Brother MFC 8420 User Manual
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15 - 4 USI NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D BRO THE R SMA RT UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER Auto Configuration During the installation process the Control Center checks your system to determine the default applications for E-mail, word processing and graphics viewer/editor. For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail application, the Control Center automatically will create a link and a scanning applicat ion but ton for Outlook. You can change the default application by right-clicking on any of the scan buttons in the Control Center and then clicking Configuration. Select the Configuration tab and from the Application pull down menu select a different applicat ion. For example, you can change the E-mail scan butt on from Outlook Express to Outlook by changing the application that is list ed.
US IN G THE WIN DOWS®-B ASE D BR OTH ER SMART UI CONT ROL CEN TE R 15 - 5 Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration When the SmartUI Control Center is displayed, you can access t he Hardware Section window to reconfigure the ( Scan) butt on on your MFC. Click the Hardware Section t ab at t he top left of the SmartUI Control Center screen. (See Using the scan key (For USB or Parallel interface cable users) on page 13-16.)
15 - 6 USI NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D BRO THE R SMA RT UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER Scan to E-mail To configure the Scan to E-mail feature left-click on the Sc an t o E- ma il button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration that includes the destination E-mail application, attachment file and the scanner settings. To change the destination E-mail application you use the Application pull down list to select the compatible E-mail application, which is installed on your system. If you wish to change the attachment file type click on the Link Preferences button to display a list of file types.
US IN G THE WIN DOWS®-B ASE D BR OTH ER SMART UI CONT ROL CEN TE R 15 - 7 Scan to File To configure the Scan to File feature, left click on the Scan to File button and the following screen will appear. Select t he file t ype for the saved image by select ing from the Format pull down list. You can save the file to t he default PaperPort folder so the file appears in PaperPort or you can select another folder/directory by clicking the Browse but ton.
15 - 8 USI NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D BRO THE R SMA RT UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER Scan to Image To configure the Scan to Image f eature left-click on the Sca n t o Image button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination image format or document application.
US IN G THE WIN DOWS®-B ASE D BR OTH ER SMART UI CONT ROL CEN TE R 15 - 9 To change the default setting of the scan, click on the Scan Settings tab. You can set the Color Mode to Black & Whit e, 8-bit Gray or 24-bit Color. The resolution can be changed from 100 to 1200 dpi. You can define the size of t he paper you’re using, and you can adjust the brightness and contrast of the image before scanning.
15 - 10 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER Scan to OCR To configure t he Scan to OCR f eature left-click on the Scan to OCR button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination applications.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 11 You have the option to send your scan as a different file type. You can select the applicat ion from the File Type window according to your needs. You have the option to choose your OCR setting from Si ngle column output to Auto orie nt page.
15 - 12 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER Software Section The Software Sect ion contains four groups of scan to but tons. Each section has a number of dif ferent butt ons which are predefined for the most frequently used applications. The Sc an section cont ains four butt ons for Scan to File, Scan to E-mail, Scan to Word Processor and Scan to Image applications. The Co py section contains four buttons for N to 1 copying. The Fax section but ton is for sending faxes using the Brother PC-FAX applicat ion and the Custom section contains t hree buttons with which you can assign your own function. *1 *2 *3 *4
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 13 Scan *1 Scan to File —enables you t o scan directly to a disk file. You can change the file type and destination directory, as needed. *2 Scan to E-mail (Default: Outlook Express) —enables you to scan a page or document directly into an E-mail applicat ion as a standard att achment. You have the option of selecting the file type and resolution f or the attachment . *3 Scan to Word Processor (Default: MS WordPad) —enables you to scan a page or document, automatically run ScanSof t TextBridge OCR and insert the text (not graphic image) into a word processing program. You have the option of select ing the destinat ion word processing program, such as WordPad, MS Word, Word Perfect or whichever word processing program is installed on your computer. *4 Scan to Graphic Application (Def ault: MS Paint) —enables you to scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. You can select the destination application, such as MS Paint, Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe PhotoShop, or any kind of image editor application you already have installed on your computer. Copy Copy (Copy one to one)—allows you to use the PC and any Windows® print er driver for enhanced copy operations. You can scan the page on the MFC and print the copies using any of the features of the MFC printer driver—OR—you can direct the copy output to any standard Windows ® printer driver installed on the PC including network printers. Four/Two to O ne Copy—enables you to use the Four/Two on One-page feat ures of the Brother printer driver to copy four/two original pages ont o a single output page.