Brother Control Center 4 User Guide
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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’. Version 0
i Table of Contents 1Printing Accessing the printer driver settings..........................................................................................................1 Basic tab ...................................................................................................................... ..............................1 Media Type ...................................................................................................................... ....................1 Quality ........................................................................................................................ .........................2 Page Layout ..................................................................................................................... ...................2 Support tab .................................................................................................................... ............................3 2Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver ..................................................................................... .....5 Accessing the Scanner .......................................................................................................... ..............5 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) ....................................................................................... ........6 Scan to E-mail ................................................................................................................... ..................6 Scan to Image .................................................................................................................... .................6 Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................... .................7 Scan to File................................................................................................................... .......................7 Scan to Card (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C) ............................................................8 3 ControlCenter3 Using ControlCenter3 ........................................................................................................... ...................10 SCAN........................................................................................................................... ......................10 CUSTOM SCAN .................................................................................................................... ............10 PHOTOCAPTURE (USB only) (Not available for MFC-3360C) ........................................................10 COPY ........................................................................................................................... .....................11 PC-FAX (MFC models only) ....................................................................................................... .......11 DEVICE SETTING.................................................................................................................. ...........11 4 Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support) Before using Network Scanning .................................................................................................. ............12 Configuring Network Scanning ................................................................................................... .......12 Using the Scan key............................................................................................................. .....................14 Scan to E-mail (PC) .............................................................................................................. .............14 Scan to Image .................................................................................................................... ...............14 Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................... ...............15 Scan to File..................................................................................................................... ...................15 5 Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models and MFC-240C) Remote Setup................................................................................................................... .......................16
ii 6 Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only) PC-FAX sending ......................................................................................................................................17 Setting up user information.................................................................................................... ............17 Sending setup.................................................................................................................. ..................17 Address Book .................................................................................................................... ................18 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface ................................................19 PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-240C and MFC-3360C).........................................................20 Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine ............................................................20 Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC.......................................................................21 Setting up your PC ............................................................................................................. ...............21 Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings .......................................................................22 Viewing new PC-FAX messages .................................................................................................... ...23 7 PhotoCapture Center™ (Not available for MFC-3360C) For USB cable users................................................................................................................................24 For Network users (For models with built-in network support) ................................................................25 AIndex
1 1 1 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 Glossy Photo Paper „ Other Photo Paper „ Transparencies Printing1
Printing2 1 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 sheet. Media TypeColour/GreyscalePrint Quality Selection Plain Paper Colour/Greyscale Fast, Fast Normal, Normal, Fine Inkjet Paper Colour/Greyscale Fine, Photo Brother Premium Glossy Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Colour/Greyscale Fine, Photo, Highest Transparencies Colour/Greyscale Normal, Fine
Printing3 1 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
4 2 2 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 configure the firewall settings to allow communication through port number 137 and 54925. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com ) for more information. Scanning2
Scanning5 2 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:
Scanning6 2 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users) 2 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 the ControlCenter3 software. For details about how to configure the scan settings and to launch the application of your choice using the ( Scan) key, see Using ControlCenter3 on page 10. Scan to E-mail2 aLoad your document. bPress the (Scan) key. cPress a or b to choose Scan to E-mail . Press OK. dPress Mono Start or Colour Start . The machine starts scanning the document, it creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed. Scan to Image2 aLoad your document. bPress the ( Scan) key. cPress a or b to choose Scan to Image . Press OK. dPress Mono Start or Colour Start . The machine starts the scanning process.
Scanning7 2 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 document into your PC and save it as a file in the folder you choose. The file type and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the Scan to File configuration screen of ControlCenter3. aLoad your document. bPress the ( Scan) key. cPress a or b to choose Scan to File . Press OK. dPress Mono Start or Colour Start . The machine starts the scanning process. Note You can choose colour or black and white scanning in the scan type option in the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration screen.