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Scan a document and save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk using the SCAN key on my Brother machine
You can scan a document and save the scanned image to a preferred folder by pressing SCAN 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.
If you want to use 2-sided(duplex) scanning, load your document face up, top edge first in the ADF (automatic document feeder). - 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 File. Press OK.
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose 1sided, 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge. Press OK.
- For network users:
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose the destination computer you want to receive the data.
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 receive the data.
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to choose Start Scan. Press OK.
- Press Start.
- 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 File.
- For network users:
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to display the destination computer you want to receive the data.
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 receive the data.
- 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.
Press DuplexScan: LongEdge or DuplexScan: ShortEdge. - Press Start.
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 save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk (For Macintosh)
- Scan a document and save the scanned image to a folder on a local or network hard disk (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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