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Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment using the SCAN key on my Brother machine
You can scan a document directly into your default E-mail application and send the scanned data as an attachment 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.
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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 UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Scan to PC. Press OK.
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose E-mail. Press OK.
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose 1sided, 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge. 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 use for E-mailing your document.
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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 use for E-mailing your document.
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Press Black (Mono) Start or Color (Colour) Start or Start.
The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.
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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 Scan to PC.
- Press Email.
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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 use for E-mailing your document.
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 use for E-mailing your document.
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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.
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Press Black (Mono) Start or Color (Colour) Start or Start.
The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.
You can also scan from your computer using the ControlCenter application. Please refer to related FAQ's about how to use 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 e-mail it as an attachment (For Macintosh)
- Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment. (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.