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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 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.
- (For network users)
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose 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 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.
- 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.
- Load your document.
- Press SCAN.
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to display Scan to Image.
- Press Scan to Image.
- (For network users)
- 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.
- Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to display 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.
You can scan from your computer with the useful application as ControlCenter. Please refer to related FAQ's about how to use the ControlCenter with Windows/ Macintosh.
Related FAQs
- Change the scan settings for scanning from ControlCenter2 or the SCAN key (For Macintosh)
- Change the scan settings for scanning from ControlCenter4 or the SCAN key (For 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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