Scan to File

When you choose Scan to File, you can scan a black and white or color document and send it directly to a PC you designate on your network. The file will be saved in the folder and file format that you have configured in ControlCenter3. You can change the Scan configuration. (See File.)

Put the document face up in the ADF, or face down on the scanner glass.

Press

(Scan).

Press

to choose Scan to File.

Press OK.

If your machine is an MFC-9440CN or DCP-9040CN, go to Step 5.

If your machine is an MFC-9840CDW, go to Step 4.

Press

to choose 1sided, 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge. Press OK.

Note

If you want to scan a document using the duplex scanning feature, you need to put the document in the ADF and then choose 2sided (L)edge or 2sided (S)edge depending on your document layout.

Press

to choose the destination PC you want to send to.

Press OK.

If the LCD prompts you to enter a PIN number, enter the 4-digit PIN number for the destination PC on the control panel.

Press OK.

Press Mono Start or Color Start.

The machine starts the scanning process.

Note

•	Scan type depends on the settings on the Device Button tab, Mono Start or Color Start do not change the settings.
•	If you want the scanned data in color, choose color in scan type on the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration. If you want the scanned data in black and white, choose black and white in scan type on the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration. (See SCAN.)
•	If you would like to change the file name of scanned documents, enter the file name in File Name section on the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter3 configuration. To change the machine’s Scan key settings, right-click the each Control Center buttons, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Device Button tab.

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