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Scan Using the Scan Button on Your Brother Machine
(OCR)
Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR)
Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text using optical character recognition (OCR)
technology. You can edit this text using your preferred text-editing application.
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The Scan to OCR feature is available for certain languages.
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Use the Scan button on the machine to make temporary changes to the scan settings. To make permanent
changes, use Brother's ControlCenter software.
1. Load your document.
2. Press [Scan] > [to PC] > [to OCR] .
3. If the machine is connected over the network, select the computer name you want to send data.
If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN for the computer, enter the four-digit PIN on the LCD, and then press
[OK].
4. Do one of the following:
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To change the scan settings, press [Options], and then go to the next step.
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To use the default scan settings, press [Start].
The machine starts scanning. If using the machine's scanner glass, follow the Touchscreen instructions to
complete the scanning job.
To change scan settings, a computer with Brother's ControlCenter software installed must be connected to
the machine.
5. To scan both sides of the document (MFC-L8690CDW/MFC-L8900CDW/MFC-L9570CDW):
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Press [2-sided Scan], and then select the document type.
Option
2-sided Scan: Long Edge
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> Scan to an Editable Text File
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