Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto MFC 8600 del fabbricante Brother
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Multi-Function Center ® ® SOFTW ARE MANU AL.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS v 2 2 1 1 T ab le of Contents 3 3 WALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING ....................................................... 1-1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 1-1 Getting Started .
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi 4 4 Global Settings ............................................................................ 3-5 Setting Up the Scanner Configurations ...................................... 3-5 T o access the Scanner Configurations screen: ..
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii 6 6 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® FOR BROTHER AND SCANSOFT™ TEXTBRIDGE ® ................................................. 5-1 V iewing Items in ScanSoft ™ PaperPort ® for Brother .................. 5-2 Organizing Y our Items in Folders .
TABLE OF CONTENTS viii 9 9 Brother HL-6/6V/10h/630series/660series/960/1260/WL-660: . .. 8- 5 HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP , IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: ................. 8-6 HP LaserJet 4 Plus: ........................................................
W ALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING 1 - 1 Intr oduction W alk-Up V ideo Printing lets you use your Brother machine (connected to your camcorder , digital camera, video game, or VCR) to capture a video frame on the attached equipment and print it on your MFC. The video signal and the output you create are NTSC (National T elevision System Committee).
WALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING 1 - 2 Blac k and White Video Printing 1 W ith no documents in the feeder , plug the cable from your video camera’ s V ideo Out jack into the Brother machine’ s RCA pin jack.
W ALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING 1 - 3 Setting Video Printing Quality 1 Press F unctio n , 3 , 1 . The screen displays 1. QUALITY . 2 Press or to select a quality QUALITY :NORMAL QUALITY :HIGH and press Set .
WALK-UP VIDEO PRINTING 1 - 4.
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 1 2 2 Using Br other Machine with Y our PC Multi-Function Link ® Pro software (MFL Pro) turns your Brother machine into a multi-function center , by enabling you to use your fax machine as a printer and a scanner and to use it to fax from W indows ® applications in your computer .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 2 Computer Requirements The following are the minimum computer requirements you need to set up and operate the MFC as a printer . CPU 80486/66MHz or higher (W indows ® 3.1 x or 95/98) Pentium 75 or Higher (W indows ® 98 or W indows NT ® W orkstation V ersion 4.
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 3 2 Connect the USB cable to both the MFC and the PC. 3 T urn on your PC. 4 When the Add New Hardware W izard screen appears, click Next .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 4 Installing Brother Software Using a US B Cable 1 Insert the MFL Pro CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Select Specify a location and remove the other check marks, then click Browse to locate the file. 3 Double-click on the CD icon and click on the Win98usb folder , then click OK .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 5 5 Select (Recommended) and click Next . 6 Confirm the choice is Brother MFC USB Composite Device and click Next . If the Insert Disk W izard appears, remove the MFL CD-ROM and insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM (to get the W indows ® standard driver) and click OK .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 6 8 After the MFC USB Composite Device is installed and the Add New Hardware W izard reappears, click Next . 9 Select (Recommended) and click Next .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 7 11 Confirm the choice is Brother MFC USB Port(FaxModem) and click Next . 12 When the Add New Hardware W izard displays the message that installation of the FaxModem and its USB driver is completed, click Finish . Repeat Steps 8 to 12 two more times (for the Scanner Driver , then Printer Driver).
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 8 14 T ype Brother MFL Pro Printer II as the name of Printer name and click Next . 15 Select Ye s (Recommended) to print a T est Page and click Finish .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 9 17 When the Add New Hardware W izard displays the message that the software (drivers for FaxModem, Scanner and Printer) have been installed, click Finish .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 10 Using the Bundled P arallel Cable to Connect Br other Machine to PC Y ou must connect the Brother machine to your computer with the included bi-directional IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable.
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 11 Choosing the Software to Install Install Multi-Function Link ® Pr o If you want the MFL Pro set of software: Multi-Function Link ® Pro, PaperPort ® , including .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 12 Installing the Br other Software (For P arallel Interface) IMPORT ANT T o install the software using W indows NT ® W orkstation V ersion 4.
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 13 If you are using W indows NT ® 3.51 or earlier , the following error message will appear on the screen: Y ou ar e running W indows NT ® 3.51 or earlier . Brother MFL Pr o does not support this version of W indows NT ® .
SETUP BROTHER MACHINE WITH PC 2 - 14 The On-Line Documentation window appears: 5 In the On-Line Documentation window , click on “Install Acrobat Reader” and follow the prompts on the screen. Y ou must install Acrobat Reader before you can view on-line documentation.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 1 3 3 Using the W indows ® -Based Br other Contr ol Center (F or Windows ® 95/98 and NT ® 4.0 Only) Br other Contr ol Center The Brother Control Center is a software utility that pops up on the PC screen whenever paper is placed in the automatic document feeder .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 2 AutoLoad the Br other Contr ol Center The Control Center is initially configured to automatically load each time W indows ® is started. When the Control Center is loaded the Control Center icon will appear in the task bar .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 3 Br other Contr ol Center Features A uto Configuration During the installation process the Control Center checks your system to determine the default applications for E-mail, word processing and graphics viewer/editor .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 4 Scan to Graphic Application—allows you to scan a page directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. Y ou can select the destination application, such as MS Paint or Corel PhotoPaint. Copy Operations Copy —allows you to use the PC and any W indows ® printer driver for enhanced copy functions.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 5 Global Settings AutoLoad Pop-Up —Click this checkbox if you want Brother MFL Control Center to load when you boot your computer . Setting Up the Scanner Configurations The Pop-Up application stores eight different scanning modes.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 6 P erf orm an Operation fr om the Contr ol Center Screen If you see this screen it means you left-clicked a button in the Control Center window without first placing a document in the feeder . Place a document in the Brother machine’ s feeder , then click OK to return to the Control Center screen.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 7 File —If you selected Other Folder , from the pull-down list select the type of file: PaperPort Files (*.MAX) Self V iewing Files (*.EXE) PaperPort 5.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 4.0 Files (*.MAX) PaperPort 3.0 Files (*.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 8 Send Scan to E-mail Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; T ext for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 9 File Attachments Do not convert files —Click this checkbox if you do not want to change the file type of attachments. The Conversion Options will not be available (grayed). Convert MAX files only —Click this checkbox if you want to convert only attachments that are PaperPort files.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 10 Highlight the name(s) you want to add to your list, click the User button, then click OK to return to the Link Preference window . From the Link Preference window , you can remove a name from the QuickSend list, highlight the name and clicking the Delete button.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 11 W ord Pr ocessor W ord Pr ocessor —From the pull-down list, select the word processor you want to use. Click the Link Settings… button to display a screen to se.
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 12 User Defined Button Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; T ext for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 13 Scanner Settings From the pull-down list, select the scanning mode that is appropriate for the type of file: Faxing, Filing and Copying; T ext for OCR; Photos; Photos (High Quality); Photos (Quick Scan); Custom; Draft Copy or Fine Copy .
USING BROTHER CONTROL CENTER 3 - 14 F AX Settings Brother MFL Pro Fax F AX Resolution —Click the pull-down arrow to choose the fax resolution you want: • Standard (200x100) • Fine (200x200) • SuperFine (200x400) T o change the fax options, click the F AX Options… button.
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 1 4 4 Using Multi-Function Link ® Pro Intr oduction This chapter outlines the basics of the Brother software, so you can get started using the Multi-Function Link ® Pro ( MFL Pro ) software. Detailed installation and setup instructions are in the On-Line Documentation section of the Brother CD-ROM.
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 2 Multi-Function Link ® Pr o Main Menu The Multi-Function Link ® Pro Main Menu is the application used for all fax sending and receiving operations. It also contains an electronic Phone Book program and a Log Manager that maintains a record of all PC fax transactions.
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 3 MFC Remote Setup The MFC Remote Setup application allows you to quickly set up your MFC by taking advantage of the ease and speed of programming on your PC. When you access this application, the settings on your MFC will be downloaded automatically to your PC and displayed on your computer screen.
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 4 Sending a F ax fr om Y our PC Sending a Quick F ax A QuickFax is a cover page only fax with a message. This option is very useful when you want to fax a quick, short message from your PC. 1 From the Main Menu, select the QuickFax button —OR— Select QuickFax from the Start pull-down menu.
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 5 Sending a F ax fr om a Windows ® Application Y ou can send a fax directly from any W indows ® application using the following steps: 1 Create the document in a W indows ® application. 2 Select Brother MFL Pr o Fax as your printer .
USING MUL TI-FUNCTION LINK ® PRO 4 - 6 Receiving F axes into PC T o receive faxes into your PC through the MFC, you must first have connected your Brother machine to your computer . Then, you can load the software. (See Chapter 2, Setting Up Br other Machine and PC to W ork T ogether .
5 - 1 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 Using ScanSoft ™ PaperPort ® for Brother and ScanSoft ™ T extBridge ® PaperPort ® for Brother is a document management application. Y ou will use PaperPort ® to view incoming faxes and scanned documents.
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 2 For W indows ® 3.1 x : In the PaperPort ® program group, click the Uninstall icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
5 - 3 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® ■ When you double-click a folder , its items (both PaperPort ® MAX files and other files) appear on the Desktop. ■ Y ou can also use W indows ® Explorer to manage the folders and items shown in Desktop V iew .
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 4 Dragging an item onto a word-processing link icon starts PaperPort ® ’s built-in OCR application, or you can use your own OCR application.
5 - 5 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® Accessing the Scanner T o choose the Brother Multi-Function Link ® Pro as your scanner driver, select it under the “Select scanner” —OR— “Select source” option in your software.
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 6 Settings in the Scanner Window Image Resolution Resolution: Select the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but can achieve a finer scanned image.
5 - 7 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® Contrast The contrast setting is adjustable only when you have selected one of the gray scale settings, but it is not available when Black & White is selected as the gray Scale.
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 8 PreScanning an Image PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version of the image will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image so you can see how it will look.
5 - 9 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® Video Capture fr om the PC V ideo Capture is the process of isolating a single frame (or picture) from media played on video equipment (such as a video camera or VCR) and then converting that frame into an image file on your PC.
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 10 Capturing An Image Connect the video equipment to your Brother machine. (See page 4-9.) Y ou can access Multi-Function Link ® Pro’ s TW AIN dialog box from the PaperPort ® V iewer or from any application that is compatible with TW AIN scanning devices.
5 - 11 USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 4 Select the Source of the video: ■ Live Camera ■ T ape/VCR ■ Laser Disc ® ■ Digital Camera 5 Select the T ype of video: ■ Auto-is the most common choice, since the system will determine the T ype for you.
USING SCANSOFT ™ PAPERPOR T ® AND TEXTBRIDGE ® 5 - 12.
USING AUT OMA TIC E-MAIL PRINTING 6 - 1 6 6 For Windo ws ® 95/98 Only Main Features ■ Y ou can use Automatic E-Mail Printing with other E-mail software: Brother Automatic E-Mail Printing has some extra functions that other E- mail software, such as Netscape Navigator TM or MS Internet Mail, do not support.
USING AUTOMA TIC E-MAIL PRINTING 6 - 2 T o Look for Software Updates at www .brother .com 1 Select your country and click Go!! 2 Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner , click Software . 3 Click W indows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 . 4 Select the application or product category you want.
7 - 1 F AXING WITH NETCENTRIC ™ F AXSTORM 7 Using Internet Faxing with NetCentric ™ FaxStorm Internet F axing (For Windo ws ® 3.1 / 95/98 /NT ® 4.0 Onl y) Internet faxing (NetCentric FaxStorm) brings together the power of the PC and the economy of the Internet.
F AXING WITH NETCENTRIC ™ F AXSTORM 7 - 2 T o Look for Software Updates at www .brother .com 1 Select your country and click Go!! 2 Under Facsimile / Multi-Function / Phone System banner , click Software . 3 Click W indows 3.1 / 95 / 98 / NT 4.0 . 4 Select the application or product category you want.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 1 8 8 If Y ou Are Having Difficulty Check the table below and follow the software troubleshooting tips.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 2 DOS Setup Printing Difficulties DIFFICUL TY SUGGESTIONS I cannot print from Check that the DOS application software interface my application settings match those of your printer: for example, if software.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 3 Paper Handling Difficulties Video Capture DIFFICUL TY SUGGESTIONS “Unable to write to 1. Make sure the MFC is on (plugged into the AC LPT1” or “LPT1 outlet) and that is connected directly to the already in use” error computer using the bundled IEEE-1284 message appears.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 4 Difficulties Setting up the Software (For Windows ® 3.1x Users) Prob lem Using the HP P avilion PC and the “HP DEMO” Screen Saver If you select the “HP Demo” screen saver on your HP Pavilion PC after you have installed the Multi-Function Link ® Pro software, the System.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 5 Machine Connect F ailure or Bi-Directional Comm unication Err or Recently , some printers have included a function to show the printer status on the PC display . Such printers use the bi-directional communication parallel port between the printer and the PC.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 6 HP LaserJet series II, IID, IIP , IIP+, III, IIID or IIIP: If Microsoft W indows ® Printing System is used for the above models, you must modify the “win.ini” file in the W indows ® directory to turn the machine’ s bi-directional function off.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 7 EPSON ActionLaser 1100 / 1400: Please remove the EPSON Action Laser 1 100/1400 driver by running the EPDELETE.EXE file in the W indows ® Printer Driver for these models. Lexmark WinWriter 200: Y ou must modify the “win.
TROUBLESHOOTING WINDOWS ® SOFTW ARE DIFFICUL TIES 8 - 8 Graphics or T ext Is Missing When the Document Is Printed This could be caused by your Display Driver software.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINT OSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 1 9 9 Connecting Y our USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 Connect your USB Equipped Apple Macintosh G3 or iMac with Mac OS 8.5/8.6 to your MFC 8600 or MFC 8700: 1 Set up your MFC 8600 or MFC 8700 and make sure that it is working properly .
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 2 6 Click Install MFC Scanner Driver to begin the installation. 7 After you have installed the Drivers, click V iew On-Line Documentation for operation instructions. Restart your Macintosh G3 or iMac so it can recognize the new drivers.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINT OSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 3 Accessing the Scanner Run your image editing application, such as Photoshop, Kai’ s Photo Soap. The first time you use the Brother TW AIN driver , set it as the default by choosing the “Select TW AIN Source” menu option.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 4 Settings in the Scanner Window Image Resolution Resolution—Choose the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but can achieve a finer scanned image.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINT OSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 5 Scanning Area Set the Size to one of the following: • Letter (8.5 x 1 1 inches) • A4 (210 x 297 mm) • Legal (8.5 x 14 inches) • A5 (148 x 210 mm) • B5 (182 x 257 mm) • Executive (7.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 6 Miscellaneous Brightness Brightness—Adjust the brightness settings to obtain the best image. The Brother TW AIN Scanner driver offers 100 brightness settings (-50 to 50). The default value is 0, representing an “average” setting.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINT OSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 7 PreScanning an Image PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look.
USING YOUR BROTHER MACHINE WITH YOUR APPLE MACINTOSH G3 OR IMAC 9 - 8.
GLOSSAR Y G - 1 Glossary Automatic E-Mail printing Software application that automatically prints incoming e-mail messages on the MFC (on CD-ROM). Brother Contr ol Center A window that enables you to click on a button to choose the type of scanning operation you want to perform.
GLOSSAR Y G - 2.
INDEX I - 1 Index A accessories and supplies ii Apple connecting 9-1 installing drivers 9-1 scanning 9-2 to 9-7 B bi-directional parallel cable 2-10 Brother accessories and supplies ii Bulletin Board .
INDEX I - 2 P PaperPort ® for Brother exporting an image file 5-4 installing 2-1 1 prescanning an image 5-8 scanning into PC accessing 5-5 settings 5-6 uninstall 5-1 video capture to PC capturing an .
UU2103001 1 Printed in China These machines are made f or use in the USA and CANAD A only . W e cannot recommend using them ov erseas because it ma y violate the T elecommunications Regulations of that countr y and the power requirements of your Multi-Function Center ma y not be compatible with the power a v ailable in f oreign countries.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Brother MFC 8600 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Brother MFC 8600 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Brother MFC 8600 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Brother MFC 8600 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
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Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Brother MFC 8600. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Brother MFC 8600 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
