Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the scanner glass

The Preview button is used to preview an image for cropping any unwanted portions from the image. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box to scan the image.

Follow the steps of 1 to 6 of

Scanning a document into the PC

Choose Flatbed in the Paper source drop-down list (1).

Note

If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you do not need to specify the Paper source.

1.	Paper source
2.	Picture type
3.	Adjust the quality of the scanned picture
4.	Scanning area

Choose the picture type (2).

Click Preview.

The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in the scanning area (4).

Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan.

If you need to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (3). You can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. Click OK after you choose settings.

Click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box.

The machine starts scanning the document.

This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Presto!^® PageManager^® window (or your application window).

Brother Scanner Utility

The Brother Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi and for changing the Maximum Scanning Size setting.

•	For A4 scanning models If you want to set Legal size as the default size, check Legal in the Brother Scanner Utility dialog box. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take effect.

•	For A3 scanning models If you want to choose A3 or Legal size as the scan page size, check A3/Ledger in the Brother Scanner Utility dialog box. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take effect.

Note

If you scan the document at a resolution of greater than 1200 dpi, the file size may be very large. Make sure that you have enough memory and hard disk space for the size of the file you are trying to scan. If you do not have enough memory or hard disk space then your PC may freeze and you could lose your file.

•	Running the utility You can run the utility by clicking the Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your model name)/Scanner Settings.

Note

For Windows Vista^® when the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.

•	For users who have administrator rights: Click Allow.

•	For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.

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