Non communication in-between scanner & e-mail.

I have entered the required info into my Printer to scan documents.  The communication in-between my printer & laptop is O.K.  I have the image on my L.T., however, I cannot e-mail the image,  upon request, I receive the following message: There is no e-mail program associaated to perform the requested action  Please install an e-mail program or if one already is installed, create an association in the "default Programs control panel"  P.S.: I have windows 10 as my sysstem & I do have an e-mail account already.  Has anyone run into this kind of problem?  If yes, can you offer me some assistance?  Thanks, Stan