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Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application using the SCAN key on my Brother machine
You can scan a document directly into your graphics application for viewing and editing by pressing the SCAN key on the control panel of your Brother machine.
* If your Brother machine has a touchscreen, please follow the steps under "For touchscreen models" below.
If you want to change the scan settings, click here to see the details of how to change scan settings.
- Load your document.
- Press SCAN.
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Scan to Image.
- Press OK.
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(For network users)
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Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose the destination computer you want to send to.
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If the computer is not displayed, click here to see how to solve the issue. - Press OK.
- If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer on the control panel and press OK.
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Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose the destination computer you want to send to.
- Press Black (Mono) Start or Color (Colour) Start. The image data will appear in your pre-selected graphics application.
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Load your document.
If you want to use 2-sided (duplex) scanning, load your document face up, top edge first in the ADF. - Press SCAN.
- Press the LEFT OR RIGHT ARROW key to display to Image.
- Press to Image.
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(For network users)
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Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to display the destination computer you want to send to.
Note:
If the computer is not displayed, click here to see how to solve the issue. - Press the destination computer and press OK.
- If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer on the control panel, and press OK.
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Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to display the destination computer you want to send to.
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Do one of the following:
- If you want to use 2-sided (duplex) scanning, go to STEP 7.
- If you do not want to use 2-sided (duplex) scanning, go to STEP 8.
- Press Duplex Scan and then press DuplexScan :LongEdge or DuplexScan :ShortEdge. Go to STEP 8.
- Press Black (Mono) Start or Color (Colour) Start. The image data will appear in your pre-selected graphics application.
You can also scan from the ControlCenter application. Please refer to related FAQ's about how to use the ControlCenter with Windows / Macintosh.
Related FAQs
- Change the scan settings of ControlCenter2 and your machine’s SCAN key (Mac)
- Change the scan settings of ControlCenter4 and your machine's SCAN key (Windows)
- Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application (For Macintosh)
- Scan a document and open the scanned image with a graphics application (For Windows)
- I cannot find the destination computer on the network when I try to scan a document using the machine's Scan key or control panel.
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