ControlCenter4 is a software utility that lets you quickly and easily access your often used applications. Using ControlCenter4 eliminates the need to manually launch specific applications.
ControlCenter4 also controls the settings for the
to PC button on your Brother machine. For information about how to configure the settings for the
to PC button on the machine, see
Change Scan to PC Settings (Windows®).
ControlCenter4 has two operation modes: Home Mode and Advanced Mode. You can change the mode at any time.
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| | The screens in this guide are from Windows® 7. Screens on your computer may vary depending on your operating system. |
| • | Home Mode Lets you access your machine's main functions easily. You can intuitively use the functions without any settings. | 1. | Document Type option Lets you select a document type. | | 2. | Custom Settings button Lets you configure scan settings. | | 3. | Scan Size drop-down list Lets you select a scan size. | | 4. | Scan button Lets you start scanning. | | 5. | Image viewer Displays a scanned image. | | 6. | Save button Lets you save a scanned image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the file type list. | | 7. | Open with an Application button Lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing. | | 8. | Send E-mail button Lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application. | | 9. | OCR button Lets you scan a document and convert it to text. |
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| • | Advanced Mode Gives you more control over the details of your machine's functions. You can also customize one-button scan actions to meet your scanning needs. | 1. | Image button Lets you scan a document directly into any graphic viewer/editor application. | | 2. | OCR button Lets you scan a document and convert it to text. | | 3. | E-mail button Lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application. | | 4. | File button Lets you save a scanned image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the file type list. |
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To change the operation mode, perform the following steps.
| 1 | 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-XXXXX (where XXXXX is your model name). |
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| 2 | Click Configuration and then select Mode Select. |
| 3 | Select Home Mode or Advanced Mode in the mode dialog box. |
