ScantoOCR

Scan to OCR

When you choose Scan to OCR, your document will be scanned and sent directly to the PC you designated on your network. ControlCenter3 will activate ScanSoft™ PaperPort™ 11SE OCR and convert your document into text for viewing and editing from a word processing application on the designated PC. You can change the Scan configuration. (See OCR (Word Processing program).)

Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.

Press

(Scan).

Press

to choose Scan to OCR.

Press OK.

If your machine is an MFC-9440CN, MFC-9450CDN, DCP-9040CN or DCP-9042CDN, go to Step 5.

If your machine is an MFC-9840CDW or DCP-9045CDN, go to Step 4.

Press

to choose 1sided, 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge.

Press OK.

Note

If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the ADF and then choose 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge depending on your document layout.

Press

to choose the destination PC you want to send to.

Press OK.

If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination PC on the control panel.

Press OK.

Press Black Start or Color Start.

The machine starts the scanning process.

Note

•	Scan type depends on the settings on the Device Button tab, Black Start or Color Start do not change the settings.
•	If you want the scanned data in color, choose color in scan type on the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration. If you want the scanned data in black and white, choose black and white in scan type on the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration. (See SCAN.)

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