Applicable model This User’s Guide applies to DCP-J140W model. Definitions of notes We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide: CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, CAUTION may result in minor or moderate injuries. Important indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, Important may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality.
Table of Contents ® Section I Windows Printing Using the Brother printer driver........................2 Features ..............................2 Choosing the right type of paper........................3 Simultaneous printing and scanning......................3 Clearing data from the memory .........................3 Status Monitor............................4 Monitoring the machine’s status ......................4 Turning off the Status Monitor ......................5 Printer driver settings..........................6 Accessing the printer driver settings......................6 Basic tab ..............................7...
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Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver..................35 Scanning a document into the computer ...................35 Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan................36 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box..................38 Scanning a document using the WIA driver.....................42 WIA compliant ...........................42 Scanning a document into the computer ...................42 Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass ............44 Scanning a document using the WIA driver...
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Scan tab ..............................72 File types ............................73 Document Size ..........................73 Opening the scanned image with an application ................74 Using the OCR feature ........................74 Attaching the scanned data to E-mail....................74 Saving the scanned image ........................75 How to change the default settings of each button................75 PC-Copy tab ............................76 Printing the scanned image .......................76 Photo tab ..............................77...
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Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver..................108 Accessing the TWAIN driver......................108 Scanning an image into your computer ...................108 Pre-Scanning an image ........................109 Settings in the Scanner window ......................111 Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x) ..........114 Choosing your machine from Print &...
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® Configuring Network Scanning for Windows .................145 Configuring network scanning for Macintosh...................148 Using the Scan key on your network .....................150 Scan to E-mail (PC).........................150 Scan to Image ..........................151 Scan to OCR ...........................151 Scan to File............................152 Using Web Services for scanning on your network ®...
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Section I ® Windows Printing Scanning ControlCenter4 Firewall settings (For Network users)
Printing Note ® • The screens in this section are from Windows XP. Screens on your computer may vary depending on your operating system. • If your computer is protected by a firewall, and you are unable to network print or network scan, you may ®...
Printing Choosing the right type of paper For high quality printing, it is important to choose the right type of paper. Be sure to read Loading paper and Loading documents in the Basic User’s Guide before buying paper, and to determine the printable area depending on the settings in the printer driver.
Printing Status Monitor The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices, allowing you to get immediate notification of error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink replacement required. You can check the device status at any time by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/DCP-XXXX on your computer.
Printing Turning off the Status Monitor If you want to switch off the Status Monitor, follow these steps: Right-click the Brother Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to clear the check mark. Right-click again on the Brother Status Monitor icon and then click Exit. Note Even if the Status Monitor is off, you can check the machine’s status at any time by clicking Status Monitor from the Start menu on your computer.
Printing Printer driver settings You can change the printer settings when you print from your computer. Commonly used settings include: Media Type Print Quality Paper Size Orientation Color / Grayscale Scaling Accessing the printer driver settings ®...
Printing Choose your settings for Media Type, Slow Drying Paper and Print Quality. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. This setting may cause some slight blurring of text. Choose Paper Size, Borderless, Color Mode, Orientation, number of Copies and the page order, Collate, Reverse Order, Multiple Page, Page Order and Border Line (if required).
Printing Media Type Color/Grayscale Print Quality Selection Plain Paper Color / Grayscale Fast, Normal, High, Best Inkjet Paper or Color / Grayscale Normal, Photo Brother BP60 Matte Paper Brother BP71 Photo Paper, Color / Grayscale Fast, Photo, Best Brother BP61 Photo Paper or Other Photo Paper Transparencies Color / Grayscale...
Printing Color Mode The color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the monitor. Natural: Use for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors.
Printing Reverse Order Reverse Order prints the pages of your document in the opposite order. The last page of your document will be printed first. Multiple Page The Multiple Page option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2, 4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper.
Printing Check Reverse Print to reverse the data from up to down. Note Mirror Print is not available when choosing Transparencies as the Media Type. You can print a logo or text onto your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created.
Printing Color Enhancement (True2Life) Checking the Color Enhancement (True2Life) option enables the True2Life feature. This feature analyzes your image to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your computer. ...
Printing Watermark Settings Choose a watermark you want to use or edit from Select Watermark. Transparent Check Transparent to print the watermark image in the background of your document. If this feature is unchecked, the watermark is printed at the front of your document. In Outline Text Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark.
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Printing You can change the watermark settings with this feature. If you want to add a new watermark, enter Title and then choose Use Text or Use Bitmap File in Watermark Style. Title Enter a title you like in the field when adding a new watermark. Your chosen watermark is overwritten with this title.
Printing Header-Footer Print You can print the date and time from your computer's system clock, and the computer login user name or your entered text on your document. To customize the settings, click Settings on the Advanced tab. ID Print You can choose your computer login user name or your entered text as a header or footer: ...
Printing Other Print Options Click Other Print Options on the Advanced tab to change more printer settings. Change Data Transfer Mode The Change Data Transfer Mode feature lets you choose a print data transfer mode to improve print quality or print speed. ...
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Printing Advanced Color Settings You can set the Halftone Pattern and Match Monitor for more color adjustment. Halftone Pattern The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use for your document. •...
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Printing Print Order You can choose to Print All Pages, Print Odd Pages or Print Even Pages. Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages are enabled only when Print Quality is set to High. Print All Pages Lets you print all pages. ...
Printing Manual Duplex Printing on both sides of the paper The following steps show how you can print on both sides of the paper using the Print Odd Pages and Print Even Pages settings. If you want to print a 10 page document on 5 sheets of paper, you must set the printer driver options to print all odd-numbered pages in reverse order (page 9, 7, 5, 3, 1) first and then even-numbered pages in normal order (page 2, 4, 6, 8, 10).
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Printing The machine will print all the even-numbered pages on the other side of the paper. Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper If the paper is thin, it may wrinkle. If the paper is curled, flatten it and then put it back in the paper tray. ...
Printing Print Profiles tab Print Profiles are editable presets designed to give you quick access to frequently used printing configurations. 1 Print profiles list box 2 Delete Profile button 3 Always show Print Profiles tab first check box 4 OK button 5 Add Profile button 6 Current print profile view Choose your profile from the print profile list box.
Printing Add Profile The Add Profile dialog appears by clicking Add Profile. You can add 20 new profiles with your preferred settings. Enter the desired title in Name. Choose an icon you want to use from the Icon list, then click OK. The current settings shown on the left side of the printer driver window will be saved.
Printing Support The Support window shows the driver version and settings information. There are also links to the Brother Solutions Center and Genuine Supplies Website. Click Support on the printer driver window to display the Support window: Brother Solutions Center The Brother Solutions Center is a web site offering information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), user’s guides, driver updates and tips for using your machine.
Printing Trial Photo Print After your first installation of MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the Brother Trial Photo Print window will appear automatically. This feature shows you the quality of photo printing with your Brother machine and Brother genuine supplies. The Brother Trial Photo Print window appears only once after restarting.
Printing Using FaceFilter Studio for photo printing by REALLUSION FaceFilter Studio is an easy-to-use borderless photo printing application. FaceFilter Studio also lets you edit your photo data. You can add photo effects such as red eye reduction or skin tone enhancement. To use FaceFilter Studio, you must install the FaceFilter Studio application from the CD-ROM supplied with your machine.
Printing Starting FaceFilter Studio with your Brother machine turned On When you launch FaceFilter Studio for the first time, this screen will appear, if your Brother machine is turned On, and connected to your computer, the FaceFilter Studio will detect your Brother machine. After you click Continue in step a, this screen will appear.
Printing Starting FaceFilter Studio when your Brother machine is turned Off When you launch FaceFilter Studio for the first time, if your Brother machine is turned Off or not connected to your computer, this screen will appear. Click Detect in step a, and this screen will appear. Turn on your Brother machine and check that it is connected to your computer and then click Yes.
Printing After you click the check mark in step d, FaceFilter Studio will start with limited functionality. The Print icon on the top menu will be grayed out and you will not be able to use the Print function. Note •...
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Printing Click the Print icon in the top menu bar to move to the print screen. Click the Print icon on the left to open the print settings dialog box. Choose Paper Size, Paper Source, Orientation, number of Copies, Scaling and Printing Area. Note If you want to print a borderless photo, choose Full Page Photo in Scaling.
Printing Click Print Setting and choose your Brother machine. Click OK. Note If you want to use photo paper, click Properties and set the Media Type and Print Quality in the printer driver dialog. Click Print in the Print settings dialog box and your photo will begin printing. Smart Portrait The Smart Portrait function detects faces in the photo and adjusts the brightness of the skin tone automatically.
Printing Print Expression List FaceFilter Studio lets you modify a facial expression by applying an expression template or by manual adjustment. In the Select Expression step, you can preview or print the expression of your choice. Uninstalling FaceFilter Studio To uninstall FaceFilter Studio, choose Start/All Programs/Reallusion/FaceFilter Studio/Uninstall FaceFilter Studio.
Printing Using Homepage Print 2 by Corpus Homepage Print 2 provides an easy way to capture and print websites as displayed in your browser. You can also create content by cropping images from websites, arranging the layout, and adding notes. Installing Homepage Print 2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
Scanning The scanning operations and the drivers used will be different depending on your operating system or the scanning application used. Two scanner drivers are installed. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See Scanning a document using the ® TWAIN driver uu page 35) and a Windows Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using the WIA driver uu page 42).
Scanning Check the Display scanner dialog box on the Scan or Get Photo panel. Click Scan. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears. Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box: 1 Scan (Image Type) 2 Resolution 3 Scan Type 4 Reduce Noise 5 Brightness...
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Scanning Follow the steps from a to g of Scanning a document into the computer uu page 35. Choose the settings for Scan (Image Type), Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size as needed. Click PreScan. The whole image is scanned into the computer and appears in the scanning area of the Scanner Setup dialog box.
Scanning Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box Scan (Image Type) Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically altered for each of the default settings. The default settings are listed in the table below: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type...
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Scanning 256 Color Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image. 24bit Color Uses up to 16.8 million colors to scan the image. Although using 24bit Color creates an image with the most accurate color reproduction, the image file size will be about three times larger than a file created using the 256 Color option.
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Scanning A4 8.3 x 11.7 in (210 x 297 mm) JIS B5 7.2 x 10.1 in (182 x 257 mm) Letter 8 1/2 x 11 in (215.9 x 279.4 mm) A5 5.8 x 8.3 in (148 x 210 mm) ...
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Scanning Note You can see the actual paper size you chose on the screen. • Width: shows the width of scanning area. • Height: shows the height of scanning area. • Data Size: shows the approximate data size in Bitmap format. The size will vary depending on the type of file, resolution and number of colors used.
Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver WIA compliant ® ® ® ® For Windows XP/Windows Vista /Windows 7 you can choose Windows Imaging Acquisition (WIA) when scanning images. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort™12SE viewer that Brother included with your machine or you can scan images directly into any other applications that support WIA or TWAIN scanning.
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Scanning Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box: 1 Picture type 2 Adjust the quality of the scanned picture 3 Preview 4 Scan Choose the picture type. If you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture type from Advanced Properties.
Scanning Click Scan in the Scan dialog box. The machine starts scanning the document. Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click Scan on the Scan dialog box to scan the image.
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Scanning This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the PaperPort™12SE window (or your application window). Scanner Utility The Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi. Note If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may be very large. Make sure that you have enough memory and hard drive space for the size of the file you are trying to scan.
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Scanning • For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK or Yes.
Scanning Scanning a document using the WIA driver ® ® (Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users) Scanning a document into the computer Load your document. Open your software application to scan the document. Do one of the following: ®...
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Scanning 5 Color format 6 File type 7 Resolution 8 Brightness 9 Contrast 10 Scanning area 11 Preview 12 Scan Note • By default, the scanner resolution can be set to a maximum of 1200 dpi. If you want to scan at higher resolutions, use the Scanner Utility.
Scanning Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click Scan in the Scan dialog box to scan the image. Follow the steps from a to e of Scanning a document into the computer uu page 47.
Scanning Using Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE Note ® Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE supports Windows XP (SP3 or higher), XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 ® ® or greater), Windows Vista (SP2 or higher) and Windows 7 only. Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use PaperPort™12SE to view scanned documents.
Scanning As long as you have the appropriate application on your computer to display it, you can also open a non- PaperPort™12SE item by double-clicking it. Organizing your items in folders PaperPort™12SE has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items. The filing system consists of folders and items that you choose to view in Desktop.
Scanning If PaperPort™12SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on your computer, you can manually create a link using the New Link button from the Tools tab on the ribbon. Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE lets you convert image text into text you can edit Nuance™...
Scanning Uninstalling Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE ® (Windows Click Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs icon. Choose Nuance PaperPort 12 from the list and click Change or Remove. ® ® (Windows Vista and Windows Click the button, Control Panel, Programs and Programs and Features.
Scanning Using BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer by REALLUSION BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer are image processing applications. BookScan Enhancer can automatically correct images scanned from books. Whiteboard Enhancer can clean up and enhance text and images in photos taken of a whiteboard. Installing BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
ControlCenter4 Overview ControlCenter4 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your most used applications. Using ControlCenter4 eliminates the need to manually launch specific applications. ControlCenter4 also controls the settings for the SCAN key on your Brother machine. For information about how to configure the settings for the SCAN key on the machine, see Configuring the Scan button settings uu page 66 for Home Mode or Configuring Scan button settings uu page 79 for Advanced Mode.
ControlCenter4 Using ControlCenter4 in Home Mode This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 function in Home Mode. For more details on each function, click (Help). 1 Print or edit images, attach images to blank E-mails and open images with an application. 2 Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice.
ControlCenter4 ControlCenter4 Features for Home Mode users Photo (See Photo tab uu page 58.) See Opening the ControlCenter4 folder tree uu page 58. See Opening the folder tree uu page 58. See Printing images uu page 58. ...
ControlCenter4 Photo tab There are four functions: Print, Edit, Open with an Application and Send E-mail. This section briefly introduces these functions. For more details of each function, click (Help). 1 My CC4 Folder button 2 Desktop button 3 Print button 4 Edit button 5 Send E-mail button 6 Open with an Application button...
ControlCenter4 Choose images you want to print by clicking the image from the image viewer, click the check box under the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99). Click (Print). The print setting window will appear. Configure the settings for Paper Size, Media Type and Layout.
ControlCenter4 Opening images with an application (Open with an Application) button lets you open images with a specific application directly. Choose images you want to open by clicking the image from the image viewer. Click (Open with an Application). Select the application from the drop-down list and click OK. The image will appear in the application you have chosen.
ControlCenter4 Scan tab There are five scan options: Save, Print, Open with an Application, Send E-mail and OCR. This section briefly introduces the Scan tab function. For more details of each function, click (Help). 1 PC Scan setting area 2 Image viewer 3 Save button 4 Print button 5 Open with an Application button...
ControlCenter4 File types You can choose the file type to save the scanned images as the following list. For Save and Send E-mail ® Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif) Portable Network Graphics (*.png) ...
ControlCenter4 If you choose 2 in 1 document size, such as 2 in 1(Letter), the scanned images will be combined into one Ledger size document. Saving the scanned image (Save) button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard drive in one of the file types shown in the file type list.
ControlCenter4 Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area. Click (Scan). Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer. Click (Open with an Application). Select the application from the drop-down list and click OK. The image will appear in the application you have chosen. Attaching the scanned data to an E-mail (Send E-mail) button lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send the scanned job as an attachment.
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ControlCenter4 Click (Scan). Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer. Click (OCR). Configure the OCR settings and click OK. The application you have chosen will open with the converted text data.
ControlCenter4 Device Settings tab This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details on each function, click (Help). 1 Device Scan Settings button 2 BRAdmin button Configuring the Scan button settings The Device Scan Settings button lets you configure your machine’s SCAN key settings. DCP model...
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ControlCenter4 There are four scan functions which you can configure to fit your scanning needs. To configure each scan function, select the Device Settings tab and then click Device Scan Settings. The Device Scan Settings dialog will appear. Image tab Lets you configure settings for Scan to Image when pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.
ControlCenter4 Note You can change the data compression ratio of the scanned image with File size. File tab Lets you configure settings for Scan to File when pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine. Choose the settings for File Type, File Name, Destination Folder, Show Folder, File size, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Brightness and Contrast as needed.
ControlCenter4 Support tab This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details on each function, click (Help). Opening ControlCenter Help The ControlCenter Help lets you open the Help file for more detailed information about ControlCenter. Select the Support tab. Click ControlCenter Help.
ControlCenter4 Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 function in Advanced Mode. For more details of each function, click (Help). 1 Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice. 2 Access the PC-Copy feature available via your computer. 3 Print or edit images.
ControlCenter4 ControlCenter4 Features for Advanced Mode users Scan (See Scan tab uu page 72.) See File types uu page 73. See Document Size uu page 73. See Opening the scanned image with an application uu page 74. ...
ControlCenter4 Scan tab There are four scan options: Image, OCR, E-mail and File. This section briefly introduces the Scan tab function. For more details of each function, click (Help). 1 PC Scan setting area 2 Image button 3 OCR button 4 E-mail button 5 File button...
ControlCenter4 File types You can choose the file type to save the scanned images from the following list. For Image, E-mail and File ® Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif) Portable Network Graphics (*.png) ...
ControlCenter4 If you choose 2 in 1 document size, such as 2 in 1(Letter), the scanned images will be combined into one Ledger size document. Opening the scanned image with an application (Image) button lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing. Select the Scan tab.
ControlCenter4 Click (E-mail). Your default E-mail application will open and the image will be attached to a new, blank E-mail. Saving the scanned image (File) button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard drive in one of the file types shown in the file type list.
ControlCenter4 PC-Copy tab Printing the scanned image You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features in the Brother machine’s printer driver which are supported by ControlCenter4. Select the PC-Copy tab. If you want to change the scan settings, right-click the button you want to change and then change the settings.
ControlCenter4 Photo tab This section briefly introduces the Photo tab function. For more details of each function, click (Help). 1 Photo Print button Printing/Editing images (Photo Print) button lets you print or edit images. Printing images Click (Photo Print). The image viewer will appear. Choose images you want to print by clicking the image from the image viewer, check the box under the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99).
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ControlCenter4 Editing images Click (Photo Print). The image viewer will appear. Choose images you want to edit by clicking the image from the image viewer, check the box under the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99). Click (Edit).
ControlCenter4 Device Settings tab This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details on each function, click (Help). Configuring Scan button settings (Device Scan Settings) button lets you configure your machine’s SCAN key settings. DCP model There are four scan functions which you can configure to fit your scanning needs. To configure each scan function, select the Device Settings tab and then click Device Scan Settings.
ControlCenter4 If you choose Secure PDF from the File Type drop-down list, click the (Set PDF Password) button. The Set PDF Password dialog box will appear. Enter your password in the Password and Re-type Password boxes and then click OK. Note •...
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ControlCenter4 Select the Device Settings tab. Click (BRAdmin). The BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3 utility dialog appears. Note If you have installed both BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Professional, ControlCenter4 will launch BRAdmin Professional 3.
ControlCenter4 Support tab This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details on each function, click (Help). Opening ControlCenter Help (ControlCenter Help) button lets you open the Help file for detailed information about ControlCenter. Select the Support tab. Click (ControlCenter Help).
ControlCenter4 Custom tab This section briefly introduces adding Custom tabs. For more details, click (Help). Creating a Custom tab You can create up to three customized tabs including up to five customized buttons with your preferred settings. Click Configuration and then select Create custom tab. Creating a Custom button Click Configuration and then select Create custom button.
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ControlCenter4 Note You can change or remove the created tab, button or settings. Click Configuration and follow the menu.
Firewall settings (For Network users) Before using the Brother software Firewall settings on your computer may reject the necessary network connection for network printing and ® network scanning. If you are using Windows Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made.
Firewall settings (For Network users) 3 In External Port number for this service: Enter “54925”. 4 In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “54925”. 5 Make sure UDP is selected. Then, click OK. If you still have trouble with your network connection, click Add. Add port 137 for network scanning by entering the information below: 1 In Description of service: Enter any description, for example “Brother Network Print”.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) When the User Account Control screen appears, do one of the following: Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue. For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK. Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the information below: 1 In Name: Enter any description, for example “Brother Scanner”. 2 In Port number: Enter “54925”. 3 Make sure UDP is selected. Then, click OK. Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click OK.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) Click Inbound Rules. Click New Rule. Choose Port and click Next. To add the port enter the information below: For network scanning Choose UDP and enter “54925” in the Specific local ports. Click Next.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) Choose Allow the connection and click Next. Check the applicable items and click Next. Enter any description in Name: (for example “Brother Scanner”) and click Finish. Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) Click Outbound Rules. Click New Rule. Choose Port and click Next. To add the port enter the information below: For network scanning Choose UDP and enter “54925” in the Specific remote ports. Click Next.
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Firewall settings (For Network users) Choose Allow the connection and click Next. Check the applicable items and click Next. Enter any description in Name: (for example “Brother Scanner”) and click Finish. Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked.
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Section II Apple Macintosh Printing Scanning ControlCenter2...
Printing Setting up your computer Note • This machine supports Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.x, 10.7.x. • The screens shown in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5.x. Screens on your computer may vary depending on your operating system and application. •...
Printing Status Monitor The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting you see error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink replacement required at pre-set update intervals. Before you can use the tool you must choose your machine in the Model drop-down list in ControlCenter2. To check the device status and launch Brother Status Monitor, follow these steps: (Mac OS X 10.5.8) Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu, select Print &...
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Printing Brother Status Monitor icon in the dock or click the Ink Level button in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of ControlCenter2. Closing the window Click the Brother Status Monitor in the menu bar and then choose Quit Status Monitor from the drop-down list.
Printing Using the Brother printer driver Choosing page setup options From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure Brother DCP-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for drop-down list. You can change the settings for Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK.
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Printing (Mac OS X 10.7.x) For more page setup options, click Show Details.
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Printing Note You can save the current settings as a preset by choosing Save As from the Presets drop-down list. To do borderless printing From the Paper Size drop-down list, choose the size of paper you want to print such as US Letter (Borderless).
Printing Manual Duplex Printing Select Paper Handling. Choose Even Only in Pages To Print, and make sure Automatic is chosen in Page Order and then print. Put the paper back in the paper tray, with the side to be printed on (the blank side) face down and the top page first.
Printing Print Settings You can choose the Media Type, Slow Drying Paper, Print Quality and Color/Grayscale. Note Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. This setting may cause some slight blurring of text. Media Type To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver.
Printing Print Quality The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution you want for your document. Print quality and speed are related. The higher the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are available will vary depending on the media type you choose.
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Printing Mirror Print Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right. Note • (For Mac OS X 10.5.8 users) Mirror Print is not available when choosing Transparencies as the Media Type. • (For Mac OS X 10.6.x users and Mac OS X 10.7.x users) Mirror Print is shown as Flip horizontally in the Layout pop-up menu.
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Printing Change Data Transfer Mode The Change Data Transfer Mode feature lets you choose print data transfer mode to improve print quality or print speed. Recommended Setting Choose Recommended Setting for general use. Improved Print Quality Choose Improved Print Quality for better print quality. Print speed may be reduced slightly, depending on the print data.
Printing Color Settings Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the monitor. Natural: Use for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print more natural colors. Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to print more vivid colors.
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Printing Contrast Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more subdued.
Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver The Brother machine’s software includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for Macintosh. You can use this TWAIN Scanner driver with any applications that support TWAIN specifications. Refer to the guide noted below for more information on loading the documents. uuBasic User’s Guide: Using the scanner glass Note If you want to scan from a machine on a network, choose the networked machine in the Device Selector...
Scanning Scanning a whole page Load your document. Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the scanner setup dialog box: Resolution Scan Type Scanning Area Document Size Adjust Image • Brightness • Contrast Click Start. When scanning has finished, the image appears in your graphics application.
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Scanning Click Start. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the application window. You can refine the image in your editing software.
Scanning Settings in the Scanner window Resolution You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you can choose and the available colors. Resolution Black &...
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Scanning Document Size Choose one of the following sizes: Auto You can scan a standard sized document without any further adjustments to Document Size. A4 8.3 x 11.7 in JIS B5 7.2 x 10.1 in Letter 8.5 x 11 in ...
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Scanning If the scanned image is too light, set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. If the image is too dark, set a higher Brightness level and scan the document again. Note The Brightness setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Black & White, Gray (Error Diffusion), True Gray or 24bit Color.
Scanning Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x) You can scan a document using the ICA driver. If you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the installer CD-ROM, the ICA driver has been already installed on your Macintosh. If you don’t see your machine in the Print & Fax or Print &...
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Scanning Place your document on the scanner glass. Note • (For Mac OS X 10.6.x) When the Detect Separate Items box is unchecked, the document will be scanned as one item and saved as one file. When the Detect Separate Items box is checked, the program will detect each image and save them as separate files.
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Scanning Select the destination folder or destination application for Scan To. You can adjust the following settings, if needed, in the dialog box accessed by clicking on Show Details. Kind: Choose from Color, Black & White or Text. Resolution: Choose the resolution you want to scan your document at. ...
Scanning Choosing your machine from Print & Fax or Print & Scan Connect your Brother machine to the computer using a USB cable. Or connect your Brother machine to the same Wireless LAN where the computer is connected. Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu. Click Print &...
Scanning Using Presto! PageManager Presto! PageManager is an application for managing the documents in your computer. Since it is compatible with most image editors and word processing programs, Presto! PageManager gives you unmatched control over your files. You can easily manage your documents, edit your E-mail and files and read documents with the OCR software built into Presto! PageManager.
Scanning Technical support For USA Company name: NewSoft America Inc. Postal Address: 47102 Mission Falls Court, Suite 202 Fremont CA 94539 Telephone: 510-770-8900 Fax: 510-770-8980 E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com URL: http://www.newsoftinc.com/ For Canada E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com Germany Company name: SoftBay GmbH Postal Address: Carlstraße 50, D-52531, Übach-Palenberg, Germany Telephone:...
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Scanning Italy E-mail Address: it.nsc@newsoft.eu.com URL: http://it.newsoft.eu.com/ Spain Company name: Telephone: 0807505598 E-mail Address: sp.nsc@newsoft.eu.com Other countries E-mail Address: tech@newsoft.eu.com...
ControlCenter2 Note The screens shown in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5.x. Screens on your computer may vary depending on your operating system. Using ControlCenter2 ControlCenter2 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your most used applications. Using ControlCenter2 eliminates the need to manually launch specific applications.
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ControlCenter2 Click OK to close the window. Note The ControlCenter2 application icon is in Macintosh HD/Applications/Brother.
ControlCenter2 SCAN There are four scan buttons for the Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to File applications. Image (Default: Apple Preview) Lets you scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. You can choose the destination ®...
ControlCenter2 For Image, E-mail and File ® Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif) Portable Network Graphics (*.png) PDF (*.pdf) Secure PDF (*.pdf) Searchable PDF (*.pdf) For OCR Text (*.txt) ...
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ControlCenter2 If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. Change the other settings, if needed. To change the destination application, choose the appropriate application from the Target Application drop-down list.
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ControlCenter2 Note This function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to OCR. The window may vary depending on the function. If you choose Secure PDF from the File Type list, the Set PDF Password dialog box appears. Enter your password in the Password and Re-type Password boxes and then click OK.
ControlCenter2 OCR (word processing application) Scan to OCR converts the graphic page image data into text which can be edited by any word processing application. You can change the default word processing application. Note To use this feature, you must install Presto! PageManager from Brother Support on the installation CD-ROM or go to http://nj.newsoft.com.tw/download/brother/PM9SEInstaller_BR_multilang.dmg.
ControlCenter2 E-mail The Scan to E-mail feature lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send the scanned job as an attachment. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose the Software Button. To change the E-mail application, choose your preferred E-mail application from the Target Application drop-down list.
ControlCenter2 File The Scan to File button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard drive in any file format. This lets you easily archive your paper documents. To configure the file type and folder, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose the Software Button.
ControlCenter2 CUSTOM SCAN There are four buttons which you can configure to fit your scanning needs. To customize a button, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key, and the configuration window appears. There are four scan functions: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to File. ...
ControlCenter2 File types Choose the type of file to save the scanned images as from the drop-down list. For Scan to Image, Scan to E-mail and Scan to File ® Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) JPEG (*.jpg) TIFF (*.tif) ...
ControlCenter2 User-defined button To customize a button, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key, the configuration window will appear. Follow these guidelines for button configuration.
ControlCenter2 Scan to Image General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.
ControlCenter2 Scan to OCR General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, OCR Software, OCR Language, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.
ControlCenter2 Scan to E-mail General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.
ControlCenter2 Scan to File General tab Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name. Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the file format from the File Type drop-down list. Save the file to the default folder or choose your preferred folder by clicking the Browse button.
ControlCenter2 COPY (Mac OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.x) COPY - Lets you use your computer and any printer driver for enhanced copy operations. You can scan a page on the machine and print the copies using any of the features of the machine’s printer driver, or you can direct the copy output to any standard printer driver installed on your computer (including network printers).
ControlCenter2 DEVICE SETTINGS You can configure the machine’s settings or check ink levels by clicking a button. Ink Level Lets you open the Brother Status Monitor, which displays the ink level for each cartridge. Ink Level The Ink Level button opens the Status Monitor window, which displays the ink level for each cartridge.
USB cable scanning Using the Scan key over a USB cable connection Note If you use your machine on a network, see Network Scanning uu page 145. You can use the (SCAN) key on the control panel to scan documents directly into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on your computer.
USB cable scanning If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the scan type option on the Device Button tab in the ControlCenter2 configuration screen. (See SCAN uu page 123.) Scan to Image You can scan a black and white or color document into your graphics application for viewing and editing.
USB cable scanning Note ® (Windows The scan type depends on the settings of the Device Scan Settings screen in ControlCenter4. Black Start or Color Start does not change the settings. If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, click Help in ControlCenter4. ...
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USB cable scanning If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in the scan type option on the Device Button tab in the ControlCenter2 configuration screen. (See SCAN uu page 123.) ...
Network Scanning To use the machine as a network scanner, the machine must be configured with a TCP/IP address. You can set or change the address settings from the control panel (uuNetwork User’s Guide: Control panel setup) or by using the BRAdmin Light software. If you installed the machine following the instructions for a network user in the Quick Setup Guide then the machine should already be configured for your network.
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Network Scanning Do one of the following: ® Windows Right-click the Scanner Device icon and choose Properties. The Scanner Properties dialog box appears. ® ® Windows Vista and Windows Click the Properties button. Note ® ® (Windows Vista and Windows If the User Account Control screen appears, do one of the following: •...
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Network Scanning Click the Network Setting tab and choose the appropriate connection method. Specify your machine by address Enter the IP address of the machine in IP Address, and then click Apply or OK. Specify your machine by name Enter the machine’s node name in Node Name, or click Browse and choose the machine you want to use.
Network Scanning Click the Scan To Button tab and enter your computer name in the Display Name field. The machine’s LCD displays the name you enter. The default setting is your computer name. You can enter any name that you like. If you want to avoid receiving unwanted documents, enter a 4-digit PIN number in the Pin number and Retype Pin number fields.
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Network Scanning Click OK. Note • To use the SCAN key features on the machine, click the check box for Register your computer with the "Scan To" functions at the machine. Then enter the name you want to be displayed on the machine’s LCD for your computer. You can use up to 15 characters. •...
Network Scanning Using the Scan key on your network Note If your machine is connected by USB, see USB cable scanning uu page 141. Scan to E-mail (PC) When you choose Scan to E-mail (PC), your document will be scanned and sent directly to the computer you designated on your network.
Network Scanning Scan to Image When you choose Scan to Image, your document will be scanned and sent directly to the computer you selected on your network. The ControlCenter software will launch the default graphics application on the designated computer. Load your document.
Network Scanning Load your document. Press (SCAN). Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR. Press OK. Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to. Press OK. If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer as explained in the Note below.
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Network Scanning Press a or b to choose Scan to File. Press OK. Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to. Press OK. If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer as explained in the Note below.
Network Scanning Using Web Services for scanning on your network ® ® (Windows Vista SP2 or later and Windows ® ® The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista (SP2 or later) and Windows 7 users to scan using a Brother machine on the network. You must install the driver via Web Services. Refer to the Network Glossary noted below for information about installing Web Services.
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Network Scanning ® Windows Fax and Scan Click File, New, then Scan. Choose the scanner you want to use. Click Import or OK. The Scan dialog box appears. Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner dialog box: 1 Scanner 2 Profile 3 Source...
Network Scanning Note If the LCD shows Out of Memory, decrease the Resolution setting. Using Web Services for scanning on your network from the Brother machine ® ® (Windows Vista SP2 or later and Windows The menu that allows you to use Web Services for scanning is displayed on your Brother machine’s LCD if you have installed the driver for scanning via Web Services.
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Network Scanning Choose the scan profile you want to use. Make sure the scanner selected in Scanner is a Brother machine that supports Web Services for scanning. Click Set as Default. Click Edit. The Edit Default Profile dialog will appear. Choose the Source, Paper size, Color format, File type, Resolution, Brightness and Contrast settings.
Index Macintosh ............... 95 ® Windows ..............4 ControlCenter2 Macintosh ............121 ControlCenter4 ® Windows .............. 55 Device Selector ..........108 Drivers Macintosh Brother printer driver ........... 97 TWAIN .............. 108 ® Windows Brother printer driver .........2 TWAIN ..............35 WIA ..............42 FaceFilter Studio ............
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Brother International Corporation 100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard P.O. Box 6911 Bridgewater, NJ 08807–0911 USA Visit us on the World Wide Web http://www.brother.com/ This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Local Brother companies or their dealers will only support...