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.

For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users

MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOWED THE SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 1 TO 3 BEFORE CONTINUING

Step 1.

Step 2.

Unplug the MFC from the AC outlet and disconnect your MFC from your computer if you already connected an interface cable.

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.)

1. Click Install Software.

2. Click Multi-Function Link® Pro Suite 3. Click Install.

4. The InstallShield Wizard Setup

 

in Main Application. *1

window will appear briefly, followed by

 

 

the PaperPort® Setup window. Click

 

 

Yes.

5.When the PaperPort® Setup window displays your Name and Company, either change or accept them, and then click Next.

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.

7.When Register Today screen appears, click Next.This is registration for Paper Port®. Follow the instructions.

8.When the Brother MFL Pro Suite Installation window appears, click Next to begin installing the Multi- Function Link® Pro Suite. *2

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9.When the Setup Type window appears, 10. The Connect Cable window will appear. select Standard, and then click Next.

The application files will be copied to your computer.

*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.

*2 If an error message appears during the installation

*3 Even if you select NO, later you will be able to

process, or you have previously installed MFL Pro

launch the Brother Control Center to use the

Suite, you will first have to uninstall it. From the

Scan to key. See AutoLoad the Brother Control

Start menu, select Programs, Brother, Brother

Center, Chapter 14 in the On-Line

MFL Pro Suite, Uninstall, and then follow the

Documentation (Owner’s Manual) on the CD-

instructions on the screen.

ROM.

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