Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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Support tab
The  Support Tab provides driver version and set ting information. In 
addition there are links to the Brother Soluti ons  Cent er and the 
Driver Update Web sites.
Click the Support t ab to display the following screen:
Brother Solutions Center
The  Brother Solutions Center is a Web site offering information 
about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequent ly Asked 
Questions), User Guides, Driver Updates and Tips for using your 
MFC.
Web Updat e
Web Updat e checks the Brother web site for updat ed drivers, and 
automatically downloads and updates the printer driver on your 
computer.
Check Setting
The  Check Setting selection displays a list of your current  driver 
settings.
 
						

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Features in the PS printer driver 
(For Windows
®)
The Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows 
NT® 4.0 utilizes BR-Script 3(PostScript® 3™ language emulation) 
driver.
You can download the latest driver by accessing t he Brother 
Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com
To install the PS driver
If you have already installed the printer driver following the instruction in the 
Quick Setup Guide, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your PC 
and click 
Install Software. Choose MF L-Pro Suite and follow the on-screen 
instructions. When the 
Select Components screen appears, check PS 
Printer Driver
, and then continue following the on-screen instructions.
If you have not previously installed the driver and software, insert the 
CD-ROM into the CD-ROM dri ve on your PC and cl i ck 
Install Software. 
Choose 
MFL-Pro Suite and follow the on-screen instructions. When the 
Setup Type screen appears, select Custom and check the PS Printer 
Driver
.  Then c ont inue f ol lowi ng on-sc reen i ns t ruc ti ons .
Ports tab 
Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the 
network printer you are using.
The screens in this section are from Windows® XP.
The screens on your PC will vary depending on your Operating System.
 
						

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Device Settin gs tab 
Select the options you installed.
 
						

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Layout tab
You can change the Layout setting by selecting the setting in t he 
Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet.
Booklet (For MFC-8820D and MFC-8820DN) 
(For  Windows® 2000/XP)
You can print a booklet by selecting Booklet from Pages Per Sheet 
list.
I f you are using Windows NT® 4.0,  Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Layout t ab by clicking Printing Preferences... 
in the General tab of the Brother MFC-8820D BR-Script3 
Properties screen.
 
						

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Paper / Quality tab
Select the Pap er  So ur ce.
If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Paper/Quality tab by clicking Pr int ing  
Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother MFC-8820D 
BR-Script3  Properties screen.
 
						

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Advanced Options
1Select  the Paper Size and Copy Count.
2Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting.
3You can change settings by selecting the setting in the Printer 
Features list:
■Media Type
■Toner Save
■BR-Script  Level
I f you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you 
can access the Brother MFC-8820D BR-Script3 Advanced 
Options tab by clicking Advanced... but ton in the Layout tab or 
t he Paper/Quality tab.
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							HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®   13 - 1
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Scanning a document 
TWAIN compliant
The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant 
scanner driver. TWAI N drivers meet the standard universal protocol 
for communicating between scanners and software applications. 
This means that not only can you scan images directly into the 
PaperPort
® viewer that Brother included with your MFC, but you can 
also scan images directly into hundreds of other software 
applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications 
include popular programs like Adobe
® Photoshop®, Adobe® 
PageMaker®, CorelDraw® and many more.
How to scan using 
Windows
®
The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending 
on your operating system.
For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and 
Windows 
NT® Workstation 4. 0
The MFC uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning 
documents from your applicat ions. (See Scanning a document, 
TWAIN compliant on page 13-1.)
For Windows
® XP
The MFC uses Windows
® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for 
scanning documents. (See Scanning a document (For 
Windows
® XP only) on page 13-10.)
For ScanSoft®, PaperPort® and TextBridge® OC R
Go to Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR on 
page 13-19.
 
						

							13 - 2   HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS®
How to access the Scanner
1Open the software applicat ion (ScanSoft® PaperPort®) to scan 
a document.
2Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan 
button. The Scan pane appears in the left panel.
3Select Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D USB or Brother 
MFC-8820D LAN
 f rom t he Scanner drop-down list box.
4Click Scan.
The Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D USB or Brother 
MFC-8820D LAN  Scanner Setup
 dialog box will appear:
The instructions for scanning in t his Guide are for when you use 
ScanSoft® PaperPort® 8.0SE.
If t he MFC is connected via: 
Parallel - use Brother MFC-8520D
USB - use Brother MFC-8820 USB
LAN - use Brother MFC-8820D LAN
 
						

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Scanning a document into the PC
You can scan a whole page
—OR—
Scan a port ion of the page after pre-scanning the document.
Scanning a whole page
1Place the original face up in the ADF (automatic document 
f eeder), or face down on the scanner glass.
2Adjust  the following sett ings, if required, in the Scanner window:
■Image Type 
■Re solution
■Scan Type 
■Brightness
■Co ntrast
■Document Size
See Settings in the Scanner window on page 13-6.
3Click the St ar t but ton in t he scanner window.
When scanning is completed, click Cancel to return to the 
PaperPort
® window.
After you select a document size, you can adjust the scanning 
area further by clicking the left  mouse button and dragging it. 
This is required when you want t o crop an image when 
scanning.
 
						

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PreScanning to crop a portion you want to scan
The Pre-Scan button is used to preview an image for cropping any 
unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the 
preview, click the 
Start button in the scanner window to scan the image.
1Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on t he 
scanner glass.
2Select the settings for Image Type,  Resolution, Scan Type, 
Brightness and Cont ra st, as needed.
3In the Brother MFC-8820D, Brother MFC-8820D USB or Brother 
MFC-8820D LAN  Scanner Setup
 dialog box, click the PreScan 
button.
The entire original will be scanned into the PC and will appear in 
the Scanning Area.
4Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the lef t mouse 
button and dragging it.
Scanning area
Scanning area