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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 Start. The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail application, displaying the new E-mail.