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Setting Up the MFC and PC to Work Together
Before You Begin
• You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use your MFC as a printer and scanner with your applications.
• Please see the README.WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM for last-minute important installation and troubleshooting information.
• Please purchase the appropriate interface cable you intend to use (Parallel or USB).
• If you have any problem for installation, visit us at: http://solutions.brother.com
Use only a shielded parallel interface cable that is IEEE 1284-compliant and/or a USB cable that is no longer than 6 feet long (1.8 meters).
Follow the instructions in this guide for your operating system and interface.
Step 1.
Unplug the MFC from the AC outlet and disconnect your MFC from your computer
if you already connected an interface cable.
Step 2.
Turn on your computer.
For Windows
®
2000 Professional, you must be logged on as the Administrator.
Step 3.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. If the model name screen appears,
click on your model name. The CD-ROM main menu will appear.
(If this window does not appear, use Windows
®
Explorer to run the setup.exe program from the root
directory of the Brother CD-ROM.)
Please see NEXT PAGE
*1 Multi-Function Link
®
Pro Suite includes Printer Driver, Scanner Driver,
ScanSoft
™
PaperPort
®
, ScanSoft
™
Text Bridge
®
, PC-FAX software, Remote
Setup and True Type fonts. PaperPort
®
is a document management
application for viewing scanned documents. ScanSoft
™
TextBridge
®
, which
is integrated into PaperPort
®
, is an OCR application that converts an image
into text and inserts it into your default word processor.
1. Click Install Software.
6. When the Choose Destination Location
window displays the path where the
PaperPort
®
files will be installed, either
change or accept, and then click Next.
10. The Connect Cable window will appear.
2. Click Multi-Function Link
®
Pro Suite
in Main Application. *1
7. When Register Today screen appears,
click Next. This is registration for Paper
Port
®
. Follow the instructions.
4. The InstallShield Wizard Setup
window will appear briefly, followed by
the PaperPort
®
Setup window. Click
Yes.
8. When the Brother MFL Pro Suite
Installation window appears, click
Next to begin installing the Multi-
Function Link
®
Pro Suite. *2
5. When the PaperPort
®
Setup window
displays your Name and Company,
either change or accept them, and then
click Next.
9. When the Setup Type window appears,
select Standard, and then click Next.
The application files will be copied to
your computer.
*2 If an error message appears during the installation
process, or you have previously installed MFL Pro
Suite, you will first have to uninstall it. From the
Start menu, select Programs, Brother, Brother
MFL Pro Suite, Uninstall, and then follow the
instructions on the screen.
*3 Even if you select NO, later you will be able to
launch the Brother Control Center to use the
Scan to key. See
AutoLoad the Brother Control
Center
, Chapter 14 in the On-Line
Documentation (Owner’s Manual) on the CD-
ROM.
For Parallel
For USB
For Windows
®
95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users
MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOWED THE SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 1 TO 3 BEFORE
CONTINUING
3. Click Install.
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