Sending Scanned Images in Email

Use the Scan to Email tab to send scanned images as attachments in an email.

Note: Supported email clients include Outlook and Outlook Express.

To save email settings that you use frequently, you can create email profiles. To send scanned images in an email message using an email profile:

  1. On the Scan to Email tab, select the image. Select more than one image by holding down the Ctrl key as you click the image thumbnails.
  2. Click Email Profiles and select a profile to display its saved settings.
  3. If desired, type a new Base Attachment Name or email settings.
  4. Click Copy to Email to open a new email with the selected images as attachments.
  5. Make any additional changes to the email message, and then send the email.

To send scanned images in an email without using a profile:

  1. On the Scan to Email tab, select the image. Select more than one image by holding down the Ctrl key as you click the image thumbnails.
  2. Type the base attachment name in Base Attachment Name. The Xerox« Scan Utility adds the base attachment name to the image file name and displays the attachment name after Example.

    Note: For example, if you scan an image at 10:15:07 AM on April 27, 2007 as a PDF, and then type the new file name report in Base Attachment Name, the actual file name becomes: report_2007-04-27_10-15-07.pdf.
  3. In To, type the email addresses. Separate additional email addresses with a semicolon (;), a comma (,), or a space ( ).
  4. In Cc, type the copied email addresses. Separate additional email addresses with a semicolon (;), a comma (,), or a space ( ).
  5. In Subject, type the subject line.
  6. In Message, type a message.
  7. Click Copy to Email to send the selected images as attachments in a new email.