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    							USING THE BROTHER CONTROL CENTER (FOR WINDOWS® 98/98SE/ME/2000 PROFESSIONAL AND WINDOWS NT® WS 4.0) 9 - 1
    9
    Brother MFL-Pro Control Center
    The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the 
    PC screen whenever paper is put in the ADF of the DCP. This allows 
    you to quickly and with very few mouse clicks, to access the most 
    frequently used scanning applications. Using the Control Center 
    stops the need to manually startup any specific applications. 
    The Brother Control Center provides two operations (Scan and 
    Copy):
    ■Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphic 
    application of your choice
    ■Copy
    Using the Brother Control 
    Center 
    (For Windows® 
    98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional 
    and Windows NT
    ® WS 4.0)
    If you are using Windows® 2000 Professional or Windows® 4.0, 
    we recommend that you are logged on with administrator rights.
     
    						
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    AutoLoad the Brother Control Center 
    The Control Center is loaded every time Windows® is started. 
    When the Control Center is loaded, the Control Center   icon will
    appear on the task bar.
    If you don’t want the Control Center to load automatically, you can 
    turn off AutoLoad.
    How to turn off AutoLoad 
    1Left-click the Control Center   icon and click Show.
    2When the Control Center window appears, left click the Smart 
    Click   Control Center button.
    A dialog box will appear:
    3Uncheck the ‘AutoLoad’ Pop-Up check box.
    If the Control Center   icon does not appear on your task 
    bar, you will have to launch the software.
    Double-click the Control Center   icon on the desktop or 
    from the Start menu, select Programs, ScanSoft PaperPort 
    8.0, and then click Brother SmartUI POPUP.
     
    						
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    Brother Control Center features
    Auto Configuration
    During installation the Control Center will check your system to set 
    up the default applications for E-mail, word processing and the 
    graphics viewer/editor.
    For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail 
    application, the Control Center will create a link and a scanning 
    application button for Outlook.
    You can change a default application. Right-click the appropriate 
    Control Center button to display Configurations and then click it. 
    Select a different application.
    For example, you can change a scan button from MS Word Pad
     to MS Word   by changing the application 
    that is listed for the Word Processor.
     
    						
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    Scan key operations
    Scan to File—Lets you scan directly to a file on your computer. You 
    can change the file type and directory for the document you are 
    scanning.
    Scan to E-mail—Lets you scan a picture or text document directly 
    into an E-mail application as a standard attachment. You can choose 
    the file type and resolution for the attachment.
    Scan to OCR (Word Processor)
    —Lets you scan a text document, run 
    ScanSoft
    ® OmniPage® OCR, and insert the text original (not a 
    graphic image) into a word processing file. You can choose the word 
    processing application, such as Word Pad, MS Word, and so on.
    Scan to Image—Lets you scan an image directly into any graphic 
    viewer/editor application. You can choose the graphics application, 
    such as Microsoft Paint.
    Copy operations
    Copy—Lets you use the PC and any Windows® printer driver for 
    enhanced copy operations.
    You can scan the page on the Brother DCP and print the copies 
    using any of the features of the Brother DCP printer driver.
    —OR—
    You can send the copy output to any standard Windows
    ® printer 
    driver that is on your PC.
     
    						
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    Scanner settings for Scan and Copy buttons
    When the Pop-Up screen appears, you can access the Scanner 
    Settings window.
    Click the Smart Click icon at the top right of the Brother Control 
    Center screen
    —OR—
    Click the Modify Settings button on any of the Configuration screens.
    Global settings
    AutoLoad Pop-Up—Select this checkbox if you want Brother MFL 
    Control Center to load when you turn on your computer. 
     
    						
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    Setting up the scanner configurations
    The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each 
    time you scan an original, you can choose the most appropriate 
    scanning mode from the following:
    Faxing, Filing and Copying
    Text for OCR
    Photos
    Photos (High Quality)
    Photos (Quick Scan)
    Custom
    Draft Copy
    Fine Copy
    Each mode has its own set of stored settings. You can keep the 
    default settings or change them at any time:
    Resolution—From the pull-down list, select the scanning 
    resolution you most often use.
    Color Mode—From the pull-down list, select the color settings 
    you most often use.
    Scan Size—From the pull-down list, select the scan size you 
    most often use.
    Brightness
    —Slide the adjuster from 0% to 100%
    Contrast
    —Slide the adjuster from 0% to 100%
    Click OK to save your changes. If you make a mistake or want the 
    default setting, just click the Restore Defaults button when the 
    scanning mode is displayed.
    Faxing is only possible if you have a fax modem attached to your 
    computer.
     
    						
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    Perform an operation from the Control Center 
    screen
    If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Control 
    Center window without first placing an original in the ADF.
    Place the original in the DCP’s ADF, and then click OK to go to the 
    Control Center screen.
    If you want to scan the original from the scanner glass, please 
    use 
    Scan on the control panel of the DCP.
     
    						
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    Scan to File
    To access Scan to File Configurations screen
    1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control 
    Center screen will pop up.
    2Right-click Scan to File and click on Configuration
    . Click the 
    Modify Settings button to view the configuration screen of the 
    Control Center.
    3To save your settings, click OK.
    —OR—
    To go back to the default settings, click the Restore Defaults 
    button.
    Scanner settings
    From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate 
    for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; 
    Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; 
    Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
    To change any of the settings for the mode, click Modify Settings.
    Faxing is only possible if you have a fax modem attached to your 
    computer.
     
    						
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    Destination folder
    PaperPort Folder—Select this checkbox to scan the original into your 
    PaperPort folder.
    Other Folder
    —Select this checkbox, to scan the original as another 
    file type or to store it in another directory/folder.
    File—If you selected Other folder from the pull-down list, select the 
    type of file:
    PaperPort Image Item (*.max)
    PaperPort Self-Viewing (*.exe)
    PaperPort Browser-Viewable (*.htm)
    PaperPort 5.0 Image Item (*.max)
    PaperPort 4.0 Image Item (*.max)
    PaperPort 3.0 Image Item (*.max)
    Windows Bitmap (*bmp)
    PC Paintbrush (*.pcx)
    PCX Multi-page (*.dcx)
    JPEG (*.jpg)
    TIFF-Uncompressed (*.tif)
    TIFF-Group 4 (*.tif)
    TIFF-Class F (*.tif)
    TIFF Multi-page - Uncompressed (*.tif)
    TIFF Multi-page - Group 4 (*.tif)
    TIFF Multi-page - Class F (*.tif)
    Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
    FlashPix (*.fpx)
    To Search your system for the directory and folder you want, click the 
    Browse button. Click OK to save your settings.
     
    						
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    Scan to E-mail
    To access Scan to E-mail Configurations screen
    1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control 
    Center screen will pop up.
    2Right-click the E-mail application button and click on 
    Configuration
    . Click the Modify Settings button to view the 
    configuration screen of the Control Center.
    3To save your settings, click OK.
    —OR—
    To go back to the default settings, click the Restore Defaults 
    button.
    Scanner settings
    From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate 
    for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; 
    Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; 
    Draft Copy or Fine Copy.
    To change any of the settings for this mode, click Modify Settings.
    Faxing is only possible if you have a fax modem attached to your 
    computer.
     
    						
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