Brother Control Center 3 User Guide

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cClick File, then Scan or Get Photo. You can also click the Scan or Get Photo button.
The Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of the screen.
dClick the Select button.
eChoose TWAIN: TW-Brother MFC-XXXX or TWAIN: TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN from the 
Available Scanners list.
(Where XXXX is your model name.)
fCheck the Display scanner dialog box on the Scan or Get Photo panel.
gClick Scan.
The Scanner Setup dialog box appears:
hAdjust the following settings, if needed, in the...

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Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan2
You can preview your image and crop unwanted portions before scanning by using the PreScan button. 
When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box to scan the 
image.
aFollow the steps from a to g of Scanning a document into the PC on page 34.
bChoose the settings for Scan (Image Type), Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and 
Document Size as needed.
cClick PreScan.
The whole image is...

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dPress and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan. 
1 Scanning area
Note
You can enlarge the image using the   icon, and then use the   icon to restore the image to its 
original size.
 
eLoad your document again.
Note
Skip this step if you loaded the document on the scanner glass in step a.
 
fClick Start.
This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the PaperPort™11SE window (or your 
application window).
gIn the PaperPort™11SE window,...

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Resolution2
You can choose a scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more 
memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image. The following table shows the resolutions you 
can choose and the available colors.
Scan Type2
Black & White
Use for text or line art images.
Gray (Error Diffusion)
Use for photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated gray images 
without using true gray dots. Black dots are...

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Reduce Noise2
You can improve and enhance the quality of your scanned images with this selection. The Reduce Noise 
setting is available when using 24bit Color and scan resolutions of 300300 dpi, 400400 dpi or 
600600 dpi.
Brightness2
Adjust the setting (-50 to 50) to get the best image. The default value is 0, representing an average and is 
usually suitable for most images.
You can set the Brightness level by dragging the slide bar to the right or left to lighten or darken the image....

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Photo4x6in(10x15cm)
IndexCard5x8in(127x203.2mm)
PhotoL3.5x5in(89x127mm)
Photo2L5x7in(13x18cm)
Postcard 1 3.9 x 5.8 in (100 x 148 mm)
Postcard 2 (Double) 5.8 x 7.9 in (148 x 200 mm)
Custom
For Models without a scanner ADF 
User adjustable from 0.350.35 in. (8.98.9 mm) to 8.511.7 in. (215.9297 mm)
For Letter scanning models with ADF 
User adjustable from 0.350.35 in. (8.98.9 mm) to 8.514 in. (215.9355.6 mm)
If you choose Custom as the size, the Custom Document Size dialog box...

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Scanning a document using the WIA driver 
(Windows
® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows®7)2
WIA compliant2
For Windows® XP/Windows Vista®/Windows®7 you can choose Windows® Imaging Acquisition (WIA) when 
scanning images. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort™11SE viewer that Brother included with 
your machine or you can scan images directly into any other applications that support WIA or TWAIN 
scanning.
Scanning a document into the PC2
There are two ways to scan a whole page. You can...

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hAdjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup dialog box: 
1 Paper source
2 Picture type
3 Adjust the quality of the scanned picture
4 Page size
iChoose Document Feeder or Flatbed from the Paper source drop-down list (1).
Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you cannot choose Document Feeder.
 
jChoose the picture type (2).
kChoose the Page size from the drop-down list (4).
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lIf you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (3). 
You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture type from Advanced Properties. 
Click OK after you choose the settings.
 
Note
By default, the scanner resolution can be set to a maximum of 1200 dpi.
If you want to scan at higher resolutions, use the Scanner Utility. (See Scanner Utility on page 45.)
 
mClick the Scan button in the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the...

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Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass2
The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When 
you are satisfied with the preview, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box to scan the image.
aFollow the steps from a to g of Scanning a document into the PC on page 41.
bChoose Flatbed in the Paper source drop-down list (1).
Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you do not need to specify the Paper...