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Version C
For Windows
®
95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users
Setting Up the MFC and PC to Work Together
Before You begin
You must set up the hardware and install the Brother Drivers before you can use your MFC as a printer and scanner in any Windows
®
application.
If you need a USB cable, you will need to purchase it.
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 metres)
.
Follow the instructions in this guide for your operating system and interface.
Step 1.
Unplug the MFC from the AC socket and disconnect your MFC from your computer if
you have 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.
Please see NEXT PAGE
*1 MFC Software 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 package.
3. Click Install Software.
8. When the Choose Destination
Location window displays the path
where the PaperPort
®
files will be
installed, either change or accept,
and then click Next.
12. The Connect Cable window will
appear.
4. Click MFC Software Suite in Main
Application. Please see Note*1.
9. When the Register Today screen
appears, click Next. This is
registration for PaperPort
®
. Follow the
instructions.
6. The InstallShield Wizard Setup
window will appear briefly, followed
by the PaperPort
®
Setup window.
Click Yes.
10. When the MFC Software Suite
Installation window appears, click
Next to begin installing the MFC
Software Suite. Please see Note*2.
1. Insert the MFC Software Suite CD-
ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Click your language. The CD-ROM
main menu will appear.
(If any window does not appear after
you insert the CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive, use Windows
®
Explorer to run the setup.exe
program from the root directory of the
Brother CD-ROM.)
7. When the PaperPort
®
Setup window
displays your Name and Company,
either change or accept them, and
then click Next.
11. 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 MFC Software Suite or MFL Pro,
you will first have to uninstall it. From the
Start menu, select Programs, Brother,
Brother MFL Pro, 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 Centre to use
the Scan to key. See
AutoLoad the Brother
Control Centre
, Chapter 13 in the Owners
Manual on the CD-ROM.
For USB
For Parallel
MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOWED THE SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 1 TO 3 BEFORE
CONTINUING
5. Click Install.
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