How do I get my Brother printer to Scan OCR?

Load your document. Press [Scan]>[to PC]>[to OCR]. If the machine is connected over the network, press or to display the computer where you want to send data, and then press the computer name. If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN for the computer, enter the four-digit PIN on the LCD and then press [OK].

What is OCR on my Brother printer?

The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software installed with PaperPort SE allows you to convert the image text in a scanned document into text that you can edit. You can use the OCR software from within PaperPort, ControlCenter3, or using the Scan key on the Brother machine.

How do I add a scanner to My Brother Control Center 4?

1. Open Brother Utilities:
2. Click the dropdown list to select your model if it’s not already selected.
3. Click Scan.
4. Click ControlCenter4.
5. There are four types of scans operations available as listed below.
6. You can configure various scan settings.
7. Once the settings have been configured, click OK.

How do I update my Brother control center?

How to download and install the ControlCenter4 Update tool

1. Locate the file you downloaded CC4Updater and double-click on it.
2. If prompted with a security warning, click Yes or Run.
3. Once the decompression is complete, click OK.
4. Close the Brother ControlCenter4 program if it is running.

How do I OCR a scanned PDF?

Open a PDF file containing a scanned image in Acrobat for Mac or PC. Click on the “Edit PDF” tool in the right pane. Acrobat automatically applies optical character recognition (OCR) to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF.

How do I download brother PaperPort?

Download and install PaperPort 12

1. Download the PaperPort Install Tool from the Brother website https://support.brother.com.
2. Double-click on the file you downloaded PP12Downloader.
3. If prompted with a security warning, click Yes or Run.
4. Click OK.
5. The License Agreement will appear.

What is PaperPort on Brother printer?

PaperPort allows scanned documents to be separated into individual pages, and reassembled into new PDF files.