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Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver

TWAIN compliant

The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compli ant scanner driver. TWAIN drive rs meet the

standard universal protoc ol for communicating betw een scanners and software applications. This means th at

not only can you scan images directly into the PaperPort® 9.0SE viewer that Brother included with your

machine, but you can also s can images directly into hundred s of other software application s that support

TWAIN scanning. These applications include popular programs like Adobe® PhotoShop®, Adobe®

PageMaker®, CorelDraw® and many more.

How to access the Scanner

1Open the software applica tion (ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE ) to scan a document.

Note

The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® 9.0SE.

2Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan button. The Scan panel appears in the

left panel.

3Select the scanner you are using from the Scanner drop-down list box.

Note

If the machine is connect ed via:

Parallel-use Brother MFC-XXXX or Brother DCP-XXXX

USB-use Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother DCP-XXXX USB

LAN-use Brother MFC-XXXX LAN or Brother DCP-XXXX LAN

(Where XXXX is your model name.)

If you are using Windows® XP, se lect TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, not WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX.

4Click Scan.

The Scanner Setup dialog box will appear:

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