Brother 7820N network scanning questions

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I admit, I didn't read the manuals very carefully and right now the manual is in the room where my son is sleeping (and I don't want to wake him up). So I have a quick question:

I unpacked the printer the other day and I made sure it works, I used the USB connection to make sure I can print and I can scan.

Now I put it on the network (no more USB cable) and I can print just fine, and I can also scan FROM THE NOTEBOOK, but not from the Machine (it says Check the cable). I guess I have to set the machine somehow to send the file to the network, not to the USB port. How?

And another questions: once I install the scanner drivers on both laptops, if I want to scan from the machine, can I select to which laptop the file is going?

Again, I apologize for asking these simple questions, but it may take me a solid 2 hours till I get access to the manual.

Thanks

[GGD]

[quote space-time]Again, I apologize for asking these simple questions, but it may take me a solid 2 hours till I get access to the manual.

Thanks
Have you looked here for the manuals

http://www.brother-usa.com/manuals/defau...tGroupID=5

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Thanks, I saved those PDFs just in case I lose the manuals... I looked quickly and I could not find the feature in the manual, but I did some digging in the bother ControlCenter2 and I found it. It shows up when you select the printer, and it's called "register this computer for Scan To" or something like that. then the name of my computer shows up in the LCD of the machine, and I can initiate a scan from the machine. Very handy indeed.

[Silencio]

I set up my 7820N ages ago, so I forget exactly the steps I went through to configure it, but I'm using the Brother TWAIN plug-in to scan straight into Photoshop over the network.

I haven't set up the "Scan To" functionality, though that could come in handy if your MFC and computer aren't close to each other or you have a fair amount of people who'll be using the thing for scanning.

[Cary]

As I posted last week when you asked:

Here's the tricky (at least for me) part. Click on open, and in the window that opens, click on the pulldown that has MFC-7820N, and choose "other". A device selector window will appear, in which you put the IP address and register the computer to the printer for network scanning.

Cary