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How to scan using Windows®

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Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan using the scanner glass

(DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MFC-78 20N Only)

The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When

you are satisfied with th e preview, click the Scan button from the scanner window to scan the image.

1Place the document face down on the scanner glass.

2Select Flatbed in the Paper source pull-down box (A).

Note

If your machine has no ADF, yo u can skip step 2.

3Select the picture type (B).

4In the Scan dialog box, click the Preview button. The entire document will be scanned into the PC and

will appear in the scanning area.

5To select the portion y ou want to scan, click a nd hold the

left mouse button, then drag the mouse pointer ove r the

area.

6If you require advanced settin gs, click on the tab Adjust

the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select

Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type

from the Advanced Properties. Click the OK button

after you choose your settings.

7To start scanning your docu ment, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box. This time only the

selected area of the doc ument will appear in t he PaperPort® 9.0SE window (or your software application

window).

A

BScanning

area

C

Scanning area

Contents

Main Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 (MFC-7225N, MFC-7820N or m odels with the optional NC-2200w Only) 7 I Using the Brother printer driver Windows Printing How to print your document Using the machine as a printer Printing from the manual feed slot 1 2 3 4 5 Manual Duplex Printing Simultaneous printing and faxing Printer operation key Job Cancel Popular Printer Emulation Support (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) Setting the Emulation Selection 1 2 3 Printing the Internal Font List 1 2 3 Page Printer driver settings (For Windows) How to access the printer driver settings (For Windows) 1 2 Features in the PCL printer driver (For Windows) Page Page Print Quality Resolution Toner Save Mode Print Setting Duplex Manual Duplex Watermark Transparent In Outline Text (Windows 2000/XP/Windows NT 4.0) Print Watermark Watermark Setting Page Setting Scaling Device Options Page Page Print Date & Time Density adjustment Support tab Ports tab Layout tab Paper / Quality tab Advanced Options Status Monitor (Windows only) How to turn on the status monitor 1 2 3 How to scan using Windows Scanning a document using WIA driver (For Windows XP only) WIA compliant How to access the scanner 1 2 2 3 4 5 Scanning a document int o the PC (DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and MF C-7820N Only) Scanning a document using the ADF 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brother Scanner Utility (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver TWAIN compliant How to access the Scanner 1 2 2 3 Page Settings in the Scanner window Image Type Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users) Scan to E-mail 3 Scan to Image 3 Scan to OCR 3 Scan to File Using ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0SE and OmniPage OCR Viewing items Organizing your items in folders Quick links to other applications ScanSoft OmniPage OCR lets you convert image text into text you can edit Importing items from other applications Exporting items in other format s Exporting an image file 1 2 3 4 How to Uninstall PaperPort 9.0SE and ScanSoft OmniPage OCR Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows) ControlCenter2.0 How to turn off the AutoLoad featur e in ControlCenter2.0 1 2 3 PC-FAX (not available for DC P-7020) DEVICE SETTING (not availabl e for DCP-7020) SCAN Image (example: Microsoft Paint) OCR (Word Process ing program) E-mail File attachments File CUSTOM SCAN Customizing a user-defined b utton Scan to Image: Scan to OCR: Scan to E-mail: Scan to File: COPY PC-FAX (not available for DCP-7020) Send Receive / View Received Page DEVICE SETTING (not available for DCP-7020) MFC Remote Setup Using MFC Remote Setup (For Windows) PC-FAX sending Setting up user information 1 2 Using Brother PC-FAX software (For Windows) Sending setup Outside line access Include header Page Address Book Setting up a Cover Page Entering Cover Page Information Speed-Dial setup Page Page Page Sending a file as a PC-FAX using the Facsimile style user interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 Page Setting up PC-FAX receiving Running PC-FAX Receiving Setting up your PC 1 2 3 4 Page Network License Registering your PC with th e machine for scanning 1 Network Scanning (For Windows) (MFC-7225N, MFC-7820N or models with the optional NC-2200w Only) 2 3 4 Using the Scan key Scan to E-mail 3 4 Scan to Image 3 Scan to OCR 3 Scan to File Setting up your USB-equipped Apple Macintosh Using your machine with a Macintosh Using the Brothe r printer driver with your App le Macintosh (Mac OS X) Choosing page setup options 1 2 Page Using the Brothe r printer driver with your App le Macintosh (Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2) 1 2 3 4 Using the PS driver with your Apple Macintosh (MFC-7225N and MFC-7820N only) For Mac OS X users 1 2 Page Page Page Sending a fax from your Macintosh application (not available for DCP-7020) Page Drag a vCard from the Mac OS 1 2 For Mac OS 9.1 to 9.2 users 3 4 5 6 Scanning from a Macintosh Accessing the scanner Scanning an image into your Macintosh Scanning a whole page 1 2 3 Page Settings in the Scanner window Image Scanning Area Business Card Size (not available for MFC-7220 and MFC-7225N) Adjusting the Image Configuring Network Scanning 1 4 2 3 Using the Scan Key Using Presto! PageManager Highlights System requirements for Presto! PageManager Technical Support Page Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) Page DEVICE SETTINGS (not availa ble for DCP-7020) Image (example: Apple PreView) OCR (Word Processing program) E-mail File attachments File Customizing a user-defined button Scan to Image: Scan to OCR: Scan to E-mail: Scan to File: Page DEVICE SETTINGS (not availa ble for DCP-7020) Remote Setup Quick-Dial MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS X 10.2.4 or greater) (not available for DCP-7020) I Index I C D