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SOFTWARE
USER’S GUIDE
For DCP users; This documentation is for
both MFC and DCP models. Where it
says 'MFC' in this user's guide, please
read 'MFC' as 'DCP'.
Not all models are available in all
countries.

Version B
USA

Applicable models
This User’s Guide applies to the following models.
MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W/J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW

Definitions of notes
We use the following icons throughout this User’s Guide:

CAUTION

CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injuries.

IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality.

Note

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give
tips about how the operation works with other features.

Compilation and publication notice
Under the supervision of Brother Industries, Ltd., this manual has been compiled and published, covering the
latest product’s descriptions and specifications.
The contents of this manual and the specifications of this product are subject to change without notice.
Brother reserves the right to make changes without notice in the specifications and materials contained
herein and shall not be responsible for any damages (including consequential) caused by reliance on the
materials presented, including but not limited to typographical and other errors relating to the publication.
©2011 Brother Industries, Ltd.

IMPORTANT NOTE
 This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Do not use this product outside the
country of purchase as it may violate the wireless telecommunication and power regulations of that
country.
 Windows® XP in this document represents Windows® XP Professional, Windows® XP Professional x64
Edition and Windows® XP Home Edition.
 Windows Server® 2003 in this document represents Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2003 x64
Edition, Windows Server® 2003 R2 and Windows Server® 2003 R2 x64 Edition.
 Windows Server® 2008 in this document represents Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Server® 2008
R2.
 This manual used the LCD messages from the MFC-J825DW if not specified.

Table of Contents
Section I
1

Printing

Windows®
2

Using the Brother printer driver..................................................................................................................2
Features ....................................................................................................................................................2
Choosing the right type of paper................................................................................................................3
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing ..............................................................................................3
Clearing data from the memory .................................................................................................................3
Status Monitor............................................................................................................................................4
Monitoring the machine’s status ..........................................................................................................4
Turning off the Status Monitor .............................................................................................................5
Printer driver settings.................................................................................................................................6
Accessing the printer driver settings..........................................................................................................6
Basic tab ....................................................................................................................................................7
Media Type..........................................................................................................................................8
Print Quality .........................................................................................................................................9
Paper Size .........................................................................................................................................10
Color Mode ........................................................................................................................................10
Orientation .........................................................................................................................................11
Copies ...............................................................................................................................................11
Multiple Page.....................................................................................................................................12
Duplex / Booklet ................................................................................................................................12
Advanced tab...........................................................................................................................................14
Color/Grayscale .................................................................................................................................15
Color Settings ....................................................................................................................................16
Ink Save Mode...................................................................................................................................17
Use Watermark..................................................................................................................................18
Watermark Settings ...........................................................................................................................18
Header-Footer Print...........................................................................................................................20
Other Print Options............................................................................................................................21
Print Profiles tab ......................................................................................................................................27
Add Profile .........................................................................................................................................28
Delete Profile .....................................................................................................................................28
Support ....................................................................................................................................................29
Trial Photo Print (Not available for MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W/J5910DW) ...............................30
Using FaceFilter Studio for photo printing by REALLUSION...................................................................31
Starting FaceFilter Studio with your Brother machine turned On ......................................................32
Starting FaceFilter Studio when your Brother machine is turned Off ................................................33
Printing an image...............................................................................................................................34
Smart Portrait ....................................................................................................................................36
Red-eye Reduction............................................................................................................................36
Print Expression List..........................................................................................................................37
Uninstalling FaceFilter Studio ............................................................................................................37
Using Homepage Print 2 by Corpus (Not available for MFC-J5910DW) .................................................38
Installing Homepage Print 2 ..............................................................................................................38

Scanning

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver........................................................................................39
Scanning a document into the computer ...........................................................................................39
Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan..............................................................................41
Auto Crop ..........................................................................................................................................42
Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box..........................................................................................43
Scanning a document using the WIA driver.............................................................................................47
WIA compliant ...................................................................................................................................47
Scanning a document into the computer ...........................................................................................47
Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass .........................................................49
Scanning a document using the WIA driver
(Windows® Photo Gallery and Windows® Fax and Scan users) ..........................................................52
Scanning a document into the computer ...........................................................................................52
Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass .........................................................54
Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR by NUANCE™..............................................................55
Viewing items ....................................................................................................................................55
Organizing your items in folders ........................................................................................................56
Quick links to other applications ........................................................................................................56
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit.............57
Importing items from other applications.............................................................................................57
Exporting items into other formats.....................................................................................................57
Uninstalling ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR.......................................................................58
Using BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer by REALLUSION ..............................................59
Installing BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer................................................................59

ControlCenter4

Overview..................................................................................................................................................60
Changing the user interface ..............................................................................................................60
Using ControlCenter4 in Home Mode......................................................................................................61
ControlCenter4 Features for Home Mode users ...............................................................................62
Photo tab .................................................................................................................................................63
Copying images from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW).........................................................................63
Opening the ControlCenter4 folder tree ............................................................................................64
Opening the folder tree......................................................................................................................64
Printing images..................................................................................................................................64
Editing images ...................................................................................................................................65
Attaching images to E-mail................................................................................................................65
Opening images with an application..................................................................................................65
Scan tab ..................................................................................................................................................66
File types ...........................................................................................................................................67
Document Size ..................................................................................................................................67
Saving the scanned image ................................................................................................................67
Printing the scanned image ...............................................................................................................68
Opening the scanned image with an application ...............................................................................68
Attaching the scanned data to E-mail................................................................................................69
Using the OCR feature ......................................................................................................................69
PC-FAX tab (For MFC models) ...............................................................................................................70
Sending an image file from your computer........................................................................................71
Sending a scanned image .................................................................................................................71
Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ......72
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Device Settings tab..................................................................................................................................73
Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) .................................73
Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ..........................................73
Configuring the Scan button settings.................................................................................................74
Launching the BRAdmin utility...........................................................................................................75
Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................76
Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................76
Using the Brother Solutions Center ...................................................................................................76
Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................76
Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode ...............................................................................................77
ControlCenter4 Features for Advanced Mode users .........................................................................78
Scan tab ..................................................................................................................................................79
File types ...........................................................................................................................................80
Document Size ..................................................................................................................................80
Opening the scanned image with an application ...............................................................................81
Using the OCR feature ......................................................................................................................81
Attaching the scanned data to E-mail................................................................................................81
Saving the scanned image ................................................................................................................82
How to change the default settings of each button............................................................................82
PC-Copy tab ............................................................................................................................................83
Printing the scanned image ...............................................................................................................83
Photo tab .................................................................................................................................................84
Printing/Editing images......................................................................................................................84
Opening PCC folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center™)
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW).........................................................................85
Copying files from PCC folder (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ............................85
Copying files to an application (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ............................85
PC-FAX tab (For MFC models) ...............................................................................................................86
Sending an image file from your computer........................................................................................86
Sending a scanned image .................................................................................................................86
Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW).........................................................................87
Device Settings tab..................................................................................................................................88
Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) .................................88
Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ..........................................88
Configuring Scan button settings.......................................................................................................89
Launching the BRAdmin utility...........................................................................................................90
Support tab ..............................................................................................................................................91
Opening ControlCenter Help .............................................................................................................91
Using the Brother Solutions Center ...................................................................................................91
Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter ..............................................................................................91
Custom tab ..............................................................................................................................................92
Creating a Custom tab.......................................................................................................................92
Creating a Custom button..................................................................................................................92

Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

Remote Setup..........................................................................................................................................94

Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)

PC-FAX sending ......................................................................................................................................96
Setting up user information................................................................................................................96
Sending setup....................................................................................................................................97
Setting up a cover page.....................................................................................................................98
Entering cover page information........................................................................................................98
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface................................................99
Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface ..................................................100
Address Book ........................................................................................................................................102
Brother Address Book .....................................................................................................................103
Setting up a member in the Address Book ......................................................................................103
Speed Dial setup .............................................................................................................................104
Setting up a group for broadcasting ................................................................................................105
Editing member information.............................................................................................................106
Deleting a member or group............................................................................................................106
Exporting the Address Book ............................................................................................................106
Importing to the Address Book ........................................................................................................107
PC-FAX receiving (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) ...................................................109
Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine ...........................................................110
Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your computer...........................................................111
Setting up your computer ................................................................................................................112
Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings .....................................................................113
Viewing new PC-FAX messages.....................................................................................................114

PhotoCapture Center™ (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

115

Using PhotoCapture Center™ ...............................................................................................................115
For Network Users.................................................................................................................................116

Firewall settings (For Network users)

117

Before using the Brother software .........................................................................................................117
Windows® XP SP2 or higher users .................................................................................................117
Windows Vista® users .....................................................................................................................119
Windows® 7 users ...........................................................................................................................121

Section II Apple Macintosh
8

Printing and Faxing

127

Setting up your computer.......................................................................................................................127
Choosing the right type of paper............................................................................................................127
Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing ....................................................................................127
Clearing data from the memory .......................................................................................................127
Status Monitor .................................................................................................................................128
Using the Brother printer driver..............................................................................................................130
Choosing page setup options ..........................................................................................................130
Duplex Printing ................................................................................................................................132
Choosing printing options ................................................................................................................134
Print Settings .........................................................................................................................................135
Media Type......................................................................................................................................135
Print Quality .....................................................................................................................................136
Color/Grayscale ...............................................................................................................................136
Advanced settings ...........................................................................................................................137
Color Settings ........................................................................................................................................140
Advanced Color Settings .................................................................................................................140
Sending a fax (MFC models only) .........................................................................................................142
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS X Address Book application (Mac OS X 10.4.11) .........................145
Using Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x Addresses panel.........................................................................147

Scanning

149

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver......................................................................................149
Accessing the TWAIN driver............................................................................................................149
Scanning an image into your computer ...........................................................................................150
Pre-Scanning an image ...................................................................................................................150
Settings in the Scanner window ......................................................................................................152
Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x).............................................................155
Using Image Capture.......................................................................................................................155
Scanning directly from the Print & Fax section ................................................................................158
Using Presto! PageManager..................................................................................................................161
Features ..........................................................................................................................................161
System requirements for Presto! PageManager .............................................................................161
Technical support ............................................................................................................................162

ControlCenter2

164

Using ControlCenter2 ............................................................................................................................164
Turning the AutoLoad feature off.....................................................................................................165
SCAN.....................................................................................................................................................166
File types .........................................................................................................................................167
Document Size ................................................................................................................................167
Image (example: Apple Preview).....................................................................................................168
OCR (word processing application).................................................................................................170
E-mail ..............................................................................................................................................171
File...................................................................................................................................................172

CUSTOM SCAN ....................................................................................................................................173
File types .........................................................................................................................................174
Document Size ................................................................................................................................174
User-defined button .........................................................................................................................174
Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................175
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................176
Scan to E-mail .................................................................................................................................177
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................178
COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX for MFC models only)..................................................................................179
DEVICE SETTINGS ..............................................................................................................................181
Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)...................................................182
Quick-Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) .........................................................183
Ink Level ..........................................................................................................................................183

Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center™
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

184

Remote Setup........................................................................................................................................184
PhotoCapture Center™ .........................................................................................................................186
For USB cable users .......................................................................................................................186
For network users............................................................................................................................187

Section III Using the Scan key
12

USB cable scanning

189

Using the Scan key over a USB cable connection ................................................................................189
Scan to E-mail .................................................................................................................................189
Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................190
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................192
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................193
Scan to Media (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)...................................................195
How to set a new default for Scan to Media ....................................................................................198

Network Scanning

200

Before using Network Scanning ............................................................................................................200
Network license (Windows®) ...........................................................................................................200
Configuring Network Scanning for Windows® .................................................................................201
Configuring network scanning for Macintosh...................................................................................205
Using the Scan key on your network .....................................................................................................207
Scan to E-mail (PC).........................................................................................................................207
Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server) (For MFC-J5910DW) .....................................................................208
Scan to Image .................................................................................................................................209
Scan to OCR ...................................................................................................................................210
Scan to File......................................................................................................................................212
Scan to FTP (For MFC-J5910DW) ..................................................................................................215
Scan to FTP using FTP Server Profiles (For MFC-J5910DW) ........................................................217
Scan to Network (For MFC-J5910DW)............................................................................................217
Scan to Network using Scan to Network Profiles (For MFC-J5910DW)..........................................220

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Using Web Services for scanning on your network
(Windows Vista ® SP2 or later and Windows® 7) ................................................................................221
Using Web Services for scanning on your network from a computer
(Windows Vista® SP2 or later and Windows® 7).........................................................................221
Using Web Services for scanning on your network from the Brother machine
(Windows Vista® SP2 or later and Windows® 7).........................................................................223

Section IV Printing on a Disc
14

Printing on a Disc (MFC-J825DW/J835DW only)

226

How to load a printable disc...................................................................................................................226
Print by copying .....................................................................................................................................229
Copying a disc label or document image.........................................................................................229
Adjust the print position ...................................................................................................................231
Print from media ....................................................................................................................................232
Print from a computer (Windows®) ........................................................................................................234
Install NewSoft CD Labeler .............................................................................................................234
How to print a disc label from a computer .......................................................................................234
Print from a computer (Macintosh) ........................................................................................................236
Install NewSoft CD Labeler .............................................................................................................236
How to print a disc label from a computer .......................................................................................236

Index

238

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Section I

Windows
Printing
Scanning

ControlCenter4
Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)
PhotoCapture Center™
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
Firewall settings (For Network users)

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39
60
94
96
115
117

Printing

1
Note
• The screens in this section are from Windows® XP. Screens on your computer may vary depending on
your operating system.
• If your computer is protected by a firewall, and you are unable to network print, network scan or PC-Fax,
you may need to configure the firewall settings. If you are using the Windows® Firewall and you installed
MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. If you did not
install from the CD-ROM, see Firewall settings (For Network users) uu page 117 to configure your
Windows® Firewall. If you are using any other personal Firewall software, see the user’s guide for your
software or contact the software manufacturer.

Using the Brother printer driver

A printer driver translates the data from your application, and using a page description language, converts it
into a format that can be understood by the printer/multi-function device.
You will find appropriate drivers on the CD-ROM supplied with the machine. Install those drivers by following
the Quick Setup Guide. You can also download the latest drivers from the Brother Solutions Center at:

http://solutions.brother.com/

Features

This machine offers many features you will find in a high quality ink jet printer.
Brilliant High Quality Output
Printing at up to 1200  6000 dpi on glossy paper to get the best possible resolution. The printer driver
supports N in 1, Watermark printing, Color Enhancement technology and many other features.
Low Running Cost
Whenever a particular ink color requires replacement, you only have to replace that individual cartridge.
USB
The Universal Serial Bus interface provides fast communication with your computer.
Ethernet (For Wired Network models)
The Ethernet interface lets your machine communicate with multiple computers connected on a network. This
feature is available for Wired Network models only.
Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n)
The wireless LAN capability lets your machine communicate with other wireless devices using the
IEEE802.11b/g/n wireless standard in Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes. uuNetwork User’s Guide

Printing

Choosing the right type of paper

For high quality printing, it is important to choose the right type of paper. Be sure to read Loading paper and
Loading documents in the Basic User’s Guide before buying paper, and to determine the printable area
depending on the settings in the printer driver.

Simultaneous printing, scanning 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 computer printing.
However, when the machine is copying or receiving a fax on paper, it pauses the computer printing operation,
and then continues printing when copying or fax receiving has finished.
If the LCD shows Ink low, one or more of the ink cartridges are near the end of their life. If a sending
machine has a color fax to send, your machine’s “handshake” will ask that the fax be sent as black & white.
If the sending machine has the ability to convert it, the color fax will be printed at your machine as a black &
white fax. You can continue printing until the LCD shows Cannot Print.

Clearing data from the memory

If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by pressing the
Stop/Exit key on the control panel.

Printing

Status Monitor

The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices,
allowing you to get immediate notification of error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink
replacement required.

You can check the device status at anytime by double-clicking the icon in the tasktray or by choosing
Status Monitor located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX on your computer.
There is also a link to the Genuine Brother Supplies web site. Click the
Visit the Genuine Supplies website button for more information on Brother genuine supplies.
Click the Troubleshooting button to access the troubleshooting web site.
Note
For more information about using the Status Monitor software, right-click the Brother Status Monitor icon
and choose Help.

Monitoring the machine’s status

Once you start up your computer, the Brother Status Monitor icon appears on the tasktray.
 A green icon indicates the normal stand-by condition.

 A yellow icon indicates a warning.

 A red icon indicates an error has occurred.

The Status Monitor can be displayed in the tasktray or on the desktop of your computer.
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Printing

Turning off the Status Monitor

If you want to switch off the Status Monitor, follow these steps:

Right-click the Brother Status Monitor icon or window and click Load Status Monitor on Startup to
clear the check mark.

Right-click again then click Exit.

Note
Even if the Status Monitor is off, you can check the machine’s status at any time by clicking
Status Monitor from the Start menu on your computer.

Printing

Printer driver settings

You can change the following printer settings when you print from your computer:
 Media Type
 Print Quality
 Paper Size
 Orientation
 Color / Grayscale
 Ink Save Mode
 Scaling

Accessing the printer driver settings
a
b

From an application such as Microsoft® Notepad, click File, then Print in your application.
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX Printer (where XXXX is your model name) and click Preferences.
The printer driver window appears.

Printing

Basic tab

1
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1 Media Type drop-down list
2 Slow Drying Paper check box
3 Print Quality drop-down list
4 Paper Size drop-down list
5 Borderless check box
6 Color Mode option
7 Orientation option
8 Copies option
9 Collate check box
10 Reverse Order check box
11 Multiple Page drop-down list
12 Page Order drop-down list
13 Border Line drop-down list
14 Duplex / Booklet drop-down list
15 Duplex Settings button
16 Default button
17 OK button
18 Current settings view
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Printing

Choose your settings for Media Type, Slow Drying Paper and Print Quality.

Note
Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. This setting may
cause some slight blurring of text.

Choose Paper Size, Borderless, Color Mode, Orientation, number of Copies and the page order,
Collate, Reverse Order, Multiple Page, Page Order, Border Line and Duplex / Booklet (if required).

Click OK to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default, then OK.

Media Type

To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine
changes the way to print depending on the selected media type.
 Plain Paper
 Inkjet Paper
 Brother BP71 Photo Paper
 Brother BP61 Photo Paper
 Brother BP60 Matte Paper
 Other Photo Paper
 Printable Disc (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)
 Glossy Printable Disc (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)
 Transparencies
Note
(For Disc Print)
If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position. (See Adjust
the print position uu page 231.)

Printing

Print Quality

The Print Quality selection lets you choose the print resolution. As print quality and speed are related, the
higher the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are available will
vary depending on the media type you choose.
 Best
Use for printing precise images such as photographs. This is the best resolution and slowest speed.
 Photo
Use for printing photographs. Since the print data is much larger than a normal document, the processing
time, data transfer time and print time will be longer.
 High
Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Photo.
 Normal
Good print quality with typical print speed.
 Fast
The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. Use for printing large volume documents or
documents for proofing.
Media Type

Color/Grayscale

Print Quality Selection

Plain Paper

Color / Grayscale

Fast, Normal, High, Best

Inkjet Paper or
Brother BP60 Matte Paper

Color / Grayscale

Normal, Photo

Brother BP71 Photo Paper,
Brother BP61 Photo Paper or
Other Photo Paper

Color / Grayscale

Fast, Photo, Best

Printable Disc
(For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

Color / Grayscale

Normal, Slow Drying

Glossy Printable Disc
(For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

Color / Grayscale

Normal

Transparencies

Color / Grayscale

Normal

Note
The default settings are shown in bold.

Printing

Paper Size

The Paper Size drop-down list includes a large selection of standard paper sizes. If you want, you can create
a custom size ranging from 3.5  5 in. (88.9  127.0 mm) to 8.5  14 in. (215.9  355.6 mm) (for
MFC-J5910DW, 11.3  17 in. (287  431.8 mm)). From the drop-down list, choose the Paper Size you are
using.

You can create a custom size by choosing User Defined. Specify the Width and Height values, and enter
any name you want for this custom size. Choose the correct paper thickness to improve the quality of your
output.

To do borderless printing

Check the Borderless check box.
Note
(For MFC-J5910DW)
• If your prints look smudged when you use Ledger paper, your paper may be short grain paper. Choose
Ledger (Short Grain) to avoid smudging. Consult the paper packaging or paper manufacturer for
paper specifications.
• Printing will be slower when using the Ledger (Short Grain) setting.

Color Mode

Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the monitor.
 Natural: Use for photographic images. The color is adjusted to print more natural colors.
 Vivid: Use for business graphics such as charts, graphics and text. The color is adjusted to print more vivid
colors.

Printing

Orientation

Orientation chooses the position that your document will be printed (in Portrait or Landscape).

Portrait (Vertical)

Landscape (Horizontal)

Note
If your application software contains a similar function to this, we recommend you use the one in the
application.

Copies

The Copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed (1 to 999).

Collate

With Collate checked, one complete copy of your document will be printed and then reprinted according to
the number of copies you choose. If Collate is unchecked, then each page will be printed according to the
number of copies chosen before the next page of the document is printed.

Printing

Reverse Order

Reverse Order prints the pages of your document in the opposite order. The last page of your document will
be printed first.

Multiple Page

The Multiple Page option lets you choose the N in 1 options or the 1 in N options. The N in 1 options print 2,
4, 9 or 16 pages of a document on 1 sheet of paper. The 1 in N options enlarges your print size and prints
the document in poster print mode.

Page Order

When the N in 1 option is selected, the Page Order can be selected from the drop-down list.

Border Line

When the N in 1 option is selected, you can choose to have a solid border, dashed border or no border around
each page on the sheet.

Duplex / Booklet

When you want to print a booklet or do duplex printing, use this function.
 None
Disable duplex printing.
 Duplex / Duplex (Manual)
When you want to do duplex printing, use these options.
• Duplex (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
The machine prints on both sides of the paper automatically.
• Duplex (Manual) (For MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W)
The machine prints all the odd numbered pages first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the
instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the even numbered pages will be
printed.
When you choose Duplex or Duplex (Manual), the Duplex Settings button becomes available to
choose. You can set the following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.
• Duplex Type
There are four types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.
• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters.
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Printing

 Booklet / Booklet (Manual)
Use this option to print a document in booklet format using duplex printing; it will arrange the document
according to the correct page number and allows you to fold at the center of the print output without having
to change the order of the page number.
• Booklet (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
The machine prints on both sides of the paper automatically.
• Booklet (Manual) (For MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W)
The machine prints all the even numbered sides first. Then the printer driver will stop and show the
instructions required to re-install the paper. When you click OK the odd numbered sides will be printed.
When you choose Booklet or Booklet (Manual), the Duplex Settings button becomes available to
choose. You can set the following settings in the Duplex Settings dialog box.
• Duplex Type
There are two types of duplex binding directions available for each orientation.
• Booklet Printing Method
When Divide into Sets is selected:
This option allows you to print the whole booklet into smaller individual booklet sets, it still allows you
to fold at the center of the smaller individual booklet sets without having to change the order of the page
number. You can specify the number of sheets in each smaller booklet set, from 1 to 15. This option
can help when folding the printed booklet that has a large number of pages.
• Binding Offset
When you check Binding Offset, you can also specify the offset for binding in inches or millimeters.
Note
The Borderless feature is not available for duplex printing and booklet printing.

Printing

Advanced tab

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1 Color / Grayscale option
2 Color Settings button
3 Ink Save Mode check box
4 Scaling option
5 Mirror Print check box
6 Reverse Print check box
7 Use Watermark check box
8 Header-Footer Print check box
9 Other Print Options button
10 Default button
11 OK button

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c

Choose your setting for Color / Grayscale.
Choose Ink Save Mode to help reduce ink consumption.
Choose your setting for the Scaling feature.
 Choose Off to print the document as it appears on your screen.
 Choose Fit to Paper Size to enlarge or reduce the document to fit the paper size.
 Choose Free to change the size.

Printing

You can choose reverse printing options.

 Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
 Check Reverse Print to reverse the data from up to down.
Note
Mirror Print is not available when choosing Transparencies as a Media Type.

You can print a logo or text onto your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset
watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created.

You can print the date and time from your computer's system clock, and the computer login user name
or your entered text on your document using Header-Footer Print.

Note
Header-Footer Print is not available if you are using Borderless.

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h

Click Other Print Options to set more Printer functions.
Click OK to apply your chosen settings.
To return to the default settings, click Default, then OK.

Color/Grayscale

This function can be used to print documents in color, or black and white using grayscale.

Printing

Color Settings

Click Color Settings on the Advanced tab to see options for enhanced print settings.

Color Enhancement (True2Life)

Checking the Color Enhancement (True2Life) option enables the True2Life feature. This feature analyzes
your image to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. This process may take several minutes
depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your computer.
 Color Density
Adjusts the total amount of color in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of color in an
image to improve a washed out or weak-looking picture.
 White Balance
Adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. Lighting, camera settings and other influences will affect
the appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other color. By
adjusting the white balance you can adjust those white areas.
 Brightness
Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken the image, move the slider to the right or
left.
 Contrast
Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the
contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more
subdued.

Printing

 Red

Increases the intensity of Red in the image to make the image redder.
 Green
Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make the image greener.
 Blue
Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to make the image bluer.
Bi-Directional Printing

When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in both directions offering faster print speeds.
When unchecked, the print head will only print in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower
printing speeds.
Improve Pattern Printing

Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the printed fills and patterns appear different to how they
appear on your screen.

Ink Save Mode

When you choose Ink Save Mode, the machine prints the colors lighter and emphasizes the outlines of the
images. The amount of ink that is saved varies depending on the type of documents that are printed.
Ink Save Mode may make your printouts look different to what you see on your screen.

Ink Save Mode: Off

Ink Save Mode: On

Printing

Use Watermark

You can print a logo or text onto your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset
watermarks, or you can use a bitmap file or text file that you have created.
Check Use Watermark and then click Settings on the Advanced tab.

Watermark Settings

Choose a watermark you want to use or edit from Select Watermark.

Transparent

Check Transparent to print the watermark image in the background of your document. If this feature is
unchecked, the watermark is printed at the front of your document.
In Outline Text

Check In Outline Text if you only want to print an outline of the watermark. This feature is available when
choosing a text watermark.
Custom Settings

You can choose a watermark to be printed on the first page or on the other pages.
You can change watermark settings and add a new watermark. Click Settings to change the settings or click
Add to add a new watermark.

Printing

You can change the watermark settings with this feature. If you want to add a new watermark, enter Title and
then choose Use Text or Use Bitmap File in Watermark Style.
 Title
Enter a title you like in the field when adding a new watermark. Your chosen watermark is overwritten with
this title.
 Text
Enter your watermark text in Text, then choose Font, Style, Size and Choose Color.
 Bitmap
Enter a file name and location of your bitmap image in File, or click Browse to search for the file. You can
also configure the scaling size and transparency of the image.
 Position
Use this setting if you want to adjust the position of the watermark on the page.

Printing

Header-Footer Print

You can print the date and time from your computer's system clock, and the computer login user name or
your entered text on your document. To customize the settings, click Settings on the Advanced tab.

ID Print

You can choose your computer login user name or your entered text as a header or footer from the following
ways:
 Choosing Login User Name to print your computer login user name.
 Choosing Custom to print your entered text in the Custom text box.

Printing

Other Print Options

Click Other Print Options on the Advanced tab to set more printer functions.
Note
The screen shown in this section may vary depending on your machine.
Photo Bypass Tray Help (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW)

Set the Photo Bypass Tray Help to On to display help instructions on how to use the photo paper tray when
you select 4 x 6 in, 3.5 x 5 in or Postcard paper.

Printing

Change Data Transfer Mode

The Change Data Transfer Mode feature lets you choose a print data transfer mode to improve print quality
or print speed.
 Recommended Setting
Choose Recommended Setting for general use.
 Improved Print Quality
Choose Improved Print Quality for better print quality. Print speed may be slightly reduced, depending
on the print data.
 Improved Print Speed
Choose Improved Print Speed for faster print speed. Print quality may be slightly reduced, depending on
the print data.

Printing

Advanced Color Settings

You can set the Halftone Pattern and Match Monitor for more color adjustment.
 Halftone Pattern
The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are
some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use for your document.
• Diffusion
Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing photographs that have delicate shades
and graphics.
• Dither
Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Use for printing graphics that have
definite color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts.
 Match Monitor
Color is adjusted to get the closest color match with the monitor.

Printing

Advanced Duplex Settings

Some types of print media may need more drying time when using the duplex feature. Change
Advanced Duplex Settings if you have problems with smudged duplex prints or paper jams.
 Normal
Choose Normal to print at normal speed, using a normal amount of ink.
 Duplex 1 (Slower print speed)
Choose Duplex 1 to print at a slower speed, using a normal amount of ink.
 Duplex 2 (Slower print speed & less ink)
Choose Duplex 2 to print the same speed as using Duplex 1, but using less ink.
Note
(For MFC-J5910DW)
Duplex 1 (Slower print speed) is not available for Ledger or A3 size paper.

Printing

Retrieve Printer’s Color Data

This setting helps to optimize print quality by retrieving color data from your specific device. Use this option
when you replaced the device or changed the network connected device.

 Use Printer’s Color Data
Check this box if you want to use the printer’s color data. Remove the check mark if you do not want to
use the information.
 Retrieve Printer’s Color Data
If you click this button, the printer driver starts retrieving the color data of your device. This may take time.
Depending on the device status, the printer driver may fail to retrieve the color data.

Printing

Note
• To show this feature, open the printer driver window using the appropriate procedure below, and then click
Other Print Options on the Advanced tab.
(Windows® XP)
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) located in Start/Printers and Faxes and
right-click, and then choose Printing Preferences.
(Windows Vista®)
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) located in
/Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Printers and right-click, and then choose
Printing Preferences.
(Windows® 7)
Choose Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) located in

/Devices and Printers

and right-click, and then choose Printing Preferences.
• When an error message dialog appears, confirm that your computer and your Brother machine are
correctly connected, and then retry.
• Once retrieving the printer’s color data, your computer will save the data and apply to printing.
• If your Brother machine is connected to multiple computers, do this feature on each computer connected.
• You can retrieve the printer’s color data only from the printer server if the printer is shared.

Printing

Print Profiles tab

Print Profiles are editable presets designed to give you quick access to frequently used printing
configurations.

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3

1 Print profile list box
2 Delete Profile button
3 Always show Print Profiles tab first check box
4 OK button
5 Add Profile button
6 Current print profile view

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b

Choose your profile from the print profile list box.

Click OK to apply your chosen profile.

If you want to display the Print Profiles tab at the front of the window from the next time you print, check
Always show Print Profiles tab first.

Printing

Add Profile

The Add Profile dialog appears by clicking Add Profile. You can add 20 new profiles with your preferred
settings.

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c

Enter the desired title in Name.
Choose an icon you want to use from the Icon list, then click OK.
The current settings shown on the left side of the printer driver window will be saved.

Delete Profile

The Delete Profile dialog appears by clicking Delete Profile. You can delete any of the profiles you have
added.

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b
c

Choose a profile you want to delete from the profile list box.
Click Delete.
The selected profile will be deleted.

Printing

Support

The Support window shows the driver version and settings information. There are also links to the
Brother Solutions Center and Genuine Supplies Website.
Click Support on the printer driver window to display the Support window:

 Brother Solutions Center
The Brother Solutions Center is a web site offering information about your Brother product including
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), user’s guide, driver updates and tips for using your machine.
 Genuine Supplies Website
The Genuine Supplies Website offers information about your Brother genuine supplies.
 Brother CreativeCenter
The Brother CreativeCenter is a FREE web site where you can access many ideas and resources for
personal and professional use.
 Check Setting
This function provides information on the current printer driver settings.
 About
This function provides information about the printer driver installed for your Brother machine.

Printing

Trial Photo Print
(Not available for MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W/J5910DW)

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After your first installation of MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the Brother Trial Photo Print window will
appear automatically. This feature shows you the quality of photo printing with your Brother machine and
Brother genuine supplies.
The Brother Trial Photo Print window appears only once after restarting. To print a photo, see Printing
images uu page 64 or Printing/Editing images uu page 84.

Printing

Using FaceFilter Studio for photo printing by REALLUSION

FaceFilter Studio is an easy-to-use borderless photo printing application. FaceFilter Studio also lets you edit
your photo data. You can add photo effects such as red eye reduction or skin tone enhancement.

To use FaceFilter Studio, you must install the FaceFilter Studio application from the CD-ROM supplied with
your machine. Install FaceFilter Studio and download FaceFilter Studio Help by following the instructions in
the Quick Setup Guide.
You can start FaceFilter Studio by clicking on
Start/All Programs/Reallusion/FaceFilter Studio/FaceFilter Studio.
Before you start FaceFilter Studio for the first time, you must make sure your Brother machine is turned On,
and connected to your computer. This will allow you to access all the functions of FaceFilter Studio.
Note
If your Brother machine is not turned On, or connected to your computer, FaceFilter Studio will start with
limited features. You will not be able to use the Print function.
This chapter only introduces the basic functions of the software. For more details, see the FaceFilter Studio
Help.
To view the complete FaceFilter Studio Help, choose
Start/All Programs/Reallusion/FaceFilter Studio/FaceFilter Studio Help.

Printing

Starting FaceFilter Studio with your Brother machine turned On

When you launch FaceFilter Studio for the first time, this screen will appear, if your Brother machine is
turned On, and connected to your computer, the FaceFilter Studio will detect your Brother machine.

After you click Continue in step a, this screen will appear. FaceFilter Studio is ready to use with full
functionality.

Printing

Starting FaceFilter Studio when your Brother machine is turned Off

When you launch FaceFilter Studio for the first time, if your Brother machine is turned Off or not
connected to your computer, this screen will appear.

Click Detect in step a, and this screen will appear.
Turn on your Brother machine and check that it is connected to your computer and then click Yes.

If FaceFilter Studio does not detect the Brother machine, this screen will appear.
Make sure your Brother machine is turned on and click Retry.

If FaceFilter Studio still does not detect the Brother machine in step c, click Cancel.

If you clicked Cancel in step c, this screen will appear.

Printing

After you click the check mark in step d, FaceFilter Studio will start with limited functionality. The Print
icon on the top menu will be grayed out and you will not be able to use the Print function.

Note
• When FaceFilter Studio starts with limited functionality, the image file will be saved with a watermark.
• To start FaceFilter Studio with full functionality, see Starting FaceFilter Studio with your Brother machine
turned On uu page 32.

Printing an image

Click the Open icon to choose the image file.

Printing

Click the Print icon in the top menu bar to move to the print screen.

Click the Print icon on the left to open the print settings dialog box.

Choose Paper Size, Paper Source, Orientation, number of Copies, Scaling and Printing Area.

Note
If you want to print a borderless photo, choose Full Page Photo in Scaling.

Printing

Click Print Setting and choose your Brother machine. Click OK.

Note
If you want to use photo paper, click Properties and set the Media Type and Print Quality in the printer
driver dialog.

Click Print in the Print settings dialog box and your photo will print.

Smart Portrait

The Smart Portrait function detects faces in the photo and adjusts the brightness of the skin tone
automatically.

Open the image file.

Click the Smart Portrait

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You can modify the Brightness adjustment by dragging the slider.

icon to detect faces automatically.

Click OK.

Red-eye Reduction

The Red Eye Reduction function lets you reduce red eyes in your photo.

Open the image file.

Click the Red Eye Reduction

Auto Red eye Detection finds all the red eyes in the image and marks them as dotted boxes. You can
use the RedEye Threshold slider to adjust the color of the marked areas.

Click OK.

icon to reduce red eyes automatically.

Printing

Print Expression List

FaceFilter Studio lets you modify a facial expression by applying an expression template or by manual
adjustment. In the Select Expression step, you can preview or print the expression list of your choice.

Uninstalling FaceFilter Studio

To uninstall FaceFilter Studio, choose
Start/All Programs/Reallusion/FaceFilter Studio/Uninstall FaceFilter Studio.

Printing

Using Homepage Print 2 by Corpus
(Not available for MFC-J5910DW)

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Homepage Print 2 provides an easy way to capture and print websites as displayed in your browser. You can
also create content by cropping images from websites, arranging the layout, and adding notes.

Installing Homepage Print 2

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b

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Click Homepage Print 2.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

The CD-ROM top menu will appear. Choose the desired language and then click
Additional Applications.

To start Homepage Print 2, choose Homepage Print 2 located in Start/All Programs/Homepage Print 2.
Note
• The machine must be turned on and connected to the computer.
• The computer must be connected to the Internet.
• Make sure you are logged on with Administrator access privileges.
• This application is available for Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0/8.0 and Firefox® 3.6 only.
• This application is not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008 series.
• If the Brother screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer (Computer), double-click the
CD-ROM icon, and then double-click start.exe.

Scanning

The scanning operations and the drivers used will be different depending on your operating system or the
scanning application used.

Two scanner drivers are installed. A TWAIN compliant scanner driver (See Scanning a document using the
TWAIN driver uu page 39) and a Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) driver (See Scanning a document
using the WIA driver uu page 47).
Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows ® 7 users can select either driver when scanning documents.
Note
• For ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE, see Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR by NUANCE™
uu page 55.
• If your computer is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you may need to configure the
firewall settings to allow communication through port number 54925 and 137. If you are using Windows®
Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already
been made. For more information, see Firewall settings (For Network users) uu page 117.

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver

The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the
standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and applications. This means that you can
not only scan images directly into the PaperPort™12SE 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®, CorelDRAW® and many more.

Scanning a document into the computer

There are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can either use the ADF (automatic document
feeder) or the scanner glass.

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b

Load your document.
Start the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation
to scan a document.

Note
• The ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE may not be available depending on the model of your machine. If it is
not available, please use other software applications.
• The instructions for scanning in this guide are for when you use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE. The
scanning steps may vary when using other software applications.

Click Scan Settings from the Desktop tab on the ribbon.
The Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of the screen.

Click Select.
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Scanning

Choose TWAIN: TW-Brother MFC-XXXX or TWAIN: TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN from the
Available Scanners list.
(Where XXXX is your model name.)

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Check the Display scanner dialog box on the Scan or Get Photo panel.

Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box:

Click Scan.
The Scanner Setup dialog box appears.

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1 Scan (Image Type)
2 Resolution
3 Scan Type
4 Reduce Noise
5 Brightness
6 Contrast
7 Document Size
8 Auto Crop

Click Start.
When scanning is finished, click Cancel to return to the PaperPort™12SE window.

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 cropping an image for scanning.

Scanning

Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan

You can preview your image and crop unwanted portions before scanning by using the PreScan button.
When you are satisfied with the preview, click Start on the Scanner Setup dialog box to scan the image.

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b

Follow the steps from a to g of Scanning a document into the computer uu page 39.
Choose the settings for Scan (Image Type), Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and
Document Size as needed.

Note
Pre-Scanning is not available when choosing Auto Crop.

Click PreScan.
The whole image is scanned into the computer and appears in the scanning area of the Scanner Setup
dialog box.

Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan.

1 Scanning area
Note
You can enlarge the image using the

icon, and then use the

icon to restore the image to its

original size.

Load your document again.

Note
Skip this step if you loaded the document on the scanner glass in step a.

Click Start.
This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the PaperPort™12SE window (or your
application window).

In the PaperPort™12SE window, use the options available to refine the image.
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Scanning

Auto Crop

You can scan multiple documents placed on the scanner glass by checking Auto Crop. When using
Auto Crop, the machine will scan each document and create separate files. For example, if you place three
documents on the scanner glass, the machine will scan and create three separate files. If you want to create
a three page file, scan the documents as PDF.

4 3 2 1

1 0.4 in. (10 mm) or greater
2 0.8 in. (20 mm) or greater (bottom)

Guidelines for Auto Crop

 This setting is only available for documents that are rectangular or square.
 If your document is too long or wide, this setting does not work properly.
 When you use this setting, you must use the scanner glass.
 When you use this setting, you must choose a Document Size other than Auto.
 You must place the documents away from the edges of the scanner glass as shown in the illustration.
 You must place the documents at least 0.4 in. (10 mm) apart from each other.
 Auto Crop adjusts the skew of the document on the scanner glass, but if your document is skewed more
than 10 degrees, this setting will not work.
 Auto Crop is available for up to a maximum of 16 documents depending on the size of your documents.
 If you check Auto Crop, you cannot choose PreScan.

Scanning

Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box

Scan (Image Type)

Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Resolution and Scan Type will be automatically
altered for each of the default settings.
The default settings are listed in the table below:
Scan (Image Type)

Resolution

Scan Type

Photo

Use for scanning photo images

300 x 300 dpi

24bit Color

Web

Use for attaching the scanned image to web pages 100 x 100 dpi

24bit Color

Text

Use for scanning text documents

Black & White

200 x 200 dpi

Resolution

You can choose a scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more
memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you
can choose and the available colors.
Resolution

Black & White/
Gray (Error Diffusion)

256 Color

True Gray/24bit Color

100 x 100 dpi

Yes

150 x 150 dpi

Yes

200 x 200 dpi

Yes

300 x 300 dpi

Yes

400 x 400 dpi

Yes

600 x 600 dpi

Yes

1200 x 1200 dpi

Yes

2400 x 2400 dpi

Yes

4800 x 4800 dpi

Yes

9600 x 9600 dpi

Yes

19200 x 19200 dpi

Yes

Scan Type

Scanning

 256 Color
Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image.
 24bit Color

Uses up to 16.8 million colors to scan the image.
Although using 24bit Color creates an image with the most accurate color reproduction, the image file size
will be about three times larger than a file created using the 256 Color option. It requires the most memory
and has the longest transfer time.

Reduce Noise

You can improve and enhance the quality of your scanned images with this selection. The Reduce Noise
setting is available when using 24bit Color and scan resolutions of 300  300 dpi, 400  400 dpi or
600  600 dpi.

Auto Crop

You can scan multiple documents placed on the scanner glass. If you want to use Auto Crop, see Auto Crop
uu page 42.

Brightness

Adjust the setting (-50 to 50) to get the best image. The default value is 0, representing an average and is
usually suitable for most images.
You can set the Brightness level by dragging the slider to the right or left to lighten or darken the image. You
can also enter a value in the box to set the level.
If the scanned image is too light, set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. If the image is
too dark, set a higher Brightness level and scan the document again.
Note
The Brightness setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Black & White,
Gray (Error Diffusion), True Gray or 24bit Color.

Contrast

You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slider to the right or left. An increase
emphasizes dark and light areas of the image, while a decrease reveals more details in gray areas. You can
also enter a value in the box to set the Contrast.
Note
The Contrast setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Gray (Error Diffusion), True Gray or
24bit Color.
When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics application, try
different settings for the Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness and Contrast to see which setting best suits
your needs.

Scanning

Document Size

Choose one of the following sizes:
 Auto
You can scan a standard sized document without any further adjustments to Document Size. If you want
to use Auto Crop, choose a Document Size other than Auto.
 A4 8.3 x 11.7 in (210 x 297 mm)
 JIS B5 7.2 x 10.1 in (182 x 257 mm)
 Letter 8 1/2 x 11 in (215.9 x 279.4 mm)
 Legal 8 1/2 x 14 in (215.9 x 355.6 mm)
(Available on ADF models)
 A5 5.8 x 8.3 in (148 x 210 mm)
 Executive 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in (184.1 x 266.7 mm)
 Business Card 3.5 x 2.4 in (90 x 60 mm)
To scan business cards, choose the Business Card size, and then put the business card face down at
the top left of the scanner glass.
 4 x 6 in (10 x 15 cm)
 5 x 8 in (13 x 20 cm)
 3.5 x 5 in (9 x 13 cm)
 5 x 7 in (13 x 18 cm)
 Postcard 1 3.9 x 5.8 in (100 x 148 mm)
 Postcard 2 (Double) 5.8 x 7.9 in (148 x 200 mm)
 Custom
If you choose Custom as the size, the Custom Document Size dialog box appears.

Enter the Name, Width and Height of the document.
You can choose “mm” or “inch” as the unit for Width and Height.

Scanning

Note
You can see the actual paper size you chose on the screen.

• Width: shows the width of scanning area.
• Height: shows the height of scanning area.
• Data Size: shows the approximate data size in Bitmap format. The size will vary depending on the type
of file, resolution and number of colors used.

Scanning

Scanning a document using the WIA driver

WIA compliant

For Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7 you can choose Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) when
scanning images. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort™12SE viewer that Brother included with
your machine or you can scan images directly into any other applications that support WIA or TWAIN
scanning.

Scanning a document into the computer

There are two ways to scan a whole page. You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the
Flatbed scanner glass.
If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, you must scan using
the scanner glass (Flatbed). (See Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass uu page 49.)

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Load your document.
Start the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE software that was installed during the MFL-Pro Suite installation
to scan a document.

Note
• Depending on your model ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE may not be included. If it is not included, please
use other software applications that support scanning.
• The instructions for scanning in this guide are based on ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE. The process will
vary when scanning from other applications.

Click Scan Settings from the Desktop tab on the ribbon.
The Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of the screen.

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Click Select.
Choose WIA:Brother MFC-XXXX or WIA:Brother MFC-XXXX LAN from the Available Scanners list.
(Where XXXX is your model name.)

Note
If you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will start.

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Check the Display scanner dialog box on the Scan or Get Photo panel.
Click Scan.
The Scan dialog box appears.

Scanning

Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box:

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1 Paper source
2 Picture type
3 Adjust the quality of the scanned picture
4 Page size
5 Preview
6 Scan

Choose Document Feeder or Flatbed from the Paper source drop-down list.

Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you cannot choose Document Feeder.

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Choose the picture type.
Choose the Page size from the drop-down list.

Scanning

If you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. You
can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture type from Advanced Properties. Click OK
after choosing the settings.

Note
By default, the scanner resolution can be set to a maximum of 1200 dpi. If you want to scan at higher
resolutions, use the Scanner Utility. (See Scanner Utility uu page 50.)

Click Scan in the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document.

Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass

The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When
you are satisfied with the preview, click Scan on the Scan dialog box to scan the image.

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Follow the steps from a to g of Scanning a document into the computer uu page 47.
Choose Flatbed from the Paper source drop-down list.

Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you do not need to specify the Paper source.

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Choose the picture type.
Click Preview.
The whole image is scanned into the computer and appears in the scanning area.

Scanning

Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan.

If you need advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. You can choose
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture type from Advanced Properties. Click OK after
choosing settings.

Click Scan in the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document.
This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the PaperPort™12SE window (or your
application window).

Scanner Utility

The Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi.
Note
If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may be very large. Make
sure that you have enough memory and hard disk space for the size of the file you are trying to scan. If
you do not have enough memory or hard disk space then your computer may freeze and you could lose
your file.

Scanning

 Running the utility
You can run the utility by clicking the Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX
menu (where XXXX is your model name)/Scanner Settings.
Screens on your computer may vary depending on your operating system or the model of your machine.

Note
(Windows Vista® and Windows ® 7)
When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
• For users who have administrator rights: Click Allow or Yes.

• For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK or Yes.

Scanning

Scanning a document using the WIA driver
(Windows® Photo Gallery and Windows® Fax and Scan users)

Scanning a document into the computer

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Load your document.
Open your software application to scan the document.
Do one of the following:
 Windows® Photo Gallery
Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner.
 Windows® Fax and Scan
Click File, New, then Scan.

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Choose the scanner you want to use.
Click Import.
The Scan dialog box appears.

Scanning

Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner dialog box:

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1 Scanner
2 Profile
3 Source
4 Paper size
5 Color format
6 File type
7 Resolution
8 Brightness
9 Contrast
10 Scanning area
11 Preview
12 Scan
Note
• By default, the scanner resolution can be set to a maximum of 1200 dpi. If you want to scan at higher
resolutions, use the Scanner Utility. (See Scanner Utility uu page 50.)
• If you want to use Web Services to scan, choose a scanner that supports Web Services.

Click Scan on the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document.

Scanning

Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass

The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When
you are satisfied with the preview, click Scan in the Scan dialog box to scan the image.

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Follow the steps from a to e of Scanning a document into the computer uu page 52.
Put the document face down on the scanner glass.
Choose Flatbed from the Source drop-down list. Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner
dialog box.

Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you do not need to specify the Source.

Click Preview.
The whole image is scanned into the computer and appears in the scanning area.

Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan.

Click Scan on the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document.
This time only the chosen area of the document appears in your application window.

Scanning

Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR by NUANCE™

Note

ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE supports Windows® XP (SP3 or higher), XP Professional x64 Edition (SP3
or greater), Windows Vista® (SP2 or higher) and Windows ® 7 only.
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE for Brother is a document management application. You can use
PaperPort™12SE to view scanned documents.
PaperPort™12SE has a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use filing system that will help you organize your graphics
and text documents. It allows you to mix or ‘stack’ documents of different formats for printing, faxing or filing.
This section only introduces the basic functions of the software. For more details, see the ScanSoft™
Getting Started Guide. To view the complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE Getting Started Guide,
choose the Help tab from the ribbon and click Getting Started Guide. When you install MFL-Pro Suite,
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE for Brother is installed automatically. You can access ScanSoft™
PaperPort™12SE through the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE program group located in
Start/All Programs/Nuance PaperPort 12 on your computer.

Viewing items

ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE gives several ways to view items:
Desktop displays the item in the chosen folder with a thumbnail (a small graphic that shows each item in a
desktop or folder) or an icon.
You can see both PaperPort™12SE items (MAX files) and non-PaperPort™12SE items (files created using
other applications).
All graphical files (PaperPort™12SE's *.max and other files) will be displayed and include an icon that
indicates the application that the specific file type is associated or created with. Non-graphical files are
indicated by a small rectangular thumbnail and are not displayed as actual images.

Scanning

ImageView displays a close-up of a single page. You can open a PaperPort™12SE item by clicking the
Open with Image View button from the Desktop tab on the ribbon.
As long as you have the appropriate application on your computer to display it, you can also open a nonPaperPort™12SE item by double-clicking it.

Organizing your items in folders

PaperPort™12SE has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items. The filing system consists of
folders and items that you choose to view in Desktop. An item can be a PaperPort™12SE item or a nonPaperPort™12SE item:
 Folders are arranged in a ‘tree’ structure in the Folder View. You use this section to choose folders and
view their items in Desktop.
 You can simply drag and drop an item onto a folder. When the folder is highlighted, release the mouse
button and the item is stored in that folder.
 Folders can be ‘nested’—that is, stored in other folders.
 When you double-click a folder, its contents (both PaperPort™12SE MAX files and non PaperPort™12SE
files) appear in Desktop.
 You can also use Windows® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop.

Quick links to other applications

ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE automatically recognizes many other applications on your computer and
creates a ‘working link’ to them.
The bar at the bottom of the PaperPort™12SE desktop shows which programs you can use with
PaperPort™12SE.

Scanning

To send an item from PaperPort™12SE to another program, simply drag and drop the item from the
PaperPort™12SE desktop to the program icon on the bar. PaperPort™12SE automatically converts the item
to the preferred format.
If PaperPort™12SE does not automatically recognize one of the applications on your computer, you can
manually create a link using the New Link button from the Tools tab on the ribbon.

ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR lets you convert image text into text you
can edit

ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE can quickly convert a text document image into text that you can edit with a
word processing application.
PaperPort™12SE uses the optical character recognition software (OCR), which comes with
PaperPort™12SE. PaperPort™12SE can use your preferred OCR application if it is already on your
computer. You can convert the entire item, or by using the Copy Text button from the Items tab on the ribbon,
you can choose only a portion of the text to convert.
Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort™12SE’s built-in OCR application, or you
can use your own OCR application.

Importing items from other applications

As well as scanning items, you can bring items into PaperPort™12SE in a variety of ways and convert them
to PaperPort™12SE (MAX) files in several different ways:
 Print to the Desktop from another application, such as Microsoft® Word.
 Import files saved in other file formats, such as Windows® Bitmap (BMP) or Tagged Image File Format
(TIFF).

Exporting items into other formats

You can export or save PaperPort™12SE items in several popular file formats, such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF or
PDF.

Exporting an image file

Click Save As on the PaperPort button.
The Save ‘XXXXX’ as dialog box is displayed.

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Choose the drive and folder where you want to store the file.

Enter the new file name and choose the file type.
Click Save to save your file, or Cancel to return to PaperPort™12SE without saving it.

Scanning

Uninstalling ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with OCR

(Windows® XP)

Click Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click the Change or Remove Programs
icon.

Choose Nuance PaperPort 12 from the list and click Change or Remove.

(Windows Vista® and Windows® 7)

Click the

Choose Nuance PaperPort 12 from the list and click Uninstall.

button, Control Panel, Programs and Programs and Features.

Scanning

Using BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer by
REALLUSION

BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer are image processing applications. BookScan Enhancer can
automatically correct images scanned from books. Whiteboard Enhancer can clean up and enhance text and
images in photos taken of a whiteboard.

Installing BookScan Enhancer and Whiteboard Enhancer

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Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

Click BookScan&Whiteboard Suite.
Follow the on-screen instructions.

The CD-ROM top menu will appear automatically. Choose the desired language and then click
Additional Applications.

For details, see the BookScan&Whiteboard Suite Help located in
Start/All Programs/Reallusion/BookScan&Whiteboard Suite on your computer.
Note
• The machine must be turned on and connected to the computer.
• The computer must be connected to the Internet.
• Make sure you are logged on with Administrator access privileges.
• These applications are not available for Windows Server® 2003/2008 series.
• If the Brother screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer (Computer), double-click the
CD-ROM icon, and then double-click start.exe.

ControlCenter4

Overview

ControlCenter4 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your often used applications. Using
ControlCenter4 eliminates the need to manually launch specific applications.
ControlCenter4 also controls the settings for the SCAN button on your Brother machine. For information
about how to configure the settings for the SCAN button on the machine, see Configuring the Scan button
settings uu page 74 for Home Mode or Configuring Scan button settings uu page 89 for Advanced Mode.
ControlCenter4 has two user interfaces: Home Mode and Advanced Mode.
 Home Mode
The Home Mode gives you easy access to your machine’s main functions. See Using ControlCenter4 in
Home Mode uu page 61.
 Advanced Mode
The Advanced Mode gives you more control over the details of your machine’s functions. You can add
up to three customized tabs in your original settings. See Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode
uu page 77.

Changing the user interface

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b

Click Configuration and then select Mode Select.
Select Home Mode or Advanced Mode in the mode dialog.

ControlCenter4

Using ControlCenter4 in Home Mode

This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 function in Home Mode. For more details of the each
function, click
(Help).
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1 Print or edit images, attach images to E-mail, open images with an application and copy images from a
memory card or USB Flash memory drive.
2 Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice.
3 Access the PC-FAX applications available for your device. (For MFC models)
4 Access the settings available to configure your device.
5 Link to Brother Solutions Center, Brother CreativeCenter or the Help file.
6 You can select which machine ControlCenter4 will connect with from the Model drop-down list.
7 You can change the user interface and ControlCenter4 preferences.
8 Access the Help file.
9 Access Status Monitor by clicking the device status button.

ControlCenter4

ControlCenter4 Features for Home Mode users

Photo (See Photo tab uu page 63.)
 See Copying images from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 63.
 See Opening the ControlCenter4 folder tree uu page 64.

 See Opening the folder tree uu page 64.
 See Printing images uu page 64.
 See Editing images uu page 65.
 See Attaching images to E-mail uu page 65.
 See Opening images with an application uu page 65.
Scan (See Scan tab uu page 66.)
 See File types uu page 67.
 See Document Size uu page 67.
 See Saving the scanned image uu page 67.
 See Printing the scanned image uu page 68.
 See Opening the scanned image with an application uu page 68.
 See Attaching the scanned data to E-mail uu page 69.
 See Using the OCR feature uu page 69.
PC-FAX (See PC-FAX tab (For MFC models) uu page 70.)
 See Sending an image file from your computer uu page 71.
 See Sending a scanned image uu page 71.
 See Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
uu page 72.
Device Settings (See Device Settings tab uu page 73.)
 See Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 73.
 See Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 73.
 See Configuring the Scan button settings uu page 74.
 See Launching the BRAdmin utility uu page 75.
Support (See Support tab uu page 76.)
 See Opening ControlCenter Help uu page 76.
 See Using the Brother Solutions Center uu page 76.
 See Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter uu page 76.

ControlCenter4

Photo tab

There are five functions: Print, Edit, Open with an Application, Send E-mail and Photo Capture. This
section briefly introduces these functions. For more details of each function, click
(Help).

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1 Photo Capture button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
2 My CC4 Folder button
3 Desktop button
4 Print button
5 Edit button
6 Send E-mail button
7 Open with an Application button

Copying images from a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Photo Capture button lets you copy images on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive to a folder
on your hard disk.

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Click Photo Capture, and the Photo Capture dialog appears.
Configure your settings for the Destination Folder, then click OK.
The images on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive will be copied to a folder on your hard disk.

ControlCenter4

Opening the ControlCenter4 folder tree

The My CC4 Folder button lets you open the ControlCenter4 folder located in the My Pictures folder on your
computer. You can choose images you want to print, edit, attach to an E-mail or open with a specific
application directly from the ControlCenter4 folder.

Opening the folder tree

The Desktop button lets you open the folder tree from the desktop to choose images you want to print, edit,
attach to an E-mail or open with a specific application directly.

Printing images
The

(Print) button lets you print images.

Choose images you want to print by clicking the image from the image viewer, check the check box
under the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99).

Click

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Configure the settings for Paper Size, Media Type and Layout.

(Print). The print setting window will appear.

Click Properties to configure Print Quality, Color / Grayscale and Color Mode if necessary. Click OK.

Note
(Not available for MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W/J5910DW)
To print your images at the same quality as the Trial Photo Print (uuQuick Setup Guide), configure the
settings as follows:
Paper Size: 4 x 6 in
Media Type: Brother BP71 Photo Paper
Layout: 1 in 1 Borderless

Click

(Start Printing).

ControlCenter4

Editing images
The

(Edit) button lets you edit images with various functions.

Choose images you want to edit by clicking the image from the image viewer.

Click

Edit the images with Trimming, Image Correction and Image Enhancement functions.

Click

(Save).

Attaching images to E-mail
The

(Edit). The edit window will appear.

(Send E-mail) button lets you attach images to your default E-mail application.

Choose images you want to attach to E-mail from the image viewer.

Click
(Send E-mail), and your default E-mail application starts and shows a new E-mail with
attachments.

Opening images with an application
The

(Open with an Application) button lets you open images with a specific application directly.

Choose images you want to open by clicking the image from the image viewer.

Click

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Select the application from the drop-down list and click OK.

(Open with an Application).

The image will appear in the application you have chosen.

ControlCenter4

Scan tab

There are five scan options: Save, Print, Open with an Application, Send E-mail and OCR.
This section briefly introduces the Scan tab function. For more details of each function, click
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(Help).

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1 PC Scan setting area
2 Image viewer
3 Save button
4 Print button
5 Open with an Application button
6 Send E-mail button
7 OCR button

ControlCenter4

File types

You can choose the file type to save the scanned images from the following list.
For Save and Send E-mail

 Windows® Bitmap (*.bmp)

 JPEG (*.jpg)
 TIFF (*.tif)
 TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif)
 Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
 PDF (*.pdf)
 Secure PDF (*.pdf)
 XML Paper Specification (*.xps)
For OCR

 HTML (*.htm)
 Excel (*.xls)
 Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
 Word Perfect (.wpd)
 Text (*.txt)
Note
• The XML Paper Specification is available for Windows Vista®, Windows® 7 or when using applications
which support XML Paper Specification files.
• If you set the file type to TIFF or TIFF Multi-Page, you can choose Uncompressed or Compressed.

Document Size

You can choose the document size from the Scan Size drop-down list. If you choose a 1 to 2 document size,
such as 1 to 2 (A4), the scanned image will be divided into two A5 size documents.

Saving the scanned image
The

(Save) button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown

in the file attachment list.

Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.

Click

(Scan).

ControlCenter4

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

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The Save dialog will appear. Select your Destination Folder and other settings. Click OK.

(Save).

The image will be saved in your chosen folder.

Printing the scanned image

You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the ControlCenter4
supported Brother machine’s printer driver.

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Select the Scan tab.

Click

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

Configure the print settings and then click

Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.
(Scan).

(Print).
(Start Printing).

Opening the scanned image with an application
The

(Open with an Application) button lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application

for image editing.

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Select the Scan tab.

Click

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

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Select the application from the drop-down list and click OK.

Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.
(Scan).

(Open with an Application).

The image will appear in the application you have chosen.

ControlCenter4

Attaching the scanned data to E-mail

The
(Send E-mail) button lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send
the scanned job as an attachment.

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Select the Scan tab.

Click

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

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Configure the attached file settings and click OK.

Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.
(Scan).

(Send E-mail).

Your default E-mail application will open and the image will be attached to a new, blank E-mail.

Using the OCR feature
The

(OCR) button lets you scan a document and converts it into text. This text can be edited using your

favorite word processing software.

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Select the Scan tab.

Click

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

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Configure the OCR settings and click OK.

Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.
(Scan).

(OCR).

The application you have chosen will open with the converted text data.

ControlCenter4

PC-FAX tab (For MFC models)

This section briefly introduces the PC-FAX tab function. For more details of each function, click

(Help).

Note
The PC-FAX software can only send Black & White fax documents.

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1 Send Image File button
2 Send Scanned Image button
3 Received PC-FAX button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
4 PC Scan setting area
5 Scan Image area
6 Send button

ControlCenter4

Sending an image file from your computer

The Send Image File button lets you send an image file as a fax from the computer using the Brother
PC-FAX software.

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Select the PC-FAX tab.

Click

The PC-FAX sending dialog will appear. Enter a fax number and then click Start.

Click Send Image File.
Click on the folder tree to browse for the folder where the image you want to send is located. Then select
the file you want to send.
(Send).

Sending a scanned image

The Send Scanned Image button lets you scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a
fax from the computer using the Brother PC-FAX software.

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Select the PC-FAX tab.

Click

Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.

Click

The PC-FAX sending dialog will appear. Enter a fax number and then click Start.

Click Send Scanned Image.
Configure the settings in the PC Scan setting area.
(Scan).

(Send).

ControlCenter4

Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Received PC-FAX button lets you view and print received fax data using the Brother PC-FAX software.
Before you use the PC-FAX Receive function, you must select the PC-FAX Receive option from the
control panel menu of the Brother machine. (See Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your
machine uu page 110.)

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Select the PC-FAX tab.

The PC-FAX receiving function is activated and starts to receive fax data from your machine. The

Click Received PC-FAX.

received data will appear. To view the data, click

(View).

If you want to print the received data, select the data and then click

Configure the print settings and then click

(Print).

(Start Printing).

ControlCenter4

Device Settings tab

This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details of each function, click
(Help).

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1 Remote Setup button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
2 Quick Dial button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
3 Device Scan Settings button
4 BRAdmin button

Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Remote Setup button lets you open the Remote Setup program window to configure most machine and
network setting menus.

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Select the Device Settings tab.
Click Remote Setup.
The Remote Setup program window will appear. For Remote Setup configuration, see Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 94.

Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Quick Dial button lets you open the Set Quick Dial window in the Remote Setup program. You can then
easily register or change the Quick Dial numbers from your computer.

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Select the Device Settings tab.
Click Quick Dial.
The Set Quick Dial window will appear. For the Remote Setup configuration, see Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 94.

ControlCenter4

Configuring the Scan button settings

The Device Scan Settings button lets you configure your machine’s SCAN key settings.
MFC models

DCP models

There are four scan functions which you can configure to fit your scanning needs.
To configure each scan function, select the Device Settings tab and then click Device Scan Settings. The
Device Scan Settings dialog will appear.
Image tab

Lets you configure settings for Scan to Image by pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.
Choose the settings for File Type, Target Application, File size, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size,
Brightness, Contrast and Auto Crop as needed. Click OK.
If you choose Secure PDF from the File Type drop-down list, click the
(Set PDF Password) button. The
Set PDF Password dialog box will appear. Enter your password in the Password and Re-type Password
box and then click OK.
Note
• Secure PDF is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to File.
• You can change the data compression ratio of the scanned image with File size.
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OCR tab

Lets you configure settings for Scan to OCR by pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.
Choose the settings for File Type, Target Application, OCR Language, Resolution, Scan Type,
Document Size, Brightness and Contrast as needed. Click OK.
E-mail tab

Lets you configure settings for Scan to E-mail by pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.
Choose the settings for File Type, File size, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Brightness,
Contrast and Auto Crop as needed. Click OK.
Note
You can change the data compression ratio of the scanned image with File size.
File tab

Lets you configure settings for Scan to File by pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.
Choose the settings for File Type, File Name, Destination Folder, Show Folder, File size, Resolution,
Scan Type, Document Size, Brightness, Contrast and Auto Crop as needed. Click OK.
Note
• If Show Folder is checked, the destination of the scanned image to save will be shown after scanning.
• You can change the data compression ratio of the scanned image with File size.

Launching the BRAdmin utility

If you have installed BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3, the BRAdmin button lets you open the
BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3 utility.
The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of the Brother network connected devices. It can also
search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings,
such as the IP address. Refer to the guide noted below for information about installing BRAdmin Light from
the supplied CD-ROM.
uuNetwork User’s Guide
If you require more advanced machine management, use the latest version of BRAdmin Professional 3 utility
that is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.

a
b

Select the Device Settings tab.
Click BRAdmin. The BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3 utility dialog appears.

Note
If you have installed both BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Professional, ControlCenter4 will launch BRAdmin
Professional 3.

ControlCenter4

Support tab
This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details of each function, click

(Help).

Opening ControlCenter Help

The ControlCenter Help lets you open the Help file for more detailed information about ControlCenter.

a
b
c

Select the Support tab.
Click ControlCenter Help.
The ControlCenter Help main page will appear.

Using the Brother Solutions Center

The Brother Solutions Center button lets you open the Brother Solutions Center web site offering
information about your Brother product including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver
updates and tips for using your machine.

a
b
c

Select the Support tab.
Click Brother Solutions Center.
The Brother Solutions Center web site will be shown in your web browser.

Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter

The Brother CreativeCenter button lets you access our web site for free and easy online solutions for
business and home users.

a
b

Select the Support tab.
Click Brother CreativeCenter. ControlCenter4 will launch your web browser and then open the Brother
CreativeCenter web site.

ControlCenter4

Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode

This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 function in Advanced Mode. For more details of each
function, click

(Help).
1

1 Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice.
2 Access the PC-Copy feature available via your computer.
3 Print or edit images, open images on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive, copy files on a memory
card or USB Flash memory drive, and copy files on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive and display
the files with a specific application.
4 Access the PC-FAX applications available for your device.
5 Access the settings available to configure your device.
6 Link to Brother Solutions Center, Brother CreativeCenter or Help.
7 You can configure your original settings tab by right clicking the tab area.
8 You can select which machine ControlCenter4 will connect with from the Model drop-down list.
9 You can open the configuration window for each scan function and change the user interface mode.
10 Access the Help file.
11 Access the Status Monitor by clicking the device status button.

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ControlCenter4 Features for Advanced Mode users

Scan (See Scan tab uu page 79.)
 See File types uu page 80.
 See Document Size uu page 80.
 See Opening the scanned image with an application uu page 81.

 See Using the OCR feature uu page 81.
 See Attaching the scanned data to E-mail uu page 81.
 See Saving the scanned image uu page 82.
PC-Copy (See PC-Copy tab uu page 83.)
 See Printing the scanned image uu page 83.
Photo (See Photo tab uu page 84.)
 See Printing/Editing images uu page 84.
 See Opening PCC folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center™)
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 85.
 See Copying files from PCC folder (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 85.
 See Copying files to an application (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 85.
PC-FAX (See PC-FAX tab (For MFC models) uu page 86.)
 See Sending an image file from your computer uu page 86.
 See Sending a scanned image uu page 86.
 See Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
uu page 87.
Device Settings (See Device Settings tab uu page 88.)
 See Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 88.
 See Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 88.
 See Configuring Scan button settings uu page 89.
 See Launching the BRAdmin utility uu page 90.
Support (See Support tab uu page 91.)
 See Opening ControlCenter Help uu page 91.
 See Using the Brother Solutions Center uu page 91.
 See Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter uu page 91.
Custom (See Custom tab uu page 92.)
 See Creating a Custom tab uu page 92.
 See Creating a Custom button uu page 92.

ControlCenter4

Scan tab

There are four scan options: Image, OCR, E-mail and File.
This section briefly introduces the Scan tab function. For more details of each function, click
1

(Help).

1 PC Scan setting area
2 Image button
3 OCR button
4 E-mail button
5 File button

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File types

You can choose the file type to save the scanned images from the following list.
For Image, E-mail and File

 Windows® Bitmap (*.bmp)

 JPEG (*.jpg)
 TIFF (*.tif)
 TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif)
 Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
 PDF (*.pdf)
 Secure PDF (*.pdf)
 XML Paper Specification (*.xps)
For OCR

Document Size

You can choose the document size from the Document Size drop-down list. If you choose a 1 to 2 document
size, such as 1 to 2 (A4), the scanned image will be divided into two A5 size documents.

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Opening the scanned image with an application
The

(Image) button lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing.

Select the Scan tab.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click
(Image) and then change the settings. If you want
to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

Click

The image will appear in the application you have chosen.

(Image).

Using the OCR feature

The
(OCR) button lets you scan a document and converts it into text. This text can be edited using your
favorite word processing software.

Select the Scan tab.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click
(OCR) and then change the settings. If you want
to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

Click

Your default word processing application will open and display the converted text data.

(OCR).

Attaching the scanned data to E-mail

The
(E-mail) button lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send the
scanned job as an attachment.

Select the Scan tab.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click
(E-mail) and then change the settings. If you want
to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

Click

Your default E-mail application will open and the image will be attached to a new, blank E-mail.

(E-mail).

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Saving the scanned image

The
(File) button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in
the file attachment list.

Select the Scan tab.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click
(File) and then change the settings. If you want
to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

Click

The image will be saved in the folder you have chosen.

(File).

How to change the default settings of each button
You can change the default settings of the

(Image),

(OCR),

(E-mail) and

(File) button.

Right-click the button that you want to configure and click Button settings. The settings dialog will
appear.

Choose the settings for File Type, PreScan, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Brightness,
Contrast, Manual multi-page scan and Auto Crop as needed.

Click OK. The new settings will be used as the default settings.

Note
• To preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan in the settings dialog.
• Auto Crop is not available for Scan to OCR.

ControlCenter4

PC-Copy tab

Printing the scanned image

You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of the ControlCenter4
supported Brother machine’s printer driver.

a
b

Select the PC-Copy tab.

c
d

Click Color Copy, Monochrome Copy, 2 in 1 Copy or 4 in 1 Copy.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click the button you want to change and then change the
settings. If you want to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

The scanned image will be printed.

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Photo tab

There are four functions: Photo Print, Open PCC Folder, Copy from PCC and Copy to Application. This
section briefly introduces the functions. For more details of each function, click
1

(Help).

1 Photo Print button
2 Open PCC Folder button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
3 Copy from PCC button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
4 Copy to Application button (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

Printing/Editing images
The

(Photo Print) button lets you print or edit images.

Printing images

Click

Choose images you want to print by clicking the image from the image viewer, check the check box
under the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99).

Click

d
e

Configure the settings for Paper Size, Media Type and Layout.

(Photo Print), then the image viewer appears.

(Print), then the Photo Print window appears.

Click Properties to configure Print Quality, Color / Grayscale and Color Mode if you need. Click OK.

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Media Type: Brother BP71 Photo Paper
Layout: 1 in 1 Borderless

Click

(Start Printing).

Editing images

Click

Choose images you want to edit by clicking the image from the image viewer, check the check box under
the image, and then enter the number of copies you want to print (1 to 99).

Click

Edit the images with Trimming, Image Correction and Image Enhancement functions.

Click

(Photo Print). The image viewer will appear.

(Edit). The Photo Print window will appear.

(Save).

Opening PCC folder (PCC: PhotoCapture Center™)
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Open PCC Folder) button starts Windows® Explorer and displays files and folders on a memory
card or USB Flash memory drive connected to your Brother machine.

Copying files from PCC folder (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Copy from PCC) button lets you copy files on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive to your
hard disk. You can configure settings for Destination Folder, Copy Folder and Copy Files from the menu
shown by clicking Configuration.

Copying files to an application (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Copy to Application) button lets you copy files on a memory card or USB Flash memory drive to
your hard disk and starts a specific application to display the copy destination folder. You can configure
settings for Copy Folder and Copy Files from the menu shown by clicking Configuration.
85

ControlCenter4

PC-FAX tab (For MFC models)
This section briefly introduces the PC-FAX tab function. For more details of each function, click

(Help).

Note
The PC-FAX software can only send Black & White fax documents.

Sending an image file from your computer

The
(Send Image File) button lets you send an image file as a fax from the PC using the Brother PC-FAX
software.

Select the PC-FAX tab.

Click

Click on the folder tree to browse for the folder where the image you want to send is located. Then select
the file you want to send.

Click

The PC-FAX sending dialog will appear. Enter a fax number and then click Start.

(Send Image File).

(Send).

Sending a scanned image

The
(Send Scanned Image) button lets you scan a page or document and automatically send the image
as a fax from the computer using the Brother PC-FAX software.

Select the PC-FAX tab.

If you want to change the scan settings, right-click
(Send Scanned Image) and then change the
settings. If you want to preview and configure the scanned image, check PreScan. Click OK.

Click

The PC-FAX sending dialog will appear. Enter a fax number and then click Start.

(Send Scanned Image).

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Viewing and printing received PC-FAX data
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Received PC-FAX) button lets you view and print received fax data using the Brother PC-FAX
software. Before you use the PC-FAX Receive function, you must select the PC-FAX Receive option from
the control panel menu of your Brother machine. (See Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your
machine uu page 110.)

Select the PC-FAX tab.

Click

The PC-FAX receiving function activates and starts to receive fax data from your machine. The received

(Received PC-FAX).

data will appear. To view the data, click

(View).

If you want to print the received data, select the data and then click

Configure the print settings and then click

(Print).

(Start Printing).

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Device Settings tab

This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details of each function, click
(Help).

Configuring Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Remote Setup) button lets you open the Remote Setup program window to configure most
machine and network setting menus.

Select the Device Settings tab.

Click

The Remote Setup program window will appear. For Remote Setup configuration, see Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 94.

(Remote Setup).

Accessing Quick Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The
(Quick Dial) button lets you open the Set Quick Dial window in the Remote Setup program. You
can then easily register or change the Quick Dial numbers from your computer.

Select the Device Settings tab.

Click

The Set Quick Dial window will appear. For the Remote Setup configuration, see Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 94.

(Quick Dial).

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Configuring Scan button settings
The

(Device Scan Settings) button lets you configure your machine’s SCAN key settings.
MFC models

DCP models

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OCR tab

Launching the BRAdmin utility
If you have installed BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3, the
the BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3 utility.

(BRAdmin) button lets you open

The BRAdmin Light utility is designed for initial setup of the Brother network connected devices. It also can
search for Brother products in a TCP/IP environment, view the status and configure basic network settings,
such as IP address. Refer to the guide noted below for information about installing BRAdmin Light from the
supplied CD-ROM.
uuNetwork User’s Guide
If you require more advanced machine management, use the latest version of BRAdmin Professional 3 that
is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/.

a
b

Select the Device Settings tab.
Click

(BRAdmin). The BRAdmin Light or BRAdmin Professional 3 utility dialog appears.

Note
If you have installed both BRAdmin Light and BRAdmin Professional, ControlCenter4 will launch BRAdmin
Professional 3.

ControlCenter4

Support tab
This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details of each function, click

(Help).

Opening ControlCenter Help

3
The
(ControlCenter Help) button lets you open the Help file for detailed information about
ControlCenter.

Select the Support tab.

Click

The ControlCenter Help top page will appear.

(ControlCenter Help).

Using the Brother Solutions Center

The
(Brother Solutions Center) button lets you open the Brother Solutions Center web site offering
information about your Brother product including FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions), User’s Guides, driver
updates and tips for using your machine.

Select the Support tab.

Click

The Brother Solutions Center web site will be shown in your web browser.

(Brother Solutions Center).

Accessing the Brother CreativeCenter

The
(Brother CreativeCenter) button lets you access our web site for a free and easy online solutions
for business and home uses.

Select the Support tab.

Click
(Brother CreativeCenter). ControlCenter4 will launch your web browser and then open the
Brother CreativeCenter web site.

ControlCenter4

Custom tab
This section briefly introduces adding Custom tabs. For more details, click

(Help).

Creating a Custom tab

You can create up to three customized tabs including up to five customized buttons with your preferred
settings.

Click Configuration and then select Create custom tab.

Creating a Custom button

Click Configuration and then select Create custom button. Select a button you want to create from
the menu. The settings dialog will appear.

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Enter the button name and change the settings if necessary. Click OK.
(The setting options vary depending on the created button.)

Note
You can change or remove the created tab, button or settings. Click Configuration and follow the menu.

Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

Remote Setup

The Remote Setup program lets you configure many machine settings from a Windows® application. When
you start this application, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your computer
and displayed on your screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them directly to the machine.
Click Start, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, and Remote Setup.

 OK
Lets you start uploading data to the machine and exit the Remote Setup application. If an error message
is displayed, enter the correct data again and then click OK.
 Cancel
Lets you exit the Remote Setup application without uploading data to the machine.
 Apply
Lets you upload data to the machine without exiting the Remote Setup application.
 Print
Lets you print the chosen items on the machine. You cannot print the data until it is uploaded to the
machine. Click Apply to upload the new data to the machine and then click Print.
 Export
Lets you save the current configuration settings to a file.

Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

 Import
Lets you read the settings from a file.
Note
• You can use the Export button to save all your settings for your machine.
• If your computer is protected by a firewall, and is unable to use Remote Setup, you may need to configure
the firewall settings to allow communication through port number 137. For more information, see Firewall
settings (For Network users) uu page 117.

• If you are using Windows® Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the necessary
Firewall settings have already been made.

Brother PC-FAX Software
(MFC models only)

PC-FAX sending

The Brother PC-FAX feature lets you use your computer to send a document file from an application as a
standard fax. You can send a file created in any application on your computer as a PC-FAX. You can even
attach a cover page. All you have to do is set up the receiving parties as members or groups in your PC-FAX
Address Book or simply enter the destination address or fax number into the user interface. You can use the
Address Book Search feature to quickly find members to send to.
For the latest information and updates on the Brother PC-FAX feature, visit the main page for your model on
the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/). To update the PC-FAX software, go to the
Downloads page, download Full Driver & Software Package for your OS and language, and then install the
package. If you have questions or problems, go to the FAQ’s & Troubleshooting page.

Note
The PC-FAX software can only send Black & White fax documents.

Setting up user information

Note
You can access User Information from the FAX Sending dialog box by clicking the

icon.

(See Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface uu page 99.)

Click Start, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX Sending,
then PC-FAX Setup.
The Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box appears:

Enter this information to create the fax header and cover page.

Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)

Click OK to save the User Information.
Note

You can set up the User Information separately for each Windows® account.

Sending setup

From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, choose the Sending tab to display the screen below.

 Outside line access
Enter the characters used to access an outside line here. Up to five characters (including numbers and !,
#, *, -, +, and W) may be entered. This is sometimes required by office telephone systems (for example,
dialling #09 to get an outside line in your office).
 Include header
To add the header information you entered in the User Information tab to the top of your sent faxes, check
the Include header box. See Setting up user information uu page 96.
To add header information to the top of the fax pages, check Include header.
 User interface
Choose the user interface from two choices: Simple style or Facsimile style.
Simple style

Facsimile style

Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)

Setting up a cover page
From the PC-FAX dialog box, click the

icon to access the Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup screen.

The Brother PC-FAX Cover Page Setup dialog box appears:

Entering cover page information

Note
If you are sending a fax to more than one recipient, the recipient information will not be printed on the cover
page.
 To
Choose the recipient information you want to add to the cover page.
 From
Choose the sender information you want to add to the cover page.
 Comment
Enter the comment you want to add to the cover page.
 Form
Choose the cover page format you want to use.
 Cover page title
If you choose Custom, you can put a bitmap file, such as your company logo, on the cover page.
Click Browse to choose the BMP file, and then choose the alignment style.
 Count cover page
When Count cover page is checked, the cover page will be included in the page numbering. When
Count cover page is unchecked, the cover page will not be included.
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Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface

a
b

Create a file in any application on your computer.
Click File, then Print.
The Print dialog box appears:

Choose Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click Print.
The Facsimile style user interface appears:

Note
If the Simple style user interface appears, change the user interface selection setting. (See Sending setup
uu page 97.)

Enter a fax number using any of the following methods:
 Use the dial pad to enter the number.
 Use your computer’s keyboard to enter the number.
 Click any of the 10 Speed Dial buttons.
 Click the Address Book button, and then choose a member or group from the Address Book.
If you make a mistake, click Clear to delete all the entries.

Brother PC-FAX Software (MFC models only)

To include a cover page, click

Cover Page On.

Note
You can also click the cover page

icon to create or edit a cover page.

Click Start to send the fax.

Note
• If you want to cancel the fax, click Stop.
• If you want to redial a number, click Redial to scroll through the last five fax numbers, choose a number,
and then click Start.

Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Simple style user interface

a
b

5
5

Create a file in any application on your computer.
Click File, then Print.
The Print dialog box appears:

Choose Brother PC-FAX as your printer, and then click Print.
The Simple style user interface appears:

Note
If the Facsimile style user interface appears, change the user interface selection setting. (See Sending
setup uu page 97.)
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Enter the fax number using any of the following methods:
 Enter the fax number in the To: field.
 Click the To: button, and then choose destination fax numbers from the Address Book.
If you make a mistake, click Clear to delete all the entries.

To send a cover page and note, check Cover page On.
Note

You can also click the

Click the send

icon to create or edit a cover page.

icon.

Note
If you want to cancel the fax, click the cancel

icon.

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Address Book

If Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Mail is installed on your computer, you can choose in the
Select Address Book drop-down list which address book to use for PC-FAX sending. There are four types:
Brother Address Book, Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail Address or Windows Contacts.
For the address book file, you must enter the path and file name of the database file which contains the
address book information.
Click Browse to choose the database file.

If you choose Outlook or Outlook Express, you can use the Outlook or Outlook Express Address Book
(Windows® XP), Windows Mail Address (Windows Vista®) or Windows Contacts (Windows ® 7) by clicking
the Address Book button in the FAX Sending dialog box.
Outlook Express Address Book

Note
To use your Outlook Address Book, you must select Microsoft® Outlook® 2002, 2003 or 2007 as your
default E-mail application.

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Brother Address Book

Click Start, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX Sending,
then PC-FAX Address Book.
The Brother Address Book dialog box appears:

Setting up a member in the Address Book

In the Brother Address Book dialog box you can add, edit and delete members and groups.

In the Address Book dialog box, click the

icon to add a member.

The Brother Address Book Member Setup dialog box appears:

In the Member Setup dialog box, enter the member’s information. Name is a required field. Click OK to
save the information.

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Speed Dial setup

From the Brother PC-FAX Setup dialog box, choose the Speed Dial tab. (To use this feature, you must
choose the Facsimile style user interface.)

You can register a member or group on each of the ten Speed Dial buttons.
Registering an address in a Speed Dial button

a
b
c

Click the Speed Dial button you want to program.
Click the member or group you want to store on the Speed Dial button.
Click Add >>.

Clearing a Speed Dial button

a
b

Click the Speed Dial button you want to clear.
Click Clear.

Note
You can select a speed dial from the PC-FAX interface to make sending a document easier and faster.

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Setting up a group for broadcasting

You can create a group to send the same PC-FAX to several recipients at one time.

In the Brother Address Book dialog box, click the

icon to create a Group.

The Brother Address Book Group Setup dialog box appears:

b
c

Enter the name of the new group in the Group Name field.

After all the members you want have been added, click OK.

In the Available Names box, choose each member to be included in the group, and then click Add >>.
Members added to the group appear in the Group Members box.

Note
You can have up to 50 members in a group.

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Editing member information

Choose the member or group you want to edit.

Click the edit

c
d

Change the member or group information.

icon.

Click OK.

Deleting a member or group

Choose the member or group you want to delete.

Click the delete

When the confirmation dialog box appears, click OK.

icon.

Exporting the Address Book

You can export the whole Address Book to an ASCII text file (*.csv). You can also create a vCard for an
address book member that can be attached to an outgoing E-mail (a vCard is an electronic business card
that contains the sender’s contact information). You can also export the Address Book as Remote Setup Dial
Data that can be used by the Remote Setup application of your machine. (See Remote Setup
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW) uu page 94.) If you are creating a vCard, you must first
click on the address book member you want to create the vCard for.

Exporting the current Address Book

Note
If you are creating a vCard, you must first choose the member.
If you choose vCard in a, Save as type: will be vCard (*.vcf).

Do one of the following:
 From the Address Book, click File, Export, then Text.
 From the Address Book, click File, Export, then vCard and go to e.
 From the Address Book, click File, Export, then Remote Setup Dial Data and go to e.

From the Available Items column, choose the data fields you want to export and then click Add >>.

Note
Choose the items in the order you want them listed.

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If you are exporting to an ASCII file, choose Tab or Comma from Divide Character. This chooses Tab
or Comma to separate the data fields.

Click OK to save the data.

Enter the file name, and then click Save.

Importing to the Address Book

You can import ASCII text files (*.csv), vCards (electronic business cards) or Remote Setup Dial Data into
your Address Book.

Do one of the following:
 From the Address Book, click File, Import, then Text.
 From the Address Book, click File, Import, then vCard and go to e.
 From the Address Book, click File, Import, then Remote Setup Dial Data and go to e.

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From the Available Items column choose the data fields you want to import, and click Add >>.

Note
From the Available Items list choose the fields in the same order they are listed in the import text file.

c
d
e

Choose Tab or Comma based on the file format you are importing from Divide Character.
Click OK to import the data.
Enter the file name, and then click Open.

Note
If you chose Text in a, Files of type: will be Text files (*.txt;*.csv).

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PC-FAX receiving
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Brother PC-FAX Receive Software lets you view and store faxes on your computer. It is automatically
installed when you install the MFL-Pro Suite and works on locally or network connected machines.
When enabled, your machine will receive faxes in its memory. Once it has received the fax, it will
automatically be sent to your computer.
If you turn your computer off, your machine will continue to receive and store your faxes in its memory. The
machine LCD will display the number of stored faxes received, for example:
When you switch your computer on, the PC-FAX Receive Software automatically transfers your faxes to your
computer.
To enable the PC-FAX Receive Software, do the following:
 Before you use the PC-FAX Receive function, you must choose PC-FAX Receive from the menu on
the machine.
 Run the Brother PC-FAX Receive software on your computer. (We recommend you select the Add to
Startup folder check box, so that the software automatically runs and can transfer any faxes on computer
startup.)
Note
• Refer to the guide and the web site noted below for more information.
uuBasic User’s Guide: Troubleshooting
uuBrother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/)
• To use PC-FAX receiving with a computer that is protected by a firewall, the Network PC-FAX receiving
program must be excluded from the firewall setting. If you are using Windows® Firewall and you installed
MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. For more
information, see Firewall settings (For Network users) uu page 117.

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• (For MFC-J5910DW)
If you receive a fax containing multiple paper sizes (for example, a page of Letter data and a page of
Ledger data), the machine creates a new file each time it receives a different paper size. When your
computer is turned off, the machine stores the files in its memory. The LCD will show that more than one
fax job has been received.

Enabling the PC-FAX Receiving software on your machine

You can optionally enable the Backup Print option. When enabled, the machine will print a copy of the fax
before the fax is sent to the computer or the computer is switched off.

For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d
e

Press Menu.

Press a or b to choose or your computer name if connected on a network.
Press OK.

g
h

Press Backup Print:On or Backup Print:Off.

Press a or b to choose Fax.
Press a or b to choose Setup Receive.
Press a or b to choose Memory Receive.
Press PC Fax Receive.
Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Note
If you select Backup Print:On, the machine will print the fax, so you will have a copy if there is a power
failure before it is sent to the computer. The fax messages are automatically erased from your machine’s
memory when they have been successfully printed and sent to your computer. When you select
Backup Print:Off your fax messages are automatically erased from your machine’s memory when
they have been successfully sent to your computer.

For MFC-J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d

Press Menu.
Press a or b to choose Fax.
Press a or b to choose Setup Receive.
Press a or b to choose Memory Receive.

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Press a or b to choose PC Fax Receive.
Press OK.

f
g
h

Press a or b to choose or your computer name if connected on a network.
Press Backup Print:On or Backup Print:Off.
Press Stop/Exit.

Running the PC-FAX Receiving software on your computer

Click Start, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, PC-FAX Receiving and Receive.
The PC-Fax Receiving dialog box appears. Confirm the message and click OK.
The PC-FAX icon appears in your computer’s tasktray.

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Setting up your computer

Right-click the PC-FAX

icon on your computer’s tasktray, and then click

PC-Fax Rx Setup.
The PC-Fax Rx Setup dialog box appears:

b
c
d

In Save file to, click Browse if you want to change the path where PC-FAX files are saved.

To automatically start the PC-FAX receiving software when you start Windows ®, check
Add to Startup folder.

If you want to use the PC-FAX Receiving software over your network, see Configuring the Network
PC-FAX Receiving Settings uu page 113.

In File Format, choose .tif or .max as the received document format. The default format is .tif.
To play wave files (.wav sound files) when receiving a fax, check Play wave file when receiving FAX,
and enter the path of the wave file.

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Configuring the Network PC-FAX Receiving Settings

The settings to send received faxes to your computer were automatically configured during the installation of
MFL-Pro Suite. uuQuick Setup Guide
If you are using a different machine than the one that was registered to your computer during the installation
of the MFL-Pro Suite software, follow the steps below.

In the PC-Fax Rx Setup dialog box, click Network Settings. The Network Settings dialog box
appears.

You must specify the IP address or node name of your machine.
Choose the appropriate connection method.

Specify your machine by address
Enter the IP address of the machine in IP Address.
Specify your machine by name
Enter the machine’s node name in Node Name, or click Browse and choose the correct Brother
machine you want to use from the list.

Display Your PC Name
You can specify the computer name that will appear on the display of the machine. To change the name,
enter the new name in Display Your PC Name.
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Viewing new PC-FAX messages

Each time your computer is receiving a PC-FAX, the icon will alternate between

and

has been received, the icon will change to

once the received fax

. The

icon will change to

. Once the fax

has been viewed.

Double-click

b
c

Open the Fax Received folder.

to run ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE.

Double-click any new faxes to open and view them.

Note
The name of your unread computer message will be based on the date and time that the messages were
received until you assign a file name. For example ‘Fax 2-20-2011 16:40:21.tif’.

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PhotoCapture Center™
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

CAUTION
DO NOT start your computer with a memory card or USB Flash memory drive installed in the media drive
of the machine. You could lose your data or damage the media.

Note
• The PhotoCapture Center™ will read only the media that was put in first.
• While the machine is printing from the PhotoCapture Center™, your computer cannot access the
PhotoCapture Center™ for any other operation.

Using PhotoCapture Center™
a
b

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.
In Windows® Explorer, click the Removable Disk icon 1. The files and folders on the memory card or
USB Flash memory drive appear on your screen.
You can edit a file and save it to another drive on your computer.
1

If you are using Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/ Windows® 7 and you create a name for the volume label of the memory card or USB Flash
memory drive, this name appears instead of Removable Disk.

When you take out a memory card or USB Flash memory drive, do the following to prevent damage
to the memory card or USB Flash memory drive:

a
b

In Windows® Explorer, right-click the removable disk icon and choose Eject.
Wait until the status LED or the PHOTO key stops blinking before taking out the media.

CAUTION
DO NOT take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED or the PHOTO key is
blinking to avoid damaging the card, USB Flash memory drive or data stored on the card.
If you take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED or the PHOTO key is
flashing, you must restart your computer at once before putting the same memory card or USB Flash
memory drive into the machine. If you do not restart your computer, the data on your media may be
destroyed.

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For Network Users
a
b

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.

Click the name of the file you want to see.

Start your browser software in which FTP is supported. Your browser software accesses the media using
the FTP protocol and the network Host Name of the machine. You can also access the media by entering
ftp://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of your Brother machine) from
your web browser.

Note
Using certain characters or symbols in a file name on the memory card or USB Flash memory drive may
cause a problem accessing the file. We recommend to only use combinations of the following characters
in a file name.

When you take out a memory card or USB Flash memory drive, do the following to prevent damage
to the memory card or USB Flash memory drive:

a
b

Close the browser.
Wait until the status LED or the PHOTO key stops blinking before taking out the memory card or USB
Flash memory drive.

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Firewall settings (For Network users)

Before using the Brother software

Firewall settings on your computer may reject the necessary network connection for network printing, network
scanning and PC-Fax. If you are using Windows® Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the
CD-ROM, the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. If you did not install from the CD-ROM
follow the instructions below to configure Windows® Firewall. If you are using any other personal firewall
software, see the user’s guide for your software or contact the software manufacturer.
UDP Port number information for Firewall configuration
UDP Port

Network Scanning

Network PC-Fax

Network Scanning and
Network PC-Fax 1

External Port number

54925

54926

137

Internal Port number

54925

54926

137

Add Port number 137 if you still have trouble with your network connection after you added port 54925 and 54926. Port number 137 also supports
printing, PhotoCapture Center™ and Remote Setup over the network.

Windows® XP SP2 or higher users

Click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections and then Windows Firewall.
Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.

Choose the Advanced tab and click Settings.

Click Add.

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Add port 54925 for network scanning by entering the information below:
1 In Description of service: Enter any description, for example “Brother Scanner”.
2 In Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting this service on
your network: Enter “Localhost”.
3 In External Port number for this service: Enter “54925”.
4 In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “54925”.
5 Make sure UDP is selected.
6 Click OK.

1
2
3

e
f

Click Add.
Add port 54926 for Network PC-Fax by entering the information below:
1 In Description of service: Enter any description, for example “Brother PC-Fax”.
2 In Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting this service on
your network: Enter “Localhost”.
3 In External Port number for this service: Enter “54926”.
4 In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “54926”.
5 Make sure UDP is selected.
6 Click OK.

g
h

If you still have trouble with your network connection, click Add.
Add port 137 for both network scanning and Network PC-Fax receiving by entering the information
below:
1 In Description of service: Enter any description, for example “Brother Network Print”.
2 In Name or IP address (for example 192.168.0.12) of the computer hosting this service on
your network: Enter “Localhost”.
3 In External Port number for this service: Enter “137”.
4 In Internal Port number for this service: Enter “137”.
5 Make sure UDP is selected.
6 Click OK.

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click OK.
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Windows Vista® users

Click the

button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, Windows Firewall and click

Change settings.

When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following:
 Users who have administrator rights: Click Continue.

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 For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.

Make sure that Windows Firewall on the General tab is set to On.

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Choose the Exceptions tab.

e
f

Click Add port.

To add port 54925 for network scanning, enter the information below:
1 In Name: Enter any description, for example “Brother Scanner”.
2 In Port number: Enter “54925”.
3 Make sure UDP is selected.
Then, click OK.

1
2
3

g
h

Click Add port.
To add port 54926 for Network PC-Fax, enter the information below:
1 In Name: Enter any description, for example “Brother PC-Fax”.
2 In Port number: Enter “54926”.
3 Make sure UDP is selected.
Then, click OK.

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked, and then click OK.
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If you still have trouble with your network connection such as Network Scanning or Printing, check the
File and Printer Sharing box in the Exceptions tab and then click OK.

7
Windows® 7 users

Click the

button, Control Panel, System and Security and then Windows Firewall.

Make sure the Windows Firewall state is set to On.

b
c

Click Advanced settings. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window appears.
Click Inbound Rules.

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Click New Rule.

e
f

Choose Port and click Next.
To add port enter the information below:
 For network scanning
Choose UDP and enter “54925” in the Specific local ports.
Click Next.
 For Network PC-Fax
Choose UDP and enter “54926” in the Specific local ports.
Click Next.

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g
h
i

Choose Allow the connection and click Next.
Check the applicable items and click Next.
Enter any description in Name: (for example “Brother Scanner” or “Brother PC-Fax”) and click Finish.

j
k

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked.
Click Outbound Rules.

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Click New Rule.

m
n

Choose Port and click Next.
To add port enter the information below:
 For network scanning
Choose UDP and enter “54925” in the Specific remote ports.
Click Next.
 For Network PC-Fax
Choose UDP and enter “54926” in the Specific remote ports.
Click Next.

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o
p
q

Choose Allow the connection and click Next.
Check the applicable items and click Next.
Enter any description in Name: (for example “Brother Scanner” or “Brother PC-Fax”) and click Finish.

Make sure that the new setting is added and is checked.

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Apple Macintosh
Printing and Faxing
Scanning
ControlCenter2
Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center™
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

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Setting up your computer

Note
• The screens shown in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5.x. Screens on your computer may
vary depending on your operating system and application.
• Before you can connect the machine to your computer, you need to purchase a USB cable (type A/B) that
is no longer than 6 feet (2 meters).

IMPORTANT
DO NOT connect the machine to a USB port on a keyboard or a non-powered USB hub.

Choosing the right type of paper

Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing

Clearing data from the memory

If the LCD shows Data Remaining, you can clear the data that is left in the printer memory by pressing the
Stop/Exit key on the control panel.

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Status Monitor

The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting you
see error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink replacement required at pre-set update intervals.
Before you can use the tool you must choose your machine in the Model drop-down list in ControlCenter2.
You can check the device status by launching Brother Status Monitor follow these steps:
(Mac OS X 10.4.11)

Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the
machine.

Click the Utility. The Status Monitor will start up.

(Mac OS X 10.5.x)

a
b

Run the System Preferences, select Print & Fax, then choose the machine.
Click the Open Print Queue, then click Utility. The Status Monitor will start up.

(Mac OS X 10.6.x)

a
b

Run the System Preferences, select Print & Fax, then choose the machine.

Click the Open Print Queue, then click Printer Setup. Select the Utility tab then click
Open Printer Utility. The Status Monitor will start up.

You can also check the device status by clicking the Ink Level icon in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of
ControlCenter2 or by launching the Brother Status Monitor located in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.
 Updating the machine’s status
If you want the latest machine status while the Status Monitor window is open, click the update button (1).

You can set at what interval the software will update the machine status information. Go to the menu bar,
Brother Status Monitor and choose Preferences.
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 Hiding or showing the window
After starting the Status Monitor, you can hide or show the window. To hide the window, go to the menu
bar, Brother Status Monitor and choose Hide Status Monitor. To show the window, click the
Brother Status Monitor icon in the dock or click the Ink Level button in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of
ControlCenter2.

 Quitting the window
Click the Brother Status Monitor in the menu bar and then choose Quit Status Monitor from the
drop-down list.
 Web Based Management (MFC-J5910DW)
You can access the Web Based Management System by clicking the machine icon on the Status Monitor
screen. A standard Web Browser can be used to manage your machine using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol). Refer to the guide noted below more information on the Web Based Management System.
uuNetwork User’s Guide: Web Based Management
 Retrieve Printer’s Color Data
This setting helps to optimize print quality by retrieving color data from your specific device. Use this option
when you replaced the device or changed the network connected device. To configure the setting, go to
the menu bar, choose Control and then Retrieve Printer’s Color Data.
Note
• When an error message dialog appears, confirm that your computer and your Brother machine are
correctly connected, and then retry.
• Once retrieving the printer’s color data, your computer will save the data and apply to printing.
• If your Brother machine is connected to multiple computers, do this feature on each computer connected.
• You can retrieve the printer’s color data only from the printer server if the printer is shared.

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Using the Brother printer driver

Choosing page setup options

From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Page Setup. Make sure
Brother MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) is chosen in the Format for drop-down list. You
can change the settings for Paper Size, Orientation and Scale, then click OK.

8
Note
The printer driver does not support Watermark printing.

From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then click Print to start printing. You can choose
a preset from the Presets drop-down list to select a previously configured set of print settings.
 (Mac OS X 10.4.11)

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 (Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x)
For more page setup options, click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer drop-down list.

Note
You can save the current settings as a preset by choosing Save As from the Presets drop-down list.

To do borderless printing

From the Paper Size drop-down list, choose the size of paper you want to print such as
US Letter (Borderless) or Tabloid (Borderless) (for MFC-J5910DW only).
Note
(For MFC-J5910DW)
• If your prints look smudged when you use Ledger paper, your paper may be short grain paper. Choose
Tabloid (Short Grain) to avoid smudging. Consult the paper packaging or paper manufacturer for
paper specifications.
• Printing will be slower when using the Tabloid (Short Grain) setting.

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Duplex Printing

 Automatic Duplex Printing (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

a
b

Select Layout.
Choose Long-edge binding or Short-edge binding in Two-Sided.

Note
The Borderless feature is not available for duplex printing.

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 Manual Duplex Printing (For MFC-J280W/J425W/J430W/J435W)
The machine prints all the even-numbered pages on one side of the paper first. Before reinserting the
paper, straighten it well, or you may get a paper jam. Very thin or very thick paper is not recommended.

a
b

Select Paper Handling.
(Mac OS X 10.4.11)
Choose Even numbered pages and print, and then choose Odd numbered pages and print.

8
(Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x)
Choose Even Only and print, and then choose Odd Only and print.

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Choosing printing options

To use special printing features, choose Print Settings or Color Settings in the Print dialog box.

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Print Settings

You can choose the Media Type, Slow Drying Paper, Print Quality and Color/Grayscale.

Note
Check Slow Drying Paper when printing with plain paper on which ink dries slowly. This setting may
cause some slight blurring of text.

Media Type

To achieve the best print results, the media being printed on should be selected in the driver. The machine
changes the way it prints depending on the selected media type.
 Plain Paper
 Inkjet Paper
 Brother BP71 Photo Paper
 Brother BP61 Photo Paper
 Brother BP60 Matte Paper
 Other Photo Paper
 Printable Disc (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)
 Glossy Printable Disc (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)
 Transparencies
Note
(For Disc Print)
If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position. (See Adjust
the print position uu page 231.)

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Print Quality

The quality selection lets you choose the print resolution you want for your document. Print quality and speed
are related. The higher the quality, the longer it will take to print the document. The quality selections that are
available will vary depending on the media type you choose.
 Fast
The fastest print mode and the lowest amount of ink used. Use for printing large volume documents or
documents for proofing.
 Normal
Good print quality with typical print speed.
 High
Better print quality than Normal mode and faster print speed than Photo.
 Photo
Use for printing photographs. Since the print data is much larger than a normal document, the processing
time, data transfer time and print time will be longer.
 Best

Use for printing precise images such as photographs. This is the best resolution and slowest speed.
Media Type

Color/Grayscale

Print Quality Selection

Plain Paper

Color/Grayscale

Fast, Normal, High, Best

Inkjet Paper or
Brother BP60 Matte Paper

Color/Grayscale

Normal, Photo

Brother BP71 Photo Paper,
Brother BP61 Photo Paper or
Other Photo Paper

Color/Grayscale

Fast, Photo, Best

Printable Disc
(For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

Color/Grayscale

Normal, Slow Drying

Glossy Printable Disc
(For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

Color/Grayscale

Normal

Transparencies

Color/Grayscale

Normal

Note
The default settings are shown in bold.

Color/Grayscale

This function can be used to print color documents in black and white using grayscale.

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Advanced settings

Click Advanced to configure Layout, Change Data Transfer Mode, Advanced Duplex Settings and
Other Print Options settings.

Mirror Print

Check Mirror Print to reverse the data from left to right.
Note
(For Mac OS X 10.4.11 users and Mac OS X 10.5.x users)
Mirror Print is not available when choosing Transparencies as the Media Type.

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Reverse Print

Check Reverse Print to reverse the data up to down.
Note
(For Mac OS X 10.5.x users)
Reverse Print is shown as Reverse Page Orientation in Layout pop-up menu.
(For Mac OS X 10.6.x users)
Mirror Print and Reverse Print are shown as Flip horizontally and Reverse page orientation in
Layout pop-up menu.

Change Data Transfer Mode

The Change Data Transfer Mode feature lets you choose print data transfer mode to improve print quality
or print speed.
 Recommended Setting
Choose Recommended Setting for general use.
 Improved Print Quality
Choose Improved Print Quality for better print quality. Print speed may be reduced slightly, depending
on the print data.
 Improved Print Speed
Choose Improved Print Speed for faster print speed.

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Advanced Duplex Settings

You can choose the Paper Thickness and Bi-Directional Printing settings.

 Paper Thickness
You can choose Paper Thickness from Regular, Thick and Envelope.
 Bi-Directional Printing
When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in both directions offering faster print
speeds. When unchecked, the print head will only print in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but
slower printing speeds.

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Color Settings

 ColorSync (Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x): This option is shown and used automatically when choosing
ColorSync in Color Matching.

Advanced Color Settings

Click Advanced Color Settings to configure the Color Enhancement and Halftone Pattern settings.

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Color Enhancement

 Brightness
Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken the image, move the slider to the right or
left.
 Contrast
Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the
contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more
subdued.
 Red
Increases the intensity of Red in the image to make the image redder.
 Green
Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make the image greener.
 Blue
Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to make the image bluer.
Halftone Pattern

The machine can use two methods (Diffusion or Dither) to arrange dots to express halftones. There are
some predefined patterns and you can choose which one to use for your document.
 Diffusion
Dots are put at random to create the halftones. Use for printing photographs that have delicate shades and
graphics.
 Dither
Dots are arranged in a pre-defined pattern to make halftones. Use for printing graphics that have definite
color boundaries or for printing charts such as business charts.

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Sending a fax (MFC models only)

You can send a fax directly from an application.

a
b

Create a document in an application.
From an application such as Apple TextEdit, click File, then Print.
 (Mac OS X 10.4.11)

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 (Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x)
Click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer drop-down list.

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Choose Send Fax from the drop-down list.

Choose Facsimile from the Output drop-down list.

Enter a fax number in the Input Fax Number box, and then click Print to send the fax.

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Note
If you want to send a fax to more than one number, click Add after entering the first fax number. The
destination fax numbers will be listed in the Destination Fax Numbers field.

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Drag a vCard from the Mac OS X Address Book application (Mac OS X 10.4.11)

You can address a fax number using a vCard (an electronic business card) from the Mac OS X
Address Book application.

a
b

Click Address Book.
Drag a vCard from the Mac OS X Address Book application to the Destination Fax Numbers field.

Note
If both work and home fax numbers are stored in the Mac OS X Address Book, choose work Fax or
home Fax from the Stored Fax Numbers drop-down list, and then drag a vCard.

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When you are finished addressing your fax, click Print to send the fax.

Note
The vCard used must contain a work Fax or home Fax number.

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Using Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x Addresses panel

You can address a fax number using the Addresses button.

Click Addresses.

Choose the fax number from the Addresses panel and then click To.

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When you are finished addressing your fax, click Print to send the fax.

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Scanning

Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver

The Brother machine software includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for Macintosh. You can use this TWAIN
Scanner driver with any applications that support TWAIN specifications.
When you scan a document, you can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the Flatbed scanner
glass.
Refer to the guide noted below for more information on loading the documents.
uuBasic User’s Guide: Using the ADF
uuBasic User’s Guide: Using the scanner glass
Note
If you want to scan from a machine on a network, choose the networked machine in the Device Selector
application located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector or from the
Model drop-down list of ControlCenter2.

Accessing the TWAIN driver

Run your Macintosh TWAIN-compliant application. The first time you use the Brother TWAIN driver, set it as
the default driver by choosing Select Source (or another menu name for choosing the default driver). For
each document you scan after this, choose Acquire Image Data or Acquire. The scanner setup dialog box
appears.

Note
The method of choosing the default driver or scanning a document may vary depending on the application
you are using.

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Scanning an image into your computer

You can scan a whole page, or a portion by pre-scanning the document.

Scanning a whole page

a
b

Load your document.
Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the scanner setup dialog box:
 Resolution
 Scan Type
 Scanning Area
 Document Size
 Adjust Image
• Brightness
• Contrast

Click Start.
When scanning has finished, the image appears in your graphics application.

Pre-Scanning an image

9
9

The PreScan button is used to preview and also lets you crop any unwanted areas from the image. When
you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box to scan the image.

a
b

Load your document.
Click PreScan.
The whole image is scanned into your computer and appears in the Scanning Area.

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Drag the mouse pointer over the portion you want to scan (1).

Load your document again.

Note
Skip this step if you loaded the document on the scanner glass in step a.

Adjust the settings for Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness and Contrast in the Scanner Setup dialog
box as needed.

Click Start.
This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the application window.

You can refine the image in your editing software.

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Settings in the Scanner window

Resolution

You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more
memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you
can choose and the available colors.
Resolution

Black & White/
Gray (Error Diffusion)

256 Color

True Gray/24bit Color

100 x 100 dpi

Yes

150 x 150 dpi

Yes

200 x 200 dpi

Yes

300 x 300 dpi

Yes

400 x 400 dpi

Yes

600 x 600 dpi

Yes

1200 x 1200 dpi

Yes

2400 x 2400 dpi

Yes

4800 x 4800 dpi

Yes

9600 x 9600 dpi

Yes

19200 x 19200 dpi

Yes

Scan Type

 Black & White
Use for text or line art images.
 Gray (Error Diffusion)
Use for photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images
without using true gray dots. Black dots are put in a specific pattern to give the gray appearance.)
 True Gray
Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact because it uses up to 256 shades of
gray.
 256 Color
Uses up to 256 colors to scan the image.
 24bit Color
Uses up to 16.8 million colors to scan the image.
Although using 24bit Color creates an image with the most accurate color reproduction, the image file size
will be about three times larger than a file created using the 256 Color option. It requires the most memory
and has the longest transfer time.

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Document Size

Choose one of the following sizes:
 Auto
You can scan a standard sized document without any further adjustments to Document Size.
 A4 8.3 x 11.7 in
 JIS B5 7.2 x 10.1 in
 Letter 8.5 x 11 in
 Legal 8.5 x 14 in
(Available on ADF models)
 A5 5.8 x 8.3 in
 Executive 7.25 x 10.5 in
 Business Card 3.5 x 2.4 in
To scan business cards, choose the Business Card size, and then put the business card face down at
the top left of the scanner glass.
 4 x 6 in
 5 x 8 in
 3.5 x 5 in

 5 x 7 in
 Postcard 1 3.9 x 5.8 in
 Postcard 2 (Double) 5.8 x 7.9 in
 Custom
After you choose a custom size, you can adjust the scanning area. Click and hold the mouse button as
you drag the mouse to crop the image.
Width: Enter the width of the custom size.
Height: Enter the height of the custom size.

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Adjusting the Image

 Brightness
Adjust the setting (-50 to 50) to get the best image. The default value is 0, representing an average, and
is usually suitable for most images.
You can set the Brightness level by dragging the slider to the right or left to lighten or darken the image.
You can also enter a value in the box to set the level.

If the scanned image is too light, set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again.
If the image is too dark, set a higher Brightness level and scan the document again.

Note
The Brightness setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Black & White,
Gray (Error Diffusion), True Gray or 24bit Color.
 Contrast
You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slider to the right or left. An increase
emphasizes dark and light areas of the image, while a decrease reveals more details in gray areas. You
can also enter a value in the box to set the Contrast.
Note
The Contrast setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Gray (Error Diffusion), True Gray or
24bit Color.
 Reduce Noise
You can improve and enhance the quality of your scanned images with this selection. The Reduce Noise
setting is available when using 24bit Color and scan resolutions of 300  300 dpi, 400  400 dpi or
600  600 dpi.
When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics application, try
different settings for the Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness and Contrast to see which setting best suits
your needs.

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Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x)

You can scan a document using one of the following methods:
 Using the Image Capture application
 Scanning directly from the Print & Fax section

Using Image Capture

In order to use Image Capture included with Mac OS X 10.6.x, the ICA Scanner Driver is required. The
Brother CUPS Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.6.x contains the ICA Scanner Driver. To install the ICA Scanner
Driver, run Software Update for your Mac or go to the downloads selection located on the main page for your
model on the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com/).

Connect your Brother machine to the computer using a USB cable. Or connect your Brother machine to
the same LAN (if you are using a network model) or Wireless LAN where the computer is connected.

Launch the Image Capture application.

Select the machine from the list on the left side of the screen.
If you connected the Brother machine and your computer with a USB cable, you will see the machine in
the DEVICES area. If connected via LAN or Wireless LAN, you will see it in the SHARED area.

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Place your document in the ADF or on the scanner glass.
If you place the document in the ADF, select Document Feeder for Mode and the size of your document
for Scan Size.

If you place the document on the scanner glass, select Flatbed for Mode.
Note
• If your Brother machine does not have an ADF, the Mode option does not appear.
• When the Detect Separate Items box is unchecked, the document will be scanned as one item and saved
as one file. When the Detect Separate Items box is checked, the program will detect each image and
save them as separate files. If the program does not automatically crop the document as you want, you
can do it manually by dragging the mouse pointer over the portion you want to scan from the dialog box
that can be accessed by clicking on Show Details.

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Select the destination folder or destination application for Scan To.

You can adjust the following settings, if needed, in the dialog box accessed by clicking on Show Details.
Please note that the item name and assignable value may vary depending on the machine.
 Scan Mode: Choose Document Feeder or Flatbed.
 Kind: Choose from Color, Black & White or Text.
 Resolution: Choose the resolution you want to scan your document at.
 Scan Size or Size: Select the paper size of the document being scanned from the Document Feeder
or the scan area from the Flatbed.
 Orientation or Rotation Angle: Select the orientation of the document from the Document Feeder or
the angle of the scan from the flatbed.
 Scan To: Choose the destination folder or destination application.
 Name: Enter the prefix text used for the name of the scanned image.
 Format: Select the file format of the scanned data.
 Image Correction: From the manual setting you can adjust Brightness, Tint, Temperature and
Saturation.

Click on Scan to start scanning.
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Scanning directly from the Print & Fax section

If you have already added your Brother machine in the Print & Fax section, you can scan directly from there.
Please follow the steps below:

Connect your Brother machine to the computer using a USB cable. Or connect your Brother machine to
the same LAN (if you are using a network model) or Wireless LAN where the computer is connected.

b
c
d

Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu.
Click on the Print & Fax icon.
Select the machine from the list on the left side of the screen and click on Open Print Queue.

Click on the Scanner icon.

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Place your document in the ADF or on the scanner glass.
If you place the document in the ADF, select Document Feeder for Mode and the size of your document
for Scan Size.

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Select the destination folder or destination application for Scan To.

Click Scan to start scanning.
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Using Presto! PageManager

Presto! PageManager is an application for managing the documents in your computer. Since it is compatible
with most image editors and word processing programs, Presto! PageManager gives you unmatched control
over your files. You can easily manage your documents, edit your E-mail and files and read documents with
the OCR software built into Presto! PageManager.
If you use the machine as a scanner, we recommend that you install Presto! PageManager. You can install
Presto! PageManager from Brother Support on the installation CD-ROM or go to
http://nj.newsoft.com.tw/download/brother/PM9SEInstaller_BR_multilang.dmg
Note
The complete NewSoft Presto! PageManager 9 User’s Guide can be viewed from Help in the menu bar in
NewSoft Presto! PageManager 9.

Features

 OCR: In one step you can scan an image, recognize the text, and edit it with a word processor.
 Image Editing: Enhance, crop and rotate images, or open them with an image-editing program of your
choice.
 Annotation: Add removable notes, stamps and drawings to images.

 Folders Window: View and arrange your folder hierarchy for easy access.
 View Window: View files as thumbnails, list or Cover Flow for easy identification.

System requirements for Presto! PageManager

 Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.x, 10.6.x
 Hard disk drive with at least 400 MB of free disk space

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Technical support

For USA
Company name:

NewSoft America Inc.

Postal Address:

47102 Mission Falls Court, Suite 202 Fremont CA 94539

Telephone:

510-770-8900

Fax:

510-770-8980

E-mail Address:

contactus@newsoftinc.com

URL:

http://www.newsoftinc.com/

For Canada
E-mail Address:

contactus@newsoftinc.com

Germany
Company name:

SoftBay GmbH

Postal Address:

Carlstraße 50, D-52531, Übach-Palenberg, Germany

Telephone:

0900 1 409640

E-mail Address:

de.nsc@newsoft.eu.com

URL:

http://de.newsoft.eu.com/

UK
Company name:

Avanquest UK

Postal Address:

The Software Centre East Way, Lee Mill Industrial Estate Plymouth Devon.
PL21 9GE

Telephone:

44-01752-201148

Fax:

44-01752-894833

E-mail Address:

uk.nsc@newsoft.eu.com

URL:

http://uk.newsoft.eu.com/

France
Company name:

5CA

Telephone:

089-965-01-09

E-mail Address:

fr.nsc@newsoft.eu.com

URL:

http://fr.newsoft.eu.com/

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Italy
Company name:

5CA

Telephone:

0899399878

E-mail Address:

it.nsc@newsoft.eu.com

URL:

http://it.newsoft.eu.com/

Spain
Company name:

5CA

Telephone:

0807505598

E-mail Address:

sp.nsc@newsoft.eu.com

Other countries
E-mail Address:

tech@newsoft.eu.com

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Note
• The screens shown in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5.x. Screens on your computer may
vary depending on your operating system and application.
• The features available to you in ControlCenter2 may vary depending on the model number of your
machine.

Using ControlCenter2

ControlCenter2 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your often used applications. Using
ControlCenter2 eliminates the need to manually launch specific applications. The icon will appear on the
menu bar. To open the ControlCenter2 window, click the

icon and choose Open. ControlCenter2 has

the following operations:

a
b
c

Scan directly to a file, E-mail, word processor or graphics application of your choice. (1)

d
e

Access the settings available to configure your device. (4)

Custom Scan buttons let you configure a button to meet your own application needs. (2)
Access the Copy features available via your computer and access the PC-FAX applications available for
your device. (3)

You can choose which machine ControlCenter2 will connect with from the Model drop-down list. (5)
You can also open the Device Selector window by choosing Other from the Model drop-down list.
You can also open the configuration window for each function by clicking Configuration. (6)
5

1
2
3
4

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Turning the AutoLoad feature off

If you do not want ControlCenter2 to run automatically each time you start your computer, do the following.

Click the ControlCenter2 icon in the menu bar and choose Preferences.
The ControlCenter2 preference window appears.

b
c

Uncheck Start ControlCenter on computer startup.
Click OK to close the window.

Note
The ControlCenter2 application icon is in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/ControlCenter.

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SCAN

There are four scan buttons for the Scan To Image, Scan To OCR, Scan To E-mail and Scan To File
applications.
 Image (Default: Apple Preview)
Lets you scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. You can choose the destination
application, such as Adobe® Photoshop® or any kind of image editing application on your computer.
 OCR (Default: Apple TextEdit)
Lets you scan a page or document, automatically run the OCR application and put text (not a graphic
image) into a word processing application. You can choose the target word processing application, such
as Microsoft® Word or any word processing application on your computer. You must download Presto!
PageManager and install it on your computer. For installation information see Using Presto! PageManager
uu page 161.
 E-mail (Default: your default E-mail software)
Lets you scan a page or document directly into an E-mail application as a standard attachment. You can
choose the file type and resolution for the attachment.
 File
Lets you scan directly to a disk file. You can change the file type and destination folder, as needed.
ControlCenter2 gives you the ability to configure the hardware SCAN key on your machine and the
ControlCenter2 Software button for each scan feature. To configure the hardware SCAN key on your
machine choose the Device Button tab in the configuration menu for each of the SCAN buttons. To configure
the Software button in ControlCenter2 choose the Software Button tab in the configuration menu for each
of the SCAN buttons.
Note
You can configure your machine’s SCAN key for each ControlCenter2 button in the Device Button tab.
To change the default settings, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose the
Device Button tab.

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File types

Choose the type of file to save the scanned images as from the drop-down list.
For Image, E-mail and File

 Windows® Bitmap (*.bmp)
 JPEG (*.jpg)
 TIFF (*.tif)
 TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif)
 Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
 PDF (*.pdf)
 Secure PDF (*.pdf)
For OCR

 Text (*.txt)
 Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
 HTML (*.htm)
 Excel 97 (*.xls)
Note
If you set the file type to TIFF or TIFF Multi-Page, you can choose Uncompressed or Compressed.

Document Size

You can choose the document size from the pull-down list. If you choose a 1 to 2 document size, such as
1 to 2 (A4), the scanned image will be divided into two A5 size documents.

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Image (example: Apple Preview)

The Scan To Image feature lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing.
To change the default settings, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose the
Software Button.

If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the
Show Scanner Interface box.
Change the other settings, if needed.

To change the destination application, choose the appropriate application from the Target Application
drop-down list. You can add an application to the list by clicking Add.

Enter the Application Name (up to 30 characters) and choose your preferred application by clicking the
Browse button. Also choose the File Type from the drop-down list.
You can delete an application that you have added. Just choose the Application Name and click the Delete
button.

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Note
This function is also available for Scan To E-mail and Scan To OCR. The window may vary depending
on the function.
If you choose Secure PDF from the File Type list, the Set PDF Password dialog box appears. Enter your
password in the Password and Re-type Password box and then click OK.
Note
Secure PDF is also available for Scan To E-mail and Scan To File.

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OCR (word processing application)

Scan To OCR converts the graphic page image data into text which can be edited by any word processing
application. You can change the default word processing application.
To configure Scan To OCR, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose Software Button.

To change the word processing application, choose the destination word processing application from the
Target Application drop-down list. You can add an application to the list by clicking the Add button. To
delete an application, click the Delete button.
If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the
Show Scanner Interface box.

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E-mail

The Scan To E-mail feature lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send
the scanned job as an attachment. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, click the
button while holding down the Ctrl key and choose the Software Button.

To change the E-mail application, choose your preferred E-mail application from the E-mail Application
drop-down list. You can add an application to the lists by clicking Add 1. To delete an application, click Delete.
1

When you first start ControlCenter2 a default list of compatible E-mail applications will appear in the drop-down list. If you are having trouble using
a custom application with ControlCenter2 you should choose an application from the list.

If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the
Show Scanner Interface box.

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File

The Scan To File button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard disk in any file format. This lets you
easily archive your paper documents. To configure the file type and folder, click the button while holding down
the Ctrl key and choose the Software Button.

You can change the File Name. Enter the file name you want to use for the document (up to 100 characters)
in the File Name box. File name will be the file name you registered, current date and sequential number.
Choose the file type for the saved image from the File Type drop-down list. You can save the file to the default
folder, or choose your preferred folder by clicking Browse.
To show where the scanned image is saved when scanning is finished, check Show Folder box. To specify
the destination of the scanned image everytime, check Show Save As window box.
If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the
Show Scanner Interface box.

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CUSTOM SCAN

There are four buttons which you can configure to fit your scanning needs.
To customize a button, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key, and the configuration window
appears. There are four scan functions: Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to File.
 Scan to Image
Lets you scan a page directly into any image viewer/editor software. You can choose any image editor
application on your computer as a destination.
 Scan to OCR
Converts scanned documents into editable text files. You can choose the destination application for the
editable text. You must download Presto! PageManager and install it on your computer. For installation
information see Using Presto! PageManager uu page 161.
 Scan to E-mail
Attaches the scanned images to an E-mail message. You can also choose the file attachment type and
create a quick send list of E-mail addresses chosen from your E-mail address book.
 Scan to File
Lets you save a scanned image to any folder on a local or network hard disk. You can also choose the file
type to be used.

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File types

Choose the type of file to save the scanned images as from the drop-down list.
For Image, E-mail and File

 Windows® Bitmap (*.bmp)
 JPEG (*.jpg)
 TIFF (*.tif)
 TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif)
 Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
 PDF (*.pdf)
 Secure PDF (*.pdf)
For OCR

 Text (*.txt)
 Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
 HTML (*.htm)
 Excel 97 (*.xls)
Note
If you set the file type to TIFF or TIFF Multi-Page, you can choose Uncompressed or Compressed.

Document Size

You can choose the document size from the pull-down list. If you choose a 1 to 2 document size, such as
1 to 2 (A4), the scanned image will be divided into two A5 size documents.

User-defined button

To customize a button, click the button while holding down the Ctrl key, and the configuration window
appears. Follow these guidelines for button configuration.

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Scan to Image

 General tab
Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name.
Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.

 Settings tab
Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size,
Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.

If you choose Secure PDF from the File Type list, the Set PDF Password dialog box appears. Enter your
password in the Password and Re-type Password box and then click OK.
Note
Secure PDF is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to File.
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Scan to OCR

 General tab
Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name.
Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.

 Settings tab
Choose the Target Application, File Type, OCR Software, OCR Language, Resolution, Scan Type,
Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.

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Scan to E-mail

 General tab
Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name.
Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.

 Settings tab
Choose the E-mail Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size,
Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings.

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Scan to File

 General tab
Enter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name.
Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field.

 Settings tab
Choose the file format from the File Type drop-down list. Save the file to the default folder or choose your
preferred folder by clicking the Browse button.
Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and
Contrast settings.
If you want to specify the destination of the scanned image, check the Show Save As Window.
If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the
Show Scanner Interface box.

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COPY / PC-FAX (PC-FAX for MFC models only)

COPY - Lets you use your computer and any printer driver for enhanced copy operations. You can scan a
page on the machine and print the copies using any of the features of the machine’s printer driver, or you can
direct the copy output to any standard printer driver installed on your computer including network printers.
PC-FAX - Lets you scan a page or document and automatically send the image as a fax from the computer.
You can configure your preferred settings on up to four buttons.
The Copy1-Copy4 buttons can be customized to let you use advanced copy and fax functions such as N in 1
printing.

To use the Copy buttons, configure the printer driver by clicking the button while holding down the Ctrl key.

Enter a name in Name for Copy (up to 30 characters) and choose Copy Ratio.
Choose the Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast
settings to be used.
Before finishing the Copy button configuration, set the Printer. Then choose your print settings from the
Presets drop-down list, then click OK to close the dialog box. By clicking the configured copy button, the print
dialog box opens.

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(Mac OS X 10.4.11)

To copy, choose Copies & Pages from the drop-down list.
To fax, choose Send Fax from the drop-down list. (See Sending a fax (MFC models only) uu page 142.)

(Mac OS X 10.5.x to 10.6.x)

For more options click the triangle beside the Printer drop-down list.
To copy, click Print.
To fax, click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer drop-down list and then choose Send Fax from the
drop-down list. (See Sending a fax (MFC models only) uu page 142.)

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DEVICE SETTINGS

You can configure the machine settings or check ink levels by clicking a button.
 Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
Lets you open the Remote Setup program. (See Remote Setup uu page 184.)
 Quick-Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)
Lets you open the Set Quick Dial window of the Remote Setup. (See Remote Setup uu page 184.)
 Ink Level
Lets you open the Brother Status Monitor, which displays the ink level for each cartridge.

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Remote Setup (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Remote Setup button lets you open the Remote Setup program window to configure the machine setting
menus.
Note
For details, see Remote Setup uu page 184.

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Quick-Dial (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

The Quick-Dial button lets you open the Set Quick Dial window in the Remote Setup program, so you can
easily register or change the dial numbers from your computer.

Ink Level

The Ink Level button opens the Status Monitor window, which displays the ink level for each cartridge.
Note
The Brother Status Monitor application is located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.

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Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center™
(For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

Remote Setup

The Remote Setup application lets you configure many machine settings from an application. When you
access this application, the settings on your machine will be downloaded automatically to your computer and
displayed on your screen. If you change the settings, you can upload them directly to the machine.
Note
The RemoteSetup icon is in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.

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 Import
Lets you read the setting from a file.
Note
• You can use the Export button to save all your settings for your machine.
• If you need to change the machine that was registered to your computer during the installation of MFL-Pro
Suite (uuQuick Setup Guide), or if the network environment was changed, you need to specify the new
machine. Open the Device Selector and choose the new machine. (For network users only)

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PhotoCapture Center™

You can access a memory card or a USB Flash memory drive installed in the machine from a computer.

CAUTION
DO NOT start your computer with a memory card or a USB Flash memory drive installed in the media drive
of the machine. You could lose your data or damage the media.

For USB cable users

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.

Note
If you create a name for the volume label of the memory card or USB Flash memory drive, the name
appears instead of Removable Disk.

Double-click the Removable Disk icon. The files and folders on the memory card or USB Flash memory
drive appear on your screen.

c
d

You can edit a file and save it to another drive on your computer.
Quit all applications that are running stored data on the memory card or USB Flash memory drive and
drag the Removable Disk icon into the Trash icon before you remove the memory card or USB Flash
memory drive from the machine.

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Remote Setup & PhotoCapture Center™ (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

For network users

a
b

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.

Click the name of the file you want to see.

Launch any FTP software or any web browser in which FTP is supported.
Your browser software accesses the memory card or USB Flash memory drive using the FTP protocol
and the network Host Name of the machine. In the address bar, enter ftp://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (where
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address of your Brother machine).
Your browser software appears and a list of file names on your memory card or USB Flash memory drive
is shown.

When you take out a memory card or USB Flash memory drive, do the following to prevent damage
to the memory card or USB Flash memory drive:

a
b

Close the browser.
Wait until the status LED or the PHOTO key stops blinking before taking out the memory card or USB
Flash memory drive.

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Section III

Using the Scan key
USB cable scanning
Network Scanning

III

189
200

USB cable scanning

Using the Scan key over a USB cable connection

Note
If you use the SCAN key on a network, see Network Scanning uu page 200.
You can use the
(SCAN) key on the control panel to scan documents directly into your word processing,
graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on your computer, to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive
(for MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW).
Before you can use the
(SCAN) key, you must install the Brother MFL-Pro Suite software and connect
the machine to your computer. If you installed the MFL-Pro Suite from the included CD-ROM, then the correct
drivers and the ControlCenter software are installed. Scanning using the
(SCAN) key uses the
configuration of the Device Scan Settings screen of ControlCenter4 or Device Button tab of
ControlCenter2. (For Windows®, see Scan tab uu page 66 when choosing Home Mode, see Scan tab
uu page 79 when choosing Advanced Mode. For Macintosh, see SCAN uu page 166.) For details about
how to configure the scan settings and to launch the application of your choice using the

(SCAN) key,

see ControlCenter4 uu page 60 (Windows ) or ControlCenter2 uu page 164 (Macintosh).

Scan to E-mail

You can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application as a file attachment.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to Email.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail
application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to email.
Press Scan to email.

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Press Start.
The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail
application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to E-mail.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail
application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

 Scan type depends on the settings of the Device Scan Settings screen of ControlCenter4.
Black Start or Color Start does not change the settings.
 If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, click Help in ControlCenter4.
(Macintosh)

Scan to Image

12
12

You can scan a black and white or color document into your graphics application for viewing and editing.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to Image.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

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USB cable scanning

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to Image.
Press Scan to Image.
Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to Image.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

(Macintosh)

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Scan to OCR

If your original document is text, you can use ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE or Presto! PageManager to scan
the document and convert it into a text file which can then be edited in your favorite word processing software.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

Load your document.

Press

c
d

Press d or c to choose to OCR.

(SCAN).

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to OCR.
Press Scan to OCR.
Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

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(Macintosh)

 Scan type depends on the settings of the Device Button tab of ControlCenter2. Black Start or
Color Start does not change the settings.
 You must download Presto! PageManager and install it on your computer for the OCR feature to work
from the SCAN key or ControlCenter2. For installation information see Using Presto! PageManager
uu page 161.
 The Scan to OCR function is available for English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.

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 your chosen settings in the Scan to File configuration
screen of ControlCenter. (For Windows®, see Scan tab uu page 66 when choosing Home Mode, see Scan
tab uu page 79 when choosing Advanced Mode. For Macintosh, see SCAN uu page 166.)
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to File.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to File.
Press Scan to File.
Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

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For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to File.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

 Scan type depends on the settings of the Device Button tab of ControlCenter2. Black Start or
Color Start does not change the settings.
 If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and white in
the scan type option on the Device Button tab of ControlCenter2 configuration screen. (See SCAN
uu page 166.)
 If you want to change the file name of scanned documents, enter the file name in the File Name section
on the Device Button tab of ControlCenter2 configuration screen. (See SCAN uu page 166.)

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Scan to Media (For MFC-J625DW/J825DW/J835DW/J5910DW)

You can scan black and white and color documents directly to a memory card or USB Flash memory drive.
Black and white documents will be stored in the PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF file formats (*.TIF). Color documents
may be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or JPEG (*.JPG) file formats. File names are based on the current date. For
example, the fifth image scanned on July 1, 2011 would be named 07011105.PDF. You can change the color,
quality and file name.
Resolution

File Format Options

Default File Format

B/W 100 dpi

TIFF / PDF

PDF

B/W 200 dpi

TIFF / PDF

PDF

B/W 300 dpi

TIFF / PDF

PDF

Color 100 dpi

JPEG / PDF

PDF

Color 200 dpi

JPEG / PDF

PDF

Color 300 dpi

JPEG / PDF

PDF

Color 600 dpi

JPEG / PDF

PDF

Auto Crop (MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

You can scan multiple documents placed on the scanner glass. An individual document can be previewed on
the LCD before you save it. When choosing Auto Crop, the machine will scan each document and create
separate files. For example, if you place three documents on the scanner glass, the machine will scan and
create three separate files. If you want to create a three page file, choose TIFF or PDF for File Type.

4 3 2 1

1 0.4 in. (10 mm) or greater
2 0.8 in. (20 mm) or greater (bottom)
Note
The Auto Crop feature is supported by technology from Reallusion, Inc.

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Guidelines for Auto Crop

 This setting is only available for documents that are rectangular or square.
 If your document is too long or wide, this setting does not work properly.
 You must place the documents away from the edges of the scanner glass as shown in the illustration.
 You must place the documents at least 0.4 in. (10 mm) apart from each other.
 Auto Crop adjusts the skew of the document on the scanner glass, but if your document is skewed more
than 10 degrees, this setting will not work.
 The ADF must be empty to use Auto Crop.
 The Auto Crop feature is available for up to a maximum of 16 documents depending on size of your
documents.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.

CAUTION
DO NOT take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED is blinking to avoid
damaging the card, USB Flash memory drive or the data stored on them.
If you take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED is flashing, you must
restart your computer at once before putting the same memory card or USB Flash memory drive into the
machine. If you do not restart your computer, the data on your media may be destroyed.

b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to Media.
 If you want to change the quality, go to e.
 If you want to start scanning without changing any settings, go to h.

Press d or c to choose Quality and then the quality you want.
 If you want to change the file type, go to f.
 If you want to start scanning without changing any settings, go to h.

Press d or c to choose File Type and then the file type you want.

Note
• If you choose color in the quality setting, you cannot choose TIFF.
• If you choose black and white in the quality setting, you cannot choose JPEG.

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The file name is set automatically. However, you can create a name of your choice using the character
keys on the control panel. Press File Name and then enter the file name. You can only change the first
6 digits of the file name.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start to start scanning. If you are using the scanner glass, the LCD displays
Next Page?. Press Yes or No. After you finish scanning, make sure you choose No before removing
the USB Flash memory drive or memory card from the machine.

Note
Scan type depends on the settings you choose in step e to f, Black Start or Color Start does not
change the setting.
For MFC-J625DW/J5910DW

Put a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your machine.

CAUTION
DO NOT take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED or the PHOTO key is
blinking to avoid damaging the card, USB Flash memory drive or the data stored on them.
If you take out the memory card or USB Flash memory drive while the status LED or the PHOTO key is
flashing, you must restart your computer at once before putting the same memory card or USB Flash
memory drive into the machine. If you do not restart your computer, the data on your media may be
destroyed.

b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press Scan to Media.
Do one of the following:
 If you want to change the quality, press Options, and then go to e.
 Press Start to start scanning without changing additional settings. Go to i.

Press a or b to choose Quality and then the quality you want.
Do one of the following:
 If you want to change the file type, go to f.
 Press

and then Start to start scanning without changing additional settings. Go to i.

Press a or b to choose File Type and then the file type you want.
Do one of the following:
 If you want to change the file name, go to g.
 Press

and then Start to start scanning without changing additional settings. Go to i.

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Note
• If you choose color in the quality setting, you cannot choose TIFF.
• If you choose black and white in the quality setting, you cannot choose JPEG.

The file name is set automatically. However, you can set a name of your choice. You can only change
the first 6 digits of the file name.
Press a or b to choose File Name.
Enter the file name and press OK.
Press

Note
Use the dial pad to enter the letters.

h
i

Press Start.
If you are using the scanner glass, the LCD displays Next Page?. After you finish scanning, make sure
you choose No before removing the memory card or USB Flash memory drive from the machine.

How to set a new default for Scan to Media

You can set your own default settings.
Setting the new default (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to Media.
Press d or c to choose Quality and then the quality you want to set as a new default.

Press d or c to choose File Type and then the file type you want to set as a new default.
Press d or c to choose Set New Default.
Press Yes.
Press Stop/Exit.

Factory reset (For MFC-J825DW/J835DW)

a
b
c
d
e

Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to choose to Media.
Press d or c to choose Factory Reset.
Press Yes.
Press Stop/Exit.
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Setting the new default (For MFC-J625DW/J5910DW)

a
b

Press

c
d
e

Press a or b to choose Quality and then the quality you want to set as a new default.

f
g

Press Yes.

(SCAN).

Press a or b to choose Scan to Media.
Press Options.

Press a or b to choose File Type and then the file type you want to set as a new default.
Press a or b to choose Set New Default.
Press OK.

Press Stop/Exit.

Factory reset (For MFC-J625DW/J5910DW)

a
b

Press

c
d
e

Press a or b to choose Factory Reset.

(SCAN).

Press a or b to choose Scan to Media.
Press Options.

Press Yes.
Press Stop/Exit.

199

Network Scanning

To use the machine as a network scanner, the machine must be configured with a TCP/IP address. You can
set or change the address settings from the control panel (uuNetwork User’s Guide: Control Panel Setup) or
by using the BRAdmin Light software. If you installed the machine following the instructions for a network user
in the Quick Setup Guide then the machine should already be configured for your network.
Note
• For network scanning, a maximum of 25 clients can be connected to one machine on a network. For
example, if 30 clients try to connect at a time, 5 of those clients will not be shown on the LCD.
• (Windows®)
If your computer is protected by a firewall, and is unable to network scan, you may need to configure the
firewall settings. If you are using Windows® Firewall and you installed MFL-Pro Suite from the CD-ROM,
the necessary Firewall settings have already been made. For more information, see Firewall settings (For
Network users) uu page 117.

Before using Network Scanning

Network license (Windows®)

This product includes a computer license for up to 2 users.
This license supports the installation of the MFL-Pro Suite software including ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE
on up to 2 PCs on the network.
If you want to use more than 2 PCs with ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE installed, please buy the Brother NL-5
pack which is a multiple computer license agreement pack for up to 5 additional users. To buy the NL-5 pack,
contact your Brother dealer.
Note
Depending on your model ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE may not be included. If it is not included, please
use other software applications that support scanning.

200

Network Scanning

Configuring Network Scanning for Windows®

If you are using a different machine than the one that was originally registered to your computer during the
installation of MFL-Pro Suite software, follow the steps below.

(Windows® XP)
Click the Start button, Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, then Scanners and Cameras
(or Control Panel, Scanners and Cameras).
(Windows Vista®)
Click the

button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, then Scanners and Cameras.

(Windows® 7)
Click the

button, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, Scanner Settings, then

Scanners and Cameras.

Do one of the following:
 Windows® XP
Right-click the Scanner Device icon and choose Properties.
The Network Scanner Properties dialog box appears.
 Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
Click the Properties button.

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Note
(Windows Vista® and Windows ® 7)
If the User Account Control screen appears, do the following:
• For users who have administrator rights: Click Continue or Yes.

• For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK or Yes.

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Click the Network Setting tab and choose the appropriate connection method.

Specify your machine by address
Enter the IP address of the machine in IP Address, and then click Apply or OK.
Specify your machine by name

Enter the machine node name in Node Name, or click Browse and choose the machine you want
to use.

Click OK.

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Click the Scan To Button tab and enter your computer name in the Display Name field. The machine’s
LCD displays the name you enter. The default setting is your computer name. You can enter any name
that you like.

If you want to avoid receiving unwanted documents, enter a 4-digit PIN number in the Pin number and
Retype Pin number field. To send data to a computer protected by a PIN number, the LCD prompts you
to enter the PIN number before the document can be scanned and sent to the computer. (See Using the
Scan key on your network uu page 207.)

204

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Configuring network scanning for Macintosh

If you want to scan from the machine on a network, you must choose the networked machine in the
Device Selector application located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector or
from the Model drop-down list in the main screen of ControlCenter2. If you have already installed the
MFL-Pro Suite software following the network installation steps in the Quick Setup Guide then this selection
should already be made.
To use the machine as a network scanner, the machine must be configured with a TCP/IP address. You can
set or change the address settings from the control panel. uuNetwork User’s Guide: Control Panel Setup

From Library, choose Printers, Brother, Utilities and DeviceSelector, and then double-click
Device Selector.
The Device Selector window appears. This window can also be opened from ControlCenter2.
For more information, see Using ControlCenter2 uu page 164.

Specify your machine by IP address or mDNS service name. To change the IP address, enter the new
IP address.
You can also choose a machine from the list of the machines available. Click Browse to show the list.

Click OK.

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Note
• To use the SCAN key features on the machine, click the check box for
Register your computer with the "Scan To" functions at the machine. Then enter the name you
want to be displayed on the machine’s LCD for your computer. You can use up to 15 characters.
• You can avoid receiving unwanted documents by setting a 4-digit PIN number. Enter your PIN number in
the PIN number and Retype PIN number field. To send data to a computer protected by a PIN number,
the LCD prompts you to enter the PIN number before the document can be scanned and sent to the
machines. (See Using the Scan key on your network uu page 207.)

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Using the Scan key on your network

Note
If you are connected using USB, see USB cable scanning uu page 189.

Scan to E-mail (PC)

When you choose Scan to E-mail (PC), your document will be scanned and sent directly to the computer you
designated on your network. The ControlCenter software will launch the default E-mail application on the
designated computer. You can scan and send a black and white or color document from the computer as an
E-mail attachment.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to display to Email.
Press to Email.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to use for E-mailing your document.
Press the destination computer and then press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to email.
Press Scan to email.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to use for E-mailing your document.
Press PC. (For MFC-J5910DW)
Press the destination computer.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

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Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to E-mail.
Press OK.

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to use for E-mailing your document.
Press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server) (For MFC-J5910DW)

Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server) can assign an E-mail address allowing you to send, receive or forward
documents over a Local Area Network or the Internet to computers or other Internet Fax machines. In order
to use this function, download the necessary software from the Brother Solutions Center
(http://solutions.brother.com/).
When you choose Scan to E-mail (E-mail Server), you can scan a black and white or color document and
send it directly to an E-mail address from the machine. You can choose PDF or TIFF for black and white, and
PDF or JPEG for color.

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Scan to Image

When you choose Scan to Image, your document will be scanned and sent directly to the computer you
designated on your network. The ControlCenter software will launch the default graphics application on the
designated computer.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to display to Image.
Press to Image.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer and then press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.

Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to Image.
Press Scan to Image.

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

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For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to Image.
Press OK.

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Note
(Windows®)

Scan to OCR

When you choose Scan to OCR, your document will be scanned and sent directly to the computer you
designated on your network. The ControlCenter software will launch the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™12SE with
OCR software or Presto! PageManager and convert your document into text that can be viewed and edited
from a word processing application on the designated computer.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to display to OCR.
Press to OCR.
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e
f

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer and then press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.

Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to OCR.
Press Scan to OCR.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

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Note
(Windows®)

Scan to File

When you choose Scan to File, you can scan a black and white or color document and send it directly to a
computer you designated on your network. The file will be saved in the folder and file format that you have
configured in ControlCenter.
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.
Press

(SCAN).

Press d or c to display to File.

Press to File.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer and then press OK.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

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For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c
d
e
f

Load your document.

Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Scan to File.
Press Scan to File.
Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer
on the control panel.
Press OK.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Scan to File.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

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Note
(Windows®)

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Scan to FTP (For MFC-J5910DW)

When you choose Scan to FTP, you can scan a black and white or color document directly to an FTP server
on your local network, or on the internet.
The details required to use Scan to FTP can be entered by using Web Based Management to pre-configure
and store the details in an FTP Profile.
Note
• Scan to FTP is available when FTP profiles are configured by using Web Based Management.
• We recommend Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0/8.0 or Firefox® 3.6 for Windows ® and Safari 4.0/5.0 for
Macintosh. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always enabled in whichever browser
you use. If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
To use Web Based Management, type http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP
address of your machine) into your browser and then you can configure or change the settings in
Scan to FTP/Network in the Scan tab. You can configure up to five FTP server profiles and you can choose
what profile numbers (1 to 5) to use for Scan to FTP settings in Scan to FTP/Network Profile.
Note
Refer to the guide noted below for information about how to find the IP address of your machine.
uuNetwork User’s Guide: Printing the Network Configuration Report
In addition to the seven preset file names you can store two user defined file names that can be used for
creating an FTP Server Profile.
Choose Scan to FTP/Network in Web Based Management. In Create a User Defined File Name, enter a
file name in one of the two user defined fields and click Submit. A maximum of 15 characters can be entered
in each of the user defined name fields.
Note
Do not use unsuitable characters in the file name (for example ?, /, \, or *). They may cause a sending error
when using Scan to FTP.

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Configuring the FTP Default Settings

You can set Passive Mode to Off or On depending on your FTP server and network firewall configuration.
By default this setting is On. You can also change the port number used to access the FTP server. The default
for this setting is port 21. In most cases these two settings can remain as default.

a
b
c

Choose FTP in Scan to FTP/Network from the Scan tab. Click Submit.

The Host Address is the domain name of the FTP server. Enter the Host Address (for example
ftp.example.com) (up to 64 characters) or the IP address (for example 192.23.56.189).

e
f
g

Enter the Username that has been registered with the FTP server for the machine (up to 32 characters).

Choose the Profile you want to configure in Scan to FTP/Network Profile.
Enter the name that you want to use for the profile of the FTP server. This name will be displayed on the
LCD of the machine and can be up to 15 characters.

Enter the Password for access to the FTP server (up to 32 characters).
Enter the destination folder where your document will be stored on the FTP server (for example
brother\abc) (up to 60 characters).

Choose the file name you want to use for the scanned document. You can choose from seven preset
and two user defined file names. The file name that will be used for your document will be the file name
you selected plus the last 6 digits of the flatbed/ADF scanner counter plus the file extension (For
example, Estimate_098765.pdf).

Choose the scan quality from the drop-down list. You can choose Color 100 dpi, Color 200 dpi,
Color 300 dpi, Color 600 dpi, B&W 100 dpi, B&W 200 dpi or B&W 300 dpi.

Choose the file type for the document from the drop-down list. You can choose PDF or JPEG for color
documents, PDF or TIFF for B/W documents.

Click Submit.

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Load your document.

Press

c
d
e

Press a or b to choose Scan to FTP.

(SCAN).

Press Scan to FTP.
Press a or b to choose one of the FTP server profiles listed.
 If the Scan to FTP profile is complete, you will automatically go to k.
 If the Scan to FTP profile is not complete, for instance, the login account name and password are
missing or the quality or file type are not chosen, you will be prompted to enter any missing information
in the following steps.

Choose one of the options below:
 Press a or b to choose Color 100 dpi, Color 200 dpi, Color 300 dpi or Color 600 dpi.
Go to g.
 Press a or b to choose B/W 100 dpi, B/W 200 dpi or B/W 300 dpi. Go to h.

g
h
i
j
k
l

Press PDF or JPEG for color documents. Go to i.
Press PDF or TIFF for B/W documents. Go to i.
Enter the username.
Enter the password.
Press Start.
The LCD shows Connecting. When the connection to the FTP server is successful the machine starts
the scanning process.
If you are using the scanner glass, the LCD displays Next Page?. Press Yes or No.

Scan to Network (For MFC-J5910DW)

13
13

When you choose Scan to Network, you can scan documents directly to a shared folder on a CIFS server
located on your local network or the internet. Refer to the guide noted below for more information about CIFS
servers.
uuNetwork Glossary
The Scan to Network feature supports NTLMv2 authentication.
The details required to use Scan to Network can be entered by using Web Based Management to
preconfigure and store the details in a Scan to Network profile. The Scan to Network profile stores user
information and configuration settings for use on a network, or the internet.

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Note
• Scan to Network is available when Scan to Network profiles are configured by using Web Based
Management.
• We recommend Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0/8.0 or Firefox® 3.6 for Windows ® and Safari 4.0/5.0 for
Macintosh. Please also make sure that JavaScript and Cookies are always enabled in whichever browser
you use. If a different web browser is used, make sure it is compatible with HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1.
To use Web Based Management, type http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP
address of your machine) into your browser and then you can configure or change the settings in
Scan to FTP/Network in the Scan tab. You can configure up to five Scan to Network profiles and you can
choose what profile numbers (1 to 5) to use for Scan to Network settings in Scan to FTP/Network Profile.
In addition to the seven preset file names you can store two user defined file names that can be used for
creating a Scan to Network profile.
Choose Scan to FTP/Network in Web Based Management. In Create a User Defined File Name, enter a
file name in one of the two user defined fields and click Submit. A maximum of 15 characters can be entered
in each of the user defined name fields.
Note
Do not use unsuitable characters in the file name (for example ?, /, \, or *). They may cause a sending error
when using Scan to Network.

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Configuring the Scan to Network Default Settings

a
b
c

Choose Network in Scan to FTP/Network from the Scan tab. Click Submit.

The Host Address is the domain name of the CIFS server. Enter the Host Address (for example
ftp.example.com) (up to 64 characters) or the IP address (for example 192.23.56.189).

Enter the destination folder where your document will be stored on the CIFS server (for example
brother\abc) (up to 60 characters).

Choose the Profile you want to configure in Scan to FTP/Network Profile.
Enter the name that you want to use for the Scan to Network profile. This name will be displayed on the
LCD of the machine and can be up to 15 characters.

Choose the scan quality from the drop-down list. You can choose Color 100 dpi, Color 200 dpi,
Color 300 dpi, Color 600 dpi, B&W 100 dpi, B&W 200 dpi or B&W 300 dpi.

Choose the file type for the document from the drop-down list. You can choose PDF or JPEG for color
documents, PDF or TIFF for B/W documents.

If you want to protect the profile, choose On from Use PIN for authentication and enter a 4-digit PIN
number in PIN Code.

j
k
l

Enter the Username that has been registered with the CIFS server for the machine (up to 96 characters).
Enter the Password for access to the CIFS server (up to 32 characters).
Click Submit.
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m
n
o
p
q

Choose Date&Time from the General tab.
Enter the date and time used on the CIFS server.
Choose the time zone from the pull-down list.
Choose the Auto Daylight option. If On is chosen, the date and time will be switched automatically when
daylight saving time starts and ends.
Click Submit.

Scan to Network using Scan to Network Profiles (For MFC-J5910DW)

Load your document.

Press

c
d
e

Press a or b to choose Scan to Network.

(SCAN).

Press Scan to Network.
Press a or b to choose one of the Scan to Network profiles listed.
 If the Scan to Network profile is complete, you will automatically go to k.
 If the Scan to Network profile is not complete, for instance, the login account name and password are
missing or the quality or file type are not chosen, you will be prompted to enter any missing information
in the following steps.

g
h
i
j
k
l

Press PDF or JPEG for color documents. Go to i.
Press PDF or TIFF for B/W documents. Go to i.
Enter the username.
Enter the password.
Press Start.
The LCD shows Connecting. When the connection to the Network is successful the machine starts the
scanning process.
If you are using the scanner glass, the LCD displays Next Page?. Press Yes or No.

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Using Web Services for scanning on your network
(Windows Vista® SP2 or later and Windows® 7)

The Web Services protocol enables Windows Vista® (SP2 or later) and Windows ® 7 users to scan using a
Brother machine on the network. You must install the driver via Web Services. Refer to the Network Glossary
noted below for information about installing Web Services.
uuNetwork Glossary: Installing drivers used for printing and scanning via Web Services (Windows Vista ®
and Windows® 7)
Note
• For network scanning, a maximum of 5 clients can be connected to one machine on the network. For
example, if 8 clients try to connect at a time, 3 of those clients will not be shown on the LCD.
• Five clients can be added to the list shown on the LCD. If five clients are already shown in the list, you can
add additional clients by first uninstalling Web Services from one or more of the clients shown on the LCD,
installing Web Services in the computer corresponding to the client that you want to add, and then turning
the Brother machine off and then on.
To uninstall Web Services from a computer, follow the instructions below.

(Windows Vista®)
Click the

button, then choose Network.

(Windows® 7)
Click the

button, Control Panel, Network and Internet, and then

View network computers and devices.

The machine’s Web Services Name will be shown with the printer icon. Right-click the machine you
want to uninstall.

From the pull down menu, click Uninstall.

• If your computer is protected by a firewall and is unable to network scan, you may need to configure the
firewall settings. For more information, see Firewall settings (For Network users) uu page 117.

• You can scan multiple documents from the ADF (automatic document feeder).

Using Web Services for scanning on your network from a computer
(Windows Vista® SP2 or later and Windows® 7)

Scanning using the Web Services protocol is also available from your computer.

a
b

Load your document.
Open your software application to scan the document.

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Do one of the following:
 Windows® Photo Gallery
Click File, then Import from Camera or Scanner.
 Windows® Fax and Scan
Click File, New, then Scan.

d
e

Choose the scanner you want to use.

Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner dialog box:

Click Import.
The Scan dialog box appears.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9

1 Scanner

2 Profile
3 Source
4 Paper size
5 Color format
6 File type
7 Resolution (Up to 300 dpi)
8 Brightness
9 Contrast
10 Scanning area
11 Preview
12 Scan
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Click Scan on the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document.

Note
If the LCD shows Out of Memory, decrease the Paper size setting or the Resolution setting.

Using Web Services for scanning on your network from the Brother machine
(Windows Vista® SP2 or later and Windows® 7)

The menu that allows you to use Web Services for scanning is displayed on your Brother machine’s LCD if
you have installed the driver for scanning via Web Services. uuNetwork Glossary: Installing drivers used for
printing and scanning via Web Services (Windows Vista® and Windows® 7)
Note
• Certain characters in the messages displayed on the LCD may be replaced with spaces when the
language settings of your OS and your Brother machine are different.
• If the LCD shows Out of Memory, decrease the Paper size setting or the Resolution setting. For
details, see Configuring settings for scanning uu page 224.
• You can scan multiple documents from the ADF (automatic document feeder).
For MFC-J825DW/J835DW

Load your document.

Press

Press d or c to display Web Service.
Press Web Service.

Press a or b to display the type of scan you want to do.
Press the type of scan.

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts scanning process.

(SCAN).

For MFC-J280W/J625DW/J5910DW

a
b
c

Load your document.

Press a or b to display the type of scan you want to do.
Press the type of scan.

Press

(SCAN).

Press a or b to display Web Service.
Press Web Service.

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Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press the destination computer.

Press Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

For MFC-J425W/J430W/J435W

Load your document.

Press

Press a or b to choose Web Service.
Press OK.

Press a or b to choose the type of scan you want to do.
Press OK.

Press a or b to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.

(SCAN).

Configuring settings for scanning

If the LCD shows Out of Memory, decrease the Paper size setting or the Resolution setting.

(Windows Vista®)
Click the

button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, then Scanners and Cameras.

(Windows® 7)
Click the

button, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX, Scanner Settings, then

Scanners and Cameras.

Click your machine, and then click the Scan Profiles button.
The Scan Profiles dialog will appear.

Choose the scan profile you want to use. Make sure the scanner selected in Scanner is a Brother
machine that supports Web Services for scanning.
Click Set as Default.

d
e

Click Edit. The Edit Profile dialog will appear.

Click Save Profile. The settings will be applied when scanning using the Web Services protocol.

Choose the Source, Paper size, Color format, File type, Resolution, Brightness and Contrast
settings.

Note
If you are requested to choose a software application to scan, choose Windows® Fax and Scan or
Windows® Photo Gallery from the list.
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Section IV

Printing on a Disc
Printing on a Disc (MFC-J825DW/J835DW only)

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(MFC-J825DW/J835DW only)

Your Brother machine can print directly on printable disc media, including CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and Blu-ray
Disc™. There are three ways to print on printable disc media:
 Print by copying
 Print from media
 Print from a computer (Windows®/Macintosh)
Note
Refer to the guide noted below when you print a CD/DVD/BD label.
uuProduct Safety Guide: Legal limitations for copying

How to load a printable disc

The Disc Tray accommodates 12 cm discs only.
Note
If you want to do a test print on paper, DO NOT load a CD/DVD/BD.

Open the scanner cover and remove the Disc Tray.

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Push and pull down the Disc Guide to open it.

Make sure that there is over 4 in. (10 cm) of free space behind the machine.

1
1 4 in. (10 cm)

Firmly place a printable disc on the Disc Tray.

Note
• Make sure the disc is placed print side face up onto the Disc Tray.
• Make sure there is no dirt on the Disc Tray.
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Insert the Disc Tray into the Disc Guide and line up the triangular marks.

After the disc has finished printing, close the Disc Guide and store the Disc Tray back in the scanner
cover.

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Print by copying

You can copy the image of an existing disc label or a square document such as a photo and print the image
on a printable disc.
Note
• Make sure the ADF is empty.
• You can copy 12 cm disc label images.

Copying a disc label or document image

Press Disc.

Note
You can also begin the print procedure by opening the Disc Guide.

Do one of the following:
 If you want to copy a disc label image, press Copy from disc.
 If you want to copy a document image, press Copy from photo.
The LCD asks you to make space behind the Brother machine.
Press OK.

Note
Make sure that there is over 4 in. (10 cm) of free space behind the machine.

The LCD asks you to open the scanner cover and remove the Disc Tray.
Press OK.

The LCD asks you to set the internal and external diameter in the next screen.
Press OK.

Press a or b to set the outside and inside diameter of the printable area of the disc.
Press OK.

Note
Refer to the package of the printable disc for the outside and inside diameter measurements.

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Place the disc or document you want to copy on the scanner glass.
Press OK.

2
1 Scanning Area
2 0.8 in. (20 mm) or greater

Press Color Start.
The machine starts scanning the image and the printing preview will be displayed on the LCD.

Make sure the image you want to print is within the frame on the LCD. The area enclosed within the frame
will be printed.
 Press a, b, d or c to move the position of the image.
 Press + or - to change the image size.
Do one of the following:
 If you want to do a test print on paper, press TestPrint and go to i.
 If you want to print the disc, press OK and go to k.

Note
If the Disc Guide opens, close the guide before performing a test print.

If a disc is in the Disc Tray, remove the disc.
Make sure Letter paper is set in the paper tray.
Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing the test image.

Note
You can only use Letter size paper for a test print.

Do one of the following:
 If the test print result is OK, press OK and go to k.
 If the test print result is not OK, readjust the printable area of the image.
Go to h.

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Enter the number of copies you want either by pressing the number box directly, or pressing + or -, and
then do one of the following:
 If you want to change the print settings, press PrintSetting and go to l.
 If you do not want to change any settings, go to n.

Choose your printable disc type.
 If you chose Printable Disc, go to m.
 If you chose Glossy Disc, go to n.

Press Normal or Slow Drying.
Use Slow Drying if the print is smudged.

n
o

Press Print Disc.

Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the disc.
Do one of the following:

Load a printable disc on the tray. (See How to load a printable disc uu page 226.)
Press OK.

 If you are printing only one disc, the finished message appears on the LCD of the machine. Press OK.
 If you are printing more than one disc, replace the disc with a new one and press OK.
Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the next disc.
(Repeat this step for each additional disc.)

Adjust the print position

If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position.

a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Press Menu.
Press a or b to display Initial Setup.
Press Initial Setup.

Press a or b to display Disc Print Alignment.
Press Disc Print Alignment.
Adjust the print position by pressing a, b, d or c.
Press OK.

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Print from media

You can select an image stored in a memory card or USB Flash memory drive and print the image on a
printable disc.
Note
You can print eight images from a movie file on a printable disc. The images are extracted from the movie
file and laid out automatically.

a
b
c

Insert a memory card or USB Flash memory drive into your Brother machine.
Press Stop/Exit.
Press Disc.

Note
You can also begin the print procedure by opening the Disc Guide.

Press Print from card.
The LCD asks you to make space to set a disc.
Press OK.

Note
Make sure that there is over 4 in. (10 cm) of free space behind the machine.

The LCD asks you to open the scanner cover and remove the Disc Tray.
Press OK.

The LCD asks you to set the internal and external diameter in the next screen.
Press OK.

Press a or b to set the outside and inside diameter of the printable area of the disc.
Press OK.

Note
Refer to the package of the printable disc for the outside and inside diameter measurements.

Images stored on the media will appear on the LCD.
Press d or c to display the image you want to print.

Press the image you want.
A print preview will be displayed on the LCD.

Make sure the image you want to print is inside of the frame on the LCD. The area enclosed within the
frame will be printed.
 Press a or b, d or c to move the position of the image.
 Press + or - to change the image size.

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Do one of the following:
 If you want to do a test print on paper, press TestPrint and go to k.
 If you want to print the disc, press OK and go to m.
Note
If the Disc Guide opens, close the guide before performing a test print.

If a disc is in the Disc Tray, remove the disc.
Make sure Letter paper is set in the paper tray.
Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing the test image.

Note
You can only use Letter size paper for a test print.

Do one of the following:
 If the test print result is OK, press OK and go to m.
 If the test print result is not OK, readjust the printable area of the image.
Go to j.

Enter the number of copies you want either by pressing the number box directly, or pressing + or -, and
then do one of the following:
 If you want to change the print settings, press PrintSetting and go to n.
 If you do not want to change any settings, go to p.

Choose your printable disc type.
 If you chose Printable Disc, go to o.
 If you chose Glossy Disc, go to p.

Press Normal or Slow Drying.
Use Slow Drying if the print is smudged.

p
q

Press Print Disc.

Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the disc.
Do one of the following:
 If you are printing only one disc, the finished message appears on the LCD of the machine. Press OK.
 If you are printing more than one disc, replace the disc with a new one and press OK.
Press Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the next disc.
(Repeat this step for each additional disc.)

Load a printable disc on the tray. (See How to load a printable disc uu page 226.)
Press OK.

Note
If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position. (See Adjust
the print position uu page 231.)

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Print from a computer (Windows®)

Brother offers an easy-to-use application for printing directly on printable disc media. The NewSoft CD
Labeler application offers templates for creating disc labels along with matching jacket covers or create your
own custom disc labels.

Install NewSoft CD Labeler

To use NewSoft CD Labeler, you must install the NewSoft CD Labeler application from the CD-ROM supplied
with your machine. Install NewSoft CD Labeler as follows:

Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The opening screen will appear automatically. If
the model name screen appears, choose your machine. If the language screen appears, choose your
language.

b
c

The CD-ROM main menu will appear. Click Additional Applications.
Click NewSoft CD Labeler. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Note
• If the Brother screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer (Computer), double-click the
CD-ROM icon, and then double-click start.exe.
• The screen displayed on your computer may vary depending on your region.
You can start NewSoft CD Labeler by choosing NewSoft CD Labeler located in
Start/All Programs/NewSoft CD Labeler on your computer.
For information about how to create a label image, see the NewSoft CD Labeler user’s guide by clicking on
Start/All Programs/NewSoft CD Labeler/NewSoft CD Labeler Help.

How to print a disc label from a computer

After you have created your disc label in the NewSoft CD Labeler application, choose the Print
command.

Choose the name of your machine in the Print dialog box and click Properties.
The printer driver window appears.

Choose your settings for the following options on the Basic tab.

 Media Type: Choose Printable Disc or Glossy Printable Disc.
 Print Quality: Choose Normal or Slow Drying. (Printable Disc only.)
 Paper Size: Choose 12 cm Disc (4.7 in).
 Copies: Choose the number of copies you want.
Change other settings as desired. (For details, see Printer driver settings uu page 6.)
Click OK.

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The message dialog asks you to use the Brother supplied CD labeler software to print on printable disc
media.
Click OK.

e
f

Click OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to make space behind the Brother machine.
Press OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to open the scanner cover and remove the Disc Tray.
Press OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to load a printable disc on the tray.
Load a printable disc on the tray. (See How to load a printable disc uu page 226.)
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the disc.
Do one of the following:

The message dialog asks you to make space behind the Brother machine.
Click OK.

 If you are printing only one disc, the finished message appears on the LCD of the machine. Press OK.
 If you are printing more than one disc, the LCD message prompts you to set the next disc. Replace
the disc with a new one and press OK, and then press Black Start or Color Start. The machine starts
printing on the next disc. (Repeat this step for each additional disc.)
Note
• Use the Brother supplied disc print software to print on a CD/DVD/BD. Printing from other applications can
stain the inside of the machine.
• If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position. (See Adjust
the print position uu page 231.)

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Print from a computer (Macintosh)

Install NewSoft CD Labeler

To use NewSoft CD Labeler, you must install the NewSoft CD Labeler application from the CD-ROM supplied
with your machine. Install NewSoft CD Labeler as follows:

Insert the supplied installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the MFL_PRO Suite icon
on your desktop.

b
c

Double-click Brother Support.
On the Brother Support screen, click the NewSoft CD Labeler icon to go to the NewSoft CD Labeler
download site, and follow the on-screen instructions.
You can start NewSoft CD Labeler by clicking the NewSoft CD Labeler icon located in
Macintosh HD/Applications.

For information about how to create a label image, see the NewSoft CD Labeler user’s guide by clicking on
Help on the menu bar, then NewSoft CD Labeler Help.

How to print a disc label from a computer

After you have created your disc label in the NewSoft CD Labeler application, click File, then Print. Make
sure your machine is chosen in the Print dialog box.

b
c
d

Choose 12 cm Disc from the Paper Size drop-down list. Click Advanced.
Choose Print Settings in the Print dialog box.
Choose your settings for the following options.
 Media Type: Choose Printable Disc or Glossy Printable Disc.

 Print Quality: Choose Normal or Slow Drying. (Printable Disc only.)
Change other settings as desired. (For details, see Using the Brother printer driver uu page 130.)

(For Mac OS X 10.6.x users)
Enter the number of copies you want.

Note
(For Mac OS X 10.4.11 to 10.5.x users)
You can print only one disc at one time.

Click Print.

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The message dialog asks you to use the Brother supplied CD labeler software to print on printable disc
media.
Click OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to make space behind the Brother machine.
Press OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to open the scanner cover and remove the Disc Tray.
Press OK.

The LCD on the Brother machine asks you to load a printable disc on the tray.
Load a printable disc on the tray. (See How to load a printable disc uu page 226.)
Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts printing on the disc.
Do one of the following:
 If you are printing only one disc, the finished message appears on the LCD of the machine. Press OK.
 If you are printing more than one disc, the message dialog appears and prompts you to set the next
disc. Replace the disc with a new one and press OK. Press Black Start or Color Start. The machine
starts printing on the next disc. (Repeat this step for each additional disc.)

Note
• Use the Brother supplied disc print software to print on a CD/DVD/BD. Printing from other applications can
stain the inside of the machine.
• If the printed image runs off the edges of the disc, you may need to adjust the print position. (See Adjust
the print position uu page 231.)

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Index

ControlCenter2
Macintosh ............................................................ 164
ControlCenter4
Windows® .............................................................. 60

Remote Setup
Macintosh ............................................................. 184
Windows® .............................................................. 94

D
Device Selector ...................................... 149, 185, 205
Drivers
Macintosh
Brother printer driver ......................................... 130
TWAIN .............................................................. 149
Windows®
Brother printer driver .........................................2, 6
TWAIN ................................................................ 39
WIA ..................................................................... 47

F
FaceFilter Studio ....................................................... 31
FAX (PC-FAX)
Macintosh
sending .....................................................142, 145
Windows® .............................................................. 96
address book .................................................... 103
cover page .......................................................... 98
facsimile style ..................................................... 99
group ................................................................. 105
receiving ........................................................... 109
sending ............................................................... 97
simple style ....................................................... 100

S
Scan
Macintosh
OCR .................................................................. 161
Presto! PageManager ....................................... 161
Resolution ......................................................... 152
TWAIN compliant .............................................. 149
Scan key
Network .....................................................200, 207
USB .................................................................. 189
Windows®
Resolution ........................................................... 43
TWAIN Compliant ............................................... 39
WIA Compliant .................................................... 47
Status Monitor
Macintosh ............................................................. 128
Windows® ................................................................ 4

P
PaperPort™12SE (Windows®) .................... 55, 57, 58
exporting ................................................................ 57
importing ................................................................ 57
PhotoCapture Center™
Macintosh ............................................................ 186
Windows® ............................................................ 115
Presto! PageManager (Macintosh) ......................... 161
Print
Macintosh
Brother printer driver ......................................... 130
Windows®
Booklet printing ................................................... 13
Brother printer driver ............................................. 6
Duplex printing .................................................... 12
Printing on a Disc .................................................... 226

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Brother International Corporation
100 Somerset Corporate Boulevard P.O. Box 6911
Bridgewater, NJ 08807–0911 USA
Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd.
1 rue Hôtel de Ville,
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, CANADA H9B 3H6

Visit us on the World Wide Web
http://www.brother.com/

This product is approved for use in the country of purchase only. Local Brother companies or their dealers will only support
machines purchased in their own countries.

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