Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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To change the destination application select the appropriate 
application from the Application pull down list.
To change the ot her configuration options click the Link Preferences 
button.
This option enables you to reduce image to screen resolution 
(96dpi), show a warning if the item has annotations, update the 
original item if sent item is modified, if needed.
 

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Copy
The copy buttons can be customized t o allow you to take advantage 
of the features built into the Brot her printer drivers to do advanced 
copy functions such as n-in-1 print ing.
The Copy buttons are automatically linked to the default Windows 
printer driver. You can set any printer as the default printer including 
non-Brother printers. Before you can use the Copy buttons you must 
first  configure the printer...

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Select the number of  Pages Per Sheet from the Scaling selections.  
As an example to configure the section Copy butt on to copy two 
pages to one you must select  2 in 1.
You must  configure each of the copy buttons before they can be 
used.
 

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Fax setting (PC-Fax using the Brother 
Fax Driver)
The MFC includes a PC-Fax driver, which allows any Windows 
Application to send a Fax as simply as printing a document. The 
Brother SmartUI aut omatically configures the Fax button to use the 
Brother PC-FAX driver no user configuration is required.
The Scan Action tab is set to Applicat ion and should not be changed.
To change the PC-FAX settings click the Link...

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FAX settings
Brother PC-FAX
To change the driver settings, click on the Setup butt on. Select the 
Paper Size, Paper Source. If you need more customized setup,  click 
on the Options button.
 

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Select the Paper Size,  Orientation (Portrait or Landscape) and 
Resolution (200x200 dpi or 200x100 dpi), and click OK.
To ret urn to the f actory default settings, click the Default button.
 

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Custom: User-defined buttons
There are up to three Custom buttons on the Brother SmartUI 
Control Center. (NO TE: The number of Custom buttons depends on 
which Brother model you purchased.) You can set your own 
preferences and configuration to fit your required application.
To configure a Cust om Button right  click on the button and then click 
Configuration. The configuration window will appear. You have four...

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2. Select Configuration for the Scan Type.
To configure the scan operation click on the Configuration Tab. 
Depending upon which Scan Type butt on you selected you will see 
a different Configuration Tab list  of sett ings.
Application:
Select the destination application program from t he pull down list.
Click on Link Preferences to set  the Send to options. You can select 
the applicat ion from the scroll menu on the...

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File:
Select the file format from the Format pull down list. You can either 
send the file to the default PaperPort directory or select your own 
destination directory by selecting Other Folder. Use the Browse 
button to select the destinat ion directory.
 

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OCR:
Select the destinat ion word processing application program from the 
pull down list.
Click on Link Preferences and select the destination Applicat ion from 
the scroll menu on the left. Select the File Type from the File Type 
pull down list. You can also choose another OCR application from 
the OCR pull down list if  another is installed on you system. 
Scansof t
® TextBridge® is installed as part  of the...