Brother MFC-J835DW User Manual

Web Connect Guide

Version B

ENG

Applicable models

This User’s Guide applies to the following models:

MFC-J825DW, MFC-J835DW, DCP-J925DW

Definitions of notes

We use the following icon throughout this user’s guide:

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.

Trademarks

The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

Brother is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd.

Yahoo! logo, FLICKR and the FLICKR logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

Google Drive, Picasa and Picasa Web Albums are trademarks of Google, Inc. Use of these trademarks are subject to Google Permissions.

EVERNOTE and the Evernote Elephant logo are trademarks of Evernote Corporation and used under a license.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.

Each company whose software title is mentioned in this manual has a Software License Agreement specific to its proprietary programs.

Any trade names and product names of companies appearing on Brother products, related documents and any other materials are all trademarks or registered trademarks of those respective companies.

IMPORTANT NOTE

 Please go to the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com/ and click Manuals on your model

page to download the other manuals.

 Not all models are available in all countries.

 For DCP users; This documentation is for both MFC and DCP models. Where it says ‘MFC’ in this user’s

guide, please read ‘MFC-xxxx’ as ‘DCP-xxxx’.

1 Introduction 1

Brother Web Connect Feature...................................................................................................................1

Accessible services ...................................................................................................................................2

Conditions for using Brother Web Connect ...............................................................................................4

Service account...................................................................................................................................4

Internet connection ..............................................................................................................................4

MFL-Pro Suite installation ...................................................................................................................4

Setting up Brother Web Connect (For PICASA Web Albums™, GOOGLE DRIVE™, FLICKR

Facebook, Dropbox, SkyDrive

Step by step overview .........................................................................................................................6

Create an account for each of the desired services ............................................................................7

Applying for Brother Web Connect Access .........................................................................................7

Registering and deleting accounts on the machine .............................................................................9

Setting up Brother Web Connect (For EVERNOTE

Step by step overview .......................................................................................................................11

Create an account with EVERNOTE

Registering and deleting accounts on the machine ...........................................................................12

and Box) ..............................................................................................6

) .............................................................................11

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2 Download 17

Downloading and printing images............................................................................................................17

Print settings......................................................................................................................................19

Download and save images to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive connected to your

machine ................................................................................................................................................20

3Upload 22

Scanning and uploading documents........................................................................................................22

For PICASA Web Albums™, GOOGLE DRIVE™, FLICKR

and Box .........................................................................................................................................22

For EVERNOTE

Scan settings.....................................................................................................................................24

Uploading images saved on the memory card or USB Flash memory drive ...........................................26

For PICASA Web Albums™, GOOGLE DRIVE™, FLICKR

and Box .........................................................................................................................................26

For EVERNOTE

..............................................................................................................................23

..............................................................................................................................27

, Facebook, Dropbox, SkyDrive®

A Troubleshooting 28

Error messages .......................................................................................................................................28

Printing

Scanning

Web service

Introduction 1

Brother Web Connect Feature 1

Certain web sites provide services that allow users to upload and view images and files on the web site. Your Brother machine can scan images and upload them to these services, and also print images that are already uploaded to these services.

1 Photos and documents

Introduction

Accessible services 1

The following services can be accessed from your Brother machine.

 PICASA Web Albums™

PICASA Web Albums™ is an online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared with other users.

URL: http://picasaweb.google.com/

 GOOGLE DRIVE™

GOOGLE DRIVE™ is an online document editing and sharing service.

URL: http://drive.google.com/

 FLICKR

FLICKR® is an online photo sharing service. Images can be uploaded, organized into albums, and shared with other users.

URL: http://www.flickr.com/

 Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service that also allows images to be uploaded and shared with other users.

URL: http://www.facebook.com/

 EVERNOTE

EVERNOTE® is an online file storage and managing service.

URL: http://www.evernote.com/

 Dropbox

Dropbox is an online file storage, sharing and file synchronization service.

URL: http://www.dropbox.com/

 SkyDrive

SkyDrive® is an online file storage, sharing and managing service.

URL: http://skydrive.live.com/

 Box

Box is an online document editing and sharing service.

URL: http://www.box.com/

For details about any of these services, refer to the respective service’s web site.

The following table describes which types of files can be used with each Brother Web Connect feature.

Introduction

NOTE

PICASA Web

Accessible

Services

Albums™

FLICKR

GOOGLE

DRIVE™

EVERNOTE

Dropbox

SkyDrive

Box

Facebook

Download and print images

Download and save images to media

Upload scanned images

Upload images saved on media

You can upload images to a service by sending e-mail messages to the e-mail address provided by the respective service.

JPEG JPEG, PDF — — JPEG, PDF

JPEG JPEG — — JPEG

JPEG JPEG, PDF

JPEG JPEG

JPEG

, PDF

JPEG, PDF JPEG, PDF

JPEG JPEG

(For Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea)

Brother Web Connect only supports English. Files named in the local language may not be downloaded or uploaded.

Introduction

NOTE

Conditions for using Brother Web Connect 1

Service account 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect, you must have an account with the desired service. If you do not already have an account, use a computer to access the web site of the service and create an account.

Internet connection 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect, your Brother machine must be connected to a network that has access to the Internet, either through a wired or wireless connection. Refer to the Quick Setup Guide to connect and configure the machine appropriately.

For network setups that use a proxy server, the machine must also be configured to use a proxy server. (Proxy server settings on page 4)

A proxy server is a computer that serves as an intermediary between users’ computers, which don’t access the Internet directly, and the Internet.

MFL-Pro Suite installation 1

The initial installation of Brother Web Connect requires a computer that has access to the Internet and Brother MFL-Pro Suite installed. Following the steps outlined in the Quick Setup Guide you can install the MFL-Pro Suite (from the supplied installer CD-ROM) and configure the machine to be able to print over your wired or wireless network.

Proxy server settings 1

If the network uses a proxy server, the following proxy server information must be configured on the machine.

 Proxy server address

 Port number

 User name

 Password

a Press Menu on your machine’s LCD. b Press Network. c Press Web Connect settings. d Press Proxy Settings. e Press Proxy Connection. f Press On.

Introduction

g Press the option that you want to set, and then enter the proxy server information. h Press Stop/Exit.

Introduction

Web serviceObtain account

User registration

Brother Web Connect application page

Obtain temporary ID

Enter account information

Web service

Enter temporary ID

Setting up Brother Web Connect (For PICASA Web Albums™, GOOGLE DRIVE™, FLICKR®, Facebook, Dropbox, SkyDrive®

and Box)

Step by step overview 1

Configure the settings using the following procedure.

Step 1: Create an account with the desired service. (uu page 7)

Access the service’s web site using a computer and create an account. (If you already have an account, there is no need to create an additional account.)

Step 2: Apply for Brother Web Connect access. (uu page 7)

Start Brother Web Connect access using a computer and obtain a temporary ID.

Step 3: Register, on the machine, the account information that is needed to access the desired services. (uu page 9)

Enter the temporary ID to enable the service on the machine. Specify the account name as you would like it to be displayed on the machine, and enter a PIN code if you would like to use one.

The machine can now use the service.

Introduction

NOTE

Create an account for each of the desired services 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect to access an online service, you need to have an account with that online service. If you do not already have an account, use a computer to access the web site of the service and create an account. After creating an account, log in and use the account once with a computer before using the Brother Web Connect feature, otherwise you may not be able to access the service using Brother Web Connect.

If you already have an account, there is no need to create an additional account.

Go to the next procedure. (Applying for Brother Web Connect Access on page 7)

You do not need to create an account if you will use the service as a guest. You can only use certain services as a guest. If the service you want to use does not have this option, you will need to create an account.

Applying for Brother Web Connect Access 1

In order to use Brother Web Connect to access online services, you must first apply for Brother Web Connect access using the computer that has Brother MFL-Pro Suite installed.

a Turn on your computer. b Access the Brother Web Connect application web page.

 Windows

If you have already installed MFL-Pro Suite, choose Start / All Programs / Brother / MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) / Brother Web Connect.

The web browser will start and access the application page.

You can also access the page directly by entering “http://bwc.brother.com address bar.

 Macintosh

If you have already installed MFL-Pro Suite, double-click Macintosh HD (Startup Disk) / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities / Brother Web Connect.

The web browser will start and access the application page.

You can also access the page directly by the following ways:

• From the supplied installer CD-ROM

” into your web browser’s

1 Put the supplied installer CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the

Brother Support icon.

2 Click the Brother Web Connect icon.

• From your web browser

Enter “http://bwc.brother.com

” into your web browser’s address bar.

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Brother MFC-J835DW User Manual

Applicable models

Definitions of notes

Trademarks

IMPORTANT NOTE

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Brother Web Connect Feature 1

Accessible services 1

Conditions for using Brother Web Connect 1

Service account 1

Internet connection 1

For network setups that use a proxy server, the machine must also be configured to use a proxy server. (Proxy server settings on page 4)

MFL-Pro Suite installation 1

Step by step overview 1

Create an account for each of the desired services 1

Applying for Brother Web Connect Access 1