HL-3180CDW
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Scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment using the Scan button 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 button on the control panel of your Brother machine.
If you want to change the scan settings, click here to see how to change scan settings.
Follow the steps listed below to scan a document and e-mail it as an attachment.
Note:
Webmail services are not supported by Scan to E-mail feature. Use the Scan to Image or Scan to File feature to scan a document or a picture, and then attach the file of the scanned data to an email message.
- Load your document.
- For the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), place the document face up top edge first.
- For the scanner glass, place the document face down.
- For the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), place the document face up top edge first.
- Press
(Scan).
- Swipe left or right to display
(to E-mail).
- Press
(to E-mail).
- Press OK.
- (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 name.
- If the machine's display prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination computer, and press OK.
- Press the Up or Down arrow key to display the destination computer you want to send to.
- Do one of the following:
- To start scanning with the existing settings, go to Step 8.
- To change the settings,
- Press Options.
- Press the Set with Touch Panel option, and then press On.
- Select the scan setting you want to change.
- After making changes to settings, press OK and go to Step 8.
(These changes are only temporary. If you want to make permanent changes, use the ControlCenter software.)
- Press Options.
- To start scanning with the existing settings, go to Step 8.
- Press Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail application, displaying the new E-mail.
You can scan from your computer with the useful application as ControlCenter. See the 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 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.
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