Using the Control Panel Keys

Before you can use the Scan keys on the control panel, you must have connected the machine to your Windows® based PC and loaded the appropriate Brother Drivers for your version of Windows®. When you are ready to use the Scan keys, make sure the Brother Control Centre application is running on your PC.

Scan to E-mail

You can scan documents into your E-mail application as a file attachment. Although the Brother Control Centre can be configured to send only black and white file attachments at one time, you can easily change this setting. (See Scan to E-mail, page 88.)

1 Insert the document face down in the ADF.

2 Press Scan to E-mail.

3 The machine will scan the document, create a file attachment, and launch your E-mail application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.

Scan to Image

You can scan a picture into your graphics application for viewing and editing.

1 Insert the document face down in the ADF.

2 Press Scan to Image.

3 The machine will scan the document and send a image to your graphics application.

Scan to OCR

If your document is text, you can have it automatically converted by ScanSoft™ TextBridge® to an editable text file and then displayed in your word processing application for further editing.

1 Insert the document face down in the ADF.

2 Press Scan to OCR.

3 The machine will scan the document perform OCR in ScanSoft™ TextBridge®, and then display the result in your word processing application for viewing and editing.

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