Brother MFC-495CW - Manual (Page 173)

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Using the Scan key over a USB cable connection
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Note
If you use the Scan key on a network, see Network Scanning on page 178.
You can use the (Scan) key on the control panel to scan documents directly into your word
processing, graphics or E-mail applications, to a folder on your computer, to a memory card or USB Flash
memory drive.
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 computer. If you installed the MFL-Pro Suite from the
included CD-ROM, then the correct drivers and the ControlCenter software are installed. Scanning using the
(Scan) key uses the configuration of the Device Button tab of the ControlCenter software. (For
Windows
®
, see SCAN on page 57. For Macintosh, see SCAN on page 143.) For details about how to
configure the scan settings and to launch the application of your choice using the (Scan) key, see
Using ControlCenter3 on page 54 (Windows ® ) or ControlCenter2 on pages 141 (Macintosh).
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.
a
Load your document.
b Press (Scan).
c Press a or b to choose Scan to E-mail.
Press OK.
d
Press Black Start or Color 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.
For Touchscreen models
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a
Load your document.
b Press (Scan).
c
Press Scan to E-mail.
d
Press Black Start or Color 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.
USB cable scanning
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