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Accessing the Software User’s Guide

This User’s Guide does not contain all the information about the machine such as how to use Printer, Scanner and PC Fax. When you are ready to learn detailed information about these operations, read the Software User’s Guide that is on the CD-ROM.

Viewing Documentation

Viewing Documentation (For Windows®)

To view the documentation, from the Start menu, point to Brother, MFC-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name) from the programs group, and then choose User’s Guides in HTML format.
If you have not installed the software, you can find the documentation by following the instructions below:
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Turn on your PC. Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
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If the model name screen appears, click your model name.
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If the language screen appears, click your language. The CD-ROM Main Menu will appear.
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Note Note
If this window does not appear, use Windows® Explorer to run the start.exe program from the root directory of the Brother CD-ROM.
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Click Documentation.
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Click the documentation you want to read.
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HTML documents: Software User’s Guide in HTML format.
This format is recommended for viewing on your computer.
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PDF documents: User’s Guide for stand-alone operations and Software User’s Guide in PDF format.
This format is recommended for printing the manuals. Click to go to the Brother Solution Center, where you can view or download the PDF documents. (Internet access and PDF Reader software are required.)
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How to find Scanning instructions

There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as follows:
Software User’s Guide
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Scanning
(For Windows® 2000 Professional/Windows® XP and Windows Vista®)
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ControlCenter3
(For Windows® 2000 Professional/Windows® XP and Windows Vista®)
ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides
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The complete ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE with OCR How-to-Guides can be viewed from the Help selection in the ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE application.
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Viewing Documentation (For Macintosh®)

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Turn on your Macintosh®. Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The following window will appear.
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Double-click the Documentation icon.
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Double-click your language folder.
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Double-click top.html to view the Software User’s Guide in HTML format.
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Click the documentation you want to read.
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Software User’s Guide
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How to find Scanning instructions

There are several ways you can scan documents. You can find the instructions as follows:
Software User’s Guide
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Scanning
(For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
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ControlCenter2
(For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater)
Presto! PageManager User’s Guide
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Instructions for scanning directly from Presto! PageManager. The complete Presto! PageManager User’s Guide can be viewed from the Help selection in the Presto! PageManager application.
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