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Register an Account on Your Brother Machine for Brother Web Connect
You must enter your Brother Web Connect account information and configure your machine so that it can use Brother Web Connect to access the service you want.
You must apply for Brother Web Connect access to register an account on your machine.
Before you register an account, confirm that the correct date and time are set on the machine's control panel.
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- Press WEB.
- If information regarding the Internet connection appears on the machine's LCD, read the information and press
. - Occasionally, updates or announcements about Brother Web Connect's features will appear on the LCD. Read the information, and then press.
- Press
or 
to select the following: - Select the service with which you want to register. Press OK.
- Select [Register/Delete]. Press OK.
- Select [Register Account]. Press OK.
- The machine will prompt you to enter the temporary ID you received when you applied for Brother Web Connect access. Press.
- Enter the temporary ID using the dial pad. Press OK.An error message will appear on the LCD if the information you entered does not match the temporary ID you received when you applied for access, or if the temporary ID has expired. Either enter the temporary ID correctly, or apply for access again to receive a new temporary ID.
- The machine will prompt you to enter the account name that you want to be displayed on the LCD. Press.
- Enter the name, and then press OK.
- Do one of the following:
- To set a PIN for the account, press. (A PIN prevents unauthorized access to the account.) Enter a four-digit number, and then press OK.
- If you do not want to set a PIN, press
.
When the account information you entered appears, confirm that it is correct. - Press to register your information as entered.
- Press. Account registration is complete and your machine can now access the service.
- Press Stop/Exit.
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- Press or to display [Web]. Press [Web].
- If information regarding the Internet connection appears on the machine's LCD, read the information and press [OK].
- Occasionally, updates or announcements about Brother Web Connect's features will appear on the LCD. Read the information, and then press [OK].
- Press or to display the service with which you want to register.
Press the service name.
- If information regarding Brother Web Connect appears, press [OK].
- Press .
- The machine will prompt you to enter the temporary ID you received when you applied for Brother Web Connect access.Press [OK].
- Enter the temporary ID using the LCD, and then press [OK].An error message will appear on the LCD if the information you entered does not match the temporary ID you received when you applied for access, or if the temporary ID has expired. Either enter the temporary ID correctly, or apply for access again and receive a new temporary ID.
- The machine will prompt you to enter the account name that you want to be displayed on the LCD.Press [OK].
- Enter the name using the LCD, and then press [OK].
- Do one of the following:
- To set a PIN for the account, press [Yes]. (A PIN prevents unauthorized access to the account.) Enter a four-digit number, and then press [OK].
- If you do not want to set a PIN, press [No].
When the account information you entered appears, confirm that it is correct. - Press [Yes] to register your information as entered.
- Press [OK].Account registration is complete and your machine can now access the service.
- Press
.
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