Scanning Software; Choose Your Scanning Software - Brother PDS-5000F User Manual

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Scanning Software

Choose your scanning software

After installing Brother's scanner drivers, select a scanning application to save scanned images to your
computer. Brother has supplied several options for you on Brother's installation DVD; use this table to
determine which of the included scanning applications will work best for you:
Software Description
DS Capture Brother's scanning application: it allows
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(Windows /Mac) you to scan, browse and file your
scanned documents. DS Capture is
installed automatically when you install
the scanner driver.
Button Manager V2 Use this application to extend the
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(Windows ) DS Capture scanning functionality, and to
create multiple types of scan buttons to
perform one-touch scanning. If scanning
with your computer, click the button to
which the required scan settings have
been assigned with the application.
If scanning with your machine, select the
menu to which the required scan settings
have been assigned on the LCD screen,
and then press the machine's Scan
button.
The following scan functions are
supported:
Scan to File/Scan to File (OCR)/
Scan to App/E-mail/Printer/
Shared Folder/FTP/SharePoint
See the Button Manager Help menu
for more information about using
Button Manager V2.
OmniPage SE 18 OmniPage SE 18 is an OCR scanning
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(Windows ) application from Nuance.
PageManager 9 PageManager 9 is a scanning application
(Mac) from NewSoft.
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NOTE
In addition to the above, you can also use your TWAIN (Windows
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ISIS (Windows ) and ICA (Mac) compatible applications for scanning.
Where is it? For more information
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Windows : For Windows
DVD/Brother your computer on page 25.
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Solutions Center
For Macintosh: See Scan using
Mac: Brother your computer on page 65 and
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Solutions Center Scan using the control panel on
page 64).
DVD/Brother See the Button Manager V2
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Solutions Center User's Guide.
To scan using the Scan button
on your machine's control panel,
customize the Scan button in
advance (see Scan using the
control panel on page 20).
DVD See the software's user
instructions.
Brother Solutions See the software's user
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Center instructions.
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/Mac), WIA (Windows
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: See Scan using
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