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How to scan using
Windows
The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending
on your operating system.
For Windows
Windows NT
The machine uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning
documents from your applications. (See Scanning a document
on page 15-1 and TWAIN compliant on page 15-1.)
For Windows
Use Windows
documents. (See Scanning a document (For Windows
only) on page 15-10.)
For Scansoft
(See Using ScanSoft
page 15-21.)
Scanning a document
TWAIN compliant
The Brother MFC Software Suite includes a TWAIN compliant
scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard universal protocol
for communicating between scanners and software applications.
This means that not only can you scan images directly into the
®
PaperPort
viewer that Brother included with your machine, but you
can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software
applications that support TWAIN scanning. These applications
include popular programs like Adobe
®
PageMaker
, CorelDraw
®
®
95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and
®
Workstation 4.0
®
XP
®
Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for scanning
™
®
, PaperPort
™
PaperPort
®
and many more.
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
and TextBridge
®
and TextBridge
®
Photoshop
®
XP
®
OCR
®
OCR on
®
®
, Adobe
®
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