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Scan Using the Scan Key on the Control Panel of the Machine (Macintosh)

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Scan to PDF
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Scan Photos and Graphics
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Scan to an E-mail attachment
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Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR)
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Change the Action Assigned to the Scan to PC Key
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Save Scanned Data to a USB Flash Memory Drive
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Save Scanned Data on Mobile Devices

Scan to PDF

You can scan and save documents as PDF files using the Scan to Image feature.
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Click the Graphic (ControlCenter2) icon in the menu bar and then select Open.
The ControlCenter2 window will appear.
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If the Graphic (ControlCenter2) icon is not displayed in the menu bar, double-click the ControlCenter icon.
The ControlCenter icon is in Macintosh HD/Applications/Brother.
The Graphic (ControlCenter2) icon will appear in the menu bar.
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Click the DEVICE SETTINGS tab.
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Click the Scan to PC Settings button. The Remote Setup window will appear.
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Select Image from the drop-down list.
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Click the OK button to close the Remote Setup window.
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Click the SCAN tab on the ControlCenter2 window.
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Click the Image button while holding down the Control key. The Scan To Image dialog box will appear.
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Click the Device Button tab.
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Select PDF from the File Type drop-down list.
Note Note
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To save the document as a password-protected PDF, select Secure PDF (*.pdf) from the File Type drop-down list and then enter the password in the Set PDF Password dialog box.
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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.
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To save the document as a searchable PDF, select Searchable PDF (*.pdf) from the File Type drop-down list.
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To save the document as a searchable PDF, Presto! PageManager must be installed from the supplied DVD-ROM on your computer.
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Searchable PDF (*.pdf) is available for English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.
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You can change the OCR Language with the OCR Language drop-down list in the setting dialog box for Scan to OCR action.
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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.
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Change other settings if needed (see Change Scan Settings).
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Load your document.
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Press Scan to PC. The machine starts scanning.
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