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Summary of Contents for IntelliFax-4750

Page 1: ...Multi Function Center SOFTWARE MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...nty service Year 2000 Compliant Brother is addressing the Year 2000 related issues for all Brother fax machines and multi function centers Our focus is to ensure that our bundled third party software will continue to properly process date time data after January 1 2000 Brother fax machines and multi function centers will function properly after January 1 2000 provided that all non Brother hardware...

Page 3: ...g the system and an index of fax back subjects USA 1 800 521 2846 From within Canada 1 800 681 9838 The Brother fax back system number USA only has been preprogrammed on One Touch key 01 Frequently Asked Questions FAQs You can find more information about Brother products on the World Wide Web From product specification sheets to Frequently Asked Questions FAQs it is all there Visit us at http www ...

Page 4: ... Telephone Line Cord UG3565001 Telephone Handset UF6857010 Handset Curled Cord UF7204008 Document Tray and Extension UU2069001 Document Support UU2080001 IEEE 1284 Bi directional Cable F2A046 10 Multi Purpose Paper Cassette 2 LT400 For FAX 4750 and MFC 8600 only Network LAN Board NC 8000 For FAX 5750 and MFC 8700 only Power Protector for A C Power and Phone QPD120 Line Surges and Voltage Spikes Qu...

Page 5: ... THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES BECAUSE SOME STATES IN THE USA AND SOME PROVINCES IN CANADA DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN ANY EVENT BROTHER S LICENSOR S LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ACTUAL DAMAGES FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT TORT INCLUDIN...

Page 6: ...1996 1999 Brother Industries Ltd All rights reserved Copyright 1996 1999 Smith Micro Software Inc All rights reserved Copyright 1996 1999 ScanSoft All rights reserved TextBridge and PaperPort are registered trademarks of ScanSoft Inc Windows Microsoft and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft in the U S and other countries Excel and Word are trademarks of Microsoft Corp NetCentric FaxStorm...

Page 7: ...led Parallel Cable to Connect Brother Machine to PC 2 10 Choosing the Software to Install 2 11 Install Multi Function Link Pro 2 11 Install Printer and Scanner Drivers Only 2 11 Install NetCentric FaxStorm 2 11 Install Automatic E Mail Printing 2 11 View Online Documentation 2 11 View Product Support Information 2 11 Brother Web Link 2 11 Exit 2 11 Installing the Brother Software For Parallel Inte...

Page 8: ...cessor 3 11 User Defined Button 3 12 Scanner Settings 3 12 Target Application 3 12 Copy Two on One Copy 3 12 Scanner Settings 3 13 Copy Settings 3 13 Send a Fax 3 13 Scanner Settings 3 13 FAX Settings 3 14 USING MULTI FUNCTION LINK PRO 4 1 Introduction 4 1 Using the Multi Function Link Pro Software 4 1 Brother Resource Manager 4 1 Multi Function Link Pro Main Menu 4 2 PaperPort for Brother 4 2 MFC...

Page 9: ...video equipment 5 9 Capturing An Image 5 10 To capture a frame as an image 5 10 USING AUTOMATIC E MAIL PRINTING 6 1 For Windows 95 98 Only 6 1 Main Features 6 1 To Look for Software Updates at www brother com 6 2 To Access the On Line Documentation 6 2 USING INTERNET FAXING WITH NETCENTRIC FAXSTORM 7 1 Internet Faxing For Windows 3 1 95 98 NT 4 0 Only 7 1 To Look for Software Updates at www brothe...

Page 10: ...ITH A NEW POWER MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 1 Connecting Your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8 5 8 6 9 1 Installing Brother Printer and Scanner Drivers 9 1 Using Brother TWAIN Scanner Driver with Your Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac 9 2 Importing Images 9 2 Exporting Images in Other Formats 9 2 Accessing the Scanner 9 3 Scanning a Document into Your Macintosh G3 or iMac 9 3 Settings in ...

Page 11: ...Out jack into the Brother machine s RCA pin jack Play the video Some camcorders digital cameras video games or VCRs do not correctly conform with NTSC standards Then you would not be able to capture video signals Setting Up Video Print Mode Whenever you connect video Copy Photo Reduce Sort Enlarge equipment to the Brother machine and turn on the video signal the machine s Copy keys automatically s...

Page 12: ... The machine begins printing and beeps when finished If the Brother machine is not receiving video signals Copy will not work However if there is a document in the feeder the machine will print a copy of the document Changing Default Settings Press Function and 3 to change DEFAULT SETTINGS 1 Quality HIGH 2 Video Type MOVING 3 Print Size 5 75 x 4 25 default settings for video printing By pressing F...

Page 13: ...the video camera and press Copy when you see the frame you want to print 1 Press Function 3 2 2 Press or to select the video type VIDEO STILL VIDEO MOVING and press Set 3 Press Stop to exit You can press Clear in Step 2 to return to the previous step If you don t have enough memory to process the selected video image the print quality may be poor even for a still frame Setting Print Size Printed P...

Page 14: ...W A L K U P V I D E O P R I N T I N G 1 4 ...

Page 15: ...rmation and troubleshooting tips Before You Install Multi Function Link Pro If you have a USB cable for Windows 98 users only see Using a USB Cable to Connect Brother Machine to PC page 2 2 If you don t have a USB cable see Using Bundled Parallel Cable to Connect Brother Machine to PC page 2 10 If You Don t Have a CD ROM Drive All software is supplied on CD ROM If you need a Floppy Disk version fo...

Page 16: ...ws 3 1x 95 98 or NT Workstation Version 4 0 DOS environment compatible with your Windows version Use only a shield interface cable that is IEEE 1284 compliant and that is less than 6 feet long 1 8 meters or a USB cable Using a USB Cable to Connect Brother Machine to PC Using Windows 98 Only Please find your Windows 98 CD ROM before you begin A USB cable is not included with your Brother machine Be...

Page 17: ... B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 3 2 Connect the USB cable to both the MFC and the PC 3 Turn on your PC 4 When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears click Next 5 Select Recommended and click Next ...

Page 18: ...sing a USB Cable 1 Insert the MFL Pro CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Select Specify a location and remove the other check marks then click Browse to locate the file 3 Double click on the CD icon and click on the Win98usb folder then click OK 4 Select Specify a location and click Next ...

Page 19: ...m 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 7 If you inserted the Windows 98 CD ROM remove the CD ROM and reinsert the MFL CD ROM Click Finish ...

Page 20: ... H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 6 8 After the MFC USB Composite Device is installed and the Add New Hardware Wizard reappears click Next 9 Select Recommended and click Next 10 Select Specify a location and click Next ...

Page 21: ...rdware 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 13 After the USB Composite Device FaxModem Scanner and Printer Driver have been installed select BRUSB USB Printer Port as the printer port and click Next ...

Page 22: ... H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 8 14 Type Brother MFL Pro Printer II as the name of Printer name and click Next 15 Select Yes Recommended to print a Test Page and click Finish 16 After test page has printed click Yes ...

Page 23: ...ard appears Click NO if you are not going to use the MFC with a Parallel Cable After you install the Multi Function Link Software and restart your PC the MFC Remote Setup dialog box will be displayed on your PC screen MFC Remote Setup 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 the MFC wi...

Page 24: ...he printer port of the computer and secure with the two screws For the location of your computer s parallel printer port see the User s Guide for your computer 4 Before plugging in your computer and turning it on plug in the electrical cord of the Brother machine If you are using Windows 95 after you connect Brother machine to Computer you may see New Hardware Found Brother MFCXXXX during startup ...

Page 25: ...her machine install Install NetCentric FaxStorm Install Automatic E Mail Printing If you want your e mail messages automatically to be retrieved from your POP3 server and printed on your Brother machine install Automatic E Mail Printing View Online Documentation All instructions are in the On Line Documentation and Help files on the CD ROM View Online Documentation View Product Support Information...

Page 26: ...ware option that suits your needs 4 Follow the installation instructions 1 Insert the Brother CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 After you insert the Brother CD ROM you must type the appropriate command for your version of Windows if needed If you are using Windows 3 1x from the Program Manager Click File then Run then type x SETUP EXE x is the drive letter for your CD ROM drive This will start the S...

Page 27: ...ctions on the screen The last step will be to restart Windows and access the Software Installation window again to install the next application 3 Click on Install Multi Function Link Pro Software and follow the prompts on the screen After you install the Multi Function Link Software and restart your PC the MFC Remote Setup dialog box will be displayed on your PC screen MFC Remote Setup allows you ...

Page 28: ...er then reinstall your previous driver However reinstalling the previous driver will make the Brother machine s driver inactive The installer makes the installed printer driver the Windows default The installer automatically sets the printer port to the parallel interface LPT1 for Windows 3 1x and BRMFC for Windows 95 98 and BMFC for Windows NT Workstation 4 0 During this installation changes have...

Page 29: ...matic document feeder This allows you to quite easily with very few mouse clicks access the most frequently used scanning applications Using the Control Center eliminates the need to manually launch the specific applications The Brother Control Center provides three categories of functions 1 Scan directly to a file E mail word processor or graphic application of choice 2 Enhanced copy functions su...

Page 30: ...aded 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 How to Turn Off AutoLoad 1 Left click the Control Center icon and click Show 2 When the Control Center icon appears left click on the Smart Click Control Center button A dialogue box with a check box labeled AutoLoad Pop up will appear 3 Uncheck the AutoLoad...

Page 31: ...ge a scan button from MS Word to MS Word Pad by changing the application that is listed for the Word Processor Scanning Operations Scan to File allows you to scan directly to a disk file with two mouse clicks You can change the file type destination directory and file name as needed Scan to E mail enables you with just two mouse clicks to scan a page or document directly into an E mail application...

Page 32: ...d Windows printer driver installed on the PC Two on One Copy allows you to use the Two on One page feature of the Brother printer driver to copy two original pages onto a single output page This feature creates a thumbnail of each page and prints both images on a single page PC Fax Operation Send a Fax allows you to scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax from the PC usin...

Page 33: ...at any time Resolution Select the scanning resolution you most frequently use Color Mode From the pull down list select Scan Size From the pull down list select Brightness Slide the adjuster from 0 to 100 Contrast Slide the adjuster from 0 to 100 Click OK to save your changes If you make a mistake or later decide to return to the original default setting just click the Restore Defaults button when...

Page 34: ...screen Scan to File 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 Destination Folder PaperPort Folder Select this checkbox to scan the document int...

Page 35: ...erPort 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 TIFF Class F TIF Multi Page TIFF Uncompressed TIF Multi Page TIFF Group 4 TIF Multi Page TIFF Class F TIF PDF Files PDF Portable Network Graphics PNG FlashPix FPX HFX Fax Files HFX To Search your system for the directory and folder you want click the Browse butto...

Page 36: ...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 Email Application Email Package From the pull down list select your E mail application Email Settings Click the EMail Settings button to set up links The Links Preferences window will appear ...

Page 37: ...lick this checkbox to combine all files of the same type into one file For Brother Color Models Only Convert non image files to color Click this checkbox to convert all files that have been processed through OCR to color Show QuickSend Menu Click this checkbox if you want the Select QuickSend Recipient window to be displayed when you choose Scan to E mail This feature works only with MAPI type E m...

Page 38: ...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 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 Modi...

Page 39: ...alled with the Brother software Click the OCR Settings button to choose how the OCR application will read the pages you scan into your word processor application The Preferences window will appear Select your setting and click OK Auto Orientation Check this checkbox if you want your word processor application to read the page as it is set up Decolumnized Output Check this checkbox if you want your...

Page 40: ...d 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 Target Application Application From the pull down list select the application you want to add to this Pop Up screen Click the Custom Link Settings button to set up links for your user defined application Copy Two on One Copy...

Page 41: ...e Modify Settings button Copy Settings Brother MFL Pro Printer II Copies Enter the number of copies you want to print To change the copy options click the Copy Options button Click the OK button to save your Copy settings Send a Fax 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 Qu...

Page 42: ...nt 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 To return to the factory default settings click the Restore Defaults button ...

Page 43: ...r your MFC includes PaperPort for Brother See Chapter 5 Using ScanSoft PaperPort for Brother and ScanSoft TextBridge Software by Using the Multi Function Link Pro Software Brother Resource Manager The Brother Resource Manager application must be running for you to use your Brother machine with your Windows computer Multi Function Link Pro software and the MFL Pro Printer Driver automatically load ...

Page 44: ... the Brother Multi Function Link Pro program group PaperPort for Brother PaperPort for Brother is a document management application used to view incoming faxes and scanned documents ScanSoft TextBridge is an OCR optical character recognition application It converts an image of text for example a received fax into text you can edit Both PaperPort for Brother and ScanSoft TextBridge are installed au...

Page 45: ...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 If you change the settings you can upload them directly to the MFC Select the MFC Remote Setup icon from the Multi Function Link Pro program group The Remote Setup screen will appear ...

Page 46: ... choose someone from your phone book 3 Complete the Subject and QuickFax note fields 4 Click the Send Fax button Sending a Fax from the Main Menu You can send a fax from the Main Menu and attach multiple files The attachments can even be in different file formats 1 From the Main Menu window select the Send Fax button OR Select Send Fax from the Start pull down menu The Send Fax window will appear ...

Page 47: ...Windows application 2 Select Brother MFL Pro Fax as your printer 3 Select the Print command to begin the fax transmission The Fax Sending dialog box will appear 4 Enter the name and fax number of the recipient OR Select the Open Phone Book button and choose a name Select Close to return to the Send Fax dialog box 5 Select the Send cover page check box to include a cover page 6 Select the Send Fax ...

Page 48: ...receive faxes into your computer MF Link Mode must be set to ON and your computer must be turned on with the Multi Function Link Pro software running If your PC is turned off or Multi Function Link Pro is closed incoming faxes will be printed at the Brother machine automatically Set MF Link mode to OFF only if you want all incoming faxes to be printed at the machine 1 Press Function 1 2 0 2 Use or...

Page 49: ...rt can be accessed through the PaperPort program group See On Line Documentation for Multi Function Link Pro on the CD ROM The complete PaperPort Owner s Manual including ScanSoft TextBridge is in the On Line Documentation on the CD ROM This chapter is only an introduction to the basic operations When you install Multi Function Link Pro PaperPort for Brother and ScanSoft TextBridge OCR are install...

Page 50: ... an actual image Page View displays a close up of a single page and you can open a PaperPort item by double clicking on it As long as you have the appropriate application on your computer to display it you can also double click a non PaperPort item to open it Destop View displays items Page View displays each item as thumbnails as a full page Organizing Your Items in Folders PaperPort has an easy ...

Page 51: ...th links to PaperPort If PaperPort does not automatically recognize one of the applications on your computer you can manually create a link using the Create New Link command See PaperPort Help for more information about creating new links Using ScanSoft TextBridge OCR Converting Image Text to Text You Can Edit Software by ScanSoft TextBridge OCR is automatically installed with PaperPort when you i...

Page 52: ...ular file formats For Windows 95 98 and Windows NT Workstation Version 4 0 you can export formats BMP PCX DCX JPG TIF PDF PNG FPX HFX or self viewing For Windows 3 1x you can export file formats BMP PCX DCX JPG TIF PDF HFX and GIF For example you could create a file for an Internet Web site and export it as a JPEG file Web pages often use JPEG files for displaying images Exporting an Image File 1 ...

Page 53: ... menu or select the TWAIN or Scan button The Multi Function Link Pro Scanner Setup dialog box will appear Scanning a Document into your PC 1 Insert document s face down in the document feeder of the machine 2 Adjust the following settings if needed in the Scanner Setup window Resolution Gray Scale Black White Gray Error Diffusion True Gray Brightness Contrast Size 3 Select the Start button from th...

Page 54: ... is a method for creating simulated gray images by placing black dots in a specific matrix instead of true gray dots 256 True Gray mode is used for documents containing photographic images or graphics This mode requires the most memory and longest transfer time Brightness Brightness Adjusting the brightness settings to obtain the best image The Brother Multi Function Link Pro offers 100 brightness...

Page 55: ... 11 in A4 210 x 297 mm Legal 8 1 2 x 14 in A5 148 x 210 mm B5 182 x 257 mm Executive 7 1 4 x 10 1 2 in Business Card 60 x 90 mm Custom User adjustable from 0 35 x 0 35 in to 8 5 x 14 in After you select a custom size you can adjust the scanning area further by using the left mouse button to drag the dotted outline of the scanning area This is required when you want to crop an image when scanning B...

Page 56: ...ument will be scanned into the PC and will appear in the Scanning Area of the Scanner window 3 To crop a portion of the document to be scanned drag any side or corner of the dotted outline in the Scanning Area with the left mouse button Adjust the dotted outline until it surrounds only the portion of the document you wish to scan 4 Place document in the document feeder of the machine again 5 Adjus...

Page 57: ... image file on your PC Once the frame is an image file it can be saved printed faxed and inserted into other files Connecting Your Video Equipment Before you can begin to capture a video frame you must first connect your video equipment to the MFC To connect your video equipment 1 Connect your video cable into the jack on your video equipment labeled VIDEO OUT 2 Connect the RCA male plug on the ot...

Page 58: ...ation that is compatible with TWAIN scanning devices To capture a frame as an image 1 Connect your video equipment to the Brother machine 2 From PaperPort select Acquire from the File menu or click on the Scan TWAIN icon Multi Function Link Pro s TWAIN dialog box will appear 3 In the Multi Function Link Pro Setup TWAIN dialog box click the Video Capture button The Video Capture dialog box will app...

Page 59: ...reated 1280 x 960 is the best quality The image file will be large and take more space on your PC 750 x 562 640 x 480 is suitable for most images 320 x 240 8 Turn on your video equipment and start running the video 9 When you see the frame you want to capture click the Pause button The frame will be displayed in the viewer screen section of Multi Function Link Pro s TWAIN dialog box 10 If you wish...

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: ...can specify the time when the Brother Automatic E Mail Printing automatically accesses the server to check for new mail Provides an In Memory printer driver You can receive and print e mail data at the same time by searching for a specified character string in the mail header It allows you to see the sender subject and relevant part of the mail content Before You Use this Software Please read Usin...

Page 62: ...k Go 2 Under Facsimile Multi Function Phone System banner click Software 3 Click Windows 3 1 95 98 NT 4 0 4 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 instructions ...

Page 63: ...rm tracks your faxes to their destinations and informs you of their status When servers are down due to Internet outages NetCentric FaxStorm re routes your fax jobs and requests for account status You can access incoming faxes from any web connected desktop and even forward them to others directly from the Inbox account Before You Use this Software Please read Using Internet Faxing with NetCentric...

Page 64: ...for your model and operating system click View On Line Documentation for operation instructions Customer Support You can select Web Problem Reports from the Utilities menu of the NetCentric FaxStorm window Your web browser will open the problem report page of NetCentric Corporation Use this to send your problem directly to Customer Support at NetCentric Corporation or Contact NetCentric Corporatio...

Page 65: ...r is selected while scanning as the primary source In PaperPort click File Select Source highlight the Brother TWAIN Driver and click Select The machine cannot The machine received a very complex print job and print full pages of could not process part of the page This may be a print An error solved in several ways If you are using Windows message 3 1x Windows 95 98 or Windows NT PRINT OVERRUN Wor...

Page 66: ...ected the correct couple of characters printer driver The machine emulates HP LaserJet and then ejects the IIP Try setting the machine to HP emulation in pages etc Remote Printer Console and then select the HP LaserJet IIP printer in your application software The machine prints This is common problem first with database software the part of my and Part of spreadsheet software when they are not doc...

Page 67: ...nning automatically when you boot up the computer such as drivers for Zip Drives External CD ROM Drive etc Suggested areas to check Load Run command lines in the win ini file or the Statup Group 4 Check with you computer manufacturer to confirm that the computer s parallel port settings in the BIOS are set to support a bi directional machine i e Parallel Port Mode ECP How can I load You can load e...

Page 68: ...stem ini file as follows boot comm drv comm115 drv comm drv brmfcomm drv 386Enh DEVICE C WINDOWS SYSTEM Bi Di 386 If you do not want to edit the System ini file please change the screen saver to another one and Re install Multi Function Link Pro again Bi directional Parallel Ports nibble and byte modes The machine supports both nibble AT and byte Bi directional mode parallel ports If your PC suppo...

Page 69: ... following the instructions on the CD ROM label The bi directional communication may be disabled when the driver is installed from the Add menu in Printers of the Control Panel Please restart Windows Remove the conflicting situation caused by one of the following printer drivers Review the following sections that apply to any additional printer drivers you may have installed into your Windows soft...

Page 70: ... of the above sentence as follows spooler QP LPT1 wpsljqp dll Then open the system ini file using the Notepad application Look for the following statement in the 386Enh section 386Enh device wpsljvpd 386 WPSLPT1 1 Then disable this function by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the above sentences as follows device wpsljvpd 386 WPSLPT1 1 You must restart Windows to make these modifications eff...

Page 71: ...function by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the above sentence as follows windows run C WINDOWS SYSTEM WPSIOMON Look for the following statement in the spooler section spooler QP LPT1 wpslbq dll Then disable this function by adding a semicolon at the beginning of the above sentence as follows spooler QP LPT1 wpslbq dll Then open the system ini file using the Notepad application Look for the...

Page 72: ... 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 Contact your reseller or Microsoft Support if you need help modifying your Windows Display selection or installing new Display Driver software ...

Page 73: ... Macintosh G3 or iMac 3 Connect a standard USB cable to both the MFC and the Macintosh G3 or iMac Installing Brother Printer and Scanner Drivers 1 Turn on the power to your Macintosh G3 or iMac and wait for the startup process to be completed 2 Plug in the MFC power cord to turn it on 3 Insert the Brother CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The CD ROM icon will appear on the desktop 4 Double click the S...

Page 74: ...hough Brother does not bundle OCR software for the Macintosh G3 iMac many editing and OCR software products are available for Macintosh G3 iMac Make sure your OCR application supports the TWAIN specification Then you can choose the Brother TWAIN Scanner driver from that application Importing images is independent of the Brother MFC Macintosh G3 iMac software The file formats that are supported dep...

Page 75: ...h original you scan choose TWAIN Acquire for example File Import TWAIN Acquire The Scanner setup dialog box will appear Scanning a Document into Your Macintosh G3 or iMac 1 Insert the document s face down in the document feeder of the MFC 2 Adjust the following settings if needed in the scanner setup dialog box Resolution Gray Scale Black White Gray Error Diffusion True Gray Brightness Contrast Si...

Page 76: ...lack White for text or line art For photographic images set the image type to Gray Error diffusion or True Gray Gray Error Diffusion is used for documents that contain photographic images or graphics Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images by placing black dots in a specific matrix instead of true gray dots True Gray also is used for documents containing photographic images ...

Page 77: ...nning area Click and hold the mouse button as you drag the mouse to crop the image Width Enter the width of the custom size Length Enter the length of the custom size Business Card Size To scan business cards select the Business Card size setting 90 x 60 mm and place the business card at the top center of a carrier sheet Carrier sheets are available from your Dealer When scanning photographs or ot...

Page 78: ...ng Click OK If the scanned image is too light set a lower brightness value and scan the document again If the image is too dark set a higher brightness value and scan the document again 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 draggin...

Page 79: ...sert document face down in document feeder of the Brother machine 2 Click PreScan The entire document will be scanned into your Macintosh G3 or iMac and will appear in the Scanning Area of the Scanner dialog box 3 To scan a portion of the prescanned image click and drag the mouse to crop it 4 Place document in the document feeder of the Brother machine again 5 Adjust the settings for Resolution Co...

Page 80: ...USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 8 ...

Page 81: ... and the reliability of fax using Internet Faxing from your desktop OCR optical character recognition ScanSoft TextBridge is installed automatically when you install MFL Pro and PaperPort It converts an image of text to text you can edit PaperPort for Brother Document management application that enables you to view incoming faxes and scanned documents True Type fonts The fonts that are used in the...

Page 82: ...G L O S S A R Y G 2 ...

Page 83: ... 2 Connecting Parallel Cable 2 10 USB Cable 2 2 Control Center See Brother MFL Control Center Customer Service i D drivers fax 4 5 4 6 installing 2 11 TWAIN compliant 5 5 F fax es in PC See Multi Function Link Pro fax back system i I iMac See Apple Installing Multi Function Link Pro 2 12 Internet address Brother i M Macintosh G3 See Apple Multi Function Link Pro 4 1 installing 2 12 menu 4 2 phone ...

Page 84: ... to 2 12 Windows USB 2 4 scanning into PC See PaperPort software choosing 2 11 installing 2 4 2 12 using Brother Control Center 3 1 Multi Function Link Pro 4 1 PaperPort and ScanSoft TextBridge 5 1 5 2 T troubleshooting if you are having difficulty with DOS setup printing 8 2 general printing 8 1 installation 8 1 paper handling 8 3 scanning 8 1 software 8 3 video capture 8 3 Windows setup printing...

Page 85: ...ulti Function Center may not be compatible with the power available in foreign countries Using USA or CANADA models overseas is at your own risk and will void your warranty 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 t...

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