Setting up the mfc and pc to work together, For windows, Step 1 – Brother MFC-9760 User Manual

Page 2: Step 2, Step 3, Before you begin

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.

•

Please purchase the appropriate cable if you intend to use USB.

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.

Turn the MFC power switch OFF 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.

*1 MFC Software Suite includes Printer Driver, Scanner Driver, ScanSoft

™

PaperPort

, ScanSoft

™

Text Bridge

software 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.

Click Install Software.

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.

Click MFC Software Suite in Main
Application. Please see Note *1.

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

. Follow

the instructions.

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.

Insert the MFC Software Suite CD-
ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

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.)

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. See
AutoLoad the Brother Control Centre,
Chapter 5 in the Owner’s Manual on the
CD-ROM.

For Parallel

For USB

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