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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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companies.
Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the App Store ............................................................................25
5Printing26
Printing photos from your mobile device’s photo album ..........................................................................26
For iPhone and iPod touch................................................................................................................26
For iPad.............................................................................................................................................27
Printing photos taken with Brother iPrint&Scan .......................................................................................30
Printing PDF files from other applications................................................................................................32
For iPhone and iPod touch................................................................................................................32
For iPad.............................................................................................................................................34
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, PDF, and text files directly
from your mobile device. (See Printing uu page 6.)
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 E-mail application that supports
JPEG and PDF files is installed on your mobile device, scanned images can be attached to outgoing
E-mail messages and sent using your mobile device. (See Scanning uu page 15.)
• For a list of models supported by Brother iPrint&Scan please visit the Brother web site at
http://www.brother.com/apps/android/.
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• If your machine does not have a scanner, you cannot use the scan functions of Brother iPrint&Scan.
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Introduction
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Hardware requirement1
Supported operating systems1
Brother iPrint&Scan is compatible with devices running Android™ 1.6 or greater.
Certain features of Brother iPrint&Scan may not be supported by your device.
Network settings1
In order to use Brother iPrint&Scan, your mobile device must connect using Wi-Fi to the network that your
Brother machine is connected to. Brother iPrint&Scan supports wireless connections that use infrastructure
mode; ad-hoc mode is not supported.
To configure your mobile device for a Wi-Fi connection, please refer to your mobile device’s user’s guide.
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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1 Mobile device
2 Wireless access point/router
3 Wireless network machine (your machine)
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When the Brother machine is connected to the wireless access point/router using a network cable:
1 Mobile device
2 Wireless access point/router
3 Network cable
4 Wireless network machine (your machine)
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Introduction
Downloading Brother iPrint&Scan from the Android™ Market1
You can download and install Brother iPrint&Scan from the 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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Note
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Printing2
Printing from the mobile device’s memory card2
Printing photos2
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.
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.
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f Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
g Tap .
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Printing
h Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Printer.
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i The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
j Do one of the following:
If you want to change other print settings, see Print Settings uu page 14. After changing the settings,
go to step k.
If you do not want to change any settings, press the Back button and go to step k.
k Tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
Note
Note
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Printing PDF files2
You can print PDF files saved on your mobile device’s memory card. Secure PDF files 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.
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
d Tap PDF Print.
The PDF file list is displayed.
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e Tap the name of the file that you want to print.
f Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
• Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
• You can view different pages in a multi-page PDF by tapping or .
g Tap .
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Printing
h Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Printer.
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i The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
j Do one of the following:
If you want to change other print settings, see Print Settings uu page 14. After changing the settings,
go to step k.
If you do not want to change any 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 of the PDF.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
Note
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Printing from other applications2
Documents can also be printed directly from other applications installed on your mobile device. For example,
you can print photos that are attached to E-mail messages from your mobile device.
Printing photos2
You can print JPEG/PNG/GIF/BMP images from other applications.
a Use the desired application to select the photo that you want to print, and share the photo with Brother
iPrint&Scan. For example, in some applications you can share a photo by tapping the share icon (). If
the list of applications appears, select Brother iPrint&Scan.
A print preview will be displayed.
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
b Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
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• Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
• If multiple photos are selected, tap or to view a different photo.
c Tap .
d Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Printer.
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Printing
Note
Note
Note
e The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
f Do one of the following:
If you want to change other print settings, see Print Settings uu page 14. After changing the settings, go
to step g.
If you do not want to change any settings, press the Back button and go to step g.
g Tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
Printing PDF files2
• 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 PDF 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.
A print preview will be displayed.
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When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
b Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
• Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
• You can view different pages in a multi-page PDF by tapping or .
c Tap .
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Printing
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d Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Printer.
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e The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
f Do one of the following:
If you want to change other print settings, see Print Settings uu page 14. After changing the settings,
go to step g.
If you do not want to change any settings, press the Back button and go to step g.
g Do one of the following:
Tap Print this to print the displayed page.
Tap Print all to print all pages of the PDF.
The machine will start printing.
Printing text files2
a Use the desired application to select the text 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.
A print preview will be displayed.
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
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Printing
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b Confirm the image on the print preview screen.
• Tap the screen to hide or show the operation buttons.
• You can view different pages by tapping or .
c Tap .
d Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Printer.
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e The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
f Do one of the following:
If you want to change other print settings, see Print Settings uu page 14. After changing the settings,
go to step g.
If you do not want to change any settings, press the Back button and go to step g.
g Tap Print.
The machine will start printing.
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Printing
Note
Note
Print Settings2
You can change the following print settings when you print from a mobile device.
Paper Size
Media Type
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Copies
Layout
Color/Mono
Duplex
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Displayed only when printing photos.
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Displayed only when printing PDF files.
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Displayed only when printing text files.
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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.
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• 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.
• When you print PDF files
PDF pages are printed with borders, and if the aspect ratios of the pages and the paper are different, the
pages will be reduced or enlarged so that the entire page is printed.
• When you print text files
Text is printed with borders.
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Scanning3
Scanning documents3
Scanning directly to your mobile device’s memory card3
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.
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
e Tap Scan.
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f Tap .
g Make sure your machine is selected.
If a different machine is selected or if No Device selected is displayed, make sure your machine is
turned on and then tap Scanner.
h The application will search your network and display a list of available machines. Tap your machine from
the list.
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Scanning
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i Do one of the following:
If you want to change other scan settings, see Scan Settings uu page 20. After changing the settings,
go to step j.
If you do not want to change any settings, press the Back button and go to step j.
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.
• If the scanned document has multiple pages, you can view different pages by tapping or .
k Do one of the following:
If you want 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 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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Scanning
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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
are saved in one file.
• 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/com.brother.mfc.brprint/Scan.
Opening scanned images in other applications3
Photos and documents scanned with your Brother machine can be opened with other applications. For
example, if an E-mail application that supports JPEG and PDF files is installed on your mobile device,
scanned images can be attached to outgoing E-mail messages and sent using your mobile device by
selecting the E-mail application.
a Make sure the memory card has been inserted into the mobile device.
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b Load your document on to your machine.
c Open the Launcher on the mobile device.
d Tap the Brother iPrint&Scan icon.
When the license agreement screen appears, carefully read and accept the terms of the agreement.
e Tap Scan.
f Tap .
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