Setting up the mfc and pc to work together, For windows, Step 1 – Brother MFC-8500 User Manual

Page 2: Step 2, Step 3, Please see next page, Before you begin

For Windows

95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users

Setting Up the MFC and PC to Work Together

Before You begin

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You must set up the hardware and install the driver before you can use your MFC as a printer and scanner in any Windows

application.

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Please see the README.WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM for last-minute important installation and troubleshooting information.

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Please purchase the appropriate interface cable you intended to use. (Parallel or 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.

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 appears on the

screen, click on your model name. The CD-ROM main menu will appear.

If the CD-ROM does NOT start automatically, open the executible program file on the

CD-ROM from the root directory of your computer.

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*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

incoming faxes and 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.

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.

10.

The Connect Cable window will appear.

Click Multi-Function Link

Pro Suite

in Main Application. *1

When 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.

When the Brother MFL Pro Suite
Installation window appears, click
Next to begin installing the Multi-
Function Link

Pro Suite. *2

When the PaperPort

Setup window

displays your Name and Company,
either change or accept them, and then
click Next.

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 keys. See

AutoLoad the Brother

Control Center, Chapter 15 in the On-Line
Documentation (Owner’s Manual) on the CD-
ROM.

For Parallel

For USB

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Click Install.