Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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Auto Configuration
During the installation process the Control Center checks your 
system to determine the default applications for E-mail, word 
processing and graphics viewer/editor.
For example, if you are using Outlook as your default E-mail 
application, the Control Center automatically will create a link and a 
scanning applicat ion but ton for Outlook.
You can change the default application by right-clicking on any...

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Hardware Section: Changing the Scan 
to button configuration
When the SmartUI Control Center is displayed, you can access t he 
Hardware Section window to reconfigure the  (
Scan) butt on 
on your MFC. Click the Hardware Section t ab at t he top left of  the 
SmartUI Control Center screen. (See Using the scan key (For USB 
or Parallel interface cable users) on page 13-16.)
 

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Scan to E-mail
To configure the Scan to E-mail feature left-click on the Sc an t o 
E- ma il button and the following screen will appear. You have the 
ability to change the configuration that includes the destination 
E-mail application, attachment file and the scanner settings.
To change the destination E-mail application you use the Application 
pull down list to select the compatible E-mail application, which is...

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Scan to File
To configure the Scan to File feature, left click on the Scan to File 
button and the following screen will appear.
Select t he file t ype for the saved image by select ing from the Format  
pull down list. You can save the file to t he default PaperPort folder so 
the file appears in PaperPort  or you can select another 
folder/directory by clicking the Browse but ton.
 

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Scan to Image
To configure the Scan to Image f eature left-click on the Sca n t o 
Image button and the following screen will appear. You have the 
ability to change the configuration, which includes the destination 
image format or document application.
 

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To change the default setting of the scan, click on the Scan Settings 
tab.
You can set the Color Mode to Black & Whit e, 8-bit Gray or 24-bit 
Color.
The resolution can be changed from 100 to 1200 dpi. You can define 
the size of t he paper you’re using, and you can adjust  the brightness 
and contrast of the image before scanning.
 

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Scan to OCR
To configure t he Scan to OCR f eature left-click on the Scan to OCR 
button and the following screen will appear. You have the ability to 
change the configuration,  which includes the destination 
applications.
 

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You have the option to send your scan as a different file type. You 
can select the applicat ion from the File Type window according to 
your needs.
You have the option to choose your OCR setting from Si ngle  
column output to Auto orie nt page.
 

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Software Section
The Software Sect ion contains four groups of scan to but tons. Each 
section has a number of dif ferent butt ons which are predefined for 
the most frequently used applications. The Sc an section cont ains 
four butt ons for Scan to File, Scan to E-mail, Scan to Word Processor 
and Scan to Image applications. The Co py section contains four 
buttons for N to 1 copying. The Fax section but ton is for...

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Scan
*1 Scan to File —enables you t o scan directly to a disk file. You can 
change the file type and destination directory, as needed.
*2 Scan to E-mail (Default: Outlook Express) —enables you to scan 
a page or document directly into an E-mail applicat ion as a standard 
att achment. You have the option of selecting the file type and 
resolution f or the attachment .
*3 Scan to Word Processor (Default: MS WordPad)...