Scan To An Editable Text File Using Ocr - Brother MFC-J2730DW User Manual

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Scan Using the Scan Button on Your Brother Machine

Scan to an Editable Text File Using 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.

The Scan to OCR feature is available for certain languages.

Use the Scan button on the machine to make temporary changes to the scan settings. To make permanent

changes, use Brother's ControlCenter software.

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1. Load your document.

2. Press [Scan] > [to PC] > [to OCR].

3. If the machine is connected over the network, press a or b to display the computer where you want to send

data, and then press the computer name.

If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN, use the LCD to enter the four-digit PIN for the computer, and then

4. Do one of the following:

To change the settings, press [Options], and then go to the next step.

Press [Start] to start scanning without changing additional settings.

The machine starts scanning. If using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to

complete the scanning job.

5. Press the [Scan Settings] option, and then press [Set at Device].

To use the [Scan Settings] option, a computer with the ControlCenter software installed must be

connected to the machine.

6. Select the scan settings you want to change, and then press [OK].

Select the scan type for your document.

Select the scan resolution for your document.

Select the file format for your document.

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