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Using the Control Panel Keys, Scan to Image, Scan to OCR - driver windows 8

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PRINTER/SCANNER Using the Control Panel Keys Before you can use the Scan to key on the control panel, you must have connected the machine to your Windows® based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your version of Windows®. When you are ready to use the Scan to key, make sure the Brother Control Centre application is running on your PC. Scan to Image You can scan a colour picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. 1 Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen. 2 Press Scan to. 3 Press or to select SCAN TO IMAGE, and then press Menu/Set. The machine will scan the original and send a colour image to your graphics application. Scan to OCR If your document is text, you can have it automatically converted by ScanSoft™ TextBridge® to an editable text file and then displayed in your word processing application for further editing. 1 Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen. 2 Press Scan to. 3 Press or to select SCAN TO OCR, and then press Menu/Set. The machine will scan the original perform OCR in ScanSoft™ TextBridge®, and then display the result in your word processing application for viewing and editing. Scan to E-mail You can scan either black and white or colour documents into your E-mail application as a file attachment. Although the Brother Control Centre can be configured to send only black and white file attachments at one time, you can easily change this setting. (See Scan to E-mail, page 42.) 1 Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen. 2 Press Scan to. 3 Press or to select SCAN TO E-MAIL, and then press Menu/Set. The machine will scan the original, create a file attachment, and launch your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed. Using the Windows®-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows® Only) 37

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Using the Windows
®
-Based Brother Control Centre (For Windows
®
Only)
37
PRINTER/SCANNER
Using the Control Panel Keys
Before you can use the
Scan to
key on the control panel, you must have connected the machine to
your Windows
®
based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your version of
Windows
®
. When you are ready to use the
Scan to
key, make sure the Brother Control Centre
application is running on your PC.
Scan to Image
You can scan a colour picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing.
1
Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen.
2
Press
Scan to
.
3
Press
or
to select
SCAN TO IMAGE
, and then press
Menu/Set
.
The machine will scan the original and send a colour image to your graphics application.
Scan to OCR
If your document is text, you can have it automatically converted by ScanSoft
TextBridge
®
to an
editable text file and then displayed in your word processing application for further editing.
1
Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen.
2
Press
Scan to
.
3
Press
or
to select
SCAN TO OCR
, and then press
Menu/Set
.
The machine will scan the original perform OCR in ScanSoft
TextBridge
®
, and then display
the result in your word processing application for viewing and editing.
Scan to E-mail
You can scan either black and white or colour documents into your E-mail application as a file
attachment. Although the Brother Control Centre can be configured to send only black and white file
attachments at one time, you can easily change this setting. (See
Scan to E-mail
, page 42.)
1
Insert the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the glass platen.
2
Press
Scan to
.
3
Press
or
to select
SCAN TO E-MAIL
, and then press
Menu/Set
.
The machine will scan the original, create a file attachment, and launch your E-mail application,
displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.