Scan Using ControlCenter4 Home Mode (Windows®)

Scan Using ControlCenter4 Home Mode (Windows^®)

Brother provides a software interface for your machine called ControlCenter. You can use this software to quickly scan photos and save them as JPEGs or PDFs, as well as other file formats. You can also scan 1-sided and 2-sided documents or use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to convert them to editable text.

•	Scan Photos and Graphics
•	Scan Documents (Scan to PDF)
•	Scan Documents (Other File Types)
•	Scan Colour and Black-and-white Documents at the Same Time
•	Scan Documents of Different Sizes at the Same Time
•	Scan Business Cards
•	Scan Two Documents and Combine Them as a Single Page (2 in 1)
•	Scan Documents Larger than A4
•	Scan Documents Longer than A4
•	Scan Documents with More than 50 Pages
•	Scan Both Sides of a Document Automatically
•	Scan Specific and Irregular Sized Documents Using the Carrier Sheet
•	Scan Plastic Cards
•	Correct the Skew of the Document
•	Delete Blank Pages
•	Change Document Orientation to Match the Text
•	Detect Overlapping (Multifeed) Documents
•	Scan Documents Laid on Top of Each Other
•	Scan Envelopes
•	Prevent Bleed Through
•	Remove the Background Colour and Make Documents Easier to Read
•	View the Page Count of Scanning Results
•	Scan to an Application
•	Scan to an E-mail Attachment
•	Scan to Editable Text File (OCR)

Scan Photos and Graphics

Load your document.

Click the

(ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray and then select Open from the menu.

The ControlCenter4 window will appear.

Note

You can also start ControlCenter4 by doing one of the following:

•	(Windows^® XP, Windows Vista^®) Double-click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray.
•	Click ControlCenter4 located in Start/All Programs/Brother/ADS-XXXX (where XXXX is your model name).

Select the Scan tab.

Do one of the following:

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Select Photo, Text and Graph, or Monochrome Text in the Document Type option for the type of document you want to scan.

•	Photo: 600 × 600 dpi, 24bit Colour
•	Text and Graph: 300 × 300 dpi, 24bit Colour
•	Monochrome Text: 200 × 200 dpi, Black and White

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Select Custom in the Document Type option and then configure the scan settings in detail. See Custom Scan Settings.

Change the scan size if needed (see Change the Scan Size).

Click the

(Scan) button.

The machine starts scanning, and then the Scanning Completed dialog box will appear and display the number of scanned pages. The scanned image appears in the image viewer.

Note

If the Scanning Completed dialog box does not appear and you want to display the number of scanned pages, check the Display Scanning Results check box.

Click the left or right arrow buttons to preview each scanned document.

Crop the scanned image if needed (see Crop Scanned Image).

Do one of the following:

•	Click the (Save) button to save the scanned data. See Save Scanned Data.
•	Click the (Open with an Application) button to open the scanned data in another application. See Scan to an Application.
•	Click the (Send E-mail) button to attach the scanned data to an E-mail. See Send E-mail.

Custom Scan Settings

If you select Custom in the Document Type option, you can change advanced scan settings.

Select Custom and then click the Custom Settings button. The Custom Scan Settings dialog box will appear.

You can change the following settings:

Option

Description

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.

Scan Type

Black and 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.

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.

Auto

Uses suitable colours for your document automatically.

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.

Note

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

Continuous Scanning

Lets you scan multiple pages. After the page is scanned, you can select to continue scanning or finish. Using this method, you can scan more pages than the maximum capacity of the document feeder.

Duplex(two-sided) Scanning

If you check this box, the machine scans both sides of the document. When using the automatic 2-sided (duplex) scan feature, you must 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.

Note

2-sided (duplex) scanning is available with lengths up to Legal size.

Carrier Sheet Mode

You can scan the following documents using the Carrier Sheet. For this mode, you can select any setting other than Auto from the Scan Size drop-down list.

•	Large-sized Documents (A3, B4) Fold the document in half and insert it in the Carrier Sheet for 2-sided (duplex) scanning, then both the front and back pages are combined into a single page.
•	Important documents (photos, contracts)
•	Thin paper (receipts)
•	Irregular-shaped paper (clippings)

Note

•	Load only one Carrier Sheet at a time.
•	Set the document in the center of the Carrier Sheet and align the top of the document with the top of the Carrier Sheet.

Plastic Card Mode

Lets you scan non-embossed cards such as driver's licences or store cards, and automatically uses these settings:

•	Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi
•	Scan Size: 2 in 1 (Business Card)
•	Duplex(two-sided) Scanning: On (Short-edge binding)
•	Auto Deskew: Off
•	Multifeed Detection: Off
•	Automatic Image Rotation: Off

Note

•	If you want to scan a plastic card with different settings, set Plastic Card Mode to off, Resolution to 600 dpi, and Multifeed Detection to Off.
•	Load only one plastic card at a time.

Click the Advanced Settings button. The Advanced Settings dialog box will appear.

Change the settings.

The following settings can be changed:

Setting	Description
Auto Deskew	Corrects the skew (within 5 degrees) of the scanned data.
Automatic Image Rotation	Changes the direction of the document based on the text orientation.
Bleed Through Prevention/Base Colour Removal	Prevents Bleed Through on a 2-sided document and also allows you to remove the base colour of documents such as newspapers to make the scanned data more recognizable.
Blank Page Skip	Removes any blank pages within the document from the scanning results.
Multifeed Detection	Detects a multifeed of the document by ultrasonic sensor. When this function detects multifeed, confirm that the data scanned before the multifeed is saved, and start scanning again from the next page or from the beginning.
Display Scanning Results	Shows the numbers of total pages saved and blank pages skipped on the computer display.

Click the OK button to close the Advanced Settings dialog box.

Click the OK button to close the Custom Scan Settings dialog box.

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Change the Scan Size

Scan Size is set to Auto by default. You can scan documents of any size without any further adjustments to Scan Size. For faster scan speeds you can select the exact size of your document from the Scan Size drop-down menu.

Note

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If you select a 1 to 2 document size, the scanned image will be divided into two documents that are half the size of the setting. If you select 1 to 2 (A4), the scanned image will be divided into two A5-size documents.

Original Layout	Scan Result

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To do 1 to 2 scanning, uncheck the Automatic Image Rotation check box in the Advanced Settings dialog box.

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If you select a 2 in 1 document size, two scanned images will be combined into one document.

Original Layout	Scan Result

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Each Long Paper option can scan a large document up to the following:

Long Paper (Normal Width): 215.9 × 863.0 mm

Long Paper (Narrow Width): 107.9 × 863.0 mm

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If you cannot select Long Paper, uncheck the Duplex(two-sided) Scanning and Auto Deskew check box.

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Crop Scanned Image

The crop tool on the Image Editing Toolbar lets you trim unwanted areas from your scanned image, to help view the image to be cropped you can use the zoom in and zoom out image editing tools.

Image Editing Toolbar

1.	Restart Cancels all the edits applied to the selected image. The edited image returns to its original state.
2.	Fit to Window Displays the scanned image so that the entire image fits in the window.
3.	Zoom In Zooms in on the scanned image.
4.	Zoom Out Zooms out of the scanned image.
5.	Crop Lets you crop the image. Click the (Crop) button, then change the frame to the area you want to keep after cropping.

Note

If you have scanned multiple pages, you can see the next or previous scanned page by clicking the left or right arrow buttons.

Click the

(Crop) button.

The Crop - ControlCenter4 window will appear.

Edit the scanned image.

1.	Displays the image so that the entire image fits in the window.
2.	Zooms in on the image.
3.	Zooms out of the image.
4.	Rotates the image counter-clockwise by 90 degrees.
5.	Rotates the image clockwise by 90 degrees.
6.	Drag the frame to adjust the area to be cropped.

Click the OK button.

The edited image is displayed in the image viewer.

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Save Scanned Data

The

(Save) button lets you save a scanned image to a folder on your hard drive in one of the file types shown in the file attachment list.

Click the

(Save) button.

The Save dialog box will appear.

Select a file type from the File Type drop-down list.

Note

•	If you select Secure PDF (*.pdf) from the File Type drop-down list, click the (Set PDF Password) button, and enter the password.
•	Searchable PDF is a file format that includes the text data layer over a scanned image. This layer allows you to search the text on the image data. The OCR language setting must be set to match the language you want to make the searchable PDF for.
•	To save the document as a searchable PDF, select Searchable PDF (*.pdf) from the File Type drop-down list.
•	To save the document as a searchable PDF, Nuance™ PaperPort™12SE must be installed on your computer.
•	Several file types such as TIFF, TIFF Multi-Page, PDF and JPEG support file size compression. Select Uncompressed or Compressed to adjust the file size for TIFF or TIFF Multi-Page. For JPEG and PDF use the slider to adjust the file size.

In the File Name field, enter a prefix for the file name if needed.

In the Destination Folder field, click the folder icon and browse to the folder you would like to save your scanned document to.

Click the OK button.

The scanned document is saved in the destination folder.

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Open with an Application

The

(Open with an Application) button lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing.

1	Click the (Open with an Application) button.
2	Select the application from the drop-down list and click the OK button. The image will be opened in the application you have chosen.

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Send E-mail

The

(Send E-mail) button lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application, so you can send the scanned document as an attachment.

1	Click the (Send E-mail) button.
2	Configure the attached file settings and click the OK button. Your default E-mail application will open and the image will be attached to a new, blank E-mail.

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