Brother International MFC 9760 Quick Setup Guide - Page 2

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. For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Users 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. Insert the MFC Software Suite CD- ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 2. 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.) 3. Click Install Software. 4. Click MFC Software Suite in Main Application. Please see Note *1. 5. Click Install. 6. The InstallShield Wizard Setup window will appear briefly, followed by the PaperPort® Setup window. Click Yes. 7. When the PaperPort® Setup window displays your Name and Company, either change or accept them, and then click Next. 8. When the Choose Destination Location window displays the path where the PaperPort® files will be installed, either change or accept, and then click Next. 9. When the Register Today screen appears, click Next. This is registration for Paper Port®. Follow the instructions. For Parallel For USB 10. When the MFC Software Suite Installation window appears, click Next to begin installing the MFC Software Suite. Please see Note *2. 11. When the Setup Type window appears, select Standard, and then click Next. The application files will be copied to your computer. 12. The Connect Cable window will appear. *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. *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. Please see NEXT PAGE 111111111222222222333333333444444444555555555666666666777777777888888888999999999000000000111111111222222222333333333444444444555555555666666666777777777888888888999999999000000000111111111222222222333333333444444444555555555666666666777777777888888888999999999000000000111111111222222222111111111222222222333333333444444444555555555666666666777777777888888888999999999000000000111111111222222222111111111111111111333333333222222222222222222444444444333333333333333333555555555444444444444444444666666666555555555555555555777777777888888866666666666666666688777777777777777777888888888888888888999999999999999999000000000000000000111111111111111111222222222222222222333333333333333333444444444444444444 *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. - 2 -