, you can access the
Scan
Hardware Section window to reconfigure the (
on your machine. Click the Hardware Section tab at the top left of the
SmartUI Control Center screen. (See Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) on page 2-19.)
) button
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Scan to E-mail
To configure the Scan to E-mail feature left-click on the Scan to
E-mail button and the following screen will appear. You have the
ability to change the configuration that includes the destination
E-mail application, attachment file and the scanner settings.
To change the destination E-mail application you use the Application
pull down list to select the compatible E-mail application, which is
installed on your system.
If you wish to change the attachment file type click on the Link
Preferences button to display a list of file types.
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Scan to File
To configure the Scan to File feature, left click on the Scan to File
button and the following screen will appear.
Select the file type for the saved image by selecting from the Format
pull down list. You can save the file to the default PaperPort
so the file appears in PaperPort
®
or you can select another
®
folder
folder/directory by clicking the Browse button.
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Scan to Image
To configure the Scan to Image feature left-click on the Scan to
Image button and the following screen will appear. You have the
ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination
image format or document application.
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To change the default setting of the scan, click on the Scan Settings
tab.
You can set the Colour Mode to Black & White, 8-bit Gray or 24-bit
Colour.
The resolution can be changed from 100 to 1200 dpi. You can define
the size of the paper you’re using, and you can adjust the brightness
and contrast of the image before scanning.
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Scan to OCR
To configure the Scan to OCR feature left-click on the Scan to OCR
button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to
change the configuration, which includes the destination
applications.
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You have the option to send your scan as a different file type. You
can select the application from the File Type window according to
your needs.
You have the option to choose your OCR setting from Single column output to Auto orient page.
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Software Section
The Software Section contains four groups of scan to buttons. Each
section has a number of different buttons which are predefined for
the most frequently used applications. The Scan section contains
four buttons for Scan to File, Scan to E-mail, Scan to Word Processor
and Scan to Image applications. The Copy section contains three
buttons for N to 1 copying. The Fax section button is for sending
faxes using the Brother PC-FAX application and the Custom section
contains three buttons with which you can assign your own function.
*1
*2
*3
*4
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Scan
*1 Scan to File —enables you to scan directly to a disk file. You can
change the file type and destination directory, as needed.
Scan to E-mail (Default: Outlook Express)
*2
—enables you to scan
a page or document directly into an E-mail application as a standard
attachment. You have the option of selecting the file type and
resolution for the attachment.
Scan to Word Processor (Default: MS WordPad)
*3
scan a page or document , automatically run ScanSoft
—enables you to
®
TextBridge®
OCR and insert the text (not graphic image) into a word processing
program. You have the option of selecting the destination word
processing program, such as WordPad, MS Word, Word Perfect or
whichever word processing program is installed on your computer.
*4 Scan to Graphic Application (Default: MS Paint) —enables you to
scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. You
can select the destination application, such as MS Paint, Corel
PhotoPaint, Adobe PhotoShop, or any kind of image editor
application you already have installed on your computer.
Copy
Copy
(Copy one to one)—allows you to use the PC and any
Windows
the page on the machine and print the copies using any of the
features of the machine printer driver—OR—you can direct the copy
output to any standard Windows
including network printers.
Four/Two to One Copy
One-page features of the Brother printer driver to copy four/two
document pages onto a single output page.
®
printer driver for enhanced copy operations. You can scan
®
printer driver installed on the PC
—enables you to use the Four/Two on
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Fax
Send a Fax (Brother PC-FAX)—enables you to scan a page or
document and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC
using the Brother PC-FAX software.
Custom
Scan to File
Scan to File feature. You can change the configuration of each of
these buttons to meet your specific requirements by right-clicking on
a button and following the configuration menus.
—These buttons have been pre-programmed for the
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Scan to File
The Scan to File button allows you to scan an image and save it in
a specific file type to any directory on your hard disk. This allows you
to easily archive your paper documents. To configure the file type
and save to directory right-click on the Scan to File button and click
Configuration.
The Scan Action tab is set to File and should not be changed.
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To change the configuration click on the Configuration tab.
Select the file type for the saved image by selecting from the Format
®
pull down list. You can save the file to the default PaperPort
®
so the file appears in PaperPort
, or you can select another
folder
folder/directory by clicking the Browse button.
You can change the default setting by selecting the Other Folder
button and then clicking Browse and selecting the folder in which
you wish to save your files.
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Scan to E-mail
The Scan To E-mail is automatically configured to your default E-mail
application. To change the default E-mail application or attachment
file type, right-click on the E-mail button and select “Configuration”.
The Scan Action tab is set to E-mail and should not be changed.
To change the E-mail application click on the Configuration tab. From
the Application pull down list, select your preferred E-mail
application.
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To change the file type of the attachment click the Link Preferences
button to set up links. Check the Convert attachments to specified file type box and then select the appropriate file type from the pull
down list.
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File attachments
Items are mailed as file attachments using the file type you have
selected.
Convert attachments to specified file type
you want to change the file type of attachments.
All documents and image items—Click this check box if you want to
convert all scanned images to the same file type.
PaperPort
®
image items (MAX) only
want to convert only attachments that are PaperPort
Combine items into single file, if possible—Click this check box if you
want to combine all the attachments into one file. With this box
unchecked each scanned page will be saved in its own individual file.
File type
—Select from the pull-down list the type of file you want the
3.0 Image Item (*.max)
Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
PC Paintbrush (*.pcx)
PCX Multi-page (*.dcx)
JPEG (*.jpg)
TIFF-Uncompressed (*.tif)
TIFF Group 4 (*.tif)
TIFF Multi-Page -Uncompressed (*.tif)
TIFF Multi-Page - Group 4 (*.tif)
—Click this check box if
—Click this check box if you
®
MAX files.
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Scanner settings
You have the ability to change the scanner settings used to create
the file attachments. Click on the Scan Settings tab and select the
appropriate settings.
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Scan to OCR (Word Processing
program)
Scan to OCR converts the graphic page image data to text which can
be edited by any word processor program. You can change the
default word processor program (example: Word Pad instead of
Word) and file type. You can also choose another OCR software
package besides the TextBridge
PaperPort
To configure Scan to OCR right-click on the WordPad button and
select Configuration. The Scan Action tab is set to OCR and should
not be changed.
®
.
®
OCR which is built into
To change the word processing application click on the Configuration
Tab. You can select the destination word processing application from
the Application pull down list.
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To change the program link preferences click the Link Preferences
button.
File Type
—From the pull-down list, select the file format you want to
use for documents.
OCR
—Select the OCR application from the OCR pull down list.
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Scan to Graphics application
(example: Microsoft Paint)
The Scan to Graphics Application allows you to scan an image so
you can edit the image. To change the default graphics application
right-click on the button and select Configuration.
The Scan Action tab is set to Application and should not be changed.
To change the configuration of the destination application click on
the Configuration Tab.
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To change the destination application select the appropriate
application from the Application pull down list.
To change the other configuration options click the Link Preferences button.
This option enables you to reduce image to screen resolution
(96dpi), show a warning if the item has annotations, update the
original item if sent item is modified, if needed.
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Copy
The copy buttons can be customised to allow you to take advantage
of the features built into the Brother printer drivers to do advanced
copy functions such as n-in-1 printing.
The Copy buttons are automatically linked to the default Windows
printer driver. You can set any printer as the default printer including
non-Brother printers. Before you can use the Copy buttons you must
first configure the printer driver by right-clicking on a Copy button
and selecting Configuration.
®
In the Scan Settings window you can select the colour mode,
resolution, paper size, brightness and contrast settings to be used.
To finish the Copy button configuration you must set the printer
driver. Click the Copy options button to display the printer driver
settings.
The copy options screen will vary depending upon which
Brother model you purchased.
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