If you’re only ever scanning documents it’s serviceable, but anything else such as an odd sized photo or drawing, it’s a drag. Even the 20-year-old Epson this printer replaced provided a preview/crop feature, as has every other scanning software I’ve ever used in the past 30 years. Connect the USB cable to the label printer and computer.

This means it will take extra time to scan and extra time to edit the result. Download and run the Software / Document Installer from install. If you’re scanning anything other than a standard-size page, you will need to scan at the largest page size (8.5x11) and then crop what you want using another application, such as Apple’s built-in Preview app. The most egregious of these misses is the inability to run a quick preview scan and then specify the scanning area with a bounding box before hitting the final Scan button. Now select the exact version of your Mac OS (Step 2) and click OK. I’m using it on an iMac over a wifi connection and it does work, but the lack of anything but the most basic scanning features is pretty disappointing. Once you open the download page for your printer, select Mac for the operating system (Step 1). If your printer doesn’t use AirPrint, contact the manufacturer for information. Use printer software from a file on your Mac: Click the Use pop-up menu, then choose Other. This review is for the Brother iPrint&Scan 8.0 scanning utility which I’m using with a newly purchased Brother HL-L2395DW scanner/printer. Click the + (plus) button located below the printers list on the left side. Use printer software installed on your Mac or downloaded from Apple: Click the Use pop-up menu, then choose Select Software.

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