Brother MFC 8420 User Manual

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Scanning an image into your Macintosh®
You can scan a whole page
—OR—
scan a portion after prescanning the document.
Scanning a whole page
1Place the original face up in the ADF, or face down on t he 
scanner glass.
2Adjust the following settings, if needed, in the Scanner Setup 
dialog box:
Resolution
Color Type
Scanning Area
Brightness
Contrast
3Click St ar t.
When scanning has finished, the image will appear in your 
graphics application.
 

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PreScanning an image
PreScanning allows you to scan an image quickly at a low resolution. 
A thumbnail version will appear in the Scanning Area. This is only a 
preview of the image,  so you can see how it will look. The PreScan 
button will allow you to crop unwanted areas from the images. When 
you are satisfied with t he preview, click St ar t to scan the image.
1I nsert the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the 
scanner glass.
2Click PreScan.
The...

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Settings in the Scanner window
Im age
Resolution
From t he Resolution pop-up menu choose t he scanning resolution. 
Higher resolutions use more memory and transfer time,  but produce 
a finer scanned image.
 

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Color Type
Black & White—Set the image Type t o Black and White for text or 
line art. For photographic images, set the image type to Gray (Error 
diffusion) or True Gray.
Gray (Error Diffusion)—is used for documents with photographic 
images or graphics. (Error Diffusion is a method f or creating 
simulated gray images by placing black dots instead of the t rue gray 
dots in a specific matrix instead of true gray dots.)
True G ray—is used for documents with...

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Scanning Area
Set the Size to one of the following:
■Letter (8.5 
× 11 inches) 
■A4  (21 0 
× 297 mm) 
■Legal (8 1/2 
× 14 in.) 
■A5  (14 8 
× 210 mm) 
■B5  (18 2 
× 257 mm) 
■Executive (7.25 
× 10.5 inches) 
■Business Card (90 
× 60 mm) 
■Custom (user adjustable it from 0. 35 
× 0.35 in. to 8.5 × 11.69 in. 
or 8.9 
× 8. 9 mm to 216 × 356 mm) 
Af ter you choose a custom size, you can adjust the scanning area. 
Click and hold t he mouse butt on as you drag t he...

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Adjusting the Image
Brightness
Adjust the Bright nes s setting to get the best image. The Brother 
TWAIN Scanner driver offers 100 Brightness levels (-50 to 50). The 
default value is 0, representing an ‘average’ set ting.
You can set the Bright ness level by dragging the slide bar to the 
right to lighten the image or to the left  to darken the image. You can 
also type a value in the box to set the level. Click OK.
If t he scanned image is too light, set a...

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Using Presto!® PageManager®
Pr esto!® PageManager® is application software for managing the 
documents in your computer. Since it is compat ible with most image 
editors and word processing programs,  Presto!
® PageManager® 
gives you unmatched control over your computer files. You can 
easily manage your documents and edit your E-mail f iles, and read 
documents with the OCR soft ware built  into Presto!
® 
PageManager®.
If you use the MFC as a scanner, we...

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System requirements 
■PowerPC processor 
■System 8.6, 9X, 10.1, or greater 
■CD-ROM drive 
■Hard disk drive with at least 120 MB of free disk space 
Recommended: 
■256 color or higher video adapter. 
■Eudora Mail, or Outlook Express electronic mail software 
Technical Support 
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Postal Address: 4113 Clipper Court Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Telephone: 510-4458600
FAX: 510-4458601
E-mail Address:  [email protected]
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MFC Remote Setup (Mac OS® X)
The MFC Remote Setup application allows you to quickly set up your 
MFC by taking advantage of the ease and speed of programming on 
your Macintosh
®. When you access this application, the set tings on 
your MFC will be downloaded automatically to your Macintosh® and 
displayed on your computer screen.  If you change t he settings, you 
can upload them directly to t he MFC.
OK
This start s the process of uploading the data to the MFC...

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Export
This command saves the current configuration settings to a f ile.
Import
This command reads the settings from a file.