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5 best Brother printer scanner software for PC

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Brother Industries is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment company that manufactures a wide variety of products.

One of their crowning achievements is their line of extremely reliable printers. Of course, given how good they are, you need some very goodsoftwareto go along with them.

For example,scanningsoftware is compatible with all Brother printers. However, if you want to get the most out of your printer, then you better get the rightscanningsoftware for the job.

That is why we’ve compiled a list of the bestscanningsoftware that you could pair with a Brother printer.

What are the best scanning software tools for Brother printers?

Adobe Acrobat DC

Just by saying Adobe you know you’re dealing with some serious software. Adobe Acrobat DC continues this trend by being an extremely professional and versatile tool.

Not only will it let you scan files efficiently, but you will also be able to do so from a lot of platforms, even from the mobile app without any difference in quality.

More than five million organizations use Acrobat DC to handle their documents so you know that you have the safest tool out there.

You can create and edit PDFs, convert them to Office formats, and when needed, can collaborate on documents with yourcolleagues all over the world.

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Adobe Acrobat DC

Abbyy FineReader

Abbyy FineReader can be considered a multi-purpose tool, as scanning documents is only one of the many things that it can do.

Not only can it scan files efficiently, it can recognize text using advanced OCR(Optical Character Recognition)and it can also be used to create and edit PDF files, making it a must-have for office work.

Actually, you can even find information from scanned PDFs, because you can use full-text keyword search and bookmarks.

And if you open a PDF document and it’s not searchable, FineReader detects that and automatically applies OCR to make them searchable.

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PaperScan

PaperScan is your go-to solution when dealing with pretty much any printer, not just the ones from Brother. This is because it was made specifically to be compatible with hardware from all major manufacturers.

In fact, a common trend is to simply ignore whatever scanning program a printer usually comes with, and simply go with a third-party one like PaperScan.

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⇒Download PaperScan

Readiris

While Readiris is a great software tool for scanning documents efficiently, what makes it so special is how it can efficiently convert scanned documents to audio files.

First, it converts the texts using the build-in OCR, then it simply reads it to you using a realistic human voice.

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⇒Download Readiris

OmniPage Standard

The key selling point of OmniPage Standard is the OCR that it comes equipped with allowing you to efficiently scan documents and convert them efficiently and fast.

Additionally, it provided great image quality even if the scanned source material isn’t all that great, allowing your printer to produce perfect copies of the original document.

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⇒Download OmniPage Standard

Closing thoughts on scanning software for Brother printers

Brother creates good quality products, and this includes their line of printers as well. Thus, using a scanning program that can efficiently take advantage of all of its capabilities is mandatory.

Of course, if that program can do a whole lot more than just that on the side, then it is all for the better.

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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, with a complete expertise in touch-based devices, he is constantly keeping an eye out for the latest and greatest!

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Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, he’s a Windows 11 Privacy & Security expert.