Scanning to PDF delivers only slanted lines

Using system preferences to scan to my brother J1010, I only get slanted lines when creating a PDF document. Simplest solution I accidentally came across is to change the scan from black and white to color (second option, I think). No idea why that should make a difference, yet it does. Hope this helps someone.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 17, 2023 2:36 PM

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BDAqua

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Oct 18, 2023 9:33 AM in response to I_love_Mac_except_occassionall

Great tip... thanks.

I think you may have a corrupted file...

https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/150551/~/download-and-install-brother-iprint%26scan---windows-or-macintosh-computer

For iOS...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brother-iprint-scan/id382775642

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