Page 2 - If You Need to Call Customer Service
© 1996–1999 Brother Industries, Ltd. If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model Number:* MFC 8600 MFC 8700 (Circle your model number) Serial Number:** __________________________________________ Date of Purchase: ________________________...
Page 3 - Brother Numbers; Brother fax-back system; For Customer Service; From within Montreal:
i Brother Numbers Brother fax-back system Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, soyou can get instant answers to common technical questions and productinformation for all Brother products. This system is available 24 hours aday, 7 days a week. You can use the system ...
Page 4 - Ordering Accessories and Supplies; Description
i i O R D E R I N G A C C E S S O R I E S A N D S U P P L I E S Ordering Accessories and Supplies For best quality results use only genuine Brother accessories, available atmost Brother retailers. If you cannot find the accessory you need and youhave a Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express ...
Page 5 - Notice – Disclaimer of Warranties
i i i Notice – Disclaimer of Warranties (For USA and Canada) BROTHER’S LICENSOR(S), AND THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY BROTHER’S LICENSOR)MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDINGWITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OFMERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTIC...
Page 6 - Compilation and Publication Notice
i v T R A D E M A R K S Compilation and Publication Notice Under the supervision of Brother Industries Ltd., this manual has beencompiled and published, covering the latest product descriptions andspecifications. The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product aresubject to change...
Page 7 - Table of Contents; SETTING UP BROTHER MACHINE AND PC TO WORK; USING THE WINDOWS
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S v 2 2 1 1 Table of Contents 3 3 WALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING ....................................................... 1-1Introduction ....................................................................................... 1-1Getting Started .......................................
Page 8 - USING MULTI-FUNCTION LINK
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S v i 4 4 Global Settings ............................................................................ 3-5Setting Up the Scanner Configurations ...................................... 3-5To access the Scanner Configurations screen: ............................ 3-5Perform a...
Page 10 - USING THE BROTHER MACHINE WITH A NEW POWER
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S v i i i 9 9 Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660: ... 8-5HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP, IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: ................. 8-6 HP LaserJet 4 Plus: ............................................................... 8-6NEC SuperScript 610/660: .....
Page 11 - Introduction; Setting Up Video Print Mode; Walk-Up Video Printing
W A L K - U P V I D E O P R I N T I N G 1 - 1 Introduction Walk-Up Video Printing lets you use your Brother machine (connected toyour camcorder, digital camera, video game, or VCR) to capture a videoframe on the attached equipment and print it on your MFC. The videosignal and the output you create a...
Page 12 - Black and White Video Printing; Changing Default Settings; DEFAULT SETTINGS; HIGH; Press; is default
W A L K - U P V I D E O P R I N T I N G 1 - 2 Black and White Video Printing 1 With no documents in the feeder, plug the cable from your video camera’sVideo Out jack into the Brother machine’s RCA pin jack. 2 Play the video. When the Brother machine begins receiving the videosignals, the machine’s s...
Page 13 - Setting Video Printing Quality
W A L K - U P V I D E O P R I N T I N G 1 - 3 Setting Video Printing Quality 1 Press Function , 3 , 1 . The screen displays 1. QUALITY. 2 Press or to select a quality QUALITY:NORMAL QUALITY:HIGH and press Set . 3 Press Stop to exit. Setting Video Type Before you turn on the video signal, you must se...
Page 15 - Using Brother Machine with Your PC; B e f o r e y o u i n s t a l l t h e M u l t i - F u n c t i o n L i n k; Before You Install Multi-Function Link; If You Don’t Have a CD-ROM Drive
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 1 2 2 Using Brother Machine with Your PC Multi-Function Link ® Pro software (MFL Pro) turns your Brother machine into a multi-function center, by enabling you to use your fax machine as aprinter and a scanner and to use it to fax from Windows ® a...
Page 16 - Computer Requirements
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 2 Computer Requirements The following are the minimum computer requirements you need to set upand operate the MFC as a printer. CPU 80486/66MHz or higher (Windows ® 3.1x or 95/98) Pentium 75 or Higher (Windows ® 98 or Windows NT ® Workstation Ver...
Page 18 - Installing Brother Software Using a USB Cable
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 4 Installing Brother Software Using a USB Cable 1 Insert the MFL Pro CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Select Specify a locationand remove the other checkmarks, then click Browse tolocate the file. 3 Double-click on the CD icon andclick on the Win...
Page 25 - Choosing the Software to Install
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 11 Choosing the Software to Install Install Multi-Function Link ® Pro If you want the MFL Pro set of software: Multi-Function Link ® Pro, PaperPort ® , including ScanSoft™ TextBridge ® , and Brother scanner driver, printer drivers and True Type C...
Page 26 - IMPORTANT; Overview of Basic Steps
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 12 Installing the Brother Software(For Parallel Interface) IMPORTANT To install the software using Windows NT ® Workstation Version 4.0, y o u m u st b e logged on as t he Admi ni st rat or. A f t er M ul t i - F unct i onLink ® Pro is installed,...
Page 28 - Helpful Hints for Windows
S E T U P B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H P C 2 - 14 The On-Line Documentation window appears: 5 In the On-Line Documentation window, click on “Install Acrobat Reader”and follow the prompts on the screen. You must install Acrobat Readerbefore you can view on-line documentation. Helpful Hints for...
Page 29 - Using the Windows; Brother Control Center
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 1 3 3 Using the Windows ® -Based Brother Control Center (For Windows ® 95/98 and NT ® 4.0 Only) Brother Control Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PCscreen whenever paper is placed in the automatic documen...
Page 30 - AutoLoad the Brother Control Center
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 2 AutoLoad the Brother Control Center The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each timeWindows ® is started. When the Control Center is loaded the Control Center icon will appear in the task bar. If you don’t want the Con...
Page 31 - Brother Control Center Features; Auto Configuration; Scanning Operations
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 3 Brother Control Center Features Auto Configuration During the installation process the Control Center checks your system todetermine the default applications for E-mail, word processing andgraphics viewer/editor. For example, if you are using O...
Page 32 - Copy Operations; PC Fax Operation
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 4 Scan to Graphic Application—allows you to scan a page directly into anygraphic viewer/editor application. You can select the destinationapplication, such as MS Paint or Corel PhotoPaint. Copy Operations Copy—allows you to use the PC and any Win...
Page 33 - Global Settings
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 5 Global Settings AutoLoad Pop-Up—Click this checkbox if you want Brother MFL ControlCenter to load when you boot your computer. Setting Up the Scanner Configurations The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes. Each timeyou scan...
Page 34 - Scan to File; Scanner Settings
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 6 Perform an Operation from the Control CenterScreen If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the ControlCenter window without first placing a document in the feeder. Place a document in the Brother machine’s feeder, then clic...
Page 37 - File Attachments; Show QuickSend Menu
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 9 File Attachments Do not convert files—Click this checkbox if you do not want to change thefile type of attachments. The Conversion Options will not be available(grayed). Convert MAX files only—Click this checkbox if you want to convert onlyatta...
Page 38 - Send Scan to Word Processor
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 10 Highlight the name(s) you want to add to your list, click the User button,then click OK to return to the Link Preference window. From the Link Preference window, you can remove a name from theQuickSend list, highlight the name and clicking the...
Page 39 - Word Processor; Select your setting and click OK.
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 11 Word Processor Word Processor—From the pull-down list, select the word processor youwant to use. Click the Link Settings… button to display a screen to set up a link to theversion of OCR and document format that you want to use: OCR Package—Fr...
Page 40 - User Defined Button; Copy / Two on One Copy
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 12 User Defined Button Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate forthe type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; Photos; Photos(High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or ...
Page 41 - To change the copy options, click the Copy Options... button.; Send a Fax
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 13 Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate forthe type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; Text for OCR; Photos;Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or FineCopy. To change ...
Page 42 - FAX Settings; To change the fax options, click the FAX Options... button.
U S I N G B R O T H E R C O N T R O L C E N T E R 3 - 14 FAX Settings Brother MFL Pro FaxFAX Resolution—Click the pull-down arrow to choose the fax resolutionyou want:• Standard (200x100) • Fine (200x200) • SuperFine (200x400) To change the fax options, click the FAX Options… button. Click the OK bu...
Page 43 - Pro; Using the Multi-Function Link; Brother Resource Manager
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 1 4 4 Using Multi-FunctionLink ® Pro Introduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother software, so you can getstarted using the Multi-Function Link ® Pro (MFL Pro) software. Detailed installation and setup instructions are in the ...
Page 44 - Pro Main Menu
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 2 Multi-Function Link ® Pro Main Menu The Multi-Function Link ® Pro Main Menu is theapplication used for all faxsending and receivingoperations. It also containsan electronic Phone Bookprogram and a Log Managerthat maintains a recordof all PC...
Page 45 - MFC Remote Setup
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 3 MFC Remote Setup The MFC Remote Setup application allows you to quickly set up your MFCby taking advantage of the ease and speed of programming on your PC.When you access this application, the settings on your MFC will bedownloaded automati...
Page 46 - Sending a Fax from Your PC; Sending a Quick Fax; Sending a Fax from the Main Menu
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 4 Sending a Fax from Your PC Sending a Quick Fax A QuickFax is a cover page only fax with a message. This option is veryuseful when you want to fax a quick, short message from your PC. 1 From the Main Menu, select the QuickFax button—OR— Sele...
Page 47 - Sending a Fax from a Windows; Select Brother MFL Pro Fax as your printer.
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 5 Sending a Fax from a Windows ® Application You can send a fax directly from any Windows ® application using the following steps: 1 Create the document in a Windows ® application. 2 Select Brother MFL Pro Fax as your printer. 3 Select the Pr...
Page 48 - Receiving Faxes into PC; Before You Begin; Checklist for Machine: Make Sure MF Link Mode is Active; Checklist for PC
U S I N G M U L T I - F U N C T I O N L I N K ® P R O 4 - 6 Receiving Faxes into PC To receive faxes into your PC through the MFC, you must first haveconnected your Brother machine to your computer. Then, you can load thesoftware. (See Chapter 2, Setting Up Brother Machine and PC to WorkTogether.) B...
Page 49 - Using ScanSoft; To Uninstall PaperPort
5 - 1 U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 Using ScanSoft ™ PaperPort ® for Brother and ScanSoft ™ TextBridge ® PaperPort ® for Brother is a document management application. You will use PaperPort ® to view incoming faxes and scanned documents. PaperPort ® ha...
Page 50 - Organizing Your Items in Folders
U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 - 2 For Windows ® 3.1x: In the PaperPort ® program group, click the Uninstall icon and follow the instructions on the screen. Viewing Items in ScanSoft ™ PaperPort ® for Brother PaperPort ® provides several ways to view it...
Page 51 - Links to Many Other Applications; —OR—
5 - 3 U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® ■ When you double-click a folder, its items (both PaperPort ® MAX files and other files) appear on the Desktop. ■ You can also use Windows ® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop View. Links to Many...
Page 52 - Impor ting Items from Other Applications; Exporting an Image File
U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 - 4 Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort ® ’s built-in OCR application, or you can use your own OCR application. Impor ting Items from Other Applications In addition to scanning items, you can...
Page 53 - Accessing the Scanner
5 - 5 U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® Accessing the Scanner To choose the Brother Multi-Function Link ® Pro as your scanner driver, select it under the “Select scanner”—OR—“Select source” option in yoursoftware. From the PaperPort ® window, select Acquire ...
Page 54 - Settings in the Scanner Window; Image; Resolution
U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 - 6 Settings in the Scanner Window Image Resolution Resolution: Select the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop downlist. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but canachieve a finer scanned image....
Page 55 - Contrast; Size; Business Card Size
5 - 7 U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® Contrast The contrast setting is adjustable only when you have selected one of thegray scale settings, but it is not available when Black & White is selectedas the gray Scale. Increasing the contrast level (by drag...
Page 56 - PreScanning an Image
U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 - 8 PreScanning an Image PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. Athumbnail version of the image will appear in the Scanning Area. This isonly a preview of the image so you can see how it will ...
Page 57 - Video Capture from the PC; Connecting Your Video Equipment; To connect your video equipment:
5 - 9 U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® Video Capture from the PC Video Capture is the process of isolating a single frame (or picture) frommedia played on video equipment (such as a video camera or VCR) andthen converting that frame into an image file on yo...
Page 58 - Capturing An Image; To capture a frame as an image:; Video Capture button.
U S I N G S C A N S O F T ™ P A P E R P O R T ® A N D T E X T B R I D G E ® 5 - 10 Capturing An Image Connect the video equipment to your Brother machine. (See page 4-9.) You can access Multi-Function Link ® Pro’s TWAIN dialog box from the PaperPort ® Viewer or from any application that is compatibl...
Page 61 - Main Features; Before You Use this Software
U S I N G A U T O M A T I C E - M A I L P R I N T I N G 6 - 1 6 6 For Windows ® 95/98 Only Main Features ■ You can use Automatic E-Mail Printing with other E-mail software:Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing has some extra functions that other E-mail software, such as Netscape Navigator TM or MS Inter...
Page 62 - To Access the On-Line Documentation
U S I N G A U T O M A T I C E - M A I L P R I N T I N G 6 - 2 To Look for Software Updates at www.brother.com 1 Select your country and click Go!! 2 Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner, click Software. 3 Click Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0. 4 Select the application or product cat...
Page 63 - FaxStorm; F a x S t o r m ” i n t h e O n - L i n e; FaxStorm, see the online HELP files; FaxStorm on your
7 - 1 F A X I N G W I T H N E T C E N T R I C ™ F A X S T O R M 7 Using Internet Faxing withNetCentric ™ FaxStorm Internet Faxing(For Windows ® 3.1 / 95/98 /NT ® 4.0 Only) Internet faxing (NetCentric FaxStorm) brings together the power of thePC and the economy of the Internet. Outgoing faxes are rel...
Page 64 - Customer Support; Contact NetCentric Corporation at
F A X I N G W I T H N E T C E N T R I C ™ F A X S T O R M 7 - 2 To Look for Software Updates at www.brother.com 1 Select your country and click Go!! 2 Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner, click Software. 3 Click Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0. 4 Select the application or product c...
Page 65 - If You Are Having Difficulty; Troubleshooting Windows
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G W I N D O W S ® S O F T W A R E D I F F I C U L T I E S 8 - 1 8 8 If You Are Having Difficulty Check the table below and follow the software troubleshooting tips. Troubleshooting Windows ® Software Difficulties DIFFICULTY SUGGESTIONS Error Message “New You can select “D...
Page 71 - Lexmark WinWriter 200:
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G W I N D O W S ® S O F T W A R E D I F F I C U L T I E S 8 - 7 EPSON ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: Please remove the EPSON Action Laser 1100/1400 driver by running theEPDELETE.EXE file in the Windows ® Printer Driver for these models. Lexmark WinWriter 200: You must modify th...
Page 72 - Graphics or Text Is Missing When the Document Is Printed
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G W I N D O W S ® S O F T W A R E D I F F I C U L T I E S 8 - 8 Graphics or Text Is Missing When the Document Is Printed This could be caused by your Display Driver software. Contact yourreseller and inquire about the latest Display Driver software. Anothersolution is to ...
Page 73 - Click Install MFC Printer Driver to begin the installation.; iMac
U S I N G Y O U R B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H Y O U R A P P L E M A C I N T O S H G 3 O R I M A C 9 - 1 9 9 Connecting Your USB Equipped AppleMacintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 Connect your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS8.5/8.6 to your MFC 8600 or MFC 8700: 1 Set u...
Page 74 - Click Install MFC Scanner Driver to begin the installation.; Impor ting Images
U S I N G Y O U R B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H Y O U R A P P L E M A C I N T O S H G 3 O R I M A C 9 - 2 6 Click Install MFC Scanner Driver to begin the installation. 7 After you have installed the Drivers, click View On-Line Documentationfor operation instructions. Restart your Macintosh G3 ...
Page 77 - Scanning Area
U S I N G Y O U R B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H Y O U R A P P L E M A C I N T O S H G 3 O R I M A C 9 - 5 Scanning Area Set the Size to one of the following:• Letter (8.5 x 11 inches) • A4 (210 x 297 mm) • Legal (8.5 x 14 inches) • A5 (148 x 210 mm) • B5 (182 x 257 mm) • Executive (7.25 x 10.5...
Page 78 - Miscellaneous; Brightness
U S I N G Y O U R B R O T H E R M A C H I N E W I T H Y O U R A P P L E M A C I N T O S H G 3 O R I M A C 9 - 6 Miscellaneous Brightness Brightness—Adjust the brightness settings to obtain the best image. TheBrother TWAIN Scanner driver offers 100 brightness settings (-50 to 50).The default value is...
Page 81 - Glossary
G L O S S A R Y G - 1 Glossary Automatic E-Mail printing Software application that automatically prints incoming e-mail messages on the MFC (on CD-ROM). Brother Control Center A window that enables you to click on a button to choose the type of scanning operation you want to perform. If you set upt ...
Page 83 - Index
I N D E X I - 1 Index A accessories and supplies iiApple connecting 9-1installing drivers 9-1scanning 9-2 to 9-7 B bi-directional parallel cable 2-10Brother accessories and supplies iiBulletin Board icontact numbers iCustomer Service iDisclaimer—User Installation ofMemory Board(s) iiifax-back system...
Page 85 - Visit us on the World Wide Web
UU2103001 1 Printed in China These machines are made for use in the USA and CANADA only. We cannot recommend using them overseas because it may violate the Telecommunications Regulations of that country and the power requirements of your Multi-Function Center may not be compatible with the power ava...
