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
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Polling overview 10
Polling lets you set up your machine so other
people can receive faxes from you, but they
pay for the call. It also lets you call somebody
else’s fax machine and receive a fax from it,
so you pay for the call. The polling feature
needs to be set up on both machines for this
to work. Not all fax machines support polling.
Polling receive 10
Polling receive lets you call another fax
machine to receive a fax.
Setup to receive polling 10
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
c Press d or c to choose Standard.
Press OK.
d Enter the fax number you are polling.
e Press Mono Start or Color Start.
Setup to receive polling with
secure code 10
Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get
the documents you set up to be polled.
Secure Polling only works with Brother fax
machines. If you want to get a fax from a
secured Brother machine you have to enter
the secure code.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
c Press d or c to choose Secure.
Press OK.
d Enter a four-digit secure code.
This is the same as the security code of
the fax machine you are polling.
Press OK.
e Enter the fax number you are polling.
f Press Mono Start or Color Start.
Setup to receive delayed
polling 10
Delayed polling lets you set the machine to
begin polling receive at a later time. You can
only set up one delayed polling operation.
a Press (Fax).
b Press a or b to choose Polling RX.
c Press d or c to choose Timer.
Press OK.
d Enter the time (in 24-hour format) you
want to start polling.
For example, enter 21:45 for 9:45 PM.
Press OK.
e Enter the fax number you are polling.
f Press Mono Start or Color Start.
The machine makes the polling call at
the time you entered.
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