User manual BROTHER MFC-7820N

SOFTWARE USER'S GUIDE DCP-7020 MFC-7220 MFC-7225N MFC-7420 MFC-7820N Version A Table of Contents 1 Using the machine as a printer Using the Brother printer driver ...............................................................................1-1 How to print your document.....................................................................................1-1 Printing from the manual feed slot......................................................................1-2 Manual Duplex Printing ......................................................................................1-3 Simultaneous printing and faxing ............................................................................1-3 Printer operation key ...............................................................................................1-3 Job Cancel .........................................................................................................1-3 Popular Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only)...........1-4 Printing the Internal Font List .............................................................................1-4 Printing the Print Configuration List....................................................................1-5 Restoring default settings...................................................................................1-5 Printer driver settings (For Windows®) ....................................................................1-6 How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®) ......................................1-6 Features in the PCL printer driver (For Windows®) .................................................1-7 Basic tab.............................................................................................................1-7 Advanced tab .....................................................................................................1-9 Print Quality......................................................................................................1-10 Duplex ..............................................................................................................1-11 Watermark........................................................................................................1-12 Page Setting.....................................................................................................1-13 Device Options .................................................................................................1-13 Support tab.......................................................................................................1-17 Features in the PS (PostScript®) Brother printer driver (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) (For Windows®).........................................1-18 Ports tab ...........................................................................................................1-18 Layout tab.........................................................................................................1-19 Paper / Quality tab............................................................................................1-19 Advanced Options ............................................................................................1-19 Status Monitor (Windows® only)............................................................................1-20 How to turn on the status monitor ....................................................................1-20 Monitoring and viewing the machine's status...................................................1-20 2 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows® XP only)...........................2-2 WIA compliant ....................................................................................................2-2 How to access the scanner ................................................................................2-2 Scanning a document into the PC (For MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) ...............2-3 Scanning a document into the PC (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only)..............................................2-4 Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................2-7 i TWAIN compliant ...............................................................................................2-7 How to access the Scanner................................................................................2-7 Scanning a document into the PC......................................................................2-8 Settings in the Scanner window .......................................................................2-10 Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)..........................................2-13 Scan to E-mail ..................................................................................................2-13 Scan to Image ..................................................................................................2-14 Scan to OCR ....................................................................................................2-14 Scan to File ......................................................................................................2-14 Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR ..................................2-15 Viewing items ...................................................................................................2-16 Organizing your items in folders.......................................................................2-16 Quick links to other applications.......................................................................2-17 ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit...................................................................................................2-17 Importing items from other applications ...........................................................2-17 Exporting items in other formats.......................................................................2-18 How to Uninstall PaperPort® 9.0SE and ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR ............2-18 3 Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows®) ControlCenter2.0 .....................................................................................................3-1 How to turn off the AutoLoad feature in ControlCenter2.0 .................................3-2 SCAN .................................................................................................................3-2 CUSTOM SCAN.................................................................................................3-2 COPY .................................................................................................................3-3 PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)................................................................3-3 DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020)...............................................3-3 SCAN.......................................................................................................................3-4 Image (example: Microsoft Paint).......................................................................3-4 OCR (Word Processing program) ......................................................................3-5 E-mail .................................................................................................................3-5 File attachments .................................................................................................3-6 File......................................................................................................................3-6 CUSTOM SCAN ......................................................................................................3-7 Customizing a user-defined button.....................................................................3-8 COPY ....................................................................................................................3-11 PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020)...................................................................3-12 Send .................................................................................................................3-12 Receive / View Received..................................................................................3-12 Address Book ...................................................................................................3-13 Setup ................................................................................................................3-13 DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020) ..................................................3-14 Remote Setup ..................................................................................................3-14 Quick-Dial.........................................................................................................3-14 ii 4 Using MFC Remote Setup (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020) MFC Remote Setup.................................................................................................4-1 5 Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows®) (not available for DCP-7020) PC-FAX sending......................................................................................................5-1 Setting up user information ................................................................................5-1 Sending setup ....................................................................................................5-2 User interface .....................................................................................................5-3 Address Book .....................................................................................................5-4 Setting up a Cover Page ....................................................................................5-5 Entering Cover Page Information .......................................................................5-5 Speed-Dial setup .....................................................................................................5-6 Brother Address Book ........................................................................................5-6 Setting up a Member in the Address Book.........................................................5-7 Setting up a Group for Broadcasting ..................................................................5-7 Editing Member information ...............................................................................5-7 Deleting a Member or Group..............................................................................5-8 Exporting the Address Book...............................................................................5-8 Importing to the Address Book ...........................................................................5-9 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface...............5-10 Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface...................5-11 Setting up PC-FAX receiving.................................................................................5-12 Running PC-FAX Receiving .............................................................................5-12 Setting up your PC ...........................................................................................5-12 Viewing new PC-FAX messages......................................................................5-13 6 Network Scanning (For Windows®) (MFC-7225N, MFC-7820N or models with the optional NC-2200w Only) Network License.................................................................................................6-1 Registering your PC with the machine for scanning...........................................6-1 Using the Scan key..................................................................................................6-3 Scan to E-mail ....................................................................................................6-3 Scan to Image ....................................................................................................6-4 Scan to OCR ......................................................................................................6-5 Scan to File ........................................................................................................6-6 iii 7 Using your machine with a Macintosh® Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®.................................................7-1 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) ...........7-2 Choosing page setup options.............................................................................7-2 Specific settings .................................................................................................7-3 Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2).............................................................................................7-4 Using the PS driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only).....................................................................7-5 For Mac OS® X users.........................................................................................7-5 For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 users ............................................................................7-7 Sending a fax from your Macintosh® application (not available for DCP-7020) ................................................................................7-9 For Mac OS® X users.........................................................................................7-9 Drag a vCard from the Mac OS® X Address Book application .........................7-11 For Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2 users ..........................................................................7-12 Scanning from a Macintosh® .................................................................................7-13 Accessing the scanner .....................................................................................7-13 Scanning an image into your Macintosh®.........................................................7-14 Pre-Scanning an image....................................................................................7-15 Settings in the Scanner window .......................................................................7-16 Configuring Network Scanning ..............................................................................7-19 Using Presto!® PageManager®..............................................................................7-21 Highlights..........................................................................................................7-21 System requirements for Presto!® PageManager®...........................................7-21 Technical Support ............................................................................................7-22 Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater) .................................7-24 How to turn off the AutoLoad feature in ControlCenter2.0 ...............................7-24 SCAN ...............................................................................................................7-25 CUSTOM SCAN...............................................................................................7-25 COPY ...............................................................................................................7-25 DEVICE SETTINGS (not available for DCP-7020) ..........................................7-26 SCAN ...............................................................................................................7-26 CUSTOM SCAN...............................................................................................7-29 COPY ...............................................................................................................7-34 DEVICE SETTINGS (not available for DCP-7020) ..........................................7-35 MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater) (not available for DCP-7020) ..............................................................................7-36 I Index I-1 iv 1 Using the machine as a printer Using the Brother printer driver A Printer Driver is software that translates data from the format used by a computer into the format required by a particular printer, using a printer command language or page description language. The printer drivers are on the CD-ROM we have supplied. Install the drivers first by following the Quick Setup Guide. Also, the latest printer driver can be downloaded from the Brother Solutions Center at: http://solutions.brother.com 1 Windows® Printing The dedicated printer driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT® workstation 4.0 are available on the CD-ROM supplied with your Brother device. You can install them easily into your Windows® system using our installer program. The driver supports our unique compression mode to enhance printing speed in Windows® applications, and allows you to set various printer settings, including economy printing mode and custom paper size. How to print your document When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. The paper tray can feed many types of paper and envelopes. (See the User's Guide for information about the Paper Tray and Recommended paper.) 1 From your application, select the Print command. If any other printer drivers are installed on your computer, select Brother MFC-XXXX or DCP-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name. If you are using a USB cable to connect your machine then USB will be in the printer driver name) as your printer driver from the Print or Print Settings menu in your software application, and then click OK to begin printing. Note For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 7-2 or Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 7-4. 2 3 Your computer sends the data to the machine. The LCD shows Receiving Data. When the machine finishes printing all the data, the LCD shows the date and time. Note You can select the paper size and orientation in your application software. If your application software does not support your custom paper size, select the next larger paper size. Then adjust the print area by changing the right and left margins in your application software. 1-1 Using the machine as a printer Printing from the manual feed slot Note The machine automatically turns on the Manual Feed mode when you put paper in the manual feed slot. The machine illustrations are of the MFC-7420 or MFC-7820N, but the descriptions apply to all the models. 1 1 2 Set the Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, and other settings in the printer driver. Set the Paper Source to Manual. Slide the paper guides to fit the paper size. 3 Using both hands put paper in the manual feed slot until the front edge of the paper touches the paper feed roller. Hold the paper in this position until the printer automatically feeds it in for a short distance, and then let go of it. 4 Send the print data to the machine. Note Put the paper into the manual feed slot with the side to be printed face up. Make sure that the paper is straight and in the proper position on the manual feed slot. If it is not, the paper may not be fed properly, resulting in a skewed printout or a paper jam. Do not put more than one piece of paper in the manual feed slot at any one time, as it may cause a jam. 5 After the printed page comes out of the machine, put in the next sheet of paper as in Step 3 above. Repeat for each page that you want to print. 1-2 Using the machine as a printer Manual Duplex Printing The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Then, the Windows® driver instructs you (with a pop-up message) to reinsert the paper. Before reinserting the paper, straighten it well, or you may get a paper jam. Very thin or very thick paper is not recommended. 1 Simultaneous printing and faxing Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while scanning a document into the computer. Fax sending will not be stopped during PC printing. However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the PC printing operation, and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished. Note The Fax function is not available for DCP-7020. Printer operation key Job Cancel If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by pressing Job Cancel. 1-3 Using the machine as a printer Popular Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) The MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N support HP LaserJet (PCL level 6) and the BR-Script 3 (PostScript® 3TM) printer emulation modes. If you use DOS application software, you can use the HP LaserJet (PCL level 6) or BR-Script 3 (PostScript® 3TM) emulation mode for printer operations. 1 Setting the Emulation Selection Your machine will receive print commands in a printer job language or Emulation. Different operating systems and applications will send the print commands in different languages. Your machine can receive print commands in a variety of emulations. This machine has an Automatic Emulation Selection setting. When the machine receives information from the PC, it automatically chooses the emulation mode. This setting has been set at the factory to AUTO. You can change the default emulation mode manually by using the control panel. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 4, 1. Press or to select Auto, HP LaserJet or BR-Script 3. Press Menu/Set. Press Stop/Exit. Note We recommend that you set the emulation setting with your application software or network server. If the setting does not work properly, select the required emulation mode manually using the control panel buttons of the machine. Printing the Internal Font List You can print a list of the machine's internal (or resident) fonts to see how each font looks before you select it. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 4, 2, 1. Press Start. The machine prints the list. Press Stop/Exit. 1-4 Using the machine as a printer Printing the Print Configuration List You can print a list of current printer settings. 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 4, 2, 2. Press Start. The machine prints the settings. Press Stop/Exit. 1 Restoring default settings You can return the machine to the default settings. Fonts and macros in the temporary settings are cleared. 1 2 3 4 Press Menu/Set, 4, 3. Press 1 to restore the default settings. --OR-- Press 2 to exit without making a change. Press Stop/Exit. Note Only the printer settings will be returned to the default settings. 1-5 Using the machine as a printer Printer driver settings (For Windows®) Note For Macintosh® users, see Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X) on page 7-2 or Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 9.1 to 9.2) on page 7-4. You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer: *1 1 Paper Size Multiple Page Orientation Copies Media Type Paper Source Resolution Toner Save Mode Manual Duplex*1 Watermark*1 Scaling*1 Print Date & Time*1 Quick Print Setup*1 Status Monitor*1 These settings are not available with the BR-Script driver. How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows®) 1 2 Select Print from the File menu in your application software. Select Brother MFC-XXXX (USB) Printer or Brother DCP-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name and if you are connected USB then USB will be in the printer driver name) and click Properties or Preferences. (Document Default for Windows NT® 4.0). The Printer dialog box will appear. Note The way you access the printer driver settings depends on your operating system and software applications. The screens shown in this chapter are from Windows® XP. The screens on your computer may vary depending on your Windows® operating system. 1-6 Using the machine as a printer Features in the PCL printer driver (For Windows®) Basic tab 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Select the Paper Size, Multiple Page, Border Line (if any) and Orientation. Select number of Copies and Media Type. Select the Paper Source (First Page and Other Pages). Click the OK button to apply your selected settings. To return to the default settings, click the Default button, then click the OK button. Paper Size From the drop-down box select the Paper Size you are using. Multiple Page The Multiple Page selection can reduce the image size of a page allowing multiple pages to be printed on one sheet of paper or enlarging the image size for printing one page on multiple sheets of paper. Ex. 4 in 1 Ex. 1 in 2 × 2 pages 1-7 Using the machine as a printer Border Line When printing multiple pages on one sheet with the Multiple Page feature you can select to have a solid border, dash border or no border around each page on the sheet. Orientation Orientation selects the position of how your document will be printed (Portrait or Landscape). 1 Portrait Landscape Copies The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed. Collate With the Collate check box selected, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then repeated for the number of copies you selected. If the Collate check box is not selected, then each page will be printed for all the copies selected before the next page of the document is printed. Collate box checked Collate box not checked Media Type You can use the following types of media in your machine. For the best print quality, select the type of media that you wish to use. Plain Paper Transparencies Thin Paper Envelopes Thick Paper Env. Thick Thicker Paper Env. Thin Bond Paper Recycled Paper Note When using ordinary plain paper (19 to 25 lb), select Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper, envelopes or rough paper select Thick Paper or Thicker Paper. For bond paper, select Bond Paper; for OHP transparencies, select Transparencies. When you use envelopes, select Envelopes. If the toner is not fixed to the envelope correctly when Envelopes has been selected, select Env. Thick. If the envelope is crumpled when Envelopes has been selected, select Env. Thin. Paper Source You can choose Auto Select, Tray 1 or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for printing from the second page onwards. 1-8 Using the machine as a printer Advanced tab 12 3 4 5 1 Change the tab settings by selecting one of the following icons: 1 Print Quality 2 Duplex 3 Watermark 4 Page Setting 5 Device Options Note To return to the default settings, click the Default button. 1-9 Using the machine as a printer Print Quality Resolution You can change the resolution as follows: HQ 1200 (DCP-7020, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N and MFC-7225N) 1200 x 600 (MFC-7220) 600 dpi 300 dpi 1 Toner Save Mode You can save running costs by turning on the Toner Save Mode, which reduces the print density. Print Setting You can manually change the Print setting. Auto Selecting the Auto (Recommended) button will allow automatic printing with the most suitable print settings for your print job. Manual You can change the settings manually by selecting the Manual button and clicking the Setting... button. For Windows® 98/98SE/Me users: Brightness, Contrast and other settings. For Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000/XP users: Use Printer Halftone, Use System Halftone, Improve gray printing. 1 - 10 Using the machine as a printer Duplex The PCL printer driver supports manual duplex printing. Manual Duplex Check Manual Duplex. In this mode, the machine prints all the even numbered pages first. Then the printer driver stops and shows the instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered pages are printed. Duplex Type There are six types of duplex directions available for each orientation. Flip on Left Edge Flip on Right Edge Flip on Top Edge 1 Flip on Bottom Edge Flip on Top Edge (No Reverse) Flip on Bottom Edge (No Reverse) Binding Offset Check the Binding Offset option, you can specify the offset value of the binding side in inches or millimeters (0 - 8 inches) [0 - 203.2 mm]. 1 - 11 Using the machine as a printer Watermark You can place a logo or text into your document as a Watermark. You can select one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created. Check Use Watermark, and then select the watermark you want to use. 1 Transparent Check Transparent with the Watermark to print the watermark image in the background of your document. If this feature is not checked then the Watermark will be printed on top of your document. In Outline Text (Windows® 2000/XP/Windows NT® 4.0) Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark. Print Watermark The Print Watermark feature offers the following print choices: On all pages On first page only From second page Custom Watermark Setting You can change the Watermark's size and position on the page by selecting the Watermark, and clicking the Edit button. If you want to add a new Watermark, click the New button, and then select Text or Bitmap in the Watermark Style. Title You can select the CONFIDENTIAL, COPY or DRAFT as the standard title or enter a title you like in the field. Watermark Text Enter your Watermark text into the Text Box, and then select the Font, Size, Darkness and Style. Watermark Bitmap Enter the file name and location of your bitmap image in the File box, or Browse for the file location. You can also set the scaling size of the image. Position Use this setting if you want to control the position of the watermark on the page. 1 - 12 Using the machine as a printer Page Setting Scaling You can change the print size of your document with the Scaling feature. Check Off if you want to print the document as it appears on your screen. Check Fit to Paper Size if your document has an unusual size, or if you have only the standard size paper. Check Free if you want to change the size. 1 You can also use the Mirror Print or Reverse Print feature for your page setting. Device Options You can set the following Printer Function modes in this tab: Quick Print Setup Status Monitor Macro (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) Administrator (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me users only) Insert Command/File (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me users only) (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) Page Protection Print Date & Time Density adjustment Note The Printer Function list may differ depending on the model. 1 - 13 Using the machine as a printer Quick Print Setup The Quick Print Setup feature allows you to quickly select driver settings. To view settings, simply click your mouse button on the task tray icon. This feature can be set to On or Off from the Device Options. 1 Status Monitor This reports the machine status (any error that may happen with the machine) when printing. The default setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the Status Monitor on, go to the Advanced tab, select Device options and then select Status monitor. Macro (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) You can save a page of a document as a macro to the printer memory. Also, you can execute the saved macro - in other words, you can use the saved macro as an overlay on any document. This will save time and increase printing speed for often used information such as forms, company logos, letterhead formats or invoices. For more information, please see the Help text in the printer driver. 1 - 14 Using the machine as a printer Administrator (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me Users Only) The administrator selection permits the Copy, Scaling and Watermark features to be locked and password protected. 1 Note Record your password and keep it in a safe place for future reference. If you forget your password these settings can not be accessed. Insert Command/File (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me Users Only) (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) This option allows data to be inserted into a print job. Using this function allows you to do the following. · · Insert a print file or tiff format file into a print job. Insert a text string into a print job. Insert a macro, which is saved in printer memory, into a print job. Page Protection Page Protection refers to a setting that reserves additional memory for the creation of full page images. Selections are AUTO, OFF and Printer Default. The page protection feature allows the machine to create the full page image to be printed in memory before physically moving the paper through the machine. When the image is very complicated and the machine has to wait to process the image before printing, use this function. 1 - 15 Using the machine as a printer Print Date & Time When enabled the Print Date & Time feature, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer's system clock. 1 Click the Setting button to change the Date, Time, Position and Font. To include a background with the Date and Time, select Opaque. When Opaque is selected, you can set the Darkness of the Date and Time background by changing the percentage. Note The Date and Time in the selection box shows the format that will be printed. The actual Date and Time printed on your document is automatically retrieved from the settings of your computer. Density adjustment Increase or decrease the print density. 1 - 16 Using the machine as a printer Support tab The Support Tab provides driver version and setting information. In addition there are links to the Brother Solutions Center and the Driver Update Web sites. Click the Support tab to display the following screen: 1 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. Web Update Web Update checks the Brother web site for updated drivers, and automatically downloads and updates the printer driver on your computer. Print Settings You can print a list of current printer settings. Print Fonts (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) You can print the internal fonts list. Check Setting The Check Setting selection displays a list of your current driver settings. 1 - 17 Using the machine as a printer Features in the PS (PostScript®) Brother printer driver (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) (For Windows®) The BR-Script 3 (PostScript® 3TM language emulation) driver supports Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and Windows NT® 4.0. To install the PS driver If you have already installed the printer driver following the instruction in the Quick Setup Guide, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your PC and click Install MFL-Pro Suite and follow the on-screen instructions. When the Select Components screen appears, check PS Printer Driver, and then continue following the on-screen instructions. If you have not previously installed the driver and software, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your PC and click Install MFL-Pro Suite and follow the on-screen instructions. When the Setup Type screen appears, select Custom and check the PS Printer Driver. Then continue following on-screen instructions. Note The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. The screens on your PC will vary depending on your Operating System. You can download the latest driver by accessing the Brother Solutions Center at http://solutions.brother.com 1 Ports tab Select the port where your printer is connected or the path to the network printer you are using. 1 - 18 Using the machine as a printer Layout tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Layout tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties screen. The Layout tab enables you to change various layout settings such as Orientation, Page Order and Page Per Sheet. 1 Paper / Quality tab If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Paper/Quality tab by clicking Printing Preferences... in the General tab of the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Properties screen. Select the Paper Source. Advanced Options If you are using Windows NT® 4.0, Windows® 2000 or XP, you can access the Brother MFC-XXXX BR-Script3 Advanced Options tab by clicking the Advanced... button in the Layout tab or the Paper/Quality tab. Select the Paper Size and Copy Count. Set the Print Quality, Scaling and TrueType Font setting. You can change the following settings by selecting the setting in the Printer Features list: Media Type Toner Save BR-Script Level 1 - 19 Using the machine as a printer Status Monitor (Windows® only) The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool that allows you to monitor the status of one or more devices, allowing you to get immediate notification of errors such as paper empty or paper jam. How to turn on the status monitor 1 1 Click Brother MFC-XXXX (USB) Printer or Brother DCP-XXXX (USB) Printer (Where XXXX is your model name and if you are connected by USB then USB will be in the printer driver name) located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX/Status Monitor on your computer. The Brother Status Monitor window will appear. Right-click on the status monitor window and select Load Status Monitor on Startup in the menu. Right-click on the status monitor window and select Location, and then select the way to display the status monitor on your computer--in the taskbar, in the tasktray, in the tasktray (on Error) or on the desktop. 2 3 Monitoring and viewing the machine's status The Status Monitor icon will change color depending on the machine's status. Green icon means a normal stand-by condition. Yellow icon means a warning. Red icon means a printing error has occured. Note You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or selecting the Status Monitor located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXX on your computer. For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right click the Status Monitor icon and choose Help. 1 - 20 2 How to scan using Windows® Note The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your operating system. For Windows® XP Two scanner drivers are installed. Windows Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows® XP only) on page 2-2.) and a TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 2-7.) If you are using Windows® XP you can select either driver when scanning documents. For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® 4.0 The machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver for scanning documents from your applications. (See Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver on page 2-7.) For Macintosh® The machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver when scanning documents for your applications. Go to Scanning from a Macintosh® on page 7-13. For ScanSoft®, PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR (Windows® only) Go to Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR on page 2-15. 2 2-1 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows® XP only) WIA compliant Windows® XP uses Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the machine. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort® 9.0SE viewer that Brother included with your machine or you can scan images directly into any other software application that supports WIA or TWAIN scanning. 2 How to access the scanner 1 Open your software application to scan the document. Note The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE. The steps for scanning from another application may vary. 2 3 Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. The Scan panel appears on the left of the screen. Select WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX from the Scanner drop-down list box. Note If the machine is connected via: Parallel-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX USB-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX USB LAN-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name.) If you choose TW-Brother XXXXXXX, the TWAIN driver will run. 4 Click Scan. The Scan dialog box will appear: 2-2 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document into the PC (For MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) 1 2 3 Load your document. Select the picture type (B). A 2 Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D). B C D 4 If you require advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose your settings. 5 To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. Note You can select a resolution of up to 1200 dpi. For resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) on page 2-6.) You can only select Document Feeder in the Paper source menu. 2-3 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document into the PC (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only) There are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the Flatbed scanner glass. If you would like to scan and then crop a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document, you will need to use the scanner glass (Flatbed). (See Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan on page 2-9.) 2 Scanning a document using the ADF 1 2 Load your document. Select the Document Feeder from the Paper source drop-down list box (A). A B C D 3 4 5 Select the picture type (B). Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D). If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose your settings. Note You can select a resolution of up to 1200 dpi. For resolutions greater than 1200 dpi, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) on page 2-6.) 6 To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. 2-4 How to scan using Windows® Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N Only) 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 the Scan button from the scanner window to scan the image. 1 2 Place the document face down on the scanner glass. Select Flatbed in the Paper source pull-down box (A). A 2 Note If your machine has no ADF, you can skip step 2. B C Scanning area 3 4 5 Select the picture type (B). In the Scan dialog box, click the Preview button. The entire document will be scanned into the PC and will appear in the scanning area. To select the portion you want to scan, click and hold the left mouse button, then drag the mouse pointer over the area. Scanning area 6 If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose your settings. 7 To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. This time only the selected area of the document will appear in the PaperPort® 9.0SE window (or your software application window). 2-5 How to scan using Windows® Brother Scanner Utility (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) The Scanner Utility is used for configuring the scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi and for changing the maximum scanning size. If you want to set Legal size as the default size, change the setting using this utility. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take effect. To run the utility: You can run the utility by selecting the Scanner Utility located in the Start/All Programs/Brother/MFL-Pro Suite MFC-XXXXX menu. (Where XXXX is your model name.) Note If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may be very large. Please make sure that you have sufficient memory and hard disk space for the size of the file you are trying to scan. If the memory and hard disk is not sufficient then your computer may freeze and you could lose your file. 2 2-6 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver TWAIN compliant The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and software applications. This means that not only can you scan images directly into the PaperPort® 9.0SE viewer that Brother included with your machine, but you can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications include popular programs like Adobe® PhotoShop®, Adobe® PageMaker®, CorelDraw® and many more. 2 How to access the Scanner 1 Open the software application (ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE) to scan a document. Note The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE. 2 3 Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. The Scan panel appears in the left panel. Select the scanner you are using from the Scanner drop-down list box. Note If the machine is connected via: Parallel-use Brother MFC-XXXX or Brother DCP-XXXX USB-use Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother DCP-XXXX USB LAN-use Brother MFC-XXXX LAN or Brother DCP-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your model name.) If you are using Windows® XP, select TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, not WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX. 4 Click Scan. The Scanner Setup dialog box will appear: 2-7 How to scan using Windows® Scanning a document into the PC You can scan a whole page --OR-- Scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the document. 2 Scanning a whole page 1 2 Load your document. Adjust the following settings, if required, in the Scanner window: · · · · · · Image Type (A) Resolution (B) Scan Type (C) Brightness (D) Contrast (E) Document Size (F) A B C D E F Note After you select a document size, you can adjust the scanning area further by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. This is required when you want to crop an image when scanning. (See Settings in the Scanner window on page 2-10.) 3 Click the Start button in the scanner window. When scanning is completed, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort® 9.0SE window. 2-8 How to scan using Windows® Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the image. 1 Load your document. 2 Scanning area 2 3 4 Select the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size, as needed. In the Scanner Setup dialog box, click the PreScan button. The entire document will be scanned into the PC and will appear in the Scanning Area. To select the portion you want to scan, click and hold the left mouse button, then drag the mouse pointer over the area. Scanning area Note If you enlarge the image using size. button, you can then use the button to restore the image to its former 5 Load your document again. Note If you have a flatbed type model, and you loaded your document onto the scanner glass in step 1, please skip this step. 6 7 Click Start. This time only the selected area of the document will appear in the PaperPort® 9.0SE window (or your software application window). In the PaperPort® 9.0SE window, use the options available to refine the image. 2-9 How to scan using Windows® Settings in the Scanner window Image Type Select the image type of output from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each default setting. The default settings are: (For DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N) Image Type Photo Web Text Select for scanning photo images. Select for attaching the scanned image to web pages. Select for scanning text documents. Resolution 300 x 300 dpi 100 x 100 dpi 200 x 200 dpi Scan Type 24-bit color 24-bit color Black & White 2 (For MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) Image Type Photo Web Text Select for scanning photo images. Select for attaching the scanned image to web pages. Select for scanning text documents. Resolution 300 x 300 dpi 100 x 100 dpi 200 x 200 dpi Scan Type True Gray True Gray Black & White Resolution You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but can achieve a finer scanned image. The following list shows the resolution you can choose. 100 × 100 dpi 150 × 150 dpi 200 × 200 dpi 300 × 300 dpi 400 × 400 dpi 600 × 600 dpi 1200 × 1200 dpi 2400 × 2400 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) 4800 × 4800 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) 9600 × 9600 dpi (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) 2 - 10 How to scan using Windows® Scan Type Black & White: Set the Scan Type to Black & White for text or line art. Gray Scale: Colors: (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) Set the Scan Type to Gray (Error Diffusion) or True Gray for photographic images. Set either: 256 Color, which scans up to 256 colors, or 24 bit Color which scans up to 16.8 million colors. Although using 24 bit Color creates an image with the most accurate colors, the image file will be approximately three times larger than a file created with 256 Color. 2 Brightness Adjust the setting (-50 to 50) to obtain the best image. The default value is 0, representing an `average'. You can set the level by dragging the slide bar to the right or left to lighten or darken the image. You can also type a value in the box for the setting. 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. Note The Brightness setting is only available when Black & White or Gray (Error Diffusion) or True Gray is selected. Contrast You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slide bar to the left or right. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas of the image, while a decrease reveals more detail in gray areas. You can also type a value in the box for the setting. Note The Contrast setting is only adjustable when you have selected one of the gray scale settings. It is not available when Black & White and Color settings are selected as the Scan Type. 2 - 11 How to scan using Windows® Document Size Set the size to one of the following: A4 210 x 297 mm JIS B5 182 x 257 mm Letter 8 1/2 x 11 in Legal 8 1/2 x 14 in A5 148 x 210 mm Executive 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in Business Card Photo 4 x 6 in Index Card 5 x 8 in Photo L 89 x 127 mm Photo 2L 127 x 178 mm Postcard 1 100 x 148 mm Postcard 2 148 x 200 mm Custom (User adjustable from 0.35 x 0.35 in. to 8.5 x 14 in or 8.9 x 8.9 mm to 215.9 x 355.6 mm.) 2 If your machine is a flatbed type (except MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N), you can scan business cards. To scan business cards, select the business card size, and then place the business card face down at the center of the scanner glass. When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics application, you should try different settings for the contrast and resolution modes to see which best suits your needs. If you selected Custom as the size, the Custom Document Size dialog box will appear. Type the Name, Width and Height for the document. You can choose "mm" or "inch" as the unit for Width and Height. Note You can see the actual paper size you selected on the screen. Width: shows the width of scanning area Height: shows the height of scanning area Data Size: shows the approximate data size calculated in a Bitmap format. The size will be different for other file formats such as JPEG. 2 - 12 How to scan using Windows® Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users) Note If you use the Scan key on a network, please refer to Using the Scan key on page 6-3. You can use the Scan key on the control panel to scan documents into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications or your computer folder. The advantage of using Scan is that you avoid the mouse clicks required to scan from your computer. MFC-7220, MFC-7225N, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N DCP-7020 2 Note Before you can use the Scan key on the control panel, you must have connected the machine to your Windows® based computer and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your version of Windows®. For details about how to configure the ControlCenter2.0 buttons to launch the application of your choice using the Scan key, go to the appropriate chapter: · For Windows®, see Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows®) on page 3-1. · For Macintosh®, see Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater) on page 7-24. Scan to E-mail You can either scan a black and white document (or color document for the DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-7820N) into your E-mail application as a file attachment. You can change the Scan configuration. (See E-mail on page 3-5.) 1 2 3 Load your document. Press Scan. Press or to select Scan to E-mail. Press Menu/Set or Set. The machine will scan the document, create a file attachment, and launch your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed. 2 - 13 How to scan using Windows® Scan to Image You can scan a picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. You can change the scan configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft Paint) on page 3-4.) 1 2 3 Load your document. Press Scan. Press or to select Scan to Image. Press Menu/Set or Set. The machine will start the scanning process. 2 Scan to OCR If your document is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR to an editable text file and then have the result displayed in your word processing application for viewing and editing. You can change the scan configuration. (See OCR (Word Processing program) on page 3-5.) 1 2 3 Load your document. Press Scan. Press or to select Scan to OCR. Press Menu/Set or Set. The machine will start the scanning process. Scan to File You can scan a black and white or a color document into your computer and save it as a file in the folder you choose. The file type and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the Scan to File screen of ControlCenter2.0. (See File on page 3-6.) 1 2 3 Load your document. Press Scan. Press or to select Scan to File. Press Menu/Set or Set. The machine will start the scanning process. 2 - 14 How to scan using Windows® Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE and OmniPage® OCR ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use PaperPort® 9.0SE to view scanned documents. PaperPort® 9.0SE has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, filing system that will help you organize your graphics and text documents. It allows you to combine or "stack" documents of different formats for printing, faxing or filing. ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE can be accessed through the ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE program group. This chapter is only an introduction to the basic operations of ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE. The complete ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE User's Guide, including ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR, is in the Documentation located on the CD-ROM. When you install MFL-Pro Suite, ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE for Brother and ScanSoft® OmniPage® OCR are installed automatically. Note If you are using Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 Professional, you must be logged on with administrator rights. 2 2 - 15 How to scan using Windows®