How to Scan to Email

October 2022

  1. Go to an MFD and press Scan to Email.

Image of scan to email icon on MFD menu

  1. Place the document you want to scan facing up in the dark grey tray above the menu panel.

Picture of document facing up in tray to scan

  1. On the menu panel you will see the Scan to Email settings with NBER Scanner as the "From" address. Once the document is in the grey tray and facing upwards, you can touch the button on the right-hand side that says Touch to scan and preview.

Scan to email menu items

  1. The scanned document will now be previewed on the right-hand side. You can proceed to fill out the fields as you would for any other email.

The Scan to email screen with the preview of a paper on the righthand side.

  1. You can press the address book icon to access the global address book and search for your address from there. If you address is not in the address book, you can instead enter it manually, and when you send the email, you will be prompted to add your email to the address book.

A picture of the Scan to Email screen with a red box around the address book button.    A picture of the address book with a red box around the search button.

  1. Once you have filled everything out, tap the green Send button in the bottom right to send the email. You will be asked if you wish to retain your settings for the next scanning job. If you will be scanning another document and wish to use the same settings then tap Retain, otherwise tap Clear.

A pop-up on the printer screen asking if you would like to retain your settings for the next job.

You have now successfully scanned your document to email!

For support, please email it-support@nber.org.