Brother iPrint&Scan vs iCopy - Free Photocopier

Brother iPrint&Scan lets owners of supported Brother machines print from and scan to the machine using mobile devices or computers. On mobile, it can print photos, documents, and web pages; the Android FAQ also lists Gmail and cloud services. Depending on the platform, scans can be saved to the device or cloud storage, emailed, or opened in other apps. The iOS listing names Dropbox, OneDrive, and Evernote for printing, and iCloud as a scan destination. On supported newer models, mobile features may include image editing, fax sending and preview, copy preview, and machine status. Windows and macOS provide detailed scan controls, and users can save settings as reusable Workflows. The app is free, with listed output formats of PDF and JPEG, and support for OCR and ADF. Brother lists Windows 7 or later and macOS 10.10 or later. Printing and scanning are not available on every Brother machine; mobile devices must be on the same Wi-Fi network as the machine.

iCopy - Free Photocopier combines a scanner and printer to make copies or save scans as image or PDF files. Its controls let users adjust scanner and printer options, including brightness, contrast, and copy count; image settings also include scaling and resolution. Scanning modes include color, grayscale, and black and white, and users can preview a page before printing. An automatic document feeder can handle multiple pages, and the application can scan several pages before printing. It can save acquired pages as PDFs without other software and can be started with the scanner's button or from the command line. Output formats are JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and PDF. The maker describes the Windows application as small and requiring no installation, and provides a portable ZIP download. iCopy is open source under GNU General Public License v3. The listed plan costs nothing. The listed version is 1.7.0, released 1 August 2020, and requires.NET Framework. Listed language options are Bulgarian, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Slovak, and Spanish.