When you choose Scan to FTP, you can scan a black and white or colour document directly to an FTP server on your local network or on the internet.
The details required to use Scan to FTP can be entered manually at the control panel to pre-configure and store the details in an FTP Profile. You can configure up to five FTP server profiles.
Pre-configuring your FTP profiles
1 | Press MENU. |
2 | Press or to choose Network. |
3 | Press or to choose Scan to FTP. |
4 | Press or to choose Setup Profile. |
5 | Press or to choose Not Registered. |
6 | Enter the name that you want to use for the profile of the FTP server. This name will be displayed on the LCD of the machine and can be up to 30 characters. Press OK. |
7 | Choose Name (your FTP server name) or IP Address. |
8 | Enter the FTP server name (for example ftp.example.com) (up to 60 characters) or the IP address (for example 192.23.56.189). Press OK. |
9 | Press or to choose Store Directory. |
10 | Enter the destination folder where your document will be stored on the FTP server (for example /brother/abc/) (up to 60 characters). Press OK. |
11 | Press or to choose Username. |
12 | Enter the Username that has been registered with the FTP server for the machine (up to 32 characters). Press OK. |
13 | Press or to choose Password. |
14 | Enter the Password for access to the FTP server (up to 32 characters). Press OK. |
15 | Press or to choose Quality. |
16 | Press to choose Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi, Color 600 dpi, B/W 200 dpi or B/W 200x100 dpi. |
17 | Choose the file type for the document. Press or to choose File Type. |
18 | Press to choose PDF or JPEG for colour or greyscale documents and PDF or TIFF for B/W documents. Note | If you are using the scanner glass of the machine, choose the document size. • | Press or to choose Glass Scan Size. | • | Choose the document size you want. |
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19 | Press or to choose Passive Mode. You can set Passive Mode to OFF or ON depending on your FTP server and network firewall configuration. By default this setting is ON. |
20 | Press to choose On or Off. |
21 | Press or to choose Port Number. You can change the port number used to access the FTP server. The default for this setting is port 21. In most cases these two settings can remain as default. |
22 | Enter the port number. Press OK. |
23 | Choose the file name you want to use for the scanned document. You can choose from seven preset and two user defined File Names. The file name that will be used for your document will be the file name you selected plus the last 6 digits of the flatbed/ADF scanner counter plus the file extension (For example, BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx098765.pdf). You can also manually enter a File Name up to 15 characters. Press or to choose File Name. |
24 | Press or to choose the file name you want to use. Press OK. |