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How to scan using Windows
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The scanning operations and drivers will be different depending
on your operating system.
For Windows
Windows
The MFC uses a TWAIN Compliant driver for scanning
documents from your applications. See Scanning a document,
TWAIN compliant on page 15-1.
For Windows
Use Windows
documents. (See Scanning a document (For Windows
only) on page 15-10.)
For ScanSoft
Go to Using ScanSoft
page 15-19.
Scanning a document
TWAIN compliant
The Brother Multi-Function Link
compliant scanner driver. TWAIN drivers meet the standard
universal protocol for communicating between scanners and
software applications. This means that not only can you scan images
directly into the PaperPort
MFC, but you can also scan images directly into hundreds of other
software applications that support TWAIN scanning. These
applications include popular programs like Adobe
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Adobe
PageMaker
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95/98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and
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NT
Workstation 4.0
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XP
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Imaging Acquisition (WIA) for scanning
, PaperPort
™
™
PaperPort
®
viewer that Brother included with your
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, CorelDraw
HOW TO SCAN USING WINDOWS
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and TextBridge
®
and TextBridge
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Pro software includes a TWAIN
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and many more.
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XP
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OCR
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OCR on
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Photoshop
,
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