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

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Scanning Software

Choose your scanning software

After installing Brother's scanner drivers, select a scanning application for saving scanned images to your
computer. Brother has supplied several options for you on Brother's installation DVD; use this table to help
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's scanning functionality, and
to create multiple types of scan button 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.
QuickScan Pro QuickScan Pro is a trial document
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(Windows ) capture scanning application from EMC.
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 : DVD / For Windows
Brother Solutions your computer on page 22.
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Center
For Macintosh: See Scan using
Mac: Brother your computer on page 62 and
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Solutions Center Scan using the control panel on
page 61).
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 17).
DVD See the software's user
instructions.
DVD See Scan using the ISIS driver
on page 60.
Brother Solutions See the software's user
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Center instructions.
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/Mac), WIA (Windows
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