Quick Guide: How to wirelessly scan documents (Brother HL-L2390DW Printer) PRINTER-TO-PC SCANNING
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This is a video not just for this specific model of printer, but can go across the board of many printers since it is an internal process from the PC itself.
Please feel free to ask questions, leave comments, and don't be afraid to give answers to people if you know the answer as I often have a busy schedule myself. I would appreciate the help in the comments.
Here is a link to part 1 of this video:
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Thank you to the community of people requesting more content, I set out to help a hand full of people and it seems that I reached much more with the last video. I am hoping this video has the same effect.
If this video is not clear enough for some, I can make another video going into full depth of how each function works. Please let me know in the comments.
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That worked! Thank you. Spent quite a bit of time trying to figure it out and follow the instructions that Brother provides online. None of which worked. Thank you for the video!
Thank you very much. Its actually pretty sad how their own technicians can create a device, but they can't properly communicate it to the consumer. They should probably just hire me to do videos for them LOL
I appreciate it though, glad it helped 💯
Thank you thank you soooooooo frickin much !!!! I thought I was never going to be able to scan to my computer with that brother printer. You, Sir, are awesome absolute godsend.May God richly reward you 🙏🏾.
Awesome glad I could help
Thanks so much for posting this video. It was most helpful.
Precise, simple and straightforward. Thank you!
Absolutely 💯
Hey buddy I have a brother toner model, I used to be able to scan from my printer itself to my computer, for example 10 pages at once. I got a new modem, I can print from desktop to printer, but I can no longer scan from printer to computer. Just computer to printer, using the method you just showed. It’s a PITA because my printer is in the other room
Thanks. Your video has really helped me to be able to do the scanning. I appreciate.
For sure. Thanks for watching 💯
Clear, accurate, and concise instructions. Thanks!
I dont see the "START SCAN" BUTTON. It waaassss available, but now its gone. I've tried refreshing the computer ugh. What do you suggest?
This actually happened to me before and then I moved from my apartment so I was forced into a new I turned provider and thus obtaining a new IP address and wifi password.
Once I reconnected the printer with a new password it all of a sudden worker again.
I'm not sure if this is a true solution so I would suggest the following to troubleshoot this issue:
1. Change your wifi password and reconnect the printer (reference to my video on how how connect to wifi network. Link in description)
2. Set your printer as default printer
3. Disconnect your printer from the options (ie. Forget this device)
4. Reconnect the printer so your computer will recognize it and set it as default. Then restart your PC to refresh the options.
If none of these work then let me know and we will try to make this work some other way. I can simulate your issue in my office if you are still having issues and see if I can't figure it it for you. 💯
This video is helpful all the peoples thank you so much
Glad it was helpful
Amazing!! so brief and straight to the point! Thank you
Yooooooo... you got the best name on UA-cam for real. But yeah, glad I could help 😁👍
Thanks for both videos. Instructions from Brother were not helpful for me on Chrome OS. Your instructions were great!!!
Absolutely. Super glad I was able to help you! If you have any more questions, just let me know 💯
Informative video❤
Simple instructions!!
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Scanner can not find computer and computer can not find scanner. Printer works, It’s a oh Brother MFC L2740DW I know what the MF stands for too
Thanks so much! This was so quick and easy!
For sure 💯
10/10. Worked. Cheers
You're great. Thanks. 💯
Best one
This is basically how I scan with my home computer and my low-end Brother Inkvestment "tank" printer (which has no Scan button on the printer). However, I want to scan from my Brother HL-L2380DW printer at work, which does have a Scan button. How can I get my Brother printer to scan by pressing the Scan button?
It should run manually if you have paper on the glass when you press the button
@@AllThingsQuick It does for a while (several weeks), but then it stops responding to the Scan button. I wasted all morning at work today trying to troubleshoot this, and reinstalled the "complete driver and software package" from the Brother website, but still can't scan from the Scan button on the HL-L2380DW, neither single-page nor multi-page documents. Since we're also having issues at work with getting the shared Canon copier in the lobby to scan documents as PDFs to the office email, I really need to get the scanning function on my printer working again, especially for multi-page documents which must be kept as a single file.
Does anyone know why its not showing me option to convert to pdf format? its only showing 4 formats, jpg, png, bmp and tif format.
Pretty sure to convert to a pdf you'd have to change it on the computer, separate from the printer. But I could be wrong. Never done it before
mine does not hace the start scan tab..why??
100% worked 🎉. New sub new like new comment.
Thank you! excellent instructions
Cool. Glad you enjoyed it 💯
Thanks
For sure. I'm glad this helped you out 💯
My brother printer doesn't even show up as an option to use as a scanner? What could be causing that?
What platform are you using? Mac or Windows?
Windows 10
@@taylorwidmer6208 Yeah I had another person who was having the same problem.
Does your printer show that it is connected? Like are you able to see the brother printer among other potentials?
I would try restarting your pc first so the connection can be broken and then reestablished. The only reason you wouldn't see "start scan" is due to your computer not recognizing your printer for what ever reason.
If this does not work then try to disconnect your printer from the Wi-Fi network and reestablish the network afterwards.
Here's a another video of mine that shows how to do that. ua-cam.com/video/3dLXs42ULCY/v-deo.html
@@taylorwidmer6208 Let me know how this works out for you.
I can print things to it fine. It's definitely connected. It's like it doesn't realize it has scanning capabilities. But it's the same exact model as the one in this video.
at 1:08, i have all the tabs you do except for "start scan", what should I do?
Does your printer show that it is connected?
I would try restarting your pc first so the connection can be broken and then reestablished. The only reason you wouldn't see "start scan" is due to your computer not recognizing your printer for what ever reason.
Let me know how this turns out.
@@AllThingsQuick Got it thank you so much!!
@@stella444 Not a problem at all Stella. I'm really glad that I could help you with this 💯.
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Thank you Sir!
Absolutely 💯
Thank you this video helped
Awesome. Glad to help 💯
Thank you.
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How to I scan multiple pages at once?
To be honest I don't think you can because it is a tray scanner not a paper fed scanner.
Industrial printers you feed the pages on and it will scan.
This one does one copy at a time when you put the page in the top glass.
As far as I understand thus printer.
Sorry I can't be more help. 😔
Thank u so much it helped me so much
For sure 💯
very good
Very
Thanks again😀
How do I move the scanner to task bar?
Okay so I actually just tested to see if it was even possible to do that and unfortunately its NOT ⛔...
However....... you are able to pin your "CONTROL PANEL" to your Taskbar by dragging and dropping it onto the task bar. Thats about the best you can do with it.
nice helpful clip thanks
Thank you for your comment 🙏
Ok but for my Brother Lasetjet, can I use the feeder to scan MULTIPLE documents at a time instead of using the regular glass-panel scanner? Like if I had twelve pages of my taxes I need to make into one document, does the Brother allow me to send the pages through the feeder?
To be honest I'm not entirely sure about that one because the model that I have doesn't have it. Im pretty sure with a lazer jet you can just set them all in, select how many pages you want to scan and press scan and it should do the job. But that I'm not 100% about. I'm just thinking back to an old printer that I worked on like 2 years ago. Pretty sure that's how it went.
Honestly, sorry that I can't be much help with that one boss.
@@AllThingsQuick
Thats's ok. Thanks for responding. Reading back on it sounds like a dumb question. What's even dumber is the fact that the solution to my problem was, in fact, switching (on my Mac) the scanning options from FLATBED to DOCUMENT FEEDER. lmao!
I guess when one is connected the other cannot be connected. That's why when I initiated a scan from the feeder the Brother display would show "No PC found". Thanks for your reply anyway. subbed.
@@PittsburghSonido thats great! Thanks for explaining. Now I know what to tell people who ask next time. Appreciate the sub fella!
What kind of car do you have? Lol, random question for a printer video.
@@PittsburghSonidohey man can you scan items (whether feeder or glass pad) from your printer to your PC.? I used to be able to do that, got new modem and something got messed up
thanks a lot.
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lifesaver :)
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Thank you. Got it
For sure guy! Glad it worked
Thanks bruh
Yeah for sure buddy
Can you scan using WiFi only
I dont understand your question? You have to be connected to wifi in order to choose the option to scan via your PC.
There's no other way I'm that scenario other than via wifi...
Excellent video. Is it possible to change where the files get saved? I'd like them to go directly to the desktop. Thanks
So I'm not at my computer at the moment, however, you may be able to change that in the preferences when you click on the scanner before the scan window will pop up.
Either properties or preferences. 0:52
If this does not work then I'm sorry, you will just have to just import it into the default file that it goes to and then drag and drop it to your desktop.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I just got to my computer and I tried this myself and there are no extensions to allow such a function. Sorry pal.
@@AllThingsQuick Thank you. I appreciate you checking into this!
@@wm17959 ahh yeah of course. No problem 💯
Mine is telling me to “try again, and make sure your multi function printer is still discoverable.” :(((((
I haven't heard of this issue yet.
1. Try resetting your wifi password and put in your new network key. (Reference to my other printer video, link in deacription)
2.Restart computer after this.
3. You can disconnect the printer from your computer (ie. Forget this device) and then reconnect it with your new password.
Let me know if this doesn't work. If it doesn't work we will try to figure something out.
Sorry for the late response.
ANYONE HELP ME HOW TO CHANGE THE RESOLUTION TO 6600 DPI?
I have no idea pal. So sorry. Hopefully someone can help you.
What is the highest image resolution you can get?
2400 x 600 DPI. Black and white images at 32 PPM
@@AllThingsQuick Thanks for the reply. I'm considering getting this printer. Do you think it's worth the money? I have a regular inkjet printer that I use moderately for my printing needs. Still, I run out of ink pretty fast, which costs me a fortune :/
@@jvc7244 To be completely honest, if I had more money at the time of my purchase, I would have gotten something a little more on the higher end.
The display on this printer is one of its weakest point and it can be frustrating. Make sure you check out my other video about this printer and how to properly use it.
HOWEVER, this printer is worth the money I paid for it, but its just not completely my preference.
If I thought even for a second that you shouldn't buy this printer, I would have made a video telling people how garbage it is, but instead I made videos on how to use it.
My other video is on my channel. Check it out and let me know what you think and I hope it helps.
@@AllThingsQuick Thanks for taking your time to write the answer. I watched your other video and took a close look at the display. It does look small and generic, but I guess I can live with that. Considering your suggestion, I'm not sure if I want to spend extra money to buy something really high end. I would give it a serious thought if I had an advertising agency to run. Brother seems to be a reliable brand based on opinions I've seen on various websites. I'm also taking the MFC-L2710DW model into consideration. It looks like this one has more features, but still has the same size display ;) Anyway, thanks again for your tips. Take care
@@jvc7244 No problem man. I initially made the other video to help a hand full of people, but it seems that thousands have benefitted from this, thus this second video was requested. So I'm happy that I did what I set out to do. I'm glad that I got to help someone figure some things out.
Take care and if you have any more questions, don't hesitate.
My computer doesn't have a 'start scan' button... shoot. now what?
The way I solved this was by disconnecting the printer from my network and changing my wifi password and re entering it.
But it seems that this only works sometimes. I haven't been able to figure out why it changes..
@@AllThingsQuick ok, ok. I'll give it a short. I got a VueScan things, but it gives me watermarks. Either way, you're appreciated. Thank you.
@@raymondgstanleyjr thanks guy ! 💯
No such option as atart scan
WOW thank you! Do you know how I can scan multiple pages and have them all be in the same file?
Not a problem. This is why I made these videos, in hopes that I could help a handful of people do what I struggled to figure out.
ua-cam.com/video/3dLXs42ULCY/v-deo.html
This is another UA-cam video I've made on this printer. Might be worth checking out. However, to answer your question specifically, yes I do know how... but not with this printer.
This printer is not equipped with a paper tray to feed multiple items in at once for scanning purposes.
Unfortunately, this video seems to be the only solution on the matter.
I believe if you are connected to your PC via cable, you are able to simply press the "Scan" button to scan your items. But my understanding is that while on wifi, this disables this feature.
If you would like to scan multiple things at once, you are better off finding a different device that has this ability.
What you can do instead is scan multiple files individually and bring them all to your desktop and drag each file into a newly created folder.
Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance to you.
@1:00 in this video you can see the drop down box from the printer. Go to "printer properties" and see if there is an option for you to be able to change the location your files will be sent to.
Brother is probably the worst printer brand.
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Yes, I was thinking the same thing 😏👍
This video was a big help! Thank you.
Super glad I was able to assist 💯
Thank you.
Yeah buddy for sure 💯