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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.
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Follow the steps from 1 to 7 of Scanning a document into the PC.
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Choose Flatbed in the Paper source drop-down list (1).
Note Note
If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you do not need to specify the Paper source.
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Paper source
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Picture type
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Adjust the quality of the scanned picture
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Scanning area
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Choose the picture type (2).
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Click Preview.
The whole image is scanned into the PC and appears in the scanning area (4).
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Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you want to scan.
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If you need 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.
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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 PaperPort™ 11SE window (or your application window).

Scanner Utility

The Scanner Utility is used to configure the WIA scanner driver for resolutions greater than 1200 dpi and for changing the Maximum Scanning Size setting.
If you want to set Legal size as the default size, check Legal in the Scanner Utility dialog box. You must restart your PC for the new settings to take effect.
Note 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.
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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/Scanner Utility.
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(Windows Vista®)
When the User Account Control screen appears, do the following.
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For users who have administrator rights: Click Allow.
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For users who do not have administrator rights: Enter the administrator password and click OK.
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