Brother DCP 8020 User Manual

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Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan
The PreScan button is used to preview an image for cropping any 
unwanted areas from the image. When you are satisfied with the 
preview, click the Start button in the scanner window to scan the image.
1Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the 
scanner glass.
2Select the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, 
Brightness and Contrast, as needed.
3In the Brother DCP-8025D, Brother DCP-8025D USB or 
Brother DCP-8025D LAN Scanner Setup dialog box, click the 
PreScan button.
The entire original will be scanned into the PC and will appear in 
the Scanning Area.
Scanning area
Scanning area
 
						

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4Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse 
button and dragging it.
5If you have used the ADF in Step 1, please the original face up 
in the ADF again.
6Click Start.
This time only the selected area of the original will appear in the 
PaperPort
® window (or your software application window).
7In the PaperPort® window, use the options available to refine the 
image.
You can enlarge the portion you selected by pressing   to 
check it. If you want to select the different portion, use   to 
undo the image.
 
						

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Settings in the Scanner window
Image Type
Select the image type of output from Photo, Web or Text. 
Resolution and Scan Type will be altered for each default setting.
The default settings are:
Resolution
You can change the scanning resolution from the Resolution drop 
down list. Higher resolutions take more memory and transfer time, 
but can achieve a finer scanned image. The following table shows 
the resolution you can choose and the available colors.
Image Type Resolution Scan Type
PhotoSelect for scanning photo images. 300 x 300 dpi 24-bit color
WebSelect for attaching the scanned 
image to web pages.100 x 100 dpi 24-bit color
TextSelect for scanning text 
documents.200 x 200 dpi Black & White
Resolution Black & White / 
Gray 
(Error Diffusion)256 color True Gray / 
24 bit color
100 
× 100 dpi Yes Yes Yes
150 
× 150 dpi Yes Yes Yes
200 
× 200 dpi Yes Yes Yes
300 
× 300 dpi Yes Yes Yes
400 
× 400 dpi Yes Yes Yes
600 
× 600 dpi Yes Yes Yes
1200 
× 1200 dpi Yes No Yes
2400 
× 2400 dpi Yes No Yes
4800 
× 4800 dpi Yes No Yes
9600 
× 9600 dpi Yes No Yes
 
						

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Scan Type
Brightness
Adjust this settings (-50 to 50) to obtain the best image. The default 
value is 0, representing an ‘average’.
You can set the level by dragging the slide bar to the right or left to 
lighten or darken the image. You can also type a value in the box for 
the setting.
If the scanned image is too light, set a lower brightness value and 
scan the document again. If the image is too dark, set a higher 
brightness value and scan the document again. 
Contrast
This setting is adjustable only when you have selected one of the 
gray scale settings. It is not available when Black & White and Color 
settings are selected as the Scan Type.
You can increase or decrease the contrast level by moving the slide 
bar to the left or right. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas 
of the Image, while a decrease reveals more detail in gray areas. You 
can also type a value in the box for the setting.
Black & White: Set the Scan Type to Black & White for text or line art.
Gray Scale: Set the Scan Type to Gray or True Gray for 
photographic images.
Colors: Set either:
256 Color, which scans up to 256 colors, or 24-bit 
color which scans up to 16.8 million colors.
Although using 24-bit color creates an image with 
the most accurate colors, the image file will be 
approximately three times larger than a file 
created with 256 Color.
 
						

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Document Size
Set the Size to one of the following:
■Letter (8 1/2 × 11 in.)
■A4 (210 × 297 mm)
■Legal (8 1/2 × 14 in.)
■A5 (148 × 210 mm)
■B5 (182 × 257 mm)
■Executive (7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
■Business Card (90 × 60 mm)
■Photo 3.5 × 5 in. (9 × 13cm)
■Photo 5 × 7 in. (13 × 18cm)
■APS C 4 × 6 in. (10 × 15cm)
■Custom (User adjustable from 0.35 × 0.35 in. to 8.5 × 14 in or 8.9 
× 8.9 mm to 215.9 × 355.6 mm.)
To scan photographs or business cards, select the document size, 
and then place the document face down at the center of scanner glass.
When scanning photographs or other images for use in a word processor 
or other graphics application. You should try different settings for the 
contrast and resolution modes to see which best suits your needs.
If you selected Custom as the size, The Custom Document Size 
dialog box will appear.
Type the Name, Width and Height for the document. 
You can choose “mm” or “inch” as the unit for Width and Height.
 
						

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■Width: shows the width of scanning area
■Height: shows the height of scanning area
■Data Size: shows the approximate data size calculated in a 
Bitmap format. The size will be different for other file formats such 
as JPEG.
You can see the actual paper size you selected on the screen.
 
						

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Scanning a document 
(For Windows
® XP only)
WIA compliant 
Windows® XP uses Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for scanning 
images from the DCP. You can scan images directly into the 
PaperPort
® viewer that Brother included with your DCP or you can 
scan images directly into any other software application that 
supports WIA or TWAIN scanning.
How to access the scanner
1Open your software application to scan a document.
2Select Scan from the File drop-down menu or select the Scan 
button.
3Select your DCP model from the Scanner drop-down list box.
4Click Scan.
The Scan dialog box will appear:
The instructions for scanning in this Guide are for when you use 
ScanSoft® PaperPort® 8.0. The steps for scanning from another 
application may vary.
 
						

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Scanning a document into the PC
These are two ways in which you can scan a whole page. You can 
either use the ADF or the Flatbed scanner glass.
If you would like to scan and then crop a portion of the page after 
pre-scanning the document you will need to use the scanner glass 
(Flatbed).
Scanning a document using the ADF
1Place the original face up in the ADF (automatic document feeder).
2Select the Document Feeder from the Paper source 
drop-down list box (A).
3Select the picture type (B).
4Select the Paper size from the drop-down list box (D).
A
B
C
D
 
						

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5If you require advanced settings, click on the tab Adjust the 
quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select 
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from the 
Advanced Properties. Click the OK button after you choose 
your settings.
6To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the 
Scan dialog box.
■The scanner resolution you can select is up to 1200 × 1200 
dpi.
■For resolutions greater than 1200dpi, use the Brother 
Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility
 on page 8-15.)
 
						

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Pre-Scanning to crop a portion you want to scan 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 from the scanner window to scan the 
image.
1Place the original face down on the scanner glass.
2Make sure you selected Flatbed in the Paper source pull-down 
box (A).
3Select the picture type (B).
4In the Scan dialog box, click the Preview button. The entire 
original will be scanned into the PC and will appear in the 
scanning area. 
5Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse 
button and dragging it over the area.
Scanning area
A
B
Scanning area