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Scan to File

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When you choose Scan to File, you can scan a black and white or color document and send it directly to a 
Macintosh

®

 you designate on your network. The file will be saved in the folder and file format that you have 

configured in ControlCenter2 on the designated Macintosh

®

. You can change the Scan configuration. (See 

File

 on page 167.)

a

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

b

Press (

Scan

).

c

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose 

Scan to File

.

Press 

OK

.

d

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to choose the destination Macintosh

®

 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 
Macintosh

®

 on the control panel.

Press 

OK

.

e

Press 

Start

.

The machine starts the scanning process.

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 

File

 on page 167.)

• 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 ControlCenter2 configuration. 

Scan to FTP (MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W only)

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When you choose 

Scan to FTP

, you can scan a black and white or color document directly to an FTP server 

located locally on your network or on the internet. 
The details required to use Scan to FTP can be entered manually at the control panel or by using Web Based 
Management to pre-configure and store the details in an FTP Profile. 
For information on how to manually enter the Scan to FTP details, see 

Scan to FTP Manual Method

on page 187. To use Web Based Management, type 

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

 (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP 

address of your machine) into your browser, and then you can configure or change the settings in the 

Administrator Settings

. You can configure up to ten FTP server Profiles.