Brother MFC 8420 User Manual
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15 - 24 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER 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.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 25 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 driver by right-clicking on a Copy button and select ing Configuration. In the Scan Settings window you can select the color mode, resolution, paper size, brightness and contrast settings t o be used. To finish the Copy button configuration you must set the printer driver. Click the Copy opt ions but ton to display the printer driver settings. The copy options screen will vary depending upon which Brother model you purchased.
15 - 26 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER 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.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 27 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 Preferences button found in t he conf igurat ion tab.
15 - 28 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER 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.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 29 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.
15 - 30 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER 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 function choices Applicat ion, File, OCR and Email. Appl icati on: This setting will link the Control Panel button to any button which appears on the PaperPort Send to Bar. Please see the PaperPort help f ile for more information regarding PaperPort compatible applications. File: This setting allows you to save a scanned image to any direct ory on local or network hard disk. You can also select the file format to be used. OCR: Scanned documents will be converted to editable text files. If you have a third party OCR soft ware package inst alled on your PC you can select it. The default OCR software is TextBridge which is built into PaperPort 8.0. You can also select the destination word processor and file format for t he editable text . E-mail: Scanned images will be attached to an email message. You can choose which E-mail package t o use if you have more than one installed on your system. You can also select the file type for the attachment and create a quick send list of E-mail addresses chosen from your default E-mail address book. Customizing a user-defined button To configure a Cust om button right-click on the button and then click Configuration. Please follow the following guide lines for Cust om Button configuration. 1. Select the Scan Action Select the type of scan by clicking the appropriate button.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 31 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 left .
15 - 32 USI NG T HE WI NDO WS®- BAS ED BR OTH ER SMART UI C ONT ROL C ENT ER 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.
US I NG THE WI N DOWS®- BA SE D B ROT HE R S MAR TUI CON TRO L CEN TE R 15 - 33 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 PaperPort 8.0 application.