Scan To File; Scan To Card - Brother MFC 640CW - Color Inkjet - All-in-One User Manual

Scan to File

You can scan a black and white or a color document into your PC and save it as a file in the folder you choose.
The file type and specific folder are based on the settings you have chosen in the Scan to File configuration
screen of the Brother MFL-Pro Control Center. (See File on page 54.)
a
Load your document.
b
Press the (Scan) key.
c
Press a or b to choose Scan to File.
Press Menu/Set, Set or OK.
d
Press Black Start or Color Start.
The machine starts the scanning process.
Note
If you want to change between color and black and white scanning, choose color or black and while in
scan type option on the Device Buttons tab of the ControlCenter2 configuration screen. (See SCAN on
page 50.)

Scan to Card

You can scan black and white and color documents directly to a media card. Black and white documents will
be stored in the PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF file formats (*.TIF). Color documents may be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or
JPEG (*.JPG) file formats. Except MFC-820CW, the default setting is Color 150 dpi and the default file
format is PDF. For MFC-820CW, for color documents the factory setting is 150dpi Color and the default
file is PDF. For Black & White documents the factory setting is 200x100dpi B/W and the default file is TIFF.
File names are based on the current date. For example, the fifth image scanned on July 1, 2006 would be
named 07010605.PDF. You can change the color, quality and file name.
Resolution
(Except MFC-820CW)
B/W 200x100 dpi
B/W 200 dpi
Color 150 dpi
Color 300 dpi
Color 600 dpi
Note
You can choose the default file format for black and white or color files. (See Changing the default black
& white file format on page 40 and Changing the default color file format on page 41.)
a ®
Put a SmartMedia
SecureDigital™ or xD-Picture Card™
1
This product also supports CompactFlash
2
MagicGate Memory Stick
Resolution
(For MFC-820CW)
200x100dpi B/W
200dpi B/W
150dpi Color
300dpi Color
600dpi Color
® 1
, CompactFlash , Memory Stick
1
into your machine.
®
type1 and xD-Picture Card™ type M (Large Capacity).
®
and Memory Stick Pro ™ can be used, but any music data that is stored on the stick cannot be read.
File Format Options
TIFF / PDF
TIFF / PDF
JPEG / PDF
JPEG / PDF
JPEG / PDF
® 2
, Memory Stick Pro ™, MultiMediaCard™,
Scanning
Default File Format
TIFF
TIFF
PDF
PDF
PDF
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