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Setting Up the MFC and PC to Work Together
Using the Brother Machine with Your PC
Multi-Function Link
centre, by enabling you to use your fax machine as a printer and a scanner and to use it from
®
Windows
applications in your computer.
The MFC-830 is a 5 in1 multi-function centre and the MFC-840 is a 6in1 multi-function centre.
Install the Multi-Function Link
If you have previously installed Brother Multi-Function Link
another machine, uninstall it first.
Before You Install Multi-Function Link
If you have a USB cable (For Windows
Professional users only), see Using a USB Cable to Connect the MFC to the
PC (Using Windows® 98, 98SE and Windows® 2000 Professional Only)
in this Chapter.
If you have a bi-directional IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable, see Using a bi-
directional IEEE-1284 compliant parallel cable to Connect the MFC to the
PC (Using Windows® 95, 98, 98SE, Windows NT® Workstation Version
4.0 and Windows® 2000 Professional) in this Chapter.
It is important that you connect your MFC to your computer
install the software.
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®
Pro software (MFL Pro) turns your Brother machine into a multi-function
®
Pro and other Brother software from the enclosed CD-ROM.
®
Pro software for
®
98, 98SE and Windows
®
Pro
®
2000
you
before