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1 Scanning Software 1 Choose your scanning software 1 After installing Brother's scanner drivers, select a scanning application for saving scanned images to your computer. Brother has supplied several options for you on Brother's installation DVD; use this table to help determine which of the included scanning applications will work best for you: Software DS Capture (Windows ®/Mac) Button Manager V2 (Windows ®) OmniPage SE 18 (Windows ®) QuickScan Pro (Windows ®) PageManager 9 (Mac) Description Brother's scanning application: it allows you to scan, browse and file your scanned documents. DS Capture is installed automatically when you install the scanner driver. Use this application to extend the DS Capture's scanning functionality, and to create multiple types of scan button to perform one-touch scanning. If scanning with your computer, click the button to which the required scan settings have been assigned with the application. If scanning with your machine, select the menu to which the required scan settings have been assigned on the LCD screen, and then press the machine's Scan button. The following scan functions are supported: Scan to File / Scan to File (OCR) / Scan to App / E-mail / Printer / Shared Folder / FTP / SharePoint See the Button Manager Help menu for more information about using Button Manager V2. OmniPage SE 18 is an OCR scanning application from Nuance. QuickScan Pro is a trial document capture scanning application from EMC. PageManager 9 is a scanning application from NewSoft. Where is it? Windows ®: DVD / Brother Solutions Center 1 Mac: Brother Solutions Center 1 DVD / Brother Solutions Center 1 DVD DVD DVD For more information For Windows ®: See Scan using your computer on page 22. For Macintosh: See Scan using your computer on page 61. See the Button Manager V2 User's Guide. To scan using the Scan button on your machine's control panel, customize the Scan button in advance (see Scan using the control panel on page 17). See the software's user instructions. See Scan using the ISIS driver on page 60. See the software's user instructions. 1 Visit support.brother.com NOTE In addition to the above, you can also use your TWAIN (Windows ®/Mac), WIA (Windows ®), ISIS (Windows ®) and ICA (Mac) compatible applications for scanning. 1

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Choose your scanning software
After installing Brother’s scanner drivers, select a scanning application for saving scanned images to your
computer. Brother has supplied several options for you on Brother’s installation DVD; use this table to help
determine which of the included scanning applications will work best for you:
1
Visit support.brother.com
NOTE
In addition to the above, you can also use your TWAIN (Windows
®
/Mac), WIA (Windows
®
),
ISIS (Windows
®
) and ICA (Mac) compatible applications for scanning.
Scanning Software
1
Software
Description
Where is it?
For more information
DS Capture
(Windows
®
/Mac)
Brother’s scanning application: it allows
you to scan, browse and file your
scanned documents. DS Capture is
installed automatically when you install
the scanner driver.
Windows
®
: DVD /
Brother Solutions
Center
1
Mac: Brother
Solutions Center
1
For Windows
®
: See
Scan using
your computer
on page 22.
For Macintosh: See
Scan using
your computer
on page 61.
Button Manager V2
(Windows
®
)
Use this application to extend the
DS
Capture’s scanning functionality, and
to create multiple types of scan button to
perform one-touch scanning. If scanning
with your computer, click the button to
which the required scan settings have
been assigned with the application.
If scanning with your machine, select the
menu to which the required scan settings
have been assigned on the LCD screen,
and then press the machine’s
Scan
button.
The following scan functions are
supported:
Scan to File / Scan to File (OCR) / Scan
to App / E-mail / Printer / Shared Folder /
FTP / SharePoint
See the Button Manager Help menu
for more information about using
Button Manager V2.
DVD / Brother
Solutions Center
1
See the Button Manager V2
User’s Guide.
To scan using the Scan button
on your machine’s control panel,
customize the Scan button in
advance (see
Scan using the
control panel
on page 17).
OmniPage SE 18
(Windows
®
)
OmniPage SE 18 is an OCR scanning
application from Nuance.
DVD
See the software’s user
instructions.
QuickScan Pro
(Windows
®
)
QuickScan Pro is a trial document
capture scanning application from EMC.
DVD
See
Scan using the ISIS driver
on page 60.
PageManager 9
(Mac)
PageManager 9 is a scanning application
from NewSoft.
DVD
See the software’s user
instructions.