6 How to scan to a computer

Scanning a document

There are several ways to scan documents.

You can use the (Scan) key on the machine or the scanner drivers on your computer.

a To use the machine as a scanner, install a scanner driver. If the machine is on a Network, configure it with a TCP/IP address.

Install the scanner drivers on the Installation CD-ROM. (See the Quick Setup Guide and Scanning in the Software User's Guide.)

Configure the machine with a TCP/IP address if network scanning does not work. (See Configuring Network Scanning in the Software User's Guide.)

b Load your document. (See How to load documents on page 25.)

Use the ADF to scan multiple pages of documents. It feeds each sheet automatically.

Use the scanner glass to scan a page of a book or one sheet at a time.

c Do one of the following:

To scan using the (Scan) key, go to Scanning using the scan key on page 29.

To scan using a scanner driver at your computer, go to Scanning using a scanner driver on page 30.

Scanning using the scan key

For more information, see Using the Scan key in the Software User's Guide.

a Press the (Scan) key.

b Choose the scan mode you want. Scan to:

File

E-mail

OCR 1

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Image

FTP

Network

1(Macintosh users)

Presto! PageManager must be downloaded and installed before use. See Accessing Brother Support (Macintosh) on page 4 for further instructions.

c (For network users)

Choose the computer you want to send the data to.

d Press Mono Start or Colour Start to begin scanning.

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