13 How to scan using Windows®

The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending on your operating system.

For Windows® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® Workstation 4.0

The MFC uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning documents from your applications. (See Scanning a document, TWAIN compliant on page 13-1.)

For Windows® XP

The MFC uses Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for scanning documents. (See Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only) on page 13-10.)

For ScanSoft® , PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR

Go to Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and TextBridge® OCR on page 13-19.

Scanning a document

TWAIN compliant

The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol for communicating between scanners and software applications. This means that not only can you scan images directly into the PaperPort® viewer that Brother included with your MFC, but you can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications include popular programs like Adobe® Photoshop® , Adobe® PageMaker® , CorelDraw® and many more.

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