Brother 7420 Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)

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Using the Scan key (For USB or Parallel cable users)
Note
If you use the Scan key on a network, please refer to Using the Scan key on page 6-3.
You can use the Scan key on the control panel to scan
documents into your word p rocessing, graphics or
E-mail applications or your computer folder. The
advantage of using Scan is t hat you avoid the mouse
clicks required to scan f rom your computer.
Note
■Before you can use the Scan key on the control panel, you must have con nected the machine to your
Windows® based computer and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers fo r your version of Windows®.
For details about how to configure the Control Center2.0 buttons to la unch the application of y our choice
using the Scan key, go to the appropriate chapter:
• For Windows ®, see Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Windows®) on page 3-1.
• For Macintosh®, see Using ControlCenter2.0 (For Mac OS® X 10.2.4 or greater) on page 7-24.
Scan to E-mail
You can either scan a black and white document (or color documen t for the DCP-7020, MFC-7420 and
MFC-7820N) into your E-mail application as a file attachment . You can change the Scan configuration.
(See E-mail on page 3-5.)
1Load your document.
2Press Scan.
3Press ▲ or ▼ to select Scan to E-mail.
Press Menu/Set or Set.
The machine will scan the docum ent, create a file attachment, an d launch your E-mail application ,
displaying the new message w aiting to be addressed.
MFC-7220, MFC-7225N,
MFC-7420, MFC-7820N
DCP-7020