Brother International MFC 9420CN Software Users Manual - English - Page 113

Pre-Scanning an image, Scanning Area, PreScan, Start, Resolution, Color Type, Brightness, Contrast

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Scanning Pre-Scanning an image Pre-Scanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look. The PreScan button will allow you to crop unwanted areas from the images. When you are satisfied with the preview, click Start to scan the image. 8 1 Place the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass. 2 Click PreScan. The whole image will be scanned into your Macintosh® and will appear in the Scanning Area of the Scanner dialog box: 3 To scan a portion of the prescanned image, click and drag the mouse to crop it. 4 Insert the document in the ADF again. Note If you loaded the document on the scanner glass in Step 1, please skip this step. 5 Make your adjustments to the settings for Resolution, Color Type (Gray Scale), Brightness, Contrast, and Size in the Scanner Setup dialog box. 6 Click Start. This time only the cropped area of the document will appear in the Scanning Area. 7 You can refine the image in your editing software. 8 - 3

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Scanning
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Pre-Scanning an image
Pre-Scanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. A thumbnail version will appear in the
Scanning Area
. This is only a preview of the image, so you can see how it will look. The
PreScan
button will
allow you to crop unwanted areas from the images. When you are satisfied with the preview, click
Start
to
scan the image.
1
Place the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
2
Click
PreScan
.
The whole image will be scanned into your Macintosh
®
and will appear in the
Scanning Area
of the
Scanner dialog box:
3
To scan a portion of the prescanned image, click and
drag the mouse to crop it.
4
Insert the document in the ADF again.
Note
If you loaded the document on the scanner glass in Step
1
, please skip this step.
5
Make your adjustments to the settings for
Resolution
,
Color Type
(Gray Scale),
Brightness
,
Contrast
,
and
Size
in the Scanner Setup dialog box.
6
Click
Start
.
This time only the cropped area of the document will appear in the
Scanning Area
.
7
You can refine the image in your editing software.