Scan to Image; Scan to OCR- Page 57

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

51

Scan to Image

2

You can scan a color picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing. You can change the  scan 
configuration. (See 

Image (example: Microsoft Paint)

 on page 62.)

a

Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.

b

Press (

Scan

).

c

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Scan to Image

.

Press 

OK

.

If your machine is a MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN or DCP-8060, go to Step 

e

.

If your machine is a MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW or DCP-8065DN, go to Step 

d

.

d

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

2sided (L)edge

2sided (S)edge

 or 

1sided

Press 

OK

.

Note

If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the 
ADF and then choose 

2sided (L) edge

 or 

2sided (S) edge

 depending on your document layout.

 

e

The machine starts the scanning process.

Scan to OCR

2

If your document is text, you can have it converted by ScanSoft

®

 PaperPort

®

 OCR 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 

OCR (word processing application)

 on page 64.)

a

Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.

b

Press (

Scan

).

c

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Scan to OCR

.

Press 

OK

.

If your machine is a MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN or DCP-8060, go to Step 

e

.

If your machine is a MFC-8670DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW or DCP-8065DN, go to Step 

d

.

d

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

2sided (L)edge

2sided (S)edge

 or 

1sided

Press 

OK

.

Note

If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the 
ADF and then choose 

2sided (L) edge

 or 

2sided (S) edge

 depending on your document layout.

 

e

The machine starts the scanning process.

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  • 2. Scanning 51 Scan to Image 2 You can scan a color picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing.
  • 62.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.
  • 64.) a Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.

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