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 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 dpiYes Yes Yes
150 × 150 dpiYes Yes Yes
200 × 200 dpiYes Yes Yes
300 × 300 dpiYes Yes Yes
400 × 400 dpiYes Yes Yes
600 × 600 dpiYes Yes Yes
1200 × 1200 dpiYes No Yes
2400 × 2400 dpiYes No Yes
4800 × 4800 dpiYes No Yes
9600 × 9600 dpiYes 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 is selected 
as the gray Scale.
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.)
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 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 the Scan 
button.
The Scan pane appears in the left panel.
3Select the scanner you are using from the Scanner drop-down list box.
The Scan dialog box will appear: 
Scanning a document into the PC
If you want to scan a whole page, use the ADF (automatic document 
feeder).
—OR—
If you want to scan a portion of the page after pre-scanning the 
document, use the scanner glass (Flatbed).
The instructions for scanning in this guide are for when you use 
ScanSoft™ PaperPort® ver.8.0. The steps for scanning from 
another application may vary. 
						

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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 you choose your settings.
A
B
C
D 
						

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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 
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. 
The scanner resolution you can select is up to 1200 × 1200 dpi.
Scanning area
A
B 
						

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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 Scanner Utility located in the 
Start/Programs/Brother/Brother MFL Pro Suite menu.

Scanning at resolutions greater than 1200dpi may cause 
problems with some scanning applications.

If your machine is a flatbed model you can only scan legal 
size pages from the ADF. 
						

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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 have connected the MFC to your Windows
® based 
computer and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your 
version of Windows
®. 
When you are ready to use the Scan to key, make sure the 
Brother Control Center application is running on your computer. 
(For Windows
® 95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and 
Windows NT® 4.0 only) For details about how to configure the 
Brother Control Center buttons to launch the application of your 
choice using the Scan to key, see Brother MFL-Pro Control 
Center on pages 14-1 to 14-2.