User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USER’S GUIDEMFC-5890CN MFC-6490CW
- Approval Information and Compilation and Publication Notice
- Table of Contents
- Section I General
- 1 General Information
- 2 Loading paper and documents
- 3 General setup
- 4 Security features
- Section II Fax
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Entering Fax mode
- Broadcasting (Monochrome only)
- Additional sending operations
- Sending faxes using multiple settings
- Contrast
- Changing fax resolution
- Dual access (Monochrome only)
- Real time transmission
- Overseas Mode
- Delayed Faxing (Monochrome only)
- Delayed Batch Transmission (Monochrome only)
- Checking and cancelling waiting jobs
- Setting your changes as a new default
- Restoring all settings to the factory settings
- Sending a fax manually
- Out of Memory message
- 6 Receiving a Fax
- 7 Telephone and External devices
- 8 Dialling and storing numbers
- 9 Printing Reports
- 10 Polling
- 5 Sending a Fax
- Section III Copy
- 11 Making copies
- How to copy
- Copy settings
- Changing copy speed and quality
- Enlarging or reducing the image copied
- Making N in 1 copies or a poster (Page Layout)
- Sorting copies using the ADF
- Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
- Paper Options
- Skew Adjustment (MFC-6490CW only)
- Book Copy
- Watermark Copy
- Setting your changes as a new default
- Restoring all settings to the factory settings
- ‘Out of Memory’ message
- 11 Making copies
- Section IV Direct Photo Printing
- Section V Software
- Section VI Appendixes
- A Safety and Legal
- B Troubleshooting and Routine Maintenance
- C Menu and Features
- D Specifications
- E Glossary
- Index
- brother CHN-ENG
Sending a Fax
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Contrast 5
If your document is very light or very dark, you
may want to change the contrast. For most
documents the factory setting Auto can be
used. It automatically chooses the suitable
contrast for your document.
Use Light when sending a light document.
Use Dark when sending a dark document.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Contrast.
c Press d or c to choose Auto, Light or
Dark.
Press OK.
Note
Even if you choose Light or Dark, the
machine will send the fax using the Auto
setting in any of the following conditions:
• When you send a color fax.
• When you choose Photo as the Fax
Resolution.
Changing fax resolution 5
The quality of a fax can be improved by
changing the fax resolution.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose
Fax Resolution.
c Press d or c to choose the resolution
you want.
Press OK.
Note
You can choose four different resolution
settings for monochrome faxes and two
for color.
If you choose S.Fine or Photo and then
use the Color Start key to send a fax, the
machine will send the fax using the Fine
setting.
Monochrome
Standard Suitable for most typed
documents.
Fine Good for small print and
transmits a little slower than
Standard resolution.
S.Fine Good for small print or artwork
and transmits slower than Fine
resolution.
Photo Use when the document has
varying shades of grey or is a
photograph. This has the
slowest transmission.
color
Standard Suitable for most typed
documents.
Fine Use when the document is a
photograph. The transmission
time is slower than Standard
resolution.










