Scan Using Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE or Other Windows®Applications

Scan Using Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE or Other Windows^® Applications

•	Scan Using Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE
•	Scan Using Windows^® Photo Gallery or Windows^® Fax and Scan

Scan Using Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE

You can use the Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE application, which is included in the Brother MFL-Pro software suite, for scanning. The instructions for scanning in these steps are for Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE. For other Windows^® applications these steps will be similar. Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE supports both TWAIN and WIA drivers; the TWAIN driver (recommended) is used in the example on this page. For an example using the WIA driver, see Scan Using Windows^® Photo Gallery or Windows^® Fax and Scan.

Note

•	Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE supports Windows^® XP (SP3 or greater), Windows Vista^® (SP2 or greater), and Windows^® 7.
•	For more details about the application refer to the Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE help file. You can access this from the Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE Help menu.

Load your document.

Start the Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE application by clicking Start/All Programs/Nuance PaperPort 12/PaperPort.

The Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE window will appear.

Click Scan Settings from the Desktop tab on the ribbon.

The Scan or Get Photo panel will appear on the left side of the window.

Click the Select button.

From the Available Scanners list, select TWAIN: TW-Brother ADS-XXXX (where ADS-XXXX is the model name of your machine). If you want to use the WIA driver, select the Brother driver that has “WIA” as the prefix.

Click the OK button.

Check the Display scanner dialog box check box in the Scan or Get Photo panel.

Click the Scan button.

The Scanner Setup dialog box will appear.

Adjust the settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box if needed (Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, and Contrast).

•	TWAIN Driver Settings
•	WIA Driver Settings

From the Document Size drop-down list, select your document size.

Note

After you select a document size, you can adjust the scanning area further by clicking the left mouse button and dragging it. This is required when cropping an image for scanning.

Click the Start button.

The machine starts scanning.

TWAIN Driver Settings

Scan (Image Type)

You can select Photo, Web or Text for the type of document you want to scan.

Scan (Image Type)		Resolution	Scan Type
Photo	Use for scanning photo images	300 x 300 dpi	24bit Colour
Web	Use for publishing the scanned image to web pages	100 x 100 dpi	24bit Colour
Text	Use for scanning text documents	200 x 200 dpi	Black & White

Resolution

You can select a scanning resolution from the Resolution drop-down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image.

Resolution	Black & White/Grey (Error Diffusion)	256 Colour	True Grey/24bit Colour
100 x 100 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
150 x 150 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
200 x 200 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
300 x 300 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
400 x 400 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
600 x 600 dpi	Yes	Yes	Yes
1200 x 1200 dpi	Yes	No	Yes

Scan Type

Select one of the following types:

•	Black & White Use for text or line art images.
•	Grey (Error Diffusion) Use for photographic images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method for creating simulated grey images without using true grey dots. Black dots are put in a specific pattern to give a grey appearance.)
•	True Grey Use for photographic images or graphics. This mode is more exact due to using up to 256 shades of grey.
•	256 Colour Use for simple colour illustrations that do not use the full colour spectrum. Uses up to 256 colours to create images.
•	24bit Colour Uses up to 16.8 million colours to scan the image. Although using 24bit Colour creates an image with the most accurate colour reproduction, it requires the most memory and has the longest transfer time.

Reduce Noise

You can improve and enhance the quality of your scanned images with this option. The Reduce Noise setting is available when using 24bit Colour and scan resolutions of 300 x 300 dpi, 400 x 400 dpi or 600 x 600 dpi.

Brightness

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 slider to the right or left to lighten or darken the image. You can also enter a value in the box to set the level. If the scanned image is too light, set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. If the image is too dark, set a higher Brightness level and scan the document again.

Note

The Brightness setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Black & White, Grey (Error Diffusion), True Grey or 24bit Colour.

Contrast

You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slider to the right or left. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas of the image, while a decrease reveals more details in grey areas. You can also enter a value in the box to set the Contrast.

Note

The Contrast setting is only available when setting Scan Type to Auto, Grey (Error Diffusion), True Grey or 24bit Colour.

Document Size

Document size is set to A4 by default. For faster scan speeds you can select the exact size of your document from the Document Size drop-down list. If you select Custom, the Custom Document Size dialog box appears in which you can specify the document size.

Duplex(two-sided) Scanning

Select Long-edge binding or Short-edge binding depending on the layout of your document to make sure that the data file is created correctly.

2-sided (Duplex) Scan Setting	Original Layout	Scan Result
Long-edge binding
Short-edge binding

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WIA Driver Settings

1.	Paper source You can select Document Feeder only.
2.	Picture Type (Image Type) You can select Color picture, Grayscale picture, Black and white picture or text or Custom Settings for the type of document you want to scan. If you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.

•	Resolution You can select a scanning resolution from the Resolution text box. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, but produce a finer scanned image.
•	Brightness 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 slider to the right or left to lighten or darken the image. You can also enter a value in the box to set the level. If the scanned image is too light, set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. If the image is too dark, set a higher Brightness level and scan the document again.
•	Contrast You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slider to the right or left. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas of the image, while a decrease reveals more details in grey areas. You can also enter a value in the box to set the Contrast.

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