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Scan Using Nuance™ PaperPort™ 14SE or Other Windows Applications

You can use the Nuance™ PaperPort™ 14SE application for scanning.
  • To download the Nuance™ PaperPort™ 14SE application, click image (Brother Utilities), select Do More in the left navigation bar, and then click PaperPort.
  • Nuance™ PaperPort™ 14SE supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
  • For detailed instructions on using each application, click the application's Help menu, and then click Getting Started Guide in the Help ribbon.

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The instructions for scanning in these steps are for PaperPort™ 14SE. For other Windows applications, the steps will be similar. PaperPort™ 14SE supports both TWAIN and WIA drivers; the TWAIN driver (recommended) is used in these steps.

  1. Load your document.
  2. Start PaperPort™ 14SE.
    Do one of the following:
    • Windows 7

      Using your computer, click image (Start)>All Programs>Nuance PaperPort 14>PaperPort.

    • Windows 8

      Click image (PaperPort).

    • Windows 10

      Click image Nuance PaperPort 14>PaperPort.

  3. Click the Desktop menu, and then click Scan Settings in the Desktop ribbon.

    The Scan or Get Photo panel appears on the left side of the screen.

  4. From the available Scanners list, select TWAIN: TW-Brother XXX-XXXX or TWAIN: TW-Brother XXX-XXXX LAN (where XXX-XXXX is the model name of your machine). To use the WIA driver, select the Brother driver that has "WIA" as the prefix.
  5. Select the Display scanner dialog box check box in the Scan or Get Photo panel.
  6. Click Scan.

    The Scanner Setup dialog box appears.

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  7. Adjust the settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box, if needed.
  8. Click the Document Size drop-down list, and then select your document size.
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    To scan both sides of the document (MFC-L2750DW):

    Automatic 2-sided scan is available only when using the ADF.

    You cannot use PreScan to preview an image.

  9. Click PreScan if you want to preview your image and crop unwanted portions before scanning.
  10. Click Start.

    The machine starts scanning.

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