Scan To Image; Scan To Ocr - Brother MFC-8460N Software User's Manual

Scan to Image

You can scan a color picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. You can change the scan
configuration. (See Image (example: Microsoft Paint) on page 62.)
a
Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
b
Press (Scan).
c
Press a or b to choose Scan to Image.
Press OK.
If your machine is a MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN or DCP-8060, go to Step e.
If your machine is a MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW or DCP-8065DN, go to Step d.
d
Press a or b to choose 2sided (L)edge, 2sided (S)edge or 1sided.
Press OK.
Note
If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the
ADF and then choose 2sided (L) edge or 2sided (S) edge depending on your document layout.
e
The machine starts the scanning process.

Scan to OCR

If your document is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft
then have the result displayed in your word processing application for viewing and editing. You can change
the (Scan) configuration. (See OCR (word processing application) on page 64.)
a
Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
b
Press (Scan).
c
Press a or b to choose Scan to OCR.
Press OK.
If your machine is a MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN or DCP-8060, go to Step e.
If your machine is a MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW or DCP-8065DN, go to Step d.
d
Press a or b to choose 2sided (L)edge, 2sided (S)edge or 1sided.
Press OK.
Note
If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the
ADF and then choose 2sided (L) edge or 2sided (S) edge depending on your document layout.
e
The machine starts the scanning process.
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