Brother Mfc 5200c Multifunction Owners Manual

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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...

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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....

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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.)
To scan photographs or business cards, select the document size, 
and then place the document face down at...

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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 MFC. You can scan images directly into the PaperPort® viewer that 
Brother included with your MFC 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...

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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).
5If you require advanced settings, click 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...

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6To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the 
Scan dialog box.
PreScanning 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...

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5Select the portion you want to scan by clicking the left mouse 
button and dragging it over the area.
6If you require advanced settings, click Picture Type from the 
Adjust the quality of the scanned picture (C). You can select 
Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Advanced Properties.  
Click the OK button after you choose your settings.
Scanning area
C 

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7To start scanning your document, click the Scan button in the 
Scan dialog box.
This time only the selected area of the original will appear in the 
PaperPort
® window (or your software application window).
Brother Scanner Utility
The Brother Scanner Utility is used for configuring the scanner driver 
for resolutions greater than 1200dpi and scanning Legal size paper 
from the ADF when using Windows
® XP.
To run the utility:
You can run the utility by selecting the...

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Using the color scan key
You can use the Scan to key on the control 
panel to scan originals into your word 
processing, graphics or E-mail applications. 
The advantage of using the Scan to key is 
that you avoid the mouse clicks required to 
scan from your computer.
The Scan to key will work only for Scan to Card if you are using a 
Macintosh® computer.
For Scan to E-mail, Scan Image and Scan/OCR only
Before you can use the Scan to key on the control panel, you 
must...