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Brother MFC-8460N User Manual

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SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE
Section I: Windows®
Section II: Apple® Macintosh®
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2. Scanning

43

Scanning a document using the WIA driver

(For Windows

®

 XP/Windows Vista

®

)

2

WIA compliant

2

For Windows

®

 XP/Windows Vista

®

 you can choose Windows

®

 Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images 

from the machine. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort

®

 SE viewer that Brother included with your 

machine or you can scan images directly into any other application that supports WIA or TWAIN scanning.

Note

Duplex Scan is not supported in the WIA driver.

 

Accessing the scanner

2

a

Open your software application to scan the document.

Note

The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use ScanSoft

®

 PaperPort

®

 SE. Steps for 

scanning from another application may vary.

 

b

Click 

File

, then 

Scan

. Or click the 

Scan

 button.

The Scan panel appears on the left side of the screen.

c

Choose the scanner you are using from the 

Scanner

 drop-down list.

Note

If the machine is connected via: 

• Parallel-use 

WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX

 or 

WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX

• USB-use 

WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB

 or 

WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX USB

• LAN-use 

WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN

 or 

WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN

If you choose 

TW-Brother XXXXXXX

, the TWAIN driver will run.

(Where XXXX is your model name.)

 

d

Click 

Scan

.

The Scan dialog box appears:

 

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  • 2. Scanning 43 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (For Windows ® XP/Windows Vista ® ) 2 WIA compliant 2 For Windows ® XP/Windows Vista ® you can choose Windows ® Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning images from the machine.
  • Parallel-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX • USB-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX USB • LAN-use WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN or WIA-Brother DCP-XXXX LAN If you choose TW-Brother XXXXXXX , the TWAIN driver will run.

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