SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE
General Information
Trademarks
Section I Windows
®
1
Printing
Using the Brother printer driver
Features
Choosing the right type of paper
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing
Clearing data from the memory
Status Monitor
Monitoring the machine’s status
Turning off the Status Monitor
Printer driver settings
Accessing the printer driver settings
Basic tab
Media Type
Quality
Paper Size
Colour Mode
Page Layout
Orientation
Copies
Automatic Duplex Printing (MFC-6890CDW only)
Advanced tab
Colour/Greyscale
Colour Settings
Use Watermark
Watermark Settings
Other Print Options
Support
Using FaceFilter Studio for photo printing by REALLUSION
Starting FaceFilter Studio with your Brother machine turned On
Starting FaceFilter Studio when your Brother machine is turned Off
Printing an image
Smart Portrait
Red-eye Reduction
Print Expression List
Uninstalling FaceFilter Studio
2
Scanning
Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver
Scanning a document into the PC
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan
Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows
®
XP/Windows Vista
®
)
WIA compliant
Scanning a document into the PC
Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass
Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan users)
Scanning a document into the PC
Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass
Using the Scan key (For USB cable users)
Scan to E-mail
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
Scan to File
Scan to Media
How to set a new default for Scan to Media
Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR by NUANCE™
Viewing items
Organizing your items in folders
Quick links to other applications
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit
Importing items from other applications
Exporting items into other formats
Uninstalling ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR
3
ControlCenter3
Using ControlCenter3
Switching the user interface
Turning the AutoLoad feature off
SCAN
File Type
Image (example: Microsoft
®
Paint)
OCR (Word Processing program)
E-mail
File
CUSTOM SCAN
File Type
Customizing a user-defined button
PHOTOCAPTURE
Open PCC Folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center™)
Copy From PCC
Copy To Application
FaceFilter Studio
COPY
PC-FAX (MFC models only)
Send
Receive/View Received (Not available for MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Address Book
Setup
DEVICE SETTING
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Ink Level
User’s Guide
4
Network Scanning (For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning
Network licence
Configuring Network Scanning
Using the Scan key
Scan to E-mail (PC)
Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server, For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
Scan to File
How to set a new default for Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server, For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
Scan to FTP (For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
Pre-configuring your FTP profiles
Creating a user defined File Name
Scan to FTP using FTP Server Profiles
Scan to FTP Manual Method
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP
Scan to FTP (For MFC-6890CDW)
Pre-configuring your FTP profiles
Creating a user defined File Name
Scan to FTP using FTP Server Profiles
Scan to FTP Manual Method
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP
Entering Text
For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW
For MFC-6890CDW
5
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Remote Setup
6
Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)
PC-FAX sending
Setting up user information
Sending setup
Setting up a cover page
Entering cover page information
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface
Address Book
Brother Address Book
Setting up a member in the Address Book
Speed Dial setup
Setting up a group for broadcasting
Editing member information
Deleting a member or group
Exporting the Address Book
Importing to the Address Book
PC-FAX receiving (Not available for MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine
Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your PC
Setting up your PC
Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings
Viewing new PC-FAX messages
7
PhotoCapture Center™
Using PhotoCapture Center™
For Network Users (For models with built-in network support)
8
Firewall settings (For Network users)
Before using the Brother software
For Windows
®
XP SP2 users
For Windows Vista
®
users
Section II Apple
®
Macintosh
®
9
Printing and Faxing
Setting up your Macintosh
®
Choosing the right type of paper
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing
Clearing data from the memory
Status Monitor
Using the Brother Ink driver
Choosing page setup options
Automatic Duplex Printing (MFC-6890CDW only)
Choosing printing options
Basic settings
Media Type
Quality
Color Mode
Advanced settings
Colour/Greyscale
Other Print Options
Support
Sending a fax (MFC models only)
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS
®
X Address Book application (For Mac OS
®
X 10.2.x to 10.4.x)
Using Mac OS
®
X 10.5.x Addresses panel
10
Scanning
Scanning from a Macintosh
®
Accessing the scanner
Scanning an image into your Macintosh
®
Pre-Scanning an image
Settings in the Scanner window
Using the Scan key (For USB cable users)
Scan to E-mail
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
Scan to File
Scan to Media
How to set a new default for Scan to Media
Using Presto! PageManager
Features
System requirements for Presto! PageManager
Technical support
11
ControlCenter2
Using ControlCenter2
Turning the AutoLoad feature off
SCAN
File types
Image (example: Apple
®
Preview)
OCR (word processing application)
E-mail
File
CUSTOM SCAN
File types
User-defined button
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
Scan to E-mail
Scan to File
COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX is MFC models only)
DEVICE SETTINGS
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Quick-Dial (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
Ink Level
12
Network Scanning(For models with built-in network support)
Before using Network Scanning
Configuring network scanning
Using the Scan key
Scan to E-mail (PC)
Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server, For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
Scan to File
How to set a new default for Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server, For MFC-6490CW and MFC-6890CDW)
Scan to FTP (For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW)
Pre-configuring your FTP profiles
Creating a user defined File Name
Scan to FTP using FTP Server Profiles
Scan to FTP Manual Method
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP
Scan to FTP (For MFC-6890CDW)
Pre-configuring your FTP profiles
Creating a user defined File Name
Scan to FTP using FTP Server Profiles
Scan to FTP Manual Method
How to set a new default for Scan to FTP
Entering Text
For MFC-5890CN and MFC-6490CW
For MFC-6890CDW
13
Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center™
Remote Setup (Not available for DCP models, MFC-250C, MFC-290C and MFC-297C)
PhotoCapture Center™
For USB cable users
For network users (For models with built-in network support)
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