Brother MFC-7240 Guida Utente

Software User’s GuideNot all models are available in all countries.Version 0USA

Using the control panel 31Using the scan keys 1You can use (SCAN) on the control panel to scan documents into your word processing, graphics or E-ma

Section IIIApple Macintosh IIIPrinting and Faxing 94Scanning 113ControlCenter2 125Remote Setup 146

9477Features in the printer driver (Macintosh) 7This machine supports Mac OS X 10.5.8 - 10.6.x - 10.7.x.NoteThe screens in this section are from Mac O

Printing and Faxing 957Duplex (two-sided) printing 7The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on both sides of the

Printing and Faxing 967Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing 7Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memor

Printing and Faxing 977 NoteYou can save the current settings as a preset by choosing Save As from the Presets drop-down list.  (For Mac OS X 10.7.x)

Printing and Faxing 987 NoteYou can save the current settings as a preset by choosing Save Current Settings as Preset from the Presets drop-down list.

Printing and Faxing 997Cover Page 7You can choose the following cover page settings:  Print Cover PageIf you want to add a cover page to your documen

Printing and Faxing 1007 Pages per SheetThe Pages per Sheet selection can reduce the image size of a page by allowing multiple pages to be printed on

Printing and Faxing 1017• Env. Thick• Env. Thin• Recycled Paper• Label ResolutionYou can change the resolution as follows:• 300 dpi• 600 dpi• HQ 1200

Printing and Faxing 1027 Graphics QualityYou can change the print quality as follows:• GraphicsThe Graphics mode prioritizes contrast. Choose this se

Section IIWindows®IIPrinting 5Scanning 30ControlCenter4 46Remote Setup 78Brother PC-FAX Software 80

Printing and Faxing 1037Choose Even Only and print, and then reload the printed paper into the tray (blank side face down in Tray 1) or manual feed sl

Printing and Faxing 1047Removing the Printer driver for Macintosh 7a Log in as an ‘Administrator’.b From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Cl

Printing and Faxing 1057Status Monitor 7The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting y

Printing and Faxing 1067Quitting the window 7Click Brother Status Monitor in the menu bar and then choose Quit Status Monitor from the pop-up menu.

Printing and Faxing 1077Sending a fax 7You can send a fax directly from a Macintosh application.NoteFax documents will be sent in Black and White only

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Printing and Faxing 1097c Choose Send Fax from the pop-up menu. d Choose Facsimile from the Output pop-up menu. e Enter a fax number in the Input Fax

Printing and Faxing 1107NoteIf you want to send a fax to more than one number, click Add after entering the first fax number. The destination fax numb

Printing and Faxing 1117a Click Addresses. b Choose the fax number from the Addresses panel and then click To.

Printing and Faxing 1127c When you are finished addressing your fax, click Print.

522NoteThe screens in this section are from Windows®XP. Screens on your PC may vary depending on your operating system. Using the Brother printer driv

11388Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 8The Brother machine software includes a TWAIN Scanner driver for Macintosh. You can use this Macintos

Scanning 1148 Adjust Image• Brightness• Contrastd Click Start.When scanning has finished, the image appears in your graphics application.Pre-Scanning

Scanning 1158Settings in the Scanner window 8Resolution 8You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu. Higher resolutions ta

Scanning 1168 A6 4.1 x 5.8 in Executive 7.25 x 10.5 in 4x6in 5x8in 3.5x5in 5x7in Postcard13.9x5.8in Postcard 2 (Double) 5.8 x 7.9 in Custom (

Scanning 1178When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics application, try different settings for the Resol

Scanning 1188Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x)8You can scan a document using the ICA driver. If you installed MFL-Pr

Scanning 1198 d Place your document in the ADF.Select the size of your document for Scan Size. e Select the destination folder or destination applicat

Scanning 1208 Orientation: Select the orientation of the document from the Document Feeder. Scan To: Choose the destination folder or destination ap

Scanning 1218 e Click Scanner. f Go to step d of Scanning a document using the ICA driver (Mac OS X 10.6.x - 10.7.x) uu page 118 to continue.The scree

Scanning 1228Using Presto! PageManager 8Presto! PageManager is an application for managing the documents in your Macintosh. Since it is compatible wit

Printing 62Printing a document 2When the machine receives data from your computer, it begins printing by picking up paper from the paper tray. The pap

Scanning 1238For CanadaE-mail Address: [email protected] (English)GermanyCompany name: SoftBay GmbHPostal Address: Carlstraße 50, D-52531, Übac

Scanning 1248SpainCompany name: 5CATelephone: 0807505598(For callers from within Spain only, this is not a toll-free call, Callers will be charged at

12599NoteThe features available to you in ControlCenter2 may vary depending on the model number of your machine. Using ControlCenter2 9ControlCenter2

ControlCenter2 1269c Click OK to close the window. NoteThe ControlCenter2 application icon is in Macintosh HD/Applications/Brother.

ControlCenter2 1279SCAN 9There are four scan buttons for the Scan to Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to File applications. Image (Default

ControlCenter2 1289 JPEG (*.jpg) -Recommended for most users when Scanning pictures. TIFF (*.tif) TIFF Multi-Page (*.tif) Portable Network Graphic

ControlCenter2 1299 If you want to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box.Change

ControlCenter2 1309 NoteThis function is also available for Scan to E-mail and Scan to OCR. The window may vary depending on the function. If you choo

ControlCenter2 1319 To change the word processing application, choose the destination word processing application from the Target Application pop-up m

ControlCenter2 1329 To change the E-mail application, choose your preferred E-mail application from the Target Application pop-up menu. You can add an

Printing 72Duplex (two-sided) printing 2The supplied printer driver supports duplex printing. Guidelines for printing on both sides of the paper 2 If

ControlCenter2 1339 You can change the File Name. Enter the file name you want to use for the document (up to 100 characters) in the File Name box. Th

ControlCenter2 1349CUSTOM SCAN 9There are four buttons which you can configure to fit your scanning needs.To customize a button, click the button whil

ControlCenter2 1359 PDF (*.pdf) -Recommended for Scanning and sharing documents. Secure PDF (*.pdf) Searchable PDF (*.pdf)For OCR9 Text (*.txt) R

ControlCenter2 1369  Settings tabChoose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Continuous Scanning, Show Scanner In

ControlCenter2 1379Scan to OCR 9 General tabEnter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 characters) to create the button name.Choose the type of scan f

ControlCenter2 1389NoteThe Scan to OCR function is available for English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Swedi

ControlCenter2 1399 NoteWebmail services are not supported by Scan to E-mail. Scan to File 9 General tabEnter a name in Name for Custom (up to 30 cha

ControlCenter2 1409 Settings tabChoose the file format from the File Type pop-up menu. Save the file to the default folder or choose your preferred f

ControlCenter2 1419COPY / PC-FAX (Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x) 9COPY - Lets you use your Macintosh and any printer driver for enhanced copy operations.

ControlCenter2 1429To copy, click the Print button.To fax, click the disclosure triangle beside the Printer pop-up menu and then choose Send Fax from

Printing 82Simultaneous scanning, printing and faxing 2Your machine can print from your computer while sending or receiving a fax in memory, or while

ControlCenter2 1439DEVICE SETTINGS 9You can configure or check the machine settings. Remote SetupLets you open the Remote Setup Program. (See Remote

ControlCenter2 1449 Quick-Dial 9The Quick-Dial button lets you open the Address Book window in the Remote Setup Program, so you can easily register or

ControlCenter2 1459Status Monitor 9The Status Monitor button allows you to monitor the status of one devices, allowing you to get immediate notificati

1461010Remote Setup 10The Remote Setup application lets you configure many machine settings from a Macintosh application. When you access this applica

Remote Setup 14710 ExportLets you save the current configuration setting to a file. ImportLets you read the setting from a file.NoteYou can use the

Section IVUsing the Scan key IVScanning 149

1491111Using the Scan key 11You can use (SCAN) on the control panel to scan documents into your word processing, graphics or E-mail applications or a

Scanning 15011• Webmail services are not supported by Scan to E-mail. Scan to Image 11You can scan a black and white document into your graphics appli

Scanning 15111(Windows®) • Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE must be installed on your PC.(Macintosh)• You must have Presto! PageManager installed on your Mac

Index152AACControlCenter2Macintosh ... 125ControlCenter4Windows® ...

Printing 92Printer driver settings 2NoteFor Macintosh users see Printing and Faxing uu page 94. You can change the following printer settings when you

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Printing 102Accessing the printer driver settings 2a (For Windows® XP)Click Start, and then Printers and Faxes.(For Windows Vista®)Click the button,

Printing 112Basic tab 2You can also change the Page Layout settings by clicking the illustration on the left side of the Basic tab. a Choose Paper Siz

Printing 122Copies 2The copies selection sets the number of copies that will be printed. CollateWith the Collate check box selected, one complete cop

iApplicable modelsThis User’s Guide applies to the following models.MFC-7240Definitions of notesWe use the following icons throughout this User’s Guid

Printing 132Note• When using ordinary plain paper (60 to 105 g/m2, 16 to 28 lb) choose Plain Paper. When using heavier weight paper or rough paper cho

Printing 142 Print cut-out lineWhen 1 in NxN pages option is selected, the Print cut-out line option can be selected. This option allows you to print

Printing 152Paper Source 2You can choose Auto Select, Tray1 or Manual and specify separate trays for printing the first page and for printing from th

Printing 162Advanced tab 2 Change the tab settings by clicking one of the following selections: Scaling (1) Reverse Print (2) Use Watermark (3) He

Printing 172Use Watermark 2You can put a logo or text into your document as a watermark. You can choose one of the preset Watermarks, or you can use a

Printing 182Transparent 2Check Transparent to print the watermarked image in the background of your document. If this feature is not checked then the

Printing 192Header-Footer Print 2When this feature is enabled, it will print the date and time on your document from your computer’s system clock and

Printing 202 Watermark LockLock the current settings of the Watermark option to prevent changes being made. Header-Footer Print LockLock the current

Printing 212Skip Blank Page 2If Skip Blank Page is checked, the printer driver automatically detects blank pages and excludes them from printing.NoteT

Printing 222Print Profiles tab 2Print Profiles are editable presets designed to give you quick access to frequently used printing configurations.  Pr

iiTable of ContentsSection I Machine operation keys1 Using the control panel 2Using the printer keys...

Printing 232b Enter the desired title in Name.c Choose the print profile you want to overwrite, then click OK.NoteYou can overwrite the preset print p

Printing 242Support 2Click Support... in the Printing Preferences dialog box.  Brother Solutions Center (1)The Brother Solutions Center (http://solu

Printing 252 Genuine Supplies Website (2)You can visit our Web site for original/genuine Brother supplies by clicking this button. Brother CreativeC

Printing 262Tray Settings tab 2NoteTo access the Tray Settings tab, see Accessing the printer driver settings uu page 10. You can define the paper siz

Printing 272 Serial No. (5)By clicking Auto Detect (6), the printer driver will query the machine and display its serial number. If it fails to recei

Printing 282Status Monitor 2The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of one or more devices, allowing you

Printing 292 A yellow icon indicates a warning.  A red icon indicates a printing error has occurred. There are two locations where you can display t

3033The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your operating system. The machine uses a TWAIN compliant driver for scanning d

Scanning 313h Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box: Scan (Image Type) (1) Resolution (2) Scan Type (3) Bright

Scanning 323c Click PreScan.The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the Scanner Setup dialog box. d Press and h

iiiMonitoring the machine’s status ...283 Scannin

Scanning 333g In the PaperPort™ 12SE window, use the options available to refine the image.Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 3Scan (Image Type)

Scanning 343 True GrayUse for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact due to using up to 256 shades of gray.Brightness 3Adjust the s

Scanning 353 Enter the Custom Document Size Name, Width and Height for the document.You can choose ‘mm’ or ‘inch’ as the unit for Width and Height.Not

Scanning 363Scanning a document using the WIA driver 3WIA compliant 3You can choose Windows® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the mach

Scanning 373 i Choose Document Feeder from the Paper source drop-down list (1).j Choose the picture type (2).k Choose the Page size from the drop-down

Scanning 383m Click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box (6).The machine starts scanning the document.Scanner Utility 3The Scanner Utility is used f

Scanning 393• For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.

Scanning 403Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Fax and Scan)3Scanning a document into the PC 3You can use the

Scanning 413 g Click Scan in the Scan dialog box.The machine starts scanning the document.1234567811910

Scanning 423Using Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE 3NoteNuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE supports Windows® XP (SP3 or greater), XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or grea

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Scanning 433 Organizing your items in folders 3PaperPort™ 12SE has an easy-to-use filing system for organizing your items. The filing system consists

Scanning 443Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE lets you convert image text into text you can edit 3Nuance™ PaperPort™ 12SE can quickly convert a text document im

Scanning 453b Choose Nuance PaperPort 12 from the list and click Change or Remove.(Windows Vista® and Windows®7) 3a Click the button, Control Panel,

4644Overview 4ControlCenter4 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your most used applications. Using ControlCenter4 eliminate

ControlCenter4 474Using ControlCenter4 in Home Mode 4This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 functions in Home Mode. For more details on ea

ControlCenter4 484PC-FAX (See PC-FAX tab uu page 54.) See Sending a scanned image uu page 55. See Sending an image file from your computer uu page 5

ControlCenter4 494Scan tab 4There are five scan options: Save, Print, Open with an Application, Send E-mail and OCR.This section briefly introduces th

ControlCenter4 504 Portable Network Graphics (*.png) PDF (*.pdf) -Recommended for Scanning and sharing documents. Secure PDF (*.pdf) Searchable PD

ControlCenter4 514Saving the scanned image 4The (Save) button lets you scan an image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in t

ControlCenter4 524d Confirm and edit (if necessary) the scanned image in the image viewer.e Click (Open with an Application).f Select the application

vSection III Apple Macintosh7 Printing and Faxing 94Features in the printer driver (Macintosh)...

ControlCenter4 534f Configure the OCR settings and click OK.g Your default word processing application will open and display the converted text data.

ControlCenter4 544PC-FAX tab 4This section briefly introduces the PC-FAX tab function. For more details of each function, click Help.NoteThe PC-FAX s

ControlCenter4 554d Click (Send).e The PC-FAX sending dialog box will appear. Enter a fax number and then click Start.Sending a scanned image 4The Sen

ControlCenter4 564Device Settings tab 4This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details of each function, click Help

ControlCenter4 574b Click Quick Dial.c The Address Book window will appear. For Address Book configuration, see Remote Setup uu page 78.Configuring Sc

ControlCenter4 584OCR tab 4Lets you configure settings for Scan to OCR by pressing the SCAN key on your Brother machine.Choose the settings for File T

ControlCenter4 594Support tab 4This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details of each function, click Help in ControlCent

ControlCenter4 604Using ControlCenter4 in Advanced Mode 4This section briefly introduces the ControlCenter4 functions in Advanced Mode. For more detai

ControlCenter4 614 See Printing the scanned image uu page 66.PC-FAX (See PC-FAX tab uu page 67.) See Sending an image file from your computer uu pag

ControlCenter4 624Scan tab 4There are four scan options: Image, OCR, E-mail and File.This section briefly introduces the Scan tab function. For more d

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ControlCenter4 634For OCR 4 Text (*.txt) HTML 3.2 (*.htm) HTML 4.0 (*.htm) Searchable PDF (*.pdf) WordPad (*.rtf) RTFWord97(*.rtf) RTF Word 200

ControlCenter4 644d The image will appear in the application you have chosen.Using the OCR feature 4The (OCR) button lets you scan a document and conv

ControlCenter4 654c Click (File).d The image will be saved in the folder you have chosen.How to change the default settings of each button 4You can ch

ControlCenter4 664PC-Copy tab 4Printing the scanned image 4You can scan a page on the machine and print copies using any of the features of ControlCen

ControlCenter4 674PC-FAX tab 4This section briefly introduces the PC-Fax tab function. For more details of each function, click (Help).NoteThe PC-FAX

ControlCenter4 684a Select the PC-FAX tab.b Click (View Received PC-FAX).c The PC-FAX receiving function activates and starts to receive fax data from

ControlCenter4 694Device Settings tab 4This section briefly introduces the Device Settings tab function. For more details of each function, click (Hel

ControlCenter4 704 There are four scan functions which you can configure to fit your scanning needs.To configure each scan function, select the Device

ControlCenter4 714NoteYou can change the data compression ratio of the scanned image with File size. File tab 4Lets you configure settings for Scan to

ControlCenter4 724Support tab 4This section briefly introduces the Support tab function. For more details of each function, click the (Help) button i

Section IMachine operation keysIUsing the control panel 2

ControlCenter4 734Custom tab 4This section briefly introduces adding a Custom tab. For more details, click (Help) .Creating a Custom tab 4You can cre

ControlCenter4 744Creating a Custom button 4a Click Configuration and then select Create custom button.Select a button you want to create from the men

ControlCenter4 754Quick reference for scanning operation 4This section introduces an example operation of scanning a PDF file using (File) in Advance

ControlCenter4 764 1 Choose PDF (*.pdf) from the File Type pull-down list.2 You can enter the file name you want to use for the document.3 You can sav

ControlCenter4 774Changing the Scan key settings for Scan to PC menu 4You can change your machine’s SCAN key for Scan to PC settings using ControlCent

7855Remote Setup 5The Remote Setup program lets you configure many machine settings from a Windows® application. When you start this application, the

Remote Setup 795 ImportLets you read the settings from a file.NoteYou can use the Export button to save Quick Dial or all your settings for your mach

8066PC-FAX sending 6The Brother PC-FAX feature lets you use your PC to send a document from an application as a standard fax. You can send a file crea

Brother PC-FAX Software 816d Enter a fax number using any of the following methods: Use the dial pad to enter the number. Click the Address Book but

Brother PC-FAX Software 826c Click OK to save the User Information.NoteYou can set up the User Information separately for each Windows® account. Sendi

211Using the printer keys 1You can access the following features from your machine’s control panel.Job Cancel 1To cancel the current print job, press

Brother PC-FAX Software 836 Entering cover page information 6NoteIf you are sending a fax to more than one recipient, the recipient information will n

Brother PC-FAX Software 846Address Book 6If Outlook or Outlook Express is installed on your PC, you can choose in the Select Address Book pull-down wh

Brother PC-FAX Software 856Brother Address Book 6a Click the Start button, All Programs, Brother, MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name), PC-FAX sen

Brother PC-FAX Software 866Setting up a group for broadcasting 6You can create a group to send the same PC-FAX to several recipients at one time.a In

Brother PC-FAX Software 876c When the confirmation dialog box appears, click OK.Exporting the Address Book 6You can export the whole Address Book to a

Brother PC-FAX Software 886e Enter the name of the file, and then click Save. Importing to the Address Book 6You can import ASCII text files (*.csv),

Brother PC-FAX Software 896e Enter the name of the file, and then click Open. NoteIf you chose Text file in step a, Files of type: will be Text files

Brother PC-FAX Software 906PC-FAX receiving 6The Brother PC-FAX Receive Software lets you view and store faxes on your PC. It is automatically install

Brother PC-FAX Software 916NoteIf you choose On, the machine will print the fax, so you will have a copy if there is a power failure before it is sent

Brother PC-FAX Software 926Viewing new PC-FAX messages 6Each time your PC is receiving a PC-FAX, the icon will alternate between and . Once the fax