Brother Control Center 4 User Guide

SOFTWARE 
USER’S GUIDE
For DCP users; This documentation is for 
both MFC and DCP models. Where it 
says ‘MFC’ in this user’s guide, please 
read ‘MFC’ as ‘DCP’.
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Table of Contents
1Printing
Accessing the printer driver settings..........................................................................................................1
Basic tab ...................................................................................................................... ..............................1
Media Type ...................................................................................................................... ....................1
Quality...

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6 Brother PC-FAX Software 
(MFC models only)
PC-FAX sending ......................................................................................................................................17
Setting up user information.................................................................................................... ............17
Sending setup.................................................................................................................. ..................17
Address Book...

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Accessing the printer driver settings1
aClick File, then  Print in your application.
bChoose  Brother MFC-XXXX USB Printer  or Brother MFC-XXXX Printer  (where XXXX is your model 
name) and click  Properties.
The printer properties dialog box appears.
Basic tab1
 
Media Type1
To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine 
changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type. „ Plain Paper
„ Inkjet Paper
„ Brother Premium...

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Quality1
„Highest  
Up to 1200  × 6000 dpi.
„ Photo  
Up to 1200  × 2400 dpi.
„ Fine
1200  × 1200 dpi.
„ Normal
600  × 600 dpi.
„ Fast Normal
600  × 300 dpi.
„ Fast
600  × 150 dpi.
Page Layout1
Page Order (Windows® 2000/XP only)1
When N in 1 option is selected, the  Page Order can be selected from the drop-down menu.
Border Line1
When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the  Page Layout feature, you can choose to have a solid 
border, dashed border or no border around each page on the...

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Support tab1
 
„ Brother Solutions Center
The  Brother Solutions Center  is a web site offering information about your Brother product including 
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine.
„ Web Update
You can check the Brother web site for automatic downloads to update the printer driver on your PC.
„ Check Setting 

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Scanning operations and the drivers used will differ depending on the operating system you are using. As 
default, the machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents from your applications. „ For Windows
® XP
Two scanner drivers are installed. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver and a Windows
® Imaging 
Acquisition (WIA) driver. 
Windows
® XP users can select either driver when scanning documents.
Note
If your PC is protected by a firewall and is unable to scan, you may need to...

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Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver2
Accessing the Scanner2
aStart the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation to 
scan a document.
bClick  File, then  Scan. Or click the  Scan button. 
The  Scan  panel appears in the left side of the screen.
cChoose the scanner you are using from the  Scanner drop-down list. 
dClick Scan.
The Scanner Setup dialog box appears:
  

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Using the Scan key 
(For USB cable users)
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Note
If you use the  Scan key on a network, see  Using the Scan key on page 14.
 
 
Before you can use the  ( Scan) key on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro 
software suite and connect the machine to your PC. If you installed the MFL-Pro Suite from the included CD-
ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter3 software are installed. Scanning using the 
(Scan ) key uses the configuration in the  Device Button tab of...

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Scan to OCR2
If your original document is text, you can use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE to scan the document and convert it 
into a text file which can then be edited in your favourite word processing software. You can change the 
(Scan ) key configuration.
aLoad your document.
bPress the  ( Scan) key.
cPress  a or  b to choose  Scan to OCR .
Press  OK. 
dPress  Mono Start  or Colour Start .
The machine starts the scanning process.
Scan to File2
You can scan a black and white or a colour...