Brother CP-1800 User manual

User’s Manual
CopyPoint PC Link

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Introduction
Brother®CopyPoint PC Link software has been developed to expand the
capabilities of your Brother copyboard. You can connect the copyboard to a
personal computer and copy the writing on the board to the PC’s memory.
Best of all, CopyPoint PC Link does all this without taking over your personal
computer. CopyPoint PC Link functions run in the background of your PC
memory, keeping your personal computer free for other tasks.
Technical Support
If you have a working knowledge of Windows®and have read this Owner's
Manual, you can call our Customer Service Center CopyPoint PC Link Support
staff with questions. If you need help, call 1-800-276-7746 from the USA during
normal working hours, Monday through Friday. You can fax inquiries to 1-949-859-
2272 (be sure to provide a full explanation, model number, warranty information,
and details on how to reach you by telephone and fax).
Brother’s Bulletin Board number is 1-888-298-3616.
You may visit the Internet Brother Home Page on the World Wide Web at http://
www.brother.com
For Technical Support within Canada, call 1-800-853-6660, 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
E.S.T., Monday through Friday. From within Montreal, call 1-514-685-6464 or FAX
1-514-685-3989, Monday through Friday.

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Convenient Scanning of what you write on the writing surface
Brother CopyPoint PC Link allows you to use the copyboard scanning mechanism
to scan in what you write on the writing surface into your PC. You can then store
and print these images at any time.
About This Manual
This manual assumes that you are familiar with the conventions in operating any
Windows®application, including how to use a mouse and Windows®filing
terminology. PLEASE READ THE MANUAL AND SET UP YOUR BROTHER
COPYBOARD BEFORE YOU INSTALL COPYPOINT PC LINK.
We suggest that you carefully read Chapter 1: Setting Up the Copyboard and
Computer to Work Together and Chapter 2: Using ScanSoftTM PaperPort®and
ScanSoftTM TextBridge®before you try to use CopyPoint PC Link.
Brother fax-back system
Brother Technical Support has installed an easy to use fax-back system so you
can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information
on all Brother products. This system is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can use this system to send faxes to any fax machine, not just to the one from
which you are calling.
Please call 1-800-521-2846 and follow the voice prompts to receive faxed
instructions on how to use the system and the Index of Fax-BackSM subjects.
Connecting the Brother Copyboard to the computer
Follow the instructions below to hook up the CopyPoint PC Link Cable.
1) Position your Brother Copyboard near your personal computer CPU
(maximum distance of approximately 5-6 feet).
2) Make sure the power to both machines is switched off.
3) Remove the black cover on the PC I/F terminal at the left side of your
Brother Copyboard. Connect the RJ-8 connector of the CopyPoint PC Link
Cable in the jack.
4) Connect the 25-pin female RS-232 connector of the Cable to your PC in
an available male serial communications port. Use the 9-pin adapter if
your PC requires it. (See your PC owner's manual for the correct interface
port for connection.) NOTE: If your PC is an IBM Aptiva, an MWAVE
card is using COM1. You must connect the CopyPoint PC Link Cable
to another COM serial port that is available.

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5) Turn on the computer, then turn on the copyboard.
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FCC COMPLIANCE
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer-
ence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
• Consult with the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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1. Installation and Setup Before Use
This chapter takes you through each step of the installation process. Read it
carefully to ensure a problem-free installation.
Package Contents
Before you begin the CopyPoint PC Link installation, please check the contents of
your package:
One (1) set Software Installation CD-ROM
CopyPoint PC Link Cable with 25-pin and 9-pin connector
Warranty and Licensing Materials
Brother Manual
Computer Requirements
The following are the minimum computer requirements you need to set up and
operate the Copyboard when it is attached to your PC.
CPU Pentium 75 or Higher
RAM 8MB or greater for Windows®95
(16MB recommended)
16MB or greater for Windows® 98 and
Windows NT®Workstation Version 4.0 (SP3 or later)
(32MB recommended)
24MB or greater for Windows® 98 second Edition
(32MB recommended)
Hard Disk Drive 50MB Full Installation
10MB Twain Driver Installation
Operating System Windows®95/98 or NT®Workstation Version 4.0
Interface RS-232C serial port (9-pin or 25-pin connection)
CD-ROM Drive 2X Speed or Higher

SETTING UP COPYBOARD
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Setting Up the Copyboard
and Computer to Work
Together
BeforeYou Install Software
Your Copyboard and computer can work together only if you install the
Brother Software. Operations run in the background of your PC memory,
keeping your personal computer free for other tasks.
WARNING
It is important that you connect your Copyboard to your computer before
you install the software.
Before you install the software, you must read the
README.WRI file in the root directory of the
CD-ROM for important installation and
troubleshooting information.
Installing Software
IMPORTANT
To install and use the software on Windows NT®Workstation version
4.0, you must be logged on as the Administrator. If you are not the
Administrator, first log in as the Administrator, then change the
registry. Once the registry is changed both the Administrator and
other users can access the software. For more details, read the
README.WRI file in the root directory of the CD-ROM.
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Installing the Brother Software
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Insert the Brother CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
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The Software Installation program appears automatically when you
insert the Brother CD-ROM.
■If the Software Installation program doesn’t appear automatically,
select Start from the desktop, Run and then enter x:\SETUP.EXE.
(“x” is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive.)
A window will appear listing the options:
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Install the Software.
Click on Install Scanner Driver to install the driver software. You must
install this driver in order to scan the data on the whiteboard.
Click on Install PaperPort®Software to install the PaperPort®software
application. If you have previously installed PaperPort®Software, do not
re-install it. You can use the PaperPort®software that you already have on
your PC.
When installing both the Scanner Driver and PaperPort®Software, be sure
to install the Driver software first, then the PaperPort®Software. After all
installations are complete, restart your computer.
CopyPoint Scanner Driver can work with other TWAIN compliant
applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, CorelDraw and
many more.

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Other Options
Install Acrobat Reader
If you don’t have Acrobat Reader installed, you should install it now. You
will need this to see the Online Manual.
View Online Manual
The PaperPort®instructions and help files are in the online documentation
on the CD-ROM.
Product Support
This page will give you information regarding Brother Support phone
numbers and services available.
Brother Home Page/The Brother Mall
If you have internet access, this selection will bring you to the Brother
Home Page or Brother Mall for purchasing product accessories. You can
find additional information about this and many other fine Brother
products on the Brother Home Page. In order to access these pages you
must have internet access through an Internet service provider.
Exit
Click Exit to exit the CD-ROM window, or click Return to return to the
previous window.

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2 - 1 USING PAPERPORT
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AND TEXTBRIDGE
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Using ScanSoft™ PaperPort®
and ScanSoft™ TextBridge®
PaperPort®for Brother is a document management application. You will
use PaperPort®to view incoming images. PaperPort®has a sophisticated,
yet easy-to-use, filing system that will help you organize your files. It
allows you to combine or “stack” documents of different formats for
printing, faxing or filing. PaperPort®can be accessed through the
PaperPort®program group.
The complete PaperPort®Owner’s Manual, including ScanSoft™
TextBridge®OCR, is in the On-Line Documentation on the CD-ROM.
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