PDF scans are blank

I have a Brother MFC - J410W printer and I am having trouble scanning documents to pdfs. All other operations on the printer work fine (copying, printing, and scanning to any other form of document) When I scan to a pdf, the scan shows up in the folder I designated, but it is blank. Any Suggestions?
Other info: The computer is a Windows 7.

Mostly, Adobe Reader is only showing you the results of what your scanning software is producing.
If it were a gray background on the pdf, you could go to edit>Preferences>Page display>Page content and information and be sure that "Show large images" is checked. Beyond that, you'll probably want to find support for your scanner.

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I hope this is an appropriate place to post this question...
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http://kb2.adobe.com/community/publishing/885/cpsid_88564.html
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