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Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR)

Your machine can convert characters in a scanned document to text using the optical character recognition (OCR) technology. You can edit this text using your preferred text-editing application.
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  • The Scan to OCR feature is available only for certain languages.
  • Use the Scan button on the machine to make temporary changes to the scan settings. To make permanent changes, use Brother iPrint&Scan.

DCP-L2600D/DCP-L2625DW/DCP-L2640DW/MFC-L2805DW/MFC-L2806DW

  1. Load your document.
  2. Press image (Scan).
  3. Press image or image to select the [to PC] option, and then press OK.
  4. Press image or image to select the [OCR] option, and then press OK.
  5. If the machine is connected over the network, press image or image to select the destination computer.
  6. Press OK.
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    If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN, enter the four-digit PIN for the destination computer on the LCD and then press OK.

  7. To change the scan settings for this document, press Options or Copy/Scan Options, press image or image to select the option you want, and then press OK to continue to the next scan setting. Skip this step if you want to use the default scan settings.
    • [Colour Setting]
    • [Resolution]
    • [File Type]
    • [Document Size]
    • [ADF Auto Deskew] (available only for certain models)
    • [Remove Bkg Clr] (available only for certain settings)
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    • To change the scan settings, a computer with Brother iPrint&Scan installed must be connected to the machine.

  8. Press Start.
    The machine starts scanning. If you are using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to complete the scanning job.

MFC-L2861DW/MFC-L2885DW/MFC-L2886DW

  1. Load your document.
  2. Press [Scan]>[to PC]>[to OCR].
  3. If the machine is connected over the network, press image or image to display the computer where you want to send data, and then press the computer name.
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    If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN for the computer, enter the four-digit PIN on the LCD and then press [OK].

  4. To change the scan settings, press image[Options], and then select the scan settings you want to change. Skip this step if you want to use the default scan settings.
    • [2-sided Scan] (available for certain models)
    • [Scan Settings]
    • [Colour Setting]
    • [Resolution]
    • [File Type]
    • [Document Size]
    • [Brightness]
    • [Contrast] (available only for certain settings)
    • [ADF Auto Deskew] (available for certain models)
    • [Remove Background Colour]

      (available only for certain settings)

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    • To change the scan settings, a computer with Brother iPrint&Scan installed must be connected to your machine.

    • When your machine displays the [OK] button, press [OK].

    • To save the settings as a shortcut, press [Save as Shortcut].

  5. Press [Start].
    The machine starts scanning. If using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to complete the scanning job.
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