Using the Scan key (For USB cable users); Scan to E-mail; Device Button- Page 161

Scanning

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Using the Scan key 

(For USB cable users)

9

Note

If you use the 

Scan

 key on a network, see 

Using the Scan key

 on page 181.

You can use the 

(

Scan

) key on the control panel to scan documents directly into your word processing, 

graphics or E-mail applications or to a folder on your Macintosh

®

.

Before you can use the 

(

Scan

) key on the control panel, you have to install the Brother MFL-Pro 

Software Suite and connect the machine to your Macintosh

®

. If you installed the MFL-Pro Suite from the 

included CD-ROM, then the correct drivers and 

ControlCenter2

 are installed. Scanning by the 

(

Scan

) 

key follows the configuration on the 

Device Button

 tab. (See 

SCAN

 on page 162.) For details about how to 

configure the 

ControlCenter2

 buttons to launch the application of your choice using the 

(

Scan

) key, 

see 

Using ControlCenter2

 on page 160.

Scan to E-mail

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You can scan either a black and white or color document into your E-mail application as a file attachment. 
You can change Scan configuration. (See 

E-mail

 on page 166.)

a

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

b

Press the 

(

Scan

) key.

c

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Scan to E-mail

.

Press 

OK

.

d

Press 

Start

.

The machine starts scanning the document, creates a file attachment, and launches your E-mail 
application, displaying the new message waiting to be addressed.

Note

If you want the scanned data in color, choose color in the scan type on the 

Device Button

 tab of the 

ControlCenter2 configuration. If you want the scanned data in black and white, choose black and white in 
the scan type on the 

Device Button

 tab of the ControlCenter2 configuration. (See 

E-mail

 on page 166.)