Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Top Page
- Network User’s Guide
- USER'S GUIDE DCP-8040 DCP-8045D
- Brother numbers
- Ordering accessories and supplies
- Safety precautions
- Choosing a location
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Paper
- 3 On-screen programming
- 4 Getting started
- 5 Making copies
- 6 Using the DCP as a printer
- 7 Printer driver settings
- 8 How to scan using Windows®
- Scanning a document
- Scanning a document (For Windows® XP only)
- Using the scan key (For USB or Parallel interface cable users)
- Using ScanSoft® PaperPort® and OmniPage® OCR
- 9 Using the Brother Control Center (For Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and Windows NT® WS 4.0)
- 10 Using the Windows®-Based Brother SmartUI Control Center (For Windows® XP)
- 11 Using your DCP with a Macintosh®
- Setting up your USB-equipped Apple® Macintosh®
- Using the Brother printer driver with your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® 8.6 - 9.2)
- Using the Brother Printer Driver with Your Apple® Macintosh® (Mac OS® X)
- Using the PS driver with your Apple® Macintosh®
- Using the Brother TWAIN scanner driver with your Macintosh®
- Using Presto!® PageManager®
- 12 Network Scanning (Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional and XP only)
- 13 Important information
- 14 Troubleshooting and routine maintenance
- 15 Optional accessories
- Glossary
- Specifications
- Index
- brother USA

USING YOUR DCP WITH A MACINTOSH
®
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Pre-Scanning an image
Pre-Scanning 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 the preview, click Start to scan
the image.
1
Insert the original face up in the ADF, or face down on the
scanner glass.
2
Click PreScan.
The whole image will be scanned into your Macintosh
®
and will
appear in the Scanning Area of the Scanner dialog box:
3
To scan a portion of the pre-scanned image, click and drag the
mouse to crop it.
4
Insert original in the ADF, if you are using ADF.
5
Make your adjustments to the settings for Resolution,
Color Type (Gray Scale), Brightness, Contrast, and Size in
the Scanner Setup dialog box.
6
Click Start.
This time only the cropped area of the original will appear in the
Scanning Area.
7
In your editing software, you can refine the image.










