Brother MFC-580 Owner's Manual page 115

Colours: Choose either 8 Bit Colour, which scans up to 256 colours or 24 Bit colour which scans up
to 16.8 million colours. Although using 24 Bit Colour creates an image with the most accurate
colours, the image file will be approximately three times larger than a file created with 8 Bit Colour.
Scanning Area
Set the Size to one of the following:
N Letter (8.5 x 11 inches)
N A4 (210 x 297 mm)
N Legal (8.5 x 14 inches)
N A5 (148 x 210 mm)
N B5 (182 x 257 mm)
N Executive (7.25 x 10.5 inches)
N Business Card (90 x 60 mm)
N Custom (User adjustable from 0.35 x 0.35 inches to 8.5 x 14 inches)
After you choose a custom size, you can adjust the scanning area. Click and hold the mouse button
as you drag the mouse to crop the image.
Width:
Enter the width of the custom size.
Length: Enter the length of the custom size.
Business Card Size
To scan business cards, select the Business Card size setting (90 x 60 mm), and then place the
business card at the top centre of a carrier sheet.
Carrier sheets are available from your Dealer.
When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor or other graphics
application, it is a good idea to try different settings for the Contrast, Mode and Resolution to
determine which settings look best.
Using the Brother MFC with a New Power Macintosh
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G3, G4 or iMac /iBook
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