Brother ImageCenter ADS-2000 User manual

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USER’S GUIDE
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USER’S GUIDE
General Information
1 General Information
2 Before Scanning
3 Scan From Your Computer
4 Scan Using the Scan Key
on the Control Panel of the
Machine
5 Managing the Machine
from Your Computer
6 Routine Maintenance
7 Troubleshooting
A Specifications
B Appendix
Index
USER’S GUIDE
ADS-2000
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©2012 Brother Industries, Ltd. All rights reserved.

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USER’S GUIDE
ADS-2000
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General Information
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General Information
User's Guides and where to find them?
Which manual? What's in it? Where is it?
Product Safety Guide Read this Guide first. Please read the Safety
Instructions before you set up your machine. See this
Guide for trademarks and legal limitations.
Printed / In the box
Quick Setup Guide Follow the instructions for setting up your machine
and installing the drivers and software for the
operating system and connection type you are using.
Printed / In the box
User’s Guide Learn the Scan operations and security features,
learn how to perform routine maintenance, and see
troubleshooting tips.
HTML file / DVD-ROM
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General Information
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1 General Information
Using the Documentation
Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Reading the documentation will help you make the most of your machine.
Symbols and Conventions Used in the Documentation
The following symbols and conventions are used throughout the documentation.
CAUTION CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may
result in minor or moderate injuries.
Important Important indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may
result in damage to property or loss of product functionality.
Note Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips
about how the operation works with other features.
Electrical Hazard icons alert you to possible electrical shock.
Bold Bold style identifies keys on the machine control panel or computer screen.
Italics Italicized style emphasizes an important point or refers you to a related topic.
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Before Scanning
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2 Before Scanning
Before Scanning
Before using the Scan to PC key, the Scan to USB key or attempting any other scanning operation, confirm the
following:
•Make sure you have installed the Brother software (MFL-Pro Suite) by following the steps in the Quick Setup
Guide.
•Make sure that the interface cable is physically secure.
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Scan From Your Computer
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3 Scan From Your Computer
Change the User Interface of ControlCenter4 (Windows®)
ControlCenter4 has two operation modes: Home Mode and Advanced Mode. You can change the mode at any time.
•Home Mode
Lets you access your machine's main functions easily. You can intuitively use the functions without any settings.
1. Document Type option
Lets you select a document type.
2. Custom Settings button
Lets you configure scan settings.
3. Scan Size drop-down list
Lets you select a scan size.
4. Scan button
Lets you start scanning.
5. Image viewer
Displays a scanned image.
6. Save button
Lets you save a scanned image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the file
attachment list.
7. Open with an Application button
Lets you scan an image directly into your graphics application for image editing.
8. Send E-mail button
Lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application.
9. OCR button
Lets you scan a document and convert it to text.
•Advanced Mode

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Gives you more control over the details of your machine's functions. You can also customize one-button scan
actions as you like.
1. Image button
Lets you scan a document directly into any graphic viewer/editor application.
2. OCR button
Lets you scan a document and convert it to text.
3. E-mail button
Lets you scan a document to your default E-mail application.
4. File button
Lets you save a scanned image to a folder on your hard disk in one of the file types shown in the file
attachment list.
To change the operation mode, perform the following steps.
1Click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray and then select Open from the menu.
The ControlCenter4 window will appear.
Note
You can also start ControlCenter4 by doing one of the following:
•(Windows®XP, Windows Vista®)
Double-click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray.

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• Click ControlCenter4 located in Start/All Programs/Brother/ADS-XXXX (where XXXX is your model
name).
2Click Configuration and then select Mode Select.
3Select Home Mode or Advanced Mode in the mode dialog box.
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Scan Using the Scan Key on the Control Panel of the Machine
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4 Scan Using the Scan Key on the Control Panel of the Machine
Scan Using the Scan Key on the Control Panel of the Machine (Windows®)
•Scan to PDF
•Scan Photos and Graphics
•Scan to E-mail attachment
•Scan to an Editable Text File (OCR)
•Change the Feature Assigned to the Scan to PC Key to set the Default Scan-to Action
•Save Scanned Documents to a USB Flash Memory Drive
•Save Scanned Documents on Mobile Devices
Scan to PDF
You can scan and save documents as PDF files using the Scan to Image feature.
1Click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray and then select Open from the menu.
The ControlCenter4 window will appear.
Note
You can also start ControlCenter4 by doing one of the following:
•(Windows®XP, Windows Vista®)
Double-click the (ControlCenter4) icon in the task tray.
• Click ControlCenter4 located in Start/All Programs/Brother/ADS-XXXX (where XXXX is your model
name).
2Click the Device Settings tab (the example below uses Home Mode).