However, once it's done, you can then label the account with a name, which opens the door for multiple accounts under a given cloud service - convenient if, say, you have more than one Dropbox account or if you're sharing the scanner with other users. You then have to enter that code on the scanner's LCD by drilling down to the Connect to Web option and tapping on the corresponding service.Īll of this takes a lot of effort to configure. The link leads to a generic webpage with a warning that the "services available for your machine may vary depending on the model and firmware version of your machine." Clearly, this site is intended to service multiple Brother models, but it left me with the impression that the Web Connect options are not well integrated with the scanner.Ĭlick on the service you want to set up (Evernote, Dropbox, Facebook, Flickr, SkyDrive, Box, Google Drive or Picasa), enter your login info to give the scanner access and the Web Connect service returns a code. The Use More tab is where the important Web Connect link - which lets you set up direct scans to Web services - is buried.
The Scan tab has three icons: one that offers access to Control Center 4, the main scanning application one that leads to the Windows Scanners and Camera setting and one that links to a website called How to Scan.
For example, the Brother Utilities launcher contains four tabs - Scan, Tools, Use More and Support - each of which includes several icons. Unfortunately, Brother Utilities is badly organized, confusing and not at all well integrated with its variety of features. (Note: Although the Brother website says that the full software suite download gives you a copy of everything you'd get from the CD, the Brother Utilities and Control Center software are actually the only applications you get in the installer download.) Windows users can also separately download Brother's BR-Receipts software, handy for scanning and organizing receipts, generating expense reports and exporting data to Intuit's QuickBooks and Quicken.
You also get a wealth of third-party applications: Windows users get Nuance PDF Converter Professional 8, Nuance PaperPort 12SE and Presto BizCard 6 software, while Mac users get Presto PageManager 9 and Brother's Control Center 2 for Mac.
Please note there are a number of variations in functionality between Kodak Alaris' private label and the full version of Presto! PageManager 9.5 Professional Edition available for purchase online.The CD that comes with the scanner contains Brother Utilities, a launcher from which you access Brother's Web-based services, local scanner management utilities, manuals and the Control Center 4 application that serves as your scanning activity hub. The information in this guide has been designed specifically for Kodak Alaris' private labeled Presto! PageManager Mac version software. E-Z Photo Scan has partnered directly with both Kodak Alaris & NewSoft to provide you Presto! PageManager for either Windows or Mac Operating Systems for scanning, processing and organizing photographs or treasured memorabilia using the PS50/PS80 model scanners. The offer to include the referenced Kodak Alaris private labeled Presto! PageManager Mac version software within this guide extends to the Kodak Picture Saver Scanning Systems PS50/PS80 model scanners.
and NewSoft have partnered to give you the Presto! PageManager 9 scanning application. Kodak Mac drivers for the high performance photo scanners offer many of the feature-rich imaging scanner capabilities with Apple’s OS X operating system.