Brother MFC-8460N manuale d’uso

SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE MFC-8460N MFC-8660DN MFC-8670DN MFC-8860DN MFC-8870DW DCP-8060 DCP-8065DN Version E[...]

i Table of Contents Section I Windows ® 1P r i n t i n g Using the Brother printer driver................... .... ...... ................ ................ ............. ................ ....................... .2 Printing a document .............. ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ .... [...]

ii 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver ........ .... ................ ................ ............. ................ ............ ...34 TWAIN compliant ............ ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ ............. .......... ............... 34 Accessing the scanner ..................[...]

iii 4 Network Scanning (For models with bui lt-in network support) Before using Network Sc anning ..................... ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ .......... ..78 Network license ................. ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ ..[...]

iv Section II Apple ® Macintosh ® 8 Printing and Faxing Setting up your USB-equipp ed Apple ® Macintosh ® ................. ............ ................. ................ ............. ... 116 Printer operation key .. ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ................. ............ .......... ......[...]

v 10 ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) Using ControlCenter2 .... ................. ............ ................. ................ ............. ................ ............ .......... ....... 156 Turning the AutoLoad feature off .... ................... .... ................ ............. ................ ................ ....... [...]

Section I Windows ® I Printing 2 Scanning 34 ControlCenter2 58 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 78 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 91 Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 93 Firewall settings (For Network users) 111[...]

2 1 Using the Brother printer driver 1 A printer driver is software that translates data from the format used by a PC into th e format needed by a particular printer, using a printer co mmand language or page description language . The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we h ave supplied. Install the drivers by following the Quick Setup Guide . The [...]

1. Printing 3 Printing a document 1 When the machine receives data from your computer , it begins printing by picking up paper from the pape r tray. Your machine can print on many diff erent types of paper an d envelopes. (See the User’s Guide for information about the Paper Tray an d Recommended paper.) a From your application, choose th e Print[...]

1. Printing 4 Duplex (two-sided) printing 1 The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 1  If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle.  If paper is curled, straighten it and then put it back in the paper tray or the MP tray.  If the paper is not feeding properly, it may be curled . Rem[...]

1. Printing 5 Automatic duplex (two-sid ed) printing (For models that support automatic duplex printing) 1 Note • Use A4, Letter or Legal size paper when you use the automatic duplex printing function. • Make sure that the back cover is closed . • Make sure that the duplex tray is installe d correctly in the printer. • If paper is curled, s[...]

1. Printing 6 Printer operation key 1 Job Cancel 1 To cancel the current print job, press J ob Cancel . If the status LED turns Yellow, yo u can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by p ressing Job Cancel . Secure Key 1 Secured data is password protected. Only those peop le that know the password will be able to p rint the secured dat[...]

1. Printing 7 Printer Emulation Support 1 Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or emulation. Dif ferent operating systems and applications will send the print commands in diffe rent languages. Your machin e can receive print commands in a variety of emulations a nd has an automatic emulation selection feature . When th[...]

1. Printing 8 Setting the Emulation mode 1 a Press Menu , 4 , 1 . (For DCP models press Menu , 3 , 1 .) b Press a or b to choose Auto(EPSON) , Auto(IBM) , HP LaserJet , BR-Script 3 , Epson FX-850 or IBM Proprinter . Press OK . c Press Stop/Exit . Note We recommend that you set the emulation setting with yo ur application software or netwo rk server[...]

1. Printing 9 Status Monitor 1 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that allows you to monitor th e status of one or more devices, allowing you to get immediate n otification of errors such as paper empty or p aper jam. Turning on the status monitor 1 a Click Brother MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX ) Printer* located in the Start / All [...]

1. Printing 10 Monitoring the machine’s status 1 The Status Monitor icon will change colo r depending on the machine’s status.  A green icon indicates the normal stand-b y condition.  A yellow icon indicates a warning.  A red icon indicates a printing error has occurred. Note • You can check the device status at anytime by double -cl[...]

1. Printing 11 Printer driver settings (For Windows ® ) 1 Note For Macintosh ® use rs, see Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® X) on page 121 or Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 126. You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer:  Paper Size [...]

1. Printing 12 How to access the printer dr iver settings (For Windows ® ) 1 a Choose Print from the File menu in your application software. b Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX ) Printer* and click Properties or Preferences . ( Document Defaults for Windows NT ® 4.0) The Printer dialog box will appea r. *(Where XXXX is your model name and if y[...]

1. Printing 13 Features in the Windows ® printer driver 1 Basic tab 1 a Choose the Paper Size , Multipl e Page , Orientation , Copies and Media Type . b Choose the Duplex / Booklet se tting. c Choose the Paper Source ( First Page and Other Pages ). d Click the OK button to apply your selected settings. To return to the Default settings, click the [...]

1. Printing 14 Page Order 1 When N in 1 option is selecte d, the page order can be selected from the drop-down list. Border Line 1 When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Mu ltiple Page feature you can choose to have a solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the shee t. Orientation 1 Orientation selects the position of[...]

1. Printing 15 Media Type 1 You can use the following types of media in your machin e. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use. Note • When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb) choose Plain Paper . Wh en using heavier weight paper, envelopes or rough pape r choose Thick Paper or Thicker Paper . For bond paper[...]

1. Printing 16 Advanced tab 1 Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2D u p l e x 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Note To return to the default settings, click t he Default button. 1 2 3 45[...]

1. Printing 17 Print Quality 1 Resolution 1 You can change the resolution as follows:  1200 dpi  HQ 1200  600 dpi  300 dpi Note If you use the high quality 1200 dpi set t ing, the print speed will be slower. Toner Save Mode 1 You can conserve toner using this feature. Whe n you set Toner Save Mode to On , print appears lighter. The defa[...]

1. Printing 18 Duplex (two-sided) (For MFC-8660DN, MFC -8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MF C-8870DW and DCP-8065DN) 1 Check Duplex if you want to use the Duplex ( two-sided) printing feature. Use Duplex Unit 1 Check the Duplex box and then choose Use Duplex Unit . In this mode the machine prints on both sides of the paper automatically. Manual Duplex 1 Check t[...]

1. Printing 19 Duplex Type 1 You can choose Duplex Type. There are six types of duplex direct ions availa ble for each orientation. Flip on Left Edge Flip on Right Edge Flip on Top Edge Flip on Bottom Edge Flip on Top Edge (No Re verse) Flip on Bottom Edge (No Reverse) Binding Offset Check the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offs et va l[...]

1. Printing 20 Duplex Type 1 There are six types of duplex direct ions a vailable for each orientation. Flip on Left Edge Flip on Right Edge Flip on Top Edge Flip on Bottom Edge Flip on Top Edge (No Re verse) Flip on Bottom Edge (No Reverse) Binding Offset Check the Binding Offset option, you c an specify the offset valu e of the bi nding side in i[...]

1. Printing 21 Watermark 1 You can put a lo go or text into your document as a wa termark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file that you h ave created. Check Use Watermark , and then choose the watermark you want to use. Transparent 1 Check Transparent to print the watermarked image in t he backg round of your d[...]

1. Printing 22 Watermark Setting 1 You can change the watermark’s size and position on the pa ge by selecting the watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to add a new watermark, click the New button, a nd then choose Text or Bitmap in the Watermark Style .  Title You can choose the CONFIDENTIAL , COPY or DRAFT as the standard titl[...]

1. Printing 23 Page Setting 1 Scaling 1 You can change the print size of your document with t he Scaling feature.  Check Off if you want to print the document as it a ppears 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 change the size.[...]

1. Printing 24 Device Options 1 You can set the following Printer Functio n modes in this tab:  Secure Print  Quick Print Setup  Status Monitor  Macro  Administrator (For Wind ows ® 98/98SE/Me users only)  Insert Command/File (For Windows ® 98/98SE/Me users on ly)  Print Date & Time  Density adjustment  Error Messag[...]

1. Printing 25 Secure Print 1 Secure documents are document s that are password protected when they are sen t to the machine. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are se cured at the machine, you must enter the password using th e control panel of the machine to print the m. To send a secured documen[...]

1. Printing 26 Status Monitor 1 This reports the machine status ( any error that may happen with the machine) when printing. The default setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the Status Monitor on, go to t he Advanced tab, choose Device Options and then choose Status Monitor . Macro 1 You can save a page of a document as [...]

1. Printing 27 Print Date & Time 1 When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will print the date and time on your document from you r computer’s system cloc k. Click the Setting button t o change the Date , Time , Position and F ont . To include a background with the Date and Time , choose Opaque . When Opaque is selected, you can se[...]

1. Printing 28 Error Message Printout 1 You can choose whether the printer reports problems by p rinting an error page. If you select either Printer Default or On t he machine will print an error page. Select Off if you do not want the machine to print an error page . Error message Action Memory Full  Cancel the print job if you wa nt to delete [...]

1. Printing 29 Support tab 1 The Support tab provides drive r version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the follo wing screen: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information about your Brothe[...]

1. Printing 30 Accessories tab 1 To access the Accessories tab, click the Sta rt button and Printers and Faxes . (For Windows ® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professiona l and Windows NT ® 4.0 users, click the Start button, Settings , and Printers . For Windows Vista ® , click the Start button, Control Panel and Printers .) Right-Click your printer icon and c[...]

1. Printing 31 Features in BR-Script3 (Post Script ® 3™ language emulation) Printer compatible driver 1 The BR-Script3 (PostScript ® 3™ language emulation) printer drive r supports Windows ® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP/Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Vista ® . To install the PS driver If you have already installed the following the instructi[...]

1. Printing 32 Layout tab 1 If you are using Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2000, XP or Windows Vista ® , you can access the Layout tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the Ge neral tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX ) BR- Script3 Properties screen. The Layout tab enables you to change va rious layout settings such as Orientation , Prin[...]

1. Printing 33 Advanced Options 1 If you are using Windows NT ® 4.0, Windows ® 2 000, XP or Windows Vista ® , you can access the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Advanced Options tab by clicking the Advanced... but ton in the Layout tab or the Paper/Quality tab. Choose the Paper Size and Copy Count . Choose the Print Quality , Sc aling and True Type [...]

34 2 The scanning operations and drivers will be different de pending on your operating sy stem. The ma chine uses a TWAIN compliant driver for scanning documen ts from your applications.  For Windows ® XP/Windows Vista ® Two scanner drivers are installed. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See TWAIN compliant on page 34) and a Windows ® Imagi[...]

2. Scanning 35 Accessing the scanner 2 a Open the software application (ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE) to scan a document. Note The instructions for scanning in this Guide ar e for when you use ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE. If you are scanning into another so ftware application, the steps may vary. b Click File , then Scan . Or click the Scan but ton.[...]

2. Scanning 36 Scanning a document in to the PC 2 You can scan a whole page, or scan a portion of the page after pre-scannin g the document. Scanning a whole page 2 a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scann er Setup dialog box:  Scan (Image Type) (1)  Re[...]

2. Scanning 37 Scanning a duplex document (For m odels that support duplex scanning) 2 a Put the document face up in the ADF. b Check Duplex (Two-sided) Scanning and cho ose Long-edge binding or Short-edge binding (1). c Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scann er Setup dialog box:  Scan (Image Type)  Resolution  Scan Type ?[...]

2. Scanning 38 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan 2 The PreScan button is used to preview a n image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start butto n in the Scanner Setup dialog b ox to scan the image. a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glas[...]

2. Scanning 39 Note You can enlarge the image using the icon, and then use the icon to restore the image to its original size. e Load your document again. Note Skip this step if you loaded the do cument on the scanner glass in a . f Click Start . This time only the chosen area of the d ocument appears in the PaperPort ® SE window (or your applicat[...]

2. Scanning 40 Settings in the Scanne r Setup dialog box 2 Image Type 2 Choose the output image typ e from Photo , Web or Text . Resolution and Scan Type will b e altered for each default setting. The default settings are listed in the table b elow: Resolution 2 You can choose a scanning resolution from the Resolu tion drop-down list. Higher resolu[...]

2. Scanning 41  256 Color Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image.  24 bit Color Uses up to 16.8 million colo rs to scan the image. Although using 24 bit Color creates an image with t he most accurate colors, the image file will be about three times larger than a file created with 256 Color . It requires the most memory and has the longest tr[...]

2. Scanning 42 When scanning photographs or other images for use in a wo rd processor or other graphics application, try different settings for the contrast and resolutio n to see which setting best suits your needs.  Photo 4 × 6i n  Index Card 5 × 8i n  Photo L 89 × 127 mm  Photo 2L 127 × 178 mm  Postcard 1 100 × 148 mm  Pos[...]

2. Scanning 43 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows ® XP/Windows Vista ® ) 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows ® XP/Windows V ista ® you can choose Windows ® Image Acquisit ion (WIA) for scanning imag es from the machine. You can scan images directly int o the PaperPort ® SE viewer that Brother inclu ded with your machine or you ca[...]

2. Scanning 44 Scanning a document in to the PC 2 There are two ways in which you can scan a whole p age. You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the scanner glass. If you want to scan and the n crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, you need to u se the scanner glass. (See Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you wan[...]

2. Scanning 45 e If you need advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scann ed picture (3). You can choose Brightness , Contrast , Resolu tion and Picture type from Advanced Prope rties . Click OK after you choose a setting. Note The scanner resolution can be set as high as 1200 dpi. For resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, use the Brother [...]

2. Scanning 46 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass 2 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 bu tton in the Scan dialog box to scan the image. a Put the document face down on the scanner glass. b Choo[...]

2. Scanning 47 f If you need advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scann ed picture (3). You can choose Brightness , Contrast , Resolu tion and Picture type from Advanced Prope rties . Click OK after you choose a setting. g Click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. The machine starts scanning the document. This time only the chosen[...]

2. Scanning 48 Note • If you scan the document at a resolution greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may be very large. Make sure that you have enough memory and hard disk space for the si ze of the file you are trying to scan. If you do not have enough memory or hard disk sp ace then your PC may freeze and yo u could lose your file. • For Windo[...]

2. Scanning 49 Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users) 2 Note If you use the Scan key when connected on a network, see Using the Scan ke y (For models that support duplex scanning) on page 82. You can use ( Scan ) on the control panel to scan documents in to your word processing, graph ics or E-mail applications or a folder on your PC.[...]

2. Scanning 50 Note • Duplex scan is supported by the MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW and DCP-8 065DN only. • Duplex scan is available from the ADF only. • Duplex scan is not available for legal size p aper. Scan to E-mail 2 You can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application as a file attachment. You can c[...]

2. Scanning 51 Scan to Image 2 You can scan a color picture into your graphics appl ication for viewing and editing. You can change the scan config uration. (Se e Image (example: Microsoft Paint) on page 62.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Press ( Scan ). c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image . Press O[...]

2. Scanning 52 Scan to File 2 You can scan a black and white or a color d ocument into your PC and save it as a file in the folder yo u choose. The file type and specific folder are b ased on the setti ngs you have cho sen in the Scan to File screen of ControlCenter2. (See File on page 66.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on th[...]

2. Scanning 53 Using ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE with OCR 2 ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE for Brother is a document managem ent application. You can use PaperPort ® SE to view scanned documents. PaperPort ® SE has a soph isticated, yet easy-to-use, filing system th at will help you organize your graphics and text documents. It allows you to mix or [...]

2. Scanning 54 Viewing items 2 ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE gives several ways to view items: Desktop View displays a thumbnail (a small graphic that shows each item in a desktop or folder). Items in the chosen folder appear on the PaperPort ® SE Desktop. You can see PaperPo rt ® SE items (MAX files) and non-PaperPort ® SE items (files create d u[...]

2. Scanning 55 Organizing your ite ms in folders 2 PaperPort ® SE has an easy-to-u se filing system for organizi ng yo ur items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you choose to view in Desktop View. An item can be a PaperPort ® SE item or a non- PaperPort ® SE item:  Folders are arranged in a ‘tre e’ structure in the Fo[...]

2. Scanning 56 ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit 2 ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE can quickly convert a text document image into text that you can edit with a word processing application. PaperPort ® SE uses the optical character recognition applicat ion OCR, which comes with PaperPort ® SE. PaperPort ®[...]

2. Scanning 57 Uninstalling ScanSoft ® PaperPort ® SE with OCR 2 For Windows ® 98/98SE/Me and Windows NT ® 4.0 2 a Click the Start button, Settings , Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs , and click the Install/Uninstall tab. b Choose PaperPort from the list and click Add/Remove . For Windows ® 2000 Professional 2 a Click the Start button, Sett[...]

58 3 Note • The features available to you in ControlCenter 2 may vary depending on the model number of your machine. • Duplex scan is supported by the MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW and DCP-8 065DN only. Using ControlCenter2 3 ControlCenter2 is a software utility that allows you to quickly and easily access yo ur often used applications. Us[...]

3. ControlCenter2 59 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 3 Once you start ControlCenter2 from the Start m enu, the icon will appear on the task bar. You can open ControlCenter2 window by double-clicking the icon. If you do not want ControlCenter2 to run auto matically each time you start your PC; a Right-click the ControlCenter2 icon in the tasktray ,[...]

3. ControlCenter2 60 SCAN 3 There are four scan buttons for the Scan to Image , Scan to OCR , Scan to E-mail and Scan to File applications.  Image (Default: Microsoft Pain t) Allows you to scan a page directly into any g raphic viewer/editor application. You can choo se the destination application, such as MS Paint, Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe Phot [...]

3. ControlCenter2 61 PC-FAX (Not available for DCP models) 3 These buttons are for sending or receiving faxes usin g the Brother PC-FAX application.  Send Allows you to scan a page or document and automatic ally send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sendin g on page 93.)  Receive By clicking this b[...]

3. ControlCenter2 62 SCAN 3 There are four buttons fo r the Scan to Image , Scan to OCR , Scan to E-mail and Scan to File applications. Note You can configur e your machine’s Scan key for each ControlCe nter2 button in the Device Button tab. Image (example: Microsoft Paint) 3 The Scan to Image feature allows you to scan an image directly into you[...]

3. ControlCenter2 63 Change the other settings, if neede d. To change the destination application, choo se the pr oper application from the T arget Application drop-down list. You can add an application t o the list by clicking the Add button. Enter the Application Name (up to 30 characters) and the Application Lo cation . You can also find the app[...]

3. ControlCenter2 64 OCR (word processing application) 3 Scan to OCR converts the graphic page image data into text which can be e dited by any word processing application. You can change the defaul t word processing application. To configure Scan to OCR , right-click the button and click the Software Button ta b. To change the word processing appl[...]

3. ControlCenter2 65 E-mail 3 The Scan to E-mail feature allows you to scan a document to y our default E-mail application, so you can send the scanned job as an attachment . To change the default E- mail application or attachment file type, right-click the button and click the Software Button tab. To change the E-mail application, choose y our pre[...]

3. ControlCenter2 66 Supported file types 3 You can choose from the following li st of file typ es for attachments or for saving to a folder. Choose from the drop-down list the type of file you want the scanned ima ges to be saved in.  Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)  JPEG (*.jpg)  TIFF - Uncompressed (*.tif)  TIFF - Compressed (*.tif)  TIFF [...]

3. ControlCenter2 67 CUSTOM SCAN 3 There are four buttons which you can configure to f it your scanning needs. To configure a button, right-click the bu tton to see the configuratio n window. There are four scan function s: Scan to Image , Scan to OCR , Scan to E -mail and Scan to File .  Scan to Image Allows you to scan a page directly into any[...]

3. ControlCenter2 68 Customizing a user -defined button 3 To customize a button, right-click the but ton to open the configuration window. Follow these guidelines for button configuration . Scan to Image 3  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action f[...]

3. ControlCenter2 69 Scan to OCR 3  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the Ta rget Application , File Type , OCR Language , Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two-sided) Scanning (if ne cessary), Sh[...]

3. ControlCenter2 70 Scan to E-mail 3  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the E-ma il Application , File Type , Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two - sided) Scanning (if necessary), Show Scanner [...]

3. ControlCenter2 71 Scan to File 3  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the file format from the File Type drop-down list. Save the file to the default fo lder which is shown in the Destination Folder b ox or cho[...]

3. ControlCenter2 72 COPY 3 The Copy1 - Copy4 buttons can be custo mized to allow you to use advanced copy func tions such as Nin1 printing. To use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by right-clicking the button. Enter a name in Name for Copy (up to 30 chara cters) and choose Copy Ratio . Choose the Resolution , Scan Type , Documen t Si[...]

3. ControlCenter2 73 In the printer driver settings dialo g box, you can choose advan ced settings for printing. Note • You must configure each of the copy buttons before they can be u sed. • The Print options screen will vary depen ding on whic h model printer you have chosen .[...]

3. ControlCenter2 74 PC-FAX (Not available for DCP models) 3 You can easily open software for sending or receivi ng a PC-FAX or edit the address book by clicking th e proper button. Send 3 The Send button allows you to scan a document and automatic ally send the image as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX software. (See PC-FAX sending on pa[...]

3. ControlCenter2 75 When the PC-FAX receiving software is running, you can open the viewer application with t he View Received button. (PaperPort ® SE ) Note You can also activate the PC-FAX re ceiving software from the start menu. (Se e Running the PC-FAX receiving software on your PC on page 107.) Address Book 3 The Address Book button allows y[...]

3. ControlCenter2 76 DEVICE SETTINGS 3 You can configure the machine settings by clicking a button. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 3 The Remote Setup button allows you to open the Remote Setup Program window to configure the machine setting menu. Note For details, see Remote Setup on page 91.[...]

3. ControlCenter2 77 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models) 3 The Quick-Dial button allows you to open the Set Quick-Dial window in the Remote Setup Program, where you can easily register or change the dial numbers from your PC. Status Monitor 3 The Status Monitor button allows you to monitor the status of one or more devices, allowing you to ge[...]

78 4 To use the machine as a network scanner, the machine must be co nfigured with a TCP/IP address. You can set or change the address settings from the control panel (See the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM ). If you installed the machine following the inst ructions for a network user in the Quick Setup Guide then the machine should alrea dy [...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 79 Configuring Network Scanning 4 If you need to change the machine that was registered to your PC during the installation of MFL-Pro Suite (see the Quick Setup Guide ), follow the steps below. a For Windows ® XP, click the Start button, Control Panel , Printers and Other Hardware , th[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 80 Note For Windows Vista ® the User Account Control screen appears, do t he following. For users who have administrator rights: Click Continue . For users who do not have administrator rights : Ent er the administrator Password and click OK . c Click the Network Setting tab an d choos[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 81 Specify your machine by name 4 1 Enter the machine node name in Node Name , or click Browse and choose the proper device you want to use. 2 Click Apply . d Click the Scan To Button tab and enter your PC name in the Display Name field. The ma chine’s LCD displays the name you enter.[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 82 Using the Scan key (For models that su pport duplex scanning) 4 If you want to put the document in the ADF and do duplex scan, depending on yo u r document layout you need to choose 2sided (L)edg e or 2sided (S)edge in your proce ss of scanning. Choose your document layout from follo[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 83 d Press a or b to choose 2sided ( L)edge , 2sided (S)edge or 1sided . Press OK . Note If you want to scan a document using the duplex sc anning feature, you need to p ut the document in the ADF and then choose 2sided (L) edge or 2sided (S) edge depending on your d ocument layout. e P[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 84 g Press a or b to choose Color 15 0 dpi , Color 300 dpi , Color 600 dpi , B/W 200 dp i or B/W 200x100 dpi . Press OK . If you choo se Color 150 , Color 300 dpi , Color 600 dpi , go to Step h . If you choose B/W 200 dpi or B/W 200x100 dpi , go to Step i . h Press a or b to choose PDF [...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 85 Scan to OCR 4 When you choose Scan to OCR, your document will be scanned and sent directly to the PC you de signated on your network. ControlCenter2 will activate Scan Soft ® PaperPort ® OCR and convert your document into text for viewing and editing from a word processing applicat[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 86 Scan to File 4 When you choose Scan to File, you can scan a black and white or color documen t and send it directly to a PC you designate on your network. The file will be saved in the folder and file format t hat you have configured in ControlCenter2. You can chang e the Scan config[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 87 Scan to FTP 4 When you choose Scan to FTP, you can scan a black and white or color document directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the inte rnet. The details required to use Scan to FTP can be entered ma nually at the control panel or by using Web Based Manag[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 88 d Enter the Password for access to FTP server for the Username that was registered (up to 32 characters). e Enter the destination folder wh ere your document will be stored on the FTP se rver (for example /brother/abc/) (up to 60 characters). f Choose the quality that the document wi[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 89 h Press a or b to choose PDF or TIFF . Press OK . i Use the dial pad to enter the username. Press OK . j Use the dial pad to enter the password. Press OK . k The LCD shows Connecting . When the connectio n to the FTP server is successful the machine will start the scanning process. S[...]

4. Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) 90 i Choose one of the options below.  Press a or b to choose color 150 dpi , color 300 d pi or color 600 dpi . Press OK and go to Step j .  Press a or b to choose B/W 200 dpi or B/W 200x100 dpi . Press OK and go to Step k . j Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG . Press OK . k Pres[...]

91 5 Remote Setup 5 The Remote Setup application allows you to co nfigure many machine settings from a Windows ® applica tion. When you access this applicatio n, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your PC and displayed on your PC scree n. If you change the setting s, you can upload them directly to the machine. Click [...]

5. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 92  Apply Allows you to upload data to the machine wi thout exiting the Re mote Setup application.  Print Allows you to print the different settings of the machine. Clicking Pri nt will print a list of User Settings unless the Quick Dial window is open. In this case a list of Quick Dial settings [...]

93 6 PC-FAX sending 6 The Brother PC-FAX feature allows you to use your PC to send an application or document file as a standard fax. You can send a file created in any application on your PC as a PC-FAX. You can even attach a cover page. All you have to do is set up the receiving partie s as members or groups in your PC-FAX Address Book or simply [...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 94 Setting up user information 6 Note You can access User Information from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking the icon. a Click the Start button, All Programs , Brother , MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX sending , then PC-FAX Setup . The Brother PC-FAX Setup[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 95 Sending setup 6 From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Sending tab to display the screen below.  Outside line access Enter a number to access an outside line here. This is sometimes requi red by local PBX telephone systems (for example, dialing 9 to g et an outside line in[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 96 Address Book 6 If Outlook ® Express is installed on yo ur PC, you can choose in the Address Book which address book to use for PC-FAX sending: Brother Address Book or Outlook Express. For the address book file, you must enter the path and file name of the data base file which contains th[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 97 Setting up a cover page 6 From the PC-FAX dialog box, click the icon to access the PC-Fax Cover Page setup screen. The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog box appears: Entering cover page information 6 Note If you are sending a fax to more than one recipient, the recipient information [...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 98 Speed Dial setup 6 From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, click the Speed Dial tab. (To use this feature, you must choose the Facsimile style user interface.) You can register a member or group on ea ch of the ten Speed Dial button s. Registering an address in a Speed Dial button 6 a C[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 99 Brother Addr ess Book 6 a Click the Start button, All Programs , Brother , MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX sending , then PC-FAX Address Book . The Brother Address Book dialog box appears: Setting up a member in the Address Book 6 In the Brother Address Book[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 100 Setting up a group for broadcasting 6 You can create a group to send the same PC-FAX to several recipients at one t ime. a In the Brother Addre ss Book dialog box, click the icon to create a Group. The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appea rs: b Enter the name of the new grou[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 101 Exporting the Address Book 6 You can export the whole Address Book to a n ASCII text file (*.csv). You can also choose and create a Vcard that can be attached to a member’s outgoing E-mail. (A Vcard is an electronic business ca rd that contains the sender’s contact information.) Expo[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 102 Importing to the Address Book 6 You can import ASCII text files (*.csv) or Vcards (electronic business card s) into your Address Boo k. Importing an ASCII text file 6 a Do one of the following:  From the Address Book, click File , Import , then T ext .  Click Vcard a nd go to e . b[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 103 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface 6 a Create a file in any application on your PC. b Click File , then Print . The Print dialog box appears: c Choose Brother PC-FAX v.2 as your printer, and then click Print (or OK ). The Facsimile style user interface ap[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 104 f Click Start to send the fa x. Note • If you want to cancel the fax, click Stop . • If you want to redial a numbe r, click Redial to scroll through the last five fax numbers, ch oose a number, and then click Start . Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface 6 [...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 105 d Enter the fax number using any of the follo wing methods:  Enter the fax numb er in the To: field.  Click the To: butt on, and then choose destinatio n fax numbers from the Address Book. If you make a mistake, click Clear to dele te all the entries. e To send a cover page and not[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 106 PC-FAX receiving 6 Note • To use PC-FAX receiving, you must log on with Administrator rights. • Network PC-FAX receiving is not sup ported in Windows NT ® 4.0. • If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to use PC-FAX receiving, you may ne ed to configure the firewall s[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 107 Enabling PC-FAX on your machine 6 In addition to enabling PC-FAX, you can optionally enable the Backup Print optio n. When enabled, the machine will print a copy of the fax be fore the fa x is sent to the PC or t he PC is switched off. a Press Menu , 2 , 5 , 1 . b Press a or b to choose [...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 108 Setting up your PC 6 a Right-click the PC-FAX icon on yo ur PC tasktray, and then click PC-Fax RX Setup . The PC-Fax RX Setup dialog box appears: b In Save file to , click the Browse button if you want to change the path where PC-FAX files are saved. c In File Format , choose .tif or .ma[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 109 Configuring the Network PC -FAX Receiving Settings 6 If you wish to change the network PC-FAX Receive setti ngs that you specified dur ing the original MFL-Pro Suite (see the Quick Setup Guide ), follow the steps below. a In the PC-FAX RX Setup dialogue b ox, click the Network Settings b[...]

6. Brother PC-FAX Software (Not available for DCP models) 110 Viewing new PC-FAX messages 6 Each time your PC is receiving a PC-FAX, the icon will alternate between and . Once the fax has been received, the icon will change to . The icon will change to once the received fax has been viewed. a Run PaperPort ® . b Open the Fax Received folder. c Dou[...]

111 7 Before using the Brother software 7 Windows ® Firewall settings on your PC may reject the necessary network connection for network printing, network scanning and PC Fax. If you are using any other personal Firewall software, see the User’s Guide for your software or contact the software ma nufacturer. UDP Port number information for Firewa[...]

7. Firewall setting s (For Network u sers) 112 6C l i c k OK . e Click the Add button. f Add port 54926 for Network PC-Fax by entering the information below: 1I n Description of service : Enter any description, for example "Brother PC-Fax". 2I n Name or I P address (for example 192.168.0 .12) of the computer hosting this service on your n[...]

7. Firewall setting s (For Network u sers) 113 For Windows Vista ® users 7 a Click the Start button, Control Panel , Network a nd Internet , Windows Firewall and click Change settings . b When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.  Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue .  For users who do not have administr[...]

7. Firewall setting s (For Network u sers) 114 e Click the Add port... button. f To add port 54925 for network scanning, e nte r the information below: 1I n Name : Enter any description, for example “Brother Scanner”. 2I n Port number : Enter “ 54925 ” . 3 Make sure UDP is selected. Then, click OK . g Click the Add port... button. h To add [...]

Section II Apple ® Macintosh ® II Printing and Faxing 116 Scanning 143 ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 156 Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8060) 173 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 185[...]

116 8 Setting up your USB-equipped Apple ® Macintosh ® 8 Note Before you can connect the machine to your Macintosh ® , you must buy a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet (2 meters). Improper Setup Do not connect the machine to a USB port on a keyboard or a non-powered USB h ub. The features supported by the machine will depend o n t he opera[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 117 Printer operation key 8 Job Cancel 8 To cancel the current print job, press J ob Cancel . If the status LED turns Yellow, yo u can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by p ressing Job Cancel . Secure Key 8 Secured data is password protected. Only th ose people w ho know the password will be able to print the[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 118 Printer Emulation Support 8 Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or emulation. Dif ferent operating systems and applications will send the print commands in diffe rent languages. Your machin e can receive print commands in a variety of emulations a nd has an automatic emulation selection feat[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 119 Setting the Emulation mode 8 a Press Menu , 4 , 1 . (For DCP models, press Menu , 3 , 1 . ) b Press a or b to choose Auto(EPSON) , Auto(IBM) , HP LaserJet , BR-Script3 , Epson FX-850 or IBM Proprintrer . Press OK . c Press Stop/Exit . Note We recommend that you set the emulation setting with yo ur application software or [...]

8. Printing and Faxing 120 Status Monitor 8 The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitorin g the status of the machine, letting you see error messages such as paper empty or paper jam at pre-set update interva ls. You can also access the Color Calibration settings and web based management . Befo re you can use the tool you[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 121 Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® X) 8 Note The screens on your Macintosh ® will vary depending on your opera ting system version. Choosing page setup options 8 a From application software su ch as TextEdit, click t he File menu and choose Page Setup . Make sure MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX (where XXXX i[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 122  For Mac OS ® X 10.5 For more page setup options, click the disclosure triangle besid e the Printer pop-up menu. Note To control special printing features, choose Print Settings from the Print dialog box.[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 123 Specific settings 8 You can set the Media Type , Resolution , Toner Save , and other settings. Press Copies & Pages dropdown to choose settings you want to change. Print settings 8 Choose the Resolution and Media Type , and if you want to use Toner Save Mode .[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 124 Layout 8 Set the Page per Sheet , Layou t Direction an d Border . Pages per sheet: Choose how man y pages will appear on each side of the paper. Layout Direction: When you specify the Pages per sheet, you can also specify the direction of the layout. Border: If you want to add a border, use t his function. Duplex (Two Sid[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 125 Secure Print 8 Secure documents are document s that are password protected when they are sen t to the machine. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are se cured at the machine, you must enter the password using th e control panel of the machine to print the m. a Choose Secu[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 126 Using the Brother Laser driver for Macintosh ® (Mac OS ® 9.1 to 9.2) 8 Choosing a printer 8 a Open the Chooser from the Apple menu. b Click the Brother Laser icon. On the right side of the Chooser win dow, click the printer you want to print to. Close the Chooser . Page Setup 8 a From application software such as Presto[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 127 b From application software such as Presto! ® Pa geManager ® , click the File menu and choose Print . Click Print to start printing. Note If you want to change Copies , Pages , Resolution , Paper Source and Media Type , choose your settings before clicking Print . If you click Option ... you can choose the number of pag[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 128 Secure Print 8 Secure documents are document s that are password protected when they are sen t to the machine. Only the people who know the password will be able to print them. Since the documents are se cured at the machine, you must enter a password at the cont rol panel of the machine t o print them. To send a secured [...]

8. Printing and Faxing 129 Using the BR-Script3 (Post Script ® 3™ language emulat ion printer driver) 8 Note • To use the BR-Script3 printer driver on a Netwo rk, see the Network User’s Guide o n the CD-ROM . • To use the BR-Script3 printer driver, you need to set the Emulation to BR-Script 3 by using the control panel before connecting th[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 130 b Open the Utilities folder. c Open the Printer Setup Utility icon. For Mac OS ® 10.2.x users, open the Print Center icon. d Click Add . For Mac OS ® 10.2.4 to 10.3 users, go to e . For Mac OS ® 10.4.x users, go to f .[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 131 e Choose USB . f Choose your mode l name, and then click Add . For Mac OS ® 10.2.4 to 10.3 users: For Mac OS ® 10.4.x users:[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 132 g Choose Quit Printe r Setup Utility from the Printer Setup Utility menu.  For Mac OS ® X 10.5 a Choose System Preferen ce from the Apple menu. b Click the Printer & Fax icon.[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 133 c Click + button which is locat ed below the Printers section. d Click the De fault icon which is located at the top of the dialog box. e Choose your machine from the Printer Name list and Select a dri ver to use... in Print Using .[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 134 f Choose the model name whic h shows BR-Scrip t in Print Using , and then click Add . g Choose Quit System Preferences from the System Preferences menu. For Mac OS ® 9.1 to 9.2 users 8 a Open the Application (Mac OS 9) folder. Open the Utilities fold er. Note The screens are based on Mac OS ® 9.1.[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 135 b Open the Deskt op Printer Utility icon. c Choose Printer (USB) , and then click OK . d Click Change ... in the PostScript™ Printer Description (PPD file). Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your mode l name) and then click Select . e Click Change ... in the USB Printer Selection . Choose Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XX[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 136 f Click Create .... g Enter your model name, and then click Save . h Choose Quit from the File menu. i Click the MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX icon on Desktop. j Choose Set Default Printer from the Printing menu.[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 137 Sending a fax (Not avai lable for DCP models) 8 For Mac OS ® X 8 You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh ® application. a Create a document in a Macintosh ® application. b Click File , then Print , to start printing.  For Mac OS ® X 10.2.x to 10.4.x  For Mac OS ® X 10.5 For more page setup options, click t[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 138 c Choose Send Fax from the pop-up menu. d Choose Facsimile from th e Output pop-up menu. e Enter a fax number in the Input Fax Number box, and then cli ck Print to send the fax. Note If you want to send a fax to more than one number, click Add after entering the first fax number. Th e destination fax numbers will be liste[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 139 Working with vCards (For Mac OS ® X 10.2.x to 10.4.x) 8 You can address a fax number using a Vcard ( an elect ronic business card) from the Mac OS ® X Address Book application. a Click Address Book . b Drag a Vcard from the Mac OS ® X Address B ook application to the Destination Fax Numbers field. Note If both work and[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 140 Using Mac OS ® X 10.5 Addresses panel 8 You can address a fax number using Addresses button. a Click Addresses . b Choose the fax number from Add resses panel and th en click To .[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 141 c When you are finished addressing your fax, click Print . For Mac OS ® 9.1 - 9.2 8 You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh ® application. a Create a document in a Macintosh ® application. b Click File , then Print . The Printer dialog box appears: When Printer is chosen, the top b utton shows Print and the Addres[...]

8. Printing and Faxing 142 c Choose Facsimile from th e Output pop-up menu. When Facsimile is chosen, the t op button changes to Send Fax an d the Address button is availa ble. Note To send specific pages of the document, enter the p age numbers in the pa ges field. d Click Send Fax . The Send Fax dialog box appe ars: The Send Fax dialog box has tw[...]

143 9 Scanning from a Macintosh ® 9 The Brother machine software includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for Ma cintosh ® . You can use this Macintosh ® TWAIN Scanner driver with any applications that support TWAIN specifica tions. Note If you want to scan from a machine on a network, ch oose the networked machin e in the DeviceSelector application loca[...]

9. Scanning 144 Scanning an image into your Macintosh ® 9 You can scan a whole page, or scan a portion after pre-scanning the document. Scanning a whole page 9 a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scann er Setup dialog box:  Resolution  Scan Type  Doc[...]

9. Scanning 145 Pre-Scanning an image 9 The PreScan button is used to preview a n image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start butto n in the Scanner Setup dialog b ox to scan the image. a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Click PreScan . The [...]

9. Scanning 146 Settings in the Scanner window 9 Resolution 9 You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. Higher resolutions take mo re memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scan ned image. The following table shows the resolutions you can choo se and th e availa ble colors. Scan Type 9  Black & White Use [...]

9. Scanning 147 Document Size 9 Choose one of the following sizes:  A4 210 × 297 mm  JIS B5 182 × 257 mm  Letter 8.5 × 11 in  Legal 8.5 × 14 in  A5 148 × 210 mm  Executive 7.25 × 10.5 in  Business Card To scan business cards, choose the Business Ca rd size (90 × 60 mm), and then pu t the business card face down at the ce[...]

9. Scanning 148 Adjusting the Image 9  Brightness Adjust the setting (-50 to 50) to get the best im age. The default value is 0, representing an average. You can set the Bri ghtness level by dragging the slide bar to the right o r left to lighten or darken the image. You can also enter a value in th e box to set the level. If the scanned image i[...]

9. Scanning 149 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users Mac OS ® 10.2.4 or greater) 9 Note • If you use the Scan key on a network, see Using the Scan key on page 175. • The Scan key features are not sup ported in Mac OS ® 9.1 to 9.2. You can use ( Scan ) on the control panel to scan documents into your word processing, graphics or E-mail appl[...]

9. Scanning 150 Scan to E-mail 9 You can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application as a file attachment. You can change the scan configuration. (See E-mail on page 162.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Press ( Scan ). c Press a or b to choose Scan to E-mail . Press OK .[...]

9. Scanning 151 Scan to Image 9 You can scan a color picture into your graphics appl ication for viewing and editing. You can change the scan config uration. (Se e Image (example: Apple PreView) on page 159.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on the scanner glass. b Press ( Scan ). c Press a or b to choose Scan to Image . Press O[...]

9. Scanning 152 Scan to File 9 You can scan a black and white or a color d ocument into your PC and save it as a file in the folder yo u choose. The file type and specific folder are b ased on the setti ngs you have cho sen in the Scan to File screen of ControlCenter2. (See File on page 163.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, o r face down on [...]

9. Scanning 153 Using Presto! ® PageManager ® 9 Presto! ® PageManager ® is an application for managing the documents in your Macintosh ® . Since it is compatible with most image editors and word processing pro grams, Presto! ® PageManager ® gives you unmatched control over your Macintosh ® files. You ca n easily manage your documents, edit [...]

9. Scanning 154 NewSoft Technical Support 9 For USA Company name: NewSoft America Inc. Postal Address: 4030 Clipper Court Fremont, CA 9 4538, U.S.A. Telephone: 510 445-8616 Fax: 510 445-8601 E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com URL: http://www.newsoftinc.com For Canada E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com (En glish) Germany Company name: So[...]

9. Scanning 155 URL: http://fr.newsoft.eu.com Italy Company name: 5CA Postal Address: Not Open Telephone: 0899399878 (For callers from within Italy, this is no t a toll-free call, Callers will be charged at Euro 0.80 per minute) E-mail Address: it.nsc@newsoft.eu.com URL: http://it.newsoft.eu.com Spain Company name: 5CA Postal Address: Not Open Tele[...]

156 10 Note • The features available to you in ControlCenter 2 may vary depending on the model number of your machine. • Duplex scan is supported by the MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW and DCP-8 065DN only. Using ControlCenter2 10 ControlCenter2 is a software utility that allows you to quickly and easily access yo ur often used applications.[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 157 Turning the AutoLoad feature off 10 If you do not want ControlCe nter2 to run autom atically each time you start yo ur Macintosh ® , do the following. a Click the ControlCenter2 icon in the menu bar and choose Preference . The ControlCenter2 preference window a ppears. b Uncheck Start Contr[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 158 Software button in ControlCenter 2 choose the Software Button tab in the con figuration menu for each o f the SCAN buttons. CUSTOM SCAN 10 You can configure the button name and settings for each of these buttons to meet your specific needs b y clicking a button while holding down the Ctrl ke[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 159 SCAN 10 There are four buttons fo r the Scan to Image , Scan to OCR , Scan to E-mail and Scan to File applications. Note You can configur e your machine’s Scan key for each ControlCe nter2 button in the Device Button tab. Image (example: Apple PreView) 10 The Scan to Image feature allows y[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 160 Change the other settings, if neede d. To change the destination application, cho ose the proper application from the Target Applicatio n pop-up menu. You can add an application to the lists by clicking the Add button. Enter the Application Name (up to 30 characters) and choose y our p refer[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 161 OCR (word processing application) 10 Scan to OCR converts the graphic page image data into text which can be e dited by any word processing application. You can change the defaul t word processing application. To configure Scan to OCR , click the button while holding down the Ct rl key and c[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 162 E-mail 10 The Scan to E-mail feature allows you to scan a document to y our d efault E-mail application, so you can send the scanned job as an attachment. To cha nge the default E-mail application or at tachment file type, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose Software [...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 163 File 10 The Scan to File button allows you to scan an image to a folder on your hard disk in any file format. This allows you to easily archive your paper documents. To con figure the file type and folder, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and cho ose Software Button . Choose [...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 164 CUSTOM SCAN 10 There are four buttons which you can configure to f it your scanning needs. To configure a button, click the button while holding do wn the Ctrl key, and the configuration window appears. There are four scan functions: Scan to Image , Scan to OCR , Scan to E-mail and Scan to F[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 165 Scan to Image 10  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the Ta rget Application , File Type , Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two- sided) Sc[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 166 Scan to OCR 10  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the Ta rget Application , File Type , Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two- sided) Scan[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 167 Scan to E-mail 10  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the E-ma il Application , File Type , Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two - sided) [...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 168 Scan to File 10  General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the butt on name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.  Settings tab Choose the file format from th e File Type pop-up menu. Save the file to the default folder or choose your pr[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 169 COPY / PC-FAX 10 The Copy1 - Copy4 buttons can be customized to allow you to use advanced copy and fax functions such as N-in-1 printing. To use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by clicking the button while hold ing down the Ctrl key.[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 170 Enter a name in Name for Copy (up to 30 chara cters) and choose Copy Ratio . Choose the Resolution , Scan Type , Document Size , Duplex (two-sided) Scanning (if necessary), Show Scanner Interface , Brightness and Contrast settings to be used. Before finishing the Copy but ton configuration, [...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 171 DEVICE SETTINGS 10 You can configure the various machine settings incl uding Speed Dial sett ings by clicking the buttons. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 10 The Remote Setup button allows you to open the Remote Setup Program window to configure the machine setting menus. Note Fo[...]

10. ControlCenter2 (For Mac OS ® 10.2.4. or greater) 172 Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models) 10 The Quick-Dial button allows you to open the Set Quick-Dial windo w in the Remote Set up Program, so you can easily register or change th e dial numbers on your Macintosh ® . Status Monitor 10 The Status Monitor button allows you to monitor the s[...]

173 11 Note Available for Mac OS ® X 10.2.4 or greater. Before using Network Scanning 11 Configuring network scanning 11 If you want to scan from the machine on a network, you must choose the networked machine in the DeviceSelecto r application located in Macintosh HD / Library / Printers / Brother / Utilities / DeviceSelector or from the Model dr[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 174 Note •C h e c k Register your computer with the “Scan To” functions a t the machine and enter a name you want to use for your Macintosh ® in Display Name . The name ca n be any name you want up to 15 characters. • You can avoid receiving unwante d documents by setti ng a 4-digit Pin nu[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 175 Using the Scan key 11 If you want to scan a document usi ng th e duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the ADF and then choose 2sided (L) edge or 2s ided (S) edge depending on yo ur document layout. Choose your document layout from following tab le: Document Layout Tabl e Not[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 176 d Press a or b to choose 2sided ( L)edge , 2sided (S)edge or 1sided . Press OK . Note If you want to scan a document using the duplex sc anning feature, you need to p ut the document in the ADF and then choose 2sided (L) edge or 2sided (S) edge depending on your document layo ut. e Press a or b[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 177 f Press a or b to choose Change Q uality . Press OK . If you do not have to change the quality, press a or b to choose Enter Ad dress . Press OK and then go to Step j . g Press a or b t o choose Color 150 dpi , Color 300 dpi , Color 600 dpi , B/W 200 dpi or B/W 200×100 dpi . Press OK . If you [...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 178 Scan to Image 11 When you choose Scan to Image , your document will be scanned and sen t directly to the Macintosh ® you designated on your network. ControlCenter2 will activa te the default graphics application on the designated Macintosh ® . You ca n change the Scan con figuration. (See Ima[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 179 Scan to OCR 11 When you choose Scan to OCR, your documen t will be scanned and sen t directly to the Macintosh ® you designated on your network. Co ntrolCenter2 will ac tivate the OCR software installed on your Macintosh ® (Presto! ® PageManager ® ) and convert your document into text for v[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 180 Scan to File 11 When you choose Scan to File, you can scan a black and white or color documen t and send it directly to a Macintosh ® you designate on your network. The file will be saved in th e folder and file format that you have configured in ControlCen ter2 on the designated Macintosh ® [...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 181 Scan to FTP 11 When you choose Scan to FTP, you can scan a black and white or color document directly to an FTP server located locally on your network or on the inte rnet. The details required to use Scan to FTP can be entered ma nually at the control panel or by using Web Based Management to p[...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 182 c Enter the Username that has been registere d with the FTP server for the MFC (up to 32 characters). d Enter the Password for access to FTP server for the Username that was registered (up to 32 characters). e Enter the destination folder wh ere your document will be stored on the FTP se rver ([...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 183 h Press a or b to choose PDF or TIFF . Press OK . i Use the dial pad to enter the username. Press OK . j Use the dial pad to enter the password. Press OK . k The LCD shows Connecting . When the connectio n to the FTP server is successful the machine will start the scanning process. Scan to FTP [...]

11. Network Scanning (Not available for DCP-8 060) 184 i Choose one of the options below.  Press a or b to choose color 150 dpi , color 300 d pi or color 600 dpi . Press OK and go to j .  Press a or b to choose B/W 200 dpi or B/W 200x100 dpi . Press OK and go to k . j Press a or b to choose PDF or JPEG . Press OK . k Press a or b to choose PD[...]

185 12 Remote Setup (For Mac OS ® X 10.2.4 or greater) 12 The Remote Setup application allows you to configure many MFC settings from a Macintosh ® application. When you access this application, the settings on your machine will be downloa ded automatically to your Macintosh ® and displayed on your Macintosh ® screen. If you change the settings[...]

12. Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models) 186  Import Allows you to read the settings from a f ile. Note • You can use the Export and Import buttons to save and use several d ifferent settings for your machine. • To save a single setting or a group of settings, highli ght each setting or function heading (for example , to choose all fa[...]

Index 187 I B BR-Script 3 mode ....................... ................ ......... 7 , 118 C ControlCenter2 Macintosh ® ...................... ................ ............. ....... 156 Windows ® .................. ................ ............. ............... 58 D Drivers Macintosh ® printer ...... ............. ................ ...............[...]

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