Mobile Print/Scan Guide for Brother iPrint&Scan
Version I
ENG
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NOTE
Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features.
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Section I |
For Android™ Devices |
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Introduction |
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Overview.................................................................................................................................................... |
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Hardware requirement............................................................................................................................... |
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Supported operating systems.............................................................................................................. |
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Device connections ............................................................................................................................. |
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Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the Google Play (Android Market™) ........................................... |
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Printing |
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Printing from the mobile device’s memory card......................................................................................... |
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Printing photos..................................................................................................................................... |
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Printing documents.............................................................................................................................. |
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Printing from a web browser.................................................................................................................... |
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Printing web pages ............................................................................................................................ |
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Printing email messages.......................................................................................................................... |
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Printing from other applications ............................................................................................................... |
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Printing photos or documents............................................................................................................ |
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Printing web pages ............................................................................................................................ |
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Print Settings ........................................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning |
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Scanning documents ............................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning directly to your mobile device’s memory card.................................................................... |
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Opening scanned images in other applications................................................................................. |
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Scan Settings .......................................................................................................................................... |
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Section II For iOS Devices |
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Introduction |
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Overview.................................................................................................................................................. |
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Hardware requirement............................................................................................................................. |
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Supported devices and operating systems........................................................................................ |
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Device connections ........................................................................................................................... |
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Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the App Store ............................................................................ |
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Printing |
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Printing photos from your mobile device’s photo album .......................................................................... |
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For iPhone and iPod touch ................................................................................................................ |
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For iPad ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Printing from the document file list........................................................................................................... |
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For iPhone and iPod touch ................................................................................................................ |
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For iPad ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Printing from a web browser.................................................................................................................... |
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For iPhone and iPod touch ................................................................................................................ |
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For iPad ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Printing data from the Clipboard.............................................................................................................. |
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For iPhone and iPod touch ................................................................................................................ |
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For iPad ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Printing photos taken with Brother iPrint&Scan ....................................................................................... |
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Printing photos or documents from other applications............................................................................. |
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For iPhone and iPod touch ................................................................................................................ |
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For iPad ............................................................................................................................................. |
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Print Settings ........................................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning |
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Scanning documents ............................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning documents and saving them in your mobile device’s photo album ................................... |
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Sending by email ............................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning documents and saving them to iCloud .............................................................................. |
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Opening scanned images in other applications................................................................................. |
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Scan Settings .......................................................................................................................................... |
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Section III For Windows® Phone Devices |
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Introduction |
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Overview.................................................................................................................................................. |
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Hardware requirement............................................................................................................................. |
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Supported operating systems............................................................................................................ |
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Device connections ........................................................................................................................... |
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Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the Windows® Phone Store |
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(Windows® Phone Marketplace)........................................................................................................... |
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Printing |
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Printing images stored in your mobile device .......................................................................................... |
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Printing photos taken with Brother iPrint&Scan ....................................................................................... |
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Printing photos or documents from Microsoft® SkyDrive® ...................................................................... |
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Printing photos from other applications ................................................................................................... |
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Print Settings ........................................................................................................................................... |
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Scanning |
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Scanning and saving documents to your mobile device or Microsoft® SkyDrive® .................................. |
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Scan Settings .......................................................................................................................................... |
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Section I
Introduction |
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Printing |
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Scanning |
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Brother iPrint&Scan allows you to use features of your Brother machine directly from your Android™ device, without using a computer.
Brother iPrint&Scan supports the following functions:
Printing
Even if your machine is not connected to your computer, you can print photos, documents, web pages and email messages directly from your mobile device (see Printing on page 7).
Scanning
Photos and documents scanned with your Brother machine can be saved directly to the memory card of your mobile device and opened with other applications. Additionally, if an email application that supports JPEG and PDF files is installed on your mobile device, scanned images can be attached to outgoing email messages and sent using your mobile device (see Scanning on page 22).
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•For a list of models supported by Brother iPrint&Scan, please visit the Brother website at http://www.brother.com/apps/android/.
•If your machine does not have a printer or scanner, you cannot use the related print functions or scan functions of Brother iPrint&Scan.
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Introduction
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For information about the supported operating systems, please refer to the Brother iPrint&Scan web page on Google Play (Android Market™).
To use Brother iPrint&Scan, connect your mobile device to your Brother machine using one of the following connection methods:
Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi Direct™
Bluetooth
To configure your mobile device for each connection method, please refer to your mobile device’s user’s guide.
NOTE
Depending on your Brother machine, the supported connection methods may vary.
Brother iPrint&Scan supports wireless connections that use infrastructure mode; ad-hoc mode is not supported. To configure your Brother machine for a Wi-Fi connection, please refer to your machine’s Quick Setup Guide. When the Brother machine is connected to the wireless access point/router using Wi-Fi:
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1Mobile device
2Wireless access point/router
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Introduction
When the Brother machine is connected to the wireless access point/router using a network cable:
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1Mobile device
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Connect your mobile device to your Brother machine using Wi-Fi Direct™. Wi-Fi Direct™ allows you to configure a secured wireless network between your Brother machine and a mobile device without using an access point.
If your Brother machine supports Wi-Fi Direct™ and you want to configure your Brother machine for a Wi-Fi Direct™ network, please download the Wi-Fi Direct™ Guide from the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/.
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Introduction
Connect your mobile device to your Brother machine using Bluetooth. |
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To configure your Brother machine for a Bluetooth connection, please refer to your Brother machine’s User’s Guide.
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Introduction |
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Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the Google Play |
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(Android Market™) |
You can download and install Brother iPrint&Scan from the Google Play (Android Market™). To take advantage of all the features supported by Brother iPrint&Scan, make sure you are using the latest version.
To download and install or uninstall Brother iPrint&Scan, please refer to the user’s guide for your mobile device.
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You can print JPEG images that are saved on your mobile device’s memory card. a Make sure the memory card has been inserted into the mobile device.
b Open the Launcher on the mobile device. c Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
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When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
d Tap Photo Print.
e Thumbnail photos are displayed. Tap the desired photo. f Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
g Tap .
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Printing
h Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step j. |
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If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step i.
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The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list.
Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step k.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step k.
k Tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
Printing documents |
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You can print documents saved on your mobile device’s memory card. |
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The following file formats are supported: |
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Microsoft® Word (DOC/DOCX)
Microsoft® Excel® (XLS/XLSX)
Microsoft® PowerPoint® (PPT/PPTX)
Text
NOTE
•Password-protected documents cannot be printed.
•Some encrypted PDF files cannot be printed.
•When printing a PDF file that uses fonts that are not embedded in the file, characters may be replaced with characters of a different font or may be garbled.
•When printing a PDF that includes transparent objects, the transparency setting will be ignored and the file will be printed with that setting off.
a Make sure the memory card has been inserted into the mobile device. b Open the Launcher on the mobile device.
c Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
NOTE
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
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Tap Document Print.
The document list is displayed. Tap the name of the document that you want to print.
f Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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Printing
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•When printing Microsoft® Excel® files, you can configure the setting so that each worksheet is printed as a single page when you tap .
g Tap .
h Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step j.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step i.
i The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list. j Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step k.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step k.
k Tap Print this to print the displayed page, or tap Print all to print all pages of the document. The machine will start printing.
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Printing
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You can print web pages using the web browser that is installed in Brother iPrint&Scan. a Open the Launcher on the mobile device.
b Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
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When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
c Tap Web Page Print.
d The web browser is displayed.
You can view a web page using one of the following methods:
Enter the URL directly
Tap the address field, and then enter the URL of the web page that you want to view. Tap next to the address field, and then go to step e.
Search for keywords
Tap the address field, and then enter the keywords that you want to search for.
Tap next to the address field.
The search results are displayed in the web browser.
Tap the web page that you want to view, and then go to step e.
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Printing
Tap a bookmark |
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Tap the bookmark of the web page that you want to view, and then go to step e. |
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Tap the history
If you have viewed a web page previously, tap .
Tap History, and then tap the web page that you want to view. Go to step e.
e The web page is displayed. Tap Print Preview.
f Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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•Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
•Tap or to view the previous or next page.
g Tap .
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Printing
h Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step j. |
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If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step i.
i The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list. j Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step k.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step k.
k Do one of the following:
Tap Print this to print the displayed page.
Tap Print all to print all pages.
The machine will start printing.
You can delete the browsing history.
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Tap History.
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Printing |
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To delete a browsing history, touch the record and hold it until the pop-up screen appears. |
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A message will appear to confirm if you want to delete the browsing history. |
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Tap OK. |
The browsing history will be cleared.
To delete all of the browsing history, press the Menu button, and then tap Clear history. A message will appear to confirm if you want to delete the browsing history.
Tap OK.
All of the browsing history will be cleared.
NOTE
If you delete the browsing history, it is not available when using other web browsers.
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Printing
You can use Brother iPrint&Scan to view and print email messages from your Gmail™ account (Google |
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account). To print the email messages, your mobile device must be configured to access the Gmail™ account |
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a Open the Launcher on the mobile device.
b Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
NOTE
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
c Tap Email Print.
If your mobile device has been configured for multiple Gmail™ accounts (Google accounts), choose the account that you want to access.
d The email list is displayed. Choose the email message that you want to print.
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1Label button
Tap this button to display other label messages.
2Account button
Tap this button to change the account.
The email message is displayed. Tap Print Preview.
Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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Printing
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h Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step j.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step i.
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The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list.
Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step k.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step k.
k Tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
Documents can also be printed directly from other applications installed on your mobile device using Brother |
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iPrint&Scan. For example, you can print photos that are attached to email messages from your mobile device. |
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The following file formats are supported:
Microsoft® Word (DOC/DOCX)
Microsoft® Excel® (XLS/XLSX)
Microsoft® PowerPoint® (PPT/PPTX)
Text
Images (JPEG/PNG/GIF/BMP)
NOTE
•Password-protected documents cannot be printed.
•Some encrypted PDF files cannot be printed.
•When printing a PDF file that uses fonts that are not embedded in the file, characters may be replaced with characters of a different font or may be garbled.
•When printing a PDF that includes transparent objects, the transparency setting will be ignored and the file will be printed with that setting off.
a Use the desired application to select the file that you want to print, and share the file with Brother
iPrint&Scan. For example, in some applications you can share the file by tapping the share icon (). If the list of applications appears, select Brother iPrint&Scan.
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•When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
•If the text contains URLs, a web page for the URL or the text preview screen will appear. Tap
Print Preview and go to step b.
b A print preview will be displayed. Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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•Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
•Tap or to view the previous or next page.
•When printing Microsoft® Excel® files, you can configure the setting so that each worksheet is printed as a single page when you tap .
c Tap .
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Printing
d Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step f. |
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If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step e.
e The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list. f Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step g.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step g.
g Do one of the following:
To print a PDF, Microsoft® Office document or text, tap Print this to print the displayed page, or tap Print all to print all pages of the document.
To print photos, tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
You can print web pages from other web browsers.
a Use the desired web browser to select the web page that you want to print, and share the page with |
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Brother iPrint&Scan. For example, in some applications you can share the page by pressing the Menu |
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button, and then tap More, Share page. If the list of applications appears, select Brother iPrint&Scan.
NOTE
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
b c
The web page is displayed. Tap Print Preview.
A print preview will be displayed. Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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•Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
•Tap or to view the previous or next page.
d Tap .
e Make sure your machine is selected. The machine that is selected for the Wi-Fi connection is displayed under Printer. The machine that is selected for the Bluetooth connection is displayed under Bluetooth Printer.
Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step g.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Printer or Bluetooth Printer. Go to step f.
f The list of available machines appears. Tap your machine in the list.
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Printing
g Do one of the following:
To change other print settings, see Print Settings on page 21. After changing the settings, go to step h.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step h. |
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h Do one of the following: |
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Tap Print this to print the displayed page.
Tap Print all to print all pages.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
You can change the following print settings when you print from a mobile device. |
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Media Type
Copies
Layout
Color/Mono
2-sided
Density
Feed Mode
NOTE
Only settings that can be changed are displayed.
a On the Print Settings screen, tap the print option that you want to change.
b Choose an option.
Repeat steps a and b if you want to change other options.
c Press the Back button.
NOTE
•When you print photos (Inkjet models)
Photos are printed borderless, and if the aspect ratios of the photos and the paper are different, the photos will be enlarged so that there is no margin on the printed photos. In this case, the portion of the photo that extends beyond the paper size is cut off and will not be printed.
(Laser models)
Photos are printed with borders, and if the aspect ratios of the photos and the paper are different, the photos will be reduced or enlarged so that the entire image is printed.
•Documents, web pages and email messages are printed with borders.
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Make sure there is enough available space on your mobile device’s memory card. a Make sure the memory card has been inserted into the mobile device.
b Load your document on to your machine. c Open the Launcher on the mobile device. d Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
NOTE
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
e Tap Scan.
f Tap .
g Make sure your machine is selected. Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step i.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Scanner. Go to step h.
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Scanning
h The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine in the list.
i Do one of the following:
To change other scan settings, see Scan Settings on page 28. After changing the settings, go to step j.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step j. |
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j Tap Scan.
The machine will start to scan the document. The scanned image will then be displayed on the screen. Confirm the scanned image.
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•Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
•Tap or to view the previous or next page.
k Do one of the following:
To crop the scanned image, tap and then go to step l.
If you do not want to crop the scanned image, go to step n.
l The area inside the box will be cropped.
To change the size of the box, drag the edge of the box.
To move the position of the box, tap inside the box and drag the box. When finished, tap Done.
m Confirm the cropped image. To start over and select the size of the box again, tap and then go back to step l.
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n Tap Save.
o Choose the file format (JPEG or PDF) used for the saved file.
The scanned image will be saved on the memory card in the specified file format.
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• If you chose “JPEG”, each page is saved as a separate file. If you chose “PDF”, all pages of the document |
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•File names are automatically created based on the current date and time. For example, the first image scanned at 10:33 PM and 55 seconds on July 1, 2011 would be named Scan07012011223355_001.jpg. Note that the region setting also determines the date format of the file name. (A sequential number may not be included in the file name.)
•Scanned images are saved in the following folder on the memory card: /sdcard/Brother/scan.
Photos and documents scanned with your Brother machine can be opened with other applications. For example, if an email application that supports JPEG and PDF files is installed on your mobile device, scanned images can be attached to outgoing email messages and sent using your mobile device by selecting the email application.
a b c d
Make sure the memory card has been inserted into the mobile device.
Load your document on to your machine.
Open the Launcher on the mobile device.
Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
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When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
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Tap Scan.
Tap .
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Scanning
g Make sure your machine is selected. Do one of the following:
If your machine is selected, go to step i.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is turned on and then tap Scanner. Go to step h.
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h The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine in the list.
i Do one of the following:
To change other scan settings, see Scan Settings on page 28. After changing the settings, go to step j.
If you do not want to change any other settings, press the Back button and go to step j.
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Scanning
j Tap Scan.
The machine will start to scan the document. The scanned image will then be displayed on the screen. Confirm the scanned image.
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•Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
•Tap or to view the previous or next page.
k Do one of the following:
To crop the scanned image, tap and then go to step l.
If you do not want to crop the scanned image, go to step n.
l The area inside the box will be cropped.
To change the size of the box, drag the edge of the box.
To move the position of the box, tap inside the box and drag the box. When finished, tap Done.
m Confirm the cropped image. To start over and select the size of the box again, tap and then go back to step l.
n Tap .
o Choose the file format (JPEG or PDF) of the file that you want to open.
p A list of applications that can open the file is displayed. Tap the desired application. For information about operating the application, refer to the application’s user’s guide.
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