Brother MFC-8420 - Scan to OCR; Scan to File

HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
®
13 - 18
Scan to OCR
If your document is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft
®
TextBridge
®
to an editable text file and then have the result displayed
in your word processing application for viewing and editing. You can
change the (
Scan
) configuration. (See Scan to OCR (Word
Processor) on page 14-12 to 14-13.) (For Windows
®
XP: See
Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration on
page 15-5 to 15-11.)
1
Place the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the
scanner glass.
2
Press (
Scan
).
3
Press or to select
Scan
to OCR
.
Press
Set
.
The MFC will start the scanning process.
Scan to File
You can scan a black and white or a color document into your
computer and save it as a file in the folder you choose. The file type
and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the
Scan to File screen of the Brother MFL-Pro Control Center. (See
Scan to File on page 14-8 to 14-9.) (For Windows
®
XP: See
Hardware Section: Changing the Scan to button configuration on
page 15-5 to 15-11.)
1
Place the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the
scanner glass.
2
Press (
Scan
).
3
Press or to select
Scan
to File
.
Press
Set
.
The MFC will start the scanning process.
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Scan to E-Mail
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
▼
Scan to File
Select
▲▼
& Set
▲
Scan to E-Mail
Scan to Image
Scan to OCR
▼
Scan to File
Select
▲▼
& Set