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Brownie Help

Welcome to the Brother Own Instant Explorer software. A Windows application that allows you to create and manage spooled documents files. The software can also be used to monitor the status of a single or group of computers over a local connection, or over a network. For more detailed instructions on the operation of this software, please refer to the accompanying user guide.

[How to use the software]

Creating a spool file.

1 Select the printer in the printer list.

(The printer icon will display a printer with a piece of paper feeding from it. If the paper has a small color graph on it then this is the printer that you will be modifying)

2 Select a file or files in the file list.

(You can highlight a single file, or multiple files.)

3 Select the “Print” option from the “File” menu.

You can also double Click the file you wish to print, or right click the file/s then select “Print”.

[Advanced]

 To select several printers at the same time, simply highlight each printer using your mouse. Then as you send print jobs, each job will be delivered to the printers that you have highlighted.

 “Identify the printer name”. This option will warn you if the file that you are trying to print is likely to be compatible with the printer you are trying to print to.

To save the document to a spool file.

Note: User’s running Windows NT 4 workstation may not be able to print to a file if the user PC does not have Administrative or Printer Administrative capabilities

[1] “Print & Save to a file”

1-1 Select the appropriate printer.

1-2 Click “Printers”, “Print & Save to a file”, the selected printer is now in Capture mode.

    (The printer icon will now change to reflect this)

1-3 Print your document making sure that your application is set to print to the captured printer you configured in step 1-2.

1-4 The software will capture the print file, and display it in the file list.

Note: In this mode, the file is captured and is also sent to the printer.

The capture mode will automatically be disabled with the print job has completed.

[2] “Enable Capture File”

2-1 Select the appropriate printer.

2-2 Click “Printers”, “Enable Capture File”, the selected printer is now in Capture mode.

(The printer icon will now change to reflect this)

2-3 Print your document making sure that your application is set to print to the captured printer you configured in step 2-2.

2-4 The software will capture the print file, and display it in the file list.

Note: When the software is in the “Enable Capture File” mode, the Brownie software will simply capture the data and store it into the directory that you have specified. The document that you print will not be sent to the printer, unlike the “Print & Save to a file” mode. Also, unlike the “Print & Save to a file” mode, Brownie will not release the printer setting after the document has been processed, in other words, any other document that you print will also be captured.

Note:

If you are using a HL-1000 series printer or so, such as the HL-1050. You may notice two things:

1) When using the "Print & save to a file" option, a small file is created, but the main capture file is not created.

2) When using the "Enable capture file" option, two files are captured.

This is because HL-1000 series printers, can send a "wake-up" file to the printer. This wake-up file is used to wake the printer up, before the main print data is sent to it. By doing this, the printer achieves a faster warm up time and allows the user to print more quickly.

The solution to the problem is to disable Intelligent sleep mode in Device options | Sleep Mode.

To rename the file name.

You can rename the document simply by right clicking the document name and selecting the “Rename file” option.

To change the location of the spooled files.

By default, spooled files will be stored in the: Windows_path\spool\printers\keepspl folder of your hard disc (where Windowspath is the location of your Windows installation. However, it is possible to specify the location of spooled files. For example, it may be more convenient to spool files to a folder on a network share.

To change the location of the spooled files do the following:

Select Option | Change Spool Folder, you can then specify the location of the spool file folder.

Once you have specified the location, click the “Open” button. All spool files will then be sent to the location that you specified.

To run the status monitor.

1 Click the right mouse button on the printer which you wish to monitor.

2 “Enable Status Monitor on ‘port’” menu will appear.

“Disable Status Monitor on ‘port’” menu will appear, when the status monitor software is already running.

3 The following port monitors are available:

Available monitors are,

LPT port, USB port and BLP port (Brother Peer to Peer (LPR)) for Win95/98.

LPR port for WinNT.

Copyright© Brother Industries Ltd.,


Brownie Help

Welcome to the Brother Own Instant Explorer software. A Windows application that allows you to create and manage spooled documents files. The software can also be used to monitor the status of a single or group of computers over a local connection, or over a network. For more detailed instructions on the operation of this software, please refer to the accompanying user guide.

[How to use the software from the taskbar]

Creating a spool file.

1	Right click the printer icon and ensure that the printer that you wish to print to is displayed at the top of the menu.

If it isn’t, move your mouse to the currently selected printer and the printers that are installed on your computer will be displayed. Now click the printer that you wish to print to.

2	Select “Print” and select a file from the menu that appears. The file names that appear are those files that are spooled to the HDD. If you have not spooled any files, then nothing will appear.

[Advanced]

Click “Using multiple copies” you will then be promoted to specify how many copies of the document you wish to print when you have selected the document.

Note: User’s running Windows NT 4 workstation may not be able to print to a file if the user PC does not have Administrative or Printer Administrative capabilities

To save the document as a print file.

[1] “Print & Save to a file”

1-1 Select the appropriate printer.

1-2 Click “Print & Save to a file” which sets the Capture mode to ON. This menu will become checked.

Print your document making sure that your application is set to print to the captured printer you configured in step 1-2.

The software will capture the print file, and display it in the Print list.

Note: In this mode, the file is captured and is also sent to the printer.

The capture mode will automatically be disabled with the print job has completed.

[2] “Enable Capture File”

2-1 Select the appropriate printer.

2-2 Click the “Enable Capture File” option to set Capture mode ON. This menu is checked, when it is properly in Capture mode.

2-3 Print your document making sure that your application is set to print to the captured printer you configured in step 2-2.

2-4 Brownie will capture the print file, and the file will appear in “Print” menu

Note: When the software is in the “Enable Capture File” mode, the Brownie software will simply capture the data and store it into the directory that you have specified. The document that you print will not be sent to the printer, unlike the “Print & Save to a file” mode. Also, unlike the “Print & Save to a file” mode, Brownie will not release the printer setting after the document has been processed, in other words, any other document that you print will also be captured.

Note:

If you are using a HL-1000 series printer or so, such as the HL-1050. You may notice two things:

1) When using the "Print & save to a file" option, a small file is created, but the main capture file is not created.

2) When using the "Enable capture file" option, two files are captured.

This is because HL-1000 series printers, can send a "wake-up" file to the printer. This wake-up file is used to wake the printer up, before the main print data is sent to it. By doing this, the printer achieves a faster warm up time and allows the user to print more quickly.

The solution to the problem is to disable Intelligent sleep mode in Device options | Sleep Mode.

To run the status monitor.

The “Enable Status Monitor on ‘port’” menu appears, when the port that you are printing to can be monitored. “Disable Status Monitor on ‘port’” menu appears, when it is the port is already being monitored.

Available monitors are,

LPT port, USB port and BLP port (Brother Peer to Peer (LPR)) for Win95/98.

LPR port for WinNT.

This means that if you are printing to the printer using one of the above mechanisms, then you will be able to monitor the status of the printer. For more information, refer to the user guide.

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