HL-3180CDW
FAQs & Troubleshooting
Scan a text document and convert it into a text file (For Macintosh)
You can scan a text document and convert it into a text file using ControlCenter2, and then edit it in your favorite word processing software. In order to use this feature, you must have Presto! PageManager installed on your Macintosh.http://nj.newsoft.com.tw/download/brother/PM9SEInstaller_BR_multilang2.dmg .
NOTE: Illustrations shown below are from a representative product and operating system and may differ from your Brother machine and operating system.
Load your document.
Click the Scan tab.
Click OCR .
The Scan to OCR dialog box will appear. You can configure the scan settings.
Click Start Scanning . Your default word processing application will start and display the converted text data.
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