Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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Brother MFL-Pro Control Center
The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on t he 
PC screen whenever paper is put in the ADF of the MFC. 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 start up any specific applications. 
The...

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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 t he 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...

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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 f or Outlook.
You...

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Scan key operations
Scan to File—Lets you scan directly to a file on your computer.  You 
can change t he 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 f ile type and resolution for the attachment.
Scan to OCR (Word Processor)—Lets you...

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Scanner settings for Scan, Copy and PC-Fax buttons
When the Pop-Up screen appears, you can access the Scanner 
Settings window.
Click the Smart Click icon at t he top right of the Brother Control 
Cent er screen
—OR—
Click the Modify Settings button on any of the Configuration screens.
Global settings
AutoLoad Pop-Up—Select this checkbox if you want Brot her MFL 
Cont rol...

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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 it s own set of stored settings. You can keep t he...

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Perform an operation from the Control Center 
screen
If you see t his screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Cont rol 
Cent er window without first placing an original in the ADF.
Place the original in the MFC’s ADF, and then click OK to go to the 
Cont rol Center screen.
I f you want to scan the original from t he scanner glass, please 
use  (
Scan) on the...

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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 Setti ngs button to view the configuration screen of the 
Control Center.
3To save your settings, click OK
—OR—
To go back to the factory default settings, click the Restore...

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Destination  fold er
PaperPort Folder—Select  this checkbox to scan the original into your 
PaperPort folder.
Other Folder—Select t his checkbox, to scan the original as another 
file type or to store it in another directory/folder.
File—If you selected Other folder f rom t he pull-down list, select the 
type of file:
PaperPort Image Item (*.max)
PaperPort Self-Viewing...

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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 
Conf iguration. 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...