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Brother IntelliFax-4750 Software Manual

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  • Page 1 Multi-Function Center ® ®...
  • Page 2 If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number:* MFC 8600 MFC 8700 (Circle your model number) Serial Number:** __________________________________________ Date of Purchase: __________________________________________ Place of Purchase: __________________________________________ * The model number is on the control panel of the machine. ** The serial number is on the back of the unit.
  • Page 3 Brother Numbers Brother fax-back system Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. This system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use the system to send faxes to any fax machine, not just the one from which you are calling.
  • Page 4 Ordering Accessories and Supplies For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, available at most Brother retailers. If you cannot find the accessory you need and you have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express credit card, you can order accessories directly from Brother. (In the USA, you can visit us online for a complete selection of Brother accessories and supplies available for purchase.) USA: 1-888-879-3232 (voice)
  • Page 5 Notice – Disclaimer of Warranties (For USA and Canada) BROTHER’S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER’S LICENSOR) MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THE SOFTWARE.
  • Page 6 Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions and specifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice. Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents WALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING ............1-1 Introduction ..................1-1 Getting Started ................... 1-1 Setting Up Video Print Mode ............1-1 Black and White Video Printing ............1-2 Changing Default Settings ..............1-2 Setting Video Printing Quality ............ 1-3 Setting Video Type ..............
  • Page 8 Global Settings ................3-5 Setting Up the Scanner Configurations ........3-5 To access the Scanner Configurations screen: ......3-5 Perform an Operation from the Control Center Screen ....3-6 Scan to File ..................3-6 Scanner Settings ................3-6 Destination Folder ............... 3-6 Send Scan to E-mail ................
  • Page 9 ™ ® USING SCANSOFT PAPERPORT FOR BROTHER AND ® SCANSOFT™ TEXTBRIDGE ..........5-1 ™ ® Viewing Items in ScanSoft PaperPort for Brother ....5-2 Organizing Your Items in Folders ..........5-2 Links to Many Other Applications ..........5-3 ® Using ScanSoft™ TextBridge (Converting Image Text to Text You Can Edit) .......
  • Page 10 Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660: ... 8-5 HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: ....8-6 HP LaserJet 4 Plus: ............... 8-6 NEC SuperScript 610/660: ........... 8-6 EPSON ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: ........8-7 Lexmark WinWriter 200: ............8-7 Graphics or Text Is Missing When the Document Is Printed ................

  • Page 11: Walk-Up Video Printing

    Walk-Up Video Printing Introduction Walk-Up Video Printing lets you use your Brother machine (connected to your camcorder, digital camera, video game, or VCR) to capture a video frame on the attached equipment and print it on your MFC. The video signal and the output you create are NTSC (National Television System Committee).

  • Page 12: Black And White Video Printing

    Black and White Video Printing With no documents in the feeder, plug the cable from your video camera’s Video Out jack into the Brother machine’s RCA pin jack. Play the video. When the Brother machine begins receiving the video signals, the machine’s screen displays VIDEO:PRESS COPY CAPTURE READY Press...

  • Page 13: Setting Video Printing Quality

    Setting Video Printing Quality Press Function The screen displays 1. QUALITY. Press to select a quality QUALITY:NORMAL QUALITY:HIGH and press Press to exit. Stop Setting Video Type Before you turn on the video signal, you must set the Brother machine to receive either a moving or a still image.
  • Page 14 1 - 4 W A L K - U P V I D E O P R I N T I N G...

  • Page 15: Setting Up Brother Machine And Pc To Work Together

    Setting Up Brother Machine and PC to Work Together Using Brother Machine with Your PC ® Multi-Function Link Pro software (MFL Pro) turns your Brother machine into a multi-function center, by enabling you to use your fax machine as a ®...

  • Page 16: Computer Requirements

    Computer Requirements The following are the minimum computer requirements you need to set up and operate the MFC as a printer. ® 80486/66MHz or higher (Windows 3.1x or 95/98) ® Pentium 75 or Higher (Windows 98 or ® Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0) ®...
  • Page 17 Connect the USB cable to both the MFC and the PC. Turn on your PC. When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears, click Next. Select (Recommended) and click Next. S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 3...

  • Page 18: Installing Brother Software Using A Usb Cable

    Installing Brother Software Using a USB Cable Insert the MFL Pro CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select Specify a location and remove the other check marks, then click Browse to locate the file. Double-click on the CD icon and click on the Win98usb folder, then click OK.
  • Page 19 Select (Recommended) and click Next. Confirm the choice is Brother MFC USB Composite Device and click Next. If the Insert Disk Wizard appears, remove the MFL CD-ROM and insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM (to get the ® Windows standard driver) and click OK. (If you inserted the Windows 98 CD-ROM, remove the CD-ROM and...
  • Page 20 After the MFC USB Composite Device is installed and the Add New Hardware Wizard reappears, click Next. Select (Recommended) and click Next. Select Specify a location and click Next. 2 - 6 S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C...
  • Page 21 Confirm the choice is Brother MFC USB Port(FaxModem) and click Next. When the Add New Hardware Wizard displays the message that installation of the FaxModem and its USB driver is completed, click Finish. Repeat Steps 8 to 12 two more times (for the Scanner Driver, then Printer Driver).
  • Page 22 Type Brother MFL Pro Printer II as the name of Printer name and click Next. Select Yes (Recommended) to print a Test Page and click Finish. After test page has printed, click Yes. 2 - 8 S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C...
  • Page 23 When the Add New Hardware Wizard displays the message that the software (drivers for FaxModem, Scanner and Printer) have been installed, click Finish. When the Main Menu appears, you can install ® the Multi-Function Link Pro software, which ® includes PaperPort TextBridge, True Type Fonts and other applications.

  • Page 24: Using The Bundled Parallel Cable To Connect Brother Machine To Pc

    Using the Bundled Parallel Cable to Connect Brother Machine to PC You must connect the Brother machine to your computer with the included bi-directional IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable. Make sure to unplug the machine’s power cord from the electrical outlet before connecting the parallel interface cable.

  • Page 25: Choosing The Software To Install

    Choosing the Software to Install Install Multi-Function Link ® ® If you want the MFL Pro set of software: Multi-Function Link Pro, ® ® PaperPort , including ScanSoft™ TextBridge , and Brother scanner driver, printer drivers and True Type Compatible fonts, install: ®...

  • Page 26: Installing The Brother Software (For Parallel Interface)

    Installing the Brother Software (For Parallel Interface) IMPORTANT ® To install the software using Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0, you must be logged on as the Administrator. After Multi-Function ® ® Link Pro is installed, restart Windows NT a second time and again log in as the Administrator, so you can complete the Remote Setup application.
  • Page 27 ® If you are using Windows NT 3.51 or earlier, the following error message will appear on the screen: ® You are running Windows NT 3.51 or earlier. Brother MFL Pro does not ® support this version of Windows NT .

  • Page 28: Helpful Hints For Windows ® 3.1X Or Windows ® 95/98

    The On-Line Documentation window appears: In the On-Line Documentation window, click on “Install Acrobat Reader” and follow the prompts on the screen. You must install Acrobat Reader before you can view on-line documentation. ® 3.1 x or Windows ® Helpful Hints for Windows 95/98 ®...

  • Page 29: Using The Windows -Based Brother Control Center (For Windows 4.0 Only)

    ® Using the Windows -Based Brother Control Center ® ® (For Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 Only) Brother Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PC screen whenever paper is placed in the automatic document feeder. This allows you to quite easily, with very few mouse clicks, access the most frequently used scanning applications.

  • Page 30: Autoload The Brother Control Center

    AutoLoad the Brother Control Center The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each time ® Windows is started. When the Control Center is loaded the Control Center icon will appear in the task bar. If you don’t want the Control Center to load automatically, you can turn AutoLoad off.

  • Page 31: Brother Control Center Features

    Brother Control Center Features 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 application button for Outlook.

  • Page 32: Copy Operations

    Scan to Graphic Application—allows you to scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. You can select the destination application, such as MS Paint or Corel PhotoPaint. Copy Operations ® Copy—allows you to use the PC and any Windows printer driver for enhanced copy functions.

  • Page 33: Global Settings

    Global Settings AutoLoad Pop-Up—Click this checkbox if you want Brother MFL Control Center to load when you boot your computer. Setting Up the Scanner Configurations The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each time you scan a document, you will choose the most appropriate scanning mode from the following: Faxing, Filing and Copying Text for OCR...

  • Page 34: Perform An Operation From The Control Center Screen

    Perform an Operation from the Control Center Screen If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Control Center window without first placing a document in the feeder. Place a document in the Brother machine’s feeder, then click OK to return to the Control Center screen.
  • Page 35 File—If you selected Other Folder, from the pull-down list select the type of file: PaperPort Files (*.MAX) Self Viewing Files (*.EXE) PaperPort 5.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 4.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 3.0 Files (*.MAX) Windows Bitmap (*.BMP) PC Paintbrush (*.PCX) Multi-page PCX (*.DCX) JPEG Image Files (*.JPG) TIFF-Uncompressed (*.TIF) TIFF Group 4 (*.TIF)

  • Page 36: Send Scan To E-Mail

    Send Scan to E-mail Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy.

  • Page 37: File Attachments

    File Attachments Do not convert files—Click this checkbox if you do not want to change the file type of attachments. The Conversion Options will not be available (grayed). Convert MAX files only—Click this checkbox if you want to convert only attachments that are PaperPort files.

  • Page 38: Send Scan To Word Processor

    Highlight the name(s) you want to add to your list, click the User button, then click OK to return to the Link Preference window. From the Link Preference window, you can remove a name from the QuickSend list, highlight the name and clicking the Delete button. Send Scan to Word Processor Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for...

  • Page 39: Word Processor

    Word Processor Word Processor—From the pull-down list, select the word processor you want to use. Click the Link Settings… button to display a screen to set up a link to the version of OCR and document format that you want to use: OCR Package—From the pull-down list, select TextBridge Classic OCR if you want to use the OCR package that was installed with the Brother software.

  • Page 40: User Defined Button

    User Defined Button Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy. To change any of the settings for that mode, click the Modify Settings…...

  • Page 41: Scanner Settings

    Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy. To change any of the settings for that mode, click the Modify Settings… button.

  • Page 42: Fax Settings

    FAX Settings Brother MFL Pro Fax FAX Resolution—Click the pull-down arrow to choose the fax resolution you want: • Standard (200x100) • Fine (200x200) • SuperFine (200x400) To change the fax options, click the FAX Options… button. Click the OK button when you are ready to save your FAX settings. The MFL Pro Fax on COM1 Properties screen appears: Select the Paper Size, Orientation (Portrait or Landscape) and click OK.

  • Page 43: Using Multi-Function Link Pro

    Using Multi-Function Link ® Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother software, so you can get ® started using the Multi-Function Link Pro (MFL Pro) software. Detailed installation and setup instructions are in the On-Line Documentation section of the Brother CD-ROM. Check the online README.WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM for last-minute important information and troubleshooting...

  • Page 44: Multi-Function Link Pro Main Menu

    ® Multi-Function Link Pro Main Menu ® The Multi-Function Link Pro Main Menu is the application used for all fax sending and receiving operations. It also contains an electronic Phone Book program and a Log Manager that maintains a record of all PC fax transactions.

  • Page 45: Mfc Remote Setup

    MFC Remote Setup The MFC Remote Setup application allows you to quickly set up your MFC by taking advantage of the ease and speed of programming on your PC. When you access this application, the settings on your MFC will be downloaded automatically to your PC and displayed on your computer screen.

  • Page 46: Sending A Fax From Your Pc

    Sending a Fax from Your PC Sending a Quick Fax A QuickFax is a cover page only fax with a message. This option is very useful when you want to fax a quick, short message from your PC. From the Main Menu, select the QuickFax button—OR—...

  • Page 47: Sending A Fax From A Windows

    ® Sending a Fax from a Windows Application ® You can send a fax directly from any Windows application using the following steps: ® Create the document in a Windows application. Select Brother MFL Pro Fax as your printer. Select the Print command to begin the fax transmission. The Fax Sending dialog box will appear: Enter the name and fax number of the recipient—OR—Select the Open Phone Book…...

  • Page 48: Receiving Faxes Into Pc

    Receiving Faxes into PC To receive faxes into your PC through the MFC, you must first have connected your Brother machine to your computer. Then, you can load the software. (See Chapter 2, Setting Up Brother Machine and PC to Work Together.) Before You Begin Use the following checklists for the Brother machine and PC, to make sure...

  • Page 49: Using Scansoft Paperport For Brother And Scansoft Textbridge

    ™ Using ScanSoft PaperPort ® ™ for Brother and ScanSoft TextBridge ® ® PaperPort for Brother is a document management application. You will ® use PaperPort to view incoming faxes and scanned documents. ® PaperPort has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, filing system that will help you organize your documents.

  • Page 50: Viewing Items In Scansoft

    ® For Windows 3.1x: ® In the PaperPort program group, click the Uninstall icon and follow the instructions on the screen. Viewing Items in ScanSoft ™ PaperPort ® for Brother ® PaperPort provides several ways to view items: Desktop View displays a thumbnail, a small graphic that represents each item in a Desktop or ®...

  • Page 51: Links To Many Other Applications

    ® When you double-click a folder, its items (both PaperPort MAX files and other files) appear on the Desktop. ® You can also use Windows Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. Links to Many Other Applications ®...

  • Page 52: Importing Items From Other Applications

    ® Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort ’s built-in OCR application, or you can use your own OCR application. Importing Items from Other Applications ® In addition to scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort in a ®...

  • Page 53: Accessing The Scanner

    Accessing the Scanner ® To choose the Brother Multi-Function Link Pro as your scanner driver, select it under the “Select scanner”—OR—“Select source” option in your software. ® From the PaperPort window, select Acquire from the File drop-down ® menu or select the TWAIN or Scan button. The Multi-Function Link Scanner Setup dialog box will appear: Scanning a Document into your PC Insert document(s) face down in the document feeder of the machine.

  • Page 54: Settings In The Scanner Window

    Settings in the Scanner Window Image Resolution Resolution: Select the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but can achieve a finer scanned image. When the setting is True Gray, 200 x 100 dpi and 200 x 400 dpi is not available.

  • Page 55: Contrast

    Contrast The contrast setting is adjustable only when you have selected one of the gray scale settings, but it is not available when Black & White is selected as the gray Scale. Increasing the contrast level (by dragging the slidebar to the right) emphasizes dark and light areas of the Image, while decreasing the contrast level (by dragging the slidebar to the left) ravels more detail in gray areas.

  • Page 56: Prescanning An Image

    PreScanning an Image PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version of the image will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image so you can see how it will look. The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image.

  • Page 57: Video Capture From The Pc

    Video Capture from the PC Video Capture is the process of isolating a single frame (or picture) from media played on video equipment (such as a video camera or VCR) and then converting that frame into an image file on your PC. Once the frame is an image file, it can be saved, printed, faxed, and inserted into other files.

  • Page 58: Capturing An Image

    Capturing An Image Connect the video equipment to your Brother machine. (See page 4-9.) ® You can access Multi-Function Link Pro’s TWAIN dialog box from the ® PaperPort Viewer or from any application that is compatible with TWAIN scanning devices. To capture a frame as an image: Connect your video equipment to the Brother machine.
  • Page 59 Select the Source of the video: Live Camera Tape/VCR ® Laser Disc Digital Camera Select the Type of video: Auto-is the most common choice, since the system will determine the Type for you. Moving Still High Quality Pro Quality-is the highest quality. Select the Preview type: B &...
  • Page 60 ® ® U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T A N D T E X T B R I D G E 5 - 12...

  • Page 61: Using Automatic E-Mail Printing

    Using Automatic E-Mail Printing ® For Windows 95/98 Only Main Features You can use Automatic E-Mail Printing with other E-mail software: Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing has some extra functions that other E- mail software, such as Netscape Navigator or MS Internet Mail, do not support.

  • Page 62: To Look For Software Updates At Www.brother.com

    To Look for Software Updates at www.brother.com Select your country and click Go!! Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner, click Software. Click Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0. Select the application or product category you want. To Access the On-Line Documentation After you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your model and operating system, click View On-Line Documentation for operation...

  • Page 63: Using Internet Faxing With Netcentric™ Faxstorm

    Using Internet Faxing with ™ NetCentric FaxStorm Internet Faxing ® ® (For Windows 3.1 / 95/98 /NT 4.0 Only) Internet faxing (NetCentric FaxStorm) brings together the power of the PC and the economy of the Internet. Outgoing faxes are relayed from your desktop to a network provider’s fax server over an IP connection.

  • Page 64: To Look For Software Updates At Www.brother.com

    To Look for Software Updates at www.brother.com Select your country and click Go!! Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner, click Software. Click Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0. Select the application or product category you want. To Access the On-Line Documentation After you have installed the Brother driver(s) for your model and operating system, click View On-Line Documentation for operation...

  • Page 65: Troubleshooting Windows Software Difficulties

    ® Troubleshooting Windows Software Difficulties If You Are Having Difficulty Check the table below and follow the software troubleshooting tips. DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS ® Installation Error Message “New You can select “Do not install a driver (Windows Difficulties Hardware Found will not prompt you again)” and click OK, so Brother MFC 8600”...
  • Page 66 DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS I cannot print from Check that the DOS application software interface Setup my application settings match those of your printer: for example, if Printing software. you are using a parallel printer cable, you would Difficulties probably set your DOS software printer port to LPT1.
  • Page 67 DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS Software “Unable to write to 1. Make sure the MFC is on (plugged into the AC Difficulties LPT1” or “LPT1 outlet) and that is connected directly to the already in use” error computer using the bundled IEEE-1284 message appears. bi-directional parallel cable.

  • Page 68: Difficulties Setting Up The Software (For Windows 3.1X Users)

    Difficulties Setting up the Software ® (For Windows 3.1x Users) Problem Using the HP Pavilion PC and the “HP DEMO” Screen Saver If you select the “HP Demo” screen saver on your HP Pavilion PC after ® you have installed the Multi-Function Link Pro software, the System.ini file is overwritten and you cannot use the Brother machine to print, scan, or for Remote Setup.

  • Page 69: Machine Connect Failure Or Bi-Directional Communication Error

    Machine Connect Failure or Bi-Directional Communication Error Recently, some printers have included a function to show the printer status on the PC display. Such printers use the bi-directional communication parallel port between the printer and the PC. Our machines have a bi- ®...

  • Page 70: Hp Laserjet Series Ii, Iid, Iip, Iip+, Iii, Iiid Or Iiip

    HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: ® If Microsoft Windows Printing System is used for the above models, you ® must modify the “win.ini” file in the Windows directory to turn the machine’s bi-directional function off. We recommend that you do a back-up before you modify the WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files, just in case.

  • Page 71: Epson Actionlaser 1100 / 1400

    EPSON ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: Please remove the EPSON Action Laser 1100/1400 driver by running the ® EPDELETE.EXE file in the Windows Printer Driver for these models. Lexmark WinWriter 200: ® You must modify the “win.ini” and “system.ini” files in the Windows directory to turn off the printer's bi-directional function.

  • Page 72: Graphics Or Text Is Missing When The Document Is Printed

    Graphics or Text Is Missing When the Document Is Printed This could be caused by your Display Driver software. Contact your reseller and inquire about the latest Display Driver software. Another ® solution is to change your Windows Setup Display selection from the current selection to the standard VGA or SVGA selection.

  • Page 73: Using The Brother Machine With A New Power Macintosh G3 Or Imac

    Using the Brother Machine with a ® New Power Macintosh G3 or ™ iMac Connecting Your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 Connect your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 to your MFC 8600 or MFC 8700: Set up your MFC 8600 or MFC 8700 and make sure that it is working properly.

  • Page 74: Using Brother Twain Scanner Driver With Your Apple Macintosh G3 Or Imac

    Click Install MFC Scanner Driver to begin the installation. After you have installed the Drivers, click View On-Line Documentation for operation instructions. Restart your Macintosh G3 or iMac so it can recognize the new drivers. Using Brother TWAIN Scanner Driver with Your Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac The Brother MFC software includes an Apple TWAIN Scanner driver for Macintosh G3 or iMac.

  • Page 75: Accessing The Scanner

    Accessing the Scanner Run your image editing application, such as Photoshop, Kai’s Photo Soap. The first time you use the Brother TWAIN driver, set it as the default by choosing the “Select TWAIN Source” menu option. Afferward, for each original you scan choose “TWAIN Acquire” (for example: File>Import>TWAIN>Acquire).

  • Page 76: Settings In The Scanner Window

    Settings in the Scanner Window Image Resolution Resolution—Choose the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but can achieve a finer scanned image. Color Type Black & White—Set the image Type to Black&White for text or line art. For photographic images, set the image type to Gray (Error diffusion) or True Gray.

  • Page 77: Scanning Area

    Scanning Area Set the Size to one of the following: • Letter (8.5 x 11 inches) • A4 (210 x 297 mm) • Legal (8.5 x 14 inches) • A5 (148 x 210 mm) • B5 (182 x 257 mm) •...

  • Page 78: Miscellaneous

    Miscellaneous Brightness Brightness—Adjust the brightness settings to obtain the best image. The Brother TWAIN Scanner driver offers 100 brightness settings (-50 to 50). The default value is 0, representing an “average” setting. You can set the brightness level by dragging the slidebar to the right to lighten the image or to the left to darken the image.

  • Page 79: Prescanning An Image

    PreScanning an Image PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look. The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image.
  • Page 80 9 - 8 U S I N G Y O U R B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H Y O U R A P P L E M A C I N TO S H G 3 O R I M A C...

  • Page 81: Glossary

    Glossary Automatic E-Mail printing Software application that automatically prints incoming e-mail messages on the MFC (on CD-ROM). Brother Control Center A window that enables you to click on a button to choose the type of scanning operation you want to perform. If you set up the Control Center window to load each time you boot your PC, this window will appear each time you place a document in the document feeder.
  • Page 82 G - 2 G L O S S A R Y...

  • Page 83: Index

    Index accessories and supplies ii fax(es) in PC. See Multi-Function Apple ® Link connecting 9-1 fax-back system i installing drivers 9-1 scanning 9-2 to 9-7 iMac. See Apple ® Installing Multi-Function Link Pro 2-12 bi-directional parallel cable 2-10 Internet address (Brother) i Brother accessories and supplies ii Bulletin Board i...
  • Page 84 ® PaperPort for Brother troubleshooting exporting an image file 5-4 if you are having difficulty with installing 2-11 DOS setup printing 8-2 prescanning an image 5-8 general printing 8-1 scanning into PC installation 8-1 accessing 5-5 paper handling 8-3 settings 5-6 scanning 8-1 uninstall 5-1 software 8-3...
  • Page 85 ® Brother International Corporation 100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard P.O. Box 6911 Bridgewater, NJ 08807–0911 USA Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. 1 rue Hôtel de Ville, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, CANADA H9B 3H6 Visit us on the World Wide Web http://www.brother.com These machines are made for use in the USA and CANADA only. We cannot...

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