Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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E-mail ap plicatio n
E-mail Application—From the pull-down list, select your E-mail 
application.
E-mail Settings—Click the E-Mail Settings button to set up links.
The Send To Opt ions window will appear:
Send to Options
Convert attachments to specifi ed file type—Converts items to the 
type in the File Type box.  Clear this check box to keep files in their...

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Scan to OCR (Word Processor)
To access Scan to OCR Configurations screen
1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control 
Center screen will pop up.
2Right-click the word processor application button and click on 
Conf iguration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the 
configuration screen of the Control Center.
To save your settings, click OK...

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Word Processor
Word Processor—From the pull-down list, select the word processor 
you want to use.
Click the Link Settings button to display the screen to set up the 
document format you want to use and ident ify the OCR program:
File Type—From the pull-down list, select the file type you want to 
use for your word processor or text documents.
OCR—Identify the...

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Scan to Image
To access Scan to Image Configurations screen
1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control 
Center screen will pop up.
2Right-click the graphic application button and click on 
Conf iguration. Click the Modify Settings button to view the 
configuration screen of the Control Center.
To save your settings, click OK
—OR—
To go back to the...

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Copy
To access the Copy Configurations screen
1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brot her Control 
Center screen will pop up.
2Right-click the Copy and click on Configuration. Click the 
Modify Settings but ton to view t he conf igurat ion screen of the 
Control Center.
To save your settings, click OK
—OR—
To go back to the fact ory default settings,...

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Send a fax
To access the Send a fax Configurations screen
1Place the original face up in the ADF. The Brother Control 
Center screen will pop up.
2Right-click the Send a fax and click on Configuration. Click the 
Modify Setti ngs button to view the configuration screen of the 
Control Center.
To save your settings, click OK
—OR—
To go back to the factory default...

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PC-FAX Settings
Brother PC-Fax
FAX Resolution—Fine (200 × 200)
1To change t he fax options, click the FAX Options button.
The Brother PC-FAX Properties screen appears:
For Windows
® 95/98/98SE/Me and Windows NT® WS 4.0
For Windows
® 2000 Professional
2Select  the Paper Size and Orientation (Portrait or Landscape) 
and click OK.
To go back to the factory default...

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Brother SmartUI Control Center
The Brother Control Center is a software utility that allows you to 
quit e easily, wit h very few mouse clicks,  access the most f requently 
used scanning applications. Using the Control Center eliminat es the 
need to manually launch the specific applications and allows you t o 
scan a document directly to a folder on your computer. The Brother 
Cont rol Center provides four cat egories of...

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AutoLoad the Brother Control Center
The Control Center is initially configured t o automatically load each 
time Windows® is started. When the Control Center is loaded t he 
Control Center   icon will appear in the task bar. If you don’t want 
the Control Center t o load automatically, you can turn AutoLoad off .
How to turn off Auto Load 
1Right-click the Control Cent er   icon in the Task Tray and 
select Sh ow.
2The...

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Brother Control Center features
The SmartUI control center gives you the ability to configure the 
hardware 
Scan key on your MFC such as “Scan to File”. The “Scan 
to File” f eature allows you to scan a document directly to your hard 
disk and choose the file format and destination folder without having 
to run any other applications. Select which section you want by 
clicking on the appropriate tab.