MFC-9700/9800 Quick Setup Guide 1 Bi-directional Parallel Cable CD-ROM Telephone Line Cord THANK YOU! CONGRATULATIONS ON PURCHASING THE ULTIMATE BROTHER MACHINE. WE ARE SURE YOU WILL BE THRILLED WITH THE CONVENIENT WAY YOUR NEW MACHINE PERFORMS SO MANY TASKS WITH DAZZLING RESULTS! Follow these simple instructions in numerical order. For more details, press Reports and 1 machine or see your Owner's Manual. on your Packing List Drum Unit Assembly (With free Standard Toner Cartridge ­ up to 3,000 pages) 2 Install the Drum Unit Make sure you have the following items: A. Unpack the drum unit assembly, including the toner cartridge, and gently rock it from side to side five or six times to distribute the toner evenly inside the cartridge. To prevent damage to the drum, do not expose it to light for longer than a few minutes. B. Remove the protective part. If you cannot solve a problem: Refer to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Brother World Wide Web; URL: http://solutions.brother.com Call Brother Customer Service at; USA: 1-800-284-4329 (9AM-5PM EST) 1-800-284-3238 (TTY service for the hearing impaired) In Canada: 1-877-BROTHER (8AM-8PM EST) 1-514-685-6464 (in Montreal) Some illustrations are based on MFC-9700. Power Cord Paper Cassette Owner's Manual Software License Agreement Quick Setup Guide Test Sheet Accessory Order Form C. Open the front cover of the machine. D. Insert the drum unit assembly into the machine. Keep the packing materials for possible future transport. If you do not pack the machine properly, you may void your warranty. E. Close the front cover. 3 Release the Scanner Lock 4 Push the lever up to unlock the scanner. (The blue Scanner Lock Lever is on the back left under side of the scanner cover.) Scanner Lock Lever If you have an Optional Paper Cassette #2, Connect it 5 Load Paper A. Carefully pick up the machine and place it on top of Paper Cassette #2. B. Plug the modular cable from Cassette #2 into the modular jack on the Brother machine. To select which cassette will be used for printing. See Chapter 4 in Owner's Manual in CD-ROM. If you move the machine after connecting Cassette #2, be sure to carefully lift Cassette #2 with the machine because they are not attached. Lock Unlock If CHECK SCAN LOCK appears on the LCD, immediately release the scanner lock and press Stop/Exit. A. Pull the paper cassette completely out of the machine. B. Slide the paper width and length adjusters of paper cassette for the paper size you want. C. Load paper in the paper cassette. Press down the paper to flatten in all four corners, keeping the paper level below the guide. D. Slide the paper cassette into the machine until it locks into place. Maximum Paper Height Guide 6 Install Phone Line and Power Cord 7 Do Not connect the Parallel or USB Cable. If you are sharing one phone line with an external telephone answering device, connect it now 8 Select a Receive Mode MFC-9800 FAX ONLY MANUAL FAX ONLY MANUAL Choose the mode that best suits your needs by pressing Receive Mode repeatedly until the screen displays the setting you want to use. MFC-9700 For use with a dedicated fax line. Every call is answered as a fax. Power Cord Telephone Line Cord or See Chapter 2-10 in your Owner's Manual in CD-ROM. You control the phone line and must answer every call yourself. EXT.TEL/TAD FAX/TEL If an external telephone is If an external telephone is connected to the EXT. jack, connected to the EXT. jack, you the MFC controls the line and automatically answers control the phone line and must every call. If the call is a fax it will receive the fax. If answer every call yourself. the call is not a fax it will ring (double ring) for you to For use with an answering pick up the call using an external telephone. device. The TAD answers every TAD:ANSWER MACH. call and stores voice messages. The external TAD automatically answers every Fax messages are printed. call. Voice messages are stored on the external TAD. Fax messages are printed. For more details, see Chapter 5 in Owner's Manual in CD-ROM. 9 Set Date and Time , 1 10 Set Station ID Station ID is to print your name and fax number on all fax pages. A. For the MFC, press MFC-9700 A. For the MFC, press MFC-9700 , 2 . 11 For the USA, complete the Warranty Registration and Test Sheet... Originals are Face Up in the ADF Document Stopper MFC-9800 , 1 , 3 . 2.DATE/TIME YEAR:XX 2.DATE/TIME YEAR:XX ENTER & SET KEY MFC-9800 3.STATION ID FAX:_ 3.STATION ID FAX: ENTER & SET KEY TEL: ENTER & SET KEY NAME: ENTER & SET KEY B. Enter the last two digits of the year and press Set. MONTH:XX MONTH:XX ENTER & SET KEY DAY:XX ENTER & SET KEY TIME:XX ENTER & SET KEY B. Enter your fax number, then press Set. TEL:_ C. Enter two digits for the month and press Set. DAY:XX C. Enter your telephone number, then press Set. NAME:_ Press Fax Start. D. Enter two digits for the day and press Set. TIME:XX:XX E. Enter the time in 24-hour format and press Set, then Stop/Exit. Note: If you can't step forward, press Stop/Exit and repeat from Step A. D. Enter your name using the dial pad and the chart below, then press Set. Use the right arrow to create spaces. E. Press Stop/Exit. Key once twice three times four times five times C A 2 A B For more details, see Chapter 4 2 F D 3 3 D E I G 4 4 G H in Owner's Manual. L J J 5 5 K M M 6 O 6 N Note: If you can't step forward, R 7 S 7 P Q V 8 T T 8 U press Stop/Exit and repeat Y W 9 Z 9 X from Step A. ­1­ ...and fax it Brother at: 1-877-268-9575 For the MFC, continue to the back side. version A Setting Up the MFC and PC to Work Together Before You begin · · · · You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use your MFC as a printer and scanner with your applications. Please see the README.WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM for last-minute important installation and troubleshooting information. Please purchase the appropriate interface cable you intend to use (Parallel or USB). If you have any problem for installation, visit us at http://solutions.brother.com Use only a shielded parallel interface cable that is IEEE 1284-compliant and/or a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet long (1.8 meters). Follow the instructions in this guide for your operating system and interface. For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Unplug the MFC from the AC outlet and disconnect your MFC from your computer if you already connected an interface cable. Turn on your computer. For Windows® 2000 Professional, you must be logged on as the Administrator. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears, click on your model name. The CD-ROM main menu will appear. 1. Click Install Software. 2. Click Multi-Function Link® Pro Suite in Main Application. *1 3. Click Install. 4. The InstallShield Wizard Setup window will appear briefly, followed by the PaperPort® Setup window. Click Yes. 5. When the PaperPort® Setup window displays your Name and Company, either change or accept them, and then click Next. 6. When the Choose Destination Location window displays the path where the PaperPort® files will be installed, either change or accept, and then click Next. 7. When Register Today screen appears, click Next. This is registration for Paper Port®. Follow the instructions. 8. When the Brother MFL Pro Suite Installation window appears, click Next to begin installing the MultiFunction Link® Pro Suite. *2 For Parallel For USB 9. When the Setup Type window appears, select Standard, and then click Next. The application files will be copied to your computer. 10. The Connect Cable window will appear. *1 Multi-Function Link® Pro Suite includes Printer Driver, Scanner Driver, *2 If an error message appears during the installation *3 Even if you select NO, later you will be able to process, or you have previously installed MFL Pro launch the Brother Control Center to use the ScanSoftTM PaperPort®, ScanSoftTMText Bridge®, PC-FAX software, Remote Suite, you will first have to uninstall it. From the Scan keys. See AutoLoad the Brother Control Setup and True Type fonts. PaperPort ® is a document management Start menu, select Programs, Brother, Brother application for viewing incoming faxes and scanned documents. ScanSoftTM Center, Chapter 15 in the On-Line TextBridge®, which is integrated into PaperPort®, is an OCR application that MFL Pro Suite, Uninstall, and then follow the Documentation (Owner's Manual) on the CDconverts an image into text and inserts it into your default word processor. instructions on the screen. 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Step 5. Step 4. For Parallel interface cable users Step 6. Step 5. Step 4. A. B. 3. 1. 4. 1. Connect the interface cable to the printer port of the computer and secure it with the two screws. For the location of your computer's parallel printer port, see the User's Guide for your computer. Connect the parallel interface cable to the parallel interface port of the MFC and secure the wire clips. Click Yes to have the Control Center loaded each time Windows ® is star ted. The Control Center will appear as an icon in the task tray. If you click No the Scan keys on the MFC will be disabled. *3 In the Connect Cable window, click Next. If the test page is printed correctly, click Yes. If you click No, follow the prompts on the screen to correct the problem. In the Add Printer Wizard window, select BRUSB: USB Printer Port, and then click Next. ( For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me Users ) The installation of the Brother driver will automatically start. Follow the instructions on the screen. Connect the MFC to your PC with the USB cable (it will take a few seconds for the installation screen to appear). Turn on the MFC by plugging in the power cord. Follow the instructions on the screen. The installation of the Brother driver will automatically start. Turn on the MFC by plugging in the power cord. Connect the MFC to your PC with Parallel Cable. ( For Windows® 98/98SE/Me Users ) 5. 2. 2. The Brother PC fax, Printer and Scanner drivers have been installed and the installation is now complete. Select Yes to restar t your computer, and then click Finish. Accept the default Printer name by selecting Yes, and then click Next. When the above screen appears, click Finish and wa ...