Brother DCP 8045D User Manual
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HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 8 - 4 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-8045D, Brother DCP-8045D USB or Brother DCP-8045D 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
8 - 5 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 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.
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 8 - 6 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 / 24 bit color (Fast) 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
8 - 7 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 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.
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 8 - 8 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.
8 - 9 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® ■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.
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 8 - 10 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.
8 - 11 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 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
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 8 - 12 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.)
8 - 13 HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS® 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