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Scan to Email Attachment

Send a scanned document as an email attachment.
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  • Use the Scan button on the machine to make temporary changes to the scan settings. To make permanent changes, use Brother's ControlCenter software (Windows) or Brother iPrint&Scan (Mac).

  • The Scan to Email feature does not support Webmail services.

    Make sure the email application to which you want to scan supports the “Mail-to” scheme and is set as default in your operating system.

    To scan to email using the machine’s Scan Button, make sure you select one of these applications in Brother iPrint&Scan:

    • Windows: Microsoft Outlook
    • Mac: Apple Mail

    For other applications and Webmail services, use the Scan to Image or Scan to File feature to scan a document, and then attach the scanned file to an email message.

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    The machine scans to your default email client.

DCP-L2535D/DCP-L2550DW/MFC-L2715DW/MFC-L2716DW

  1. Load your document.
  2. Press image (SCAN).
  3. Press image or image to select the [Scan to PC] option, and then press OK.
  4. Press image or image to select the [E-mail] option, and then press OK.
  5. If the machine is connected over the network, press image or image to select the destination computer.
  6. Press OK.
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    If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN, enter the four digit PIN for the destination computer on the LCD and then press OK.

  7. Do one of the following:
    • To change the scan settings for this document, press Options or Copy/Scan Options and then go to the next step.
    • To use the default scan settings, press Start.

      The machine starts scanning. If you are using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to complete the scanning job.

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    • In order to change scan settings, Brother's ControlCenter software must be installed on a computer connected to the machine.

  8. Select the scan settings you want to change:
    • [Scan Type]
    • [Resolution]
    • [File Type]
    • [Document Size]
    • [ADF Auto Deskew] (available for certain models)
    • [Remove Bkg Clr]

      (available only for the [Colour] and [Grey] options.)

  9. Press OK.
  10. Press Start.
    The machine scans the document and saves it as a file attachment. It then launches your email application and opens a new, blank email message with the scanned file attached.

MFC-L2750DW/MFC-L2751DW/MFC-L2771DW

  1. Load your document.
  2. Press [Scan]>[to PC]>[to E-mail].
  3. If the machine is connected over the network, press image or image to display the computer where you want to send data, and then press the computer name.
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    If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN for the computer, enter the four-digit PIN on the LCD and then press [OK].

  4. Do one of the following:
    • To change the scan settings, press [Options], and then go to the next step.
    • To use the default scan settings, press [Start].

      The machine starts scanning. If using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to complete the scanning job.

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    In order to change scan settings, Brother's ControlCenter software must be installed on a computer connected to the machine.

  5. To scan both sides of the document (MFC-L2750DW/MFC-L2751DW/MFC-L2771DW):
    • Press [2-sided Scan], and then select the document type.
    Option
    Description
    2-sided Scan: Long Edge
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    2-sided Scan: Short Edge
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  6. Select the scan settings you want to change:
    • [Resolution]
    • [File Type]
    • [Scan Type]
    • [Document Size]
    • [Scan Settings]
    • [ADF Auto Deskew] (available for certain models)
    • [Remove Background Colour]

      (available only for the [Colour] and [Grey] options.)

  7. Press [OK].
  8. Press [Start].
    The machine starts scanning. If using the machine's scanner glass, follow the LCD instructions to complete the scanning job.
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