Brother Control Center 3 User Guide

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The Quick-Dial button lets you open the Set Quick-Dial window in the Remote Setup Program. You can then 
easily register or change the Quick-Dial numbers from your PC.
 
Ink Level3
The Ink Level button opens the Brother Status Monitor window, which displays the ink level for each 
cartridge.
  

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Remote Setup4
The Remote Setup program lets you configure many machine settings from a Windows® application. When 
you start this application, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your PC and 
displayed on your PC screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them directly to the machine.
Click the Start button, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, and Remote Setup.
 
OK
Lets you start uploading data to the machine and exit the Remote Setup application. If an error...

Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models, MFC-J220, MFC-J265W, MFC-J270W, MFC-J410W and MFC-J415W) 
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Note
• You can use the Export button to save Quick-Dial or all your settings for your machine.
• If your PC is protected by a firewall, and is unable to use Remote Setup, you may need to configure the 
firewall settings to allow communication through port number 137. For more information, see Firewall 
settings (For Network users) on page 110.
• If you are using Windows
® Firewall and you installed...

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PC-FAX sending5
The Brother PC-FAX feature lets you use your PC to send a document file from an application 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 parties as members or groups in your PC-FAX Address Book 
or simply enter the destination address or fax number into the user interface. You can use the Address Book 
Search feature to quickly find members to send to.
For the...

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Sending setup5
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 required by local PBX telephone 
systems (for example, dialling 9 to get an outside line in your office).
Include header
To add the header information you entered in the User Information tab to the top of your sent faxes, check 
the Include header box. See Setting...

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Setting up a cover page5
From the PC-FAX dialog box, click the   icon to access the Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup screen.
The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog box appears:
 
Entering cover page information5
Note
If you are sending a fax to more than one recipient, the recipient information will not be printed on the cover 
page.
 
To
Choose the recipient information you want to add to the cover page.
From
Choose the sender information you want to...

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Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface5
aCreate a file in any application on your PC.
bClick File, then Print.
The Print dialog box appears:
 
cChoose Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click Print. 
The Facsimile style user interface appears:
 
Note
If the Simple style user interface appears, change the user interface selection setting. (See Sending setup 
on page 89.)
 
dEnter a fax number using any of the following...

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eTo include a cover page, click   Cover Page On.
Note
You can also click the cover page   icon to create or edit a cover page.
 
fClick Start to send the fax.
Note
• If you want to cancel the fax, click Stop.
• If you want to redial a number, click Redial to scroll through the last five fax numbers, choose a number, 
and then click Start.
 
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface5
aCreate a file in any application on your PC.
bClick...

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dEnter the fax number using any of the following methods:
Enter the fax number in the To: field.
Click the To: button, and then choose destination fax numbers from the Address Book.
If you make a mistake, click Clear to delete all the entries.
eTo send a cover page and note, check Cover Page On.
Note
You can also click the   icon to create or edit a cover page.
 
fClick the send   icon.
Note
If you want to cancel the fax, click the cancel   icon.
  

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Address Book5
If Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail is installed on your PC, you can choose in 
the Select Address Book pull-down which address book to use for PC-FAX sending. There are four types: 
Brother Address Book, Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail Address or Windows Contacts.
For the address book file, you must enter the path and file name of the database file which contains the 
address book information.
Click the...